In the laboratory filled with the smell of ice-cold and disinfected water, some people were shaking the test tubes in their hands carefully, some were using the latest precision measuring instruments, and some were sorting the red capsules and packaging them in small, portable iron boxes.

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The staff in white coats are all busy with their work with their heads down.

In a room separated by a piece of transparent glass, several ninjas wearing ANBU costumes and masks stood respectfully behind Danzo.

Danzo looked intently at an adult lying on the operating table in front of him.

The other party was an ordinary man who was smuggled into Konoha Village from outside the Land of Fire. He was selected as an experimental subject by the ninjas of the Roots and was honored to become a member of the drug test subjects here.

The man was restrained there, terrified of his unknown fate.

But his body was paralyzed, unable to resist all this, and his mouth had no strength to make sounds. He could only fumble out some words of unknown meaning, but they were very weak.

"It's time to start."

Danzo gave the order coldly.

The medical ninja standing next to the operating table was wearing a white coat and the same mask as the other root members. The color was weird and gave people an uncomfortable feeling.

"Yes, Danzo-sama."

He picked up a red capsule, pinched the man's mouth directly on the operating table, forced the man's mouth to open, and stuffed the red capsule into the man's mouth.

After that, he picked up water and poured it roughly into the man's mouth, asking him to swallow the medicine while coughing hard.

Suddenly, the man's body trembled, evil chakra aura emanated from his body, his pupils turned blood red, and the whites of his eyes were infected with black matter.

Snapped!

The instruments restrained on the man's limbs were torn apart at once, and the chakra aura erupted from the man became even more terrifying. The red chakra covered his body like a feather coat, and the remaining rationality in his eyes evaporated instantly, turning into a mere

A beast that knows how to kill and destroy.

A root ninja standing behind Danzo immediately formed a seal, and his long and narrow shadow flew out, overlapping with the figure of the man on the operating table.

The man's twisting body calmed down in an instant, but he was using the powerful chakra he exploded at this moment to resist the shadow's restraint.

Not long after, there were several banging sounds coming from the man's body, and blood seemed to be squeezed out of the pores, spraying out, and even splashed on Danzo's pants.

The man's body was motionless, his mouth was enlarged, and he remained in an ugly manner with saliva flowing out, and he lost his life reflexes.

The root ninja took back his shadow, there was no need to suppress this man.

The medical ninja who was responsible for testing all this said: "One minute and one second... Danzo-sama, on average, it is more than ten seconds longer than the last time."

This sentence was said to Danzo.

"Is there no way to further suppress the side effects of the drug?"

Danzo didn't pay attention to the blood on his pants, looked at the medical ninja and asked.

"There is no way to suppress it for the time being. After all, this drug is developed based on the tailed beast chakra. For ordinary people, if it persists for one minute, it has basically reached the limit. Now, I think it can be experimented without ordinary people.

Instead, we will capture the ninja and conduct the second stage of the experiment."

Medical Ninja replied.

Ninja experimental subjects are valuable research resources.

This is also Genbu's consistent style. Whether developing forbidden techniques or forbidden drugs, they will take the lead in conducting experiments on ordinary people. Only after accumulating a lot of practical experience will they choose to use ninjas.

"How long will it take to complete the goal?"

Danzo ignored these, he only needed to ask when was the final time to complete this chakra-enhancing medicine.

As for who was sacrificed and how many people were sacrificed, it was not included in his calculations.

Outside the Kingdom of Fire, there are as many experimental subjects as you need.

Whether they are ordinary people or wandering ninjas, they are all available, and there is no shortage of forbidden experimental subjects for research and development.

"According to the current progress, it will take more than two years."

"Now what will happen if you give it to the ninja at the root?"

Danzo asked.

"The data needs to be analyzed based on the quality of the ninja. On average, you can take one pill each time, and the cooling period reaches forty-eight hours. Of course, accidents may occur, such as chakra runaway and internal organs being destroyed by excessive chakra.

This can lead to life-threatening consequences. These are side effects that cannot be violated temporarily."

Even if the drug is developed, it will still have side effects, but it will not be fatal. It can be recycled and used to greatly increase the strength of the root ninja.

This was Danzo's main purpose in developing this drug.

The roots are too weak.

Konoha is too weak.

Use every possible means to face the extremely complex international situation that will follow. For Konoha now, using all available means to become stronger is the fundamental meaning of existence.

The ninjas in their roots have long been prepared to sacrifice their lives for Konoha, including Danzo himself.

"Temporarily put some of it into use, and we need to speed up research here at the same time. If you have any needs, you can ask me."

Danzo pondered for a moment and said to the medical ninja in charge of drug development.

"Please rest assured, Danzo-sama, I will do my best to serve the village."

The medical ninja's voice was serious and revealed a kind of emotionless indifference.

Danzo nodded.

At this moment, the door of the laboratory was pushed open.

Wearing sunglasses and a black trench coat, Aburame Ryoma walked in.

He came to Danzo, took a look at the man's body on the operating table, and knew why the man died.

He has seen many corpses in such miserable state here.

It's not pity, but for the roots, this undoubtedly further deepens the darkness here.

"It seems that the strengthening medicine is still not completed."

Aburame Ryoma sighed with emotion.

"Yes, Ryoma-sama, I'm sorry."

The medical ninja nodded in greeting and gave a rather regretful reply.

Danzo asked: "How are the negotiations over there?"

Danzo did not join the Hokage and advisors because he did not want to see a group of rebellious ninjas showing off their power over him.

For Konoha, this is a shame that cannot be allowed to exist.

However, Konoha, which had already failed, had no room to refute the opponent's conditions.

This is all due to lack of strength.

Because of his lack of strength, he was bullied to this point by the rebels who walked out of the village.

Especially among these rebellious ninjas, there was that surname that he hated so much - Uchiha.

Danzo didn't even want to go there and saw some things he didn't want to see.

"It went very smoothly and the handover is in progress."

Ryoma gave a bitter smile.

Who would have thought that the war in the Kingdom of Wind would end in such a manner.

They dispatched such elite troops and joined forces with Sunagakure's Fourth Kazekage, but they were still defeated miserably.

The eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law of the Third Hokage died, and Matt Dai, who was supposed to be Konoha's trump card, was also killed in the battle.

Many Jounin of Konoha were also killed in the battle.

Although Konoha's loss was not as great as Sunagakure's, it was definitely not light.

This also allowed them to understand more intuitively that the military power of the Demon Country, or the power of those rebel ninjas, was no longer something they could easily control.

Konoha also had to pay attention to it. Compromise and concession were also forced actions.

"Hiruzhan is really becoming more and more useless."

Danzo snorted coldly.

"This cannot be blamed on the Third Hokage. After all, no one expected that things would turn out like this. But if Jiraiya can be replaced, the village can also partially stop the loss."

Ryoma comforted himself like this.

"How are the arrangements with Sasuke Uchiha?"

Danzo asked again.

"Don't worry, I sent someone to put some medicine in his breakfast this morning. He will feel tired all day long. He is resting at home now and no one can wake him up."

Ryoma replied.

Just in case, the senior management thought it would be better not to let Uchiha Sasuke know too many things as much as possible.
To be continued...