"What is this?" Guy asked, staring at the lump of white matter in confusion.
"Since the opponent could nullify ninjutsu, and knowing your taijutsu would come in handy,
I specially got this good stuff from Orochimaru.
Stop talking for now."
Tonbo raised the white substance in his hand as green chakra swirled around it.
"Yang Release: Life Return."
He slapped it onto Guy's chest.
The white substance slowly fused into his chest.
Kakashi said, "What powerful life force."
Minato Namikaze said, "Those are the First Hokage's cells, aren't they?"
As Hokage, he knew about that research as well.
"That's right. Orochimaru has thoroughly mastered his research into Hashirama Cells,
and these were specially made."
Gradually, the cells fused into Guy's body.
Tonbo also had a deep understanding of the Eight Gates.
After becoming acting Hokage, he had specifically researched them.
He had also discussed them with Guy.
The Eight Gates within the Chakra Meridian System objectively existed.
When the Gate of Death was opened, it burned away all the life force in the body.
He had also considered how to close the Gate of Death.
After research, he found that it required power more than ten times greater than that unleashed after opening the Gate of Death to forcibly close it.
Or, like Naruto in the original story, powerful Yang Release could sustain the body's life force before the soul entered the Pure Land.
The Hashirama Cells in his hand, brimming with powerful vitality, ensured that after Guy opened the Gate of Death, his body would remain intact and alive.
They were much better than Naruto's Yang Release.
At the very least, after the Fourth War ended, Guy would be able to return to normal.
And his life force would be even stronger.
Hashirama Cells really were good stuff.
"Come