Now that the two of them counted as a small team, they had already been through life-and-death situations together many times. Such a friendship had not come easily.
Although both of them were highly skilled in martial arts, they still became very anxious when illness struck. In remote wildernesses, if one of them truly fell sick, all they could do was worry helplessly.
So Uchiha Hikaru thought that if they could find a physician to join their little team, that would be ideal. It would help resolve urgent medical needs whenever someone fell ill.
But for now, that was only a beautiful hope of his own. Whether they could find someone so suitable was truly hard to say.
Uchiha Hikaru wanted to find a physician willing to travel with him. Wandering the world was easy enough, since many physicians had such romantic aspirations. But finding one who also knew martial arts was far from simple.
"The last time you had a fever, headache, and cold, I used my Internal energy to heal you. But if I have to use my Internal energy to treat you every time, it will drain far too much of my strength."
"And if you really look at it that way, it isn't worth it at all. Your illness could even spread to me. It's too risky. Doing it once or twice in an emergency is fine, but if it happens every time, I definitely won't agree."
The last time the young woman fell ill, Uchiha Hikaru had pitied her and used his Internal energy to cure her. But that single treatment had cost him far too much strength.
That was why Uchiha Hikaru now understood the severity of the problem. If this happened every time, he would be the one who ultimately suffered the loss.