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"Nothing is impossible!"
Uchiha Chiye's crimson gaze swept over.
Before he finished speaking, he instantly appeared in front of that Ninja.
"Yomotsu Hirasaka!"
In his crimson eyes, three or four more blood vessels appeared, and blood flowed out of his eyes again.
The invisible ripple spread out again.
This time, the number of people covered was more than before!
It almost covered the entire battlefield's Sunagakure Ninja.
The invisible power, like the Shinigami's large hand, held the bodies of the Sunagakure Ninja.
Life force, like materialized starlight, was sucked out of them.
From Chiye's center, Ninja fell one after another like cut leeks.
A cold, deathly aura spread around.
He stood among them, his Mangekyo Sharingan having receded.
His dark pupils contracted slightly, and his vision was somewhat blurry.
His ears buzzed, as if countless tiny insects were crawling inside his skull.
He raised a hand to press his temples, his fingertips touching warm liquid.
The blood that had originally overflowed from the corners of his eyes had dried, but it seeped out again due to excessive exertion.
As expected...
It was still too much.
Covering so many Ninja at once, even with the Mangekyo Sharingan's ocular Ninjutsu advantage, he still bore a huge burden.
What was worse, his control over the ocular Ninjutsu was not yet proficient enough, leading to a much greater consumption of ocular power than expected.
However, he still killed all the enemies in the end!
Tsunade looked at Chiye, whose movements seemed a little stiff, and her heart jumped.
She quickly ran over.
Standing beside him, her golden hair was disheveled by the wind, and her jade-like vigilant eyes swept across the battlefield.
Finally, they settled on Chiye's pale face.
Her brows furrowed slightly, and her fingers tightened unconsciously.
As a princess of the Senju Clan, Tsunade naturally knew more about the Uchiha's Sharingan than ordinary people.
As the saying goes, your enemy knows you best.
As the sworn enemy of the Uchiha Clan, the Senju Clan understood the Uchiha Sharingan even better than ordinary Uchiha Clan members.
Just like in the original work.
The person who understood the Uchiha's Sharingan the most was the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.
That "Land God of War," who had a strong sense of Ninjutsu development copyright, and was an old man who shed tears thinking of the past...
Although Tsunade didn't know as much about the Uchiha Clan as her second grand-uncle.
But as a Medical Ninja and coming from the Senju Clan...
Her understanding of the Uchiha Sharingan already surpassed that of ordinary Uchiha Clan members.
How could she not see that the blood on Chiye's face at this moment was a side effect of using ocular Ninjutsu with his eyes.
Her remaining Chakra was mobilized, and her hands were covered in green Chakra, directly caressing Chiye's eyes.
While treating Chiye, she didn't forget to turn back and give orders.
"Medical Team!"
"Immediately escort the seriously wounded back to the camp!"
Her voice was cold but unquestionable.
"Yes!"
These Konoha Medical Ninja recovered from their shock.
They escorted the wounded back into the tents.
This time, it was much more orderly; it seemed today's battle had tempered their hearts quite a bit.
Chiye cooperatively closed his eyes.
When Tsunade finished the treatment and he opened them again.
Looking at Tsunade in front of him, his vision was still a little shaky and blurry.
His eyesight, it seemed, had declined.
Chiye instinctively narrowed his eyes.
This allowed him to see a little more clearly.
This consumption was much more severe than expected, even greater than when he fought Hanzo before.
The sunset at the border dyed the entire battlefield red, making the bodies of the Sunagakure Ninja even more dazzling.
Chiye stood still, his face almost transparently pale.
He raised his gaze to meet Tsunade's concerned look, a faint smile pulling at the corners of his mouth.
"Tsunade, we are safe."
Tsunade walked up to him, stared at him for two seconds, then suddenly reached out and grabbed his collar.
"Are you crazy?!"
Her voice was very low, but it carried suppressed anger.
"Ocular Ninjutsu covering hundreds of people at once? Do you think your eyes are made of iron?!"
Chiye was pulled slightly forward by her, but he wasn't annoyed, just chuckled softly.
"Otherwise? Watch them surround and kill you?"
Tsunade choked, but the strength in her hand unconsciously loosened a bit.
She knew, of course.
If it weren't for Chiye's intervention, none of Konoha's Medical Ninja and combat Ninja would have survived.
But looking at his weak appearance, the nameless fire in her chest just wouldn't subside.
"I just don't want you to lose yourself for me."
She finally just gritted her teeth and spat out these words.
Releasing his collar, she instead supported his arm.
"Let's go, back to the camp."
Chiye's gaze swept over the ground full of corpses, then looked at the setting sun gradually sinking below the horizon in the distance.
He simply let Tsunade support him, walking step by step towards the camp.
"Do your eyes still hurt?"
Tsunade looked at Chiye's profile and asked softly in his ear.
A trace of trembling could be heard in her voice.
"It hurts. If Lady Tsunade personally serves me tonight! I'll recover very quickly!"
Looking at the smile on Chiye's face, Tsunade's expression stiffened.
Then she showed embarrassment and anger.
"You!!"
"You truly are an evil Uchiha brat! Do you always think about that?"
Chiye looked confused.
"Lady Tsunade, what 'that'? It's just asking you to put some eye drops on, how did that make me an evil Uchiha?
It seems Lady Tsunade, the princess of the Senju Clan, has a lot of prejudice against us Uchiha!"
Looking at Chiye's serious face, Tsunade felt a little suspicious of herself.
Service = treatment = applying medicine?
She couldn't help but reflect, did she misunderstand this brat?
Was she overthinking it?
While Tsunade was in a daze, Chiye caressed her cheek, smooth and tender, truly captivating.
Tsunade just looked at Chiye.
Her bright brown eyes, which were originally full of stubbornness, welled up with tears.
"Why are you crying for no reason?"
Chiye hooked a finger and wiped away her falling tears.
Tsunade quickly turned her face away, dabbed her eyes, and then turned back.
"You stinky Uchiha brat, you really make people worry!"
Hearing this, Uchiha Chiye understood that she was crying because she was worried about him.
He pulled out his arm and tightly embraced her.
"Hey, there are still people here!"
Tsunade's face flushed, not expecting Chiye to be so bold.
"We are a perfect match, how could it be up to those monsters to gossip! Who cares about them!"
...
It was night.
The campfire crackled, and the shadows of the two people at the tent entrance stretched long.
Chiye leaned against a weathered rock, medical bandages wrapped around his eyes, covering them.
Originally, Chiye just wanted to do some eye exercises and then use eye drops or something to maintain them at night.
Who would have thought that Tsunade would directly apply herbs and bandages to him?
However, feeling the cool sensation from his eyes, it seemed to help his eyes recover significantly.
Chiye naturally did not refuse Tsunade's kindness.
Not only that, but he was also honestly holding a bowl of medicinal soup that Tsunade had forced upon him.
It was bitter and astringent, making him frown.
"Tsk, this stuff tastes worse than Sunagakure's poison. I've already used external medicine, why do I still have to drink this stuff!"
He shook the dark medicine at the bottom of the bowl.
"You're not taking the opportunity to get revenge on me, are you?"
"Shut up, drink it all."
Tsunade sat opposite him with her arms crossed, the campfire casting a warm glow on her golden hair.
She glared at Chiye, but when she saw his pale face, her gaze softened a bit unconsciously.
Tsunade turned her face away, pretending to organize her medical bag, but her fingers unconsciously rubbed the edge of the bandage.
Chiye tilted his head and gulped down the medicinal soup, wincing at the bitterness, then suddenly shook the empty bowl in her direction.
"Lady Tsunade, do you have any candy?"
"Are you a three-year-old?!"
She angrily snatched the bowl, but paused the moment their fingertips touched, as if remembering something.
"..."
Tsunade suddenly got up and rummaged through her medical bag, making such a commotion it sounded like she was dismantling the tent.
Chiye tilted his head to "look" at her, hearing her pull out a small paper packet and roughly shove it into his hand.
"Last one, take it or leave it!"
Chiye unfolded the paper packet, his fingertips touching a smooth, round candy.
He froze for a moment, his smile deepening.
"So Lady Tsunade carries candy with her?"
"Less nonsense! That's for stabilizing blood sugar for the injured!"
He sucked on the candy, the sweetness diluting the bitterness of the medicinal soup.
The night wind blew, and Chiye heard Tsunade sit back down, the rustling sound of her clothes rubbing against the sand, and also...
A very, very soft sigh.
"If you mess around again next time..."
Tsunade's voice was so low it was almost inaudible.
"I'll sew your Sharingan shut with needle and thread."
Chiye smiled, then suddenly reached out to Tsunade, precisely touching her hair.
"What are you laughing at?!"
She slapped his hand away, but her ears turned red.
"Nothing."
"I just think... it's good to be alive and share a tent with you."
Tsunade froze.
The campfire crackled, spitting out a few sparks.
She looked down at his profile outlined by the firelight, her eyes full of tenderness.
"It's getting late, we still have to rendezvous with the team tomorrow!"
"Lady Tsunade, let's go rest too!
I can't see now, so I'll need Lady Tsunade's help! ~"
"Uchiha brat, I'm only helping you today because you're injured! Don't let there be a next time, understand?"
...
The night wind, carrying distant sand, swept through the camp, but it couldn't blow away the warmth of this corner's campfire.