Chapter 230: Conqueror's Awakening

"Darn it!!"

"Wake up already, Nono!!"

In just a few breaths, Yu had already stitched up all of Nono's shattered organs, and the Mystical Palm Jutsu had healed all the wounds, stopping the continuous flow of blood from his mouth.

But despite this, Nono still showed no signs of waking up, and for the first time, a sense of panic emerged on Yu's usually calm face.

"Right! I still have Tyrant!!"

"The Paw Fruit's ability can deflect all damage and pain; I can definitely bring you back to life!!"

With this in mind, Yu hurriedly summoned Tyrant from the spatial anomaly of Kaio's Door Door Fruit, activating the Yin Healing Wound Blast. He raised the giant bear paw and pressed it against Nono's body, causing a huge, round ripple of faint red to burst out from Nono's body like a balloon.

"Why?!"

"Why didn't the Paw Fruit's ability work?!"

But even after Tyrant's Yin Healing Wound Blast had expelled all the harmful injuries from Nono's body, Nono remained motionless, as if he had completely died. Yu was starting to feel a bit frantic.

"Hmm..."

Just then, a faint sound, and Nono lying on the ground gradually opened her eyes. It seemed that Tyrant's Yin Healing Wound Blast had indeed had some effect.

"You finally woke up, Headmaster!!"

"I'm Yu! Don't worry, I'll definitely bring you back!!"

Seeing Nono finally regain consciousness, a faint expression of joy appeared on Yu's solemn face.

"Headmaster!!"

Seeing Nono wake up, Kabuto, who had been standing dumbfounded nearby, hurried over.

"Are you... Yu?"

With shattered glasses and eyes that had lost focus, Nono still managed to recognize Yu's identity from his blurry silhouette.

!

"You've grown up..."

Struggling to reach out and touch Yu's face, Nono, with a pale complexion, showed a gentle smile. "Though I can't see clearly, I bet you look very handsome..."

"Don't talk anymore, Headmaster! Let me save you first!!"

Watching Nono's long-lost smile, Yu couldn't help but feel a bit choked up. But as soon as she spoke, blood started to flow from her mouth again, prompting Yu to hastily use the Mystical Palm Jutsu on her chest once more.

"No need, Yu."

At this moment, a hand grabbed Yu's wrist. Nono's face, with a pale smile as if fading away at any moment, said, "I'm also a medical ninja. I'm well aware of my current condition. Don't waste your chakra."

"Damn it..."

Seeing that Nono's injuries were already beyond saving, Yu looked at Kabuto, who had a vacant expression, and suddenly emitted a strong murderous intent. "Indeed, I should have killed you first back then!!"

Using time and manipulation to brainwash, this has always been Root's usual method. After Kabuto was taken away by Danzo, Root quietly replaced the photos of Kabuto's growth, causing Nono to gradually mistake someone else for Kabuto.

Then, because the two of them knew too many secrets while on missions, Danzo planned to make them kill each other. Unlike the original plot, Danzo even sent Orochimaru to intercept Yu halfway.

"I'm... I'm sorry..."

Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from Yu, Kabuto subconsciously sat down on the ground, but he showed no intention of escaping. Killing the most important person in his life by his own hands evidently caused an immeasurable shock to him.

"Stop it, Yu..."

However, at this moment, Nono lying on the ground nearby spoke up to stop Yu. "Promise me... take care of the orphans at the orphanage, and never harm Kabuto..."

"Why?!"

Upon hearing Nono's words, Yu felt as if he had been struck by lightning. "It was clearly this guy who killed you, why would you still..."

Kabuto, who looked dumbfounded beside him, also froze. Why? It was him who killed Nono, so why would Nono still protect him?

"Because... you both will always be my children..."

As Nono spoke these last gentle words, her pupils finally dilated completely, and her eyes gradually closed.

One drop, two drops, as if lamenting the passing of a life, the gloomy sky couldn't hold back its tears any longer and began to rain softly.

"Damn it! Someone's been taken out!"

"Move quickly! Let's go check it out!"

At the same time, not far away in the nearby camp, the stationed Iwa shinobi finally noticed the commotion here. Seeing Nono, wearing the uniform of their Hidden Rock Village, lying in a pool of blood, they quickly rushed over.

"The Iwa shinobi have spotted us!"

"Let's leave here first!" With a distracted gaze seeing the Iwa shinobi rushing over, Kabuto, who had been standing dazedly, finally came to his senses and quickly reminded Yu by his side.

"Even after he killed you, you still regard him as your child..."

"What a hopelessly foolish woman..."

However, amidst the pouring rain, Yu remained oblivious to Kabuto's reminder, still staring blankly at the gentle smile lingering on Nono's face.

"I am Yakushi Nono, the head of Konoha Orphanage. What's your name?"

"I don't have a name."

"Then—I'll give you a name. How about Yakushi Tetsubashira?"

"..."

"Don't like it? Then how about Yakushi Maruko? Or Yakushi Shinchan, that's good too!"

"..."

"Cough, cough, it seems you don't like any of them. Then—how about just calling you Yu?"

"Yakushi Yu, I hope that in the future, you can be like a bird, free and unrestrained. The sky is your true home."

In a daze, Yu's mind seemed to conjure up the image of the first time he met Nono.

At that time, he had just crossed over into this world, and the first person he saw on the battlefield of the Battle of Kikyo Mountain was this woman, gentle in appearance but harboring darkness within.

In fact, Nono was truly an indiscriminate do-gooder. Not only did she adopt him, but she also treated every child in the orphanage as her own.

Sometimes, Yu found it hard to imagine why such a kind and gentle woman like Nono would exist in a ninja world filled with endless killings and darkness, among the ninjas who had been in Danzo's Root.

Pain, unimaginable pain.

It felt like there was a piece missing from his heart, and for the first time, Yu felt the sensation of loss.

"Ahhh!!!"

Feeling a power surging within him, both familiar and strange yet indescribable, Yu couldn't help but let out a wild roar into the weeping sky.

Along with Yu's wild roar, an invisible and boundless momentum erupted crazily, as if an unseen hurricane was spreading infinitely in all directions from him as the center.

Bang! Bang! Bang...

Before the group of Iwa shinobi rushing over could even react to what had happened, they all fell to the ground like puppets with their strings cut, leaving only a few powerful Chunin completely stunned and dumbfounded.

"Yu... What's this?!"

Watching the Iwa shinobi who had rushed over suddenly collapse to the ground without any warning, as if they were harvested wheat, and feeling the invisible Haki continuously erupting from Yu before them, Kabuto beside him couldn't help but be knocked down to the ground as well, his face filled with indescribable shock.

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