Naruto: I, Shikotsumyaku, Byakugan Princess

Chapter 179 Backhand
Bang!

The scepter fell to the ground.

The enormous insect jade, composed of countless parasitic insects, buzzed with the terrifying sound of wasps emerging from their cage.

The operating room was extremely quiet, and even the most oblivious person would have noticed the abnormality at that moment.

Chihaya Toru, who was intently watching the progress of Hairi's surgery, was immediately displeased upon hearing the unusual noise.

Neural connection surgery requires extreme caution and has stringent requirements for the surgical environment; even a slight lapse in concentration can lead to surgical failure.

The most troublesome thing is that nerves are different from those in other parts of the body.

Until the patient wakes up, even the most skilled medical ninja cannot be 100% certain whether the surgery has been successful. It can be said to be a surgery that relies heavily on luck and has an extremely low margin for error.

Why is Ryoma, who is usually so reliable, letting us down at this time?

Just as Chihaya Tohru was about to turn around and remind Aburame Ryoma, who had made the strange noise, she was horrified to discover that she couldn't move her neck at all.

not only.

The limbs, torso, and even the lips felt as if they were frozen, and the tongue trembled as if it had been worn for over a decade, dry and hard as death.

what happened?

Her eyes were bloodshot, and Chihaya Toru was trembling violently. Strange black square-shaped runes had appeared all over her face and body.

Click!

The metal tweezers suddenly clamped down.

Chihaya Toru's pupils trembled as she looked to the side. Gray Glass's profile was also covered with black markings, and the edges of the markings were a flame-like orange-red. In a short while, even her snow-white wrists were covered with the markings.

At their feet.

Two wires made of parasitic insects connected end to end linked Aburame Ryoma and them. Blue chakra flowed rapidly into their bodies along the wires, turning into countless curse seals that immobilized them in place.

Ryoma clasped his hands together, his chakra containing boundless magical power.

The art of self-inflicted curse!

This technique involves infusing the recipient's body with chakra imbued with cursed power, forming a cursed seal that restricts the body's movement. It is a common cursed seal used by Root to capture ninjas.

Originally, this technique required physical contact with the enemy to be used, but he used the properties of parasitic insects to absorb and release chakra, creating chakra wires with his body to bind Hai and Li to the spot from a distance.

Seeing that the two were unable to move, Aburame Ryoma breathed a sigh of relief.

Chihaya Toru doesn't care much; whether a medical ninja gets hit or not won't cause much trouble. The most important thing is to immobilize the terrifying Kairi.

The conditions for releasing the self-inflicted curse are harsh, and it is very difficult to learn. In contrast, its binding power is extremely strong.

During his decades of missions with Root, any ninja hit by this move, no matter how strong, could only stand there dumbfounded, waiting to be devoured by the parasitic insects.

Of course, he would not kill Hui Li and the other person.

His only target is Danzo!

Aburame Ryoma's eyes turned cold as he commanded the insect sphere suspended in mid-air to frantically pounce on Danzo, who was lying unconscious on the bed.

go to hell!
Before the insect jade arrived, the crisp sound, as if bones were breaking, echoed throughout the room.

Snap!
Hui Li slightly parted the corners of her mouth, and a crack appeared in the black curse mark on her face. Aburame Ryoma's eyes twitched, and even more concentrated chakra surged into her body along the parasitic insect's guide wires.

But all of this is in vain!

Squeak, squeak!

The five fingers slowly closed, and the arm, which appeared soft and delicate at first glance, rapidly expanded. The knotted muscles hidden within the periosteum, each line distinct and resembling a bow made of a hundred stones, could generate unimaginable strength with just a gentle pull!

His fist clenched quickly.

An invisible wave emanated from Gray Glass's body, and the chain-like incantations shattered inch by inch in front of Aburame Ryoma's wide-eyed gaze.

Buzz!

The Sky Insect Orb was still flying towards Danzo. The battlefield was changing too fast. From the moment the cursed seal entered his body to when Haili forcefully broke it with her superhuman physical strength, it took less than a second.

Completely unable to keep up with this rapid-fire duel, Chihaya Toru had not yet reacted to the fact that Kairi had already lifted the curse. Her eyes revealed panic as she remained immersed in the shock of the two being cursed and Aburame Ryoma betraying Danzo.

As the honeycomb-like insect orb flew straight toward Danzo, Kairi ignored Chihaya Toru, who was like a machine beside her, and parted her rosy lips slightly, with orange-red flames bursting and rolling inside.

boom!
The compressed, fiery red bullet precisely intercepted the insect jade, and the flames illuminated Danzo's wrinkled, aged face.

Crackling!

The swarm of insects crackled like firecrackers as they were burned by the flames, and the biomass had no resistance to the high temperature of thousands of degrees.

It instantly turned into a cloud of carbon dust, and the strong stench from the burning protein filled the space, masking the smell of disinfectant in the operating room.

Failed!
Looking at the insect jade that had turned to ashes under the scorching flames, and the terrifying blind girl who slowly turned her head, even the dark sunglasses could not hide the deep despair in Ryoma's eyes!

He knew better than anyone how powerful Hui Li was.

If she were on Danzo's side, even if he, an elite Jonin who wasn't good at direct combat, were to summon Itachi Uchiha right now, he wouldn't be able to kill Danzo.

The assassination attempt was undoubtedly a failure!
Zizi!

Thunder leaped beneath Gray Glass's feet.

A surge of blue electricity traveled along the parasitic insect wires beneath Gray Glass's feet, instantly flowing back into Aburame Ryoma's body, paralyzing him completely.

With his hands hanging limply in despair, Ryoma Aburame was enveloped in electric current, his tongue stiff, just like Tohru Chihaya's.

He had failed in his assassination attempt on the leader and was captured alive. He knew better than anyone how cruel Root was in dealing with traitors. After he was tortured, the only path he could take was to become experimental material.

But none of that matters.

The mission to stop Danzo has now completely failed, and he has no more chances!

In that brief instant, he had already seen his future.

"Remove the curse mark from his body and clean up the scene, otherwise when Danzo wakes up, no one will be able to help you!"

The cold command echoed in the operating room. Without even glancing at Ryoma, who had given up in despair, Hui Li turned around and continued the nerve repair surgery.

Click!

The tweezers held the nerve in place and continued the connection, and the green fluorescence once again illuminated the operating room.

Gum!

Ryoma Aburame, his body drenched in cold sweat, watched as Kairi, who had just stopped him, continued the surgery as if nothing had happened.

While filled with doubt and uncertainty, her body naturally began to act according to her commands.

Once the paralysis from the lightning subsided slightly, Chihaya Toru released the curse mark on his body, manipulated the parasitic insects to devour the charred insect corpses scattered on the ground, and quickly returned to his clothes.

"Ahem! Ryoma, you..."

Chihaya Toru's curse seal was released, and his body trembled violently. He then turned around and questioned Ryoma. He never imagined that the man who worshipped Danzo would assassinate Danzo at this moment. But before he could finish speaking, a swarm of parasitic insects attacked him and quickly burrowed into his mouth.

"vomit!"

The worm, carrying a faint fishy smell, slid down the esophagus, bringing an extremely disgusting taste. The esophagus spasmed, and Chihaya Toru vomited frantically, but she couldn't stop the worm from advancing at all.

The parasites gnawed through the wall of his esophagus and crawled all the way to the fluorescent chakra core of his heart.

While absorbing his chakra, it also multiplied its eggs. In the blink of an eye, a dense swarm of black insects had parasitized his heart. With just a command, the swarm would completely annihilate him.

Swallowing the last worm, feeling the stinging and itching in her heart, Chihaya looked at her companion of decades in horror.

The other person bent down to pick up the scepter from the ground, their eyes behind sunglasses revealing a chilling aura.

will die!

The sense of crisis that had been forgotten for so long resurfaced in Chihaya Toh, flowing through her spine and brain like an electric shock.

They dared to assassinate even Danzo, let alone him!

Looking at Hui Li next to her, it seemed that nothing had happened and she was still performing the surgery normally.

He could hear their conversation clearly.

Hui Li stopped Ryoma from assassinating Danzo, yet she seemed to be on his side, and even appeared to be in a superior position.

He was temporarily confused about the situation, but there was no doubt that his life was in the hands of Aburame Ryoma.

He spent half his life studying interstitial cells in pursuit of immortality, valuing his own life more than anyone or anything else.

The mouth closed obediently.

Chihaya Toru raised her gloved hands, pointed the scalpel downwards, and slowly turned her body, like a scarecrow chasing away sparrows in a field.

Looking down at the old Danzo, still lying on the operating table, completely unaware of everything, Chihaya Toru couldn't predict how many more years this leader, betrayed by all his confidants and disciples, had to live.

On one side is the aging and weakening Danzo, and on the other is the monster Hairi with an infinitely bright future. Chihaya Toru's heart has gradually tipped.

If you don't want to end up in a miserable state in the future, you might want to make plans early!
His straight back naturally bent, and when he faced Hui Li again, he seemed to have become a real assistant.

Click click click…

The operating room, which had just witnessed a thrilling assassination attempt, quickly returned to silence from its tense standoff.

After cleaning up the traces, Aburame Ryoma stood in front of the door again, holding his scepter.

Everything returned to its original state.

Time ticked by, and the thrilling limb transplant surgery was finally coming to an end.

Breathe
Danzo's chest heaved rapidly, and his rapid, irregular breathing was especially clear in the quiet operating room. The anesthesia was losing its effectiveness, and he was about to wake up from his coma.

hum!
The emerald light in his palm was as brilliant as the blue sea. The activated Hashirama cells frantically stretched out flesh buds, and steam and white smoke evaporated. The wound on Danzo's arm had disappeared.

The Sharingan arm has been perfectly implanted into Danzo's body.

Hui Li nodded. The situation was as she had predicted. The Hashirama cells had extremely strong regenerative abilities, so there was no need for Chihaya Toh to do any more unnecessary suturing.

Taking off the blood-stained gloves, Hui Li glanced at Chihaya Toru beside him. He was stunned for a moment, then bent down slightly to take the gloves, his expression more respectful than ever before.

"The surgery was a success, and there were no unexpected complications." Hui Li paused deliberately for a moment when she said the second half of the sentence.

"Yes! No surprises!"

Chihaya lowered her head humbly, crumpling the dirty medical gloves in her hands into a ball. Even her usually severe mysophobia was cured by her strong will to survive.

"Can we wake Lord Danzo now?"

Hui Li smiled and patted his arm, saying:

"You can decide."

"Yes."

With Hairi's approval, Chihaya wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand before daring to inject the prepared awakening drug into Danzo's body.

While waiting for Danzo to wake up, Kairi walked to Aburame Ryoma's side and picked up Samehada, which was leaning against the ground by the door.

Ryoma Aburame looked down at the girl beside him. He didn't know why she had stopped Danzo from being killed, yet let him go without exposing his betrayal.

This behavior is truly contradictory.

But Danzo was about to wake up, and this was definitely not a good time to ask questions. Ryoma Aburame could only stand there quietly with a belly full of questions.

Of course it's because you can't kill Danzo!
Seeing the bewildered glow above the other person's head, Hui Li shook her head, feeling somewhat helpless towards this guy who had almost lost his life for nothing.

Before Aburame Ryoma even made a move, she had already sensed that something was wrong.

There's no way Danzo would let me operate on him without any precautions; that's neither logical nor like his personality.

Afterwards, she carefully observed and scanned with her Byakugan, and finally found Danzo's deeply hidden methods.

On that arm with ten Sharingan eyes, there was a three-tomoe Sharingan with extremely strong ocular power. Moreover, the ocular power within the Sharingan was not uniform, but rather two completely different types.

The moment Hairi saw that Sharingan, she instantly understood Danzo's methods.

It's the 'Translation Seal' and 'Izanagi'!
Similar to the method Madara Uchiha used to deceive Hashirama Senju, the difference was that he used the Mangekyou Sharingan in his right eye to seal Ikinaja into that three-tomoe Sharingan.

Izanagi's ability is not simply resurrection, but rather the transformation of unwanted outcomes into illusions.

Once Ryoma Aburame kills Danzo, the Izanagi sealed in his three-tomoe Sharingan will be activated, and Danzo will be able to revive directly without consuming the Mangekyou Sharingan in his right eye.

With the Sharingan evolution technology developed by Hairi, the three-tomoe Sharingan is no longer so precious, and this price is completely acceptable to Danzo.

Once she understood all this, Hui Li instantly shattered the self-inflicted curse binding her, stopping Aburame Ryoma's assassination attempt in time.

Ryoma has already demonstrated to her his determination to rebel against Danzo.

As the highest-ranking ninja in Root besides Danzo, he could have played a greater role by infiltrating Danzo's side, and should not have perished with a Sharingan.

Reversing the Eight Gates is only a matter of time, and killing Danzo is not too difficult. What she really needs to do is to take over all the resources of Root.

Secret techniques, intelligence networks, talented individuals, training grounds, experimental equipment—it has everything here. If she were to prepare these herself, she doesn't know how much time and effort it would take.

She wanted to take over Danzo's entire legacy, but she was struggling to find a suitable helper. The appearance of Ryoma Aburame was like a godsend, solving her major problem.

Chihaya Tohru from the Experimental Medical Department, Haruhime Senju from the Equipment and Finance Department, Ryoma Aburame, the captain of the Root Unit who oversees the scheduling of various departments and the Perception Barrier Class, and Iwakuma, the head instructor who specializes in training new recruits...

She has connections with most of the leaders in Root, and in just a few years, she will be able to completely undermine Danzo's influence in Root.

With her incredibly rapid progress and her body gradually entering puberty, her strength will naturally reach the Kage level.

Until then.

That would be the best time to kill Danzo.

(End of this chapter)