Medical Miracle

"What do you mean, this is your attitude toward peace talks?"

The Sunagakure envoy did not show a hint of fear; instead, he lifted his chin even more arrogantly.

"Giving you a chance to withdraw your troops now is Sunagakure's mercy. Don't you Konoha dogs push your luck!"

Before the words had even faded, Xuandou could no longer be bothered to listen.

He glanced slightly toward Shisui.

In the next second, Shisui's figure flickered and vanished, reappearing instantly beside the Sunagakure envoy.

He clamped a hand onto the man's shoulder, activated the Body Flicker Technique once more, and in a heartbeat, the two were back at Xuandou's side.

Immediately following, Hizashi Hyuga stepped forward in sync, his Byakugan clearly reflecting the opponent's entire meridian system.

He struck like lightning, landing several palms in quick succession; his Gentle Fist precisely sealed every chakra point before he tossed the man at Xuandou's feet.

Xuandou crouched down and gripped one of the man's fingers.

The man finally realized something was wrong, his voice trembling:

"W-wait... the terms can be renegotiated—"

"Snap!"

A crisp sound of breaking bone cut his words short.

The shrill scream had barely begun when Xuandou already had a hold of the second finger.

"No... you can't do this! We are envoys—ah!!"

The second finger snapped in response.

The excruciating pain caused the Sunagakure ninja to convulse, nearly fainting.

Xuandou, however, remained expressionless.

From the moment the man walked in with that high-and-mighty attitude, he knew this wasn't a peace talk, but a threat.

Since the other party had torn off the mask first, why should he show any mercy?

He then gripped the man's third finger.

The Sunagakure ninja immediately wore a look of terror, pleading:

"No! I know I was wrong! We shouldn't have been so arrogant."

However, Xuandou only lowered his head and said:

"I still prefer the way you looked when you were being unruly."

Immediately.

"Snap!"

The third finger broke.

The man finally couldn't take it anymore, his eyes rolled back, and he passed out.

The other four Sunagakure envoys finally snapped out of their shock, filled with alarm and rage:

"Bastards! How dare you treat a Sunagakure ninja like this!"

"Just wait to face the wrath of Sunagakure!"

As they spoke, the group turned to retreat, intending to return to Sand Scorpion City.

In their eyes, these Konoha ninja must have gone insane.

"Konoha will definitely pay the price for your arrogance!"

Before leaving, they didn't forget to turn back and throw out one last threat.

However, Xuandou's cold voice drifted from behind them:

"Did I say you could leave?"

"What?"

The four turned back to look at Xuandou in disbelief.

Recalling the man's previous actions, a sense of foreboding suddenly gripped their hearts.

They hurriedly quickened their pace.

But Xuandou's voice, like that of a grim reaper, continued to follow them.

"What makes you think you can walk away unscathed after throwing threats at me?"

"Who gave you that confidence?"

After a pause, Xuandou gave a direct order:

"Keep them here!"

"Earth Style: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!"

Shinku Yuhi, who had been waiting, let out a thunderous roar.

Immediately, the four Sunagakure ninja attempting to flee were dragged underground by Earth Style, leaving only their heads exposed.

Uchiha Gento walked back to the unconscious man, drew his ninja blade, and drove it hard into the back of his hand.

"Ah!!!!"

The intense pain jolted him awake from his stupor.

Uchiha Gento pressed his index finger to his lips:

"Shh."

But the agony of his hand being pinned to the ground made it impossible for him to suppress his screams.

Uchiha Gento shook his head with regret:

"Still not listening, are we..."

He pulled the blade out and drove it into the other hand.

An even more shrill wail echoed through the surroundings.

Uchiha Gento's tone was calm.

The Sunagakure ninja on the ground bit his lip until it bled, cold sweat pouring down like rain, not daring to make another sound.

"Very good."

Only then did Uchiha Gento reveal a faint smile.

"Wouldn't it have been better to be like this from the start?"

He carried the dripping blade and walked over to the four Sunagakure ninja whose heads were all that remained above ground.

"Look closely."

"Your companions angered me, so this is their fate..."

The blade flashed repeatedly.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft."

Four heads stared with wide eyes, their expressions frozen in terror.

The surviving Sunagakure ninja trembled like chaff in the wind, his teeth clenched so tightly he didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

Uchiha Gento nodded with satisfaction:

"You should have died as well. But I need someone to deliver a message, so you are spared for now."

He crouched down, staring directly into the man's fearful eyes:

"Go back and tell Shatie two things."

"First, my name is Uchiha Gento. Tell him to remember it well; Sunagakure will regret ever provoking me."

"Second, tell that defeated dog Shatie that since he, a broken-backed cur, dared to provoke me, I will attack Sand Scorpion City in one hour. Tell him to wait inside and rot."

"Did you remember?"

Seeing Uchiha Gento's gaze, the Sunagakure ninja on the ground nodded frantically.

"Get lost!"

The Sunagakure ninja felt as if he had been granted a reprieve.

Just as he struggled to rise.

"Snap!"

The sound of bone fracturing rang out clearly.

Uchiha Gento had suddenly raised his foot and crushed the man's tibias with a heavy stomp.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!"

Piercing pain surged through him.

Uchiha Gento's voice, like that of a grim reaper, sounded once more.

"If you haven't left within a minute, you will never leave at all."

The Sunagakure ninja was on the verge of a breakdown, yet he dared not hesitate for a second.

With his hands pierced and his legs shattered, he could only crawl like a maggot, dragging his body across the sand and leaving a trail of blood behind him.

Uchiha Gento watched the figure, a smile appearing on his face.

"It seems my medical skills have improved again; to be able to make someone so severely injured move is truly a medical miracle."

The surroundings fell into a deathly silence.

Many Konoha ninja watched Uchiha Gento's retreating back with complex expressions in their eyes.

There was awe, fear, and even a faint trace of fanaticism.

Inside Sand Scorpion City.

After listening to the tearful complaints of the messenger who had fled back, Shatie's entire face flushed a deep purple-red, and he smashed the wooden table in front of him with a single punch.

"Uchiha... Gento!!"

He gritted his teeth, each word squeezed out from between them:

"Bastard!"

"How dare you bully my Sunagakure ninja like this!"

"You will pay the price for this!"

A Sunagakure ninja nearby immediately asked upon hearing this:

"My lord, shall we engage in an all-out fight with the Konoha ninja and make them pay?"

Shatie let out a cold snort and said:

"I will make them pay, but not now!"

"Pass on my order: all ninja are to return to the village with me immediately."

"As long as the village sends reinforcements, I will definitely make Uchiha Gento perish in the Land of Wind!"

An hour later, Gento launched his attack right on schedule.

However, Sand Scorpion City offered almost no resistance.

Shatie had already led his men away, leaving behind only a garrison composed of ordinary people and panicked, helpless civilians.

The Konoha ninja moved as if they were in an empty land, spending a full half-day completely ransacking the city.

The final haul reached a staggering two billion ryo.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the mission: Blood for Blood! Reward: Lottery Draw ×1]

Hearing the system prompt that the mission was complete, Gento's face was filled with a smile.

He stood high atop the city gate tower, watching the ninja below busily hauling away the spoils, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

No wonder there are always people who crave war...

With war bringing such massive profits, who wouldn't like it?