Chapter 46: Hemophobia, A Four-Hour Surgery

 In the outskirts of the wilderness, a massive earthen house stands abruptly.

 The house is riddled with cracks, clearly scorched by intense flames.

 At this moment, Whitebeard lies quietly within.

 His weapon, Murakumogiri is placed outside.

 Placed up next to the earthen house.

 Tsunade and Shizune are also inside.

 They are both dressed in white lab coats and wearing sterile masks - these were taken out from the sealing scroll. The techniques of the Shinobi world are quite convenient.

 "Lord Whitebeard." When dealing with Whitebeard, who's not a ninja but can give a hard time for the upper echelons of Konoha Village, has a son who looks like Nawaki, and is wealthy, Tsunade adds an honorific when she speaks.

 Tsunade withdrew her hand, her beautiful eyebrows tightly furrowed: "Your condition is terrible, unprecedentedly terrible."

 She had treated many severely injured people on the battlefield in her time.

 Even though she has completely given up now.

 But to gather gambling funds, she would still treat some rich people.

 She has encountered many difficult and complicated diseases.

 What kind of patient hasn't she seen?

 But...

 Like Whitebeard, who has one hidden disease after another accumulating in his body, it's her first time seeing this.

 In fact, 

 When she walked into this temporary operating room, her disciple Shizune had already warned her that Whitebeard's condition was very serious.

 However, the previous Tsunade seemed somewhat skeptical about it.

 How serious could it be?

 After all, from the surface, Whitebeard's condition seems very healthy, just a bit old.

 It wasn't until she personally examined him carefully.

 That she found...

 Shizune was absolutely right.

 "I guess it might be because your physical strength is extraordinary." Tsunade said in an astonished tone: "The hidden diseases in your body, if distributed to 100 people, those 100 people would definitely not survive tonight. But you have held on."

 "Gurararara! This might also have something to do with my foolish son!" Whitebeard laughed indifferently.

 Even if the doctors of the Konoha Village and the master-disciple duo of Shizune and Tsunade say how dangerous it is,

 Whitebeard is not worried.

 Even if he was immediately given a critical illness notice telling him that he would die tomorrow, Whitebeard would not have any worries.

 "Is it Naruto?" Tsunade was taken aback. She suddenly thought of the Nine-Tails Chakra. If Naruto could use the Nine-Tails Chakra... perhaps he could indeed save Whitebeard's life?

 "It's Marco!" Whitebeard laughed.

 Marco...

 This unfamiliar name made Tsunade puzzled. Is this also a very powerful medical ninja?

 If so, then Tsunade thinks that his medical skills might not be inferior to her or only slightly worse than her.

 "Huh!" She took a deep breath and felt some pressure in her heart. She voiced the source of her pressure: "Lord Whitebeard, your condition requires anesthesia and surgery."

 "No need for anesthesia." Whitebeard said: "Just do it already."

 "Huh?" Before Tsunade could say anything else, Shizune was stunned.

 Shizune exclaimed: "You... don't need anesthesia???"

 "Gurararara!" Whitebeard laughed heartily, his laughter even reaching outside the earthen house. "Those who need anesthesia just for a few cuts are not worthy of sailing in the sea!"

 Men of the sea.

 Do not fear death.

 Tsunade and Shizune fell silent together.

 They had to admit.

 The charismatic figure of Whitebeard before them exuded a one-of-a-kind charm. It's no surprise that even Naruto, the Jinchuriki of Konoha, recognizes Whitebeard as his "father."

 "Shizune," Tsunade said, 

"Prepare for the surgery."

 "Okay!" Shizune quickly nodded.

 Then.

 Tsunade took out a cloth bag and blindfolded herself, continuing to say, "During the surgery, you must tell me all the details."

 "Okay!" Shizune nodded again.

 At the same time.

 Blindfolded Tsunade, with chakra, made a cut on her thumb: "Ninjutsu·Summoning Jutsu!!!"

 ...

 "Uncle Kakashi, is that Tsunade... big sister really good at medical ninjutsu?"

 At this time, Naruto was becoming more and more worried.

 He was helping to hold Shizune's pig, Tonton.

 His little face was full of worry and struggle.

 "Believe in Tsunade-sama," Kakashi said. "It is said that during the Ninja War, Tsunade-sama cured many wounded who had been declared dead."

 "And... I also heard that Tsunade-sama's summoning beast is the Slug Sage of the Three Great Sacred Grounds." Kakashi continued, "It's a very powerful summoning beast."

 Compared to Naruto's worry.

 Kakashi believed in Tsunade.

 But he didn't know why...

 Kakashi found that he was also a little worried. He didn't know where this emotion came from.

 Was he worried about Whitebeard? Or because he felt that he owed Naruto, so he was worried about Naruto's "family"?

 Kakashi was startled by his own thoughts.

 He thought about it and felt that it tended to be the latter.

 After all...

 If it were the former, wouldn't that mean he was actually subdued by Whitebeard's personal charm?

 What a joke!

 "Uncle Kakashi !" Naruto suddenly exclaimed anxiously: "Blood! A lot of blood is flowing out!!"

 Then...

 A crack was opened in the temporary operating room, and blood flowed out like water from inside. Until the blood no longer gushed out, the small crack was closed again by someone inside.

 Whitebeard's body was too large, and the blood flowing out of the surgery was simply dozens of times that of ordinary people!

 "It's okay, Naruto." Kakashi said uncertainly: "Bleeding during surgery is common sense."

 In fact.

 While comforting Naruto, Kakashi himself was also sweating in his palms.

 He found that he was really worried about whether the surgery would go smoothly!

 How could this be?

 In Kakashi's mind, he unconsciously recalled Whitebeard's various indulgences towards Naruto. That meticulous and unique paternal love was always caught by him as an observer.

 Those scenes of memories from an observer's perspective.

 Kakashi was unexpectedly filled with envy.

 The figure of his father, Hatake Sakumo, seemed to overlap with that of Whitebeard.

 Kakashi broke out in a cold sweat from fear.

 He slapped himself.

 Smack——

 Smack!

 Smack!!

 "Uncle Kakashi, why... why are you hitting yourself?" Naruto looked up and saw Kakashi's unusual behavior.

 Kakashi was silent for a few seconds, then made an excuse: "There's a mosquito."

 "Uncle Kakashi, it seems like you're lying..."

 Naruto bluntly exposed him.

 Kakashi: "..."

 Was his acting and lying skills too poor?

 Or was Naruto's intuition too accurate?

 ...

 This unprecedented surgery actually lasted from one o'clock in the afternoon until five o'clock in the evening.

 A full four hours!

 Bang..!!!

 Until... the door of the temporary operating room was violently kicked open.

 The first to rush out was Tsunade.

 "Tsunade-sama, how is Whitebeard..." Just as Kakashi was about to ask something, he noticed that Tsunade's condition seemed a bit off.

 Then.

 Tsunade quickly took off her mask, completely unwilling to look back at the situation inside. Her face was paler than anyone else's.

 Her whole body was uncontrollably trembling slightly.

 She was wiping her hands very hard, trying to clean the few drops of blood that had stained them.

 "I accidentally... saw blood..."

 Tsunade's voice was trembling.

 Completely out of control.

 ...

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