Laboratory.
The incandescent lights on the ceiling cast a ghastly white glow.
A medical bed stood in the center. Hyuga Satoru lay quietly on it, an ugly X-shaped Cursed Seal on his forehead.
Unlike an ordinary medical bed, its surface was covered in metal plates fitted together seamlessly, making it look like one enormous slab of iron.
Metal could amplify the magnetic fields he controlled and improve the odds of this operation succeeding.
Even if the improvement was limited, Hyuga Satoru was unwilling to give up any opportunity. If he failed, the Caged Bird would most likely kill him.
This laboratory had originally belonged to Tsunade, so aside from experimental equipment, it contained plenty of medical instruments that would greatly assist his operation.
In this situation.
Hyuga Satoru suddenly thought of a science-fiction movie he had watched in his previous life. In Prometheus, the female lead had struggled desperately and alone in a medical pod to remove an alien fetus from her abdomen.
It bore some resemblance to his current circumstances.
Taking a deep breath, Hyuga Satoru cleared his mind of distractions.
The operation he was about to perform was far too important. There could not be the slightest mistake.
Silver Magnetic Fluid flowed out from his collar, down his outstretched neck, and onto his forehead, surrounding the X-shaped Cursed Seal.
The Magnetic Fluid rose like a tiny silver snake, its head splitting into three slender needle tips.
The needle tips slowly approached his forehead, targeting three different positions before piercing the skin beside the X-shaped seal and gradually sinking in.
Hyuga Satoru silently clenched his teeth, refusing to make the slightest movement lest it cause any deviation during the operation.
The fine needle tips pierced through his skin and gradually entered his skull. The silver Magnetic Fluid flowed through