Everyone knew this was a C-section.
But was this really how a C-section was performed?
With a single swipe of the hand, the belly was instantly sliced open, revealing the amniotic sac perfectly intact. Was this something a human could actually do?
Even with surgical instruments, it wouldn't be this precise. It was simply...
Almost everyone had one word flash through their minds: monster.
Gisei didn't have the time to care about what others were thinking. Putting away the Chakra Scalpel, a water bubble appeared in his hand without him forming any seals.
"Get the sterilized silk cloth ready."
After giving the order, he began to slowly lower the bubble into the pregnant woman's abdomen. The bubble gradually enveloped the infant inside the amniotic sac.
He slowly lifted it out.
Everyone in the operating room, seeing this, pretty much knew the procedure that followed. Release the amniotic fluid, take out the infant, cut the umbilical cord, and remove the placenta.
Nothing much to say there.
Soon, the loud cry of the infant rang out in the operating room.
Gisei's head started to pound again. But he still had unfinished work at hand, so he couldn't worry about the pain.
"Give me two suturing needles, don't thread them."
A nurse quickly brought the needles.
Chakra threads extended from Gisei's fingers, connecting to the needles instantly.
He began the suturing operation.
The two needles were manipulated by the chakra threads like butterflies flitting through flowers, moving at high speed.
After the suturing was complete, Gisei extended a finger and began to slowly slide it along the wound.
Half a minute later, the pregnant woman's abdomen had completely scabbed over. A minute later, even the scar had vanished entirely.
If it weren't for the infant still crying, the people in the operating room would have thought this was all a dream.
They had witnessed a miracle.
Seeing Gisei cut the chakra threads, a cheer instantly erupted in the operating room.
Gisei, however, was in no mood to celebrate.
After restoring the pregnant woman's nerves, she showed no signs of waking up.
Gisei sighed and extended his hand, lightning flickering at his fingertips.
He needed to use extremely precise Lightning Release control to stimulate this woman's heart; otherwise, there was a high chance she would never wake up again.
Once, twice... until the fifth time, the pregnant woman finally, slowly, opened her eyes.
Gisei breathed a sigh of relief.
He pulled at a strand of the woman's hair to examine it, only to discover that almost all the hair tips had turned white.
Just as expected...
He took the medical record and started flipping through it. When he saw that this woman was only twenty-seven years old, he sighed and put the record down.
Tsunade noticed his action; she also knew the aftereffects of that kind of medical ninjutsu.
"Is it severe?"
"With good maintenance, maybe twenty years. If conditions are poor, maybe just ten."
After saying this, Gisei pushed open the operating room doors and walked out.
When passing by the woman's husband, Gisei paused for a moment, then took a pen and paper from his chest pocket.
He prepared to write a dietary therapy prescription for the man.
After writing the list, he handed it to the man and said, "Mother and child are safe, but there is a small problem."
"The mother's body has suffered a severe deficit. From now on, make the things written on this paper for her to eat."
"Of course, some items on this are quite expensive. If you can't afford them, try to find some substitutes."
Before the man could speak, Gisei turned and left.
Back in his own office, Gisei lit a cigarette and began to smoke.
Actually, for the end of the surgery just now, he could have used ordinary medical ninjutsu completely. He only used that kind of medical ninjutsu out of selfishness.
Originally, if not for him, that woman absolutely wouldn't have survived tonight. He saved her; this was the price she had to pay.
His selfishness naturally was for his own research.
Medical ninjutsu, at his level, could already sense the existence of life force. To some extent, that rapid-healing medical ninjutsu of his could already be considered an ability to manipulate life force.
It was just very vague, like being separated by a layer of paper.
Perhaps after piercing through, it would be a new world, or perhaps just another window. He didn't know, so he needed a large amount of experimental data.
While he was thinking, Tsunade pushed the door open and entered.
"You really are an amazing man. How on earth did you achieve that level of chakra control?"
"This is truly rare, you actually praising me. As for the chakra control, I can only say it's a secret technique."
"A secret technique that cannot be taught to outsiders?"
"If a secret technique is taught to outsiders, is it still a secret technique?"
"Fine. I thought I could learn it if I paid extra. What a pity."
Gisei's mouth twitched as he asked, "How much extra?"
Tsunade smiled broadly. "You name the price."
"One hundred million."
Gisei started asking for an exorbitant price. Anyway, this woman had plenty of money.
The smile vanished from Tsunade's face. She was silent for a moment before saying, "I need to go back and ask my grandmother."
Gisei shrugged, signaling for her to do as she pleased.
Actually, the Butterfly User Clan's most important secret techniques were only two: the Twin Technique and the Cocoon Binding Technique.
The former was previously only known to the clan head, while the latter was to prevent the leakage of secret techniques. As long as these two ninjutsu didn't leak out, the rest didn't matter.
Tsunade didn't leave immediately. Instead, she stared at Gisei and asked, "Just now, you could have used ordinary medical ninjutsu completely. Why did you use that kind?"
This woman was indeed meticulous.
Gisei hadn't expected to hide it from her anyway. He had already thought of an excuse long ago.
"You should have also seen that I used Lightning Release to stimulate her heart at the end. Otherwise, she likely wouldn't have woken up."
"If I didn't heal the wounds on her body instantly, do you think she could really wake up?"
"The aftereffects of this medical ninjutsu are actually not as severe as you imagine."
"That woman was already very weak before we went in. That is the reason her hair tips turned white."
"If a normal pregnant woman used this medical ninjutsu, she could fully recover after two or three years of careful nursing. Of course, if it were a ninja, this recovery period would be even shorter."
After listening to Gisei's explanation, the doubt in Tsunade's eyes lessened slightly.
As she turned to leave, she looked back and said, "Uncle Shikaku asked me to thank you for him. He said he would send you a return gift."
Shikaku... that should be the man from the Nara clan, right?
Gisei shook his head and didn't take it to heart.
He had something very urgent right now.
Now that he had some money in hand, preparations for the secret laboratory could pretty much proceed. It was just that in Konoha...
He hadn't forgotten Danzo, who was constantly staring at him. If he were caught by him with this kind of vulnerability, he'd probably have to defect in the blink of an eye.
Although defecting was originally his intention, leaving in this manner wasn't the result he wanted.
He had originally planned to take those clansmen with him, but later, after thinking carefully, he realized it was unrealistic, so he changed his mind.
This was also the reason why he didn't agree when the Third asked him to be a Jonin leader.
He planned to turn all those clansmen into civilians, gradually marginalizing them to minimize the impact he would have on them.
If possible, he also wanted the Takemoto family to do the same, but unfortunately, he didn't have the final say in the Takemoto family's affairs.