Chapter 7: Chakra Needles, Leading the Surgery

Chapter 7: Chakra Needle, Leading the Surgery

"With my enhanced perception, the state of my chakra has become much clearer."

Just like that.

Bo, Chou, Yin, Zi...

Chiba slowed down his hand seals. As he completed each one, his internal chakra was mobilized, and once again, he successfully performed the Chakra Scalpel.

There was no difficulty at all.

However, he then dispersed his chakra and began to change the sequence of the seals.

He replaced two of the seals.

Adding a little bit of help from his precise chakra control—

After a series of seals, a needle-like aggregate of chakra emerged in his palm. The high-density chakra had formed into a nearly solid state.

He tested it against a kunai.

Clang!

He parried it with ease.

"As expected, these seals help condense the chakra, making it easier for me to gather it. Of course, it still requires strong chakra control; otherwise, it would be impossible."

Chiba pondered for a moment, opened his notebook, and began to write.

Chakra Needle, Difficulty: A+

Effect: Can touch physical objects; lethality remains to be verified.

Optimization direction: Refining, increasing quantity, durability, and reducing difficulty.

"For now, it is not a ninjutsu that can be widely popularized."

But that did not mean it was useless.

The Chakra Scalpel is widely used in surgery, but it cannot be used in every procedure. For instance, in cases of damaged tendons or bones, the Chakra Scalpel struggle to achieve the precision required to cut damaged fascia.

But the Chakra Needle could.

"I need to see it in actual practice."

Chiba stood up and headed toward the office.

As a newcomer and an undergraduate child who supposedly didn't know medical ninjutsu, he needed the consent and supervision of his teacher, Kitayama O.

Kitayama O had already forgotten about the "Icha Icha" incident.

The medical team was far too busy.

Even though it was not wartime and there weren't many casualties, the training, studies, and surgeries still occupied most of her time; she had no extra energy to dwell on such matters.

However.

Seeing Chiba walk in, she couldn't help but recall that awkward scene.

After a moment of silence, Chiba spoke first: "Teacher, I just tried to integrate the Chakra Scalpel into a technique I've been researching."

"???"

Kitayama O stared at him, bewildered, with an expression that clearly said, "Are you kidding me?"

Didn't you just learn the Chakra Scalpel?

Damn it.

You're cheating, aren't you!

Her mindset shifted slightly.

After a few seconds of silence, she asked, "What kind of technique?"

"I call it the Chakra Needle."

Chiba quickly performed the hand seals and extended his right hand, a Chakra Needle condensing into shape. "I enhanced its morphological transformation, so it possesses a tangible effect."

"This technique..."

Kitayama O widened her eyes. Although she hadn't been in the medical team for long, she had accumulated quite a bit of medical experience over the years, and she saw the potential of this technique at a glance.

She immediately thought of a specific surgery.

She turned around, flipped through some files, and pulled out a medical record.

"Teacher, what is this record?"

Maruboshi Kosuke.

The existence who was called a Genin but possessed the strength of an elite Jonin.

Could it be...

"This Senior Kosuke suffered a severe fracture of his left lower leg on the battlefield. Although it was bandaged in time, there were too many bone fragments. After Lady Tsunade left, the medical team simply didn't have the capability to treat it, and in the end, he had to be amputated."

Kitayama O sighed, "If the seniors had known this technique of yours back then, perhaps there would have been a chance to save him."

"Are there any similar surgeries coming up? I want to participate and try."

"Surgeries like that happen every so often. You'll have to wait."

Chiba didn't have to wait long.

The next day, Kitayama O took him to the operating room.

Of course.

She didn't let him perform the surgery this time; she simply let him go in to observe and adapt to the environment and atmosphere of surgery, to avoid him panicking if he encountered it unexpectedly later.

In reality, quite a few people opposed this.

For example, Hanpo—

He was the squad leader of the medical team, a rank higher than Kitayama O, but since she invoked the authority of the Hokage, he had no choice but to agree to let Chiba observe and learn.

After a few surgeries, his impression of Chiba improved significantly.

Although Chiba was a bit clumsy at first, he showed the proper reverence for life, and his hands and feet were very nimble. By the second surgery, he was already able to provide minor assistance without interfering with their work.

Half a month later, the surgery Chiba had been waiting for finally arrived.

A Chunin from the Nara clan, who was also a member of the Anbu, had been hit by an enemy explosive tag during a mission. His left hand was shattered, and due to the explosion, there were various impurities embedded in his skin and even deep within the flesh.

The surgery was extremely difficult.

"With this level of fragmentation..."

"Let's perform the surgery simultaneously, otherwise, we won't make it in time," Kitayama O said.

She looked at Chiba, hesitating.

"Teacher, let me help."

"You?"

Hanpo frowned.

Chiba was a genius, but he had never truly participated before. With such a dangerous patient, if he couldn't handle it, it would be a significant blow to the child.

He thought for a moment and said, "The difficulty is too high. You should just help maintain the technique."

"I want to help remove the debris and realign the bone fragments."

"Fine, I will assist you."

Before Hanpo could speak, Kitayama O made the final decision, though she was met with a death glare from Hanpo.

Kitayama O didn't explain further, because she had discussed that technique with the others, and everyone's conclusion was largely the same—it was a technique with high potential.

Chiba was assigned to the leg.

He didn't mind and quickly threw himself into the surgery.

Seals, activation.

The Chakra Needle appeared in his hand.

Hanpo fell silent for a moment before diving into the surgery.

The patient was severely injured; there wasn't much time left!

Focusing his mind, Chiba found that he could sense the location of the impurities more clearly. With steady hands and chakra, he removed several pieces in no time.

Time ticked by, and before long, he had worked from the foot to the left side of the waist. The Chakra Needle in his right hand and the chakra in his left didn't seem to stop for a second.

Hanpo and Kitayama O were stunned.

He's so fast!

They observed for a moment, their hearts filled with even more shock.

This is...

The left hand was the Chakra Scalpel they had discussed, while the right hand was maintaining something closer to the Mystic Palm Technique. The difference was that Chiba was using pure chakra suction to draw out the fragments embedded within.

Silence fell over the room.

Everyone exchanged glances and then silently made space for him.

Unknowingly, this surgery had become dominated by Chiba. That thin needle of chakra wove between the bone fragments in the left hand, cutting and removing the flesh and foreign objects.

The others helped piece the fragments together.

After a long time, all the bones were assembled. Under the influence of medical ninjutsu, the shattered bones gradually bonded and recovered, and the wounds previously opened by the needle also healed rapidly.

"That's enough, child. You should rest. We'll take care of the rest."

"Ah?"

Hearing this, Chiba recovered from his trance, and a wave of dizziness hit him.

"The most serious part was the left side, and you've already removed most of the debris. We can handle the remainder, and besides, your chakra is running low," Hanpo said kindly.

If his earlier kindness toward Chiba was because Chiba was a genius, now it was out of respect.

It was a pity he couldn't learn medical ninjutsu.

Otherwise, this child might have become another Lady Tsunade.