You're Envying That Body's Strength?

He carried the blood-soaked Naruto to the shore.

Anko approached Yeyu.

Seeing Naruto's miserable state, she furrowed her brows.

"How did it end up like this?"

She did not know that undergoing a Tailed Beast transformation would leave his body in such a condition.

"It must be the corrosion from the Nine-Tails chakra. Although the Nine-Tails chakra is protecting him, it is also corroding his skin and may even be consuming his life force."

"After all, he is too young, and his strength is insufficient."

"To withstand the Nine-Tails chakra at the level of a Tailed Beast all at once is essentially overdrawing his life force."

"Sister Anko, you know medical ninjutsu, right?"

Anko was stunned for a moment. "Huh? Me? I don't."

Yeyu found it hard to believe. "I heard your teacher was Orochimaru. Did you not learn anything from him?"

Anko was speechless. "It was the Third Hokage who told you Orochimaru was my teacher, wasn't it?"

Yeyu frowned. "Is that the point?"

"No, I did learn many of his ninjutsu, but I didn't learn medical ninjutsu. Besides, he doesn't even know medical ninjutsu himself."

Anko explained to Yeyu, feeling completely exasperated.

Yeyu had assumed that since Orochimaru's research was so advanced, his medical ninjutsu must be strong as well.

Seeing the skeptical look on Yeyu's face, Anko was so angry she wanted to hit someone. "Orochimaru certainly researched many forbidden techniques and conducted numerous human experiments, but that doesn't mean his medical ninjutsu is any good."

"Medical ninjutsu and human experimentation are not the same thing."

Anko, thinking Yeyu considered her a failure for learning under Orochimaru yet knowing nothing, explained herself with displeasure.

Yeyu sighed. "Then what do we do now? Even if you don't know medical ninjutsu, you must know some basic bandaging, right?"

Anko looked at Yeyu. "Don't you know how to do that yourself?"

"Sister Anko, although my strength is decent, I just graduated from the Ninja Academy. How much medical ninjutsu do you expect me to know?"

Combat ability and medical ninjutsu were two completely different things.

Yeyu didn't know any medical ninjutsu at all, and he barely knew how to apply bandages.

Anko nodded. "Fine, I'll bandage him."

Anko had thought Yeyu was testing her earlier, which made her uncomfortable; how could she, a dignified Special Jonin, be tested by a 12-year-old kid who was only a Chunin?

But Yeyu's demeanor just now seemed genuinely ignorant.

She knelt down to bandage Naruto.

Fortunately, she had brought plenty of bandages when she set out.

Yeyu stood beside her, looking at the shattered surroundings, and sighed, "This place will probably take many years to recover."

"I estimate that everything within a few kilometers has been destroyed."

"And this bridge, which was just about to be completed, is now reduced to a small section."

"What a pity!"

Anko rolled her eyes. "And whose fault is that?"

Yeyu felt a bit awkward.

"However, you stopped this kid from going berserk just now. Regardless of anything else, you've made a great contribution, and you'll definitely be promoted when we return to the village."

"The merit this time is too great, and it carries significant weight."

"Given the Third Hokage's favoritism toward you, I have a feeling you might be promoted to Jonin after we return," Anko said.

Yeyu really wanted to correct Anko's choice of words—what did she mean by favoritism?

But thinking about the special treatment he had received from the Third Hokage lately, he felt too embarrassed to speak up.

He had actually become someone with connections.

Yet, Yeyu didn't feel ashamed.

This was something he had earned with his own strength.

He used these privileges with a clear conscience.

"Doesn't that mean I might be a higher rank than you when we get back?" Yeyu teased Anko.

Anko's face darkened as she heard this. "Oh, well, congratulations to you then."

Listening to Anko's sarcastic tone, Yeyu chuckled and said nothing more.

After simply bandaging Naruto, the two of them brought him to Kakashi.

Arriving at Kakashi's side and seeing him lying on the ground, unable to move, Yeyu said, "Kakashi-sensei, you look a bit pathetic."

Kakashi's mouth twitched. "Is this really the time to be teasing me?"

"How is Naruto?"

Seeing Yeyu, Kakashi felt a deep sense of relief.

Yeyu's strength far exceeded his previous estimations.

Because although Kakashi had taught Yeyu a few ninjutsu, he had never seen him fight in earnest.

Naturally, he had no clear idea of his specific power level.

He could only speculate based on a few scattered clues.

Yet, upon witnessing Yeyu's strength just now, he was utterly shocked.

He had previously thought he had overestimated Yeyu, but after the battle, Kakashi realized his earlier guesses had completely underestimated him.

Yeyu's current strength could arguably be considered the greatest combat power in Konoha.

Even if the Sannin were to gather, they would likely be no match for Yeyu.

Of course, this was merely Kakashi's speculation.

And Yeyu could actually be considered his student.

After all, he had even passed on the secret technique of the Lightning Blade to him.

And if it weren't for the Third Hokage refusing to let him go, he certainly would have taken Yeyu on as a disciple.

A disciple, not just a student.

Yeyu crouched down beside Kakashi.

"His skin has been corroded by the Nine-Tails chakra. Fortunately, he was knocked unconscious, otherwise, the pain would be unbearable right now."

"The Nine-Tails chakra is corrosive; I suspect it is consuming Naruto's life force."

"However, it also seems that because of the presence of the Nine-Tails chakra, his corroded skin is slowly being repaired."

Although Naruto possessed the bloodline of the Uzumaki Clan, he was a half-blood, and that lineage had already been diluted.

One could tell just by the color of his hair.

Therefore, the powerful self-healing ability Naruto possessed was actually granted to him by the Nine-Tails.

The self-healing ability of a jinchuriki is very strong, but if the injuries are too severe, they are healed at the cost of the jinchuriki's life force.

It is similar to Tsunade's Strength of a Hundred Technique.

Although one can repair their body by consuming chakra, the price is the depletion of life force.

Kakashi had also noticed this when Naruto was injured previously.

He nodded, "Because of the Nine-Tails, Naruto's self-healing ability is very strong. If the injury were lighter, the wound would heal completely in just a few minutes."

"I really envy a body like that," Yeyu said with an envious look.

He truly desired that kind of recovery ability.

But he had forgotten about his own terrifying physical durability.

He could withstand a Tailed Beast Bomb head-on without suffering any damage, even if it was only a four-tailed state Tailed Beast Bomb.

Yet, in the ninja world, there were very few people who dared to do such a thing, or were even capable of it.

Even the Third Raikage was not that outrageous; he only dared to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eight-Tails, not take a Tailed Beast Bomb with his bare body.

Those were two completely different concepts.

Kakashi turned his head to look at Yeyu, speechless, "With that ridiculously strong body of yours, you even dare to catch a Tailed Beast Bomb with your bare flesh, and yet you're envious of this?"