Chapter 180: Rescue

Transforming his last bit of strength through the weapon in his hand, he thrust toward the enemy in front of him. At these moments, one's opponent must be extremely cautious, as a ninja on the verge of death might explode with many times their usual power. If one isn't careful, they might pay a devastating price due to the opponent's final counterattack. For instance, Uchiha Chunyan!

*Puff*! *Hiss*! 

With Toshiro's movements and Chunyan's struggle, the ninja sword that had pierced through her abdomen was pulled out by Toshiro. As the weapon that had sealed the wound was withdrawn, a gush of blood began spraying uncontrollably. However, due to the excessive blood loss, the spurting quickly turned into massive bleeding. If this issue isn't resolved promptly, even though Toshiro had just given Chunyan a "blood-boosting pill," she wouldn't last long before dying from severe blood loss.

Stopping such significant bleeding quickly, even with medical ninjutsu, wasn't feasible within that short time frame because time was running out! Moreover, as time goes by, the temporary mental excitement brought by the medication would climb like a parabolic curve to its peak and then swiftly decline. If it drags until then, even Tsunade at her peak would find no solutions given such poor surgical conditions.

"Shadow Clone Technique!"

Feeling that he couldn't pull Chunyan back from the brink of death alone, Toshiro performed this technique, developed by the Second Hokage specifically to deal with Uchiha, using it to save the life of another Uchiha.

"You all control Chunyan... Don't let her move, and don't let her pass out~" 

After instructing Tetsu, who was assisting, Toshiro and his shadow clone started to rescue the barely twelve-year-old girl. 

At this moment, watching the shadow clone controlling the blood loss, Toshiro clasped his hands together and slowly formed a chakra-gathering seal. Given his current level of chakra control, merely gathering chakra didn't require hand seals, but he couldn't afford to be anything less than meticulous now.

Moving his chakra-filled hand cautiously over Chunyan's abdominal wound, he gently released his chakra to probe the details of her internal injury.

"Two bleeding spots in the abdominal cavity, and a penetrating wound of about three centimeters in the abdomen."

With his chakra delving in, Toshiro gained a thorough understanding of the interior and exterior of Chunyan's major wound. However, the upcoming treatment would be...

Without looking at Chunyan, who had just groaned in pain from the removal of the ninja sword, he had Tetsu put a wooden block into her mouth.

Toshiro began to precisely control his chakra to adhere to her wounds, not just the external wound but also the injured intestinal wall. Then he focused, carefully controlling the chakra within Chunyan.

"Seal!"

"Ugh...!"

With Toshiro's soft yell, Chunyan, who had just eased slightly from the sword-extracting pain, began to struggle fiercely. If her limbs weren't firmly held down, and if there wasn't a wooden block in her mouth, she would probably be screaming, flailing, and rolling around due to the sudden agony.

As a ninja, she could barely endure external injuries by gritting her teeth, like just now. However, the current pain was unbearable! Not only was Toshiro treating her surface wound, but he was also internally addressing her abdominal injury with 'hemostasis,' directly using fire-nature chakra to cauterize the wound vicinity, thus stopping the bleeding.

It felt like her abdomen was being pierced and held by a red-hot iron rod, the intense heat continuously searing her flesh and internals.

Seeing Chunyan, now tearful and snotty due to excruciating pain, Toshiro wasted no time.

After emergency handling of the wound, he began attending to her fractures and external injuries. If not for the earlier potion, she would've probably lost consciousness by now. Although still conscious, it wouldn't last long. He wasn't torturing her; the excessive blood loss had to be addressed quickly. Though causing immense pain temporarily, the most critical issue was temporarily resolved.

Despite potential complications or even resulting lesions, this would buy significant time. Given medical ninjutsu's wonder, a few dozen hours of recovery could greatly improve her condition. By then, even if the crudely treated wound acted up, it would not be a worry. Her improved state would permit normal surgery. Even if there were recurrent complications, it would be manageable. 

With the joint effort of Toshiro and his shadow clone, Chunyan's condition gradually stabilized, no longer teetering on the edge of life and death due to her injuries and excessive blood loss...