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That day, at the main gate of Konoha, Ishigami Hara bid farewell to Nawaki.
That's right, Nawaki was going to the battlefield again, and this time he was going to the most dangerous Kumogakure front. As the grandson of the First Hokage, and now that he had mastered the Wood Release, Nawaki had no reason to refuse.
In fact, he never thought of refusing, and was even very excited.
Watching Nawaki leave with many shinobi from the same village, a smile on his face, Ishigami Hara waved his hand and watched everyone depart.
In addition to Nawaki, there were more than a hundred people traveling with him, and they were all the elite of the village.
There were even more people who came to say goodbye, and Ishigami Hara could only be regarded as an ordinary one among them, but he still attracted attention.
"How?"
Ishigami Hara asked in his mind.
After these days of getting along, Ishigami Hara and Senju Tobirama had become more familiar with each other. Unlike Uchiha Izuna, Senju Tobirama was obviously more willing to communicate with others, so the two of them had more daily conversations than with Uchiha Izuna.
The scene in front of him made Ishigami Hara feel very interested, especially the village leaders bypassing him and directly choosing to let Nawaki go to the front line. The meaning was self-evident.
"Humph!"
Senju Tobirama snorted coldly, obviously not satisfied with the arrangement of the village leaders.
"Do you think that at this time, the senior people are still worried about this and that, which is not up to the standard?" Ishigami Hara still asked back.
This time Senju Tobirama did not avoid it, and said coldly: "Monkey is qualified to be Hokage, but he is still a little weak and lacks the atmosphere that a Hokage should have."
The fact is indeed as Senju Tobirama commented, and Ishigami Hara just smiled at this.
"A lot of Uchiha have gone, but they are in the east. You should know what they are about to face."
"Use Uchiha to deal with Kirigakure shinobi?"
"That's right."
Ishigami Hara smiled unchanged.
"It's really... disappointing."
Senju Tobirama commented.
"Uchiha should fight on the main battlefield. They can't gain much advantage against Kirigakure."
"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that."
After standing for a while, Ishigami Hara turned around and walked back.
He thought the arrangement of the village leaders was normal and had no extra thoughts about it.
Anyway, he had already talked about it in the Hokage's office that day.
Since those people in the upper echelons still chose not to trust him, Ishigami Hara had nothing to say.
After returning to the clan, Ishigami Hara ordered people to call Ishigami Fū and Ishigami Koki.
These two were Chūnin, and they were only in their early twenties. Strictly speaking, their qualifications were just so-so. Of course, this is compared with their peers in the bloodline ninja clans. If placed among civilian shinobi, this kind of talent was already good.
After experiencing the Root, the two's personalities had changed a little, and it was only after this period of recovery that they had started to return to normal. Even so, the two were still a little quiet, but Ishigami Hara didn't care about this.
This time, the two were called here just because the bloodline experiment had reached a certain level and could begin the next step.
"Are you sure it will succeed?" Senju Tobirama asked.
The experiments during this period, Ishigami Hara did not hide from Senju Tobirama, so the whole process was under Senju Tobirama's attention. Senju Tobirama knew exactly what Ishigami Hara did.
It was because of this that Senju Tobirama asked this question.
It was because some of Ishigami Hara's experiments seemed a bit unbelievable to Senju Tobirama.
"I'm not sure, but the success rate should not be low."
As he was talking, Ishigami Fū and Ishigami Koki had arrived. The two of them didn't say anything unnecessary. After bowing slightly, they stepped aside and waited for Ishigami Hara's instructions.
"You should know why I called you here, right?" Ishigami Hara asked.
"Yes, Master!"
Ishigami Hara nodded and smiled. "That's good, relax, don't be nervous."
He took out two reagents and said, "This is the gene medicine I made according to your own situation. It can activate ten genes in your body."
He took out two file bags and handed them to the two, explaining, "Fū, the genes belonging to the Uzumaki clan in your body are more complete, so if nothing goes wrong, the gene medicine should be able to activate this part.
Kōki, you are close to the genes of the Hyūga clan.
If the experiment is successful, you should be able to open your Byakugan."
The two looked at each other subconsciously after hearing this, and they saw excitement in each other's eyes.
As shinobi, they naturally understood what the ninja bloodlines represented. Ishigami Fū was better off. The Uzumaki clan was known for a larger amount of chakra, but the Hyūga clan was different. They had the Byakugan.
If the experiment could really succeed, it would definitely be a great benefit for them.
In his mind, Senju Tobirama remained silent.
What Ishigami Hara was going to do was beyond his expectations.
He didn't know if he had warned Ishigami Hara before about the consequences of doing so.
But Ishigami Hara was reckless and ignored him completely.
In this way, Senju Tobirama could even imagine what kind of shock this experiment would bring to the village—no, the entire ninja world—if it succeeded.
By then, the entire Ishigami clan would be targeted by all the bloodline ninja clans in the entire ninja world, and the small Ishigami clan would be in trouble. "I advise you to be cautious."
"For you now, this kind of thing is more dangerous than an opportunity."
"I think you should know that."
Senju Tobirama, for the sake of the village, still gave a word of advice, and his tone was very sincere.
If he hadn't been unable to directly control Ishigami Hara's body, he might have truly taken the initiative to do something.
"Don't worry, Second Hokage, I know what I'm doing."
While replying in his mind, Ishigami Hara had already completed the injection work on the two.
At this time, the two were tied to two test tables, wearing only shorts. Ishigami Hara had set up barriers and seals around the test tables in advance, striving to make the whole process smooth.
Ishigami Fū suddenly tensed up, twisting and twitching on the test table, his face looking hideous.
Looking at his body again, his blood vessels were bulging, his whole body tense, and he was sweating profusely. It was obvious he was suffering from some kind of pain.
If you looked closely, it was not difficult to see that the originally light red hair was starting to become brighter from the roots, although it was not yet at Ishigami Hara's level of prominence.
On the other side, Ishigami Kōki was even worse.
He was screaming, his eyes wide open, his teeth clenched, his body tense, and his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
The original light brown eyes had gradually become more similar to the white of the Byakugan, but they were slightly darker with a beige luster. "Ahhh!!!!"
The screams were very shrill, but Ishigami Hara remained unmoved.
He just checked the monitoring equipment next to him and read various physical indicators. "It's a pity that this bloodline and gene activation method is still a bit rough and not universal."
"Only gene drugs can be developed for individuals."
Ishigami Hara shook his head as he spoke, as if he was not worried at all that the experiment would fail.
Bang!
Suddenly, the bindings that held Ishigami Kōki broke, and Ishigami Fū jumped up from the test bench, attempting to rush out.
But the next moment, the seals around the test bench emerged and turned into tiny ropes, binding him tightly.
Ishigami Hara looked over and saw that Ishigami Kōki's eyes were now pure white, with veins bulging on both sides of his eye sockets, and he looked hideous.
Seeing this, Ishigami Hara smiled instead.
"It's a success."