Chapter 70: Joining the Medical Team – Rain Ninja Assault
"This is completely different from what I imagined! I was planning to go wild on the battlefield and slaughter everyone!"
At this moment, Kushina had already changed into combat attire, but a medical ninja emblem was now sewn onto her right sleeve.
After settling the three of them in, Tsunade had been urgently called away by other Konoha ninja—apparently to deal with some matter.
"Don't say that… Big Sis Tsunade must have arranged it this way because she's worried about us."
Mikoto had also changed into the same outfit. Sitting nearby, she gently tried to soothe Kushina's frustration.
Though she herself wanted to fight on the front lines, since Tsunade had made this decision, Mikoto wasn't going to complain. She would follow orders obediently.
"Hey, Ling Yu—say something!"
Seeing Ling Yu lying on the bed with his eyes closed, pretending to rest, Kushina's anger flared. She jumped onto him and shook his body wildly.
If she had known it would end like this, she never would have followed Ling Yu to find Tsunade. If not for him, she'd already be on the front lines slaughtering enemies instead of stuck in the medical unit.
"Kushina, what the hell are you doing?!"
Woken up by the commotion, Ling Yu immediately pinned her arms down and glared at her fiercely.
"Hmph! This lady is worrying herself sick about Konoha—and you're so heartless you're just sleeping here! If I were Hokage, I'd drag you out and execute you first!"
Refusing to back down, Kushina met Ling Yu's glare head-on and shouted indignantly.
"With your personality—worrying about Konoha? You've been playing house too much. You dare wake me up while I'm sleeping? Watch how I deal with you today."
With a light laugh, Ling Yu flipped over and pinned Kushina beneath him. His fingers immediately attacked her ticklish spots.
Kushina's carefree, straightforward personality made her words completely unbelievable to Ling Yu. She wasn't thinking about Konoha at all—she just wanted an excuse to go wild on the battlefield.
"Hahaha… stop tickling me… hahaha… damn you, Ling Yu…!"
Kushina's strength was no match for Ling Yu's. Unable to break free, she writhed wildly on the bed as he relentlessly tickled her.
Because of their roughhousing, the entire tent shook continuously. Fortunately, the ninja outside knew three kids were staying inside—otherwise, anyone passing by might have thought something scandalous was happening!
"Alright, you two—stop messing around."
Watching the pair go at it again, Mikoto sighed helplessly. She hurried over, grabbed them both—one in each hand—and pulled them apart.
At that moment, a commotion erupted outside the tent.
"Hurry! Hurry up—the Rain ninja are attacking again!"
"Move it! The commander is calling!"
"Faster! Stop dragging your feet!"
The noisy voices and chaotic footsteps made Ling Yu and Kushina stop their playful fight.
"What's happening?"
Ling Yu temporarily released Kushina, put on his shoes, opened the tent flap, and stepped outside.
He saw Konoha ninja rushing urgently in one direction. From their hurried conversations, he quickly understood that the Rain ninja had launched another assault.
"Quick—get ready. We're going too."
Seeing this as the perfect opportunity, Ling Yu immediately called back to the two girls inside the tent.
"But… didn't Big Sis Tsunade tell us to stay here and fulfill our duties as medical ninja?"
Mikoto stepped out, glanced at the chaotic scene outside, and said with some hesitation.
"Saving people on the battlefield is also a medical ninja's duty. Look—those guys are medical ninja too."
Kushina had already fixed her appearance and walked out. She pointed at several ninja wearing the same medical emblem.
"Kushina's right. Let's go."
With that, the three of them hurried toward the camp's assembly point.
Seeing the ninja already gathered and heading toward the battlefield, Ling Yu, Kushina, and Mikoto seized the moment and slipped in behind a group of medical ninja.
By the time they reached the battlefield, the two sides were already locked in fierce combat.
Tsunade and Jiraiya, the two main powerhouses, were frantically attacking the Rain ninja. Meanwhile, Rain ninja elites were slaughtering Konoha shinobi—bodies littered the ground in every direction.
"So… what do we do now?"
Kushina—who had been so eager to join the fight—suddenly fell silent when she actually saw the battlefield. She turned to Ling Yu and asked quietly.
"First, save people. Just like them—carry the wounded back."
Ling Yu pointed to a newly set-up medical camp not far from the battlefield, where several medical ninja were already lifting and treating the injured. He instructed the girls:
"Medical ninjutsu is performed by ninja who must protect their own lives. So to avoid being attacked by enemy shinobi, they prioritize rescuing those who are already out of the fight and no longer combat-capable."
"Mm."
The two girls nodded and immediately got to work, running toward any wounded Konoha ninja who still showed signs of life.
Following the example of the other medical ninja, Mikoto and Kushina began carrying the injured back to the camp.
Ling Yu didn't idle either. Thanks to his exceptional physical strength, he single-handedly dragged two wounded ninja at a time to the medical team's location.
Then, with practiced skill, he began using Mystical Palm Technique to treat them.
The other Konoha medical ninja were initially puzzled—why were these three kids doing the same work as them? They thought the children might be causing trouble.
But when they saw Ling Yu skillfully applying Mystical Palm to save Konoha shinobi, their doubts vanished. They focused fully on their own treatments.
As the medical ninja worked, critically injured shinobi were stabilized and carried aside to be transported back to the main camp for recovery after the battle.
Lightly injured shinobi, after being bandaged, were sent back into the fight.
This small boost gradually shifted the battlefield momentum in Konoha's favor. The Rain ninja were slowly losing their ability to resist.
The battle raged on for a long time. Just as Konoha had gained a massive advantage—
A new variable appeared on the battlefield: Hanzō of the Salamander.
With the experience and strength of a veteran Kage-level fighter, Hanzō—along with his highly poisonous summoned salamander Ibuse—immediately pinned down Konoha's strongest fighter on this front: Tsunade.
Meanwhile, the other Rain Kage-level powerhouse continued to suppress Jiraiya, whose strength had not yet reached its peak.
With Konoha's top fighters tied down and the Rain ninja still holding a slight numerical advantage, Konoha began to be pushed back step by step.
In an instant, the Rain ninja regained the upper hand, causing Konoha casualties to rise sharply. Ling Yu and the girls' workload increased dramatically.
Ding! System mission issued: Ensure Konoha's victory in the Second Great Ninja War. Reward: Precious Chest ×3, Exchange Points +3000.
At the same time, the system's new mission appeared in Ling Yu's mind.
"Holy—! So generous? Precious Chests right from the start? But making Konoha win the Second Great Ninja War… that's going to take a while."
Hearing the long-awaited system mission, Ling Yu was shocked. But after thinking for a moment, he realized the task wouldn't be easy.
"This can't continue like this."
After temporarily stabilizing a critically injured Konoha ninja, Ling Yu stood up and surveyed the battlefield—where Konoha was now being suppressed. Remembering the system mission, he thought: At this rate, how can Konoha possibly win?
If things kept going this way, Konoha would definitely lose—and his workload would only increase.
Since he couldn't solve the root problem, the first step was to eliminate "the person causing the problem."
Sorry… sometimes medical ninjutsu really can't save Konoha.
"Mikoto, Kushina—let's go."
Making a silent decision in his heart, Ling Yu turned to the two girls.
"Huh? Where to?"
Stopping their work of carrying the wounded, the girls looked at him in confusion.
"To the battlefield—to kill Rain ninja."
…
"Ding… sizzle—"
A black fist collided with a scythe, sparks flying in all directions.
After blocking Hanzō's attack once again, Tsunade retreated, cautiously watching Hanzō and his summoned salamander, Ibuse—the creature whose entire body was coated in deadly poison.
"Hahaha! Konoha is finished!"
Hanzō gripped his weapon and turned his head, looking at the one-sided battlefield as he spoke to Tsunade.
"Damn it!"
Tsunade also noticed the battlefield tilting heavily against them. Her heart burned with anxiety.
Her combat experience was slightly inferior to Hanzō's. Even though her current strength surpassed his, Hanzō relied on his vast experience to avoid direct clashes—constantly using his summon and dragging out the fight.
And because she still hadn't developed an antidote to Ibuse's poison, Tsunade didn't dare engage it head-on. This left her constantly restrained, unable to fight at full power.
Meanwhile, Jiraiya was being suppressed by another Rain Kage-level fighter and couldn't even provide support.
"Hehehe… victory belongs to the Land of Rain!"
As Konoha's forces dwindled further, the Rain ninja's offensive intensified once more. Konoha shinobi were on the verge of collapse. Tsunade was just about to call for a retreat with Jiraiya—
"Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!"
A ferocious chakra fist descended from the sky, instantly smashing into more than a dozen Rain ninja. The struck enemies spat blood and collapsed.
Ling Yu, along with Kushina and Mikoto, appeared on the battlefield.
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