Chapter 77: An Unexpected Visitor from the Future
"Eat this!"
"Hyuga Mirai, this is too disgusting..."
"Don't worry, you have to trust my technique!"
For a snake to find it disgusting, one can imagine what the oral gene promoter tasted like.
After Hyuga Mirai finished speaking, he forcefully pried open Purple Snake's large mouth and poured the gene-promoting agent down its throat, then injected it with three optimization shots.
Purple Snake had already grown to ten meters long. Originally, it could crawl up Hyuga Mirai's leg to his shoulder, but now it could only coil around him; moreover, Purple Snake's appetite was growing, and Hyuga Mirai was almost unable to feed it, requiring it to hunt on its own.
After injecting Purple Snake with the gene optimization agent, while waiting for the medicine to take effect, Hyuga Mirai performed a comprehensive examination on Purple Snake, confirming that its bodily changes were within his simulated range before letting it return to Ryuchi Cave to hunt.
Every time the gene optimization agent was injected, Purple Snake's appetite would greatly increase. This time, it would probably need to eat prey dozens of times its size to alleviate its hunger.
After sending Purple Snake away, Hyuga Mirai suddenly felt a sense of emptiness. No. 18 was successfully created, and Purple Snake's evolution was progressing steadily, but other research experiments lacked funding.
"Let's give myself a comprehensive physical examination."
Hyuga Mirai thought about how his Byakugan had occasionally blurred and teared up a while ago. Although it later returned to normal, and other matters had distracted him, this physical abnormality always worried him.
After creating several Shadow Clones, Hyuga Mirai lay on the instrument, letting the Shadow Clones help him with the examination.
After a series of precise operations, Hyuga Mirai even performed a gene sequence check. It took more than an hour to complete his full examination.
"How are the results?"
The Shadow Clone shook his head and said, "Main body, you'd better see for yourself!"
After speaking, the Shadow Clone immediately dispelled the Ninjutsu, and a surge of Chakra and memories returned to Hyuga Mirai's mind.
"The gene sequence has changed. The genes produced don't entirely look like new gene sequences, but rather more like a regression...?"
Hyuga Mirai stroked his chin, pondering. If there truly was a phenomenon of genetic regression, then he would need more Cell Lineage genes from the Otsutsuki Clan for comparison. The Uzumaki Clan's were already obtained, leaving the Uchiha and Kaguya Cell Lineage genes.
However, collecting from just one person was still not enough. More samples were needed within the same clan's Cell Lineage to deduce a more perfect gene sequence.
There would be opportunities in the future. Members of the Uchiha Clan had not come to the Land of Rivers battlefield, and he had already collected most of the Hyuga Clan's cell genes. When he encountered people whose genes he hadn't yet recorded, Hyuga Mirai would conveniently record them while treating their injuries.
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"Kazekage-sama, the Anbu has already found information on the Medical Ninja in Konoha who prepares the antidote."
A Sand Ninja Anbu, wearing an Anbu mask, knelt on one knee before Rasa and reported.
Rasa's eyes narrowed, and he immediately asked, "Who is it?" If this person could be eliminated, their surprise attack plan on Konoha would be more assured.
The Sand Ninja were currently trying to numb the Konoha Ninja through continuous fighting. Even if there were casualties, Rasa didn't care; as long as Konoha didn't detect the One-Tail Jinchuriki's movements, they were confident they could rely on this war weapon to severely wound the Konoha Ninja.
The Anbu knelt and replied, "It's a Medical Ninja from the Hyuga Clan. It is said that in Konoha, he and Kakashi are both called geniuses, but this Hyuga Clan Medical Ninja specializes in Medical Ninjutsu."
"Called a genius alongside Kakashi Hatake, how old is this person?"
Rasa's eyes froze for a moment upon hearing this, and he immediately asked; due to the feud between Konoha White Fang and the Sand Ninja, Rasa knew a little about Kakashi Hatake's information. If he remembered correctly, Kakashi Hatake should be in his early teens.
The Sand Ninja Anbu immediately replied, "It is said that he is from the same graduating class as Kakashi Hatake. Because this person has a great reputation, some information was not hidden from merchants in the Land of Wind."
"From the same class as Kakashi Hatake, it seems Konoha is about to produce another medical prodigy..."
Although Rasa's expression was calm, his heart was far from it. The Sand Ninja were arguably the most adept at using poison among the Five Great Nations. During the Second Ninja World War, one of the main reasons the Sand Ninja lost to Konoha was because of Tsunade of Konoha.
This time, Tsunade was not present, but another medical genius appeared who could continuously decipher the poisons of Elder Chiyo. Konoha really seemed to be at odds with the Sand Ninja! From Tsunade to Konoha White Fang, and now this Hyuga Clan Medical Ninja!
"Continue to gather all information about this person, as well as the Konoha Ninja deployment at Kikyō Castle."
Rasa ordered. If there was an opportunity, he would absolutely not let Hyuga Mirai go, even if it meant sacrificing a few Sand Ninja Anbu.
"Yes, Kazekage-sama." The Sand Ninja Anbu immediately responded and then prepared to withdraw.
"Wait... Don't let Elder Chiyo know about this."
Rasa instructed. He would tell Elder Chiyo himself later. The poison developed by over a dozen Sand Ninja puppet masters was deciphered by a young boy in just a few days.
Rasa was worried that Elder Chiyo's confidence would be severely shaken if she knew about this.
While the Sand Ninja and Konoha were fiercely battling, several Konoha Ninja appeared within the Land of Wind, though their words and actions were out of place for this era.
"That was really dangerous just now, Yamato-taichō. Why were those Sand Ninja so fierce when they saw us?"
The golden-haired Konoha male Ninja had just finished speaking indignantly when his head was punched by the pink-haired female Ninja. The immense force sent the golden-haired male Ninja face-first into the sand on the ground.
"Naruto, you idiot, didn't we learn about this timeline from the Queen? It's the Third Shinobi World War now, and Konoha and the Sand Ninja might be at war. Who told you to go up and greet them rashly!"
Uzumaki Naruto, from over a decade later, had no awareness of the dangers of war. The only war he had witnessed was Orochimaru's alliance with the Sand Ninja to destroy Konoha. At that time, he had summoned Gamabunta with the Summoning Technique and successfully defeated Gaara.
Although Konoha suffered significant losses, Naruto's performance was indeed good, and he was promoted to Chunin in that war, so he subconsciously believed that war was not so terrifying.
After being punched, Uzumaki Naruto didn't dare to act rashly, but he still asked the other person,
"Even if you say that, Sakura, what should we do now?"
Bang!
Just as Uzumaki Naruto finished asking that question, Sakura Haruno punched Naruto away again, angrily saying, "You still have the nerve to ask! If you hadn't messed with the seal, we would have completed the mission and returned to Konoha already. How could we have time-traveled again!!"
Many people have questions about the protagonist going to the battlefield, so I will explain my reasoning.
First, the protagonist's achievements: Healing Tag (which is Yang Release Chakra stimulating cell division and healing, only for external injuries; what I wrote before was not rigorous, I will amend it later), medical tools that cannot be mass-produced. Besides these, there are no other inventions.
The protagonist's identity: Hyuga Branch Family, Medical Ninja, Chunin Squad Leader.
Therefore, I think it's perfectly normal for the protagonist to go to the battlefield. How can a Hyuga Branch Family member hide in the back and focus on inventions, and their philosophy is different; the protagonist doesn't want to stay in Konoha at all.
The most important point is that even Rin Nohara, a Medical Ninja with little combat ability, could go behind enemy lines for a mission against the Stone Ninja. In comparison, it should be somewhat reasonable for the protagonist to be sent to the battlefield, right!
Finally, and most importantly, can I get a few votes?