The boy fell silent.
Nawaki bit his lip, looked down, and finally nodded heavily.
"That... of course I want to..."
Mito felt a tightness in her chest.
Where Mito had never imagined that her grandson wanted her to stay alive so much.
Nawaki finally lifted his head and looked at Reiji with a sharp gaze.
"If... If you can really make Grandma younger, I promise I will do anything you want."
Reiji smiled widely.
"Good. Then let's get started."
Aoki stepped forward, approaching Mito.
"Can you all step back a bit?"
Tsunade, Nawaki, and Kushina took a few steps back, still with looks of doubt.
Reiji took Mito's hand, his palm feeling warm against her cold, wrinkled skin.
Reiji looked deeply into Mito's eyes.
"Remember your promise."
Mito nodded, although confusion still shone in her eyes.
"I promise. But... what will you do?"
Reiji smiled faintly.
"... You don't need to know."
Then, a voice echoed in Reiji's mind.
"Yamata-no-Orochi, let's do this."
Another voice replied, rough and full of warning.
"Are you sure? This will reduce your lifespan by fifty years! Fifty! For a human, that's a lot!"
Reiji chuckled to himself.
"Don't worry."
"I am Reiji, the Strongest Sorcerer on Earth!"
"I know how to extend my life."
"Besides, are you worried about me?"
"What?! Who's worried about you, idiot! I just don't want to die because you die first!" Yamata-no-Orochi snapped.
"Yeah, yeah, you shy one."
Then, Reiji raised his hand into the air and whispered, "Sealing Technique: Area Restriction Barrier!"
In an instant, a transparent wall appeared, enveloping them both in a dimly glowing dome.
The air inside the room suddenly became heavier.
Reiji then closed his eyes.
"Sealing Technique: Age Reversal Seal!"
In a matter of seconds, an immense, dark, and powerful chakra surged from Reiji's body, filling the room with such pressure that Kushina and Nawaki stepped back while Tsunade held her breath.
Mito's body began to glow...
And the transformation began.
...
...
...
The air in the room felt heavy.
The intense energy pressure seemed to weigh down on everyone present.
The metallic scent of blood mixed with the cold aura emanating from Reiji's chakra.
Reiji stood beside the bed, extending his hand toward Mito, who was lying down.
Reiji's hand trembled slightly, not from doubt, but because he knew how heavy the burden he was about to bear would be.
As his fingers touched Mito's palm, a blue-golden sealing pattern suddenly appeared on her skin.
The pattern looked intricate—woven like a branching river, as if depicting the flow of energy within the human body.
In seconds, the seal spread from Mito's palm to her arm, then crawled up to her neck, chest, and throughout her entire body.
Mito's body vibrated gently as the seal seeped into her muscle tissue, binding itself to the main chakra points that controlled metabolism, regeneration, and the body's vitality.
Then, Nature Energy began to flow into Mito's body.
The air around them vibrated, as if responding to the call of the sealing technique performed by Reiji.
Almost invisible particles of natural energy began to gather, forming a small vortex around Mito's body, before finally seeping in through her skin's pores.
Reiji gritted his teeth, controlling the flow of Nature Energy with his own chakra.
This was the hardest part.
Where Reiji had to ensure that the Nature Energy flowed at the right rhythm—not too slow to fail the process, and not too fast to cause a fatal imbalance in Mito's body.
As the natural energy began to reactivate Mito's body cells, changes started to become visible.
The wrinkles on Mito's skin slowly disappeared, replaced by tighter and brighter skin.
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