Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 141 Atavism!

Underground laboratory.

The operating lights cast a stark white glow on the operating table.

Hyuga Katsu lay on it.

"Are you ready?"

Sosuke was holding a light pink test tube.

【Thousand Hands Serum】.

This is a product extracted from Misa Hayama, fused with interstitial cytokines, and purified.

It represents the ultimate form of Yang Release, and the vitality of the Senju clan.

"Anytime is fine."

Hyuga Masaru's voice was calm.

Since merging with the Corpse Bone Pulse, his pain tolerance threshold has increased to an inhuman level. He is not afraid of the impending pain.

"This will be a huge gamble."

Sosuke looked at the test tube in his hand.

"Hyuga's Byakugan, Kaguya's bones, plus Senju's life force."

"Theoretically speaking, this is a restoration of the glory of your ancestors."

"If you succeed, you will become a unique existence in the ninja world."

"If we fail—"

Sosuke didn't finish his sentence. The result of failure might just be turning into a pile of overgrown, rotten flesh and bones.

"Let's get started, Mr. Sosuke."

Hyuga Masaru closed his eyes.

"I want to become stronger and find courage on the battlefield."

His younger brother, Hyuga Isamu, is still missing.

Sousuke nodded.

"Chiba, record the data."

"Yes."

Sousuke inserted the needle into Hyuga Masaru's spine. The power of the Kaguya clan originates in their bone marrow; to achieve fusion, it must occur at the source.

Recommended bet.

The pale pink liquid slowly disappeared into Hyuga Masaru's body.

one second.

two seconds.

The person on the operating table suddenly began to tremble violently.

It wasn't convulsions, it was vibrations. It felt like a high-powered engine had been shoved into his body.

"Ugh—!!!"

Hyuga Katsu suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes bulging out, and the veins at the corners of his eyes twitching wildly like earthworms.

A series of "crunching" sounds came from under his skin.

That's the bone growing. But this time, the growth is too fast, so fast that even the skin can't stretch it out.

puff!

A bone spur pierced through his shoulder.

Sosuke's pupils contracted sharply.

That bone spur was no longer the ghastly white color it had been.

It has a grayish-brown color, a rough surface, and is covered with fine textures.

That is — the texture of tree rings.

"This is----"

Chiba nearly dropped the pen in his hand.

"Have the bones turned into plants?"

Immediately afterwards, the protruding bone trembled slightly in the air, and its tip forked!

Like a tree branch sprouting new buds, the bone split into three sharp branches that instantly pierced the metal edge of the operating table.

"It's not just about hardness."

Sosuke stared at the mutated bone.

"It has the desire to grow—the vitality of the thousand-hand cells gives bones the instinct to grow."

Hyuga Masaru's body began to swell. His spine was thickening and his ribs were widening.

The feeling was like a seed being planted in his body, nourished by his flesh and blood, desperately trying to grow into a towering tree.

"Hungry—so hungry—"

Hyuga Katsu let out a beast-like growl. His reason was being overwhelmed by a primal hunger.

That was the divine tree's instinct.

It wants chakra. It wants nourishment.

"Nutrient solution! Pour it all in!"

Sousuke shouted loudly.

The high-concentration nutrient solution that had been prepared in advance was injected into Hyuga Katsu's body through four infusion tubes.

Gumbling.

It was as if parched land had been hit by a torrential downpour. The nutrient solution was instantly devoured by the greedy bones the moment it entered the bloodstream.

Hyuga Masaru's body stopped expanding.

But he has more and more bone spurs in his body.

Elbows, knees, back.

His grayish-brown bone spurs made him look like a monster covered in bone armor.

Assimilation rate — 80%.

Chiba looked at the dial, her voice trembling.

"The two bloodlines are reaching a terrifying balance."

"Kaguya's bones provided the structure, and Senju's cells provided the power."

"This is—atavism—"

The mutations continue.

The most astonishing changes occur in the eyes.

Hyuga Masaru's Byakugan was originally a pure milky white.

But now, with the infusion of Senju's life force, a large amount of Yang Release chakra surges into the brain and into the optic nerve.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Hyuga Masaru suddenly covered his eyes and let out a piercing scream.

His eye sockets were bleeding.

That's the optic nerve reorganizing, thickening, and forcibly widening its passage.

In Sousuke's snake-eye vision, the meridian network in Hyuga Katsura's brain is undergoing a dramatic transformation.

The originally fragile optic nerve is now wrapped in a layer of newly formed, tough fibrous tissue.

That layer of tissue connects to the periosteum that grows on the inside of the skull, forming a perfect protective shell.

"A caged bird—"

Sosuke muttered to himself.

The curse mark etched on Hyuga Katsu's forehead was flashing.

It sensed the drastic changes in its host's body and instinctively wanted to activate its attack, to destroy those eyes that were about to go out of control.

Zizizi!

Green chakra currents began to surge through the optic nerve.

However, it was blocked.

That newly formed layer of nerve fibers, with plant-like characteristics, was terrifyingly tough.

The electric current from the cursed seal couldn't burn through the nerves at all.

"It's invalid."

Sosuke made his judgment.

"The physical destruction mechanism of the caged bird has failed."

"The curse seal has no effect on him at all."

Hyuga Masaru lowered his hand.

He opened his eyes.

Those white eyes changed. They became an extreme, deep, pure white, like two perfectly polished white pearls.

The bulging, menacing veins at the corners of his eyes disappeared. A ring of gray, bony texture emerged beneath the skin around his eye sockets.

That was periosteal hyperplasia, which perfectly suppressed and protected the meridians around the eyes, so he no longer needed to release stress by bulging his veins.

"I saw it—"

Hyuga Katsumi muttered to himself.

His voice turned cold and flat.

"What did you see?" Sosuke asked.

"everything."

Hyuga Katsu turned his head.

His gaze pierced through walls, through layers of soil, and even through forests a hundred kilometers away.

The field of vision has been expanded tenfold.

Moreover, the accuracy is frighteningly high.

He could see the flow of every drop of blood in Sosuke's body, and he could see Chiba's pores slightly contracting due to tension.

even----

He could see those tiny, dust-like energy particles in the air. They were the flow paths of natural energy.

This is an insight possessed only by the ancestors of the Otsutsuki clan. The purity of these eyes has surpassed the limits of the Hyuga clan!

"Are these... the eyes of our ancestors?"

Hyuga Katsu stood up.

The grayish-brown bone spurs on his body slowly retracted into his body. His skin closed, leaving no trace.

But the aura emanating from him had changed.

That is a leap in the level of life.

Standing before him, Sousuke felt an instinctive sense of oppression. It was as if he were facing a tailed beast in human skin.

Congratulations on your victory!

Sousuke stepped forward.

"You are free."

"Even the Hyuga main family can no longer control your life or death."

Hyuga Katsu touched his forehead.

The green swastika symbol was still there.

But he knew that the shackles that had once terrified him were now just decorations. They could no longer affect him.

However, he did not laugh, nor did he show any ecstasy.

His face held a chilling indifference, and his eyes were even somewhat vacant.

"yes."

He responded with a nonchalant remark.

"Freedom—it's just so-so."

This attitude sent a chill down Sosuke's spine.

The combination of the Thousand Hands Cells and the Corpse Bone Vein seems to have not only changed his body but also affected his mind.

The “indifference” and “divinity” that belonged to the sacred tree were eroding his humanity.