Konoha Medical Department medical ninja were busy treating patients in a river valley behind the lines.
There were too many of them. They simply could not treat them all.
At such a tense moment, Chu Inuzuka, captain of the Medical Guard Battalion atop the valley cliff, suddenly shouted, "Medical Department! Retreat to the rear immediately!"
All the medical ninja and wounded raised their heads.
Retreat to the rear? Weren't they supposed to advance forward?
A retreat to the rear... didn't that mean the front line had been defeated?
Mei Senju did not hesitate and ordered, "Give the wounded emergency treatment! Pack the medicine cases and other important medical supplies! Retreat in three minutes!"
Before Xingyue, a Konoha ninja's face was deathly pale. His left leg had been sliced open by a puppet, exposing white bone.
The wound was also burned. Skin, fat, muscle, and blood vessels had been scorched over large areas.
If she had been given a week, she could have slowly helped this ninja save his leg.
But the medical ninjutsu used at Konoha Hospital and the medical ninjutsu used on the battlefield were entirely different systems.
"Sorry, but I can only amputate your leg! I'll stop the bleeding and take you with us!"
The ninja closed his eyes in pain. "I'm prepared. Do it."
After swiftly amputating the leg and tying off every blood vessel in the stump, Xingyue moved on to the next patient.
Ninja from the Guard Battalion jumped down and carried away the treated patients.
Three minutes later, the medical ninja leaped onto the cliff and looked back to see the routed Konoha forces.
There had been some distance between them and the front line, yet now they found the Konoha ninja practically upon them.
The first to retreat were the ninja from the