Hokage: I Confronted the Five Kage Before the System Arrived

Chapter 63: Medical Forbidden Jutsu

Valley of the Fallen God.

“It has already begun.”

Standing on top of the “Hashirama Senju” statue, Hagoromo Gengetsu glanced in the direction of Konoha.

This outcome was not unexpected.

Generally speaking, a person wouldn’t choose to follow someone just because they met them once and received a simple promise. 

But Sasuke was not a normal person.

Driven by revenge, he didn’t care if his body was used by Orochimaru. Once he found a better goal, taking a risk was only natural.

Orochimaru and Hagoromo Gengetsu — anyone who knew the history of the ninja world would know who to choose.

Hagoromo Gengetsu quickly withdrew his gaze and sat cross-legged.

He wasn’t a babysitter and had no interest in picking up Sasuke.

Everything depended on Sasuke’s own luck or how fate would arrange it.

Comparatively, Hagoromo Gengetsu was more concerned with his own issues.

He picked up two scrolls.

These were the medical forbidden jutsus, Body Activation and Body Regeneration, obtained from Shinno.

Even Orochimaru coveted these body-related forbidden jutsus. After reading through them, Hagoromo Gengetsu had gained much insight.

Now having mastered them thoroughly, he didn’t hesitate and formed a hand seal.

“Medical Forbidden Jutsu: Body Activation!”

In an instant, Hagoromo Gengetsu felt his entire body’s cells activate and boil, his muscles swelling suddenly. His speed, strength, endurance, and other abilities all enhanced slightly.

Although these enhancements were just a bonus compared to his own strength, his original purpose for using this jutsu was not for this.

Quickly, Hagoromo Gengetsu changed the hand seal.

“Medical Forbidden Jutsu: Body Regeneration!”

In that moment, the activated cells within Hagoromo Gengetsu’s body burst out with a green glow full of life. Under his command, they quickly filled all the wounded areas of his body.

Visibly, the sunken wounds on Hagoromo Gengetsu’s body quickly inflated and healed like balloons being blown up.

Including the severely sunken wound on his chest.

Flesh regenerated, bones knit together, and skin grew over.

After a few blinks of an eye, Hagoromo Gengetsu’s previously scarred body had been restored to its original state, his skin white and smooth, appearing no different from a normal person.

Hagoromo Gengetsu stood up and felt his body, nodding in satisfaction:

“A very good medical forbidden jutsu.”

Compared to other medical jutsus, the ones obtained from Shinno had more immediate healing effects.

Of course, being labeled as forbidden jutsus, they naturally had their drawbacks that prevented them from being widely used.

For example, they required an enormous amount of chakra, more than what a typical Jonin possessed; and they needed a strong physique to support them, otherwise, the person would collapse from exhaustion due to the massive cell consumption before the injuries even healed.

Fortunately, these were challenges Hagoromo Gengetsu could overcome.

“Though it can’t compare to Hashirama Senju’s seamless, immediate healing without hand seals, it’s still a very good recovery method.”

“One must admit, the wisdom of later generations is indeed praiseworthy.”

With most of his injuries healed, Hagoromo Gengetsu mused.

As for the remaining bit.

Hagoromo Gengetsu touched his chest, where deeply embedded within his body, under the influence of the Forbidden Jutsu Eternal Sleep’s Breath, lay the persistent Sage Chakra of Hashirama Senju that had entangled with his body for decades.

Medical forbidden jutsus excelled in flesh regeneration, but they were not precise enough to extract Sage Chakra.

“I still need to make a trip to Konoha,” Hagoromo Gengetsu pondered. 

If anyone in the entire ninja world understood Hashirama Senju best, it would be his home village, Konoha.

In terms of comprehensive medical ninjutsu, Konoha, which had always been at the forefront, could not be compared to Shinno alone.

Not even the combined might of the other four great ninja villages could compare.

Moreover.

“Expelling the Sage Chakra is one thing, but if I could collect it successfully, it would greatly benefit my study of Sage Jutsu.”

Hagoromo Gengetsu was naturally interested in Sage Jutsu.

In the current situation where he had no access to the Three Great Sage Regions, the remaining Sage Chakra of Hashirama Senju in his body was undoubtedly an excellent research subject.

However, the premise was to successfully extract it.

Researching chakra and ninjutsu was never a solitary task of sitting in a closed room, silently contemplating.

In the ninja world, various advanced research instruments were also indispensable.

As the only existing experimental material, this was one of the reasons why Hagoromo Gengetsu had not used more extreme methods to deal with the Sage Chakra in his body.

With a decision in mind, but knowing the timing was not right, Hagoromo Gengetsu looked once more in the direction of Konoha, curious:

“Now, let’s see where this new wind will blow to, having deviated from its course.”

Boom!

In the boundless forest, a flare shot up from the treetops, exploding in the sky with brilliant colors.

“Those damn brats!”

Among the trees, the four members of the Sound Ninja Four noticed the flare overhead. They glanced at the Konoha kids trailing them, their faces full of anger and killing intent.

“I’ll kill them!” Tayuya, unable to wait, pulled out her flute.

Because they were intercepted by a Konoha squad midway, although the Sound Ninja Four defeated them, they were delayed, allowing the Nara squad to catch up.

Neither side trusted their backs to the other.

Initially, the Sound Ninja Four didn’t take these cannon fodder Konoha kids seriously, intending to deal with them quickly.

Unexpectedly, these Konoha brats were cunning, keeping their distance and occasionally sending up signal flares to call for nearby Konoha ninja reinforcements.

“If this keeps up, more Konoha ninja will arrive, and Orochimaru-sama’s mission will fail!” Recognizing the severity of the situation, Sakon frowned.

Kidomaru glanced at the Nara squad, then looked ahead, his eyes cold: “Their captain is very cautious. Rushing directly at them won’t work. But prey can never escape the web. Follow my plan.”

As the one most skilled in hunting prey, Kidomaru quickly formulated a strategy.

Behind them.

Under Shikamaru Nara’s command, the squad maintained their distance from the Sound Ninja Four.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Kiba grew impatient.

“Shikamaru, how long do we have to keep this up? If we don’t hurry, Sasuke will get away!” Naruto said anxiously.

“Yeah, yeah! Why don’t we rush up and defeat those four first?” Kiba suggested.

“Those four are not easy to deal with,” Shikamaru rejected the idea. “Even if we defeat them, we’ll have no energy left to chase Sasuke.”

Since Sasuke wasn’t in the hands of the Sound Ninja Four.

After encountering them, Shikamaru chose not to engage directly but to conserve the squad’s strength and continuously send out flares, calling for nearby Konoha ninja reinforcements to deal with the Sound Ninja Four.

Shikamaru knew well that the Hokage’s mission for them was to bring back Sasuke Uchiha.

Wasting time and energy on the Sound Ninja Four would only result in mission failure.

With a little more time, his plan would succeed.