Dan Katō~

Outside the third-floor emergency ward~

The ceiling lights were very dim, and the sign above the door was lit up with "Surgery in progress"!

After Uchiha Miko had just sent Uchiha Lei into the operating room, she paced anxiously back and forth, her palms pressed together as she silently prayed for Lei!

Uchiha Yama arrived in the third-floor corridor and looked into the wards on either side along the way, finding no one. Only when he reached the operating room at the very end of the corridor did he see his wife, Uchiha Miko, pacing back and forth in desperate anxiety!

Uchiha Yama looked up and saw that surgery was in progress. He quietly walked over to Uchiha Miko and asked with gentle concern:

"Miko, Lei will be all right. Go sit down over there for a while!"

Uchiha Miko stopped and turned to face her husband, Uchiha Yama. Her face was full of worry, her eyes were already red and swollen, and tear tracks still marked her fair cheeks. She shook her head and replied:

"Yama, I need to pray for Lei, and I need to wait here by the door for him to come out!"

Seeing his wife, Uchiha Miko, like this, Uchiha Yama truly worried that she would collapse too. He wrapped his left arm around her slender waist and gently urged her:

"Miko, Lei has a special constitution. He'll be all right. Don't wear yourself out first. That would upset Lei afterward too!"

"Yama... sob..."

Uchiha Miko collapsed into her husband Uchiha Yama's arms and burst into tears, speaking through her sobs:

"Yumi entrusted Lei to me, but I didn't take good care of him. I'm so afraid something will happen to him... sob..."

Uchiha Yama wrapped both arms around his wife Uchiha Miko's waist and gently stroked her back, comforting her softly:

"Lei has a special constitution. He'll be all right!"

"Lei~"

Uchiha Mikoto's cry rang out beside them!

Seeing her parents at the end of the corridor, Uchiha Mikoto quickly ran over to them and urgently asked about Lei!

"Father, Mother, how is Lei?"

Uchiha Miko glanced at her daughter, then continued crying in her husband's arms without responding to her!

Uchiha Yama turned to look at his disheveled daughter, Mikoto. Noticing the swelling and scrapes on her lower legs and knees, he asked with concern:

"Mikoto, are your legs all right?"

Only after her father mentioned it did Uchiha Mikoto feel the piercing pain in both legs. She endured the pain and continued asking anxiously:

"Father, I'm fine! How is Lei?"

"Lei is in the emergency room..."

Just as Uchiha Yama finished speaking, the door was suddenly pushed open in a rush!

A male Medical-nin stepped out, with long, pale purple hair and a white mask covering his face. The half of his face that remained visible was still remarkably handsome. He wore white medical clothes and black Ninja Shoes!

He was "Dan Katō," Tsunade's canon boyfriend in the original story!

As soon as Dan Katō came out, Uchiha Mikoto spread her arms to block his way and urgently asked about Uchiha Lei!

"Sir, how is Lei?"

"The patient isn't doing very well. I need to find Tsunade and bring her here to treat him!"

After speaking, Dan Katō formed Hand Seals with both hands and left using the Body Flicker Technique!

The operating room door closed again.

After hearing that Lei was not doing well, Uchiha Miko was overwhelmed by distress. Her vision went black, and she fainted!

"Miko...

What's wrong? Don't scare me!"

Uchiha Yama bent down and scooped his wife, Uchiha Miko, into his arms, then pounded on the emergency room door beside him!

Bang, bang, bang~

Hearing the knocking, the Medical-nin assistant in the emergency room furrowed his brows and walked to the door with an angry expression, opening it!

"Outside the emergency room..."

"Doctor, save Miko!"

Seeing the Uchiha grand elder's anxiety, then looking down at the unconscious Uchiha Miko in his arms, the assistant hurriedly said in a low voice:

"Give me the patient!"

Uchiha Yama handed his wife, Uchiha Miko, into the doctor's arms and urged anxiously:

"Doctor, you must save Miko..."

"We'll help Miss Miko!"

The medical assistant was holding Uchiha Miko and about to close the door when Uchiha Mikoto, standing before him with tears streaming down her face, grabbed him!

"What is it, little girl? The patient needs emergency treatment!"

"Doctor, my legs need treatment too. Could you let me stay inside as well?"

The medical assistant looked down at Uchiha Mikoto's legs, then glanced at Uchiha Yama, who nodded his assent, and nodded to Mikoto!

"Little girl, you mustn't speak once you're inside!"

"I understand, Doctor!"

Uchiha Mikoto followed the medical assistant into the emergency room and closed the door!

Now only Uchiha Yama remained outside the emergency room, pacing anxiously back and forth!

He waited about three minutes, but the Medical-nin from earlier had not returned!

Uchiha Yama no longer cared whether the two clans bore grudges against each other. Afraid that waiting too long would truly put his wife and Lei in danger, he immediately used the Body Flicker Technique and hurried toward Tsunade's mansion!

Meanwhile~

Outside Tsunade's mansion~

In his anxiety, Dan Katō told Tsunade everything about Uchiha Lei!

But when Tsunade heard that it was an Uchiha child, she remembered being reprimanded by her grandmother the previous night!

Her brows immediately knitted deeply. Grabbing the door handle with her right hand, she moved to close the door and refused outright:

"Find someone else. I won't get involved in Uchiha affairs!"

Dan Katō immediately reached out and caught the wooden door. Standing at the entrance with an anxious expression, he quietly pleaded with Tsunade:

"Doctor Tsunade, that child's life matters too!

As doctors, we must have compassionate hearts. We can't let factional prejudice get in the way!"

"I won't show compassion to the evil Uchiha!"

Just as Tsunade was about to force the door shut~

Uchiha Yama appeared at the entrance using the Body Flicker Technique. Seeing that Tsunade was indeed utterly unapproachable, he thought of his wife and Lei, set aside his Uchiha pride, and knelt on the ground, pleading in a low voice:

"Lady Tsunade, please save Lei and my wife, Miko!

They've never held any clan prejudices. They aren't the ones at fault!"

Tsunade froze completely. Of course she knew the Uchiha Yama before her, but to think that he would kneel to her to save someone left her deeply conflicted!

Had something happened to Uchiha Yama's wife, Uchiha Miko?

Miko really was beautiful and kindhearted, with nothing wrong with her. The problem was that there was also an Uchiha child!

If I went to the emergency room and only saved Uchiha Miko, but not that child, wouldn't people still criticize me?

Although Tsunade hesitated somewhat, she still resolutely shook her head and refused:

"I don't want to get involved in Uchiha affairs. Please leave!"

Uchiha Yama grew frantic. Remembering what his wife Miko had told him about Uchiha Lei's origins, he loudly begged for help:

"Lady Tsunade, although Uchiha Lei has Uchiha blood,

he's also Chiaki's child, and he has the blood of the Senju Clan too!"

"Who did you just say? Uchiha Lei? Senju bloodline..."

Hearing that Uchiha Lei was Chiaki's descendant, Tsunade became extremely agitated. She immediately walked up to Uchiha Yama and grabbed his collar with her fair, slender hands, thinking she had misheard!

The words spoken here still woke Mito Uzumaki upstairs. Hearing that something had happened to Uchiha Lei, she immediately shook Kushina Uzumaki awake, grabbed her shoulder, and used the Body Flicker Technique to come downstairs!

Seeing her granddaughter gripping Uchiha Yama's collar, Mito Uzumaki immediately roared:

"Tsunade, let go of Uchiha Yama and go to the hospital to save Lei! Go now!"

"Grandma..."

Before Tsunade could finish, Kushina Uzumaki heard that something had happened to Lei, and tears spilled from the corners of her eyes. She quickly ran up to Tsunade, grabbed her hand, and pleaded softly:

"Tsunade! Please save Lei... sob... please!"

"You're so annoying... fine, I'll go!

As if I owe you all!"

In a burst of anger and frustration, Tsunade released Uchiha Yama and hurried toward Konoha Hospital using the Body Flicker Technique!

Mito Uzumaki came over and helped Uchiha Yama up, her expression somewhat anxious as she asked about Uchiha Lei's condition:

"Uchiha Yama, get up! I want to know exactly what happened to Lei. Didn't he go home perfectly fine this afternoon?"

Seeing Mito Uzumaki's concern for Uchiha Lei, Uchiha Yama said with a somewhat hesitant expression:

"I'm not entirely sure either. I only heard Miko say..."

Kushina Uzumaki was already anxious about Uchiha Lei's condition. Seeing Uchiha Yama hesitate, she immediately shouted:

"Uncle, hurry up and tell us! Why was Lei suddenly taken to the hospital for emergency treatment?"

"Uchiha Yama, tell us what you know, now!"

Mito Uzumaki's brows knitted deeply, and Nine-Tails Chakra enveloped her entire body as she used her own oppressive aura to force Uchiha Yama to speak!

Uchiha Yama hesitated for a moment. Feeling the heavy pressure all around him, his straight back bent forward, and his legs bent slightly too. He stopped hesitating and spoke loudly:

"My daughter Mikoto probably had a quarrel with Lei and upset him!

Never before had a little disagreement made Lei look that unwell!"