Dream

"Want to travel together?"

Having restored her Chakra circulation, Mei Terumi, still feeling a pang of disappointment, was about to utter a harsh word and bid farewell to Uchiha Yue.

Unexpectedly, before Mei Terumi could leave, Uchiha Yue 'Mei Terumi words reached her ears, instantly dispelling her disappointment and bringing a barely perceptible smile to Mei Terumi delicate Mei Terumi. However, Mei Terumi quickly concealed the smile and buried the joy in her eyes deep within.

Then, once Mei Terumi felt she had perfectly concealed her true thoughts, she turned coldly to Uchiha Yue and said, "Since the Sunagakure is under martial law throughout the Land of Wind, I'll reluctantly cooperate with you and leave the Land of Wind together. However, Uchiha Yue, you must remember this! Since we're going to cooperate to leave the Land of Wind, you can't hold me back! If you faint again for no reason, I will absolutely not let you off the hook a second time; I will kill you with my own hands!"

"Fine, fine, as long as I hold you back, you can kill me."

Seeing that Mei Terumi still maintained her haughty demeanor, Uchiha Yue shrugged helplessly and said, "Now that you agree, we're partners for the time being and will leave the Land of Wind together. However, before we cooperate, there's something I need to tell you. Actually, I suffered a severe injury recently, and for the next two days, I won't be able to use Chakra in combat; I can only use a small amount of Chakra to heal my injuries. Therefore, I plan to stay here to heal for the next two days. Please wait for me until I'm fully recovered before we leave the Land of Wind."

"Yes, that's fine too."

Upon hearing Uchiha Yue's words, a look of concern flashed in Mei Terumi's eyes, and she asked, "How are your injuries now?"

"Fortunately, it's completely under control now."

Mei Terumi finished speaking, Uchiha Yue smiled and said, "Don't worry, my master is Tsunade Sannin, and my Medical Ninjutsu skills are quite good. So, you only need to wait two days, and my injuries will be fully healed in two days. Also, don't forget what I told you before, I owe you a life, Mei Terumi!"

"If you ever get into trouble again and I need to repay you with my life, I, Uchiha Yue, will go through fire and water for you without hesitation."

"Alright, I need to heal my wounds now. Could you please keep an eye on the safety of our surroundings for me?"

"Thanks, Mei Terumi!"

At this point, Uchiha Yue smiled at Mei Terumi again, then sat cross-legged on the ground and began using Medical Ninjutsu to heal himself. Although Mei Terumi Uchiha Yue something under her breath after hearing Uchiha Yue's words, seemingly complaining about Mei Terumi, her quiet demeanor Mei Terumi Uchiha Yue revealed her continued concern for Uchiha Yue injuries.

Immediately afterwards...

Mei Terumi protected Uchiha Yue for a full twenty minutes, until finally Uchiha Yue used Medical Ninjutsu to heal his injuries.

After healing his injuries using Medical Ninjutsu, Uchiha Yue turned his gaze to Mei Terumi. He then took out some dry rations from his ninja tool pouch and shared some with her, saying, "Sorry, Mei Terumi, I haven't resupplyed in the Land of Wind for a long time, so this is all the dry rations I have left. If you don't want to eat, I'll treat you to a big meal after we leave the Land of Wind. For now, please make do!"

"Hmph, give it to me!"

Hearing Uchiha Yue's words, Mei Terumi snorted coldly, snatched the dry rations from Uchiha Yue's hand, and bit into them, saying, "Uchiha Yue, the ninjas of your Konoha are far too pampered. We ninjas of Kirigakure don't care what we eat. Dry rations like this are lifesavers in times of trouble, and I won't complain about them!"

With that, Mei Terumi took a big bite of the now-dry rations, but her face turned pale as Mei Terumi struggled to swallow the mouthful.

When Uchiha Yue saw Mei Terumi's face turn ashen, he couldn't help but chuckle to himself, thinking to himself that Mei Terumi was indeed a tsundere.

Then, Uchiha Yue took out a bag of water and placed it in front of Mei Terumi.

On the other hand, Mei Terumi was already choked speechless by the dry rations. When Uchiha Yue brought her water, she didn't have time to think and immediately turned on the tap and gulped it down.

When Uchiha Yue saw Mei Terumi gulping down water in front of him, he finally couldn't help but laugh. He took a bite of his dry rations, drank a little water, and said, "Mei Terumi, the ninjas of your Kirigakure are really something, daring to force themselves to eat such hard rations. Let me tell you, when eating rations like this, you should take a bite, chew slowly, and preferably drink some water. Eating like that will only make you choke to death, and you won't even fill your stomach!"

"None of your business!"

Wiping the water from the corner of her mouth, Mei Terumi raised her eyebrows angrily after hearing Uchiha Yue's words, and said, "Even without water, I can still eat this kind of dry rations. It's just... it's just that I took a bigger bite just now, which is why I choked. Now... now I won't!"

Following the same method used by Uchiha Yue, Mei Terumi began to eat her dry rations, bite by bite.

However, when Uchiha Yue saw that Mei Terumi had been eating for a long time without finishing the piece of dry ration in her hand, Uchiha Yue couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. Then, he gathered his Chakra and performed a Fire Style Chakra nature transformation. After the tiny amount of Chakra that Uchiha Yue had gathered in his hand completed the Fire Style Chakra Uchiha Yue transformation, he simply touched the water bag with one finger of that hand, and the water in the water bag became warm.

Immediately, Uchiha Yue poured some warm water from the warm water bag and carefully sprinkled it on another piece of dry rations, finally making the hard rations soft.

"Hey, Mei Terumi, you can have this one!"

To make the dry rations in his hand easier to swallow, Uchiha Yue handed them to Mei Terumi without hesitation, saying, "After I finish healing my injuries with Medical Ninjutsu tomorrow, let's go to a nearby town and buy some easier-to-swallow food. Please make do with this for now; I'm sorry to have to make you suffer with me."

"Actually... it's nothing."

Taking the dry rations handed to her by Uchiha Yue, Mei Terumi ate the softened, easier-to-swallow food, feeling a warm glow in her heart. She softly replied to Uchiha Yue's words. Then, as Uchiha Yue Mei Terumi Mei Terumi their rations, trying to replenish their strength, they fell silent for a moment, each lost in their own thoughts, neither arguing nor exchanging a word.

However, after Uchiha Yue and Mei Terumi remained silent for a full ten minutes, Mei Terumi suddenly looked up and met Uchiha Yue 'Uchiha Yue gaze once again, asking him a completely irrelevant question.

"Uchiha Yue, do you have a dream?"