Healing

"You brat! You're too arrogant! Die!"

Four explosive tags appeared in the ground around Uchiha Yū. Shuiyun leaped into the air, his furious roar venting the anger in his heart.

"Never experienced a real ninja battle? Let me show you how the Uchiha Clan truly fights!"

"Explode!"

Boom!

The four explosive tags detonated at once. The tremendous shockwave from the blast annihilated everything around them. Uchiha Shuiyun landed on a nearby tree and quietly waited for the smoke to clear.

"Confident little brat..."

Seeing no trace of anyone inside, Shuiyun laughed. No human body could withstand such a violent explosion.

"Ha ha ha!"

"Is that really so funny?"

Uchiha Yū's voice came from behind him. He admitted that he had been careless. The moment he blocked the Great Fireball, he caught sight of the explosive tags flying in through the brief opening and immediately understood Uchiha Shuiyun's plan.

At the critical moment, he had used the Bird Clone Technique.

Aside from the one Radiation Crow, he had several expendable ones constantly circling overhead.

The timely substitution allowed Uchiha Yū to escape disaster.

The laughter stopped abruptly. Shuiyun could not believe that his opponent had survived the explosion.

In an instant, Uchiha Yū appeared behind him. Their positions had completely reversed at that moment.

His palm landed on Shuiyun's body. The scorching heat made him let out a scream.

Then he began coughing up blood. His opponent wanted to sever his arm to save himself, but the radiation power of uranium gave him no chance to react.

"Senior Shuiyun, I won in the end."

Looking down at the corpse on the ground, You realized that anyone selected to escort supplies had some skill.

"That was a close call."

Their battle did not affect the overall situation. The battle between the two sides' ninja remained deadlocked, and it would be difficult to determine a winner anytime soon.

However, from where Uchiha Yū stood, he could see that Konoha's ninja held a slight advantage in their battles.

Using secret techniques passed down through the major clans, Aburame Hanfeng released Destruction Bugs that could devour the enemy's chakra, leaving Salamander Pufferfish wary of attacking.

Unable to attack after being held back, Salamander Pufferfish widened the distance between them. He sliced open his palm, and lines of text appeared around him.

"Summoning Technique!"

As a special summoning beast of the salamander clan, he had a salamander as well!

Among summoning beasts, salamanders were a particularly formidable species. Their bodies were covered in deadly poison, and they could also release lethal toxic gas.

Thick purple poison gas spread across the battlefield. Some of the bugs that had rushed forward fell into the toxic gas and lost contact with Aburame Hanfeng.

"Everyone, be careful! Don't touch the salamanders' poison!"

The other Rain Village ninja also summoned salamanders. Under the effects of the purple poison gas, the battling ninja began retreating quickly.

"This is troublesome."

The elite jonin from Sand Village clenched his fists. No one knew how much of this batch of supplies would be damaged.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

The poison mist was even more effective than the Mist Concealment Technique. Even with Wind Release, it was difficult to disperse the toxic fog in a short time. Left with no choice, they could only bring Sand Village's ninja together with Konoha's ninja.

Moreover, salamander poison did not distinguish friend from foe. The Rain Village ninja themselves had some resistance to poison, allowing them to reduce its effects within the salamanders' toxic mist. But after watching the enemy ninja retreat, they did not choose to engage them.

"Change strategy! Forget killing the enemy ninja! Destroy the supplies around us!"

Clearly, under this strategy, the Sand ninja had to fight their opponents to the bitter end. Otherwise, all the supplies being transported this time would be ruined!

After paying a certain price, the Rain Village ninja looked at the remaining supplies and inwardly lamented their failure to destroy everything. Taking advantage of the spreading poison mist, they left the battlefield.

"Damn Rain ninja! Sand Village won't let you get away with this!"

The roar echoed through the forest. The damaged supplies and the casualties were all due to his poor leadership.

"Inventory the supplies! I'll report this to Lord Kazekage. We'll make the Rain Village pay the price!"

Konoha did not have much of a reaction. This battle had mainly been between the Sand ninja and Rain ninja. Apart from Aburame Hanfeng being targeted by Salamander Pufferfish, the other ninja had merely tangled with their opponents on the outskirts.

Noticing that You had reappeared, and that there were signs of battle on him as well, Aburame Hanfeng finally relaxed after checking him over and finding no injuries.

"This was a premeditated attack. We don't know whether more Rain Village ninja will appear next, but your reactions on the battlefield were sharp."

Aburame Hanfeng rarely spoke so much. More than anything, he was afraid that if Uchiha Yū died during the mission, the Aburame Clan would likely have to endure pressure from both the Uchiha Clan and the Hokage's faction. Even a jonin could do nothing before such massive forces.

"I know my limits when it comes to fighting jonin."

You returned to the group, but that did not mean he had nothing to do.

After the battle, almost everyone was injured. Uchiha Yū needed to treat their wounds.

One Sand ninja had been seriously injured, with a kunai lodged in his chest. Pulling it out rashly could very well kill him on the spot.

"Don't move. Leave the rest to me."

He pressed a hand against the man's chest. If a kunai pierced the chest on the battlefield, death was almost certain. It would be better to make one last burst before dying and take an enemy down with you.

Uchiha Yū was thankful that the wound was not in the heart. It had entered through the middle of the lung at an angle and become lodged against the bone. Combined with the battle ending in time, it had not claimed the man's life.

At that moment, a group of ninja watched Uchiha Yū work. The Sand Village jonin in particular needed to record the entire process and assess the value of a medical ninja.

He carefully sealed off the area around the wound to prevent severe bleeding, then slowly pulled out the kunai.

The instant blood began to seep out, pale green chakra energy radiated from his hand. When it fell onto the wound, they could see it rapidly closing.

If not for the bloodstains left on the ground, who would have imagined that this had been a severely injured ninja?

The Sand Village jonin's pupils contracted as he stared at the scene in shock. The other villages knew that Konoha was developing medical ninjutsu, but training medical ninja was simply too difficult, and their efforts had ultimately come to nothing.

"No wonder Konoha sent an elite jonin from a great clan to protect you personally. At certain times, your usefulness is even greater than that of a jonin."

Once he returned to Sand Village, he had to tell the Kazekage about what he had seen today. Fortunately, Sand Village had some foundation. With Lady Chiyo's help, they might not be unable to develop medical ninjutsu.

"The wound has healed. All that remains is rest and recovery."

"Oh, and don't use any ninjutsu for a while. It could cause internal bleeding."