Poison, Danger

Once Taiichi returned to the battlefield, he quickly cleaned up the traces and covered up any marks that might cause misunderstandings with Sunagakure before leaving the scene.

In this First Shinobi World War, he killed a total of 13 Cloud Ninja, including two Jonin. These losses should be enough to make the Raikage feel the pinch for a while.

Given their pre-existing plan to attack Sunagakure, this inexplicable loss will undoubtedly provoke the Third Raikage's anger, and the Cloud Village's expedition against Sunagakure will certainly continue as planned.

At that time, the pressure on Konoha would be much less, and they might even be able to use this opportunity to end the war with Sunagakure.

Just a few hours after Taiichi left, a group of ninjas dressed as Sunagakure appeared at the scene of the previous battle.

The battle here, after all, took place within the Land of Wind, and involved both Ninjutsu and Signal Flare, making quite a commotion, which naturally attracted the attention of Sunagakure.

They Scout the traces at the scene and quickly reconstructed the general course of the battle.

Undoubtedly, all the evidence points to a large group of Cloud Ninja infiltrating the Land of Wind, and these guys even killed a team of Cloud Village ninjas who were returning to their village to complete their mission.

At the same time, they also found information on the Cloud Ninja, which contained records of resource points in various parts of the Land of Wind. It was clear that these Cloud Ninja were sent by the Raikage to gather intelligence on the Land of Wind.

As for why they died here, it was obvious that they were killed by a passing Sunagakure expert. As for other information, they were unable to find out.

Soon, the Sunagakure finished cleaning up the scene and returned to Sunagakure with the useful corpses and the information they had gathered.

At this time, Taiichi had already returned to the Konoha Camp using the Flying Thunder God Technique. With the plan successfully implemented, he naturally wanted to return to report the situation to Jiraiya.

Central Command Tent.

Jiraiya and Shikaku were also full of surprise after hearing Taiichi's account of the battle.

They initially thought Taiichi had only launched a sneak attack on the Cloud Ninja, causing some casualties so he could frame the Sunagakure. Unexpectedly, he completely overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja, and most importantly, he used Wind Style.

Even if Sunagakure says they didn't do it, Cloud Village might not believe them.

"You little rascal, you've been hiding your abilities well! Even your Wind Style are this powerful!"

Jiraiya stared at Taiichi with a face full of curiosity, as if there was a flower on his face. He had always known that Taiichi was good at Fire Style, and not long ago he showed off his impressive Water Style when he fought the Kazekage. Now he was also good at Wind Style.

The key is that he doesn't just know how to do it; based on his performance, even Jonin these Ninjutsu cannot do what he can do, which is truly astonishing.

But considering that this was also his disciple, Jiraiya didn't bother to pursue the matter further. Rather, he thought that those who knew how to conceal their true strength were the truly successful ninjas.

Once a ninja's strength becomes known to outsiders, that ninja's death is not far off.

Taiichi scratched his head, offering no further explanation; such matters didn't require his explanation.

"Cloud Village suffered such a huge loss. Given the Third Raikage's personality, retaliation is inevitable. Now it all depends on the intensity of their conflict. Ideally, they can draw away a large portion of Sunagakure's forces."

Shikaku carefully analyzed the situation. Konoha's current situation was truly dangerous. Although Cloud Village had not officially declared war, the battle had already begun.

Konoha is currently in a 1 vs. 3 situation and urgently needs to resolve one of the battles to alleviate their predicament. The easiest opponent to handle is naturally the Sunagakure they are facing.

So now, both Konoha and Sunagakure are waiting for a turning point.

"Oh, right, Taiichi, you'll be staying at the Camp for a while." Jiraiya suddenly remembered something and instructed Taiichi.

"What's wrong? Is there some situation at the Medical Camp?" This was the only question Taiichi could think of; otherwise, there were other people who could handle everything else at the Camp.

"It seems your Shadow Clone hasn't relayed the message to you yet." Jiraiya nodded in confirmation of Taiichi's guess, then added, "A new toxin appeared on the battlefield today, Konoha's existing Antidote Pill are only partially effective."

Taiichi frowned slightly. It was poison again. Apart from Sasori, whom he had killed, the only other poison master in Sunagakure was Chiyo. It seemed that she couldn't help but take action.

"Okay, no problem." Taiichi agreed without hesitation. "I'll go check out the Medical Camp right away."

"Go ahead, thank you for your hard work, Taiichi!" Jiraiya was filled with satisfaction. Seeing such an outstanding junior grow up filled him with hope for the future of Konoha.

After leaving the Central Command Tent, Taiichi immediately headed towards the Medical Camp. Although his main body had been running around all day, apart from a few people, no one else in the Medical Camp knew that the two "Taiichi"s who had been staying in the Camp were actually Shadow Clone.

This is because his current Chakra Quantity are enormous; the Chakra Quantity allocated to each Shadow Clone is comparable to that of a Jonin. In addition, his current focus is on guiding and solving difficult problems, which is why no one can detect any flaws in his abilities.

As soon as Taiichi entered the Camp, he immediately noticed something different from before. There was an additional independent tent on the right side of the Camp, and judging from the wailing sounds coming from inside, there were clearly quite a few people inside.

After disbanding one of his Shadow Clone, Taiichi immediately learned everything that had happened that day.

It turns out that starting in the morning, poisoned ninjas began returning to camp for treatment. The key issue is that these toxins are Eight Gates; among the 15 patients admitted that morning alone, eight different toxins were detected.

The doctors in the entire Medical Camp were caught off guard. They had other wounded patients to treat and simply couldn't spare any extra Medical Ninja to specialize in developing poisons.

But now, detoxification is the top priority. If it drags on any longer, and this unfavorable situation spreads throughout the Camp, the fearless momentum that Konoha had built up will be immediately undermined.

The Sunagakure might use this as an opportunity to launch a counterattack against Konoha. That's why Jiraiya and the others had no choice but to bring Taiichi back to deal with the poisoning incident.

Having gathered all the information, Taiichi wasted no time. Donning his white coat, the once fiercely combative Taiyi transformed into the kind-faced Doctor Taiyi as soon as he logged off.

As Taiichi approached the entrance to the camp specifically set up for poisoned patients, he was momentarily stunned by the chaotic scene inside. Different toxins produce different symptoms.

Some were vomiting incessantly, some were in excruciating pain, and some were incontinent.

Taiichi frowned slightly and instructed the nurse who was following him, "Go to the Central Command Tent and find Lord Jiraiya or Shikaku. Have them send 10 ninjas to help."

"Ah!" The nurse was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted, "Yes, I'll go right away."

"You guys, sort the patients by symptoms, don't gather them all together." Taiichi pointed to a few patients vomiting and incontinent in the corner, where the place was already filthy and messy. If the injured weren't too weak to move, they would have been swearing a lot.

"Yes, yes, I'll get on it right away!"

Taiichi covered his head. How could this place be so chaotic? There wasn't even a proper person in charge. He had no idea what Director Fujita was doing.

He wanted to complain a few more times, but when he turned around, he saw that the main tent was also bustling with activity. Through the gaps in the crowd, he could vaguely see Director Fujita treating the injured.

Sigh, we're still short-staffed!

Hand Seals and created three Shadow Clones, sending them to treat the poisoned patients.

Taiichi himself walked to the side and picked up all the patients' medical reports and test results from this period of time to examine them carefully.

As expected, it's a completely new toxin, entirely different from Sunagakure's previous approach to poison production. It's truly remarkable that Chiyo, at her age, still possesses such innovative drive.

Just as Taiichi was engrossed in watching, the nurse he had previously assigned to find Taiichi finally returned with her helpers.

"Taiichi, I've gathered all ten ninjas." The nurse's face was flushed, and she was still panting, clearly exhausted from the journey.

"You did a great job." Taiichi didn't hold back his encouragement, gently patting her shoulder, which made the little nurse blush even more with excitement.

"Alright, everyone, please help the nurses expand this barracks and divide it into 10 sections. Patients with the same condition will be placed together, and then you can help the nurses transfer and care for the patients."

"Yes!"

With Taiichi's command, everyone immediately got to work. In less than half an hour, the new tents were set up, and the patients were dispersed in an orderly manner. The entire tent area became much cleaner in no time.

After Taiichi reviewed all the patients' diagnostic reports, he had a general understanding of the symptoms of poisoning. The next step was to examine them personally.

As a Medical Ninja, his keen Chakra Perception often allows him to detect details that instruments cannot.

When we approached a patient, his symptoms were incessant vomiting. He had already vomited everything he could in his stomach, but he was still vomiting constantly.

Seeing the patient who had started vomiting only bile, Taiichi did not hesitate. He quickly Hand Seals, and his hands released a warm, tender green light that instantly expanded and covered the patient's entire body.

It was noticeable that the patient's expression relaxed considerably after the light enveloped them.

The Medical Ninja behind Taiichi also smiled and began to whisper among themselves.

"Don't be too happy yet." Taiichi shattered their illusions, pouring cold water on their hopes. "This is just the soothing effect of Yang Release Chakra; it has absolutely no real effect on the illness."

With his eyes closed, Taiichi carefully sensed the symptoms in the patient's various organs, searching for the mechanism of action of this toxin. After about 10 minutes, Taiichi withdrew his hands and began the treatment.

He scooped up a cup of water that had been prepared beforehand with his right hand and pressed it into the patient's chest, while the Medical Ninja was learning from him recorded the results of the examination.

"The patient's organs were undamaged. The toxin was a fat-soluble toxin that dissolved in the blood, crossed the blood-brain barrier through blood circulation, and directly stimulated the brain's vomiting center, causing the patient to vomit incessantly."

"Draw blood from the patient, send it for testing, carefully analyze any abnormal components in the blood, and report the results to me as soon as possible."

In just a few words, Taiichi had already used the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique to extract toxins from the patients' blood three times in a row.

After the fourth procedure, the water sphere in his hand contained no impurities other than a faint trace of blood, and the patient's vomiting had lessened considerably.

This is the magic of the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique; it can remove harmful substances from the patient's body based on the practitioner's understanding.

This Ninjutsu is remarkably effective in treating illnesses like poisoning.

The only downside is that it's too difficult to learn and the energy required to use it is considerable; most Medical Ninja can't use it more than a few times.

Otherwise, these poisoned patients wouldn't be causing the Medical Camp such a headache. Therefore, the only way to deal with poisoning is with an antidote.

After that, Taiichi selected one patient from each case to treat. After collecting all the data, he took the test results to the Laboratory and buried himself in the work.

While Taiichi was focused on researching the antidote, his companions were not idle either.

Yohei and Kakashi's joint team had been on a surveillance mission for several days. They infiltrated the rear of Sunagakure, on the side of the border between the two countries, the Land of Rivers, to Scout if Sunagakure had sent new reinforcements to the front line.

Of course, if they encounter an enemy they can easily defeat during this period, it's not a problem to gain one or two battle merits.

They have been out for five days now, and their supplies are almost used up. It's time for them to return to Camp for rest.

The team reunited at the foot of a secluded cliff.

"Has anyone had any new discoveries?" Yohei, as the Captain, asked, looking around at everyone.

Saori, Obito, and Rin all shook their heads. Not to mention the ninjas of Sunagakure, they hadn't even found a slightly larger animal today.

"I've made a discovery," Kakashi said, drawing everyone's attention.

"Ten kilometers to the Northern Front, there is a small team of Chunin Sunagakure, coming from the direction of the Land of Wind. However, they don't seem to be reinforcements or escorting any supplies; their actions are rather suspicious."

Kakashi explained his findings but also raised his doubts. After all, they were just a reconnaissance team, and reconnaissance was their primary objective, not to necessarily start a fight every time they saw Sunagakure Ninja.

Yohei naturally understood Kakashi's subtext. He was extremely cautious when doing missions and wouldn't disregard his teammates' safety for the sake of a little credit. He nodded to indicate that he understood and then called everyone to prepare to return to Camp.

Saori and Rin didn't seem to have any objections, but Obito muttered something under his breath, like, "He's lost another good opportunity."

Ultimately, the long period of instruction was effective, and no unreasonable behavior was observed.

Just as they were about to leave, they did not realize that the group of Sunagakure Ninja that Kakashi had previously spotted had already discovered Kakashi's Scout and had been following him all the way to the place where Yohei and the others were meeting.

"Captain, could it be them?" a Sunagakure Ninja asked curiously.

The middle-aged ninja addressed as Captain remained silent, only glancing at a ninja in the group who kept his eyes closed.

After a long while, once the ninja opened his eyes, the middle-aged Captain immediately asked, "Kaoru, how was it? Could you Scout clearly? Is he our target?"