vncnus Chapter 41: Protecting One's Own, Healing, and Gains
Chapter 41: Protecting One's Own, Healing, and Gains
"Tsunade, you're being incredibly reckless! Is this a place you can just come and go as you please?" Danzo seized the opportunity to question Tsunade.
But Tsunade completely ignored him, focusing intently on examining Taiichi's injuries. She even probed Taiichi's body with her chakra to check for internal injuries.
Seeing this, the owl beside him quickly said to the Hokage, "Lord Hokage, if there's nothing else, I'll be going down now."
"Alright, you should go and rest too. You must be tired after working all night," the Hokage said with concern.
"It's what I should do." With that, Owl left the Hokage's office.
At this moment, Tsunade finished examining Taiichi and frowned, saying, "How did your chakra meridians get so badly injured? Don't you know this is dangerous? If you don't want to be a ninja anymore, why are you still giving reports here!" Tsunade's words were stern and harsh.
Taiyi was surprised to hear this, wondering if his injuries were that serious.
Hiruzen Sarutobi asked anxiously, "What's wrong, Tsunade? Is it serious? Taichi seems to be doing very well."
Danzo sneered inwardly, "If I can't have it, then destroying it is the best option."
"The external injuries are minor, but the serious ones are internal. The prolonged and intense use of ninjutsu has overloaded his meridians, pushing them to the brink of collapse." Tsunade said gravely. "I need to take him to the hospital immediately."
"Then hurry up and go!" The Hokage didn't care about anything else and urged Tsunade. Such a good prospect couldn't be ruined because of something like this.
As Tsunade led Taichi away from the office, Sarutobi spoke first: "What do you all think about this matter? Do you have any leads?"
"I think most of them are from the Cloud Village Inui clan? Last time they failed to steal Kushina, so this time they're trying to steal children from other bloodline families. Sarutobi definitely can't let them get away this time."
"No matter who it is, we must get revenge." x2
Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado both agreed on revenge. This kind of thing could happen to the Kurama family today, to the Hyuga family tomorrow, and maybe even to their own family the day after.
If we don't retaliate, other families will feel insecure once they find out, morale will drop, and the team will be difficult to lead.
Moreover, the current Konoha is not the Konoha that was in dire need of recovery after the Third Shinobi World War. The current Konoha leadership consists of ninjas in their prime, and they are all very ambitious.
"That's settled then. We'll wait for the interrogation department's final confirmation to see which village dared to do such a thing!" Hiruzen Sarutobi made the final decision.
……
Downstairs at the Hokage Building.
"Tsunade-neechan, is my injury that serious?" Taichi finally asked after holding it in for so long, even wondering if he had learned the wrong medical ninjutsu.
Tsunade rolled her eyes at him. "If I didn't say that, Danzo would have let you off the hook if you had gotten out of that quagmire." It turned out that Tsunade had overheard the conversation inside before entering the house, which is why she devised the plan to bring Taichi out.
"Thank you, Tsunade-neechan." Taichi felt grateful that Tsunade was so considerate of him.
"Don't be too happy yet. Your chakra meridians are indeed badly injured. You'll definitely need to stay in the hospital for a few days to recover. And who did this bandage? It's practically useless except for emergency use." Tsunade looked at Tai's bandages and criticized him without any politeness.
"Oh, I still have to be hospitalized!" Taiyi was a little dejected. Being hospitalized would mean wasting several more days.
Konoha Hospital was as crowded as ever. When the two arrived at the hospital, Tsunade personally helped Taichi complete the admission procedures and led him to the trauma department.
This was the same department where Taiyi had interned before, but this time he came not as a doctor, but as a patient. Life is truly unpredictable.
The person who received Taichi was the same former headmaster Fujita. He was also very surprised when he saw Tsunade leading Taichi, who was covered in bandages.
"Taiichi-kun, I never expected we'd meet like this!" Director Fujita teased.
"Director, please don't laugh at me. I'm so injured, and I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you with this." Taiyi said somewhat embarrassedly.
"Okay, you can sit over there!" Director Fujita pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Nanako, bring over all the cleaning tools."
"Well then, Fujita," Tsuna said, pointing outside, "I'll leave Taichi to you. I'll wait outside."
"Okay, don't worry!" Fujita didn't even turn his head, and was already cutting off the messy bandages that Taiichi had been wearing.
"Ah~ it hurts~ it hurts~ it hurts~ it hurts!" Taiyi howled in pain. He hadn't felt it during the battle, but now the pain was unbearable. "Director, please be gentle. I'm injured!"
"You're a ninja, yet you're still so afraid of pain, yelling so loudly, aren't you ashamed?" Director Fujita scolded.
But as the bandages were removed one by one, Fujita stopped talking, because he had too many wounds.
After cleaning up all the extra bandages, Fujita and the nurse Nanako standing next to him couldn't help but gasp when they saw Taiichi's wounds.
Taiyi had as many as 11 cuts of varying sizes on his body. The most dangerous one was just a few millimeters away from the artery in his arm, which would have resulted in massive bleeding.
The group quickly and carefully cleaned the wounds and stitched up the larger ones. It took them nearly an hour to finish treating all the wounds.
At this moment, Fujita and Nanako looked at Taichi with admiration. Not all ninjas can suffer such injuries. Judging from the location of the wound, it was clear that Taichi had to fight face-to-face with his enemy to sustain such a wound.
Taiyi finally breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that he couldn't bear the pain, but watching the other person threading needles through his body was truly torture.
After saying goodbye to Chief Fujita, Taichi met Tsunade outside the door and headed to the inpatient ward.
Lying in bed, Taiichi began receiving Tsunade's special treatment. The gentle Healing Palm Technique landed on Taiichi, like a warm spring breeze caressing his chakra pathways and relieving the pain in them.
Taiichi hummed comfortably as he recounted the day's events to Tsunade in detail.
When Tsunade heard that Taichi had devised a plan to defeat the first special Jonin, she breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she heard that another seriously injured Jonin had arrived, her heart, which had just settled, started to race again.
After finally listening to Taichi's story, Tsunade felt that it was even more tiring than fighting herself.
Tsunade's treatment was over at this time. After giving Taichi some instructions, she prepared to leave.
She has a lot on her own to do; if it weren't for hearing about Taiyi, she would already be dominating the casinos by now.
Just as Tsunade stepped out the door, Taiichi called out to her, "Tsunade-neechan, could you please help me find my Jonin instructor? His name is Yamaguchi Seisuke. We were supposed to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow for a mission, but now I'm afraid I'll have to ask for leave."
"Okay, I know, what a hassle~" The voice drifted from afar.
With Tsunade gone, only Taichi remained in the ward. He could finally see the results of the battle, after excluding the unimportant panel prompts.
Your constitution attribute +2
Your skill "Hatake Sword Technique" has been upgraded; experience points increased by 500.
[A sudden enlightenment during battle grants your Fire attribute change bonus of +500]
[A sudden enlightenment during battle grants your Wind attribute nature change bonus of +500]
[During battle, your Water attribute change is increased by 1000 due to a lucky break.]
[Breakthrough in battle: You combined Water Release: Water Wall and Water Release: Water Prison Technique to create your own A-rank Water Release: Great Water Prison Technique]
【Water Release: Great Water Prison Technique: Creates a wall of water at the location of the enemy in the distance, surrounding the enemy until the enemy is trapped in a water prison formed by the water wall】
……
Name: Matsushita Taichi
Class: Genin Lv2 (45/200)
Talent: Diligence can compensate for lack of talent, academic genius, highly effective
Age: 8 years old
Physical condition: 21
Power: 20
Agility: 18
Spirit: 23
Chakra: 14000 (16400)
Attribute points: 12
Skill points: 14
Fire attribute transformation Lv7 (350/1200)
Wind attribute change level 7 (412/1200)
Water property change Lv6 (812/1000)
Yang attribute property change Lv6 (459/800)
Chakra Form Transformation Lv6 (467/1000)
Chakra Control Lv5 (476/800)
技能：进阶体术Lv0（976/1000），进阶冥想Lv0（934/1000）），，旗木刀术Lv10（1478/2000）
【火遁：B级火龙炎弹Lv7（777/1200），B级头刻苦Lv3（357/400）】
【风遁：C级裂空掌Lv8（724/1400），B级压害Lv4（26/600）】
【水遁：B级水阵壁Lv9（453/1600），C级水牢Lv6（124/1000），C级水分身Lv6（153/1000），B级水龙弹Lv3（275/400）】
【医疗忍术：掌仙术Lv9（329/1600），细患抽出之术Lv8（463/1400），查克拉手术刀Lv6（464/1000】
[Max Level: ...]
Evaluation: You survived a life-or-death ordeal; your improved strength came at the cost of your life.
Just as the reviews predicted, each brush with death brought about a leap in strength, but Taiyi still hoped to improve his strength step by step, rather than engaging in sword fights every day...