"This should do it."
Gently placing the last cluster of light from his hand into the prepared water, where it spread into a layer of blood-red haze, Silver Moon Black Robe raised his head and looked at Might Guy, whose face was full of worry and tension.
"Just how advanced is your Medical Ninjutsu?"
Yet what burst from Might Guy's mouth was not gratitude, but an incredulous cry of amazement.
"Hm? What is it?"
Silver Moon Black Robe paused slightly at that. He looked at the tiny particles floating amid the blood-clouded water, as well as the layer of fine sand beneath it. At the same time, the green glow in his other hand slowly faded. Under his palm, the huge incisions made by the scalpel in the badly injured boy's hands and feet had completely healed, leaving not even a trace of a scar.
"These..."
Might Guy did not answer immediately. Instead, following Silver Moon Black Robe's gaze, he looked toward the large basin of blood-tinged water beside the patient and Silver Moon Black Robe. When he saw what was inside, he could not help speaking.
Just now, when this Silver Moon Black Robe—Chiba—had been treating his beloved student, Rock Lee, he had directly cut open Rock Lee's severely injured hands and feet. Then, using some unknown Medical Ninjutsu, he had somehow prevented a single drop of blood from flowing from the long cuts, which nearly ran the length of an entire arm and leg and could practically be called gashes. At the same time, with his other hand, he had used a Medical Ninjutsu similar to the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique, repeatedly placing the extracted matter into the basin of water that had been prepared beforehand.
As less and less matter was extracted, the areas where Rock Lee