Orochimaru still had the contract in his possession, so he could not wait for the outcome before returning. But Sarutobi Muze's condition would not allow him to make it back to Konoha. Just as Orochimaru found himself caught in a dilemma, Ye Feng's figure flashed through his mind.
"Right! There's still Ye Feng. He has all sorts of tricks up his sleeve. He should have a way!" Orochimaru had been so troubled that he had actually failed to think of Ye Feng right away.
Orochimaru hurried back to find Ye Feng, explained Sarutobi Muze's condition, and asked whether he had a solution.
"I'm not proficient in medical ninjutsu either. If it's poison removal, though, I might have a way. But I'll need to examine the toxin first." Hearing Ye Feng's words, Orochimaru knew there was hope.
He immediately brought Ye Feng back to the hospital without a moment's delay. Seeing that just under half of Sarutobi Muze's body had already turned purple, Ye Feng knew the toxin had penetrated deep into his body.
Ye Feng pressed his hand against the chakra pathway at Sarutobi Muze's wrist. True qi flowed along the chakra pathways into Sarutobi Muze's body as he carefully sensed the changes in the toxin inside him.
He had to admit that Sasori's toxin was something special. It actually resembled human cells, which made it easier for it to mingle with flesh and blood. The toxin would also slowly assimilate normal cells, leaving the body with fewer and fewer of them.
But the toxin was not made of real cells, after all. Using his true qi, Ye Feng could still sense some rejection of the toxin by the cells. It was simply very weak, leaving the cells temporarily unable to expel it.
Since the body was rejecting it, that