"Crunch~"
The sound of a dry branch breaking rang out, Shin'un turned his head to look. It was Shiina Kō who was walking towards them.
Do you think he can be saved?
Shin'un was quietly watching Dan Katō being surrounded and rescued by four or five people when Shiina Kō's voice suddenly rang out beside him.
Turning his head, Shin'un looked at Shiina Kō beside him.
What do you think?
"Difficult..." Shiina Kō shook his head, looking at Dan Katō who was being treated. "His injuries are too severe."
Shin'un nodded in agreement. "The injury is to the abdomen, and it's affecting internal organs. Only medical-nin can treat it."
As he spoke, Shin'un looked at Dan Katō.
At this moment, the four or five ninjas surrounding Dan Katō were still doing their best to treat Dan Katō, bandaging him and applying medicine to stop the bleeding, but Shin'un felt that it was all in vain.
These battle-hardened elite ninjas may be adept at treating external injuries, but they are completely helpless when it comes to serious injuries that have damaged internal organs.
Shin'un could see clearly from the side that, despite the treatment from several Konoha Ninja, Dan Katō appeared to be improving, but in reality, his breathing was barely perceptible, and his entire body was filled with a deathly aura. He was likely to die soon.
After a few busy minutes, the Konoha Ninja finished bandaging Dan Katō Dan Katō and could only sit aside and watch his body quietly, hoping that his strong Dan Katō body could help him get through this ordeal.
A dozen minutes later, Shin'un was the first to notice that Dan Katō's breathing had stopped, and the last trace of life in his body quickly withered and gradually disappeared.
At this moment, several ninjas who were waiting also noticed that something was wrong with Dan Katō. After checking, a Konoha Ninja confirmed that Dan Katō was dead.
Then, the ninja turned around and saw the gazes of more than a dozen ninjas behind him. He shook his head heavily and walked up to Shin'un.
"Report: Jonin Katō is dead."
Hearing this, Shin'un, who already knew the answer, wasn't too surprised. He simply nodded and said, "In that case, pack up and let's get going."
They were currently in Sand Ninja territory. If it weren't for the seriously injured Dan Katō, he wouldn't have led the Konoha Ninja to rest in this tree hollow...
Now that Dan Katō is dead, we should leave this dangerous area as soon as possible.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Shin'un's order, the dozen or so Konoha Ninja inside the tree hollow immediately responded, rising from their respective resting spots to begin cleaning up the traces they had left behind.
Seeing that more than a dozen ninjas were cleaning up the traces, Shin'un took the opportunity to walk to Dan Katō's body.
At this moment, only Dan Katō's two teammates remained beside his body.
Shin'un reached out and patted the two ninjas on the shoulder.
My condolences.
"Thank you." Perhaps because the two ninjas were prepared, they didn't react much, but stared blankly at Dan Katō's corpse.
Seeing this, Shin'un shook his head and said:
"Alright, quickly collect Jonin Katō's body and return it to the camp to be buried in Konoha."
"Okay." Upon hearing Shin'un's words, the two Konoha Chunin immediately reacted and took out a blank sealing scroll from their ninja tool pouches.
Shin'un turned his head to look at Dan Katō's corpse beside him, feeling a slight pang of regret.
Unfortunately, among the characters in the original work, it seems that only Dan Katō could use the Spirit Transformation Technique; the others, including the Hokage of each generation, did not seem to have mastered it.
From now on, if I want to study the Spirit Transformation Technique, I'll have to do it myself...
"Hiss~"
As a plume of white smoke rose, Dan Katō's corpse was sealed inside the scroll.
Seeing this, Shin'un took a deep breath and immediately turned and walked towards the entrance of the tree hole.
"Set off!"
After two days of arduous travel, Shin'un successfully led the remaining Konoha Ninja out of the Sand Ninja's controlled area without incident, and quickly approached Konoha's camp on the Sand Ninja Village front.
Having already left the Sand Ninja's controlled area, and with Byakugan to Hyuga Shin, the group appeared quite relaxed, moving freely among the treetops without any attempt to conceal their presence.
Even Shin'un and the others at the front of the line were the same.
At this moment, Hyuga Fukami, who had been maintaining his Byakugan Hyuga Shin, reported to Shin'un.
"Report, two patrol teams of our ninjas have been spotted ahead."
"Our patrolling ninjas?" Shin'un thought for a moment after hearing this, then nodded and said, "We're very close to the camp; they're probably the ninjas responsible for patrolling the area around the camp."
Upon hearing this, Hyuga Shin asked, "Do we need to meet with those patrolling ninjas?"
"Forget it, let's just go around them." Shin'un shook his head without hesitation, requesting that they simply bypass the patrolling ninjas ahead.
Why would we run into those patrolling ninjas? It would be so awkward.
The patrolling ninjas had no way of confirming Shin'un and his group's identities, so they would definitely have to leave Shin'un behind and send people back to the camp to inquire.
It would be easier to bypass them and return to camp on our own.
"Yes." Upon hearing Shin'un's order, Hyuga Shin agreed in his heart and immediately led the team to change direction, bypassing the Konoha patrolling ninjas ahead.
The group continued moving at high speed through the forest. A few minutes later, Hyuga Shin the forefront, stopped, and the ten ninjas behind him also stopped on several tree branches.
At this moment, the ninjas in the group looked up and saw that the Konoha camp had already come into view in the distance.
The moment their own camp came into view, the group of ninjas behind Shin'un breathed a sigh of relief.
Shin'un walked to the front of the group, stood on a branch, and looked out at the Konoha camp in the distance, as well as the countless Konoha Ninja wearing green vests. He was in a good mood as well.
Turning his head, Shin'un looked at the Konoha Ninja formation behind him.
"Alright, this mission is over. We don't need too many people to report to the Jonin Nara. I'll take a few people, that'll be enough. Everyone, disperse when you return to camp."
"Those who need to rest should go to rest, those who are injured should go to the medical tent, and those who need supplies should go to the logistics department."
"Yes!" Upon hearing Shin'un's words, the ninjas in the group immediately responded.
Nodding, Shin'un turned and headed directly towards the Konoha camp.
A few minutes later, the group returned to the Konoha camp safely. After showing their mission order at the camp's perimeter, they were able to enter Konoha without incident.
Following Shin'un's instructions, after entering the camp, the four ninja squads that had been carrying out the mission dispersed, leaving only Shin'un with Yūichi and Shiina Kō to head to the command tent in the center of the camp.
Using Body Flicker Technique, Shin'un and his two companions quickly arrived at the center of the camp.
"Whoosh~"
Lifting the curtain, Shin'un immediately saw Nara Shikahito bustling about.
Shin'un stepped forward and found Nara Shikahito to begin reporting on the mission.
"Report: Mission accomplished!"