Chapter 587: The Field He Truly Excels In

Chapter 587: Chapter 587: The Field He Truly Excels In

Orochimaru completed the entire arm transplant in just thirty minutes, including transferring each Sharingan from the old arm to the new one.

His surgical technique was so extraordinary that everyone watching was left dazzled and dumbfounded!

"AAAAH! AAAAAH! AAAAAH!"

After completing the White Zetsu arm transplant, Orochimaru injected Danzo with another vial of fusion fluid.

Soon, another round of bloodcurdling screams echoed throughout the operating room.

Watching Danzo writhe and roar in agony on the operating table, his two guards wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.

As Danzo’s most trusted subordinates, the two guards had always known him as the stern-faced, meticulous leader of Root. Never before had they witnessed him lose his composure to such an extent.

Kagami, meanwhile, narrowed his eyes and thought, "It seems Orochimaru’s fusion fluid isn’t without side effects. To make Danzo scream in such gut-wrenching agony... I’m afraid an ordinary person really wouldn’t be able to endure this kind of pain..."

After a long while, Danzo finally began to settle down on the operating table.

Looking at Danzo, whose face was covered in tears and snot, Orochimaru smiled. "How do you feel?"

Panting heavily, Danzo growled, "Damn it! Why was my body’s reaction so severe this time? Didn’t you guarantee me earlier that the surgery would go smoothly?"

Orochimaru’s smile faded as he explained solemnly, "Any revolutionary cellular fusion inevitably involves the death of countless original cells. The more thoroughly your body fuses with the First Hokage’s cells, the closer it becomes to the First Hokage’s body. After all, your own cellular tissue simply cannot compete with his cells."

Danzo frowned. "What exactly do you mean?"

Orochimaru smiled. "In the past forty-five minutes, 99% of the cells in your body have undergone a violent cycle of death and division. In a sense, you and the person you were forty-five minutes ago are two completely different people. Or rather, at the cellular level, you’ve just completed a replacement of your own body, exchanging your original body for one that more closely resembles the First Hokage’s."

Danzo immediately flew into a rage. "Every cell in my body was replaced in just forty or fifty minutes!? Why didn’t you explain such an enormous risk to me beforehand?"

Orochimaru shrugged. "If I’d told you, your chances of surviving the fusion just now would have dropped by 5%."

Danzo glared coldly at Orochimaru, the killing intent in his eyes impossible to conceal. "I don’t want something like this happening again, Orochimaru. Do you understand me!?"

Ignoring Danzo’s threat, Orochimaru asked, "Have you noticed the changes in your body?"

Danzo clenched his fist and carefully assessed his condition before slowly replying, "My chakra reserves seem to have increased again, and by quite a considerable amount. Moreover..."

As he spoke, Danzo covered his right eye.

Orochimaru hurriedly asked, "Moreover, what?"

At that moment, Kagami, who was standing nearby, remarked indifferently, "The ocular power of your Sharingan has also increased considerably, hasn’t it?"

Danzo looked at Kagami warily. "How do you know that?"

Kagami curled his lips, not even bothering to answer Danzo’s question.

There was no doubt that White Zetsu’s cellular tissue had a strengthening effect on the Sharingan. The best example was Obito, whose body was half reconstructed with White Zetsu cells.

Thus, the moment Danzo covered his eye, Kagami had already guessed that the ocular power of the Sharingan in his eye socket must have undergone a tremendous transformation, leaving him temporarily unable to adapt to it.

However, the Sharingan in Danzo’s right eye socket was merely a three-tomoe Sharingan.

The Yin Release chakra contained within a three-tomoe Sharingan was limited in strength. Even after being enhanced by the Yang Release chakra contained within the First Hokage’s cells, the likelihood of it undergoing a qualitative transformation was still rather low.

However, with Kakashi serving as a special case—a non-Uchiha who had evolved his transplanted two-tomoe Sharingan into a Mangekyo Sharingan—even Kagami couldn’t guarantee that the three-tomoe Sharingan in Danzo’s eye socket would never undergo a qualitative transformation.

After taking a moment to adapt, Danzo suppressed the joy in his heart and said to Orochimaru, "Very good. I’m quite satisfied with the results of this surgery."

Orochimaru extended his tongue and licked his lips, smiling. "You don’t actually think the surgery is over, do you?"

Danzo froze for a moment before asking, "There are still other procedures?"

"No! It’s not that there are other procedures. The body modification hasn’t even begun yet!" Orochimaru laughed, a fanatical expression spreading across his face.

Seeing the madness practically overflowing from Orochimaru’s face, Danzo’s heart skipped a beat.

"Don’t tell me... all the previous surgeries were merely preparations for the body modification!?"

Orochimaru raised his scalpel and declared excitedly, "Without those earlier surgeries, how could your body possibly withstand my human body modifications? What comes next is the field I truly excel in!"

Forget Danzo on the operating table—even Kagami, standing nearby, felt a chill run down his spine at the sight of Orochimaru’s expression.

Soon, the horrifying modification surgery began.

Orochimaru’s methods, which utterly defied conventional understanding, directly assaulted the sensibilities of every observer present.

Forget the others—even Kagami, who was proficient in biotechnology, felt his scalp go numb again and again.

After an unknown amount of time, the nightmarish modification surgery finally came to an end.

Danzo lay on the operating table, wrapped in layer upon layer of sutures and bandages, looking just like a mummy.

After leaving the Root base, Kagami quietly returned to the Ninja Academy and began evaluating Orochimaru’s body modification surgery on Danzo in his principal’s office.

At this moment, he had no choice but to admit that he had previously underestimated Orochimaru’s capabilities in human body modification.

Danzo’s body had originally suffered from two fatal problems.

The first was his advanced age and insufficient cellular vitality, making it difficult for his body to serve as the core for fusing with other bodies.

The second was that the Sharingan and First Hokage’s cells within his body were in opposition to each other. Rather than achieving fusion, they had merely maintained a fragile balance.

Yet Orochimaru’s surgery had almost perfectly resolved these two fatal problems.

Danzo’s body had now been nourished by the Yang Release chakra contained within the First Hokage’s cells, resulting in a tremendous leap in cellular vitality. Just as Danzo himself had said, it was as though he had returned to the age of thirty.

Meanwhile, the Sharingan and First Hokage’s cells within his body had also achieved preliminary fusion. With the additional assistance of White Zetsu’s cells, this fusion would only become more natural and increasingly thorough over time.

"Including the three-week postoperative recovery period, the Kekkei Genkai Fusion Ritual should be ready to officially begin in a month."

After a brief pause, Kagami thought with anticipation:

"I’ve put so much effort into this. I hope that bastard Danzo can hold out a little longer during the ritual and provide me with more data!"