Stop Fighting!

(43)

I suddenly woke up in bed.

The snow-white walls, the snow-white cups, the simple decorations—everything tells me this is a hospital room in Konoha.

He's still alive... I gave a self-deprecating laugh.

I don't know how much I slept, I only remember that the Shadow Clone carried me back to Konoha at full speed, and I held on until I was lying on the operating table. The moment I saw Tsunade, my tense nerves finally relaxed, and then I fainted.

Feeling refreshed, as if I had had a good night's sleep, and my whole body felt relaxed, except... the wound on my left chest was still throbbing slightly.

Was the surgery successful?

I did survive, but a faint discomfort in my chest reminds me that my wounds haven't fully healed.

My heart had been completely pierced, and I had violently stimulated it with an electric current until it became completely unresponsive. I was already incredibly grateful that I was saved. Even if there were some aftereffects, I could accept them. What could be better than surviving?

I pulled back the covers and took off my shirt. I found several clean bandages wrapped around my chest. There was no blood under the bandages. I gently pressed them against the wound, but there was no particular pain. It's probably because the medication I took after the surgery suppressed my body. I can't synthesize Chakra right now, so I can't explore the situation inside my body.

On another note, with so much meat missing, will we be able to make up for it later...? Will it all end up being one side bigger than the other? Although I find it a bit strange to worry about this, I guess I still care a little about appearance!

Although I feel great, my body is very weak. I can't generate Chakra, and I don't have any Water Release to use. It feels like I'm missing an arm. It's similar to the last time I was hospitalized... only this time the injury is more severe.

A pair of slippers was thoughtfully placed by the bed. I put them on, walked to the window, and opened it. The slightly noisy voices and fresh air outside immediately flowed in. There were also a few fresh carnations on the windowsill, and their faint fragrance made me feel happy.

Footsteps and voices suddenly came from the corridor outside the ward.

"Lady Tsunade, it's been four days, and Sakura still hasn't woken up. Why is this happening? Weren't you supposed to wake up two days ago?"

I recognized Bai's voice. So I had been unconscious for four days... Hearing the barely concealed anxiety in Bai's voice, I felt both ashamed and, unavoidably, happy to be cared for.

Since Sasuke defected from Team Kakashi, Naruto left the village, and I was promoted to Chunin and began training under Tsunade, Team Kakashi has practically ceased to exist. In the past six months, I've seen Kakashi far less often than I've spent researching Ninjutsu with Haku. Compared to when Haku first came to Konoha and I barely had any free time with her, we now spend a lot of time together training, eating, and resting. By girls' standards, is this what best friends are? I don't know. I just really enjoy spending time with Haku.

Perhaps the friendship between Bai and me is more genuine than the cutthroat competition between best friends in our past lives. After all, so much has happened between us—is this what they call making friends through sex? Does being bombarded with my "water cannon" mean a girl can enter my brothel?

Tsunade's voice abruptly pulled me back to reality from my wildly imaginative world.

"Don't worry, Shiro, the surgery went very smoothly, and there are no complications. Her body is recovering very well, and Sakura will definitely wake up!" I could hear Tsunade's voice from afar, even through the door.

"But, but! You were like this yesterday and the day before! It's been like this for several days now... What if she never wakes up again?"

"Sakura's body and brain haven't suffered permanent damage from the lack of oxygen, and the secondary damage caused by forcibly maintaining her circulatory system is gradually being repaired, so she will definitely wake up normally. Shiro, you have to have some faith in Sakura! Maybe if we Gate of Opening now, we'll find Sakura already standing up, smiling and waiting for us!"

The footsteps stopped in front of the door. Click, the door opened.

"Good morning, Bai, teacher!" I said with a smile.

Upon seeing me, Tsunade visibly relaxed. "You're awake, Sakura!"

Bai bit her lip, quickly walked up and hugged me tightly, without saying a word, her cool tears wetting my shoulder.

"Waaah... Waaah!" Bai let out an uncontrollable sob.

"Bai... what's wrong? Aren't you happy to see me healthy again? You should be smiling, why are you crying?" I said, stroking Bai's long black hair. Her hair fell naturally, smooth and soft like black brocade. I felt a soft presence pressing against me, and even through the bandages, I could feel its elasticity. However, my wounds hadn't healed, and the throbbing pain in my chest prevented me from appreciating this wonderful feeling...

"Waaah... you have no idea how scared I was! It was terrifying! I thought you were going to die!"

His heart was completely pierced through the wound; you could even see his internal organs and the scene behind him through the wound. The sight was indeed quite terrifying. But the reason Bai was so agitated was because this was the second time she had seen someone important to her suffer such a severe injury!

I sat on the bed with Bai in my arms for a long time, finally calming her down. She had tasks to complete in the afternoon, so she couldn't stay with me for long and left soon after.

"Haku cares about you a lot... When she saw you come back this afternoon, she almost fainted from fright!" Tsunade said with a smile, looking at Haku's departing figure, seemingly puzzled.

"Zabuza died the same way... so Haku probably has psychological trauma. Besides... we were very close friends!"

I almost killed Haku, and I've always felt guilty towards her, which is why I've always wanted to help her and make it up to her. Guaranteeing outsider ninjas is inherently troublesome and prone to mistakes; if the guarantor does something wrong, the guarantor is often implicated. That's why I was willing to risk bringing her back to Konoha, back to my home. But the kind-hearted Haku didn't hold a grudge against me for this, nor did she take my actions for granted. Instead, she was grateful and wanted to repay me. It was this mutual willingness to give that brought us closer, and our mutual affection gradually blossomed.

"Is that so..." Tsunade's smile was enigmatic. "Never mind that! Although you've just woken up and shouldn't be overexerted, there's something you absolutely must do right now. Get dressed, let's go to the Intelligence Division! We'll analyze who beat you up so badly...!"

After putting on a ninja uniform that Tsunade had found, we arrived at the domed building of the Konoha Ninja Village Intelligence Division. There were already about a dozen ninjas gathered there, including not only the staff of the Intelligence Division itself, but also Shikamaru was not on a mission.

We sat down around a round table. "Let's begin... Sakura, your Shadow Clone disappeared without providing much information, so please go through the whole thing from beginning to end!" Tsunade announced.

"Okay, alright! This is how it all started..." I cleared my throat and said slowly.

To put it simply, after I killed the rogue ninja Watanabe Kurogarasu and two other missing-nin, I found the local underground Bounty Guild with the help of the remaining missing-nin. There, I encountered two people dressed in Akatsuki uniforms. We went outside the city and fought, after which I returned to Konoha severely injured.

Based on my description, the intelligence team quickly analyzed the characteristics of Kakuzu and Hidan's Secret Technique. Although most of their deductions began with "very likely" or even "possibly," I felt they were very close to the truth.

The intelligence team quickly recognized Kakuzu's true identity. Based on information retrieved from the database, Kakuzu likely the one who stole the Secret Technique from Takigakure. If that were true, then he wasn't lying; he was from the same era as the First Hokage, and would be at least **0 years old by now!

As for Hidan, there is relatively little useful information. All that is known is that he was born in Yugakure, and a few years ago, he killed the villagers and defected because he hated the peace in the village. His whereabouts are now unknown.

"Immortality?" Shikamaru frowned. "Absolute immortality is impossible in this world. Just like you, Kakuzu only has five hearts. Hidan can't be completely indestructible either; perhaps his weakness isn't in his heart! Sakura, think back and see if there's anything unusual about Hidan?"

"I've already covered everything... I haven't missed anything about their speaking habits and verbal tics, the characteristics of their Secret Technique, etc. There's nothing more to say!"

"We don't have enough information. We only know that attacking Hidan's physical body with ordinary methods is unlikely to kill him. Let's stop with this pointless speculation!" Shikamaru was about to say something when Shikaku Teuchi. Apart from the scars on his face, Shikaku was a spitting image of an older version of Shikamaru; they looked exactly alike.

"Perhaps the Bounty Guild knows more? I think that missing-nin who led me there probably knew there were strong members in the Bounty Guild, which is why he brought me there," I suggested.

"No way... The Bounty Guild won't provide us with intelligence. They're an illegal organization not authorized by the ninja villages, and they won't cooperate with them. A forced attack won't work either; their intelligence is very well hidden, and we haven't discovered them in any of their previous operations," Tsunade retorted.

"Although the Bounty Guild won't cooperate, we can monitor them..." Shikamaru said, "'Akatsuki's' actions are always relatively low-key and unknown, but we can now determine that they are currently raising funds by completing bounty missions. We can monitor those entering and leaving the Bounty Guild and see if there are any people with unusual attire or enormous Chakra reserves."

"I'm worried that they'll be more vigilant after this and won't dress so conspicuously anymore. Kakuzu and Hidan are both very well hidden; I only realized their astonishing Chakra when I got right up to them. If we had the Anbu secretly observing from the sidelines, they might not have been detected at all."

"If Sakura does this, even if we monitor her, it'll be a waste of manpower! Besides, we don't have control over many Bounty Guild, and it's difficult to monitor those overseas." Tsunade rubbed her temples, gritting her teeth and saying angrily, "These underground guilds are like rats! It's hard to get to them. Does anyone have any other ideas?"

The group of people exchanged glances and gently shook their heads to indicate that they had no further thoughts.

"Alright then... let's stop analyzing the intelligence we've gathered here! I'll share the information about the two immortals with the others at the Jonin meeting later. Also, secretly issue a notice telling everyone to avoid engaging the ninjas with black backgrounds and red clouds. If you encounter them, you are allowed to immediately cancel your mission and return to report!"

Tsunade and said!

"Meeting adjourned!"

When I came out of the Intelligence Division, it was completely dark. My injuries hadn't fully healed, so Tsunade took me back to the hospital.

The streets of Konoha were deserted, except for Tsunade and me Earth Flow one after the other.

"Teacher, is there something you want to say to me?" Seeing Tsunade's hesitant expression, even though I knew it probably wasn't something nice, I couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

Tsunade stopped in her tracks, her expression uncertain. Finally, she spoke.

"Sakura, I don't know if this is appropriate... but I still want to suggest it to you..."

Tsunade turned around and looked at me intently.

"From now on, you should stop fighting and become medical-nin!"

The wildly imaginative ending to Hokage:

In the final battle, Naruto was tragically killed by Sasuke, and the world was finally enveloped by the power of wireless reading.

As dusk fell, Naruto slowly opened his eyes. The familiar classroom, the familiar loneliness—even after class or after school, no one was willing to call him or pay him any attention. He was still that boy with six whiskers who was discriminated against.

However, Naruto clenched his fists tightly, because everything he learned in his dream was clearly recorded in his mind. In other words, that dream was actually a chance encounter with the future. "In this life, I must live a cool, awesome, and awesome life! "Naruto thought to himself.

Sakura, Sai, Sasuke, Hinata, Neji, Shikamaru, Kakashi, Ino, Chōji, I accept your chrysanthemums!

Or:

One day, Naruto wakes up to find himself in a hospital bed. It turns out, nothing ever happened; there was never Hokage, never a ninja. Naruto was a child with severe autism due to low self-esteem, who eventually developed schizophrenia. Eight years ago, he was sent to a mental hospital, and everything that happened during those eight years was a result of his illness. Sakura was a girl he secretly loved but never spoke a word to; in his delusions, he fabricated her as his girlfriend. The entire story was a figment of Naruto's imagination.

Or:

After the battle began, Naruto was constantly being beaten up. When he had no other choice, he remembered that he still had one of his most powerful moves.

He raised his hands and began to gather his vital energy, but it was far from enough.

At this moment, Shikamaru's father notified those who were still able to move to quickly rescue the trapped people.

After rescuing one, raise their hand so Naruto can absorb their energy.

Just when Sasuke thought he was about to win, he suddenly saw a giant Spirit Bomb in the sky reflected in the water...