"Bandages! Where are my bandages?"
"Someone, stop his bleeding first! Hurry!"
"Don't move! Be careful!"
"Gently. Yes, bring him over here. Slowly. Good, right here."
"Where's the medicine? Bring me the medicine first!"
"Everyone, move faster! Get them to the first aid station first!"
Behind the Allied Shinobi Forces' lines, people hurried back and forth through the temporary medical camp in a frenzy of activity.
Wails rose from time to time, and the pungent smells of medicine and blood filled the air, making the conditions here seem even worse.
Inside a tent, Sakura Haruno deftly operated on a ninja lying on a hospital bed. With her practiced movements, wooden spikes were removed one after another from the severely wounded patient.
Around a dozen wooden spikes already lay in the tray beside her.
Sakura Haruno devoted her full attention to the surgery. Before she knew it, beads of sweat the size of beans had formed on her forehead and slowly rolled down.
"Wipe my sweat!"
"Yes!"
The assistant beside her swiftly wiped the sweat from Sakura Haruno's forehead.
Time ticked by, and Sakura Haruno soon removed several more wooden spikes from the patient's body. After checking to confirm she had missed none, she quickly began stitching up the patient's wounds.
"Done. Have someone carry the patient out!"
"Next!"
The treated patient was soon carried away, and the next one was brought in without keeping Sakura Haruno waiting long.
Sakura Haruno slowly exhaled, then got back to work.
She had no intention of complaining. All the medical ninja were just as overwhelmed with work now.
Treating the wounded was, of course, the most important part of the cleanup after the fighting stopped.
And in the war that had just ended, the number of wounded in the Allied Shinobi Forces had gone through