The two of them now counted as a small team. From the beginning until now, they had gone through life and death together many times, so such a friendship had not come easily.
Although both of them were highly skilled in martial arts, they still became terribly anxious when illness struck. In remote wildernesses, if they truly fell sick, all they could do was worry helplessly.
So Uchiha Hiko thought that if they could find a physician to join their little team, that would be perfect. It would also help ease urgent needs whenever one of them fell ill.
But for now, this was only a lovely wish of his own. Whether they could find someone so suitable was hard to say.
What Uchiha Hiko wanted was a physician willing to travel with them. Wandering the jianghu was easy enough, since many physicians shared such beautiful dreams, but finding a physician who also knew martial arts was not so simple.
"Last time you had a fever, headache, and cold, I used my internal energy to heal you. But if I have to use my internal energy to treat you every time, it will drain far too much of my strength."
"And if you think about it, it is not worth it at all. Your illness could even spread to me. It is too risky. Doing it once or twice in an emergency is fine, but if it happens every time, I certainly will not agree."
The last time the woman fell ill, Uchiha Hiko had seen how pitiful she was and used his internal energy to heal her. Yet that one treatment had cost him far too much energy.
Only then did Uchiha Hiko realize the severity of the problem. If things continued like this every time, he would be