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Satoru Hyūga, lying in the hospital bed, leaned against the pillow and stared blankly at the white ceiling.
The Cell Activation secret technique of Orochimaru works really well, and the cultivation method isn't complicated. Even while lying in the hospital bed, he can temper his cells by controlling the flow of chakra.
After just two days, Satoru Hyūga had the feeling that his body was on the verge of recovery.
Compared to the sense of fullness in his body, the emptiness in his heart is what's causing his confusion right now.
The voice of Shibi Aburame still seemed to be echoing in his mind.
「Considering your current capabilities, the Hokage has specially promoted you to chunin to help you grow to your fullest potential. You can now take on missions of level A and lower on your own.」
「Actually, the Hokage originally intended to promote you to a special Jonin. But considering that such a significant rank jump might attract too much attention from other villages, for your safety, he had to scrap this plan.」
「As for Rin Uchiha, she has to go back to the clan for training. Anko has become Orochimaru's disciple. And as for me... I'll probably be going back to the Anbu ninja.」
「Team 3... will probably break up like this.」
Although he knew this day would come, its sudden arrival still took him by surprise.
However, upon closer inspection, considering his current abilities, ordinary team missions could no longer help him progress. Maybe the Hokage also considered this when promoting him to chunin.
In a way, it's also a good thing.
What he lacks the most right now is experience. Doing missions alone can quickly boost his experience. This could also be the Hokage's intention.
It's just that... after transmigrating for so long, the members of Team 3 were like family to him. The thought of going their separate ways made it a little hard for him to accept.
Just then, there was a click, and the door opened.
Rin Uchiha walked in and placed a basket of fruits on the cabinet beside the hospital bed.
「Satoru, you're looking much better.」
「Really?」
Rin Uchiha sat on the edge of the bed, picked up an apple, and began peeling it with a fruit knife.
For some reason, the air suddenly went quiet, and only the rustling sound of the apple peeling could be heard.
「Um... Satoru, I probably won't be able to come and see you tomorrow.」
Rin Uchiha took the initiative to break the silence, saying with a mixed expression.
「Is something wrong?」 Satoru Hyūga asked.
「Yeah, the clan has arranged special training for me. Since the clan leader stepped in, I can't say no. I'm afraid I'll have to be apart from you during this time.」
「Did the clan leader really step in?」
Satoru Hyūga showed a surprised look. Generally speaking, for a big clan like the Uchiha, the clan leader rarely stepped in for ordinary clan members.
「Yeah.」 Rin Uchiha nodded with a mixed expression, 「I awakened the two-tomoe Sharingan.」
Two-tomoe Sharingan? Satoru Hyūga took a small breath. No wonder. Rin Uchiha awakened the two-tomoe Sharingan before she turned 11. Even in the history of the Uchiha clan since Konoha was founded, she was regarded as a rather rare genius.
When he only had a single-tomoe Sharingan before, the Uchiha clan could turn a blind eye. But now, less than a year later, he has awakened the two-tomoe Sharingan. Such talent... No wonder the clan leader had to step in.
However, something seemed off.
Satoru Hyūga curiously looked at Uchiha Rin and asked, "Rin, when did you awaken your two-tomoe Sharingan?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Rin's cheeks suddenly flushed a bit. She turned her head away slightly and said in a somewhat impatient tone, "Why are you asking so many questions? It was just a while ago. I awakened it when I was in danger."
"Oh."
Satoru Hyūga still felt a bit confused. It was just a simple question. Why was she getting mad?
Also, he didn't recall her being in danger a while ago.
Uchiha Rin's gaze involuntarily shifted towards the window outside. Her memory seemed to return to that day.
In the torrential rain, Anko, completely soaked, walked slowly towards her, shivering as she carried the unconscious Satoru Hyūga on her back. The path she walked along left a bright red bloodstain in the rainwater.
For some reason, she felt as if her eyes were going to split open then. When she opened them again, she already had the two-tomoe Sharingan.
But how could she bring up these things to Satoru? With that head of his, which seemed to be filled with goodness knows what, he would probably come up with all sorts of strange ideas...
After Uchiha Rin left, Satoru Hyūga composed himself and continued to close his eyes to cultivate the Cell Activation technique.
One has to admit that Cell Activation is a rather miraculous secret technique. It can be considered the essence of Orochimaru's research on the human body in the first half of his life.
It refines the body's cells in multiple batches. Each refinement greatly boosts the vitality of the cells, thus significantly enhancing the user's Gitai ability and chakra-refining ability.
Originally, his chakra levels were a bit lacking. But after cultivating Cell Activation, he was already on the verge of becoming a Jonin.
As for the cell damage caused by forcefully squeezing chakra in Tyrant Mode, it had completely vanished by the second day of his cultivation.
Letting out a breath of stale air, Satoru Hyūga opened his eyes and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Cell Activation truly lives up to being a secret technique that Orochimaru spent three years creating. Without in-depth research on the human body, it would be impossible to come up with such a wonderful cell-refining method."
Among Orochimaru's many secret techniques, Cell Activation serves as the foundation. Both Orochimaru's Shifting Body Technique and his reincarnation technique require Cell Activation to enhance physical capabilities.
"It seems that Satoru-kun really likes the secret technique I developed."
A hoarse voice tinged with amusement came, causing Satoru Hyūga's brows to slightly frown.
"Orochimaru, don't you know to knock before coming in?"
"I think with Satoru-kun's perception ability, you should have sensed I was coming, right?"
Satoru Hyūga's brows relaxed slightly, and he said, "You came here suddenly. Is there something?"
Orochimaru smiled and said, "The test results of the cell samples I collected from Satoru-kun before have come out. Since the results are quite interesting, I decided to come and share them with Satoru-kun."
"What are the results?" Satoru Hyūga's expression grew a bit more solemn.
Orochimaru didn't beat around the bush and just spoke up, "Satoru Hyūga's cells are very strange. Judging from the experiments, it seems that they are kind of approaching some kind of high-level form. However..."
Orochimaru paused for a moment, then suddenly changed the topic and smiled as he said, "Satoru Hyūga's Byakugan range should be much larger than that of ordinary clansmen, right?"
"Yes." Satoru Hyūga nodded. There was nothing to hide about this.
"But what does this have to do with the experimental results?"
"Well... how should I put this? Satoru Hyūga's physical evolution is more like a type of Bloodline Atavism. So, the purity of the Byakugan will also continuously increase during this process."
Bloodline Atavism???
Satoru Hyūga took a deep breath.
Orochimaru might not know the origin of the Hyūga clan's bloodline well, but he knew very well that it was Kaguya ōtsutsuki!
Could it be that he will evolve into an Ōtsutsuki in the future?