Chapter 65: Have You Fallen for Me?

Boom~

With countless trees and vines surging forth,

The original valley transformed into a primordial forest.

Three of the five hearts in Kakuzu's body were directly shattered. If he hadn't activated Earth Spear at the last moment,

He might have been strangled to death by the vines from the Birth of the Trees.

Looking at the towering trees around him, Kakuzu felt lingering fear, as if he had returned to the time when he fought Hashirama Senju.

After being stunned for a long time, Kakuzu struggled to break free from the vines' grasp,

But it was useless.

Compared to Kakuzu,

Hoshigaki Kisame was even less fortunate.

At this moment, he was covered in blood, his hands and feet had been twisted off by the trees.

He was hiding inside Samehada, barely clinging to life with the chakra that Samehada had absorbed earlier.

Only Uchiha Obito, who hid in the Kamui dimension, and Black and White Zetsu, who merged into the trees, narrowly escaped.

At this moment, Obito's face was filled with shock.

How could this person be so powerful!

Birth of the Trees, a jutsu even he couldn't use.

Glancing at Shishou, who was accelerating away on the centipede's head,

Uchiha Obito gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice:

"Let's retreat for now."

He knew that continuing would be futile.

With Shishou's interference, the plan to capture the Three-Tails had completely failed.

Even though they had four strong members on their side,

Against such a powerful wide-range jutsu, numbers didn't mean much.

Fortunately, there were three burdens on Shishou's side; otherwise, he might have had to abandon Kakuzu and Kisame.

After placing Kisame and Kakuzu in the Kamui dimension,

Uchiha Obito fled with Black and White Zetsu.

He really didn't want to stay here any longer.

On the other side,

The ninja from the Hidden Mist Village, led by Elder Genji, appeared in the distance.

They had come to reinforce Mei Terumi.

"Why is it Wood Release again?"

"And such a large-scale Wood Release!"

"The Three-Tails probably couldn't survive this..."

The group was dumbfounded and exclaimed in shock.

"Is this the legendary Birth of the Trees by the First Hokage..."

Elder Genji, looking at the enormous primordial forest before him, was deeply shocked.

As someone who had lived even longer than the Third Hokage, he had heard of Hashirama Senju's famous technique.

"Hurry!"

"Find Lady Mei Terumi."

Recovering from his shock, Elder Genji shouted orders.

In his understanding, only the mysterious person controlling the Three-Tails could use Wood Release.

And that person harbored great hatred towards the Hidden Mist Village.

Facing such a terrifying jutsu,

Elder Genji couldn't think of any reason why Mei Terumi could survive.

But he still held a glimmer of hope...

Because he really didn't want to have to choose another Fifth Mizukage so soon after electing one.

...

Seeing that Uchiha Obito and the others had left,

Shishou ordered the red-armored centipede to stop. He set down the wooden ball it was holding in its mouth, placed White Zetsu's severed arm into his storage space, and walked into the wooden ball.

It wasn't that he didn't want to deal with the Akatsuki members,

But his primary task now was to save Shizune. He could easily kill the Akatsuki members next time he encountered them.

"Achoo!"

Inside the wooden ball, Mei Terumi suddenly sneezed.

"What's wrong?"

Shishou asked while examining Shizune.

"I don't know, maybe I caught a cold while fighting Kisame just now."

Mei Terumi intended to make a joke but felt a bit embarrassed after saying it.

She quickly changed the subject, pointing at Shizune:

"How is she?"

Hearing Mei Terumi's question, Tsunade also looked at Shishou.

She still hadn't fully overcome her hemophobia and would occasionally tremble, looking as helpless as a frightened rabbit.

"Her internal organs have been destroyed by the Piercing Technique."

"There are several fatal wounds."

"She's barely clinging to life now. If we don't find a way to treat her, she won't survive."

After examining Shizune, Shishou sighed.

He liked the calm and capable Shizune, especially when she wore her nurse uniform...

"No..."

Hearing Shishou's words, Tsunade trembled violently, tears streaming down her face.

Having lost her brother and lover before, she couldn't bear to lose Shizune as well.

"Shizune, I won't let you leave me like this..."

Tsunade forced her trembling hands to stop shaking, placing them on Shizune's wounds, preparing to start treatment.

Although Tsunade still trembled occasionally, she could barely use her healing techniques.

"That's the strong and beautiful Lady Tsunade!"

Seeing Tsunade working hard to overcome her hemophobia, Shishou admired her.

If she could overcome her hemophobia, that would be the best outcome.

Shishou didn't remain idle; he pushed the clumsy Tsunade aside.

He directly began to disarm Shizune.

Then, covering his right hand with the nano-scale Chakra Bugs, he inserted it into Shizune's abdominal wound, feeling her damaged internal organs.

With the protection of the Chakra Bugs, Shishou wasn't worried about causing any bacterial infection to Shizune.

After all, no bacteria could survive the nano-scale Chakra Bugs.

"You..."

Seeing Shishou's actions, Tsunade was stunned.

She couldn't understand what he was trying to do.

Mei Terumi, watching Shizune being disarmed, blushed and was equally puzzled but trusted Shishou enough not to ask.

"Don't worry, I washed my hands."

Shishou joked.

Devour, Refeed!

A large amount of life energy flowed through the Chakra Bugs into Shizune's body, rapidly repairing her damaged internal organs.

Although Shishou didn't know medical ninjutsu, he knew that with enough life force, the body could heal itself.

"Mmm~"

As Shishou continued to inject his life energy into Shizune,

She moaned and slowly woke up.

"Shizune."

Tsunade, holding Shizune's hand, was overjoyed, tears streaming down her face again.

She had thought she would lose Shizune.

If that had happened, she would have lost the will to live.

Seeing Tsunade crying uncontrollably, Shizune opened her mouth but was too weak to make any sound.

Then she felt a strange sensation in her heart, as if it had been stirred.

This puzzled her.

Looking down, she saw someone's hand inside her body.

At the same time, she felt her heart being stirred again.

"Feeling your heart?"

Seeing Shizune awake, Shishou joked.

Shizune: "..."

Even though Shizune was a skilled medic who had seen many cadavers,

She couldn't bear the sight of someone with their hand inside her, playing with her organs.

Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted again.

This scared Tsunade, making her pale again.

"It's okay, she just fainted."

Seeing Tsunade's fright, Shishou quickly explained.

Hearing this, Tsunade sighed in relief.

Then, she suddenly realized something and turned to Shishou, looking shocked.

Mei Terumi, standing beside Tsunade, was equally puzzled, staring at Shishou in confusion.

Then, both women spoke in unison:

"Why do you look like this?"