Karin was helpless. Although she was annoyed, she had to accept the fact that Naruto only had feelings for Hinata.
After walking in the wilderness for half a day, Zabuza Momochi stopped and said, "We're here. This is the place where I made an appointment to meet that guy."
Naruto stepped forward. Looking at the solitary building ahead, he couldn't hide his unease.
Naruto thought to himself: Those who can just pluck out others' eyeballs at will without any burden. Now that I'm about to have a Sharingan transplant, I'm actually a bit scared.
Naruto shouted, "I really admire you, Madara Uchiha. You can just pluck out others' eyeballs at will and then immediately install them on yourself."
No one present understood what Naruto was saying.
Madara Uchiha was a legendary figure. He had a skill of plucking out others' eyeballs and then immediately installing them on himself, and the whole process was smooth and natural.
Maybe the Uchiha clan members in the past specifically trained the skill of plucking out eyeballs and then installing them on themselves.
Hinata asked, "What are you talking about, Naruto?"
"Nothing," Naruto quickly covered up and said, "Don't take it to heart. Just think I'm talking nonsense."
No one present took Naruto's words seriously, except for Zabuza Momochi, because Zabuza knew the legend of Madara Uchiha.
Naruto walked towards the solitary building, and then a figure walked out of it.
It was none other than Kabuto Yakushi.
"Yo, Kabuto! Long time no see!" Naruto greeted enthusiastically.
Kabuto smiled slightly, adjusted his glasses with his fingers, and said, "Come in."
Naruto and his group walked into the building, and Kabuto led the way in front.
"I thought Naruto would come alone. Unexpectedly, he brought quite a few helpers." There was a hint of sinister in his words, but Kabuto's face showed a sunny smile.
"Of course. After all, it's me lying on the operating table waiting for surgery. All my closest family members must come." Naruto said this to everyone present.
He wanted Kabuto to know that the people he brought were all his closest family members, so that Kabuto wouldn't have any evil thoughts.
At the same time, he told Zabuza Momochi, Haku, and Karin that he regarded them as family.
Finally, he told Hinata that he might be in danger.
At this time, Hinata took Naruto's hand and held it tightly.
"Oh," Kabuto smiled slightly and said, "You're the one who defeated Tanzo Shimura. To be honest, I still can't believe it. It's like a dream."
"Tanzo Shimura is nothing to mention," Naruto said modestly, "Compared with Orochimaru, my skills are just a drop in the ocean."
"You not only killed the Fourth Kazekage but also the Third Hokage. You've really accomplished two great feats."
Hinata was shocked. The man named Kabuto was actually in the same group as Orochimaru and was also the murderer of the Third Hokage.
"Oh, are you showing your killing intent so soon?" Kabuto stopped and glanced sideways.
Naruto quickly comforted Hinata because it was Hinata who was showing killing intent at this moment.
Hinata asked puzzledly, "Naruto... Is he the real culprit who killed the Third Hokage? Why did you come to such a person?"
"Do you trust me, Hinata?" Naruto gently stroked Hinata's cheek and said, "I trust you. Now I need you to protect me. Protect me with your eyes."
At this time, Hinata restrained her killing intent.
Kabuto continued to lead the way in front. Soon they came to an operating room. There was a cold operating table in the middle, and the surroundings were full of sharp surgical knives or instruments.
The atmosphere in this place was very depressing. Hinata and Karin, who lacked self - control, both felt short of breath.
Naruto joked, "How's Orochimaru? Is he doing okay?"
Kabuto, who was disinfecting a scalpel, suddenly froze when he heard Naruto's question.
Kabuto continued his preparations and said, "Lord Orochimaru is in a very bad condition now."
"That relieves me," Naruto said as he directly jumped onto the operating table and lay down. "If Orochimaru came, I'm afraid I'd be in trouble."
Orochimaru's current situation was indeed very bad. Since the souls in his hands were sealed by the Third Hokage using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, his hands had formed a strange injury. Most of the healing jutsu didn't work, and even pain relief was impossible.
Now, Orochimaru lay in bed all day moaning and sometimes wailing in pain.
He couldn't eat or drink. The pain from the injury in his hands kept him awake all the time, and he endured the suffering all the time.
"Then let's start the operation," Kabuto said, holding a scalpel in his left hand and a hemostat in his right hand, with a kind smile on his face, which was like a knife hidden in a smile.
"Scary," Naruto said bluntly.
"Naruto, what are you talking about? You came to beg me to do an eye transplant for you," Kabuto said as a glint appeared on his glasses.
"Tanzo Shimura is my enemy. Thanks to Naruto's help, I wouldn't have been able to kill Tanzo. Now I'm repaying the favor."
"Come here," Naruto took out a glass bottle from his bosom and said, "These are the eyes I'm going to transplant."
Kabuto walked over step by step. When he got closer, he was shocked to find that there was a [Sharingan] in the glass bottle.
Kabuto was scared. Where did Naruto get the [Sharingan]?
Kabuto quickly asked, "Whose eyes are these?"
"What do you think?" Naruto said with a mischievous smile, "In the whole Konoha Village, apart from Kakashi, the only one with a [Sharingan] is Sasuke Uchiha."
"Really? That's really interesting."
"I'm just joking," Naruto said with a hearty smile, "Actually, I gouged these out from Tanzo Shimura. I don't know where Tanzo got them. The [Sharingan] is so powerful. It would be a waste not to transplant it onto myself."
"I have to say, Naruto, you're really bold," Kabuto said as he walked to the operating table with a scalpel in his hand.
At this time, Zabuza Momochi took off the [Cleaver Sword] on his back and said, "Naruto, if anything happens to you, just shout. With one swing of my sword, I can cut off his head."
Haku walked to the operating table. Haku was knowledgeable about human acupuncture points and observed meticulously. He was responsible for supervising Kabuto's operation process.
Karin stood beside Naruto, acting as a blood bag. If Naruto had an accident, she'd let him bite her at any time to restore his blood instantly.
Hinata stood a bit farther away, using her Byakugan to monitor the entire operation, preventing Kabuto from pulling any sneaky moves.
Zabuza Momochi, Haku, Karin and Hinata each had their own positions and divisions of labor, surrounding Kabuto tightly.
Kabuto glanced around and said sullenly, "Naruto, it seems you're on guard against me."
"Come on," Naruto said with a smile. "They're just my family, worried about me. As long as the operation goes well, I guarantee you'll be okay."
"Well, then I'd better thank you in advance."
Next, the operation to transplant the right eye of Shisui Uchiha into Naruto began, with Kabuto as the main surgeon.
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