Naruto: They are all reborn.

Chapter 28 What do you take life for?

Chakra is fading...

Tsunade's pupils contracted slightly as she keenly noticed the changes taking place in the patient.

She slightly raised her head, her gaze subtly scrutinizing the two of them, before speaking after a moment: "Lin, the patient's anesthesia is not working properly. Go and get some more anesthetic, and also get a new set of syringes."

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

Nohara Rin left the operating room without the slightest hesitation, not even glancing at the data on the instruments so close to her.

By the time she rushed back with the items, the patient's vital signs had stabilized, and the rampant chakra had completely disappeared.

"Lady Tsunade, am I too late?"

Tsunade smiled and comforted her, "Don't feel guilty for not being able to help. After all, I'm the most renowned healer in the ninja world. It's normal for me to heal patients very quickly."

Rin Nohara nodded quickly, her eyes sparkling like stars: "Lady Tsunade is truly amazing!"

Tsunade felt inexplicably guilty and quickly stopped her, saying, "Alright, I'm going to see the Hokage now. Arrange for the patient to have a private room. Whoever comes... never mind, if anyone you can't stop comes to visit or tries to take someone away, at least make sure they leave their identification."

"yes!"

Shi Xu nodded, took off his blood-stained surgical gown, and together with Nohara Rin, transferred the patient out of the operating room.

Almost as soon as Tsunade left the hospital, someone came to visit the patient.

It was a middle-aged man with short black hair, a bandage wrapped around one eye, two cross-shaped wounds on his chin, and two masked ANBU ninjas following behind him.

He stood condescendingly in front of Shi Xu, his only remaining eye half-closed: "I want to see Ding, the ninja who was delivered this morning."

Shi Xu stood in front of the ward, not moving an inch: "I'm sorry, but Tsunade-sensei has ordered that no one is allowed to visit the patient until she returns."

"Anyone?"

Danzo Shimura's eyes turned fierce, and his tone became urgent: "I am the Hokage's advisor, Tsunade's superior, and her orders have no effect on me."

Upon hearing this, Shi Xu lowered his head and remained silent for a while, seemingly deep in thought.

Just when Shimura Danzo thought he was going to step aside, he suddenly looked up and revealed an innocent expression.

"Um... what kind of position is Hokage advisor?"

Danzo Shimura's expression turned extremely ugly: "Kid, the Hokage's advisor is a position second only to the Hokage, and is Tsunade's superior, understand?"

"Oh, oh!" Shi Xu nodded in sudden realization.

"Let me in!"

"No!" Toki shook her head, mimicking Obito's usual expression, and continued:

"Tsunade-sensei went to see the Hokage to say she wanted to hand over the patients inside to him. Uncle, you're just the Hokage's advisor, not the Hokage, so I still can't move aside."

"you!"

Danzo Shimura was so angry he almost couldn't catch his breath. These innocent words from a child felt like a sharp blade, piercing the deepest wound in his heart.

"hehe……"

A sinister chuckle rang out, and Orochimaru walked over from a short distance away: "Tokio, long time no see."

Upon recognizing the person, Toki felt a sense of foreboding, but then greeted him with a smile: "Lord Orochimaru, it's been a long time."

"The ninja lying inside is my comrade. May I visit him?"

Shi Xu thought for a moment, then took a step back to clear the way: "Of course you can, but Lord Orochimaru can only visit, not take the patient away."

"How could that be?" Orochimaru's smile remained, but it lacked the fakeness of his usual smirk. "Just let me check on his condition. Patients should rest and recover in the hospital."

"Uh-huh."

Shi Xu nodded, pulled Nohara Rin aside, and whispered, "Let's go find the teacher. This is beyond our control."

Orochimaru pushed open the door and entered, followed closely by Danzo Shimura, while the ANBU ninjas he brought stayed outside, closing the door behind them.

Seeing the person on the hospital bed breathing steadily, Orochimaru couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, "Tsunade is truly amazing. How did she handle the rejection reaction?"

Orochimaru, time is running out.

"Don't rush me, I'm more interested in his situation than you are."

A large brown snake emerged from Orochimaru's robe on his right hand. The snake crawled up his arm to the hospital bed, opened its mouth wide, and spat out several empty syringes.

He plunged the needle into Ding's vein and mercilessly drew blood, showing no regard for the fact that Ding had just returned from the brink of death.

……

Hokage Building.

Tsunade recounted the whole story, while Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression grew increasingly grim, his eyes burning with fury.

"The fact that they could produce this result at least confirms that the teacher was genuinely unaware. If that's the case, who else in the entire Hidden Leaf Village could conduct experiments without the Hokage's knowledge?"

Several names instantly flashed through Tsunade's mind, and with just a moment's thought, she was able to determine who was the most suspicious.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Danzo Shimura.

After she finished speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up, supporting himself on the table: "Are you sure he's a Konoha ninja?"

While contemplating how to punish Shimura Danzo, Tsunade heard Hiruzen Sarutobi's question and instinctively replied, "I'm sure."

and many more!

She belatedly looked up, glaring at him angrily: "What did you just say?"

Meeting her gaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little guilty, and his imposing manner diminished somewhat.

Before he could even speak, Tsunade smashed the table to pieces with a single punch, along with Hiruzen Sarutobi's most prized pipe.

"You're asking me—is he a Konoha ninja?"

"If he weren't a Konoha ninja, could this human experiment have proceeded normally?!"

"Just because he's not a Konoha ninja, does that give him the right to dig up my grandfather's grave and desecrate his corpse?!"

The Senju clan's immense chakra erupted, and the ground shattered outwards from Tsunade, forming a spiderweb-like shape.

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained expressionless. Before the ANBU ninja could even enter, he unleashed his chakra and shouted outside, "No need to come in!"

Tsunade stepped forward, her right hand reaching out to grab Hiruzen Sarutobi's shoulder: "Tell me, do you even know about this experiment?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked into her eyes and nodded slightly after a moment.

"Tsunade, I'm sorry, but Konoha needs the power of Wood Release."

"Since the First Hokage's death, two great wars have broken out in the ninja world, and the Second Hokage also sacrificed himself as a result. If the power of Wood Release could return, perhaps it could once again suppress the ninja world and bring peace. At the very least... it could reduce the casualties in Konoha."

Tsunade clenched her fists tightly and remained silent.

"It was my tacit approval that Danzo conducted experiments on Hashirama cells. Human experimentation is the fastest way to get results—death row inmates, prisoners of war, ninja..."

boom!

A tremendous sound resounded in the very center of Konoha Village, like a thunderclap from a clear sky, followed by a furious roar.

"What do you value life?"

Shi Xu and Nohara Rin had just walked out of the hospital when a person in a white robe suddenly fell from the sky and landed in front of them.

"H...Hokage-sama?!"

One more chapter to come

(End of this chapter)