"Thud..."
Just as Uchiha Yue was about to leave by the path Mei Terumi had cleared for him, the poison in his body unexpectedly flared up.
Fortunately, the poison in Uchiha Yue's body this time was not the deadly toxin developed by Sasori of the Red Sands, but poison the Kirigakure shinobi had coated on their weapons. Therefore, even though the poison in Uchiha Yue's body had begun to act up, his life was not in danger. He merely needed to take the antidote from his ninja tool pouch and neutralize the poison in his system.
As for the dull sound from earlier, it was not the sound of Uchiha Yue collapsing directly before Mei Terumi. Rather, it was the sound of him walking past her and dropping to one knee. However, seeing Uchiha Yue covered in blood—especially seeing someone with the strength of a quasi-Kage kneeling before her—a trace of concern still flashed through Mei Terumi's eyes. Almost in the next second, her concerned voice reached Uchiha Yue's ears. "Uchiha Yue, are you all right?"
"I-I'm fine."
As Tsunade's disciple and a fairly skilled medical ninja in the Shinobi World, Uchiha Yue naturally knew the state of his own body better than anyone. Yet what left him helpless was that just as he was about to take out the medicine from his ninja tool pouch to ease the poison in his body, he could no longer suppress the sweet metallic taste in his mouth. Immediately, a mouthful of black blood sprayed from Uchiha Yue's lips, making Mei Terumi even more worried.
"You're coughing up blood, and you still say you're fine!"
"Hurry, I'll take you somewhere to treat your wounds!"
Without giving Uchiha Yue time to say anything—without even giving him the chance to refuse—Mei Terumi, dressed in Kirigakure