"What happened? How did he get hurt so badly?"
"Quick! Over here! We have a critically wounded patient!"
"Preliminary diagnosis: systemic cellular atrophy, accompanied by severe blood loss. Quick! Gather every ninja who knows Medical Ninjutsu. Prepare an IV, prepare emergency treatment!"
"How... how did he survive in that condition?! Hurry! What are you standing around for? Use Medical Ninjutsu immediately, give him Chakra, and prepare an IV while moving!"
The previously quiet reserve Medical Ninja camp erupted into chaos as the two figures arrived almost at the same time. The entire camp surged into action. Amid the loud, tense shouts of several Medical Team leaders, every Medical Ninja swiftly gathered and followed the stretcher into the largest central tent of the medical camp.
"Yukina, what are you doing?"
At that moment, the Third Hokage, who had arrived at the Medical Ninja camp first, had already handed Naruto over to a trustworthy Anbu captain stationed there to guard the camp, signaling for him to return immediately and protect Naruto.
This Anbu captain was also a trusted subordinate personally cultivated by the Third Hokage. Though the Third Hokage had given him only a look, he understood at once. Without another word, he turned and instructed an Anbu member before leaving directly with Naruto, taking an extremely concealed route toward the village.
There was a reason Minato Namikaze had chosen this area as the place to seal the Nine-Tails for the final time.
On the surface, there was nothing here. It looked like an ordinary stretch of forested mountains, with only some traces of human activity, no more than an abandoned logging camp that had been deserted for years. Yet this place was actually one of Konoha's hidden shelters. Concealed by the mountain forest, it contained countless secret paths leading in every