Even Black Zetsu, listening from the sidelines, felt there was some logic in it.
If that was the case… should he do something about the Third Kazekage—
Kaito shook his head.
"You're dreaming, kid."
"If war were something a single person could decide,
then only one man in history ever managed it."
"The First Hokage of Konoha."
He paused, then looked at the three.
"I've finished explaining my information and analysis.
Now it's your turn."
"Do you want power?"
"This is the final question.
If you refuse—"
"I do!" Yahiko raised his hand immediately.
"I want power! Power to protect this country!"
"Yahiko?" Konan stared at him blankly.
Nagato too.
Yahiko turned back, winking exaggeratedly—we'll talk later—and only then did the other two nod hesitantly.
"Very good," Kaito said.
"Then before I teach you anything—
let me show you my true power."
"ROOM."
A pale-blue spatial dome expanded instantly, giving Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan no time to react.
It even brushed dangerously close to Black and White Zetsu.
Inside the dome, Kaito's voice echoed calmly.
"Within this space—
I am an omnipotent god."
Kaito and Honglian floated gently into the air.
To White Zetsu's perception and Nagato's eyes, neither of them emitted any chakra fluctuations.
"Once you enter my range,
your life is no longer in your own hands."
"I am an external surgeon."
"And also the one who decides the outcome of the operation."
"This place—
is the operating table."
Kaito glanced sideways, deliberately loud enough.
You hear that, right?
He could already envelop an area the size of two Konoha villages if he wanted—
though only for about ten minutes.
The larger the ROOM, the heavier the burden.
"Like this."
Kaito casually plucked the white paper flower from Konan's hair.
Only then did Konan realize it was gone.
In the next instant—
her body vanished.
The paper flower dropped into the puddle below.
Konan herself appeared, held effortlessly in midair by Kaito.
"This sort of thing," he said lightly,
"is very easy to do."
Yahiko and Nagato stared, their heads snapping back and forth between the flower on the ground and Konan in Kaito's grasp.
Their faces were pure disbelief.
Black and White Zetsu were silent.
"…Isn't this ability a bit insane?" White Zetsu whispered.
Black Zetsu said nothing.
Insane?
This is absurdly broken.
"If someone fought with this kind of spatial technique," Black Zetsu thought,
"victory would be guaranteed from the start."
"But I've already noticed its weakness," Black Zetsu sneered internally.
Just then—
"Can this space expand?" Yahiko asked curiously.
"Of course," Kaito replied cheerfully.
The ROOM abruptly expanded, swallowing Black and White Zetsu.
Black Zetsu's thoughts froze.
You couldn't wait two seconds for me to finish thinking?!
The space immediately shrank back.
Kaito wasn't interested in touching them—
this was just a message.
"So cool! Is this the technique you'll teach us?" Yahiko asked eagerly.
"No," Kaito replied mercilessly.
"This was only to explain why I'm called The Surgeon,
and why my other title is Omni."
"This is merely the foundation."
"And within this space—
I can see everything I want to see."
"…See?" Konan asked suspiciously.
Then her face flushed red.
"D-Does that mean you can see us without clothes?!"
"Yes. Easily," Kaito replied, puzzled.
"Why?"
"You—you saw it?!" Konan shrieked.
"I can see you're wearing pur—"
"SHUT UP!!"
She tore free and sprinted inside the hut.
Yahiko and Nagato collapsed internally.
Honglian poked her fingers together.
"Teacher, is that big sister sick?"
"No," Kaito replied seriously.
"Her body temperature is perfectly normal."
"…"
"…"
"…."
Kaito paused, then coughed.
"My codename is Surgeon.
Doctors seeing patients unclothed is very normal."
Yahiko stared.
Nagato quietly reconsidered career choices.
Kaito landed and dismissed the ROOM.
"Formal training will take time.
I'll need to teach you knowledge first."
"My organization has ten seats only."
"I am the Boss."
"If you want to join,
prepare yourselves."
"Boss or Director?" Nagato asked quietly.
"Either works."
"Then… Director," Nagato gathered courage,
"can I learn that seeing-through ability too?"
"…Why."
"To… detect enemies!" Nagato replied instantly.
Kaito nodded.
"Sensing can do that too. When you're strong enough, you can even sense what color Konan's under—"
SWISH!
Paper shuriken flew.
Kaito dodged easily.
"Didn't we agree on no killing?" he sighed.
"You die!!" Konan snapped.
Kaito responded without using ROOM.
A chakra slime blade formed in his hand, deflecting all six paper shuriken effortlessly.
"You want to challenge me?"
"Then watch closely—
this is the true power of the Surgeon."
Blue light erupted outward, covering a two-hundred-meter radius.
No hand seals.
The humid Rain Country air crackled.
Unattributed chakra absorbed ambient magnetism—
Magnet Release.
Black Zetsu's scalp went numb.
That's not Lightning Release—
that's Magnet Release!!
The countless glowing particles condensed.
From a storm—
into a single coin.
Kaito flicked his finger.
"Magnet Release: Railgun."
A beam of blinding light tore through the air.
One kilometer away—
BOOM.
The ground shook violently.
When the dust settled,
a crater over a hundred meters wide scarred the mountainside.
Silence.
Black Zetsu felt cold.
A monster…
Kaito sensed Black Zetsu retreating and smiled.
"Yes. Be afraid of me.
Fear me.
And raise stronger warriors—for me."
Honglian clapped excitedly.
"So cool, Teacher! I want to learn!"
Kaito patted her head.
"You can. It's not hard."
"REALLY?!" x3
Then he calmly added:
"First, you must master medicine.
Human anatomy.
Cells.
Blood.
Organs…"
The trio slowly went numb.
"So… to learn that," Yahiko said hollowly,
"we have to become chief-level doctors?"
"Yes. That's basic."
"…Basic."
"…."
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