The Adventurous Gamer Ninja - Daichi Hekima [Vol. 02]

Chapter 393 - Serpent-Breaker

Hidden Leaf Village: Hokage Tower.

In the deepest sub-level of the Hokage Tower, a clandestine clinical room was prepared an hour earlier on Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders. The chamber was prepared meticulously and was filled with the sterile scent of antiseptics and the soft sound of medical machinery.

The Third Hokage waited outside the makeshift clinic with tense shoulders and worry etched on his face. Several meters in front of him on the ground was the mark for the Teleportation jutsu.

Through his connection with the reanimated Tobirama, Hiruzen saw the powerful jutsu Daichi used to end Orochimaru and sensed the massive chakra the boy had shared with his predecessor. Knowing they're coming home at last, the old Kage gazed intently at the spot where the teleportation seal was placed.

He didn't have to wait long.

Suddenly Tobirama and the rest of the group appeared out of nowhere. "You made it... Thank god." His gaze flicked to Tobirama and the old man gave a small nod of gratitude and then his eyes froze on Tsunade's pale, fever-slick face.

"Monkey," Tobirama began, his voice grave. "Her condition is critical."

Hiruzen nodded, signaling immediately to the medics behind him. Four highly experienced medical shinobi surged forward and carefully moved Tsunade to a specially prepared medical bed.

"Prepare her for a full diagnostic," Hiruzen ordered with a firm voice. "I need detailed readings on her chakra flow, cell integrity, and organ function. As quickly as you can."

"Yes, Lord Hokage!" The medics quickly wheeled Tsunade into the sealed, transparent diagnostic chamber. Within moments the medical instruments in there hummed to life as they were connected to the unconscious patient.

The old Kage's eyes then shifted towards Daichi and focused on the seals on the boy's body. 'The Yin Seal?! So he truly mastered Tsunade's technique and took it to such a state. Seeing its power through Lord Tobirama's eyes is one thing but now sensing his chakra as he's standing near me... Incredible.'

The Hokage kept his thoughts to himself. He was silently impressed but maintained a stoic façade as he turned to Jiraiya. "Report."

Jiraiya's voice was hoarse. "Orochimaru injected her with some kind of serum. Her cells are rewriting themselves. I think. Based on her current state... I don't know if she'll survive the change."

The Toad sage suddenly retrieved a scroll from his back pouch, spreading it open on a nearby steel table.

With a puff of smoke, an assortment of equipment, vials, and scrolls taken from Orochimaru's hidden lab appeared. He turned his solemn gaze to Hiruzen, indicating the supplies. "These might provide clues. It's everything we took from his lab. Orochimaru was experimenting with the First Hokage's cells."

Hiruzen's jaw clenched slightly, but he gave a brief nod. "I see. I'll have our researchers analyze them immediately."

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Inside the subterranean ICU, four medic-nin entered "treatment mode" the instant Tsunade's gurney locked into place.

Fluorescent lights ignited overhead, casting the room in surgical white while several monitors came to life nearby.

"Baseline vitals," Came the order from Kumogi, a highly experienced medic ninja as she clipped a chakra-pulse sensor to Tsunade's temple.

"Heart rate ninety-two, sinus tach, systolic a hundred even and falling; SpO ninety-one." Yasai, the second medic quickly gave a reply.