[As Naobito Zenin's defeated concession faded over the ruined courtyard, under the gazes of the Zenin Clan, the blatantly one-sided battle finally came to a definitive end.]
[The violent cursed energy filling the air began to recede like the tide.]
[Your emotionless eyes swept over the Zenin Clan elites scattered across the ground, groaning or unconscious, without showing a victor's arrogance or the cruelty of kicking someone while they were down.]
[With steady steps, you passed the dumbstruck Kukuru Unit members and walked straight toward the men you had gravely wounded.]
[You crouched down, and an exceptionally pure trace of positive energy, glowing with gentle white light, lit up at your fingertips.]
[It was the radiance of life unique to "Reverse Cursed Technique."]
[You did not choose to expend a great deal of effort fully healing them at that moment.]
[You merely injected the energy of Reverse Cursed Technique into Jinichi Zenin's torn abdomen, Ogi Zenin's collapsed chest, and the damaged nerves in Ranta Zenin's eye sockets with surgical precision.]
[That energy served only the most basic functions of "stopping the bleeding" and "stabilizing vital signs," forcibly pulling them back from the brink of death.]
[After administering this simple treatment, you stood up and turned toward Megumi Fushiguro, who had been obediently waiting in a safe spot nearby.]
[You beckoned slightly to him and spoke gently.]
["Megumi, come here."]
["Next, summon 'Round Deer' to continue their treatment."]
[Megumi Fushiguro did not hesitate.]
[He jogged over to you, his small, young hands deftly crossing before his chest once more to form a complex Ten Shadows Technique hand sign.]
[With a gentle ripple of cursed energy, the shadow beneath his feet spread outward.]
[Then an enormous, exceptionally graceful stag slowly stepped out of the shadows.]
[This shikigami, named "Round Deer," naturally radiated