Dealing With the Aftermath

After resting for a moment, Yei moved his body and found pain coming from everywhere, especially the faint stabbing pain in his meridians. He fell silent for a while. "It seems that once I return to the village, I really need to recuperate properly..."

As a member of the Hyuga Clan, Yei had exquisite control over Chakra and could unleash it from every acupuncture point in his body.

It could be said that within Konoha, the Hyuga Clan was the clan with the strongest Chakra control. If not for that, with Yei's current body, trying to barely mobilize Chakra would have been nothing but a dream!

This was thanks to the Byakugan's ability to see through things. They could observe the flow of Chakra, and having learned the Gentle Fist from childhood, they could wield Chakra as easily as their own limbs!

It could be said that ninjas with such precise Chakra control were naturally suited to learning Medical Ninjutsu.

However, perhaps due to the pride that came with being from a powerful clan, members of the Hyuga Clan rarely became Medical Ninjas...

Yei had also wanted to learn Medical Ninjutsu, but the war had continued without pause, leaving him unable to find a suitable opportunity...

This time, once he returned to the village, Yei intended to learn Medical Ninjutsu so he could treat his own injuries without anyone noticing.

Yei did not want others to see the state of this body. Such injuries were simply too bizarre; ordinary methods could not possibly cause them...

That was one of the reasons Yei did not want anyone to notice.

There was too much trouble involved, and it would be difficult to explain...

After glancing around, Yei made some simple arrangements. Using Earth Release, he buried several corpses, then placed several others near where Nakagawa's Exploding Tag had detonated. He even fired a Crimson Fire Cannon at those bodies, making them appear to have been killed by the Exploding Tag.

Next, Yei placed the unconscious Nami, Daisei, and Tsurubami Ii on the ground nearby. Using the special nature of his soul, he infiltrated their consciousness and altered this portion of their memories.

After killing the Third Raikage, a small number of Iwagakure Ninja had still survived. Yei had altered their memories as well, making his appearance disappear from their recollections.

This was not particularly difficult while they were unconscious, but it would not work if they were awake or resisted. Yei could not yet manage that, and altering memories came from his Cheat Ability. It placed a tremendous burden on his mind and could not be used lightly.

In the memories of those surviving Iwagakure Ninja, the Third Raikage had fought thousands of Iwagakure Ninja alone in order to cover the Kumogakure Ninja's retreat, ultimately dying of exhaustion on the battlefield!

However, some traces had still been left behind and discovered by Kumogakure. That was why the newly appointed Fourth Raikage had refused to let the matter rest and had begun arguing over it.

The current negotiations were also because the Fourth Raikage suspected that another ninja village had been involved in the Third Raikage's death. He wanted to find out which village had interfered...

Of course, the other ninja villages naturally did not believe such baseless claims. They only thought Kumogakure was shamelessly making excuses to reduce its reparations!

In short, although the large-scale war had stopped for now, the clouds of war had not dispersed. They still hung over every ninja village...

After scanning the area once more and deciding it was more or less done, Yei found a spot, closed his eyes, and pretended to have fallen unconscious.

"Mm, what happened? Where are the enemies?" A moment later, a low groan came from the silent battlefield. Tsurubami Ii opened his eyes and hurriedly stood up, ignoring the pain in his body as he quickly looked around.

"Yei! Nami! Daisei!" Seeing the fallen enemies and the other three members of his squad lying elsewhere, Tsurubami Ii's expression changed slightly. He rushed to Yei and the others, checking their breathing. Only after confirming that they were still alive did he let out a breath of relief. "It's good that you're all right."

But then a faint pain struck his head, making him rub his temples. A memory surfaced in his mind...

"That was really close. I didn't expect us to be caught in the Exploding Tag blast too. Fortunately, the last few enemies were blown up. But... why does this feel a little strange..." Tsurubami Ii rubbed his head. The memory did not seem false, yet it still gave him an odd feeling...

In his memories, they had indeed been surrounded, but there had only been eight or nine enemies surrounding them. One Jonin had led the group, while the rest were Chunin.

After a fierce battle, they had used an Exploding Tag trap to kill the last few enemies. However, they had also been caught in the aftermath of the blast and fallen unconscious...

Tsurubami Ii shook his head slightly and did not dwell on it. The process was not important. As long as they had survived, that was enough!

Seeing Tsurubami Ii awaken, Yei followed suit and opened his eyes. He struggled to sit up, looked around, and said warily, "Where are the enemies? Are they dead?"

"Mm..." Daisei and Nami woke at roughly the same time. However, both felt unbearable pain throughout their bodies, along with stabbing pain in their heads, and they groaned softly.

After seeing that their companions were all safe, they relaxed as well. "We... we survived..."

"Don't worry, it's already safe. The enemies have all been eliminated. Rest and recover for a while," Tsurubami Ii said quickly, telling the three squad members to recuperate.

They carried emergency medicine for treating injuries. After some simple treatment, they recovered somewhat.

However, Daisei and Nami still felt a stabbing pain in their heads and were extremely uncomfortable.

Tsurubami Ii felt the same, but he was a Jonin. His will was stronger than Daisei's and Nami's, so he only felt slightly unwell. It was nothing serious.

Without question, this was the aftereffect of Yei altering their memories...

Memories and souls were both immensely complicated and intricate things. Tugging at one strand could affect the entire body.

Although Yei had altered only part of their memories, there would still be side effects.

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

Tsurubami Ii walked over to the dead enemies and looked at the corpses that had been mangled by the "Exploding Tag." He frowned slightly. "There's nothing useful at all. They were really well prepared. Could they be ninjas secretly trained by certain villages?"

Tsurubami Ii found nothing useful on the enemies' bodies. He could not even determine their identities.

Although Jonin were recorded in the files of every major ninja village, once they left their own villages, it was not so easy to identify their origins unless they were particularly distinctive Kekkei Genkai users.

Furthermore, these people had clearly come prepared. They carried almost nothing that could reveal their identities.

They were most likely ninjas secretly trained in the shadows by certain villages. Trying to uncover useful information from them would be extremely difficult!

Although most of the attackers possessed Lightning Release, Lightning Release users were everywhere throughout the Shinobi World. Using non-Kekkei Genkai ninjutsu to determine someone's affiliation was far too childish.

After failing to find anything useful, Tsurubami Ii shook his head slightly. He was not discouraged. After burying the bodies on the spot, he paid them no further attention.

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

Once Daisei and Nami had recovered a little, the group made some simple preparations and set off again, returning to the village. It was still too dangerous here.

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