Konoha Hospital.
Homura Mitokado looked up at the sign outside the office, glanced at the person behind him, made a "wait a moment" gesture, and then pushed the door open to enter.
After he entered, the sound of discussion immediately quieted down.
Gozan and the others stood up immediately.
"Advisor-sama."
"Sit down."
Homura Mitokado waved his hand.
He walked onto the platform and smiled, "No need to be formal, everyone relax a bit."
"Yes!"
Gozan exchanged looks with the others and then asked cautiously, "Does Hokage-sama have any instructions?"
"Hokage-sama knows your difficulties. I don't understand Medical Ninjutsu; I only know some first aid and Hemostasis Techniques. I certainly can't help you with surgery."
Homura Mitokado smiled amiably, "I'm not here to command today, but to coordinate the work."
Gozan and the others looked at each other, their faces flushing, yet they couldn't find the words.
Everyone knew why Homura Mitokado had come.
They felt ashamed.
Asuma's status was indeed one of the reasons why everyone currently thought the surgery was difficult and didn't dare to take the mission.
Homura Mitokado said, "The main reason for gathering everyone is to discuss a plan—whether it's feasible and whether you dare to do it."
He paused slightly, then continued with a firm tone:
"If you dare to do it, I will sign for it. I will take responsibility for any consequences."
The room suddenly became pin-drop silent.
A second later, Gozan's face flushed as he said, "Lord... we dare!"
"Good!"
Homura Mitokado said, "In terms of medical level, you are all professionals; no one is more excellent than you. However, Asuma's problem is quite special, so I've invited an Advisor for you."
Saying that, he clapped his hands.
The person outside the door then walked in.
Everyone looked closely and was immediately surprised: "Masahiko?"
"Everyone is clear about Masahiko's abilities. Although he is not a professional Medical Ninja, he is top-notch in various technical aspects."
Homura Mitokado said, "He has a plan, let's discuss it together."
"Yes!"
Gozan responded and sat down.
Masahiko walked in and said:
"I've looked at the difficulties of the surgery. One is that the hand is very delicate, making extraction quite troublesome. The other is that there's still some Chakra residue in the bone in this area, which is affecting his bone gaps, right?"
"Yes."
Everyone nodded one after another.
Masahiko said, "I plan to do it in three steps. One is to extract its Chakra to deactivate it first. The second step is cutting... and the third step, I will pull out the bone fragments."
Everyone looked at each other.
Then, all the team members looked at Gozan and Hanpan.
Hanpan had been thinking just now.
He knew very well—
In the past two days, Konoha had just experienced a rebellion and chaos. Hokage-sama was very busy and basically hadn't asked about Asuma's matter.
The fact that he suddenly remembered it while Masahiko was also serving as an Advisor likely had everything to do with Masahiko.
This was probably Masahiko helping him solve a difficult problem.
Thinking of this, Hanpan raised his hand in agreement:
"I think we can try. At the very least, temporarily deactivating it and cutting it out can prevent the situation from worsening."
Everyone thought for a moment and nodded one after another... Inside the operating room.
Asuma had been completely anesthetized.
Gozan held his breath and focused.
Although it was said that Homura Mitokado would take the responsibility, his heart was still in his throat.
This surgery... However.
Seeing the brave expression on Hanpan's face after he made up his mind, he couldn't say any words of refusal.
Getting old!
Gozan sighed inwardly.
"Senior Hanpan, the medical part will mainly be handled by you. I'm responsible for deactivating it and removing the fragments."
Masahiko instructed.
Hanpan nodded solemnly, "These are the two most difficult points. As long as they are resolved, I will definitely be able to lead everyone to complete the mission!"
"Good."
Masahiko formed hand seals.
A moment later, a water ball appeared in his palm.
The water ball wrapped around Asuma's hand. Gradually, the water ball seemed to merge into his palm, and then—
It began to absorb the Chakra inside.
Part of it was Asuma's Chakra. Since Masahiko was not using Shikotsumyaku, the Chakra released within the bone fragments was very weak.
During the process, everyone was very surprised.
They hadn't never seen techniques for extracting Chakra, but such fine control like Masahiko's was still very rare.
And.
They vaguely remembered... a few months ago, Masahiko didn't have such meticulous Chakra control.
Masahiko-kun must have worked very hard in private.
No wonder he could become strong so quickly!
Ten minutes later, Masahiko slowly exhaled.
"Success."
"Good, I'll take the next step."
Hanpan took the scalpel and began to perform the surgery on the hand.
The bone fragments in the arm had already been removed yesterday; only the most delicate hand part was left for today.
They only needed to complete the parts for both hands to declare the treatment finished.
Hanpan was under a lot of pressure, but at this moment, he was more excited and moved.
Masahiko dared to go to Sandaime-sama for him... what reason did he have to back down?
Time passed minute by minute.
Ten minutes later, Hanpan finished the minimally invasive cutting of the last bone fragment and almost blacked out.
Fortunately, by this time, he had completed the surgery.
Now... he looked at Masahiko.
"If you're not confident, the bone fragments can temporarily stay inside, and we can wait for Lady Tsunade to return to remove them for treatment."
"It's fine. Since I've said it, it means I'm confident."
Masahiko looked calm.
Hanpan and Gozan looked at each other. Both were a bit worried, but they also admired Masahiko's confidence and courage.
At this point, it wasn't appropriate for them to try to persuade him further.
Before the wound was healed with the Chakra Scalpel, Masahiko's Chakra, like water, seeped into the gaps, wrapping around the bone fragments in the wound.
Everyone around held their breath.
In a hand surgery like this, how to remove foreign objects is the most difficult point. Everyone was curious about how Masahiko would operate.
The next second, they saw it.
After the Chakra poured in, it wrapped around those bone fragments, washing and eroding them bit by bit, and finally slowly squeezing them out from the inside.
This technique was somewhat like the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique, but the details of its usage were quite different.
A moment later, the external water ball became increasingly turbid.
Small bone debris flowed with the water waves inside.
Precise and powerful!
It wasn't that they hadn't seen Water Release, and they also knew Masahiko had mastered a type of Medical Water Release, but they hadn't truly witnessed it since it was first created.
Seeing it now, they were completely convinced.
A moment later, one hand was finished, and a loud cheer erupted in the operating room.
Although it hadn't been fully verified yet... with this operation, it was bound to succeed!
Gozan's gaze toward Masahiko became incredibly fervent: "Are you really not considering becoming a professional Medical Ninja?"
"Senior Gozan, I still prefer my current job."
Masahiko was quite tactful.
Gozan's face was immediately filled with regret.
"What a great medical genius..."
"Teacher, even if he doesn't become a Medical Ninja now, he is a famous genius in Konoha."
Hanpan said in a low voice.
Gozan immediately glared at him and regretfully gave up on further persuasion, his mood inevitably becoming a bit depressed.
It was exactly as Hanpan said.
After being nurtured and exposed to a large amount of Ninjutsu knowledge, Masahiko had shown extremely high talent in various Ninjutsu fields.
There were too many directions for such a top-tier genius to choose from.