Picking off Yamato's right eye cleanly, Orochimaru put it into a nutrient tank that was ready. Then, from another tank, he took out Shisui's right eye and put it into Yamato's empty eye socket.
The whole eye transplant process was quick. Yamato just felt a hollowness and then a swelling in his right eye. The original dead fish eye was gone, and in its place was another half-blind eye with red eye.
As Orochimaru finished the medical ninjutsu work, the pain also quickly went away.
Yamato blinked. The corner of his eye oozed out a mix of blood and other stuff, leaving a shallow trail over the previous bloody tears.
But other than that, Yamato didn't feel any discomfort.
The only difference between this eye and his own was eyesight.
Yamato tried closing his left eye. The things in front of him immediately became like they were covered in a thick white fog. Even Orochimaru, who was very close, could only be seen vaguely.
The nearsightedness was so bad that the world in his eye was pretty abstract.
Yamato quickly opened his left eye and looked at the clear scene again. He let out a small sigh of relief.
"Orochimaru-sama, this is..."
"This is Shisui's eye. A Sharingan that lost most of its eyesight because it was used too much."
Orochimaru had a smile on his face. "You have First Hokage cells in you. Maybe they can help the Sharingan get its eyesight back."
So, you want to use my body...
Yamato's tense body completely relaxed at this point.
Good thing Orochimaru-sama is still the same Orochimaru-sama. He just wants my body, he doesn't have any other ideas.
Thinking about this, Yamato felt a little embarrassed and angry. It's all Kakashi's fault for making him read strange books, otherwise he wouldn't have thought about such things.
"The value of the Sharingan is probably clear to you..."
Orochimaru looked at Yamato and said calmly, "This is important. Try to keep it hidden. It's okay if Kai and Kakashi find out, since you're always with them. But no one else...not even one."
The words were calm, but the threat was clear.
Yamato's heart jumped. He quickly nodded in agreement.
Even if Orochimaru didn't say it, he would still keep it hidden. If other people knew that First Hokage cells could restore the power of the Sharingan, who knows how many people would want his body. He wouldn't be able to live so freely in Konoha anymore.
I should buy some glasses, Yamato thought.
With glasses to hide it, no one would be able to tell the difference between this half-blind eyeball and his own.
Orochimaru seemed to see what Yamato was thinking. He smiled slightly and took out a small, neatly made lens from the tool bag on his waist.
He breathed on the lens and went up to Yamato again, using a finger to press the lens into Yamato's right eye.
Yamato felt a slight ache in his right eye. After getting used to it, he opened his eyes again and found that the right side of his vision was much better. But compared to his left eye, the color and brightness seemed a little different.
"This is a contact lens. It can fix eyesight."
Orochimaru smiled. "But for you, its main use is to help you hide things."
According to Orochimaru, this special contact lens was also called "dead fish eye beauty lens." It was made to make the somewhat gray Sharingan look like Yamato's eye.
Glasses are too obvious and wouldn't fool observant people.
Yamato blinked. There wasn't any discomfort in his right eye anymore, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
This was different from the previous eye transplant. There was something extra in his eye.
But Yamato knew that with this special lens, the chance of being exposed would be much smaller.
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After finding a good container for Shisui's Sharingan, Orochimaru left the Konoha forest without saying goodbye to Jiraiya.
He had many things to do. He needed to do them step by step and didn't have time to accept Jiraiya's invitation to the Konoha bathhouse.
Tsunade wasn't in Konoha. If Jiraiya was found, he probably wouldn't be beaten half to death.
Orochimaru remembered the time he healed Jiraiya's injuries outside the bathhouse and couldn't help but chuckle.
Right now, it still takes time for curse marks to erode a ninja's chakra and soul. Restoring the power of Shisui's eyes wasn't something he could rush. He was also stuck in improving the soul transfer technique. Orochimaru decided to change his approach and first move forward with the First Hokage cell research.
Uchiha Fugaku had contacted him several times. He was clearly impatient.
He had someone offering him test subjects and money, so Orochimaru wouldn't let him get away. Soon, he arrived near the Uchiha clan grounds.
New buildings had been built on the former ruins. There was no sign of the damage from the Nine-Tails attack.
At the entrance to the Uchiha clan grounds, Uchiha Fugaku was standing with his hands behind his back in front of a birdhouse style gate. He saw Orochimaru and walked up to meet him.
Orochimaru smiled. "Clan head Fugaku, you've been waiting for a long time."
"Oh, I just got here not long ago."
After exchanging a few greetings, they headed towards the Uchiha police station.
Next to the newly built police station was a small medical room. It was said to be for treating injured police officers, but in reality, no village medical ninja had moved in yet. Orochimaru was using it for now.
The body strengthening surgery was basically an experiment with First Hokage cells. It needed experienced Uchiha ninja to help control the aggressiveness of the First Hokage cells.
Once the cells were transplanted, people would find out. There was no hiding it. So, there was no need to hide it.
It was better to be open about it, which would make him seem sincere.
The two walked slowly on the newly built road. The shopkeepers and pedestrians on both sides of the road bowed and greeted them politely, showing that Uchiha Fugaku, the clan head, was very popular in the clan.
But when these people recognized Orochimaru, the expressions on their faces became stiff, and their eyes hid a bit of rejection.
Orochimaru knew that this was the result of the "Edo Tensei" incident.
The old man, as the Hokage, needed to think about what was best for the village first. He wouldn't do the wrong thing because of personal feelings.
But it had only been a few days and everyone knew, even the closed-off Uchiha clan. Orochimaru wouldn't believe that Danzo wasn't behind this.
For the Hokage position, this guy was very willing to stir things up.
Fugaku was observant and noticed the clan members' feelings towards Orochimaru. He said awkwardly, "Orochimaru-sama, they're different from us. They can be easily swayed by things."
He meant that the clan members were just being controlled by the village's will, and that Orochimaru shouldn't take it to heart.
"Are you saying they can't think for themselves?"
Orochimaru looked at Fugaku and smiled. "If they really couldn't think for themselves, why would the Third Hokage and the others bother trying to trick them?"
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