The Shadow of Konoha

"He seems to be conscious, so there is no doubt that 'the medicine will cure the disease'." As he spoke, Koga injected a tube of well-prepared powerful antidote into Hanyu's body. Then, his iron-blue face quickly regained its color.

Don't think that the medical ninja treats the condition too quickly, because this is generally the case with ninja poisoning...either the condition is cured on the spot, or it can never be cured.

"Next..."

"I know. I need to drink more hot water next." Hanyu regained his awareness of his body and immediately guessed the medical instructions that the medical ninja was about to give.

Kouga smiled, "Yes, the general idea is this, drink more and eat more, speeding up your body's metabolism will help you recover as quickly as possible."

Of course, it is not as simple as drinking more hot water. Hanyu is no longer in danger of life or death, but if the residual toxins in the body are to be completely eliminated, both medication and diet therapy must be used in combination.

"In general, you're lucky. You only met Monzaemon. He's the oldest puppeteer in Sunagakure, but not the strongest one. The latter's poison is not so easy to cure."

Hanyu was stunned for a moment, then he realized that the strongest puppeteer the other party was referring to should be Chiyo... Although Chiyo was completely suppressed by Konoha's Princess in the Second and Third Ninja World Wars, giving people the feeling that the two sides were opponents of the same generation, but in fact, in terms of age, Chiyo and the Third Hokage are of the same generation.

Even from the last perspective, Chiyo was the strongest puppeteer. At the moment, perhaps her poison skills were not as extreme as they were later, but they were still the kind that Konoha could not remove even if they tried their best - on this battlefield, she was the most lethal weapon of the Sand Village.

"No matter who I meet, it doesn't really matter to me now. My life is hanging by a thread." Hanyu said. Being poisoned to death is probably the most frustrating way for a ninja to die. The enemy can kill you silently with just a little trick. Instead of this, Hanyu thinks it would be better to fight with all his strength and then be cut into pieces by the puppet. At least that way, he would die in battle, which would feel more heroic.

"Anyway, just stay here for a few days and don't be too hard on yourself. There are many ninjas who were sent to the hospital after going to the battlefield for the first time. There are even a large number of newcomers who don't even have the chance to return to the hospital." It is not known whether Koga said this to comfort Hanyu or just to present the cruelest fact.

Hanyu didn't blame himself. After all, what could he do when he met a ninja of Monzaemon's level? It was only after Koga reminded him that he remembered what happened: he arrived at the front today, went to the battlefield at noon, and was sent to the hospital in the evening... This was too "one-stop".

After the detoxification was completed, Hanyu was sent to an ordinary ward. On the front line, there would not be the conditions of the Konoha Hospital in the village. The so-called ward was just a big tent filled with beds.

What Hanyu didn't expect was that he actually met an acquaintance here.

"Sakumo, why are you here? Are you injured too?" The "fellow patient" lying on the bed next to Hanyu was none other than Hatake Sakumo, whom he hadn't seen for some time.

"Hanyu? You've also been transferred to the front line?"

"There's nothing wrong with me, just... a little malnourished." Hatake Sakumo, who was lying on the hospital bed, raised his head with difficulty after hearing someone calling his name, and then he saw Hanyu with some surprise.

Sakumo was receiving an IV drip at the moment. He was extremely thin and his voice was very weak.

"Malnutrition?" Hanyu was a little surprised. Why would a ninja on the front line suffer from such a mysterious disease? This was much rarer than his poisoning. And judging from Sakumo's appearance, it was more like starvation than malnutrition.

"Yeah." Sakumo nodded, then gave a brief explanation of his current situation.

It turned out that a month ago he participated in an offensive operation against Sand Village, but he was separated from Konoha's main force in . Then, after the operation, he lost the opportunity to evacuate with the main force, which meant he was trapped in the Sand Village's control area.

Since there were Sand Village ninjas all around, Sakumo had no choice but to hide and look for opportunities to open a passage back to Konoha's sphere of influence. However, as Sand Village's defenses were too tight, this hibernation lasted for a month, and gradually, Hatake's supplies were exhausted.

Moreover, in the enemy-occupied area, he could only remain silent and could not make any big noise to get supplies, so he fell into a state of "malnutrition". It was not until a month later that he finally found an opportunity to return to Konoha, and a touching ninja version of Little Tiger's return home was staged.

To be honest, Sakumo's experience was extremely miserable. Starvation is one of the most painful experiences for humans. Having experienced such a thing, Sakumo must be praised for his willpower, and his experience should be sympathized with and respected. However...

Hanyu burst out laughing, and then laughed louder and louder.

Sorry, he really couldn't help it.

Just think about it, the "Konoha White Fang", who was serious, stern, powerful and later dominated the ninja world, was almost starved to death. Look at the innocent and miserable look of Sakumo lying on the bed at this time... The ridiculousness and absurdity of war are so vividly presented.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you laugh. I...I'm not really happy. My smile is just a protective color."

No matter how much Hanyu denied it, he felt inexplicably relieved after seeing that someone stronger than himself was even more miserable than himself.

This laughter made Sakumo depressed, but it didn't make him angry. Hanyu's laughter certainly couldn't be a mockery, at most it was just a joke, and during the war, it was nothing more than finding joy in misery. It was also good to be a joke to relieve the pressure of friends... Who made Sakumo unable to do it directly in his current physical condition.

"Hanyu, what's wrong with you?" Sakumo asked after Hanyu had laughed enough.

"Me? I just arrived at the front line here today, and then I was poisoned. I almost ended up on the battlefield in the morning and cremated in the evening." As he said this, Hanyu raised his injured arm to show the other party.

After this sentence, there was a long silence between the two. Their experiences were just a tiny part of the war.

Of course, Hanyu doesn't like war, but at this moment, he suddenly found that he didn't seem to hate war. It was a strange feeling. He almost died on the battlefield, but the conclusion he got was "I don't hate it." Only when sitting at the gambling table can a gambler truly understand his psychology.

In his nature, Hanyu has a rather indifferent attitude towards life.

Not long after, yasanagi, Nagisa and Renjuro who had withdrawn from the battlefield came to Hanyu's ward.

"Hanyu, are you okay?" Nagisa asked Hanyu.

"Yes, the poison has been removed." Hanyu first said that he was fine, and then he said to Yasanagi, "Yasanagi, thank you, both for the previous warning and for sending me back in time."

In a sense, Yasanagi played a very important role in this brief battle. After hearing Hanyu's thanks, she just nodded and said nothing more.

"There's nothing wrong with my body, I just have to stay in the ward for a few days. This is a good thing for everyone, at least you can rest for a few days." Hanyu said this, but this was another inappropriate joke.

Without him, the team would certainly not be able to operate, unless the operations headquarters was prepared to disband the team.

"By the way, how's the battle going? Has Monzaemon been dealt with?" Hanyu asked again.

"We hadn't received the news when we withdrew," Nagisa said.

"...Yeah?"

In fact, everyone knows that this is just a euphemism. Not getting the news means that it is very likely that Monzaemon successfully escaped and the combat mission of the Jonin team failed.

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