"Save some for later."
Minamikawa Yuu was not surprised; he directly took out a ball of red food pills and fed it to the Nine-Tailed in front of him.
After the Nine-Tailed swallowed it, it spoke with great surprise: "The flavor of this Ration Pills seems quite good."
"What materials did you use to make it? There seems to be a familiar aura inside that this old man recognizes."
"It's only right that it feels familiar."
Minamikawa Yuu smiled: "This was specially made by combining your flesh and blood with Shodai-sama's cells."
"What?"
The Nine-Tailed's body suddenly stiffened: "Made using the flesh and blood of this old man and Senju Hashirama..."
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No wonder it felt a familiar aura just now.
It turns out this thing was actually made from its own physical flesh and blood.
It was eating itself; how could it not be familiar?
Although the Nine-Tailed lacked human ethics and moral concepts, it still felt a bit disgusted when faced with the situation of eating itself.
The Ration Pills that felt extremely delicious just a moment ago suddenly didn't seem so appetizing anymore.
"There's no need to be so quick to reject it."
Minamikawa Yuu shook his head at its reaction: "Setting aside psychological factors, this thing is actually very beneficial to you."
The Nine-Tailed's flesh and blood were highly toxic to others—let alone eating it, just touching a little bit would likely mean the end—but for the Nine-Tailed, it was its own power.
Now, through the method of Ration Pillss, it could slowly absorb this physical flesh and blood, thereby converting it into new power, allowing this newly cultivated Nine-Tailed body to grow rapidly.
And from the actual results, this was clearly very useful.
"Even if we ignore this old man's own flesh and blood, is it really okay to use Senju Hashirama's cells to make Ration Pillss?"
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The Nine-Tailed glanced at Minamikawa Yuu: "If this old man remembers correctly, he should be your First Hokage."
"Ultimately, this sort of thing doesn't really matter."
Minamikawa Yuu said with a smile: "The dead must eventually make way for the living."
"Using the First Hokage's cells to create medicine can save many people in the future. If Shodai-sama knew about this, he would likely feel gratified."
In Minamikawa Yuu's view, as long as one wasn't obsessed with transplanting them into one's own body to make them a part of oneself, Hashirama cells actually had many advantages.
First was the tenacious vitality, making them easy to sustain and cultivate on a large scale.
Second was that pure and gentle Yang Release power within; if used properly, the effects would be quite excellent.
Therefore, previously, while Minamikawa Yuu was attempting human experiments, he also began to try utilizing them in other ways.
Now, a healing medicine made using Hashirama cells had already made its initial appearance. After drug testing, the results were good; not only was the production cost very low, but it also had various advantages in other areas.
Even a severely injured person on the verge of death could be easily saved after using this medicine.
If the problem of human body rejection could be initially solved, Hashirama cells could even be used to create limbs to compensate for the defects of maimed Ninja in the future.
Just like the later Obito and Danzo.
Of course, achieving this was not easy and might involve the research and development of various techniques.
But Minamikawa Yuu didn't care about that.
After all, he was Konoha's Hokage, and he had a large group of 'beasts of burden' under him who could help with the research.
For instance, the currently still-immature Orochimaru was, in his eyes, a top-quality beast of burden; as long as he was used properly, he could continuously produce results.
In the time that followed, everything passed smoothly.
In the blink of an eye, the time for the graduation examination arrived.
Because of the changes to the Ninja Academy, a large number of Ninja from Ninja Clans joined this graduation examination, leading to an unprecedented number of nearly a thousand Ninja taking the exam.
Having so many students take the exam at once brought about massive problems.
Many people were thrown into a frantic rush because of it.
Fortunately, Minamikawa Yuu had prepared for this long ago, so in the end, no major chaos occurred.
Soon, the examination results appeared.
The majority of students passed the examination, with the proportion reaching a full ninety percent.
These people would subsequently obtain the title of Genin.
No one was surprised by this proportion.
Because the requirements for the Genin exam were not high to begin with; as long as one mastered the basic Clone Technique and Body Flicker Technique, and had a decent foundation in Taijutsu, they basically met the requirements.
No matter how much a person lacked talent as a Ninja, after a period of training, becoming a Genin would ultimately not be a big problem.
What truly drew attention was the promotion examination.
According to Minamikawa Yuu's regulations, the number of people promoted to the Intermediate Academy was limited; they had to reach a rank within the top one hundred.
In other words, it was a ratio of only one-tenth.
With the participation of numerous Ninja from Ninja Clans, this ratio appeared exceptionally cruel.
Many Ninja who were considered excellent during the Ninja Academy stage were tragically eliminated.
On the day the examination results appeared, Minamikawa Yuu personally walked into the Academy to check the list.
"As expected, it's still those two."
Minamikawa Yuu looked at the list, a look of understanding appearing on his face.
The first name on the promotion list was Tsunade.
This was not surprising.
In this graduation examination, both theory and practical combat accounted for very high scores.
Tsunade had been studying under Minamikawa Yuu for many years; her grasp of various theoretical knowledge was very solid, far superior to others.
As for practical combat, that went without saying even more.
At this current stage, even Orochimaru wouldn't dare say he could defeat Tsunade.
In Minamikawa Yuu's view, her taking first place was a matter of course.
Following Tsunade, Orochimaru was close behind, making the list with second-place results.
As for those after third place, it was basically the world of the Ninja Clan members.
It wasn't until the end of the list that he saw a familiar name again.
"That guy Jiraiya really is a perennial dead last."
Looking at Jiraiya's name on the list, Minamikawa Yuu couldn't help but chuckle helplessly.
To accommodate Ninja like Jiraiya, who had terrible theory but extremely outstanding practical combat and Taijutsu, he had deliberately adjusted the proportion of practical combat scores significantly. He thought that under these circumstances, Jiraiya should have a decent result.
Unexpectedly, he was still at the bottom; looking at this situation, he was almost eliminated.
But this was fine too.
Even if he was at the bottom, he had ultimately made the list.
Minamikawa Yuu had originally thought that if the other party really couldn't pass the promotion, he would find a way to bail him out.
He was, after all, one of the famous Sannin; he deserved at least that much face.
And setting aside his title as one of the Sannin, the fact that he was the future teacher of Minato Namikaze was enough for Minamikawa Yuu to take notice of him.
After Jiraiya, Minamikawa Yuu continued to look up, and then at the very end of the list, he saw another somewhat familiar name.
"Hiruko."
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