Konohamaru stood with his hands on his hips, a slightly frightened Hanabi Hyuga behind him. "Haha! How does Konoha's Shuriken taste!"
Bōsetsu and Bōshō, riddled with Shuriken, trembled in pain. "You wretched brats! Die!"
The two drew their Shuriken and charged at Konohamaru.
Konohamaru, seeing the way the two were running, knew they were just ordinary people. " Hanabi, they're not ninjas, go easy on them. I'll take the one on the left."
"Yes! Yes! I will!"
Konohamaru drew his Kunai and went to meet him.
"Ding ding ding..."
The Bōshō brothers were originally just farmers, not particularly bad-hearted. They had only been bandits for three or four months, but relying on their strong physiques, they had successfully robbed a few times and had also achieved some success in swordsmanship.
Bōsetsu, somewhat disappointed to see that her opponent was a little girl, sheathed her sword. "I think... you should just surrender."
Knowing she couldn't avoid it, Hanabi Hyuga became serious and assumed a fighting stance. "The ninjas of Konoha will never back down!"
"Okay. Hey!"
The Bōsetsu began its attack, but how could ordinary people possibly be a match for Konoha Ninja? The difference in size only made them bigger targets.
No matter how the Bōsetsu attacked, it couldn't harm Hanabi Hyuga: "What's wrong with this brat!"
A fierce battle was raging nearby, while the old man crawled to the middle-aged man's side, shouting, " Ahao! Hold on! The Konoha ninjas are coming to rescue us!"
Even for an ordinary person, losing so much blood would be horrific. The little girl on the carriage jumped down and clung to the man, crying pitifully, "Father! Don't die!"
Suddenly, a hand with the word "DEATH" tattooed on the back of its five fingers pressed down on the old man. "Grandpa, let me help you."
The old man turned around and saw a young man who was also wearing Konoha Forehead Protector, but his attire was completely out of place with traditional ninja clothing.
Wearing a fluffy winter hat with leopard spots, a white scarf around his neck, two small gold earrings, a beard, and a hooded casual long-sleeved shirt with the zipper open to reveal a large smiley face tattooed on his chest, he also carried a nearly three-meter-long sword on his back.
"Who are you?"
The newcomer had a serious expression. "My name is Trafalgar D. Law, and I'm medical-nin."
The old man looked at Hongshi Luo's strange attire and hesitated.
Yamato peeked out from behind Hongshi Lao: "Grandpa, what he said is true. I am Yamato, Jonin Konoha. Please let us help you."
"Okay... alright."
After saying this, the old man stepped aside.
Hongshi Luo lowered his greatsword, opened his left hand, and a transparent membrane enveloped the injured middle-aged man. Green Chakra spread out, and the wound healed at a visible speed. "His injuries aren't that serious; he won't die. The most serious injury is to his head... he probably fell and hurt himself."
It turns out that this middle-aged man Ahao initially tried to attack the bandits with a steel fork after discovering them, but he unexpectedly lost his footing and hit his head on the ground. When he woke up, Konohamaru had already arrived.
Ahao sat up and quickly thanked him, "Thank you, Konoha ninja?"
Hongshi Luo also healed the old man's minor injuries. "I'm medical-nin known as the Surgeon of Death, what's a little injury like this?"
Yamato quickly pushed the immature Hongshi aside. "I didn't expect there to still be bandits within the Land of Fire. It seems the previous cleanup wasn't thorough enough."
The old man nodded. "Yes, when I brought my granddaughter Xiao Daozi, from the Land of Rice Fields to the Land of Fire for treatment, we already encountered another group of bandits. Fortunately, some Konoha Ninja helped us escape then, but I didn't expect to encounter them again on our return trip."
Xiao Daozi was indeed this girl. Hongshi Luo glanced at her and then noticed the problem. "Oh? Little sister, you're very ill."
As Xiao Daozi calmed down, her face changed from flushed to pale. Her limbs were thin, and she looked frail and weak.
Ahao sighed, "Sigh, Xiao Daozi has always been sickly. She's taken a lot of medicine but hasn't gotten better. We've already spent all our savings coming to the Land of Fire, but..."
Hongshi Luo couldn't bear to see children suffer. "What's the big deal? Let me see what's wrong with you."
Ahao looked incredulous. "Really... really?"
They had considered hiring ninjas for treatment, but they lacked the funds, and most of the ninjas' Medical Ninjutsu were for treating injuries, not illnesses.
After saying that, he placed his hand on Xiao Daozi's head, and a subtle amount of Chakra slowly flowed into her body. Only then did he discover the problem. Looking at Xiao Daozi's expectant face, Hongshi Luo did not reveal what the illness was. "I see, it's a minor problem."
Xiao Daozi laughed, "Really... really! Can you heal me?"
Hongshi Luo nodded. "It'll be a bit hot from here on out, just bear with it."
"Um!"
A green healing Chakra condensation technique spread down from the Xiao Daozi's head, unexpectedly unleashing Creation Rebirth.
The green magic gradually spread throughout his body, and even Yamato, standing beside him, couldn't help but marvel at the technique. "Such exquisite control, and such skillful use of Sealing Jutsu —no wonder Danzo praised you so highly! Just who are you?!"
As the treatment progressed, Xiao Daozi's complexion began to turn rosy. "It's so hot."
"Just hang in there a little longer, it'll be over soon."
Ahao asked, "Captain Yamato, is this any good?"
Yamato, being Firewood Release ninja, possessed an exceptional sensitivity to life force. He sensed that Xiao Daozi's life force had become remarkably strong after receiving treatment. "She's fine."
Suddenly, no one noticed that some red hairs had sprouted from Xiao Daozi's originally black hair.
Finally, the Sealing Jutsu spread throughout her body, completing the healing process, and then disappeared beneath her skin. Xiao Daozi felt full of energy, no longer as weak as before. At the same time, a wave of drowsiness washed over her, and she slowly fell asleep.
Xiao Daozi is Ahao's daughter. He knows her condition best. The moment he held her in his arms, he knew she was completely cured. Tears welled up in his eyes. "Thank you, thank you!"
Hongshi Luo let out a long sigh, "Phew, you're welcome."
The old man knelt before Hongshi Law: "We have no money now, but once I return home, I will definitely raise the funds for the treatment and personally deliver it to Konoha."
Yamato quickly helped the old man up, saying, "It's within my power."
"Hahaha." Hongshi Luo stood up, shouldering his greatsword. "Regarding the reward... how about this, can you cook?"
Yes... yes.
"That's good. We were just thinking of going to the Land of Rice Fields, so we'll take you with us. You can just cook along the way."
"OK!"
One side of the battlefield
Hanabi Hyuga dodged the Bōsetsu's direct punch and unleashed a right palm strike. " Hanabi Style: Eight Trigrams Dragon Palm!"
"Roar!"
On Hanabi Hyuga's slender right palm, Chakra condensed into a dragon's head, striking Bōsetsu in the chest.
The Gentle Fist style wasn't known for its brute force. After being struck by a palm strike, Bōsetsu felt all the strength suddenly vanish from his body, and he knelt on the ground, crying out, "You! What did you do to me!"
Bōshō nearby, was also sent flying by Konohamaru's Rasengan, ending the battle.
The old man exclaimed in surprise, "I've seen many ninjas, but to have such strength at this age, perhaps only Konoha Ninja could achieve that."
Hongshi Law shouted, " Konohamaru! You actually used the Rasengan! Are you trying to kill him?! They are our hunters!"
Yamato: " Konohamaru! You can actually use the Rasengan?"
Hongshi Law stepped forward and used Medical Ninjutsu on Bōshō, who had been knocked unconscious by the Rasengan: "Our hunting mission for the next while depends on them."
Konohamaru stepped forward. "I can hunt, but what's the point of keeping bandits around, Gurei!"
Hongshi Luo smiled sinisterly, "Because, from now on, you'll be eating my black sticks."
Lord God: "I need to call the police! Someone is being indecent!"