Chapter 586 - 585: Settling Personal Scores Under the Guise of Official Business

Chapter 586: Chapter 585: Settling Personal Scores Under the Guise of Official Business

After the meeting ended, Guy approached Kagami and whispered, "Kagami, you’re not really using your position to settle a personal grudge, are you?"

"What do you mean?"

Kagami glared at Guy.

Guy said, "Forget about holding an exam every month. Isn’t publicly displaying the results every month a little too harsh? And you’re even putting them on the notice board outside the school! Wouldn’t that mean the entire village could see everyone’s exam results?"

Kagami curled his lips. "So?"

Guy grew anxious. "Have you even considered how the dead lasts are going to feel?!"

Kagami patted Guy on the shoulder and said, "No one understands what a dead last fears better than we do. That’s precisely why this is the best way to motivate them to work harder. Without pressure, where’s the motivation?"

"That’s true..."

Hearing this, Guy felt that Kagami had a point.

Back when he was at the Ninja Academy, he had been a dead last through and through. However, that hadn’t crushed him. Instead, it had ignited his determination to defeat Kakashi, the top student of their generation.

It was precisely because he had held onto that goal and trained relentlessly that he had eventually achieved his current status as a jonin.

So sometimes, pressure wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

But after thinking it over, Guy shook his head again.

"No, that’s not right! Back then, we were in the middle of the Third Shinobi World War, so it was only natural for us to face greater pressure. But the children nowadays might not be able to withstand that much pressure!"

Kagami asked in return, "What, are you saying we’re not in a time of war right now?"

"Uh..."

Guy was momentarily at a loss for words.

Kagami walked over to the window and gazed at the seemingly carefree students on the playground. He said calmly, "I’d rather have these children curse me every day for being a harsh principal and complain that you instructors are unreasonable than see them trampled beneath an enemy’s feet on the battlefield, crying and begging for their lives!"

Guy fell even more silent.

He understood the cruelty of war better than anyone. If his father hadn’t risked his life to save him, he would have died during the Third Shinobi World War. And it was during that very incident that he had lost his father forever.

Kagami continued calmly, "You must always remember that we’re shinobi, and one day, they’ll head to the battlefield too. If they can’t even withstand this little bit of pressure, then perhaps they’d be better off becoming civilians."

"I understand."

Guy nodded solemnly and left the conference room with a determined expression.

Only after Guy had left did Kagami chuckle to himself.

"Heh, now that I’ve finally gotten the chance, how could I possibly feel satisfied if I don’t give these brats a proper taste of suffering and vent some of my frustration!"

A few days later.

Under the forceful push of Principal Hyuga Kagami, the Ninja Academy’s new regulations were quickly implemented.

For a time, the students’ wails of despair echoed everywhere, and everyone began fearing for their own results.

Even Naruto, who was usually the most carefree of them all, began seriously practicing the Three Basic Techniques for that month’s examination.

After all, nobody wanted to have their name displayed on the notice board outside the school for the entire village to see as a dead last.

As a result, the daily routine of students challenging Sasuke became noticeably less frequent, and the playground was no longer filled with its usual laughter and horseplay.

Meanwhile, after considerable internal struggle, Danzo ultimately accepted Orochimaru’s proposal and prepared to undergo a comprehensive physical modification at Orochimaru’s hands.

Perhaps to keep Orochimaru in check, Danzo sent an invitation to Kamigami, inviting Homura to observe the modification surgery.

Naturally, Kagami was delighted to accept the invitation. He had long coveted Orochimaru’s human body modification techniques. However, he also understood that merely observing a surgery would make it difficult to grasp the essence of Orochimaru’s techniques.

On the day of the surgery, Kagami switched to his Fire Release clone and arrived at the Root base early.

Once all preparations were complete, the modification surgery quickly began.

Inside the makeshift operating room, besides Danzo, who lay on the operating table, and Orochimaru, who was performing the surgery, there were four observers: Root’s chief researcher, Kagami dressed in his Kamigami attire, and Danzo’s two bodyguards.

The presence of so many observers, however, did not seem to affect Orochimaru in the slightest.

He deftly manipulated the various surgical instruments and began the modification procedure.

Danzo’s body had already grown old. This was an unavoidable reality.

Therefore, the modifications to his body could not be too aggressive. Otherwise, given Danzo’s physical condition, he would either die from the First Hokage’s cells running rampant or succumb to the failure of his own organs.

It was precisely with this in mind that Orochimaru first injected Danzo with a large quantity of fusion fluid.

Through these injections, he attempted to further strengthen Danzo’s body’s integration of the First Hokage’s cells and the Sharingan.

After all, only by truly integrating the Yang Release chakra contained within the First Hokage’s cells and the Yin Release chakra contained within the Sharingan, uniting Yin and Yang as one, could the body acquire the Power of All Creation and achieve greater physical strength.

Although Orochimaru had never seen the stone tablet left behind by the Sage of Six Paths at the Uchiha’s Naka Shrine, that did not prevent him from understanding the importance of uniting Yin and Yang through his knowledge of chakra balance.

"AAAH..."

As a large quantity of fusion fluid entered his body, Danzo immediately cried out in agony.

The two Root bodyguards in the operating room immediately grew tense, glaring at Orochimaru with hostile expressions.

At that moment, Kagami stopped them.

"This is a normal bodily reaction. Don’t make such a fuss!"

Although Kagami did not know the exact composition of Orochimaru’s fusion fluid, its purpose was to suppress the body’s rejection response and accelerate the integration of transplanted cells or flesh with the recipient’s own body.

The rejection response was a biological instinct of the human body. Forcefully suppressing one’s own instincts would naturally cause a certain degree of damage and pain to the body. This was unavoidable.

After a long while, Danzo’s agonized cries gradually subsided, and his body began to undergo changes.

The most obvious change was in the parts of his body where the First Hokage’s flesh had been transplanted. Many of the wrinkles on the surface had faded, and his skin had become considerably smoother.

His entire body seemed to have grown more than ten years younger.

At this moment, beneath his flame-patterned mask, Kagami had already activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

Thanks to the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, even the subtlest changes occurring within Danzo’s body were clearly captured by his eyes.

"There’s no mistake. This is the Power of All Creation..."

Kagami sighed inwardly.

Previously, the Yin Release chakra and Yang Release chakra within Danzo’s body had existed in a state of mutual restraint.

As a result, Danzo had been forced to exercise extreme caution. He had to use the Sharingan to suppress the First Hokage’s cells while simultaneously relying on those same cells to suppress the Sharingan.

But now, the Yin Release chakra and Yang Release chakra within Danzo’s body had begun their preliminary fusion, producing the Power of All Creation.

Consequently, Danzo’s overall physical condition had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.

Of course, because this was merely an initial fusion, the Power of All Creation that Danzo possessed was extremely weak.

Forget comparing him to Nagato—even compared to Shisui, the difference was like heaven and earth...