At the foot of Mount Lianyun, Aozora felt a heart-rending pain in his back. His whole body felt as though it had fallen apart, and the crushing pain in his chest nearly left him unable to breathe.
Fortunately, someone helped turn him over.
Before he could see who had done it, Aozora took several deep breaths, finally feeling alive again.
Once his breathing steadied, Aozora realized he was lying in Jonin Aizawa Konan's arms.
Though her face was smeared with dust and blood, it could not conceal her exquisite features.
Afraid that staring too long would draw her attention, Aozora hurriedly turned his head.
The moment he did, all he saw was a sea of white.
"Hiss!"
Aozora could not help sucking in a breath. They're huge!
"What's wrong? Did I touch your wound?" Aizawa Konan asked concernedly. "Don't worry, I'll treat you right away!"
With that, she held Aozora with her left arm while warm Chakra gathered in her right hand, which began moving across his back.
After a while, she had more or less stopped Aozora's bleeding.
When Aizawa Konan lowered her head, she found Aozora staring at her chest, his face flushed red.
She spat lightly, flung Aozora onto the ground, and said, "You little pervert!"
"Hiss!"
This time, Aozora was not expressing admiration. Slamming his not-yet-healed back into the ground really hurt.
"Are you trying to murder me?!"
Knowing Yugito's strength after all, Aizawa Konan merely rolled her eyes at his words and continued treating him.
After finding bandages in the tattered ninja tool pouch, Aizawa Konan propped Aozora up and said, "I'm going to bandage you up. Don't look around! Watch your eyes."
With his life in someone else's hands, Aozora could only give in. "Got it."
As Aizawa Konan bandaged Aozora's wounds, the people