Chapter 72: Research on the Battlefield
Hyuga Kiyomi and Kurenai Yuhi had jointly killed a Jonin Puppet Master during the previous Sand Ninja attack, and the external injuries and toxins on their bodies were left by that Puppet Master before he died.
Thanks to the medical ninja uniform imbued with Yang Release Chakra, Hyuga Kiyomi and Kurenai Yuhi's external wounds had mostly healed, and the toxins were suppressed from spreading by the antidotes they carried.
There were even more severely injured ninjas in the Medical Camp than them, so they were still waiting in line before Hyuga Mirai arrived.
Hyuga Mirai skillfully performed the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique; with his Chakra control ability, he could remove almost ninety percent of the toxins from the human body.
The remaining toxins, which had spread too deeply, simply couldn't be removed, but the residual poison could be easily expelled with an antidote.
Both Hyuga Kiyomi and Kurenai Yuhi were not wearing their medical ninja uniforms, and they had many wounds on their bodies, so it was obvious that their medical ninja uniforms were no longer wearable.
After clearing the toxins, Hyuga Mirai handed each of them a bottle of antidote, signaling the end of their treatment; all they needed to do next was rest well.
After treating the two women, Hyuga Mirai began treating other injured individuals; with his addition, the pressure on the Medical Camp was significantly alleviated.
For Hyuga Mirai, this highly skilled and talented Medical Ninja, the many Konoha Ninjas he treated did not hesitate to offer their praise.
In the evening, after the Medical Camp had settled all the injured ninjas, Medical Upper Ninja Aoki came to Hyuga Mirai's side, gently patted his shoulder, and said,
"You've worked hard, Mirai-kun. Fortunately, Director Kimura sent you here, otherwise we would have been in a complete mess."
Upon hearing this, Hyuga Mirai smiled warmly and said, "It's all for our comrades, Senior Aoki. I still have the resolve of a Medical Ninja."
He would soon be able to continue his research and experiments in Kikyō Castle, and Hyuga Mirai was in a very good mood, so he didn't mind saying a few more polite words.
"As expected of Mirai-kun, I was overthinking it. I thought assigning you the task of preparing antidotes would displease you."
"Not at all. I should thank you for your trust, Senior Aoki."
Hyuga Mirai's words of gratitude were sincere; the combat unit had been moved to the Land of Rivers by Orochimaru, leaving only the ninjas guarding Kikyō Castle.
When Hyuga Mirai arrived there, it was like going to heaven.
After they spoke a few more words, Hyuga Mirai bid farewell and prepared to leave; having been busy all day, he had long feigned exhaustion.
Even if he didn't say anything, Medical Upper Ninja Aoki would have urged Hyuga Mirai to go back and rest; the number of injured he had treated was the highest in the Medical Camp, and he must have been completely exhausted to have persevered until then.
As Hyuga Mirai left the Medical Camp, two people were waiting for him outside.
Kurenai Yuhi waved, her tone slightly complaining, "Captain, still busy so late? The food I prepared for you is cold."
Hyuga Kiyomi subtly glanced at Kurenai Yuhi, 'still'?
It was probably not the first time she had done this; if she hadn't discovered it today, neither of them would have told her about it.
"After all, I am a Medical Ninja; it's hard to rest without settling the injured."
After Hyuga Mirai finished speaking, he took the rice ball from Kurenai Yuhi's hand, planning to have it as a late-night snack when he returned.
"Oh, right, I received a mission to formulate antidotes in Kikyō Castle, so I probably won't be able to go on missions with you two for a while."
"We already know about this," Hyuga Kiyomi said calmly. "The Jonin who assigned the mission already asked if we wanted to add a new teammate, saying you had other missions recently and wouldn't be returning to the team for a while."
"But Kiyomi refused at the time…" Kurenai Yuhi added from the side.
Upon hearing Kurenai Yuhi's words, Hyuga Kiyomi seemed to instantly transform into a bristling cat, quickly explaining, "Who would arrange for a stranger to join the team during wartime? If the coordination isn't good, it could be a fatal weakness on the battlefield!"
Hyuga Mirai didn't care about such small matters and said to the two women, "You two can decide on this, but on the battlefield, you must prioritize caution.
As for your medical ninja uniforms, I'll help you repair them once we return to Konoha."
Afterward, the three discussed other things, with Hyuga Mirai mostly listening to the two women talk about events that had occurred while he was not at the front-line camp.
However, as Hyuga Mirai listened, he found that the two women were talking about unimportant things, and his interest immediately waned.
He then subtly feigned a tired expression and received their goodbyes to go back and rest.
Back in his tent, Hyuga Mirai suddenly remembered that he hadn't given Orochimaru the money from selling military supplies, so he used the Summoning Technique to have Little Purple swallow the bankbook and transfer it to Orochimaru.
He earned over 30 million in just over a month, which was more profitable than Orochimaru taking S-rank missions day and night.
It was a pity that Hyuga Mirai had to go to formulate antidotes; otherwise, if they cooperated for another two months, their income would easily exceed 100 million.
Within a day, Konoha sent over the equipment Hyuga Mirai needed.
In truth, many of the research devices were unrelated to antidotes, but the commanding officer in the camp was Orochimaru, and although he knew, he didn't intend to expose it.
After Orochimaru's approval, Anbu members transported the research equipment from Konoha Hospital to Kikyō Castle using Sealing Jutsu scrolls.
Upon receiving the news, Hyuga Mirai came to the location.
"Hyuga Mirai Chunin, these are the devices you requested; please check them."
The Anbu member said to Hyuga Mirai; after all, this batch of equipment was considered the most valuable in Konoha Hospital, so Hiruzen Sarutobi would only feel at ease with Anbu personally escorting it.
After Hyuga Mirai checked them once, he told the Anbu Ninja that everything was fine.
Upon receiving the confirmation, the Anbu Ninja immediately returned to report on his mission.
After the Anbu members left, Hyuga Mirai meticulously inspected all the equipment, ensuring there were no extra monitoring devices, before carefully organizing them.
"I should still set up some Barrier Jutsu and Sealing Jutsu."
Although it was unlikely anyone would directly break in, Hyuga Mirai had to be extremely cautious about what he was researching, so Barrier Jutsu was still necessary.
This was Konoha's office building in Kikyō Castle, and Hyuga Mirai was in a spacious room on the second basement floor, which originally contained many items Tsunade had used, mostly related to detoxification.
"Next, I just need to devote a little energy to deciphering the Sand Ninja's poisons, and the remaining time can be used to create biological mechanical assistants.
Fortunately, I carry Eight-Tails cells and hashirama cells with me; otherwise, I would have to find an opportunity to return to Konoha."
Hyuga Mirai thought, planning in his mind, first cultivating the fused Eight-Tails and hashirama cells to create external limbs, and then considering the energy reactor and intelligent control.
Biological brain transplantation or artificial intelligence operation—both have their own advantages.
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