Shamu glanced toward Uchiha Hospital beside them, where Tsunade stood with her arms folded, watching.
Shamu swept his blade sideways, and it instantly sliced across Naruto's arm.
A long, bloody gash appeared at once.
"Ah!" Naruto felt a piercing pain shoot through him.
"You lost, Naruto," Shamu said softly.
Clutching his hand, Naruto realized his scheme had been too simple.
"Shamu, when my hand gets better, let's do this again."
Seeing that Naruto did not take the wound on his hand seriously, Shamu thought, That won't do.
The squeaky wheel got the grease.
Shamu coughed twice. "With Big Sister Tsunade here, why would you care about such a minor injury?"
"Go find Big Sister Tsunade and get treated. She's over there."
Shamu casually pointed behind him. Naruto only knew that Tsunade was one of the Three Sannin and was skilled in medical ninjutsu, but he had never been in the habit of relying on others.
Whenever he got hurt, he would simply bandage himself up. He always recovered quickly anyway.
"No need. It'll heal soon."
Shamu's face darkened. "If you recover sooner, you can keep training. How can you waste time waiting for it to heal on its own?"
Naruto scratched his head. "Is that okay, Shamu?"
"Get going already!" Shamu gave him a shove.
The gash on Naruto's arm had nearly stopped bleeding. If Naruto did not go now—
The wound would heal on its own under the influence of the Nine-Tails.
Clutching his arm, Naruto ran toward Tsunade.
"Big Sister Tsunade, Shamu said you're good at medical ninjutsu and told me to come get treated," Naruto said foolishly.
Tsunade had been feeling extremely uncomfortable as she stared at the bloody mark on Naruto's arm. Her heart pounded like a drum, and cold sweat beaded on her body.
But