Victory Belongs to Those Who Dare to Fight

Half an hour later, the pair of unfortunate brothers, Might Guy and Kakashi, were delivered to the entrance of Konoha Hospital by the roc.

The macaw held several banknotes in its beak and paid their medical and hospitalization fees before returning to Uchiha Mai alongside the roc.

Uchiha Mai could not bring himself to call someone over for a beating and then refuse to pay their medical bills afterward.

By the time Kakashi woke up, it was already eight or nine in the evening.

"Oh, you're awake."

The nurse on duty happened to be making her rounds. Seeing Kakashi awake, she chattered on, "I heard you're Konoha's genius ninja. You graduated from the Ninja Academy years ago and became a professional ninja.

"The missions you've taken this year have really been dangerous. You've been sent here three times in less than half a year."

The first time had been when Uchiha Mai beat him during Team Minato's little test, the second was the Hasegawa pursuit battle, and the third was this time.

Judging by the injuries alone, it was impossible to tell which had been drills or training and which had been life-or-death battles.

Kakashi blushed slightly, feeling rather ashamed. Fortunately, his mask hid it from everyone else.

"There should be one other person. Where's Guy?" Kakashi asked as he looked around the ward.

"The watermelon head?"

The nurse replied, "He woke up more than half an hour before you. After waking up, he kept shouting about hard work, youth, and drawing courage from shame. Even two people couldn't hold him down.

"After completing his discharge paperwork, he frog-jumped all the way home. What a monster. The head nurse clearly said his injuries hadn't fully healed yet."

That was just like Guy.

Kakashi clenched his fists, threw back the covers,