Supplement Medical Ninjas

[Side Quest]: Replenish Medical Ninja

[Options]:

1. Persuade a Medical Ninja to join the team.♝🐜  👌🎈

2. Force a Medical Ninja to join the team.

[Reward]: Green Medicine.

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A mission prompt popped up in Ingetsu's mind. His eyes lit up as he thought, This side quest is practically tailor-made for Nonō.

As he thought about it, Ingetsu looked Nonō up and down. Her red lips were slightly parted as she breathed weakly, looking frail and somewhat haggard.

Behind her round-framed glasses, Nonō's brows were slightly furrowed. Her solemn black-and-white nun's habit perfectly outlined her voluptuous figure.

Beneath the hem of her robe, her snow-white bare feet flickered into view. Having left in a hurry, she had casually slipped on a pair of black cloth shoes without having time to properly compose herself.

Should he choose persuasion?

Or force?

Ingetsu had just experienced the effects of Green Medicine. It could instantly restore energy and stamina, heal internal and external injuries, and enhance one's strength.

It could even grant him the ability to control plants—a trump card capable of turning around a desperate situation.

He had no way of giving up this mission.

Being stared at like that, even though those black, bright eyes held not the slightest trace of lust or impurity, Nonō's pale, pretty face still flushed.

She glanced sideways at Ingetsu's chest and stammered, "Sorry... um, I still have a mission... I..."

She had witnessed the strength of this Uchiha man with her own eyes. He had killed the Hokage's son without hesitation. She did not dare defy someone like him.

Ingetsu said calmly, "The reward I promised is related to your mission, but we'll settle it after we leave here."

"My mission?"

"Mm, the mission Danzo gave you!"

"Th-this..."

Nonō's delicate body trembled slightly. Confusion appeared on her face as she raised a hand to push up her glasses.

She crept closer to Ingetsu, indicating that she could temporarily leave with them.

She could not understand how Ingetsu knew that Danzo had assigned her mission.

Nonō felt that traveling with them for a while should not be a problem.

At this moment, she could not remain here anyway. Besides, Ingetsu and the others were heading northwest, which happened to be on her way.

The rest of the Uchiha had finished packing up.

The group left the area. Ingetsu personally carried Kurenai Yuhi on his back and led everyone onward toward the northwest.

Time was pressing.

No one spoke along the way.

It was not until the sun rose from the east, driving away the last remnants of darkness lingering over the ninja world, that they stopped.

After daybreak, the group arrived at the exit of Mount Kikyo, about to leave this great mountain on the Land of Fire Border.

Ingetsu stood atop a tall tree and looked back at the endless Mountain Range, as well as the sparsely populated area around Kikyo City.

He halted and turned back to instruct everyone to slow from full-speed travel to a steady walk, allowing them to recover their stamina and energy.

Tamao, whose injuries had recovered by sixty percent and who could move again, stayed by Big Brother's side.

After confirming that there was no danger in the nearby forest, the Uchiha gradually relaxed their taut nerves. Some began reviewing the extremely perilous pursuit battle from the previous night.

First, there had been Konoha's Jonin pursuit squad!

Then, all the monks of the Temple of Fire!

And finally, those hideous-looking monsters!

Once again, everyone focused their gazes on Ingetsu's back. They could vaguely sense the kind of burden this man had shouldered in leading them to defect.

Without Ingetsu, even if they had learned of the Night of the Clan Annihilation in advance, escaping from Konoha would have been nothing more than a fool's dream.

Ingetsu was not idle at this time either.

He had Nonō use medical ninjutsu to awaken Doctor Nak and the others, then left the muddle-headed Nak at the exit of Mount Kikyo.

As for Yager's family, Ingetsu left them some living expenses and travel money, as compensation for disrupting their lives.

In the end, Nonō felt too guilty toward the hunter they had impersonated to bear it any longer.

She invited Yager's family to the Land of Fire Border, offering them a place to stay at an Orphanage under her name.

With nowhere else to turn, Yager readily accepted, then parted ways with Ingetsu and the others.

After seeing off the civilians, the group traveled for some distance.

They stopped to rest on the spot. The Uchihas ate the Ration Pills they carried with them, replenishing the energy their bodies needed.

Nonō was tactful enough.

She took the initiative to treat the wounded members of the Uchiha team. Their injuries were all minor, requiring little effort to handle.

Izumi stayed beside Nonō to learn from her, bandaging the companions whose injuries were somewhat more severe.

Izumi suddenly looked at Kurenai Yuhi in the group and asked with a frown, "Captain Ingetsu, what should we do with this Konoha woman?"

Ingetsu had placed Kurenai Yuhi beneath a cypress tree. Her delicate face was pale, her red lips lightly bitten, her fair, slender legs bent and laid together.

Her figure was graceful.

Even seated, she looked alluring.

Last night's chanting had tormented her badly, and her mind was still hazy.

Kurenai Yuhi excelled at genjutsu, and her mental strength was outstanding even among Jonin.

But she lacked the Sharingan and other means of resisting mental attacks.

As a result, her exceptional mental strength became like a huge target. Most of the mental Chakra carried by the chant's sonic attacks had landed on her. Without any defensive protection, that mental strength had instead become a burden.

Kurenai Yuhi had also become the most seriously injured person.

"Keep her with us as a hostage for now." Ingetsu glanced over Kurenai Yuhi before looking at Nonō. "Are her injuries serious?"

Nonō thought for a moment before seeming to recall something. She answered truthfully:

"Oh, last night, she voluntarily used genjutsu to project part of her mental strength onto us, shielding us from some of the chanting attacks. That's why her mind suffered such severe damage. Still, a week of rest should be enough."

Nonō believed that the Konoha kunoichi's actions last night might have stemmed from guilt over her companions' crimes against innocent people.

Once Nonō finished speaking, Izumi and the other Uchihas looked strangely at the striking woman beneath the cypress tree.

They had not held much goodwill toward Kurenai Yuhi before.

Yet unexpectedly, they had unknowingly received a favor from her.

Izumi pursed her lips, slightly letting go of her grudge against Kurenai Yuhi. Last night, this Konoha kunoichi truly had not stood against them.

Izumi simply did not like seeing Ingetsu carry this woman.

At the edge of the Uchiha group, Mikoto withdrew her gaze from Kurenai Yuhi and lowered her head to look at the sleeve cuff that that guy had roughly torn apart, looking somewhat lost.

Before long, Nonō finished treating the group's wounded, quietly feeling fortunate that she had chosen to trust Ingetsu last night.

Nonō was still worried about the mission.

But on second thought, since Ingetsu had said that the reward was related to the mission—and, more importantly, he seemed very familiar with it—

judging from the character Ingetsu had displayed so far, he was not the sort to lie.

After resting for twenty minutes, Ingetsu saw that everyone had finished drinking water and eating their Ration Pills, and had rested enough.

He rose to his feet and gave the order to move on.

The Uchihas gritted their teeth, dragging their exhausted bodies up while supporting one another.

Beneath the cypress tree, Kurenai Yuhi could not move. She watched Ingetsu's retreating back and tried several times to crawl up, but her muddled mind and weak legs made her give up struggling.

She had only one thought now.

She wanted to speak with Ingetsu alone.

Ingetsu took a few steps forward, heard the movement behind him, then turned around and walked straight to Kurenai Yuhi. He turned his back to her, crouched down, and said calmly:

"Get on."

Kurenai Yuhi bit her red lips tightly, anxiety on her face. Bracing herself on the ground with both hands, she used all her strength to climb onto Ingetsu's back.

Kurenai Yuhi buried her head against Ingetsu's neck, her cheek pressed to his. Her snow-white arms wrapped tightly around him, afraid that he might suddenly change his mind and leave her here alone.

Ingetsu rose, carrying Kurenai Yuhi on his back, and once again walked to the very front of the group beneath the strange gazes of the Uchihas.

"..." Izumi blinked repeatedly, her eyes revealing both envy and frustration.

The group continued its escape.