Chapter 259.1: Recuperating From Injuries, Unexpected Joy
The Cloud ninjas retreated slowly under Sandaime Raikage’s orders. Soon after that, Namikaze Minato signaled a few Leaf jonin he was familiar with. Taking the hint, these jonin surrounded them while cheering loudly and encircling Uchiha Tonan in the center.
By this time, Tonan seemed to be unable to hold on any longer. He staggered and fell to the ground. Then he spat out a lot of blood as if it cost no money. Minato stretched out his hand to support him and said in a low voice, “Tonan, you must hold on. The medical squad is coming.”
Several jonin from the medical squad rushed into the crowd and came to Tonan’s side. Then they took out medical instruments one by one from the storage scroll and began to examine different aspects of his condition.
Tonan secretly used Soft Physique Modification to change the positions of his internal organs and bones, and then said with a frail look, “You all don’t need to worry, I’ll be fine after resting for a while.”
Uzumaki Kushina frowned and said, “Tonan, don’t talk, just close your eyes and rest, alright?” She then turned to the medical ninjas and asked in a deeply concerned voice, “How is it? Is it serious?”
At this moment, the medical ninjas who were in charge of examining Tonan had ghastly expressions. One of the medical-nin said, “Squad leader, the initial examination shows that his internal organs have shifted.”
Another one added, “His blood is flowing in reverse.”
“His bones and joints are also misaligned.”
“His heartbeat rate is low, blood pressure is low, and his respiratory rate is also insufficient.”
The surrounding Leaf ninjas inhaled a mouthful of cold air hearing the medical ninjas’ reports.
“Are his injuries this serious?”
“You all must save Tonan.”
A Leaf ninja who was standing outside the encirclement recalled how he had misunderstood Tonan just a moment ago. He slapped himself hard and with tears overflowing from his eyes, he said, “I’m truly not human.”
The medical squad leader frowned and instructed, “We must operate immediately. Inject the anesthesia.” The medical ninja in charge of anesthesia came over with a syringe and stabbed Tonan’s arm. However, the needle didn’t pierce through Tonan’s skin no matter how he tried.
Looking at that medical-nin in charge of anesthesia trying hard for a long time with his forehead full of sweat, Minato asked with confusion, “What’s wrong?”
That medical-nin answered anxiously, “His skin is too hard. The needle can’t pierce through it.”
The medical squad leader was startled to hear his subordinate’s words. He frowned and asked, “Did he temper his skin to this point? It seems we can’t use anesthesia, so we can only use a chakra scalpel to perform the surgery directly without anesthesia.”
After speaking, the medical squad leader extended his hands and stroked Tonan’s abdomen. However, in the next moment, a very serious look appeared on his face. He raised his head to look at Minato and said, “The chakra scalpel doesn’t work either. We are completely powerless to do anything like this.”
Tonan naturally wouldn’t let other people do as they please with his body. Even in front of so many people, what if anyone among these harbored ill intentions? As the saying goes, one should be prepared for unexpected situations. In this world, other than himself, Tonan didn’t believe in anyone else at all.
He coughed heavily and weakly waved his hand. “Don’t worry, I have some medical ninjutsu knowledge as well. I’ll be fine as long as I recuperate for a while. It’s not the first time that I have suffered this kind of minor injury. I have a lot of experience. I’ll be fine after some time.”
Tonan had structured his sentence with much thought. He subtly revealed that he had been seriously injured more than once for Konoha. In an instant, his image grew a bit bigger in the hearts of the Leaf ninjas.
Hearing his words, the medical squad leader sighed and nodded his head. He said, “Alright then, I’ll prescribe some medicines for you to nourish your body.”
Minato reached out his hands to hug Tonan on seeing the situation and softly said, “I’ll take you to the command tent to rest.” After speaking, he used the Body Flicker Technique and headed toward the Leaf base camp.
Kushina, Uchiha Obito, Hatake Kakashi, and Nohara Rin followed them. As for the other Leaf ninjas, under the advice of their respective leaders, they continued to carry out post-war missions.
Perhaps, it was because Tonan defeated Sandaime Raikage on the battlefield, Kumo’s morale was greatly reduced. The Cloud ninjas continued to retreat from the Land of Hot Water for more than half a month and they didn’t engage in squad battles with the Leaf ninjas either.
In just this fashion, Konoha successfully regained the battlefront of the Land of Hot Water. After this, the battle situation of the two sides returned to how it used to be at the beginning of the war. At this time, Suna too had already declared its withdrawal from the Third Great Ninja War because it had lost most of its combat power. Suna had already dispatched envoys to have peace talks with Konoha and sign a new treaty.
Tonan pretended to be injured and recuperated for a long time. When he noticed that it was almost time, he told Minato and the others that his injuries had already healed completely. This made Minato and everyone else as well sigh in relief.
