152. Poisoned

Izumi told the others that Kaiyougakure village became the landmark point and the other members would be transferred over there if they wanted to go to the shinobi world.

And speaking of which, they still discussed how to pick the remaining members. Using Hiiro's magic was naturally faster. But, it was unnatural if they suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Using the IS was also out of the question.

picking up Kuroneko, Kazuma, and Luffy who were supposed to be transferred to Kaiyou village, Izumi was able to get there using Hiiro's magic. Izumi can also go there using the IS. It was not yet time for them to show their full strength.

Izumi opened a chat group, Kuroneko and Kazuma had been chatting and discussing missions, but Luffy had not appeared in the chat at all.

Izumi: Luffy still hasn't shown up?

Kuroneko: I don't know what happened either. But it's been a few days he hasn't appeared in the chat.

Kazuma: Then just wait until we're automatically transferred to that world.

Izumi: Kazuma is right. We'd better wait until you guys are automatically transferred to the shinobi world. We'll find out the reason why Luffy never shows up.

Kuroneko: How's it going on there?

Izumi: Well, it's good. We will probably get a lot of Jutsu scrolls from Konohagakure.

Kazuma: Did you trick them?

Izumi: The ones attending the meeting were Gramp Warrod, Tabane, and Rori. I was just walking around Konohagakure. You can imagine who tricked those Konohagakure's geezers.

Kazuma: Tabane!

Kuroneko: Tabane!

Tabane-chan: Hey, why did you guys slander me!?"

Izumi: I'm telling the truth.

Kuroneko: Hahaha

Izumi: Anyway, we can't directly teleport you guys to Konohagakure. So, I'll pick you up and we will go to Konohagakure tomorrow.

Kazuma: Okay.

Kuroneko: Alright.

Izumi: Also, Kuroneko. I need to talk to you. Later on…

Then Izumi closed the Chat Group. Izumi turned to Warrod and the others. He said he would go back Kaiyougakure village for a while to pick them up.

Warrod nodded after he heard Izumi.

Izumi wrote the Jutsu formula on the floor just in case, then he went outside. Izumi walked through the gate. In there, the ninja who acted as a gatekeeper asked.

"Oh, weren't you the ninja from earlier? Where are you going at the time like this?"

"I've just been informed that Konohagakure will be holding a Chūnin exam. And since it will be held soon, I plan to invite my other friends."

"But, you're alone. It's quite dangerous, you know."

"No worries."

Izumi suddenly dashed, leaving the dust behind before the gatekeeper ninja could reply.

"Eh, he's too fast. No wonder he was so confident even when he's alone. Even so— well, whatever. That's not my business anyway." The gatekeeper ninja immediately sat back to his post.

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After Izumi left Konohagakure through the main gate, he looked for a quiet place. He also watched over his surroundings with Haki. When he made sure no one was following him, he rotated the ring he wore on his finger, and Theomars formed afterward.

Using Theomars, Izumi immediately piloted it toward Kaiyougakure at Mach 2 speed.

His IS hasn't changed much since the last time he used it. It couldn't be helped, he didn't have time since he was in Edea's world for half a year where the use of an IS was restricted.

Izumi arrived on the island in no time. The Shikigamis approached and greeted him simultaneously upon sensing the presence of the person who had summoned them.

"My friends will come over. Which of you can cook?"

Yuki Onna and Momo stepped forward. Since both of them could cook, Izumi left it to them. Then he sent Kubinashi and Inugami to hunt some meat.

An hour and a half later, 3 people suddenly appeared in Kaiyou village. Izumi wanted to welcome them, but when he saw Luffy's condition, he was quite shocked seeing his body was full of wounds.

"Eh, Luffy?"

"Has he fought against someone?"

Kuroneko looked surprised, and Kazuma wondered.

"Looking back at the time, he seems to have just fought Crocodile." Izumi muttered.

Luffy's tough battle at the beginning of his journey to the Grand Line was when he faced Crocodile and Enel. But when fighting Enel, he wasn't as badly injured as he was now. So he guessed, this was the result of the fight against Crocodile.

If indeed Luffy was injured because of the fight against Crocodile, that meant…

"Luffy was poisoned." Izumi exclaimed.

"What?" Kuroneko and Kazuma cried out in surprise.

Izumi turned to a girl in a pink kimono and called her.

"Momo, come here for a bit!"

Kuroneko and Kazuma realized that there were some people they didn't know. And from their appearances, it was obvious that they weren't human.

"W-what are they, Miyamura?" Kuroneko stuttered when she saw a boy without a neck in front of her eyes.

Izumi didn't answer.

"How is it, Momo? Can you cleanse the poison in his body?" Izumi asked Momo. But, knowing that she was just a pure healer, she bowed to him.

"Forgive me master, I'm afraid I'm not capable of doing that."

"Sigh."

"Is there anything else I can help you with, master?"

Izumi shook his head. If Momo couldn't do it, he should ask the others. He couldn't force Momo to do something she couldn't do after all.

"Forgive me if I'm so useless, master, the one who can do that is my best friend."

Izumi waved his hand.

"No worries. I'm just asking whether you can do it or not."

Izumi wanted to bring Hiiro to heal Luffy. But at that moment, he was reminded of his ability. His hydrokinetic ability was not limited to manipulating the water, but he could also manipulate all kinds of liquids he touched. It would be good if he could squeeze the poison out of Luffy's body. However, he knew that his control over liquids was still at a low-level.

"Miyamura, you are their master?"

"Izumi, who are they exactly?"

"They are just Shikigamis I summoned a few days ago."

"Shikigami?" Kuroneko and Kazuma were confused. Then, Izumi explained.

"They are the same as a little girl I summoned after the mission in one piece world."

"Ah." They remembered now. The little girl he summoned at that time by using a Mystery Amulet he got after the mission. But, both of them didn't think that the Shikigamis were Yōkai.

Izumi asked Kappa to get him a bucket of water. Since he couldn't get the poison out of Luffy's body directly, he would use water as an intermediary.

His control over water was already decent. Creating big waves or whirlpools were no longer a problem for him. Moreover, he has studied the anatomy of the human body.

With those preparations, Izumi was pretty sure that he would be able to do it.

What he wanted to do was control the water that would enter Luffy's body through his wounds. Then he would filter the poison, then clean the blood that had clotted due to the poison.

He could have created water with his magic, then controlled the water to cleanse the poison in Luffy's body. But his concentration could be broken if he did that since the method he wanted to do required full concentration for perfect water control. That was the reason why he would use the external water.

Izumi took out his dagger. In a flash, he slashed Luffy's skin on the part that turned blue due to the poison in his body. Izumi touched the water with his hand, then controlled the water by forming it into a ball. Then, he put the ball of water on the wound.

Little by little, the water entered Luffy's body. Luffy was still in a semi-conscious state, a slash from Izumi a while ago naturally felt by him.

In just a few moments, Izumi had taken out some of the water he controlled from Luffy's body. Terrifyingly, the water was no longer clear caused by a mixture of poison and blood that was filtered by the water.

"Good. It works."

Even though he was happy with the success, he still concentrated on doing the same thing as before to filter the poison from Luffy's body. While doing so, Izumi slashed open the other affected part of the poison and began to filter the poison out.

He did it slowly and carefully. Starting from filtering water that was pitch black due to a mixture of poison and blood, slowly, the water he used to clean the poison began to get a little cloudy. And when he used clear water again several times, the poison in Luffy's body was finally cleansed. His bluish skin due to poison and his pale face also returned to normal.

"Huff. I didn't expect doing this to be so tiring."

Izumi let out his breath slowly. Even though he still had a lot of energy, doing something like that didn't seem like it was draining energy, but mental.