Handling

After resting briefly, Yei shifted his body and felt pain coming from all over, especially the faint stabbing sensation in his meridians, which left him silent for a long moment. "It seems that after returning to the village, I really need to recuperate properly..."

As a member of the Hyuga Clan, Yei had exquisite control over Chakra, able to burst it forth from every tenketsu in his body.

It could be said that the Hyuga Clan was the clan in Konoha with the strongest control over Chakra. If not for this, with Yei's current body, trying to barely mobilize Chakra would be nothing short of a dream!

This advantage came from the Byakugan's clairvoyance, allowing them to see the flow of Chakra, and from learning Gentle Fist since childhood, which gave them such precise command over Chakra that it was like an extension of their own arm.

It could be said that this kind of precise Chakra control made them naturally suited to be ninjas who learn Medical Ninjutsu.

However, likely due to the pride of a noble clan, very few members of the Hyuga Clan ever became Medical Ninjas...

Yei did want to learn Medical Ninjutsu, but the war had been ongoing, leaving him no good opportunity...

This time, returning to the village, Yei intended to learn Medical Ninjutsu, so he could treat his own injuries without being discovered.

With his body in this state and these wounds, Yei didn't want anyone else to see them, because these injuries were far too bizarre—ordinary means simply couldn't cause such damage...

This was one of the reasons Yei didn't want anyone to notice.

Too much trouble, and hard to explain...

Scanning his surroundings, Yei made a simple arrangement, using Earth Release to bury a few corpses, placing the others near where Nakagawa's Exploding Tag had detonated earlier, and even fired a Crimson Fire Cannon at those bodies to make it look like they had been killed by the explosion.

Next, Yei placed the unconscious Nami, Daisei, and Tsurubami Ii on the ground not far away, and used the special nature of his soul to invade their consciousness, modifying this part of their memories.

After killing the Third Raikage, there were still a few Iwagakure Ninja who hadn't been completely wiped out, and Yei had altered their memories, making his appearance vanish from their recollection.

This wasn't too difficult to accomplish—it was easy enough while they were unconscious, but it wouldn't work if they were awake or resisting. Yei couldn't manage that level yet, and modifying memories came from his Cheat Ability, which inflicted a massive drain on his mental energy, so he couldn't use it lightly.

In the memories of these surviving Iwagakure Ninja, the Third Raikage had fought alone against thousands of Iwagakure Ninja to cover the retreat of the Kumogakure ninjas, ultimately dying of exhaustion on the battlefield!

Still, some traces remained, discovered by Kumogakure's people, which was why the newly ascended Fourth Raikage hadn't let the matter rest and had started quibbling over it.

The current negotiations were all because the Fourth Raikage suspected that other ninja villages had interfered in the Third Raikage's death, and he wanted to find out which village had been involved...

Of course, such baseless claims naturally couldn't be believed by the other ninja villages, who only thought Kumogakure was making wild accusations to reduce their reparations!

In short, although the large-scale war had ceased, the clouds of war had not yet dispersed, still hanging over the heads of all the ninja villages...

Scanning the area once more, feeling it was enough, Yei found a spot, closed his eyes, and pretended to fall unconscious.

"Mm, what happened? Where are the enemies?" After a moment, a low murmur came from the quiet field. Tsurubami Ii opened his eyes, quickly stood up, ignoring the pain in his body, and swept his gaze around.

"Yei! Nami! Daisei!" Seeing the fallen enemies and his three squad members lying in other positions, Tsurubami Ii's expression shifted slightly. He hurried to Yei and the others, checked their breathing, and upon finding they were still alive, he let out a sigh of relief. "Good, you're okay."

But then a faint sting in his mind made him rub his temples involuntarily, as a memory surfaced in his thoughts...

"Still, that was close. I didn't think we'd get caught in the Exploding Tag blast too. At least we blew up the last few enemies, but... something feels off..." Tsurubami Ii rubbed his head. The memory didn't seem fabricated, but it gave him an odd feeling...

In his memory, they had indeed been surrounded, but only by eight or nine enemies—one Jonin leading the rest, all Chunin.

After a fight, they used an Exploding Tag trap to kill the last few enemies, but they themselves were caught in the blast's aftermath and fell unconscious...

Shaking his head slightly, Tsurubami Ii didn't dwell on it. The process didn't matter—as long as they survived!

Seeing Tsurubami Ii awake, Yei took the opportunity to open his eyes, struggled to sit up, looked around, and spoke with feigned alertness: "The enemies? Are they dead?"

"Mm..." At about the same time, Daisei and Nami also woke up, but they only felt intense pain all over, along with a stabbing sensation in their heads, making them groan softly.

After seeing that their companions were unharmed, they relaxed. "We... we survived."

"Don't worry, it's safe now. The enemies have been eliminated. Take a moment to rest and recover." Tsurubami Ii quickly said, letting the three squad members rest briefly.

They carried emergency medical supplies, and after a short rest, they recovered somewhat.

But Daisei and Nami still felt a sharp pain in their heads, very uncomfortable.

Tsurubami Ii felt the same, but as a Jonin, his willpower was stronger than Daisei's and Nami's, so he only felt a bit of discomfort, nothing serious.

Undoubtedly, this was the aftereffect of Yei modifying their memories...

Memories and souls were extremely complex and intricate things—touching one part affected the whole.

Although Yei had only altered part of their memories, there were still aftereffects.

Of course, it was just some pain and discomfort, not fatal, and it would pass after a while...

Tsurubami Ii went over to the dead enemies and looked at the bodies mangled by the "Exploding Tag." He frowned slightly. "Nothing useful. They were well-prepared. Could they be ninjas secretly trained by some village?"

On the enemies' bodies, Tsurubami Ii found nothing useful, not even a way to identify them.

Although Jonin were documented in every major ninja village's records, outside their own village, unless they were special bloodline ninjas, figuring out their origins wasn't easy.

Moreover, these people had clearly come prepared, carrying almost nothing that could reveal their identity.

They were likely shadow ninjas secretly trained by some village, making it extremely difficult to extract useful information from them!

Though most of their attackers used Lightning Release, Lightning Release ninjas were a dime a dozen across the ninja world. Judging someone's allegiance by non-Kekkei Genkai techniques was far too unreliable.

Finding nothing useful, Tsurubami Ii shook his head without discouragement, buried the bodies on the spot, and paid them no further attention.

Still, the fact that they had been attacked needed to be reported to the higher-ups.

After Daisei and Nami recovered a bit, the group packed up simply and set off again, returning to the village, as this place was still dangerous.

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