Chapter 261: Injection
"Elder Masahiko? Elder Masahiko?"
Kagami Uchiha called out repeatedly before finally pulling Masahiko out of his deep thought.
"Ah, Kagami, when did you get here?"
Kagami Uchiha: "..."
Is this senile dementia?
"Ah, no, you were talking about the eyesight problem, right?"
It wasn't that Masahiko's brain was lagging; it was just that the word "curse" had sparked too many thoughts, causing his imagination to run wild for a moment.
The first thing he thought of was Black Zetsu, cursing frantically from inside his stomach... This was also the most unlikely possibility.
The second thing he thought of was the conflict between Indra and Asura, that they had cursed each other, but the possibility wasn't high either.
The third was looking back to before Kaguya Otsutsuki was sealed. She might have placed a curse on the Sage of Six Paths, and since it couldn't affect him, it slowly manifested in his descendants. This guess seemed relatively more plausible.
The fourth...
"Curses are something independent of the Naruto power system. It's even possible that when Kaguya cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, she received curses from those commoners." Thinking of this, Masahiko recalled some other memories.
"Speaking of which, the reason Kaguya gave birth seemed to be because she received people's blessings... Blessings and curses, what the heck are these things?"
"The fifth, and also the most likely possibility! That is... none of the above four."
"Elder Masahiko?" Kagami Uchiha looked helpless opposite him. Masahiko had zoned out for the nth time.
Masahiko frowned and looked at Kagami opposite him.
"I have a method we can try."
Kagami was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly.
"Don't resist." Masahiko raised his hand and pressed it against Kagami's chest.
"Dispel Curse!"
Ever since obtaining this skill at the Jashin cult altar, Masahiko had never used it.
Upon using it now, dense black patterns surged from Masahiko's palm. After pausing briefly on Kagami's chest, they emerged from his collar, spread across his face, and finally all flowed into Kagami's eyes.
Kagami's eyes were tightly shut, and it took a long while before he opened them again.
"Elder Masahiko, what was that just now?"
"It's a special sealing formula," Masahiko explained like this. "What did you feel just now?"
Kagami slowly shook his head. "Just now, I felt as if I was bound by something, and I had the urge to break free."
Masahiko was startled. He didn't expect the "Dispel Curse" skill could also be used as a binding jutsu.
"What about your eyes?"
Kagami Uchiha shook his head slightly. "No change."
Masahiko's expression stiffened. He had guessed about the curse for so long, and in the end, it wasn't it. Unexpected? Surprising?
"Wait, the black patterns just now automatically sought out his eyes."
"Try activating your Mangekyo?"
Kagami did as told and activated the Mangekyo Sharingan. The three tomoe in his eyes connected to form a clover shape.
"Do you feel anything?"
"It seems... I don't feel my eyesight decreasing anymore?" Kagami was a bit uncertain.
Masahiko was startled, then slightly understood.
"The curse of blindness has been lifted, but the already lost visual prowess cannot be recovered?"
Masahiko was slightly disappointed. He thought dispelling the curse would grant the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
"This is enough."
Masahiko sighed and nodded at Kagami. "You shouldn't lose any more eyesight when you continue to use the Mangekyo Sharingan, but I'm afraid the previous loss cannot be recovered."
Kagami breathed a sigh of relief, showing neither disappointment nor pleasant surprise. "Thank you for the trouble, Elder Masahiko."
Masahiko saw Kagami off, feeling slightly invigorated again.
"This way, the Senju clan's population decline problem is finally solved."
Masahiko wasn't in a rush to go dispel the curses one by one. They had just drank his strong tonic not long ago, and heaven knows what indescribable things these young people were doing. Interrupting at a time like this... wasn't good for them or for himself.
"I'll go find Michiyama first and test it on him." Masahiko walked out humming a little tune. Having solved a major problem, the slight depression he felt recently finally calmed down.
Three days later, Masahiko finally dispelled the curses on all the Senju clansmen one by one.
Of course, he didn't explain the truth about the curse... he didn't know the actual truth either.
He simply told them it was a special sealing formula he developed specifically for "infertility," and then happily announced: The medicinal soup you all drank before was actually for nothing!
Naturally, upon hearing this news, the Senju clansmen were none too pleased...
"I just love seeing you guys look angry but unable to beat me."
Masahiko left with a smile.
"Work hard to increase the clan's population!"
Rewinding the clock to an hour ago.
Land of Rain battlefield, a certain dark underground location.
"Ah!"
...
Chilling screams rang out continuously as over a dozen Rock Village ninjas struggled incessantly against their iron chains.
A few minutes later, all of these people lost their lives.
"It doesn't work?" A soft murmur sounded. "Whether it's the First Hokage's cells or Uchiha Madara's cells, these ordinary human bodies indeed cannot withstand them."
"Orochimaru! You've hidden yourself quite deeply. I fear no one in Konoha knows you are this kind of madman!"
Nearby, a Rock Village ninja spoke hatefully.
He was an elite Jonin of the Rock Village, leading a twenty-man squad, but encountered Orochimaru on the battlefield and was easily captured and brought to this place.
"No one knows?" Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth. "Perhaps."
A small snake slithered out from the dirt, spitting a syringe from its mouth. Inside was over ten milliliters of dark red blood.
He looked at the remaining five Rock Village ninjas. Aside from the captain, all the others were unconscious.
Orochimaru weighed the syringe in his hand and smiled. "Do you know whose blood this is?"
"This is Senior Masahiko Uzumaki's blood. I only managed to obtain this little bit through sheer luck. But no matter how I research it, it is almost indistinguishable from an ordinary person's blood. Can you believe it?"
The Rock Village captain's expression changed several times as he understood Orochimaru's meaning. "You madman!"
Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth again, walked toward the five men, and first injected one milliliter into each of the four unconscious Rock Village ninjas.
"No reaction?"
Ten minutes later, Orochimaru's expression turned grave.
Even with ordinary human blood, injecting it randomly into others would cause adverse reactions. Yet, Masahiko's blood seemed to instantly integrate into the human body without being rejected.
"Maybe the dosage isn't enough?" Orochimaru steeled his heart. Ignoring the Rock Village captain's struggles, he injected a full half of the remaining blood into him.
Over half an hour later, Orochimaru's expression grew even graver.
"This level of tolerance... I completely failed to detect it before. What exactly is the reason?"
He thought about how Masahiko had Sakumo bite his arm to rapidly heal his injuries.
"Is it that ability that is influencing it?"
He thought about Masahiko's longevity, and then about how his research over the years had yielded nothing...
He looked carefully at the remaining bit of blood. "Then there is only one way left..."
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