Chapter 110: Attempt
What would Tsunade's reaction be?
She was very happy.
"Hehe... Kei proposed to me..."
Within the Senju clan's ancestral grounds, Tsunade sat there grinning foolishly to herself.
"Stop mumbling it already."
Mito looked at her lovestruck expression and could not help interrupting. "From just now until now, you've repeated it more than ten times."
"Even if you aren't tired of saying it, I'm getting tired of hearing it."
"Hehe... I'm going to marry Kei..."
Tsunade seemed not to hear her at all and still wore that utterly infatuated expression.
She was hopeless.
Mito let out a helpless sigh.
At first, she had been happy for Tsunade, but little by little, even she could not take it anymore.
After all, no matter who it was, having someone constantly flaunting their affection right in front of them was bound to create some unpleasant feelings.
Even Mito, already an old woman, was no exception.
"Wow, what a hopeless lovestruck idiot!"
A moment later, Tsunade's younger brother, Nawaki, returned as well. Looking at Tsunade, he immediately shouted, "You're even drooling, dummy!"
The moment the words left his mouth, a miserable scream followed.
Nawaki's cry echoed through the entire area.
Fortunately, after being interrupted by Nawaki, Tsunade's lovestruck state seemed to lessen a little.
But after only half a day, she returned to her usual condition.
"I'm getting married to Kei! You all better come to the wedding when the time comes!"
Inside the laboratory, she shouted this to Orochimaru and the others.
"We know, we know."
Orochimaru nodded helplessly, silently complaining to himself.
What a terrible state.
"Can't you let us do our experiments in peace?"
Recently, he had been researching the Reincarnation Jutsu and had reached a critical point. His mind was now full of his own experiments, and he had no interest in anything else.
"Is Teacher really going to marry her?"
At the side, Hiruko's face was full of confusion. "Orochimaru, why do you think Teacher took a liking to her?"
"She clearly only thinks about gambling and eating, has no scientific spirit at all, and we have nothing in common with her."
"I don't know."
Orochimaru shook his head. "To be honest, I'm curious about that too."
In the eyes of Orochimaru and Hiruko, Yuu had always been the image of a calm researcher.
He was knowledgeable, always able to point out the right path whenever they were confused, and he would actively discuss various research difficulties with them and explore ways to solve them together. He was truly a beacon on their scientific path, a nearly perfect researcher.
Yet such a perfect person actually had ordinary thoughts like wanting to get married.
And the one he intended to marry was Tsunade.
It was not that they thought Tsunade was not good enough. They simply felt that she and Yuu were not especially compatible.
"Marriage is such a boring thing."
Hiruko shook his head, clearly disdainful of it. "Orochimaru, do you have any thoughts of getting married in the future?"
"What do you think?"
Orochimaru glanced at him. "That sort of thing would only interfere with my experiments."
"Marriage is nothing more than something derived from the human instinct to reproduce, but I am destined for eternal life. I have no need for such things."
"Hmph, me too."
Hiruko snorted coldly. "Only power is the eternal pursuit. Women and the like are far too boring."
"But this is still Teacher's matter."
After thinking for a moment, his face grew serious. "I think we should still prepare a gift."
"That makes sense."
Orochimaru considered it, then nodded.
Regardless of their own views on marriage, they truly respected Kei, so offering their blessing was only right.
That night, when there was no one around, Kei entered the laboratory alone.
After several days of preparation, all the materials needed for the transformation ritual had already been made ready.
Now, he was here for the final step.
On the operating table, he first combined the Nine Tails' cells with the First Hokage's cells.
The medicinal liquid made from Hashirama's cells could effectively suppress the violent nature of the Nine Tails' cells and reduce their danger.
At one side of the lab bench, several chakra crystals had also been placed there.
These crystals contained a large amount of chakra, which Kei had collected by various means over the past two years.
Although it could not compare to his time as the Daimyo in the Land of Ancestors, as the Hokage, the power he now wielded was not small either, so the amount of chakra he had gathered was also considerable.
This chakra served as insurance, meant to maintain the consumption of the Karma within his body.
Even for Kei, devouring the Nine Tails' cells was an extremely dangerous attempt. A single mistake could result in serious consequences.
But as long as the Karma inside his body remained stable, he would be safe.
"With the power of Karma, governing the Nine Tails' chakra should not be a problem."
As he prepared the final procedures, that thought flashed through his mind.
After all, the Nine Tails was only a fragment of the Ten Tails. Although it was powerful, it should not have any room for resistance against the Karma of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
As long as Kei could keep Karma activated throughout the entire process, then absorbing the Nine Tails' chakra should not carry too much risk.
"Well then... let us begin..."
Once all the preparations were complete, Kei took a deep breath and lay down on the operating table.
Just as before, he did not let anyone else perform the surgery this time either. Instead, he created several clones to operate on himself.
The reason was not because he did not trust others.
It was simply because, in all of Konoha, he himself was the strongest Medical Ninja.
Not only in Konoha, but likely in the entire shinobi world, it was doubtful that anyone's medical ninjutsu surpassed his.
In that case, it was naturally best for him to perform the operation himself.
As the surgery progressed, the refined essence extracted from the Nine Tails' flesh and blood was injected into his body.
The next moment, Kei suddenly opened his eyes.
Within them, a pair of crimson Sharingan emerged, the three tomoe spinning continuously.
Terrifying emotions began to breed and spread within his body.
As the Nine Tails' flesh entered him, Kei's own emotions were immediately stirred by the resentment carried within it and began to erupt uncontrollably.
A destructive urge rose inside him, as if he wanted to stand up and destroy everything in front of him regardless of the cost.
Fortunately, Kei had long since prepared for this possibility.
Very soon, the pre arranged barrier activated. Its power locked Kei in place and caused him to lose control of his body.
A hazy scene appeared before his eyes.
Before he realized it, Kei found himself within a dark and misty space.
A massive Nine Tails stood before him.
Unlike the usual Nine Tails, this one seemed like the embodiment of calamity itself. It possessed no wisdom and no reason, only pure negative emotion.
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