Chapter 140: Returning to the Village
Morino Shinsuke carried Fujiki
Shigeru on his back, speeding through the dense forest, followed by Kiba and
Kiuchi Taketo.
After resting, Kiba had recovered,
and Kiuchi Taketo had regained some physical strength. Although his wound still
hurt a little, he felt he should be fine.
"What should we do with this
Fujiki Shigeru?" Kiuchi Taketo asked, looking at Morino Shinsuke ahead.
Despite galloping with all his strength, because he was carrying Fujiki
Shigeru, his speed wasn't at full capacity, clearly being pulled back by Fujiki
Shigeru.
In fact, Fujiki Shigeru's
performance made Kiuchi Taketo despise him. The performance of such an elite
Chunin, promoted to the elite class of the village, was really unsightly.
"Go back to the village.
After reporting the situation, let the Third Hokage deal with it," Morino
Shinsuke said.
"But this guy caused the
deaths of four reinforcements..." Kiuchi Taketo said angrily.
Morino Shinsuke interrupted,
"I am also responsible for this matter. As the captain, I couldn't make my
subordinates trust me, and they made serious misjudgments due to mental
pressure. It's disqualifying for a captain."
Hearing Morino Shinsuke's words,
Kiuchi Taketo frowned, "This isn't your fault, Sensei. This bastard can
only talk, but when encountering something, he was worse than a ninja academy
student."
"Enough, Kuichi. After all,
he is a partner of the village. If he needs to be dealt with, the Third Hokage
will handle it." Morino Shinsuke slightly lowered his head, avoiding a
branch, not wanting to talk about the problem anymore.
"What do you think,
Kiba?" Kiuchi Taketo asked, frowning, feeling his teacher was too
tolerant. If it were him, he might not have been able to help but kill this
retarded person at that time.
Just when he turned to look at
Kiba, he suddenly heard a "bang." Kiba, diagonally behind, maintained
a thoughtful expression, bumping his head into a branch, causing his whole body
to stop.
Such an obvious branch, and he hits it...
A cold sweat flowed from Kiuchi
Taketo's forehead, but he didn't stop. He turned his face away, looking as
though he hadn't asked the question.
It hurts!
Kiba covered his forehead, grabbed
the abruptly protruding branch with one hand, used his strength to turn over,
leaping a few times to catch up with the two ahead.
This habit! Must change!
It seemed to be getting more
serious. Was it because he had been training and thinking alone for the past
two months? This state of thinking like no one else seemed to worsen. The
thinking in this state became more focused, and he didn't even avoid branches.
Kiba covered his head, frowning
tightly. As for Kiuchi Taketo's question, he didn't seem to notice. Seeing
Kiuchi Taketo and Morino Shinsuke ahead, he let out a long breath, thinking, They don't seem to notice;
it's okay. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing.
It was also because Kiuchi Taketo
was diagonally ahead, Kiba couldn't see his face. Otherwise, he would have
known Kiuchi Taketo saw everything.
As for Kiba's state of thinking,
he had been pondering the use of medical ninjutsu.
Just now, he treated Kiuchi
Taketo, initially mastering the tricks of treating the human body. This was
thanks to Yuriko, whom he found the day before departure, asking about the
points and tips for treating human muscles.
Yuriko didn't expect Kiba to learn
medical ninjutsu. Such a dazzling genius learning medical ninjutsu and becoming
a medical ninja surprised her. She saw Kiba's one-piece jutsu and ninjutsu
coordination clearly during the Chunin Exams. He was undoubtedly an amazing
genius, a child only seven years old!
Later, during the Chunin Exams'
final test, which wasn't public, she heard Kiba shone again, controlling the
test with tactics experienced Jonin couldn't imagine, undoubtedly taking the
first place.
Such a genius would generally
become the mainstay of the village. Although medical ninjas are scarce and
important, it felt wasteful to put a genius like Kiba in the medical ninja
team.
After all, in mission execution or
war, attacking forces' presence is crucial. The most fundamental factor
determining the outcome is not logistics and medical treatment but the
attacking force. Otherwise, no matter how good logistics and medical treatment
are, they can't win.
Of course, this doesn't mean
logistical medical treatment isn't important, just a little less.
As for Kiba, he was undoubtedly
more suitable for the attacking force, otherwise, it would waste his talent.
However, although Yuriko felt
unbelievable and regrettable, she was the disciple of her good friend Kushina.
She couldn't refuse Kiba's sincere request, so she finally told him some
secrets of healing the human body. She didn't expect it would take an afternoon
and half the night, disrupting Kiba's work and rest, making him late for the
mission.
However, Kiba also benefited
greatly from Yuriko. Healing Kiuchi Taketo was entirely due to Yuriko's
explanation that night.
Just now, Kiba repeatedly thought
about the treatment process of his only case, trying to learn as much
experience as possible from the process of curing Kiuchi Taketo, and connecting
it with some other aspects of Yuriko's treatment theories.
After thinking about it, he became
fascinated, and while fascinated, he bumped into that branch.
Kiba covered his forehead and
smiled wryly, but his mind didn't stop spinning.
Next, when I go back, I can develop the pain mode.
Since I can heal Kiuchi, with this experience, there should be no problem
treating muscle damage in the injury state.
This time, Kumogakure actually dealt with Konoha
Village in this way. I'm afraid war isn't far away, and it may even directly
lead to war. The development of this pain mode must be put on the agenda.
However, it feels very strange. Could it be that the
third battle wasn't caused by Sunagakure? But Kumogakure?
Impossible...
Kiba frowned. At this time, he
felt very disturbed. He didn't know if it was an illusion. Now, walking through
the forest, the sun was shining outside, and the forest was dark. Occasionally,
the sun would penetrate through the gaps in the dense leaves, casting a beam of
light. The light was also good.
But Kiba always felt that behind
him, a layer of dark clouds was slowly pressing over. When he looked back,
everything was as usual.
We must rush back to the village now. The matter of
Kumogakure is definitely not that simple. Most of this strong man's plan is to
delay time and attract more of Konoha's attention, which should be part of
Kumogakure's real purpose.
And this real purpose always feels...
Kiba frowned even tighter.
...will make me...
Thinking of this, Kiba didn't
think further, but sped up his pace to keep up with Morino Shinsuke and Kiuchi
Taketo. Just now, he felt their speed had increased again.
Did they feel it too?