Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

"How difficult is it to make a conduction device?"

"Now that we have a finished product, with our current level, we can make another one in about half a day!"

"That is to say, within three days, we can produce six more. By the day of the clinical trial, we will have a total of seven finished conduction devices!"

"Yes! But Dihuang Wanjun, what do you mean? Before clinical trials, we can only use the existing finished product! Before we know whether the conduction device can be used, making too many samples will risk waste!"

"No! Feiyun, with only one test, the sample size is too small! There are too many uncertainties, and there are only two results: success and failure. The test results are not referenceable! If we do more tests, we can make horizontal comparisons and see the differences between each test individual, making it easier to find problems and defects in the conduction device! In other words, even if it succeeds, we can see the differences between the successful individuals, and even if it fails, we can see the differences between the failed individuals!"

Although the name Dihuang Wan is difficult to pronounce, Anma Feiyun immediately understood what it meant!

"Well, Dihuangwan-kun, what you said makes sense. I will arrange for the research team to continue making the conduction device!"

"Feiyun, how are you going to find the clinical trial personnel?"

"Our previous plan was to randomly select someone from Konoha Hospital to cooperate with us in completing the clinical trial!"

"If it was just one person, it would be fine, but now there are seven, so this is not appropriate!"

"So how should we find test subjects?"

"Your Konoha Hospital should release a notice saying that it has developed a new type of prosthesis that can prolong the career of the injured. However, because it is a preliminary development, it requires the cooperation of clinical trial personnel, which involves certain risks. However, the hospital can promise that after passing the clinical trial, the subsequent official prosthetic products will be provided free of charge to the personnel participating in the clinical trial!"

"You mean, let people volunteer?"

"Yes! You can post a notice or announcement like this looking for volunteers!"

"But what if no one wants to sign up?"

"All the wounded and cruel people, especially those who have had a bad life, will be tempted by the chance to experience the life of a ninja for free! The number of people who sign up will only increase, not decrease!"

"Then the question arises again. There are too many applicants. How are we going to screen them?"

"All applicants will draw lots on the day of the clinical trial, and whoever gets the lot will be the one! In other words, before the clinical trial begins, no one knows who will participate! This way, we can also prevent people with ulterior motives from causing trouble!"

"Besides, since the Hokage, the advisory group, and the ninja clan representatives will all be on site to observe, why not let all the volunteers who signed up but were not selected stay on site to observe as well. In this way, even if they don't participate in the clinical trial this time, after observing, they will have more confidence in the official finished product in the future!"

"Dihuang Wan, you have considered it too comprehensively! Let's do it!"

Dihuang Wan thought to himself, “This way, even if someone wants to play tricks, they won’t be able to do it!”

"Feiyun, on the day of the clinical trial, I will also go to observe and cheer you on the spot!"

"Well, with you here, we will definitely succeed!"

The next day, Konoha Hospital issued a notice looking for volunteers for clinical trials of new prosthetic limbs, and many hospital nurses distributed flyers in Konoha Village. In just half a day, the whole village knew about it!

Many former ninjas who had to retire from their ninja careers due to injuries caused by wars and missions were extremely excited, especially those former ninjas of civilian origin, a lot of them signed up!

Three days later, Kurama Feiyun received 80 volunteer applications! 58 of them were from civilian families, and 22 were from ninja families!

On the morning of the clinical trial, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the advisory group, ninja clan representatives, Dihuangwan, Tsunade and representatives of Konoha Hospital, Orochimaru, Hatake Sakumo, and a group of Konoha high-ranking officials and strong men all gathered!

Of course, there are 80 volunteer candidates!

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt very sad when he saw the 80 former ninjas who had retired from the ninja ranks due to various disabilities. He encouraged them, "You are all heroes of Konoha. Please rest assured that once the new prosthetic limbs can be officially put into use, half of the expenses will be borne by the village's finances! You all have the hope of returning to your ninja career!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's words made the volunteers present very excited. Many of them shed tears, saying that the village had not forgotten them!

Dihuangwan watched Sarutobi Hiruzen's performance of winning people's hearts indifferently, and winked at Kurama Feiyun, who understood and stood up.

"Dear volunteers, there are only seven people for the clinical trial, so for the sake of fairness, I can only randomly select from the eighty people present! What I have in my hand is your volunteer application list. Whoever I randomly select will be the participant of this clinical trial!"

"Of course, volunteers who were not selected, in order to thank you for your support, you can also stay here and witness this clinical trial with Lord Hokage and other high-level officials! I believe that after watching this clinical trial, you will have more confidence in the finished product that we will officially put into use in the future!"

Hearing Kurama Feiyun’s words, many volunteers cheered!

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Kurama Feiyun without revealing his expression, then glanced at Dihuangwan and said, "Feiyun, let's start the drawing of lots!"

Afterwards, the drawing of lots officially began, and five former ninjas from civilian backgrounds and two from the ninja clan were selected!

Seven volunteers were sent to the newly opened large treatment room to undergo clinical trials of conduction devices and prostheses!

Sarutobi Hiruzen and other observers watched the entire installation process outside the giant glass window!

As the first volunteer's right arm was severed and the conduction device was installed, Kurama Feiyun said, "Conduct your chakra to the severed limb!"

Volunteer No. 1 nodded and conducted his chakra to the severed limb. Then the rune formula of the conduction device lit up, and Volunteer No. 1's chakra was successfully guided into the chakra conduction device, which emitted a blue light!

At this point, Volunteer No. 1's arm has been successfully connected to the conduction device!

Afterwards, Anma Feiyun installed a prosthetic limb suitable for Volunteer No. 1. From the outside, except that the color of the prosthetic limb was inconsistent with Volunteer No. 1's skin, there was not much difference!

But from the inside, there is a lot of knowledge! The production level of the prosthesis is based on the meridians of the human body! In other words, the prosthesis also has meridians like real limbs, so that when the chakra flows, it is just like in your real body!

"Control the conduction device, let your chakra flow through the preset meridians of the prosthesis, and then control the movement of the arm!" Kurama Feiyun instructed again.

Volunteer No. 1 nodded, and then the chakra flowed into the prosthetic meridians through the conduction device. After a few seconds, Volunteer No. 1 controlled the stiff movement of his arm!

"I did it! I can control the movement of my arms!" Volunteer No. 1 was very excited. And as his body became familiar with the prosthesis, the movements of his arms and fingers soon became as flexible as his real arms and fingers!

Volunteer No. 1 cried with joy! He knelt on the ground and expressed his gratitude to Kurama Feiyun!

Kurama Feiyun was also very excited, but he quickly calmed down and said that the clinical trial has not yet ended. The ultimate goal of the trial is to restore people's ninja abilities, not just to allow people to resume normal activities!

Kurama Feiyun nodded to the other groups of colleagues who were installing conduction devices on other volunteers, and then took Volunteer No. 1 out of the medical room and came to the rooftop of the adjacent Konoha Hospital, where Sarutobi Hiruzen and others could also see them!

"What kind of ninjutsu were you good at before?"

"Master Feiyun, I am good at Fire Escape!"

"Okay, you try to make a seal successfully and perform the fire escape ninjutsu!"

"Yes, Master Feiyun!"

Afterwards, Volunteer No. 1 used his left real hand and right fake hand to perform the seal of the Great Fireball Technique according to his previous method of making seals!

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

A small fireball came out of his mouth...

How to say it, it can’t be considered a success, nor can it be considered a failure!

"After all, a prosthetic limb is different from a real arm. You have to adapt to the flow and amount of chakra in the prosthetic limb!" Kurama Feiyun said again.

After all, he was a former ninja, and Volunteer No. 1 understood what Kurama Feiyun said. He closed his eyes, recalling the feeling of chakra running when he launched the Great Fireball just now. After a moment, he opened his eyes!

"Art fire escape ho fireball!"

A fireball much bigger than the previous one was spit out! Although it didn't reach the size of a normal fireball, it was obviously much better than the previous one!

Volunteer No. 1 found the feeling, and after releasing ninjutsu several times, a regular-sized fireball jutsu finally appeared successfully!