Hansha's Choice

Reflecting on his son's words, Hansha's frown became stronger and stronger. But when he came to one thought, he looked at Samato.

- Tc, the elders' meetings have done you good. Although this is important information, what does it have to do with the fact that you need Hyuga?

Keeping calm, Samato shrugged his shoulders.

- Partial. To show what Hyuga doesn't have. My uncle has told me many times that members of our clan often do not have the opportunity to fully fight with some clans. If you take an Uchiha with a simple sharingan, then under equal circumstances, Hyuga's victory is possible, but what about mangekye? Uncle was able to defeat Uchiha Baru only because he is intellectually narrow and excessively arrogant. The same is true with Senju, if the indicators are equal, the chance of Hyug winning is present. But the forest clan is distinguished by large reserves of chakra and the presence of many techniques of water and earth, so the bias is still on their side.

- Do you want to find a way to boost the strength of our clan members?

Putting his hand to his chin, Hanshi asked. By this time, he had finally calmed down and was considering his son's words. Shaking his head at the man's question, Samato continued.

- No, the clan will not accept innovations following the traditions. I think about myself, my body, no matter how much I train, will not be able to achieve anything more than the average ninja.

- You're too young to think about it…

- No, the earlier you start making decisions, the easier it is to avoid future problems. You know very well, Father, that my mental energy greatly prevails over the physical. This may eventually affect my further development. And my strength may not be enough in the upcoming intensifying wars. In the end, no matter how much knowledge I have about the enemy, I will die in a direct collision due to some kind of chakra depletion.

Silently listening to the rather truthful words of the son of the Hansha, sad thoughts about loss, so forgotten by him, began to visit. As a father who lost his eldest son, and a husband unable to help both his wives, he was very worried about the fate of the last close relative. And not knowing the possibility of solving his son's future problem weighed heavily on him.

- I understand what you mean, son... but experiments on members of your clan…

- You don't need to worry about it, Atsuko has already fallen into a vegetative state and we can say that he is dead. And I am sure that the probability of failure in my experiments is small.

Hanshi, no longer so resolute in his position, shook his head uncertainly.

- Anyway, he's still a member of the clan…

Gritting his teeth, Samato was lost in thought. Together with him, teshena reigned in the room. After a few minutes, having decided something, Samato spoke.

- ...I promise that when I have the opportunity, I will ease Atsuko's condition. Father, please.

- ...I need to think about it.

Having dropped the phrase, he turned around and left the room, leaving Samato alone with the body that had lost itself.

"Eh, if I could only leave the clan territory, I wouldn't have to ask for it. And kidnapping someone on the territory of the Hyuga clan is the same as killing a person without hiding under the gun of dozens of cameras. Of course I could kidnap the servants on our estate, but their genetics are weak, and it's not profitable to lose people loyal to your side. But the fact that Hanshi knows what I want to do can be a plus. Although the disadvantages are also great."

...

Sitting in his office with his hands clasped in a lock, Hanshi was immersed in his gloomy thoughts. On the one hand, because of his rather kind nature, he could not decide on such a vile act as experiments on a member of the clan. On the other hand, he understood that his son's words had some truth.

"I don't understand where I made a mistake. Samato, your thoughts are too... cold for a child. Maybe I shouldn't have given him so much practice over corpses. But he's still my son, I promised that I would protect him no matter what it cost me. Hmm, maybe it's worth it... he promised... no, it could escalate into something more, I need to be careful. As a father I have to… But..."

Lowering his head sadly, Hanshi clenched his teeth. Soon, confused whispers rang out in the room, mired in silence.

- Koh Samui, what should I do?

...

The bright light from the lamps illuminated a rather voluminous room. Its walls, made of pressed earth, were covered with a variety of symbols that make up a variety of patterns.

On one side of the room, there was a glass flask filled with a greenish liquid, and capable of accommodating an adult. Nearby there were several switched-off, lamp monitors, with wires connected and neatly drawn from them to the bulb.

On the other side of the room, there were several bunks and tables with laboratory instruments. Among them, there were both signed test tubes filled with various liquids, as well as various flasks, Petri dishes, laboratory reactors, and a couple of microscopes. All this, by the standards of the Shinobi world, was considered advanced laboratory equipment, but according to one geneticist, it was a sad sight.

In the corner, apart from all this, there were several cold storage rooms, various isolation cells and sterile storage cabinets. Occasionally, the silence of this room was broken by the sound of glass ringing, accompanied by heavy breathing.

- Hmm, the chakra really makes the process easier.

Suddenly a childish, strangely calm voice rang through the room. The source of this voice was an eight-year-old boy. The slightly visible veins near his white eyes indicated the activation of a dojutsu, whose gaze was directed at a test tube with a red substance inside. Holding her in his hand in front of him, the boy stood near the cot.

A man was lying on this bed, breathing heavily. His skin had a slightly pale color and was covered with an abundance of sweat. A dropper was connected to a vein on his right arm, delivering a clear liquid into his body.

Having stopped looking at the test tube in his hand, several threads of chakra escaped from the boy's fingers. One of them, attached to a test tube, carried it to the table. At the same time, another thread, having reached the table, attached itself to the paintbrush lying on it. Dipping the tip of the brush in ink, the boy brought it closer to the test tube, starting to write something. Finish in the inscription, the brush controlled by the thread returned to its place, and the test tube was inserted into a tripod filled with test tubes with blood.

Nodding, the boy quickly, almost imperceptibly to the human eye, folded several seals. His hands, dressed in medical gloves, were covered by a blue chakra and putting his finger to the man's chest, the boy quickly moved his hand to the side, opening a rather deep, even incision from which blood began to gush.

After deactivating the technique, he began to carefully observe how the incision he made began to slowly regenerate. It took more than ten minutes and there was nothing left at the site of the incision, except an abundance of red liquid.

- Very good. Due to the increase in vital energy in the cells, the regenerative properties of the body continue to improve. A little more and the process of integrating part of Kaguya's DNA into Hyuga's DNA will be completed with success. It's a pity that I can't combine their entire genomes yet.