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Chapter 78 The Ominous Eye, The Chase! (10,000-word update, please subscribe and vote!)

"Damn it..."

"not enough!"

"Too slow!"

Hoshita Hideichi gritted his teeth, unleashing a torrent of chakra from his body, and doing his utmost to control his chakra to regenerate and heal Kurama Sanyou's wounds.

But the speed is still too slow.

If the energy is dispersed, none of the four wounds can be healed in the shortest time.

While it's possible to concentrate resources relatively on the two most critical wounds, the speed is still not fast enough.

Arterial wounds heal the fastest, but heart wounds heal slowly.

However, if this continues, Kurama Sanyo will still not be able to be saved due to massive bleeding in either his lungs or liver.

In the current situation, Hoshino Shuuichi's ability to create even one shadow clone is already at its limit.

Furthermore, without the ability to heal and regenerate, the Shadow Clone Techniques, relying solely on the medical ninjutsu they have mastered, are unable to handle situations where internal organs are pierced and torn apart.

This is the "Rock Gun" commonly used by Iwa ninja. When the stone bullet enters the human body, in addition to the cavity effect, fragments also scatter when it attacks.

Although Kurama Sanyo's wound was a penetrating wound, the internal condition was actually more complex.

If multiple people cooperate, using the technique of extracting the rock fragments to remove the wounds, and the palm magic to treat the injuries on the skin and flesh, and then multiple people cooperate to perform the healing and regeneration technique, it is possible to quickly treat such injuries.

But right now, only Hoshino Shuichi is available.

"Shisui, find Minato-sensei!"

"Shuichi Hoshino shouted."

Uchiha Shisui immediately sent a shadow clone to find Namikaze Minato, while he stayed behind.

He was worried about those four ninja.

However, just as Shisui left, behind everyone, accompanied by a roar, the wall was breached, and several figures rushed in, heading straight for the Chest of Bliss.

"Stop them!"

Four grass ninjas rushed forward, but with a sound of lightning and thunder, the four grass ninjas were sent flying one after another.

"Uchiha brat, one tomoe..."

The tall man dressed as a grass ninja stared intently at the wary Uchiha Shisui: "You take the ninja tools, I'll take down this Uchiha brat and bring the Sharingan back."

Before he could finish speaking, his hands had already formed a hand seal.

Thunder Illusion, Lightning, Stop!

An intense burst of light caused blinding light to erupt.

Immediately afterwards, the tall man lunged at Uchiha Shisui, who had his eyes closed.

Bang!

Before he could even reach Uchiha Shisui, the tall man was sent flying backward and embedded in the wall.

Minato Namikaze appeared, flicked his wrist, and kunai flew out. He flashed, and the three ninjas who were about to take the Box of Bliss were sent flying with screams.

Minato Namikaze dispatched the enemy in a second and returned to Shuichi Hoshino's side: "Shuichi..."

Hoshita Hideichi quickly said, "Minato-sensei, Sanyo's injuries are too severe. Even medical scrolls aren't enough."

"Could you bring San'yō back to Konoha, or bring him from Konoha using the Flying Thunder God Technique...?"

In the end, even Hoshino Shuichi couldn't continue speaking.

Even if Tsunade hadn't developed hemophobia, she couldn't have handled Kurama Sanyo's injuries by herself.

Now that Tsunade has developed hemophobia, even one person, including Yakushi Nonou, isn't enough.

However, Kusagakure is quite a distance from Konoha, and the current Minato Namikaze is not in the Edo Tensei state, nor does he have the Nine-Tails inside him.

Bringing one person might be possible, but even with multiple people, the chakra might not be enough.

As for bringing Kurama San'yō back to Konoha...

Looking at the heavily injured Kurama Yasunaga, Minato Namikaze was also very sad: "It's impossible to get back to Konoha from here in one trip, and with my teacher's chakra, there's no way to teleport two people such a long distance at once."

"And if I were alone, without you, Sanyo wouldn't be able to make it back to Konoha."

Uchiha Shisui trembled upon hearing this: "Minato-sensei, is there no other way?"

"Cough cough cough..."

Kurama Yasunari, who was in a coma, suddenly coughed, and blood-tinged foam spurted from his mouth.

He opened his somewhat unfocused eyes and vaguely made out the figures of Hoshino and the other two. A smile appeared on his face: "Look...it seems that I can no longer walk with you...together."

Xingxia Xiu opened her mouth, but couldn't bring herself to make a promise that she could be cured.

Kurama Yama turned his head slightly, his gaze falling on Hoshino Shuichi: "Shui... Shuichi, you've already done exceptionally well... Even with injuries like this, you still managed to give me time to say goodbye to you all."

Hearing this, Hoshino Hideichi gritted his teeth and managed to hold back his tears.

However, Kurama Sanyo's life was rapidly slipping away. He looked at Namikaze Minato one last time and said with regret, "I'm sorry, Minato-sensei, I can't give you a gift on your wedding day."

Minato Namikaze opened his mouth, but could only say, "Sanyo, you will be Konoha's hero!"

Kurama Yama's gaze began to glaze over. He opened his mouth, his voice gradually becoming barely audible: "I...I don't actually want to be a hero, I just want to be with you all..."

Uchiha Shisui lowered his eyes, but he could not hide the suddenly intense crimson light in them.

……

Kurama Sanyo was still not saved.

Looking at Kurama Yama, who had completely lost his breath with a regretful smile, Hoshishita Hideichi tremblingly withdrew his hand.

Hoshino Shuichi had seen patients die in Konoha hospitals before.

The number of ninjas who died at his hands was not small.

But for the first time, he felt death was so close, so sorrowful.

As a friend, he felt utterly powerless in the face of Kurama Yamayo's death.

Suddenly, Hoshino Shuichi understood why Tsunade, a powerful female ninja who had fought countless battles, would suffer from hemophobia, a disease that sounded a little ridiculous.

If one day, Yakushi Nonou also dies in front of him like this.

Shizune died right in front of him, just like that.

And there's Tenku, Minato Namikaze, Kakashi, Guy...

Just thinking about it made Hoshino Shuichi feel a strange fear and resistance.

Minato Namikaze patted Shuichi Hoshishita on the shoulder, about to speak, when his expression suddenly changed: "Shisui, retreat!"

Shisui had already sensed the danger and immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to disappear from the spot.

Just as Hoshino and the others disappeared, the Elysium Box, which had been silent until now, suddenly launched an attack on its own.

An invisible force swept through, and the four grass ninjas, along with the four who had been dealt with by Minato Namikaze, were all submerged in the Paradise Box.

Minato Namikaze appeared outside the gate with a solemn expression, because although the Box of Elysium had not attacked them again, it was still emanating an evil aura with intense chakra fluctuations.

Uchiha Shisui stared at the Box of Bliss with his crimson eyes: "Minato-sensei, this ninja tool seems to have absorbed the chakra of those people."

Minato Namikaze nodded and said, "Shuichi, it must be sealed!"

Hoshino Shuichi nodded silently, immediately activating double the focus to block out his inner sadness.

Unrolling the sealing scroll again, Hoshino Shuichi and Namikaze Minato simultaneously formed hand seals and pressed them onto the scroll, causing the talisman to immediately spread towards the Box of Elysium.

This time, without any surprises, the Eight Trigrams Seal was successfully completed, sealing the Box of Bliss. The evil aura subsided, and the fluctuating chakra also calmed down.

The seal had just ended when Kusanagi Muu arrived: "Jonin Minato, our village leader has been killed in battle."

The three of them, including Hoshino, exchanged glances, all showing surprise.

Wuwei looked at Kurama Yama's corpse on the ground and said apologetically, "I am very sorry. Because the leader was surrounded and attacked, I was unable to rescue him in time."

The three, including Hoshino Shizuka, fell silent.

At this moment, Hoshino Shuichi, whose high level of concentration had been released, felt extremely irritated and said, "There must be other attackers who escaped, right?"

Wuwei nodded: "Those people are very powerful, and we have no way to stop them."

Hoshita Hideaki looked at Namikaze Minato and said, "Minato-sensei, I want to do something for Sanyo."

Uchiha Shisui then spoke up, "Me too."

Minato Namikaze glanced at Shisui Uchiha's three-tomoe Sharingan, then nodded: "Be careful. I'll come over after I've dealt with things here."

He then handed the Flying Thunder God Kunai to Hoshino Shuichi.

After receiving the kunai, Hoshinobi Shuichi and Uchiha Shisui headed west out of Kusagakure.

The two followed the trail, and after traveling some distance, they stopped. Uchiha Shisui looked at the trail before him and said, "They've separated!"

Hoshino Shuichi carefully analyzed, "It's not a shadow clone; just follow it one step at a time!"

Uchiha Shisui nodded, and the two continued immediately, but chose the left-hand mark.

Ten minutes later, the two passed by a place where the water was overflowing. As the water rippled, a figure emerged from the bottom of the water and fired several rock cannons straight at Hoshino Shuichi and Uchiha Shisui's backs.

But the next moment, Hoshino Shuichi and Uchiha Shisui's figures shattered and vanished like a dream.

"Oh no, an illusion!"

The Iwa ninja reacted, but the next moment his eyes reflected a pair of scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan, and his eyelids immediately became heavy, and he fell into a drowsy state.

However, the Iwa ninja hiding in the water had already been discovered, and then a trick to deceive him was used.

However, just after being hypnotized, the Iwa ninja exploded into a cloud of smoke with a bang.

Shadow Clone Technique!

Uchiha Shisui immediately warned, "Shuichi, we need to be even more careful from now on. This guy should be a Jonin."

Xingxia Xiu nodded and continued on his way.

Uchiha Shisui quickly followed.

He failed to protect Kurama San'yō before, but from now on, he will use his ominous eyes to protect his friends!

After chasing for a while, Hoshino Shuichi suddenly stopped.

Meanwhile, atop a giant mushroom and hidden behind a tree, the Iwa ninja frowned: "What a formidable brat!"

"This kid is fine, but that Uchiha with the three tomoe is a bit troublesome."

He was the one who stayed behind to cover the retreat, and indeed, as Uchiha Shisui had predicted, he was a Jonin from Iwagakure.

However, just as he was thinking about how to defeat them one by one, Hoshino Shuichi had already leaped up.

Bang bang bang!

The air exploded, and under Xingxia Xiu's feet, blazing white fire lotuses bloomed one after another. He sped through the air, heading straight for the hiding place of the Iwa ninja.

"What?"

Iwa ninja's eyes widened: "How is this possible?"

"Illusion?"

"It's not an illusion!"

Suddenly, Hoshino Shizuka, who was running through the air, drew his sword. As he raised the sword with both hands, blue flames surged on the blade, forming a slightly illusory blue giant sword. From a distance of more than ten meters, he slashed down at the Iwa ninja hiding behind the tree trunk.

"That brat..."

The Iwa ninja were surprised again, and hesitated for a moment before throwing the ninja tool.

However, he was cleanly and decisively knocked down by Uchiha Shisui's shuriken halfway there.

Rumble!

The thick tree trunk was split open, and the rock ninja leaped backward, but there was a charred mark on his chest.

Their clothes and flesh were cut open by the scorching blade, and the terrible pain made the Iwa ninja's face contort.

At that moment, Uchiha Shisui's shuriken attacked again. At the same time, Hoshinobi in the air opened his mouth and spat out balls of flame, which attached to Uchiha Shisui's shuriken.

Phoenix Fire Technique + Hand Sword, Phoenix Flower Claw Red!

Despite the excruciating pain, Yan Shiren drew his sword.

Ding Ding Ding!

One by one, the shuriken were knocked away by him, but Hoshino Shuichi followed up with his attack.

Dangdang Dangdang!

The metal clanged, sparks flew everywhere.

The two figures clashed rapidly in the forest full of giant plants. Uchiha Shisui also moved swiftly, his three tomoe eyes constantly locked onto the two figures, ready to lend a helping hand.

Suddenly, a blue light appeared.

The Iwa ninja's sword was split in two by the Ama-no-Murakushi, but despite his surprise, he still slashed at Hoshino Hideichi with his short sword. At the same time, he had already taken a kunai with his left hand and stabbed it into Hoshino Hideichi's abdomen.

But Hoshino Shuichi ignored the kunai aimed at him and slashed it down. The Blue Flame Heavenly Blade easily severed the broken sword of the Iwa ninja and then cut off his arm.

Almost simultaneously, the kunai from Iwa pierced through Hoshinobi Shuichi's vest and then plunged into his abdomen.

This action startled Uchiha Shisui. Hoshino Shuichi could have easily avoided this attack by simply giving up.

The Iwa ninja let out a scream, pushed off the tree trunk with his feet, and leaped backward.

As soon as the kunai was pulled out, the wound on Hoshino Hideichi's abdomen, which had just started bleeding, quickly healed.

Yin heals and destroys!

Hoshino Shuichi, however, didn't even flinch. He had activated 10x focus and was watching the Iwa ninja who, despite the excruciating pain of his severed arm, managed to throw a kunai with an explosive tag to block Uchiha Shisui's Great Fireball. He opened his mouth and unleashed a beam of blazing white light as thick as his little finger, not caring even if his mouth was covered in blisters.

The high-temperature rays traveled extremely fast, and the Iwa ninja instinctively raised his short sword and tilted his head to the side.

The dagger was pierced in the next moment, and the ray passed by Iwashinobu's ear.

But just when Iwashinobu thought he had dodged it, the ray moved downwards with Hoshinobu's movement and cut diagonally across Iwashinobu's neck.

In an instant, the body was split in two.

Uchiha appeared beside Hoshino Shuichi, and said worriedly, "Shuichi, you..."

Hoshino Hideichi let out a long breath, feeling much better, and smiled, saying, "Don't worry, with Yin Yu Shang Mie, the wound has already healed."

Uchiha Shisui looked at Hoshino Shuichi's mouth, which was covered in bubbles.

Hoshino Shuichi explained helplessly, "It's an unfinished technique."

High-temperature radiation is merely a form of technique, not its name.

The technique was not completed, so Hoshino Shuichi did not name it.

Relieved, Uchiha Shisui immediately asked, "Should we continue the pursuit?"

Hoshino Hideaki glanced at the fallen bodies of the Iwa ninja and shook his head: "The enemy's situation is unclear. Continuing to pursue them is too dangerous. Let's wait for Minato-sensei!"

He had been holding back a lot of anger, but now that he's let it out, he's regained his senses.

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