This Naruto is too easily persuaded.

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The air in the operating room was so heavy it felt like it could drip water.

This was not an ordinary surgery, but an experiment that transcended ninjutsu, science, and mysticism.

Under the lights, four figures moved around in front of the operating table, each movement concerning the life or death of the boy.

"Heart rate is dropping! Alveoli are starting to rupture!"

Kabuto, who was in charge of monitoring vital signs, shouted loudly. Although he was usually calm, his forehead was covered in cold sweat at this moment.

"Shut up, don't panic."

Tsunade shouted sharply.

Her hands, glowing with intense green chakra, were pressed firmly against Kimimaro's open chest.

Cell activation!

Under Tsunade's powerful intervention, disregarding chakra, those organs on the verge of death are being forcibly repaired at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But that wasn't enough; the destruction was happening too fast.

"Orochimaru! Suppressant!"

Tsunade shouted without turning her head.

"Hehe—here it comes."

Orochimaru's eyes were filled with fanaticism as he precisely pierced Kimimaro's spine with a syringe containing a special enzyme modified by Naruto.

As the liquid was injected, Kimimaro's body began to convulse violently, and his bones emitted a teeth-grinding grinding sound.

The rejection reaction reached its peak.

"I'm about to break down—"

Dou's voice trembled slightly.

"Suppress him."

Naruto, who had been standing in the main position, finally made his move.

Instead of using medical ninjutsu, he placed his palm directly on Kimimaro's forehead.

Buzz!

The haunting blue light of the Hōgyoku burst forth instantly.

At the same time, the Nine-Tails' massive and domineering chakra flowed down Naruto's arm and into Kimimaro's body like a flood.

If Tsunade's mission was to keep the wrecked ship from collapsing, Orochimaru's mission was to replace the engine.

Naruto is rewriting the rules.

He wanted to make this ship able to sail even where there was no water!

Naruto's will surged through Kimimaro's cells along with his chakra, forcibly commanding the rampaging genes to stop their internal conflict and to recombine as required.

With the combined efforts of the group, a miracle occurred.

The initially violent rejection reaction gradually subsided.

The cells that had been fighting each other began to merge, not only repairing the damage but also achieving a qualitative leap at the microscopic level.

drop!drop!drop!

The previously rapid and chaotic heartbeat gradually became steady and strong.

"call----"

Tsunade let out a long breath, took off her blood-stained gloves, and looked at the operating table with a complicated expression: "It actually worked."

This is not only a complete victory for medical technology, but also a mockery of the limits of life.

Together, they managed to snatch a soul from the clutches of death and implant it into an even more powerful body.

"Good teamwork."

Naruto wiped his hands, looked at Orochimaru and Tsunade, and smiled slightly: "See, as long as we join forces, there's nothing we can't do."

Orochimaru looked at the sleeping Kimimaro with pure admiration in his eyes, as if he were looking at a work of art: "Naruto-kun, your Hogyoku—it's truly a cheat code."

"Wake him up."

As the anesthesia wore off, the white-haired boy on the operating table slowly opened his eyes.

His previously cloudy and sickly eyes were now crystal clear.

Kimimaro sat up, looking at his hands with a somewhat blank expression.

There was no pain, no weakness.

Instead, a terrifying power surged within the body.

"I'm alive?"

"Not just living, come down and try your new body."

Naruto's voice came through.

Kimimaro jumped off the operating table.

Without any extra movement, just by landing, two footprints were left on the ground.

"This power—"

Kimimaro exclaimed in surprise.

"Come with me, let's test your body."

Next, the group arrived at the spacious underground training ground.

"Tayuya, Sakon, Ukon, Kidomaru, Jirobo, the four of you come at me together and give Kimimaro a good sparring session."

Naruto added, "Give it your all."

"Huh?" The four of them were taken aback.

"That's an order," Orochimaru said coldly.

The four dared not say anything more and immediately activated their Cursed Seal state, unleashing a barrage of ninjutsu and taijutsu at Kimimaro.

however.

Kimimaro simply stood there, without even drawing his bone sword.

Cursed Seal Stage 1.

A red curse mark instantly appeared and spread across his body, but apart from that, his body did not undergo any other noticeable changes.

But in Kimimaro's eyes at this moment, the world had changed.

The four moved so slowly it was like a frame-by-frame animation.

The trail of Kidomaru's spider silk, Jirobo's hand seals, Tayuya's inhalation as he prepares to play the flute—

This is the first stage of the gene lock: the fighting instinct.

This further amplified his already exceptional fighting ability.

brush!

Kimimaro moved.

It's not a teleportation technique, just a burst of speed from pure physical exertion.

Bang bang bang.

Four muffled thuds sounded almost simultaneously.

The Sound Four were sent flying backward before they could even see what happened, crashing heavily into the wall and losing their fighting ability.

one second.

Just one second.

Kimimaro instantly killed four Sound Four members, whose strength was considered strong even among Special Jonin, without using his bloodline limit.

"Is this... me right now?"

Kimimaro stared at his fist in disbelief.

In the past, he would have had to put in some effort to deal with the combined forces of the four.

"It's not over yet."

Naruto stepped forward: "Kimimaro, unleash your power and show them your second stage."

Kimimaro's mind stirred.

Curse Seal - Second Stage.

Unlike before, it turned into an ugly monster.

Countless bones emerged from beneath Kimimaro's skin, these bones as white as jade, like a sophisticated exoskeleton armor, completely enveloping his fragile body.

In the end, he became a warrior clad in streamlined bone armor.

Crimson curse marks dotted his body, giving him a cold and powerful aura of oppression.

"This is the second stage of the third-order curse seal."

Naruto looked at the perfect work before him with admiration and explained to the shocked Tsunade and Orochimaru, "It has been freed from the erosion of natural energy and has incorporated the excellent qualities of multiple genes."

"In this form, he will automatically unlock the second stage of the gene lock, gaining 100% control over every muscle and bone in his body, and for the Corpse Bone Vein, it is exponentially enhanced."

"Moreover, as long as the injury is not instantly fatal, he can quickly heal himself during battle."

"Most importantly, this cursed seal theoretically has a third stage, but Kimimaro is not yet able to withstand that power."

Tsunade's eyes were filled with shock.

"This is... truly..."

She couldn't help but mutter to herself.

As a medical ninja, she knew better than anyone what this meant.

This is practically a perpetual motion machine of killing.

"This power—"

Kabuto swallowed hard, his eyes gleaming with longing: "Naruto-sama, can this three-stage cursed seal be mass-produced?"

"If we could build an army like this, sweeping through the five great powers would be a piece of cake."

"You're overthinking it."

Naruto shook his head, pouring cold water on the idea: "The third-stage cursed seal is a blessing that only the elite of the elite can bear."

"It places extremely high demands on the user's physical condition, willpower, and genetic compatibility."

"Out of ten thousand people, probably only a few could withstand this kind of modification. If others were injected, they would probably just turn into a pool of blood in an instant."

Upon hearing this, the crowd's enthusiasm cooled down slightly.

"but----"