“I understand.”
Shimizu nodded slightly and walked upstairs.
An injury that even Chiyo couldn't heal was indeed troublesome.
Arriving at the intensive care unit on the second floor, Shimizu saw Chiyo sitting by the bed, casting medical ninjutsu on Rasa.
Rasa was lying on the bed with a painful expression, his upper body bare, revealing a spider-patterned tumor on his chest, near his heart.
This is…
“Shimizu, you've come.”
“Shimizu-kun! Please, you must save Rasa!”
The Third Kazekage saw Shimizu and moved aside slightly.
Karura, who was guarding the other side of Rasa, also cried out with tears in her eyes when she saw Shimizu.
“Tell me what happened first.”
Shimizu glanced at Rasa's current state and said.
“It's the Daimyo's side.”
The Third Kazekage said at this moment.
“Daimyo?”
Does the Daimyo's side also have experts who can force a powerhouse like Rasa, who has already stepped into the threshold of the Kage level, to such a state?
“Not ninjas from our country, but from the Country of Cedar.”
The Third Kazekage said.
“The Daimyo is dissatisfied with our long-term failure to completely eliminate the rebel forces, and may already suspect that we are secretly supporting these rebel forces. In addition, with the instigation of merchants and nobles who are jealous of the benefits brought by the canal, production lines, and chakra energy, the Daimyo decided to directly cancel the military expenditure for Sunagakure.
One purpose is to try to force us to submit, but now the village's economic revenue capacity and development speed have entered a positive cycle. Even if the Daimyo's military expenditure support is cut off, it will not have any impact on the village's stability, but will only slow down the village's development speed to a certain extent.
What's really troublesome is that they plan to start anew and re-establish another military force belonging to the Land of Wind.”
Shimizu frowned slightly and commented:
“A foolish idea.”
Re-establish another military organization belonging to the Land of Wind?
Without even looking at which force in the ninja world now has the ability to compete with the Land of Wind.
Besides Konoha, there is none!
The other three large ninja villages can only defend against Sunagakure, but they are not strong enough to attack. If they face an attack from Sunagakure, they will most likely be able to barely defend their territory. If they want to attack back, they will not have any chance of winning without joining forces with other large ninja villages!
Just like in the original timeline, in every ninja world war, Konoha was the one fighting against many.
One reason is that the resources there are too abundant, and everyone wants to take a bite. Another reason is that they can't beat them, so they can only stand shoulder to shoulder?
The current ninja world is in a situation where Sunagakure and Konoha are vying for hegemony. Any force other than the five major ninja villages can be directly pushed down as long as Sunagakure can fight!
The same is true even for Amegakure, which has Hanzo, and the Land of Iron, which has a general as a Kage-level combat force.
How can one or two Kage-level powerhouses defeat a group of them?
The Daimyo of the Land of Wind's move can only be said that he is not familiar enough with the power of ninjas and does not understand the strength of Sunagakure.
“Although I also think so, they dare to do this because they have confidence. If they didn't have some ability, Rasa wouldn't have become like this. Yesterday afternoon, Rasa received information that a group of rogue ninjas from the Country of Cedar who had been recruited by the Daimyo had entered the country, so he led an Anbu squad to intercept them, but in the end, he was the only one who returned.”
But that is among Kage-level powerhouses. No matter what, Rasa's strength is still at the top of the ninja world pyramid.
The opponent already has the strength to threaten or even kill Kage-level powerhouses!
And it's a Kage-level powerhouse along with an Anbu squad.
Rasa's ability highly overlaps with that of the Third Kazekage. If the opponent has the ability to turn Rasa into this appearance, it is very likely that they can also turn the Third Kazekage into this appearance.
“The enemy is similar to the Aburame clan and the Kamizuru clan, but their insect manipulation technique is even more bizarre. They invade the enemy's body by manipulating cell-sized flying insects. These flying insects will absorb chakra and grow inside the enemy's body. When they grow to a certain level, the chakra in these insects will undergo a change in nature and explode together with the nitro secretions in the insects' bodies.”
Chiyo retracted her hand, her expression serious, and then looked at Shimizu.
“Compared to other Anbu members, Rasa's chakra quality is higher, and the insects are more difficult to digest. The chakra in his body can also suppress them for a certain period of time, so they won't self-destruct and die on the spot. But similarly, the power of this detonating insect will be even more terrifying. I dare not use medical ninjutsu to suppress the insects' chakra anymore, because once I make a mistake, it will detonate in advance. A detonating insect and tumor removal surgery must be performed as soon as possible.
If it was just this, it wouldn't be anything. I can remove it now, but there is more than just this one insect in Rasa's body, because this insect has just laid eggs and cultivated other insects. I am worried that it will cause other chain reactions. Once this detonating insect is removed and the other larvae leave their current position and lose their positioning, it will be even more troublesome than it is now.
So I need a ninja with sensory abilities and hands-on abilities at the cellular level, and who can accurately locate those larvae from the hundreds of trillions of cells in this person's body.”
Shimizu swept Rasa's body with the Transparent World, and immediately understood.
The situation is indeed as Chiyo said.
However, he felt that Chiyo actually had a chance to solve the trouble on Rasa's body.
In his judgment, if Chiyo were to take action on her own, the probability of success would be about 40%.
Calling him over, on the one hand, was not to risk Rasa's life, thinking of increasing the probability of success of the surgery, and on the other hand…
If he became Rasa's savior, then if Rasa wanted to compete with him in the future, he would be innately shorter.
No, Rasa has already learned the Breathing Technique, so he is already shorter.
Then he is two heads shorter!
“Is that group of ninjas called the Xuanyuan Assembly?”
Rasa's current situation is very similar to the Xuanyuan Assembly's methods in his impression, but the enemy he encountered seems to be stronger.
However, the Xuanyuan Assembly is a matter of twenty years later. The people may not be the same group, but there must be a deep relationship.
The Third Kazekage said at this time:
“No, that was an old man. According to intelligence, he seems to be more than ten years older than the Third Kazekage. He comes from a small ninja clan from the Warring States period that specialized in controlling insects, called the Tsurutani clan. They were severely damaged by the ravages of war even before the ninja village system was established, and were almost wiped out. Before this, no one knew if anyone had survived. Now it seems that someone hid in the Land of Woods and is only now emerging.”
The Third Kazekage is in his early fifties this year. Ten years older than him would be around sixty, similar to Hanzo.
At this age, he would have been more than ten years old even before the ninja village system was established.
“Prepare to move him to the sterile room, Lady Chiyo.”
“Great! I’ll go call the doctors to arrange it!”
Karura released the hand she was tightly holding of Rasa and hurried out the door.
“Tell me your treatment plan and let’s see which one is better, yours or mine.”
Chiyo said to Shimizu.
“First, use a sealing technique to isolate the explosive insects and the surrounding area, then directly remove the larvae and the surrounding flesh, and then replace it with a mechanical heart made using puppet techniques…”
“A mechanical heart can never compare to one's own flesh and blood. Shimizu, if you do this, Rasa's strength will be greatly weakened in the future. He may not even be able to maintain high-intensity exercise until a more powerful and stable heart is replaced, and he may no longer be able to continue serving as a ninja.
My plan is also to use a sealing technique to isolate the area, but only perform a small-scale operation on the heart. Then, you and I will cooperate with three other outstanding medical ninjas to perform the Life Replenishing Reincarnation technique to repair Rasa's heart. This will have a success rate of nearly 60%, but if it fails, Rasa will die completely.”
Chiyo said to Shimizu.
Compared to Shimizu's drastic approach, Chiyo's is more refined, but the risk of death is higher, although there is a greater chance of preserving Rasa's strength.
Read everything carefully!
Of course, if the repair is not perfect, Rasa's heart may still have some minor problems.
Rasa, who was constantly wailing in pain on the bed, looked pale when he heard Shimizu's words, but when he heard Chiyo's words, he suppressed the pain and struggled to utter a few words:
“I… I choose… the second… one…”
The Third Kazekage crossed his arms and stood by the window.
He could understand Rasa's thoughts.
It was already embarrassing enough for Rasa to have his life saved by Shimizu, his rival.
If he lost his strength as well, it would be torture for Rasa.
However, the Third Kazekage could also understand Shimizu.
Although it was now basically certain that Shimizu would become the next Kazekage, Rasa still posed a slight threat. If he could, without getting his hands dirty, in a reasonable way, both cripple Rasa and save his life...
Moreover, this would also eliminate the worry of the surgery failing and Rasa dying, allowing those with conspiracy theories to spread rumors that Shimizu deliberately killed Rasa, his rival.
If it were the Third Kazekage himself, he would likely make the same choice.
However, the Third Kazekage felt that this seemed somewhat different from Shimizu's usual style.
He thought Shimizu would choose a similar plan to Chiyo.
Because he didn't seem like someone who would care about such things.
In reality, however, Shimizu simply had a better plan.
“Lady Chiyo, you misunderstand.”
Shimizu shook his head.
“The purpose of the mechanical heart is only to temporarily supply blood to Rasa after his own heart is removed, to sustain his life. After the removed heart is taken out, we can remove the explosive insects and then slowly eliminate the larvae, and then reinstall it back into Rasa.
This is less risky, can ensure that Rasa will basically not be in life-threatening danger, and also has a great chance to restore his full strength.
Of course, the prerequisite is to ensure the vitality of the heart, ensure that the reinstallation process is accurate enough, and be able to reactivate the heart.
As for a less risky method, there is actually one.”
Chiyo nodded slightly.
This method is good, but the operational difficulty will be higher.
Moreover, there is actually a less risky method?
“Shimizu, what do you mean by a less risky method…”
“It's very simple. Can't I just use the Creation Rebirth technique to recreate a heart?”
Chiyo: …
She usually thinks from the perspective of an ordinary medical ninja, and almost forgot that Shimizu's chakra level has reached the Tailed Beast level, and he can almost effortlessly use the Creation Rebirth technique.
But in that case, her assessment of her disciple's strength will have to be raised again.
The Third Kazekage also understood this.
A few minutes later, Rasa was quickly transferred to a sterile operating room.
Karura looked nervous, sitting outside the door with her hands clasped tightly.
“Lady Chiyo, you will make the mechanical heart. Rasa, next I will use a sealing technique to suppress the explosive insects and inhibit their chakra activity, so next your heart will feel very stuffy and painful, not to mention the subsequent heart replacement surgery, which will be even more painful.
And throughout the entire process, I need you to mobilize your chakra to cooperate with the suppression of the explosive insects and transport the chakra to the corresponding location, so you must keep your consciousness clear and cannot use anesthesia. However, I will block some of the nerves to reduce your pain, but you must maintain awareness of the corresponding areas, so it is only part of it, not all of it will be blocked, and it will still be very painful.
I need you to endure it and try to maintain the stability of your body to avoid increasing the difficulty of the surgery. Of course, there is also equipment to fix your body.”
Shimizu looked at Rasa lying on the bed, locked his torso, limbs, and neck with handcuffs, and said.
Twenty minutes later.
A spider lying on a heart that had not stopped beating was wrapped in a special sealing cloth, wrapped like a rice dumpling, with sealing runes constantly wandering on it, and finally stabilized, suppressing the activity of the explosive insects.
“The Evil Sealing Method can ensure that the explosive insects will not undergo further mutations within twelve hours. Before that, we have to find the larvae of the explosive insects and analyze the entire process of their growth into adults to find a way to crack this ninjutsu.”
Chiyo looked at the explosive insect sample sealed in the box and said to Shimizu.
“It's okay. Next time, if we encounter that ninja from the Tsurutani clan, just leave it to me to deal with. My sensory ability is refined enough even from a thousand meters away, and I can directly use other methods to remotely eliminate them. Even if they really invade the body, my chakra suppression time for the explosive insects will be longer than Rasa's, and I can directly use the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique to take them out of the body. As long as that person appears within my sensory range, they won't live.”
Shimizu withdrew his palm from Rasa's chest, withdrew the medical ninjutsu, and said lightly.
