Naruto: I, Uchiha, Just Want to Die

Chapter 93: Displaying Unique Skills, A Medical Miracle!

Upon hearing these words, the Uchiha present fell silent.

They didn't know what the "Cursed Seal of Heaven" was, but they were all too familiar with the concept of "certain death."

Now that the boy was in this condition, they figured they might as well treat a dead horse like a living one. After all, wasn't some hope better than none?

With this thought, even Fugaku and the other Uchiha felt a tinge of temptation in their hearts.

Orochimaru scanned the crowd's expressions and thought smugly, These fools have taken the bait. He let out a sinister chuckle.

"Of course, this won't be free."

"I'll intervene, but if this boy dies, then his body must belong to me."

After a moment's thought, Orochimaru added, "You may take his eyes, though."

"What did you say!?"

Upon hearing this, all the Uchiha glared at him in fury.

Fugaku's face turned ice-cold as he scolded, "Absolutely not! It's impossible!"

"The bodies of Uchiha clan members will never be handed over to you."

At this moment, a pair of bloodshot eyes suddenly lifted. Uchiha Seijiro roared in anger:

"Body? He's not dead—this is Uchiha Ci we're talking about!"

"He's still alive!"

"Uchiha Fugaku, are you going to stand by and do nothing again?!"

After saying this, Seijiro glared coldly at Fugaku and declared chillingly,

"I'm his teammate. The decision here lies with me!"

"Seijiro, you—" Fugaku furrowed his brows and clenched his fists, seemingly wanting to argue. However, upon hearing the words stand by and do nothing, he fell silent.

Seijiro, though, didn't spare him another glance. At this moment, his disappointment with Fugaku was complete.

Turning back, he locked his crimson Sharingan, cold and menacing with three tomoe, onto Orochimaru. He spoke resolutely:

"The opportunity is right before us. Even if this is a gamble with certain defeat, I'll take it!"

"Orochimaru, save Ci!"

"If he doesn't survive, you can have his body. But if you dare do anything to his remains..."

Seijiro threatened icily,

"I will hunt you down for the rest of my life!"

As Seijiro finished speaking, the other seven Uchiha simultaneously activated their Sharingan and fixed their gaze on Orochimaru.

Their message was clear: You can save him, but if you try anything shady, don't blame us for what happens to the doctor.

Orochimaru raised an eyebrow and smirked coldly, unfazed by the threats.

He brushed past the eight Uchiha and approached Seijiro, his gaze falling on the barely-breathing Uchiha Ci on the ground.

At this moment, Ci's life hung by a thread.

The only thing keeping him alive was a tiny creature inside him—Zero-Tails.

The little beast was constantly consuming the intense emotions generated by Seijiro's activation of his Sharingan and converting them into dark chakra to sustain Ci.

"Ha... ha..."

Exhausted, the tiny creature pulled back its mask, panting heavily.

Ci's body, though supported by this chakra, was only barely activating the Forbidden Jutsu: Body Revival. Combined with his newly acquired immortality, his body regenerated slowly, but far too slowly to counteract the rate of necrosis.

Orochimaru looked at Ci, whose grievously wounded body still clung to life. His golden serpent-like eyes gleamed with fervor.

This boy's body contained far too many secrets and countless things worth researching.

Ordinary Body Revival alone couldn't achieve this!

As for the Cursed Seal of Heaven Orochimaru had mentioned, he certainly had it.

This technique was not something he started developing after finding Jugo. In the original timeline, Jugo was brought to Orochimaru by Kimimaro during the period when the Fourth Mizukage's Blood Mist policies were reinstated, after the Third Shinobi World War.

But long before defecting from Konoha, Orochimaru had already implanted the Cursed Seal of Heaven in Anko Mitarashi. This occurred within a few years of the current timeline. Anko was the only survivor among ten experimental subjects.

At this point in the story, Orochimaru had just taken Anko as his apprentice and hadn't yet had the chance to experiment on her. In other words, the Cursed Seal of Heaven, as Orochimaru claimed, had no successful precedents at this time.

So, Orochimaru never actually intended to save Uchiha Ci.

His real goal was to deceive the Uchiha and claim Ci's body after his death.

With this in mind, Orochimaru sneered hoarsely. He doubted this boy could survive. If not for the number of Uchiha around him increasing from five to nine, all equipped with three-tomoe Sharingan, he might have simply taken the body by force.

Now, he decided to feign sympathy, shed some crocodile tears, and stage an elaborate con.

Taking a deep breath, Orochimaru stepped forward, his neck elongating unnaturally as he leaned down and sank his fangs into Ci's severely injured neck.

As his serpent teeth penetrated the flesh, black markings began spreading across Ci's body, forming a three-tomoe flower pattern on his neck.

The Cursed Seal of Heaven, a technique Orochimaru modified in pursuit of Ryuchi Cave's Sage Mode, was designed to grant recipients an endless supply of chakra, even when their own reserves were depleted.

Normally, however, humans couldn't tolerate this influx of natural energy and would instead be consumed by it, turning into mindless monsters.

But Uchiha Ci was no ordinary person.

When the cold natural energy entered his body, his instincts forced the energy to fuel the operation of the Forbidden Jutsu: Body Revival.

This jutsu, capable of utilizing even dark chakra, easily adapted to this new energy.

As the energy poured into Ci, subtle changes began manifesting on his charred body.

Thump! Thump!

Thump! Thump!

Thump! Thump!

His scorched heart began beating again, gradually shedding its damaged outer layers.

Bits of flesh and blood slowly crawled over his body, painstakingly reconstructing him.

Cracks appeared in the blackened surface of his skin, revealing raw, red muscle beneath.

Like a newborn snake shedding its skin, Ci was shedding his old form.

"Huh? What's going on here?"

Orochimaru, who had been playing the role of an amateur healer, widened his golden eyes in shock.

"This... this is impossible!"

Orochimaru understood the effects of the Cursed Seal of Heaven better than anyone. Even Danzo, frustrated by Orochimaru's experiments and the number of lives lost, had urged him to abandon this futile endeavor. Orochimaru himself had nearly given up.

Yet now, against all odds, it had succeeded on this boy?

Watching the unfolding medical miracle, Orochimaru froze, beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead.

No, this can't be happening! I wanted a corpse, not this!

Orochimaru didn't know whether to feel joy, disbelief, or disappointment. His sinister smile froze in place.

The surrounding Uchiha, meanwhile, were stunned. They turned to Orochimaru with admiration and respect.

Who would have thought that Orochimaru, the seemingly sinister scientist, possessed such miraculous medical skills?

This is nothing short of divine intervention! Orochimaru, the genius physician!

The Uchiha silently vowed to remember this debt of gratitude.

Meanwhile, underground, Zetsu had been observing and noticed what was happening.

Ci's body seemed to lack sufficient chakra.

Silently, Zetsu burrowed through the earth, extending a white tendril to plant his Spore Technique on Ci, covertly injecting chakra into him.

And so, with the combined efforts of Seijiro, Zero-Tails, Orochimaru, and Zetsu...

A medical miracle of the Shinobi World was born!