The shriveled chest beneath my palm suddenly twitched.
Green life energy slipped straight into the gaps in his flesh like tiny green snakes.
The morning sunlight fell warmly on my coat, while the power inside me churned wildly.
The chakra I'd spent gouging out his eyes was replenished by the sunlight in an instant.
On Nagato's ashen face, which looked like a sheet of old bark,
an extremely faint flush actually began to appear, giving him a hint of living color.
The heavy wheezing in his throat, like a broken bellows, settled down as well.
The wounds in his sunken eye sockets, which I'd sealed with wood shavings, stopped bleeding completely.
"This... this vitality... you're practically a living miracle."
Konan, sprawled to one side, rubbed her aching eyes with her charred hand.
She stared blankly at Nagato's chest as it gradually began to rise and fall, wiping away tears.
Tsunade withdrew her hands too and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
"You little brat, the purity of your Wood Release is just ridiculous."
"I exhausted every bit of my Medical Ninjutsu, and I couldn't even keep him barely breathing."
"You put your palm on him and poured a whole bucket of water straight into his dried-up well."
I rolled my eyes hard and spat in irritation.
"Auntie, quit making wisecracks. I'm paying for this out of my own pocket."
"My Origin Wooden Talisman shattered, and now I've sunk all this vitality into him too."
"Nagato, if you dare die today, I'll dig up your family's ancestral graves."
Nagato struggled to open his eyes-no, he didn't have eyeballs anymore.
There were only two dark sockets, sealed tightly with green wood shavings.
"Sen Senju... why... won't you let me die..."
His voice was still faint, but every word came through clearly