Soon, a blind Shinobi was wheeled out. Since there were two eyes, each contestant would handle one.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, after anesthesia was administered, they immediately began the precise transplant surgery on the patient's fragile eye sockets.
Takumi had watched this kind of surgery countless times in his simulations. He had long memorized it thoroughly.
If he could transplant kidneys, eyes were simple. If the blind person were an Uchiha, you could just pop the eyeball in like screwing in a lightbulb.
Soon, Takumi smoothly completed the transplant procedure for one eye. On the other side, Tsunade was operating with a sweaty brow. She hadn't performed many transplant surgeries, focusing more on external injuries and poison treatment, so she lacked some experience in this type of surgery.
However, her powerful medical skills still allowed her to complete the transplant process, albeit clumsily.
By now, anyone could see that Takumi's medical skills were stronger than Tsunade's, at least in transplant surgery. This shocked them. Who was Tsunade? She was a Medical-nin famous throughout the Shinobi World, bearing the title of one of the Legendary Sannin. And now, in Medical Ninjutsu, she was losing to a teenager who had only studied for a few days? This situation stunned everyone.
"Takumi-kun is amazing! He's actually ahead!" Sakura and Ino already had their hands clasped, looking at Takumi with admiration.
"I told you, Takumi is amazing!" Kiba and Naruto also looked proud, as if they were the ones competing.
The onlookers were also various levels of shocked. The visual disparity between the two contestants was just too great. Takumi was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, while Tsunade was a Medical-nin famous for decades. The gap in years made it impossible not to be amazed.
"Dammit..." Tsunade gritted her teeth. She never expected Takumi's performance to be so outstanding, especially in transplant surgery, where he was faster than her. Moreover, the whole process was smooth and aesthetically pleasing. It looked less like surgery and more like painting. His movements were full of beauty.
But the contest continued. It wasn't over yet.
"Fourth round: Spinal nerve repair," The director announced the fourth round's content.
Hearing this, those with some medical knowledge paled. The spinal nerves are extremely important to the human body. The slightest damage leads to lifelong disability. Even Tsunade's face became grim. Because the spinal nerves are so interconnected, even she didn't dare operate on them casually.
In contrast, Takumi still wore a relaxed expression. For him, as long as the person wasn't completely dead, he could save them.
Soon, a Shinobi in a wheelchair, missing one arm, was wheeled up.
At this moment, the injured Shinobi's face was ashen. Clearly, he had already received the news that he could no longer serve as a Shinobi.
With a spinal injury, barring a miracle, he would spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
But wasn't the miracle right here?
Because it was a spinal injury, Tsunade and Takumi had the patient lie face down on the operating table for examination.
After a careful examination, Tsunade shook her head with a grim expression. "The spine connects to the brain, and the nerves have already adhered together. It's very difficult to separate them. If the operation is improper, it could even paralyze his upper body. I'm not confident."
Tsunade's words made the Shinobi's face grow even darker.
In his view, Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin, was perhaps his only hope. Yet this only hope had delivered a crushing blow of despair.
"Since Tsunade-sama won't do it, then I'll begin." Takumi's words were like a beam of light shining on the Shinobi's parched heart. A flicker of hope appeared on his face as he turned to see Takumi.
However, that flicker of hope soon vanished. He became even more desperate. Takumi's youthful face made it impossible for him to believe that Takumi could be a Medical-nin stronger than Tsunade.
But he was already on the operating table, the anesthesia taking effect. He couldn't even turn his head, let alone speak.
"You really can?" Tsunade looked skeptical. Even she wasn't confident about this, yet Takumi was so nonchalant.
"You'll see," Takumi said, looking up and winking at Tsunade, then added in a low voice, "Don't forget our bet."
Tsunade's face instantly flushed red, and she glared at Takumi, gritting her teeth, 'You little pervert!'
She was indignant internally but didn't dare show it too much. The details of this bet couldn't be known by others. Otherwise, if she really lost, she would become the laughingstock of all Konoha, even the entire Shinobi World.
"Watch closely, I'm starting." Takumi picked up the scalpel. His tone, as if giving a live demonstration, made Tsunade's face darken instantly.
But soon, she became deeply engrossed in Takumi's technique. The incision was small but precise. Then, Takumi gently pulled out the nerves, swiftly reconnecting and suturing them before placing them back. Next was the spine. Aligning the vertebrae was somewhat troublesome, but it didn't stump Takumi. It just required a bit more effort.
"This is impossible!" Tsunade watched in shock. She never expected Takumi to operate so decisively and quickly. He didn't seem to hesitate at all, nor did he worry about connecting the wrong nerves. Every severed nerve was swiftly reconnected and sutured, each taking no more than five seconds. It was simply a miracle! She was deeply captivated by Takumi's technique, immersed in it.
It wasn't just her. Others also crowded closer, wanting to see more clearly. The hospital's director was as shocked as Tsunade. He was also an outstanding Medical-nin and naturally understood more than outsiders.
'This exquisite technique, these concise movements, this utterly efficient action... it's truly marvelous! It's like creating a fine piece of art!' The director was entranced.
'Facing a condition even Tsunade is helpless against, yet operating so steadily... Even I, a layman, can't help but marvel. Takumi, you've given me far too many surprises!' Hiruzen watched Takumi's surgical process with blazing eyes, thinking to himself.
"I don't understand it, but it's amazing!" Sakura and Ino were completely conquered by Takumi's dazzlingly gorgeous technique. Their eyes were now filled only with shining stars and hearts. They saw no one but Takumi.
"Holy crap, so cool!" Naruto and the others also watched eagerly. When had they ever seen such a scene?
It's a surgery, and yet Takumi made it look like he was making ramen! Everyone wore expressions of shock.
"Even more exquisite than when he treated Zabuza. It seems he wasn't serious back then," Kakashi said.
"Yes, Takumi's talent is truly astonishing," Kurenai sighed.
'This level of skill is worth befriending.' Hiashi nodded secretly.
'My daughter seems to like him a lot. I wonder if I can make him my son-in-law?' Ino's father, Yamanaka Inoichi, thought happily to himself.
If a Shinobi with such talent and strength could join the Yamanaka Clan, it would bring extraordinary benefits.
"He will definitely become a pivotal figure in Konoha in the future," Shikaku said with a grave expression, clearly paying great attention to Takumi.
While everyone was lavishing praise, Takumi's surgical process didn't take too long. In about 20 minutes, Takumi completed the spinal repair.
"It's over already?" Tsunade was shocked, 'The spinal nerve recovery I was helpless against was solved so easily by this kid? And it only took 20 minutes? Even a leg reattachment surgery takes several hours!'
She wanted to refute it, to find flaws in Takumi's work. But no matter how much she thought about it, she found nothing to argue.
Because she had watched the entire process with her own eyes and had been deeply immersed in it.