Chapter 96

The winner, as well as all the others who had impressed the kage and the jonin chosen to be evaluators, would be awarded separately in each village. So after waiting for Senju to bow slightly to the village heads and tribunes, I moved over to the still genin, pulled the girl out of the ground in one motion, and dragged them both to the infirmary without waiting for help from Suna's chunin. Their kage would be making a speech to the people now, so there was no point in staying.

- Good fight," I praised the tired teenagers who hung around my side, each on his own side.

I didn't throw them on the strap, because the girl wouldn't like that position, so I just grabbed them across the waist in each hand, because I was tall enough not to drag my burden across the floor.

- Thank you, sensei," Takahashi said languidly.

The kunoichi just waved her hand away irritably and snorted - falling for such a simple trick!

- Well, chunin and even some jonin have fallen for such simple tricks, so don't feel bad, because despite the mistake, you're alive and have learned from it," I told her, "next time you'll know better than to let the doton man out of your sight.

- I guess that's a real plus," Taishi sighed, ignoring the guy's muttering that he'd think of something else next time.

- Useful advice that it wouldn't be a sin to heed.

Looking ahead at the voice, I noted the leader of the Kumo delegation leaning against the wall at the entrance to the infirmary.

- Considering the fact that almost all of the genin who fought and remained in relatively good shape today will receive chunin vests, winning the exam doesn't really matter, and the participation itself serves only as training in near-perfect conditions," I shrugged, "for your kunoichi?

- Yes, thank you for the delivery," the veteran nodded.

- It's no problem for me," I handed the shinobi the burden and said goodbye with a nod, dragging Takahashi to a vacant bunk near the rest of the Konoichi under the supervision of the clones.

- What's up? - Hyuga jumped up, ignoring the hissing of the clones when he saw us.

- Victory! Taishi made it to the finals, but I was able to take her down! - The kid grinned.

- You can talk later, but right now I need to fix you up, so stay still and don't move," I frowned.

Luckily, I didn't have to treat anything too complicated, as there was no direct hit from the rayton jutsu, and a few damaged nerve endings and a very slight superficial burn on the skin didn't cause any problems.

While I was treating the genin and then checking on the others, the remaining shinobi from our delegation came up.

- How are they doing? - Sakumo asked for everyone.

- Compared to the other casualties, they're doing very well, and even the most severely injured will be able to return to their missions in a month or two without any problems.

Sarutobi and Kei exhaled amicably at such news. Well, considering the state in which I dragged their charges out of the arena, it's no wonder they were so excited. Hatake and Hizashi-taicho nodded, more aware of my iryo-nin abilities than anyone else.

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