Inheritance

Might Guy's three students might not have known every detail of what had happened, but under Neji Hyuga's Byakugan observation, they had grasped the general situation across the entire battlefield with perfect clarity.

After hearing the accounts of the three, Mizuki told them to rest without worry. He then completed the handover with the Kumogakure ninja, summoned several solid clones, and used the Flying Raijin Jutsu to send them back to Konoha, where they could receive treatment alongside the Team 7 and Team 8 ninja who had returned earlier.

During the mission to rescue the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, they had all suffered injuries to varying degrees and needed proper rest.

Now that he was back home, Mizuki naturally had no intention of heading out again. There was no need for him to join in the Five Kage Summit underway in the Land of Iron. Rather, that place did not particularly welcome someone like Mizuki, who could come and go as he pleased. If escorting Gaara had not been so important, those blockheaded samurai would have thrown Mizuki out long ago.

In a special care ward at Konoha Hospital, Hatake Kakashi, whose injuries were no longer serious, looked at Might Guy lying unconscious in bed, wrapped in bandages like a mummy, and could not help letting out a sigh.

"I never thought that carefree guy would show such weakness. It's been many years since I last saw Guy like this."

"Has it?"

Only after the other visitors left did Mizuki and Kakashi have time to chat. Konoha's finest medical ninja, Tsunade and Shizune, were both away. Utatane Koharu, who was highly experienced, was also a rare talent, but her health was poor, and she was no longer suited to such strenuous rescue work. The best medical ninjutsu user was instead the