Haku's Report

Konoha Hospital.

Sakura Haruno was lying naked on the bed, undergoing a physical examination by Tsunade.

Tsunade has a habit of giving Sakura Haruno a physical examination and thorough treatment after each battle, just in case she suffers any hidden injuries.

As the Hokage highly valued the role of medicine, Tsunade once envisioned that all her ninjas could receive a check-up and treatment after completing a mission, and even extend such medical services to Genin —of course, this far-fetched idea ultimately came to nothing. However, applying it to her own disciples would be perfectly feasible.

Such a habit is naturally excellent. Sakura was still full of energy after fighting against strong enemies one after another, and her strength grew stronger with each battle. Tsunade's meticulous and superb Medical Ninjutsu was definitely indispensable to this.

As soon as Tsunade lifted Sakura Haruno's right arm, her brows furrowed. The more she examined it, the darker her expression became.

"What a mess! Do you not want your right hand anymore? You can't even set the bones properly!" Tsunade's tone was harsh.

"We were still fighting at the time..." Sakura Haruno explained with a forced smile.

Nerves, muscles, bones, and joints—these human body parts are precisely assembled, and even the slightest error can affect the overall situation. But in battle, one can't worry about such things. Sakura's right hand was severely injured in the battle with Kisame, but she quickly healed it with powerful healing Ninjutsu. However, Tsunade clearly looked down on her crude battlefield healing techniques.

Sakura Haruno's Medical Ninjutsu is not bad. In fact, being able to heal her bloodied and broken right hand and restore her fighting ability in a short time is enough to make her stand out among most medical-nin. However, in Tsunade's opinion, forcibly healing the wound by using a large amount of life force generated by the powerful Medical Ninjutsu is crude, rudimentary, and wasteful. More importantly, it will leave a lot of hidden injuries. Everything is normal now, but if it is not handled properly, it will backfire sooner or later.

"Hmph... I'd be grateful if you could spare even a fraction of your focus on offensive Ninjutsu for Medical Ninjutsu!" Tsunade helplessly. Sakura Haruno, who was considered her successor, wasn't very interested in her true specialty Medical Ninjutsu. Instead, she was preoccupied with fighting and killing, which was nothing like what a girl should do.

Although the girl's medical skills seemed quite professional, they couldn't fool Tsunade.

"Your Medical Ninjutsu is just like my great-grandfather's. It looks impressive, and any kind of wound can heal quickly, but in reality, it's nothing more than brute force," Tsunade continued to criticize her. "Miracles happen from brute force, but you overdraw your body's potential, forcibly prolong your life with Yang Release, and finally, your body collapses suddenly after a great battle. If you don't want to end up like that, you'd better obediently learn medical skills from me."

She died from her injuries after the First fought Madara. Although she won the battle, she was still alive and had not yet exhausted her Chakra or life force.

Sakura shrank back sheepishly.

"Ugh..." The girl groaned, intense pain shooting through her right hand.

"Bear with it," Tsunade without looking up, her gaze sweeping over the radius, ulna, and humerus. "I'm breaking your hand bones to reconnect any malfunctions. And then there are the nerves. So I won't be using anesthesia."

It sounds terrifying, Sakura Haruno thought to herself, but she had encountered far more frightening situations before. As long as she was mentally prepared, this kind of pain was nothing more than child's play.

Although she would still experience muscle tension and uncontrollable sweating from the pain—she wasn't some pervert who found pleasure in pain.

When Shizune and Bai entered, this was the scene they saw: the girl was lying on the bed with her back hunched over, looking like a fish being pan-fried in a pot.

His whole body was tense, his hands gripping the edge of the bed tightly, and his well-defined abdominal muscles bulged clearly on his fair abdomen.

"Lady Tsunade," Shizune stepped forward and said, "Haku has brought back a new report."

"Just a moment, it'll be ready soon."

Shortly after, Tsunade completed the final treatment. The white light on her hand disappeared, and Sakura let out a long sigh of relief. Her tense body immediately went limp, and she collapsed onto the sweat-soaked hospital bed.

Tsunade also breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and turned to take the report that Shizune handed her.

"How come you've lost so much weight?" Bai walked over and touched the girl's well-defined abs on the bed. Without the filling of fat, her streamlined abs were almost like a grid. He felt a little sorry for her.

"It's alright, I've only lost a little weight, my body fat percentage has dropped by a maximum of two percent." Sakura Haruno smiled faintly, slightly out of breath, "After the great battle, the Yin Seal can quickly restore energy by breaking down fat, so I'll lose a little weight. I'll recover quickly."

Her current body fat percentage is roughly around 17% without even needing to calculate it; for a guy, this would be considered slightly overweight with a not-so-prominent "spare tire," but for a girl—even a female ninja—it would be extremely thin. Any thinner and it would affect her health.

If the Yin Seal's slimming effect were on Earth in her previous life, it would definitely cause a frenzy among women all over the world. Unfortunately, in the Hokage world, this effect can only be called useless; as a ninja, Sakura always engages in a lot of high-intensity exercise, so she doesn't have to worry about fat accumulation or losing her figure.

No, thinking about it carefully, this should be considered a side effect!

Sakura Haruno planned to eat more during this time and try to gain some weight. After resting for a while, she sat up from the bed and saw Tsunade looking at the report in her hand with an unpleasant expression and a cold demeanor.

"What's wrong, Master?" she asked.

"It's nothing serious..." Tsunade casually explained the reason for the report: a ninja had contracted a contagious disease after a mission, so she sent Haku with a medical team to investigate the cause of the illness.

After flipping through several pages until she reached the conclusion, Tsunade quickly finished reading, then turned to Haku: "So, based on your judgment, this wasn't done by enemy ninjas?"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade. "According to our investigation, this disease is very common in the northwest of the Land of Fire. The locals call it 'Big Belly Disease,' but it's actually a parasitic disease, an incurable one, with a history of at least several hundred years. It's just that due to the extreme poverty of the region, ninja missions are rarely issued, so we are completely unaware of this disease. During our investigation, we discovered a large number of sources of infection in the local water sources. The ninjas who contracted the disease likely had weakened immune systems after being injured, and after coming into contact with the source of infection, they were successfully parasitized."

"So, this disease has been ravaging the Land of Fire for many years, but we never knew about it?" Tsunade raised an eyebrow.

"Yes."

"I remember this disease doesn't affect healthy ninjas," Tsunade sneered, casually tossing the report aside. "The Land of Fire has never dealt with this matter with Konoha... Since the Daimyo doesn't care about his people, there's no need for us to overstep our bounds!"

The kind-hearted white body visibly trembled, and he seemed about to say something, but then stopped himself.

Instead, Shizune frowned and hesitated before saying, "Are we really going to do nothing? I've read the reports; this disease is terrifying. Every time it spreads, large numbers of locals die, and in many villages, even the entire population, including the cattle, is wiped out..."

"We can't handle this," Tsunade shook her head. "I've seen things worse than this. Do you know how many people die in every Shinobi World War? Besides, the Akatsuki threat is getting closer and closer. We don't have time to deal with this kind of thing. Moreover, the affairs of ordinary people are not something ninjas should interfere with."

The citizens of the Land of Fire outside of Konoha are all under the Land of Fire's Konoha Ninja Village were to intervene rashly, it could easily cause a huge political upheaval, with consequences far more serious than the continued spread of the parasitic disease. Tsunade had no choice but to explain.

She certainly sympathized with the people in those regions. But as a Kage, Tsunade had to avoid being controlled by her emotions and giving wrong orders.

"I also think it's not advisable to divert resources to deal with this matter before we've dealt with the crisis brought by Akatsuki. But Master," Sakura's clear voice rang out in the hospital room, "Shouldn't we really get involved in this kind of thing?"

"Oh?"

Tsunade and looked at her disciple with great interest.

[I'll try to update at least two chapters a day... to gradually get my writing rhythm back.]