Fourth Shinobi World War, main battlefield.
At this moment.
Some uninjured or lightly wounded ninja had already joined the battle to surround and eliminate Uchiha Madara, while those more seriously wounded had been placed at the edge of the battlefield to receive treatment from Medical Ninja.
A middle-aged ninja endured the pain and looked at his missing legs, his expression sorrowful.
"After this war, I guess I'll have to retire from being a ninja."
The man beside him opened his eyes, glanced at his injuries, then closed them again. "Compared to the comrades who have already died, we're fortunate enough just to be alive. Stop complaining."
"That's true, but it still hurts."
After saying that, he looked at his missing legs again and spat toward where his feet had once been.
When he saw the spit fall unhindered onto the ground, the middle-aged ninja slumped back onto the bed and muttered, "My legs are gone. I can't be a ninja anymore. Suddenly, I don't want to live anymore. Although Asuka Jonin said I could stand again, prosthetics are just..."
Before he could finish, the ninja in the next bed opened his eyes again, his tone scornful. "You can't possibly imagine Lord Asuka's powerful Medical Ninjutsu.
"Back in Konoha, I saw with my own eyes how Lord Asuka precisely removed one finger from a man with six fingers and cleverly attached it to someone else who had lost a finger.
"The whole process took only two seconds, and the newly attached finger moved as naturally as if it had been there from birth."
Thinking of Uchiha Asuka's miraculous Medical Ninjutsu, the Konoha Ninja wore an expression of pure admiration. "Lord Asuka is like the finest Puppet Master. Patients are the puppets in his hands.
"Lord Asuka can replace a puppet's parts