Chapter 584 - 586: Back to Thirty Years Old

Chapter 584: Chapter 586: Back to Thirty Years Old

Thump, thump...

At that very moment, the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in Kagami’s eye sockets suddenly produced a faint pulsation resembling a heartbeat, without the slightest warning!

"This feeling..."

Without betraying anything, Kagami raised a hand to his temple and quietly began sensing the changes.

After Shisui’s First Hokage cell transplantation surgery, this pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which had initially fused with the Yang Release chakra contained in the First Hokage’s cells, had clearly acquired more of the characteristics of being ’alive’ than before.

The sudden pulsation just now was undoubtedly a result of this ’living’ characteristic.

As for its cause, perhaps the faint Power of All Creation generated within Danzo’s body had triggered an instinctive resonance in this pair of Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, which also possessed a small amount of the Power of All Creation.

At this moment, Orochimaru declared with a smug expression, "This is the normal reaction of a body that has truly fused with the First Hokage’s cells."

"Th-this is incredible!"

The chief researcher of Root and Danzo’s two guards were all amazed by the earth-shattering transformation taking place in Danzo’s body.

His previously aged and sagging physique had become full of vitality and vigor in the blink of an eye, leaving them marveling at the sight.

Unlike Kagami, the others in the operating room could not perceive the Power of All Creation born from the union of Yin and Yang. However, even through the most basic visual observation, they could clearly see the tremendous changes in Danzo’s body.

Temporarily suppressing the restlessness of the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan in his eye sockets, Kagami examined the various instruments beside the operating table.

He discovered that following the fusion of Yin Release chakra and Yang Release chakra just now, all of Danzo’s physical indicators, with the exception of his heart rhythm, were gradually returning to the normal range.

Kagami frowned. "It seems Orochimaru’s fusion solution is more effective than the one I developed!"

Compared to Shisui, Danzo’s constitution was weaker and his body far more deteriorated. Yet despite this, a single dose of Orochimaru’s fusion solution had allowed Danzo, whose constitution was considerably worse, to achieve the initial union of Yin and Yang.

This undoubtedly demonstrated that Orochimaru’s fusion solution was far superior to the one Kagami had developed.

"Cough, cough..."

Amid a bout of violent coughing, Danzo gradually regained consciousness on the operating table.

His two guards hurriedly approached him and asked with concern, "Lord Hokage, are you all right?"

Danzo propped himself up and sat upright, completely ignoring the concern of his two guards. Instead, he focused entirely on sensing the changes in his body.

Only after a long while did he turn to Orochimaru and say, "Very good, Orochimaru. You have not disappointed this old man’s trust."

Orochimaru smiled. "How do you feel?"

A rare smile appeared on Danzo’s perpetually sour face. "Better than ever before! This old man feels as though he’s returned to thirty years old!"

Kagami interjected at just the right moment. "Don’t get too excited. This is merely the initial fusion. It’s an effect that anyone who successfully transplants the First Hokage’s cells should experience."

The unspoken meaning behind Kagami’s words was:

’Don’t get too carried away. These changes in your body are something anyone who successfully transplants the First Hokage’s cells would experience. The only reason you didn’t experience them before was because your transplantation technique was inadequate.’

Upon hearing this, Danzo’s delighted expression immediately darkened.

If not for the fact that he was still on the operating table and needed Kamigami to keep Orochimaru in check, Danzo would probably have been unable to restrain himself from falling out with ’Homura’ right then and there.

At this moment, Orochimaru retrieved a pure-white arm from a refrigeration unit in the operating room.

Without a doubt, this was the very arm Kagami had previously severed from a White Zetsu clone.

To ensure that this arm ended up in Danzo’s hands, Kagami had cleverly lured a team of patrolling Root shinobi to the location where he had left it, allowing Root to obtain the arm.

Danzo, who habitually assumed the worst of others, had naturally harbored suspicions about the origin of this arm.

However, after conducting tests, Root’s researchers were astonished to discover that the severed white arm not only contained the First Hokage’s cells but also possessed certain special substances.

These special substances had an excellent stabilizing effect on the First Hokage’s cells, greatly restraining the violent vitality within them. It was an extremely advanced form of biotechnology.

Glancing at the severed arm Orochimaru was holding, Danzo still appeared somewhat hesitant.

Orochimaru smiled. "What Homura said just now was correct. Your body has only achieved the initial stage of fusion. If you want to further unlock the abilities of the First Hokage’s cells, you’ll need to transplant this arm! Moreover, removing Uchiha Shin’s arm will make your body purer and bring your chakra attributes into better balance."

Danzo extended his withered right arm, which was embedded with Sharingan, and asked solemnly, "Can you guarantee that the First Hokage’s cells in this old man’s body won’t run rampant during the transplantation?"

To transplant the right arm of the White Zetsu clone, they would first have to remove the right arm previously transplanted from Uchiha Shin.

However, the Sharingan embedded in Uchiha Shin’s arm were the key to suppressing the First Hokage’s cells within Danzo’s body.

Thus, he was worried that once Uchiha Shin’s arm was removed, the temporary loss of the Sharingan’s suppressive effect would cause the First Hokage’s cells within him to rapidly run rampant and completely devour him.

"Rest assured. The previous procedure has already allowed your body to achieve an initial fusion with the First Hokage’s cells. Therefore, even if you temporarily lose the Sharingan, as long as you don’t overdraw the chakra within your body, the First Hokage’s cells won’t easily run rampant."

Orochimaru’s tone was exceptionally confident.

Danzo stared at Orochimaru. "Orochimaru, as long as this old man succeeds, there will certainly be a place for you in the future shinobi world."

Orochimaru smiled. "I look forward to it."

Danzo nodded slightly. "Then let’s begin!"

Orochimaru wasted no more words and immediately began removing Danzo’s original arm and transplanting the new one.

Although the procedure appeared complicated, it was actually not particularly difficult. Even an ordinary medical shinobi from Konoha Hospital would probably have been capable of performing it.

After all, both Uchiha Shin’s arm and the White Zetsu clone’s arm were exceptionally high-quality transplant limbs, with very low rejection rates in their hosts.

In particular, now that Danzo had already achieved an initial fusion with the First Hokage’s cells, the success rate of the operation was even higher.

During the operation, Kagami noticed that of the ten slots on Danzo’s arm, only seven contained Sharingan, while the remaining three were completely empty.

Including the one in his eye socket, this meant that Danzo possessed only eight Sharingan in total.

"It seems Danzo’s stockpile of Sharingan has already been exhausted."

With the Uchiha clan still intact, all the Sharingan collected by Danzo’s Root had been scavenged from the corpses of Uchiha clansmen who had fallen during the Third Shinobi World War. Their reserves had never been particularly large to begin with.

Furthermore, Root’s secret vault had previously been raided by Kagami and Obito in a coordinated assault, during which Obito had taken away another portion of its Sharingan stockpile.

Therefore, the eight Sharingan currently on Danzo’s body were probably all he had left...