Chapter 68

You don't have to go far for examples - Sunagakure should now be home to the owner of the curious kekkei genkai Pakura, who was simply given to the shinobi of Kirigakure on the orders of the Kazekage. Or the massacred Mist clans after Yagura was taken under sharingan control. Okay, slaughtering men, but women and children?

I don't understand that, even though I've been living in this world for over a decade and a half. Some principles remain unchanged throughout my life and I am a strong supporter of the idea that men should solve their own problems, but even trained to kill, children and women are still children and women who should be helped and protected.

And I try to follow this belief, not to mention that kunoichi are much nicer to look at than shinobi. I think a lot of people would understand that. In fact, that's one of the reasons why I prefer not to kill the former, but to capture them and keep them in a scroll.

It's too much luxury and risk by local standards, but I don't want to be like cold-blooded killers who can slaughter entire villages without blinking an eye, not to mention the fact that my profession as an Iryo-nin requires saving first and killing second.

A sudden flood of memories jerked me out of my deep concentration and made me lose control of the chakra clot that was slowly transforming into a ring. I almost didn't notice it, too busy digesting the information from the bunshin kage that had dispersed.

And what the clone had witnessed made me curse, waking the Uchiha, who preferred to keep a half-eye on the surroundings, even in a conventionally safe area with a protective barrier in the room.

- Why are we fighting? - Shinji asked lazily, yawning contagiously.

- It looks like the Kazekage decided to play dirty by nominating at least one tokubetsu djonin-level fighter, and our teams were unlucky enough to run into him," I grumbled, sinking back to the floor where I'd jumped up.

- Casualties? - The djonin instantly shook off his drowsy state, taking a sitting position.

- No casualties, thank Kami, but the condition of both teams leaves a lot to be desired," I grumbled.

- Teams? - The roommate emphasized the key word at once.

- They were smart enough to unite and continue the task of the second stage, thanks to which they managed to survive even on the way back, despite several ambushes, - I explained, - in fact, the last one was the most serious, forcing your ward to use my scroll.

- And what was the result?

- The overly strong genin and his team were destroyed by the Bunshin Kage, but ours had taken a beating - only Senju was left standing, and your boyfriend lost an arm to the airborne technique, along with his partner, who also lost a leg. Of course, I've patched them up and reattached their limbs, but I doubt they'll be able to continue with the exam if there's anything else scheduled after the second stage other than the big tournament in a month.

- How far are they from the village? - The jonin asked.

- I couldn't tell, but Senju said they were about a couple hours away, but if that's true...," I shrugged, "if they are, they could come after us as soon as they're within sight of the sentries.

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