"You... what did you do to me...?"
Uchiha Masuke was drenched in sweat, feeling as though his limbs and chest had been torn apart. He could not even control himself well enough to stand straight.
"Nothing much. I just made it so you'll have to lie at home for half a year," Hyuga Wuye said casually, withdrawing his hand.
"Half a year?!"
Uchiha Masuke's eyes reddened. "I... how can I lie at home for half a year?!"
At his age, his strength should have been growing rapidly. If he truly spent half a year bedridden, his progress would completely stagnate, which was equivalent to damaging his future prospects.
"You don't want to lie down for half a year?" Hyuga Wuye showed an amiable smile. "Then go to Konoha Hospital. Prepare three million ryo in medical fees."
"Three million?!"
Uchiha Masuke was shocked again. "Who charges that much? Konoha Hospital has never had fees that expensive!"
"Then it does from now on," Wuye said.
"You think Konoha Hospital belongs to your family?!" Uchiha Masuke roared.
"Although Konoha Hospital isn't run by my family," Hyuga Wuye said with a grin, "other than Lady Tsunade, I'm the only one who can treat your injury."
Uchiha Masuke's gaze flickered at those words.
"You want Lady Tsunade to treat you, right?"
Hyuga Wuye sighed. "Unfortunately, Lady Tsunade is my teacher. She wouldn't steal her own student's business."
"You—&@#..."
Blood rushed to Uchiha Masuke's head, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.
"Help me... back!" he ground out through clenched teeth.
Three million was no small sum for a chunin like him. He had to go back... and scrape together the money!
"Don't forget our bet!"
Hyuga Wuye did not forget to twist the knife.
"Pfft."
Uchiha Masuke was so enraged that his internal injuries flared up, and