"I think we'll have plenty of common ground to talk about,"
Vegapunk took out a test tube, shook it twice, then used a syringe to draw out the liquid inside and injected it directly into Suikazan Fuguki's body.
As soon as the strange liquid was injected into Suikazan Fuguki's body, his injuries began to recover rapidly.
There isn't much Medical Ninjutsu in the One Piece World, but because of that, the application of medicine far exceeds that of the Naruto World.
What Vegapunk was injecting into Suikazan Fuguki now was a drug he developed by reverse-engineering Emporio Ivankov's Healing Hormones. It could basically save anyone as long as they still had a breath left, and the side effects had been greatly reduced.
In just a few minutes, most of Suikazan Fuguki's heavy injuries had recovered. A fierce light flickered in his eyes as he looked at the seemingly defenseless Vegapunk.
Seeing Vegapunk turn his back and that Orochimaru had long since left with Samehada, Suikazan Fuguki grit his teeth and formed hand seals. His hair surged like tentacles, coiling toward Vegapunk.
Unfortunately, when his hair was only halfway grown, a piercing, bone-deep pain suddenly exploded in his brain. Subsequently, he completely lost control of his body and collapsed to the ground.
"You really are impatient! Weren't you supposed to be a Ninja? You can't even endure for this little bit of time."
Vegapunk turned his head while holding a device and spoke calmly to Suikazan Fuguki. Now, however, Suikazan Fuguki's face was contorted, he was drenched in sweat, and he couldn't say a single word.
Was he joking? Did he really think Vegapunk was some kind of saint? Vegapunk had placed quite a few small Nanorobots inside the healing agent he gave Suikazan Fuguki!
At such a close distance, Vegapunk could completely use his magnetic field to manipulate those Nanorobots. Whether it was severing the brain's conduction nerves to turn someone into a vegetable or directly releasing bioelectricity on the pain nerves to let someone experience level 12 pain, it was all child's play.
After revealing a bit of his ability, Vegapunk snapped his fingers. Only then did Suikazan Fuguki catch his breath and recover.
Looking Suikazan Fuguki up and down, Vegapunk stroked his chin and asked, "Suikazan Fuguki, do you want to become the Mizukage?"
The air suddenly went silent. Suikazan Fuguki, who had been gasping for breath, looked at Vegapunk in confusion and finally couldn't help but chuckle. "Of course I want to be the Mizukage, but what does that have to do with you? Don't tell me a brat like you can help me become the Mizukage?"
"That's not impossible, Mr. Suikazan Fuguki." Vegapunk ignored the "brat" comment and spoke with a smile.
"Are you kidding me?! Who do you think you are?" Suikazan Fuguki snorted in disdain. No matter how chaotic Kirigakure was, it was still one of the Five Great Ninja Villages. Even now, with its heritage intact and its Bloodline Limit clans, its strength wasn't much inferior to Kumogakure or Iwagakure.
Suikazan Fuguki naturally wouldn't believe that a fourteen or fifteen-year-old kid in front of him would treat such a powerful Ninja village with such disregard.
Vegapunk continued relentlessly, "Mr. Fuguki, as far as I know, your status should be in the top five in the entire Kirigakure! So, how far are you from the position of Mizukage, and what conditions do you need?"
"What conditions? Being strong is the biggest condition!" Suikazan Fuguki rolled his eyes and said.
He wasn't wrong. Why did lone heroes frequently appear in Kirigakure to assassinate the Mizukage and try to replace them? It was simple: because such a thing was actually feasible.
Due to the bloody mist policy, there were almost no emotional bonds within Kirigakure. In a situation that relied entirely on high-pressure force, wasn't it the case that whoever was stronger became the boss?
If one could truly succeed in assassinating the Mizukage under the protection of the Kage Guard Unit, it would prove the assassin's immense strength. If the assassin also had a group of followers, seizing the position of Mizukage through force wouldn't be too difficult.
"If I can enhance your strength, Mr. Suikazan Fuguki, I wonder if you could seize the position of Mizukage?"
Suikazan Fuguki narrowed his eyes and took a serious look at Vegapunk for the first time. After a moment of silence, he spoke, "Are those animal Ninjas your subordinates?"
"Not really! Although I did create them, they are Orochimaru's subordinates. It's just that Orochimaru is working with me now."
As soon as Vegapunk finished speaking, Suikazan Fuguki's body trembled, and a look of shock appeared in his eyes.
He knew that by the end of that battle, because of those Ninjas' self-destruction, his opponents had previously been nothing more than a group of ordinary Chunin.
Yet these Chunin had been enhanced to the level of Special Jōnin or even Elite Jonin within half a month. It was utterly ridiculous. Most importantly, this ability seemed to be universally applicable!
He had thought it was a secret technique developed by Orochimaru, but if all of this was done by the Blond Youth in front of him, then he might not be boasting!
There were actually many Ninjutsu and secret medicines with similar enhancement effects in the Ninja World, such as Orochimaru's Cursed Seal or the Akimichi clan's Three-Colored Pills. However, these were either highly dangerous or had low adaptability—most ordinary Ninjas couldn't use them, and they all had severe side effects.
However, the modification technology used by those Ninjas seemed very mature. According to what those few Ninjas said, they were just a group of ordinary Chunin before the experiment.
They had no specialties, no strengths, had never learned any secret techniques, and had no Bloodline Limits. They were just ordinary Ninjas who were relatively skilled in Taijutsu and throwing techniques and knew a couple of basic Five Elements Ninjutsu techniques.
You could find a handful of such Ninjas in any Ninja village; they were basically the type whose potential had been exhausted. If even such Ninjas could undergo modification, it meant this modification could be used on a large scale.
If nothing else, he had about twenty or thirty Chunin of that caliber under him. If all of them were successfully modified, his subordinates' strength would likely surpass the Mizukage's Anbu!
Most importantly, could he also become stronger through this modification? After all, his strength was only one step away from the Kage level!