"Puff! Cough cough"
Falling to the ground, Chao Yanqian felt a burst of breath in his chest, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
In the confrontation with Ōnoki, the injuries suffered by Chao Yanqian were far more serious than previously expected. Chao Yanqian could feel that all his internal organs had been displaced, and the blood stains he spit out even contained some food residue, shaken violently from his lungs.
"Chao Yanqian, are you okay?!" Jiraiya asked with concern.
At this moment, he was concerned about Chao Yanqian not because Chao Yanqian was Tsunade's disciple, but because of the perfect cooperation between Chao Yanqian and Bo feng Shuimen, which had forced the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, into a life-or-death situation, making a great contribution to Konoha.
After this battle, Jiraiya had fully recognized Chao Yanqian.
"Master Jiraiya, help me!" Chao Yanqian stretched out his left hand and said to Jiraiya.
Seeing this, Jiraiya quickly stretched out his right hand and matched the seal of the [Mystical Palm Technique] with Chao Yanqian.
"Medical unit, over here!" Jiraiya also shouted.
With a green light glowing in the palm of his left hand, Chao Yanqian gave basic treatment to his injury.
Naturally, other medical ninjas helped treat the internal shock, but the comminuted fracture of his right hand had to be dealt with by Chao Yanqian himself.
Having vomited so much blood, it was obviously impossible for Tsunade not to notice it, but in the entire Konoha, only Chao Yanqian himself could handle such an injury perfectly without leaving any sequelae.
As for the foundation of his own body, Chao Yanqian had always attached great importance to it. Even hidden injuries left from previous training had long been dealt with by Chao Yanqian.
Injuries such as comminuted fractures, if not properly treated, could easily leave an irreparable root cause for future problems. Chao Yanqian did not dare let others deal with such injuries.
"Send him back quickly!" Jiraiya ordered the medical ninjas.
"Where's Tsuchikage? How is he now?" Chao Yanqian asked, struggling.
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After being hit by the "Giant Rasengan" of Bo feng Shuimen', Ōnoki's body flew out fiercely, spinning continuously in the air, and finally hit the ground, dragging a long scar.
"Master Tsuchikage!"
"Master Tsuchikage!"
Seeing that Ōnoki was injured, sunagaure's ninjas rushed over like crazy. Even if Konoha ninjas desperately tried to block them, they couldn't stop the desperate sunagaure forces from advancing.
The war had been fought until now if Ōnoki died or fell into a coma, none of the sunagaure ninjas would escape. But if Ōnoki was only injured and still conscious, the war could end here.
Konoha had lost several elite jōnin. Bo feng Shuimen's chakra was severely overdrawn, and Jiraiya could not defeat Ōnoki, who could fly and use Earth Release. To reduce casualties on both sides, Konoha and sunagaure would likely choose a temporary truce.
"You don't need to worry about the Tsuchikage's situation, go back and rest!" Jiraiya said in a deep voice.
Although Chao Yanqian really wanted to see Ōnoki's fate with his own eyes, his own condition was too poor at the moment, and he could only nod in agreement as he was carried back to the Konoha camp by two medical ninjas.
After returning to the camp, Chao Yanqian endured the severe pain and, with the help of two medical ninjas, performed an operation on his right arm.
After bandaging his right arm, Chao Yanqian's spirit was extremely exhausted, but the most troublesome injury had been dealt with, and he could finally lie down and sleep peacefully.
"Huh!"
On this occasion, Chao Yanqian slept until noon the next day. After waking up, Chao Yanqian immediately asked the medical ninja standing by, "Eiko, what happened after the battle with sunagaure? How is it?"
"Lord Chao Yanqian, you finally woke up!" Eiko said excitedly upon seeing him awake.
"Mm!" Chao Yanqian nodded slightly.
"Lord Chao Yanqian, how are you feeling?" Eiko suppressed his excitement and asked.
"It's already getting better. I'll use the [Mystical Palm Technique] again to recover, and then just need rest," Chao Yanqian said.
"That's great! Lord Chao Yanqian, you were in a coma for twenty hours," Eiko said.
"It's been that long? By the way, what happened after the battle yesterday?" Chao Yanqian asked again.
"Yesterday's battle..." Eiko recalled for a moment and said, "Yesterday, you and Lord Bo feng Shuimen severely wounded the Tsuchikage. But sunagaure did not immediately admit defeat. We fought again later, but in the end, we still won. sunagaure has now retreated!"
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, Chao Yanqian could only sigh.
Jiraiya's heart was too kind. Seeing that Konoha and sunagaure could negotiate a truce, he did not pursue the seriously injured Ōnoki, instead thinking about ending the war 'peacefully.'
If Jiraiya had chased and killed Ōnoki regardless, it might have been possible to eliminate him.
However, this was Jiraiya's decision, and Chao Yanqian could not say anything. Moreover, among Konoha's high-level leaders, the Third Hokage belonged to the 'dove' faction. Under such circumstances, Chao Yanqian could not propose to 'pursue and kill Ōnoki,' and the Third Hokage's political views leaned toward peace.
But because of this, Ōnoki, who still had enough strength, chose to continue resisting Konoha until sunagaure's forces could no longer sustain the battle and had to retreat.
"What about our casualties?" Chao Yanqian asked.
The casualties of Konoha were the most important concern for Chao Yanqian. After all, Konoha would still have to face Kumogakure and Kirigakure, and Sunagakure, which still retained combat strength, might also make its move.
"Oh! Our casualties were also quite serious. For the details, you should ask Master Jiraiya. I don't know much," Eiko said, somewhat embarrassed.
"Mm, I understand." Chao Yanqian nodded, propping himself up slightly with his left hand to find a more comfortable position.
"Hey! Kid, you're awake!" Tsunade opened the camp curtain directly and walked in, glaring at Chao Yanqian lying on the hospital bed.
"Tsunade-sensei, you're here!" Chao Yanqian said with a smile.
"Then I'll head out!" Eiko knew Tsunade must have something to say to Chao Yanqian and left the tent with understanding.
"I told you, don't call me 'Tsunade-sensei,' call me 'Sister Tsunade!'" Tsunade said, dissatisfied.
"Wasn't there an outsider just now?" Chao Yanqian said helplessly. "I couldn't lose face in front of others, right? Sister Tsunade!"
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