Healing

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

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

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

"Explode!"

"Boom!"

The four explosive tags detonated at once. The tremendous shock wave obliterated everything nearby. Uchiha Shuiyun landed on a nearby tree and quietly waited for the smoke to clear.

"Overconfident brat..."

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

"Hahaha!"

"Is it really that funny?"

Uchiha You's voice came from behind him. He admitted that he had been careless just now. When he blocked the Fireball Jutsu, he had caught sight of the explosive tags flying in from outside during that brief opening and immediately understood Uchiha Shuiyun's plan.

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

Besides his sole Radiation Crow, he still had a few expendable ones circling overhead.

That timely substitution allowed Uchiha You to escape disaster.

The laughter stopped abruptly. Shuiyun refused to believe that his opponent could have survived the explosion.

In an instant, Uchiha You appeared behind him, and their positions were completely reversed at that moment.

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

He immediately began coughing up blood. He wanted to sever his arm to survive, but the radiation of uranium gave him no chance to react.

"Senior Shuiyun, I still won in the end."

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

"I nearly got myself killed in a gutter."

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

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

Thanks to the secret techniques of the major clans, Aburame Hanfeng's Parasitic Insects could devour the enemy's chakra, making Salamander Pufferfish wary of acting rashly.

Unable to attack after being blocked, Salamander Pufferfish pulled away from his opponent, sliced open his palm, and lines of text appeared around him.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

As a special summon of the Salamander Clan, he too had a salamander!

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

Thick purple poison gas spread across the battlefield. Some insects that had rushed forward fell into the poisonous gas, and Aburame Hanfeng lost contact with them.

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

The other Hidden Rain Village ninja also summoned salamanders. Under the effect of the purple poison gas, the fighting ninja began rapidly retreating.

"This is troublesome."

The Sand Village Elite Jonin clenched his fists. He did not know how much of this batch of supplies would be damaged.

"Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere!"

The poison mist was even more effective than the Hidden Mist Technique. Even with Wind Release, it was difficult to disperse the toxic fog in a short time. Left with no choice, he led the Sand Village ninja to join up with the Konoha ninja.

Moreover, salamander poison did not distinguish between friend and foe. The Hidden Rain Village ninja themselves possessed some resistance to poison, allowing them to reduce its effects within the salamanders' poison fog. Yet after watching the enemy ninja retreat, they did not choose to pursue them.

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

Clearly, under this strategy, the Sand Ninja had no choice but to fight their opponents to the bitter end. Otherwise, all the supplies being transported this time would be destroyed!

After paying a certain price, the Hidden Rain Village ninja looked at the remaining supplies and inwardly lamented that they had not destroyed everything. They used the spreading poison fog to leave the battlefield.

"Damned Rain Ninja! The Sand Village will not let you get away with this!"

His roar echoed through the forest. The damaged supplies and the casualties were all the result of his failure as commander.

"Take inventory of the supplies! I will report this matter to Lord Kazekage. We will make the Hidden Rain Village pay the price!"

Konoha did not feel much about it. This battle had mainly been between the Sand Ninja and Rain Ninja. Aside from Aburame Hanfeng being targeted by Salamander Pufferfish, the other ninja had merely tangled with the enemy along the outskirts.

When he noticed that You had reappeared with signs of battle on him, Aburame Hanfeng inspected him and found no injuries. Only then did he relax.

"This was a premeditated attack. We don't know whether more Hidden Rain Village ninja will appear next, but their response on the battlefield was very sharp."

Aburame Hanfeng rarely spoke so much. More than anything, he was afraid that if Uchiha You died during the mission, the Aburame Clan would likely have to bear pressure from both the Uchiha and Hokage factions. Even a Jonin was helpless before such colossal 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, nearly everyone was injured. Uchiha You needed to treat their wounds.

One Sand Ninja was seriously injured, with a kunai embedded in his chest. Pulling it out carelessly could very well kill him on the spot.

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

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

Uchiha You was fortunate that the injury was not in the heart. It had pierced the middle of the lung at an angle and lodged in the bone. Combined with the battle ending in time, this had spared the man's life.

At that moment, a group of ninja watched Uchiha You work. In particular, the Sand Village Jonin needed to record the entire process and assess the value of a medical ninja.

He carefully sealed the area around the wound to prevent massive 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 upon the wound, the injury visibly vanished at a rapid pace.

If not for the bloodstains left on the ground, who would have thought 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 in the end, they had all given up.

"No wonder Konoha sent a Jonin from a great clan to protect you at all times. At certain times, your usefulness surpasses even that of a Jonin."

Once he returned to the Sand Village, he had to tell the Kazekage about what he had witnessed today. Fortunately, the 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's left is rest."

"Oh, and don't use any ninjutsu for the next few days. It could cause internal bleeding."