Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 12 Entrustment

Hashirama Senju's body was extremely abnormal; his cellular activity was so great that Madara, who had only bitten off a piece of flesh, was able to survive. In the end, Hashirama's face even extended from Madara's chest.

This extraordinary cellular activity is theoretically the guarantee of Hashirama Senju's body.

However, that battle was too shocking, and Hashirama Senju was also seriously injured. In order to heal his body, the activity of his cells had to constantly devour the injured, infected, and mutated cells in his body.

This is also why Hashirama Senju was able to recover so quickly.

Every cell in his body was working to repair his body.

However, once this devouring begins, it cannot be stopped.

You can think of it simply as these cells developing a kind of inertia because they kept devouring other cells in order to keep Hashirama Senju alive. Even if the newly grown cells are not diseased or deteriorated, they will still devour them.

The constant engulfing left these newly formed cells with no space to survive, yet Hashirama Senju's outrageous vitality allowed these cells to continuously regenerate.

The constant generation of new cells means that the phagocytic cells are constantly working.

Upon learning of this symptom, the first thing that came to Youya's mind was a disease he had encountered in his previous life: leukemia...

White blood cells in the human body are powerful weapons that engulf foreign pathogens, foreign cells and bacteria at wound sites, and so on.

However, if there are too many white blood cells, and they grow larger and larger due to continuous engulfment and cannot die normally, then what will ultimately be damaged is the host's own body.

How similar is this to Hashirama's condition? Hashirama, severely injured, would have died long ago without the cells in his body, but because the phagocytes were so dominant, they ultimately affected him...

It's likely that Hashirama Senju's immune system is on the verge of collapse...

Otherwise, there wouldn't be a situation where chakra leaks and causes a large tree to grow in one's own home.

but……

He understands the principle, but Yuya doesn't know how to save him!

He's not a medical ninja! He doesn't know any medical skills!

The fruit they ate was the Golden Fruit, not the Operation Fruit!

Yuya panicked and looked at Hashirama Senju, asking, "Master, how much longer can you live?!"

Hashirama Senju stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment before speaking, "Hmm, about half a year."

Mito Uzumaki, standing to the side, had a dark expression on her face. These two, master and apprentice, were really something else, one daring to ask and the other daring to answer. Shouldn't they be comforting each other at a time like this?

Yuya panicked. If Hashirama Senju was gone, how would he develop? He had only managed to acquire a little over 500 kilograms of gold, barely enough to fill a gap between his teeth. How could he possibly strengthen himself, awaken his Devil Fruit power, or become stronger?

"Master, you can't die!" You Ya blurted out.

Hashirama Senju blinked, then smiled: "I didn't expect that to be your first reaction."

Yuya pursed his lips, then said to Hashirama, "Master, if something happens to you, the peace of the ninja world will be completely destroyed."

Hashirama Senju's smile faded, and he sighed, "I know, but there's nothing I can do."

He couldn't possibly target the other four major ninja villages based on Yua's statement, could he? The retaliation would be even more intense after he dies.

Sweat beaded on Yuya's forehead. He knew all too well what would happen if war really broke out. Even children the age of Itachi Uchiha would be on the battlefield, let alone him. (Although Itachi was unlucky enough to be betrayed by his own father, Obito and the others weren't much older.)

Sending yourself to the battlefield before you're even fully developed is unacceptable...

Hashirama Senju didn't think that much about it. He just assumed that Yua was worried about him, so he laughed and said, "Don't worry about me. Ninjas have long accepted the possibility that they could die at any time."

To be honest, I should have died in that battle with Madara, but I've lived this long, which is a huge gain.

Youya remained silent for a moment, then spoke, "After Master dies... is it possible to not hold a funeral?"

Hashirama Senju was slightly taken aback, then chuckled, "This is truly... as expected of my disciple, we two are thinking the same thing."

Yuya understood; Hashirama Senju had summoned him to give him instructions before his death.

Hashirama Senju sighed, "As your teacher, I'm not a very good one, so I'm a little embarrassed to have any expectations of you at this point, hahaha~"

Looking at Hashirama Senju's cheerful smile, Yuya couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

After all, they had lived under the same roof together for several years, so it was impossible for them not to have feelings for each other.

"Phew, anyway, Youya, your master isn't a good master, but I still have to tell you, after I die, don't hold a grand funeral for me, don't let anyone find my body, and also..."

Don't let Tsunade know.

You Ya pursed her lips and nodded.

Hashirama Senju sighed, "That girl seems to have sensed something lately, she keeps following me around. I must say, she's truly my granddaughter."

You Ya rolled his eyes inwardly. He had no idea what was going on. That little brat had picked up your bad habits, okay? Bad habits.

"However, I won't be able to take care of her anymore. Her father died early, so I'll have to trouble you to look after her from now on."

Yu Ya was stunned. He really didn't know that. So Tsunade was from a single-parent family?

Nodding, You Ya didn't think taking care of a little girl was a troublesome thing.

"And then comes the most important point..." Hashirama Senju suddenly sat up straight, narrowing his eyes as he looked at Yua, "Are you willing to give everything for the village?"

You Ya stood there stunned, and almost instinctively blurted out, "I, I..."

Fortunately, You Ya reacted quickly and kept his mouth tightly shut.

Hashirama Senju sighed, and his sudden aura vanished without a trace.

"Yua, although you fled to Konoha from outside, in my eyes..." Hashirama Senju said to Yua in a low voice, "you are also a part of Konoha."

Yuya fell silent, then bowed his head respectfully and rested it on the tatami mat: "Master, please speak plainly."

Hashirama Senju calmly looked at Yua, then suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, why so serious? Get up. What I actually want you to do is very simple..."

Hashirama Senju smiled at Yua: "You... want to become Hokage?"

You Ya suddenly froze on the spot, an indescribable fear instantly surging into his heart.

Yua's lips trembled, then she took a deep breath, instantly recalling almost all the relevant TV scenes from her past life. Then she opened her eyes, looked at Hashirama Senju, and said:

"I have no family support, so it's impossible for me to be elected."

Yuya knew that refusing this question would be disastrous. This outsider, a refugee from Konoha, had lived with Hashirama for several years, and his lack of belonging to the village had already aroused Hashirama's suspicion. If he were to say at this point that he had absolutely no interest in becoming Hokage…

That's interesting. So, you...

What are you interested in?

(End of this chapter)