LRAB Chapter 95 Hungry Bones
Chapter 95 Hungry Bones
Chapter 95 Hungry Bones
Underground laboratory.
Chiba, wearing goggles, was dissecting the remaining parts of Kaguya's half-corpse.
"Mr. Sosuke, you're back."
Chiba didn't look up, the scalpel in her hand moving between the bones.
"I heard you went out alone with the dean. Did you have a good date?"
"Children should not pry into adults' affairs."
Sosuke took off his coat and put on a white lab coat.
"Any new discoveries?"
"have."
Chiba pushed a glass slide under the microscope, gesturing for Sousuke to look.
"The bone cells of the Kaguya clan still maintain this strange activity even after being deprived of their blood supply for so long."
Sosuke leaned closer.
The snake-like pupil in the left eye overlaps with the optical lens of the microscope.
In the field of vision, that small clump of bone cells is wriggling in the petri dish.
Yes, it's wriggling.
They don't seem to be undergoing normal cell division; rather, they seem to be engaging in some kind of predation.
Chiba added a drop of nutrient solution.
Instantly, the white bone cells, like sharks smelling blood, frantically pounced on the nutrient solution, devouring it completely, and then rapidly multiplied, doubling in size.
"This predatory nature—"
Sosuke felt a chill.
This doesn't look like a human cell; it looks more like some kind of parasite or virus.
"They have a very ferocious desire to reproduce."
Chiba gave a summary.
The desire to proliferate—this characteristic is all too familiar.
Sosuke thought of Hashirama cells.
This is Konoha's top secret, and a legend in the ninja world. The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, possessed the ability to instantly heal wounds...
The terrifying vitality of creating forests out of thin air.
But after his death, his cells became highly poisonous. Anyone who received a transplant of Hashirama's cells would be unable to withstand the violent life force and would be devoured, eventually turning into a tree.
Now, the Corpse Bone Vein is also exhibiting the same characteristics.
Both the Kaguya clan and the Senju clan are descendants of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
In other words, both the Kaguya clan and the Senju clan inherited certain traits from Kaguya Otsutsuki.
This trait is not merely vitality, but something more fundamental—Sousuke doesn't yet know what it is, but he is certain that the Senju clan inherited much more of it—
and many more!
Sosuke thought of something.
If the bone cells of the Kaguya clan possess a strong proliferative capacity, then Hyuga Katsumi, who has already had this bone marrow implanted—
"Quick! To the treatment room!"
Sosuke rushed out of the laboratory.
Chiba followed closely behind, grabbing a bottle of highly concentrated sedative.
The sanatorium next door.
Through the heavy door, Sosuke heard a sound that made his teeth ache.
"Crunch—crunch—"
The sound of bones rubbing against each other.
Through the door, a blinding red filled Sosuke's snake-like vision.
"Victory!"
Sousuke raised his leg, imbued it with chakra, and kicked open the door.
An astonishing heat wave swept over us, and the room temperature was at least ten degrees higher than outside.
Hyuga Masaru knelt on the floor, his hands digging into the solid wood, the bones in his fingers protruding, carving ten deep grooves into the floor.
His shirt had ripped open, revealing his strong back.
In the snake's vision, the spine shone eerily bright.
The spine twisted wildly, like a living organism, struggling to break free from the constraints of the body.
"Ugh—"
Hyuga Katsu growled.
Beneath his skin, it seemed as if countless mice were scurrying about. That was his bones growing, compressing his muscles and nerves.
Especially around his shoulder blades, two huge bulges were writhing, as if bone spurs could burst out at any moment.
"This is... going berserk?"
Chiba gasped.
"The activity of the Kaguya clan's genes is too strong; the Hyuga clan's bodies can't suppress it!"
"It's not just that it can't be suppressed—"
Sosuke saw something deeper.
The chakra within Hyuga Katsura's body is being frantically devoured by his spine.
The spine is like a greedy parasite, sucking the life force of its host to fuel its own growth.
"If this isn't stopped, Sheng will be drained of his life force and reduced to a skeleton."
"sedative!"
Sousuke shouted loudly.
He took the syringe from Chiba's hand and, in a flash, appeared behind Hyuga Katsu.
"Shut up!"
The sedative pierced my spine.
Hyuga Katsumi convulsed, his rampant bone growth abruptly interrupted for a moment.
However, it was only for a moment; the bones were still growing and could not be completely suppressed.
At that moment, the bandage on Hyuga Katsu's forehead suddenly broke.
The green swastika symbol was revealed.
A caged bird.
The seal lit up.
It emitted a faint green light that spread rapidly along the nervous system, instantly enveloping the restless spine.
The raging silver marrow was actually suppressed and stopped expanding when it encountered this layer of green light.
"The cursed seal—is it suppressing it?"
Sosuke was stunned.
He always thought that the caged bird was just a switch used to execute those who separated from their families.
But now it seems that the underlying logic of this cursed seal is absolute control over the brain's nerves and chakra system.
When the Kaguya Factor began to alter Hyuga Masaru's nervous system and seize control of his body, the Caged Bird Seimei determined that this was a "..."
"Invasion" or "rebellion".
Therefore, it activated its defense mechanism.
It protects the "purity" of this body, not allowing the contamination of foreign bloodlines.
How ironic!
Sousuke muttered to himself.
"The cursed seal, originally intended to kill, saved his life."
With the Caged Bird Seal suppressing him, Hyuga Masaru finally calmed down.
He collapsed onto the floor, his body radiating intense heat and steam, as if he had just been pulled from the water.
The clicking sound of bones growing disappeared.
"Water—Hunger—"
Hyuga Katsu groaned weakly. His voice was dry, like that of a dehydrated traveler trapped in the desert.
"Chiba, glucose! Saline solution! Maximum dose!"
Sousuke ordered.
Chiba quickly brought over the IV drip.
The needle pierces the blood vessel. Liquid drips out.
Hyuga Masaru greedily absorbed the water and sugar. His body was like a black hole.
Half an hour later.
Hyuga Masaru finally regained his senses.
He leaned against the wall, looking at his hands. Those hands had become even larger and more muscular.
"Mr. Sosuke—just now, I felt like I was going to be eaten."
Hyuga Katsumi was still shaken.
"That hunger—it's the bones that are hungry. They want calcium, they want protein, they want chakra—if I don't give them, they'll drain my body dry."
Sosuke sat opposite him, holding a small notebook. He was taking notes.
This is a valuable set of first-hand experimental data.
"This is the price of evolution. Victory."
Sousuke closed the book.
"Your body is undergoing dramatic transformation."
"During this period, you need to consume a high concentration of energy."
"Concentrated nutrient solution, and—soldier ration pills."