Chapter 12 Life and Death
The matter of the war had nothing to do with Shiroshi for the time being. Although the coming of the war makes him a little unhappy, even if he really wants to go to the battlefield, it will be two years later.
Be optimistic, maybe the war will be over in two years, right ?
Moreover, war has the benefits of war. Because of the war, the manpower in Konoha is somewhat insufficient. The Anbu will definitely be busy every day.
Who cares about him, a little transparent student at the ninja school?
The attention of the Hokage and other high-level executives was attracted by the Sunagakure Ninjas.
—Uchiha clan, the underground laboratory.
It is as spacious as 100 square meters, and it is equipped with complete electrical equipment, which illuminates the laboratory as bright as day.
In the middle is an open space for people to walk around, and the electronic equipment for testing and the operating table are also placed.
The floor-to-ceiling transparent cylinder filled with green solution was soaked with parts extracted from animals. After being catalyzed by an unknown degree and method, it turned into a very strange shape.
Shiroshi held a glass test tube in his hand, and the test tube stored an incomparably solid light green liquid energy, which was the natural energy entity that Shiroshi extracted from the earth and air.
"How is it, is there any progress?"
Ruri, who came down from above, asked about the research progress of the natural energy.
In order to help Shiroshi conduct research in a stable manner, Ruri will find a way to help him gather the things he needs, whether it is equipment or materials.
The manpower and funds spent in it are completely incomparable to the previous petty experiments.
"No, although the natural energy has existed for a little longer than before, the time to maintain the manifestation is still too short."
Shiroshi sighed, put down the test tube, the light green liquid energy in the test tube began to dilute without warning, the color became lighter and lighter, and finally became blank, and the test tube became empty.
This happens if you don't fuse with other matter while the natural energy materializes.
Of course, it is not impossible to use it, as long as the natural energy is volatilized, it can be used.
That is, the efficiency of the utilization will be slightly lower.
After all, the experimental process of receiving, refining, and solidifying natural energy is very tedious, and some metals with ultra-high conductivity to chakra are also needed.
Therefore, extracting natural energy is not only cumbersome, but also very expensive.
"And, the most important question is not this."
"What's the problem?"
"Look, the various biological parts here are based on chakra, and after injecting natural energy into them, it forms the nature chakra and absorbs it, and it turns into this strange shape."
Shiroshi walked in front of a floor-to-ceiling glass cylinder, tapped it with his fingers, and made a crisp sound. The alien inside didn't respond, like a dead thing.
"What does this mean?"
"In other words, the use of nature chakra is accompanied by a very terrifying risk."
Shiroshi's eyes became dark, with an inexplicable color.
Not in a hurry, he walked to the bookshelf aside, picked up a scroll, spread it out on the table, and pointed to one of the lines.
"Ryuchi Cave, Mount Myoboku, and Shikkotsu Forest are places called the Three Holy Grounds. The above says that you can practice the Sage art in these three places, but the Sage art inherited from the three Holy places seems to be different from our human processing system. So different that after learning them,our corresponding biological characteristics will be altered."
Speaking of which, Shiroshi couldn't help but sigh:
"The Uchiha clan's collection of books is really rich. Although I haven't investigated the specific training methods, these materials have also given me a lot of inspiration. In other words, the Sage arts of the three holy places are probably not suitable for human beings. , to find a sage system that is suitable for human beings... This is an incredible amount of work."
Shiroshi has definite evidence to prove that the Sage arts of the three holy places is not suitable for the human body.
Because the biological structure of frogs, snakes, and slugs is completely different from that of human beings.
Sage arts suitable for frogs, snakes, and slugs are likely to collide with the human processing system. In that case, the mortality and failure rates of humans who practice the Sage arts of the Three Holy Lands will be infinitely higher.
Shiroshi looked at the creatures in the landing cylinder who had become aliens because of receiving the nature chakra, which is the best proof.
For example, the mouse he used as the source of refining the nature chakra, and then this nature chakra is transferred to a snake. As a result, the snake has some features of the mouse.
In the same way, taking the snake as the source of the chakra extraction, and transferring it to the mouse, the characteristics of the snake will appear on the mouse.
This is how the alien creatures in the landing cylinder came to be.
This is also the reason why Shiroshi judges that the Sage arts of the three holy places are not compatible with humans.
The human body structure is more complex and richer than that of frogs. Once something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous.
Shiroshi wouldn't try it himself until he was completely sure.
Therefore, Shiroshi can only use animal bodies to conduct experiments first, and then use human bodies to conduct experiments when the risk is minimized.
But this kind of inhumane thing was rejected by Shiroshi.
But if you want to let yourself master the nature chakra without risk, human experiments are unavoidable.
Life is not such a cheap thing.
That said, it's a little hypocritical.
However,medicine is developed step by step in this way.
All results are based on the countless sacrifices and deaths of the predecessors, and the valuable experience gained.
Fortunately, the research on nature chakra has only just taken the first step, using human experiments, should only be needed many years later.
Besides, even if the nature chakra cannot be used, the use of natural energy is very wide.
The vitality contained in natural energy is very huge and has extremely high medical value.
Therefore, it is a very wise choice for the current self to slow down the research of the nature chakra.
What he has to do now is to maximize the utilization of natural energy to improve his strength.
"Ruri, can you help me find some medicinal herbs? I want to extract new medicines that can improve physical abilities based on natural energy."
"What about the experiment of nature Chakra?"
"I still need to collect more information on the Sage arts before I can carry out the next experiment without fail. Otherwise, the experiment of integrating nature chakra is too dangerous, and if you are not careful, you will die. But unfortunately, we don't have much information about it. The information on the three holy lands Sage arts can only be taken slowly."
Shiroshi is not in a hurry to use nature chakra, and it is a special joy to be able to apply natural energy.
"Is that so? Okay, write down the names of the medicinal materials you need, and give me a list, and I will ask the ninja cats to buy and collect them as soon as possible."
Ruri has her own private channel, which can avoid the sight of everyone in Konoha, and obtain various materials from outside, so purchasing medicinal materials is not difficult at all.
Moreover, in order to protect the secrets of the laboratory, Ruri has arranged a large number of explosive tags around it. If an outsider breaks into this place, Ruri will sense it, and will immediately activate them to detonate the laboratory, allowing no one to break into it. The intruder and the laboratory will explode together, destroying everything here.
"I trouble you with this,but if war is inevitable, we have to prepare now. I have a hunch that this war will be very tragic."
...
War brings the pain of war, but life still has to pass day by day.
Among the villagers who became restless again, Shiroshi was the one with the most peaceful mood.
Because of the advent of the war, the medical instructor of the First Medical Ninja Experimental Class has once again changed back to the previously unknown Anbu Jonin.
At the beginning of Sunagakure's attack on the land of fire, Tsunade had already gone to the front line to cooperate with a group of Konoha ninjas to fight against them, and her younger brother Nawaki also went to participate in the war early. He hopes he is safe.
War is a meat grinder.
A few months after the war began, in July of that year, it was summer, and the breeze was mixed with a touch of muggy heat.
Shiroshi has successfully entered the fifth grade, ninjutsu physical training, natural energy research, everything is going on regularly.
The first batch of drugs developed with natural energy was finally created by Shiroshi after several months of unrelenting efforts and a large amount of investment.
This is a lilac-colored tablet, the size of a thumb, which neutralizes a lot of medicinal materials, and most importantly, incorporates natural energy, which doubles the value and effect of this medicine.
Shiroshi's research has long shown that natural energy is a special energy that is violent and full of vitality.
If there is no other substance for neutralization, if it is directly ingested into the body, there is a high probability of immediate death.
Unless it is the kind of person who is naturally friendly to natural energy, but Shiroshi has not seen this kind of special physical human, and it is still unknown whether one exists or not.
The effect of this new drug can improve Shiroshi's comprehensive body ability, including the body's self-healing and immune ability, and it will have a comprehensive increase in strength, reaction nerves, and anti-strike ability.
This new drug has minimal side effects, so only one tablet per day is required for continuous use for more than a month, and the drug effect will gradually manifest in the user.
The drug effect saturation varies according to each person's constitution and processing system ability. Some people can reach the saturation level after taking it for seven or eight months. If they continue to take it, they will not only fail to improve their physical ability, but will also cause major harm to the body.
Some people can take it for more than ten months before it causes physical rejection.
Based on the report generated by the self-examination, Shiroshi determined that the saturation time of taking this drug was eleven months.
Once the eleven-month condition is met, it must be discontinued.
The saturation of Ruri is between eleven months and twelve months. To be conservative, Shiroshi set the time at eleven and a half months.
After taking this drug, Ruri, after about six or seven months, will not easily feel fatigued and heavy even if she keeps the Sharingan open for a long time.
Shiroshi also intends to find a time to deliver this new medicine to Ayane and let her take it. The war is imminent, and the better the preparation, the higher the chance of surviving.
…
Ayane is in the hospital at this time.
While training, she deliberately sprained her leg and had to rest in the hospital for about four days.
Because Shiroshi has given her many important tasks that must be completed in the hospital, she can only enter the hospital to recuperate in this way.
For example-
When a pregnant woman gives birth to a baby, is the chakra in the baby's body produced by itself or is it drained from the mother's body?
Or, when the embryo is formed, whether there is chakra produced.
Strange problems like this are endless.
This observation task also made Ayane feel very ashamed.
Although there are many pregnant women in Konoha who are expecting to give birth, there is no shortage of observation materials, but...
How can someone arrange such a perverted task for a girl!
Because the Byakugan eye has the functions of perspective, farsightedness and insight, only Ayane can perform this task.
Ayane knew this too.
But she still want to complain about Shiroshi's research direction.
Are all medical ninjas this perverted?
Not only the issue of pregnant women and childbirth, but also more strange observation tasks, to have Ayane write a documentary report, and then give it to him, saying that it will be of great use to his research.
Ayane wonders if Shiroshi wants to transfer to gynecology research.
What a big change.
On the third day of Ayane's hospitalization, there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
Shiroshi walked in with a basket of fruits.
"Ayane-san, I'm here to visit you. These fruits are a little gift from your classmates."
Ayane sighed and said:
"Don't worry, no one is watching us, so there's no need to cover up like this."
"Well, Ayane-san, what are you talking about, why can't I understand it? I'm just here to give you condolences on behalf of my classmates..."
"Do you want me to burn those observation reports ?"
Shiroshi no longer pretends to be stupid.
He took the scroll on which the observation report was written from Ayane and put it in his ninja bag.
After Shiroshi put the fruit basket beside Ayane's bed, he took out a palm-sized medicine bag from his arms and handed it to Ayane.
"This is?"
"This is a new medicine that I developed after extracting natural energy and neutralizing it with other medicinal materials to enhance my physique. Remember to take it after lunch on time every day. This is a month's amount, and I will give you more every month. It will be given to you on time, and it will be fine if you continue to take it for eleven months."
Shiroshi knows Ayane's body like the back of his hand, so it's easy to conclude that Ayane's saturation is the same as his own at eleven months.
"I always think that the color is suspicious."
"That's the way it looks. Isn't the point its efficacy? It doesn't really matter what it looks like. Compared to this incident, is there anything worth noting recently?"
"No, as you asked, I live very peacefully in the clan."
Ayane recalled her life in the clan these days and reported to Shiroshi.
"That's good. I already have some judgments about the curse of the caged bird, but I can't confirm the accuracy of these inferences. Can you get information about the caged bird?"
"You overestimate me, Shiroshi-kun. If I get into contact with that level of secrets, I will most likely to be dealt with. That kind of information is not something that can be accessed by the branch family."
Ayane said in a helpless tone.
Shiroshi was not disappointed, he has expected this kind of thing, but he still asked just in case.
"It seems that I can only find a way on my own. I won't bother you anymore. It's easy to get noticed after spending a long time here with you."
Ayane nodded and watched Shiroshi leave her ward.
...
The news that Nawaki has died came very suddenly.
It's as if the person you were chatting and laughing with yesterday, had died early the next morning, so people were overwhelmed.
It is said that he was eager to make meritorious deeds, but as a result, he did not follow the instructions of his teacher, Orochimaru, in the encounter, and recklessly fell into the enemy's trap.
When Shiroshi heard the news, he was also stunned on the spot.
Thinking of the young boy from the Senju clan with a confident and cheerful smile, died suddenly at such a young age, and Shiroshi felt pity in his heart.
In the face of war, even the bloodline of the first Hokage is meaningless.
In places like the battlefield, anyone must be prepared to die.
That has nothing to do with the identity of the ninja, or his blood.
The enemy will not show mercy to him just because he is the grandson of the first Hokage.
"Tsunade-sensei must be very sad..."
Although he really wanted to visit Tsunade and comfort her, but he was in Konoha and couldn't do it at all.
Even a ninja with the noble identity of Senju Nawaki died a worthless death. What can he change as a commoner?
Humans are creatures who seek benefits and avoid harm. Before their own safety is guaranteed, reaching out to others will only make themselves more embarrassing.
The meaning of the word "salvation" belongs to the strong, and the weak can only feel sorry for themselves.
Nawaki is dead, and Konoha will not specially hold a funeral for him.
Now everyone is racing against the clock to kill the enemy and drive the enemy out of the country. Life and death have long been out of the question, and there is no time to grieve for a dead person.
Even if he is the grandson of the first Hokage.
Nawaki is a ninja, it doesn't matter whether he had this consciousness or not.
This is the ninja war.
Shiroshi understood the ruthlessness of war more and more.
In his previous life, he lived in a relatively peaceful age, far away from the smoke of war.
In the past few years, He has not witnessed what the war is like, but he has deeply understood one thing.
Birth is not worthy of joy.
Death is not worth mourning.
To be born in troubled times is the greatest misfortune.
(Chapter End)