area51novel Chapter 205 Poison, Danger
Chapter 205 Poison, Danger
Chapter 205 Poison, Danger
Once Taiichi returned to the battlefield, he cleaned up the traces and covered up any marks that might cause misunderstandings in Sunagakure, then quickly left the scene.
In this battle, he killed a total of 13 Cloud Village ninjas, including two Jonin. These losses should be enough to make the Raikage feel the pain for a while.
Given their pre-existing plan to attack Sunagakure, this inexplicable loss will undoubtedly provoke the Third Raikage's anger, and the Cloud Village's expedition against Sunagakure will certainly continue as planned.
At that time, the pressure on Konoha would be much less, and they might even be able to use this opportunity to end the war with Sunagakure.
Just a few hours after Taiichi left, a group of ninjas dressed as Sunagakure appeared at the scene of the previous battle.
The battle here was, after all, within the territory of the Land of Wind, and involved both ninjutsu and signal flares, making quite a commotion, which naturally attracted the attention of Sunagakure.
They examined the traces at the scene and quickly reconstructed the entire battle.
Undoubtedly, all the evidence points to a large group of Cloud Village ninjas infiltrating the Land of Wind, and these guys even killed a team of Cloud Village ninjas who were returning to their village to complete their mission.
At the same time, they also found information on the Cloud Ninja, which contained records of resource locations in various parts of the Land of Wind. It was clear that these Cloud Ninja were sent by the Raikage to gather intelligence on the Land of Wind.
As for why they died here, it was obvious that they were killed by a passing Sand Village expert. As for other information, they were unable to find out.
Soon, the Sunagakure ninja finished cleaning up the scene and returned to Sunagakure Village with the useful corpses and the information they had gathered.
At this time, Taiichi had already returned to the Konoha camp using the Flying Thunder God Technique. With the plan successfully implemented, he naturally had to return to report the situation to Jiraiya.
Inside the central command tent.
Jiraiya and Shikaku were also full of surprise after hearing Taiichi's account of the battle.
They initially thought Taiichi had only launched a sneak attack on the Cloud Ninja, causing some casualties so he could frame the Sand Village. Unexpectedly, he completely overwhelmed the Cloud Ninja, and most importantly, he used Wind Release techniques.
Even if Sunagakure says they didn't do it, Kumogakure might not believe them.
"You little rascal, you've been hiding your abilities well! Even your Wind Release techniques are this powerful!"
Jiraiya stared at Taiichi with a face full of curiosity, as if there was a flower on his face. He had always known that Taiichi was good at fire release, and not long ago he showed off his impressive water release when he fought the Kazekage. Now he was also good at wind release.
The key point is that he doesn't just know how to do it; based on his performance, even Jonin who are skilled in these escape techniques cannot do what he can do, which is quite astonishing.
But considering that this was also his disciple, Jiraiya didn't bother to pursue the matter any further. Rather, he thought that those who knew how to conceal their true strength were the truly successful ninjas.
Once a ninja's strength becomes known to outsiders, that ninja's death is not far off.
Taiyi scratched his head, offering no further explanation; such matters didn't require his explanation.
"Kumakuya suffered such a huge loss. Given the Third Raikage's personality, retaliation is inevitable. Now it depends on the intensity of their conflict. Ideally, they can draw away a large portion of Sunagakure's forces."
Shikaku carefully analyzed the situation. Konoha's current situation was really dangerous. Although Kumogakure had not officially declared war, the battle had already begun.
Konoha is currently in a 1 vs. 3 situation and urgently needs to resolve one side's battle to alleviate their predicament. The easiest opponent to handle is naturally the Sand Village they are facing.
So now, both Konoha and Sunagakure are waiting for a turning point.
"By the way, Taichi, you'll be staying at the camp for a while." Jiraiya suddenly remembered something and instructed Taichi.
"What's wrong? Is there some kind of situation at the medical camp?" This was the only question Taiyi could think of; otherwise, there were other people who could handle everything else at the camp.
"It seems your shadow clone hasn't relayed the message to you yet." Jiraiya nodded in confirmation of Taichi's guess, then added, "A new toxin appeared on the battlefield today, and the antidotes Konoha currently has are only partially effective."
Taiichi frowned slightly. It was poison again. Apart from Sasori, whom he had killed, the only other poison master in Sunagakure was Chiyo. It seemed that she couldn't help but take action.
"Okay, no problem." Taiyi agreed without hesitation. "I'll go check out the medical camp right away."
"Go on, thank you for your hard work, Taichi!" Jiraiya was filled with relief. Seeing such an outstanding junior grow up filled him with hope for the future of Konoha.
After leaving the central command tent, Taiyi immediately headed towards the medical camp. Although his main body had been running around all day, apart from a few people, no one else in the medical camp knew that the two "Taiyi"s who had been staying in the camp were actually shadow clones.
This is because his current chakra reserves are enormous; the amount of chakra he allocates to each shadow clone is comparable to that of a Jonin. In addition, his current focus is on guiding and solving difficult problems, which is why no one can spot his weaknesses.
As soon as Taiyi entered the camp, he immediately noticed something different from before. There was an additional independent tent on the right side of the camp, and judging from the wailing sounds coming from inside, there were clearly quite a few people inside.
After disbanding one of his shadow clones, Taiichi immediately learned everything that had happened that day.
It turns out that starting in the morning, poisoned ninjas began returning to camp for treatment. The key issue is that these toxins are incredibly diverse; among the 15 patients admitted that morning alone, eight different toxins were detected.
The doctors in the entire medical camp were caught off guard. They had other wounded patients to treat and couldn't spare any extra medical ninjas to specialize in the research and development of poisons.
But now, detoxification is the top priority. If it drags on any longer, and this unfavorable situation spreads throughout the camp, the fearless spirit that Konoha had previously displayed will be immediately undermined.
The Sand Village might use this as an opportunity to launch a counterattack against Konoha. That's why Jiraiya and the others had no choice but to bring Taichi back to deal with this poisoning incident.
After learning all the information, Taiyi wasted no time. He put on his white coat, and the originally fierce Taiyi, who was fighting hard, immediately became the kind-faced Taiyi, the doctor.
As Taiyi approached the entrance to the camp specifically set up for poisoned patients, he was taken aback by the chaotic scene inside. Different toxins produce different symptoms.
Some were vomiting incessantly, some were in excruciating pain, and some were incontinent.
Taiichi frowned slightly and instructed the nurse who was following him, "Go to the central command tent and find Jiraiya or Shikaku. Have them arrange for 10 ninjas to come and help."
"Ah!" The nurse was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized what she meant. "Yes, I'll go right away."
"You guys, sort the patients by symptoms, don't put them all together." Taiyi pointed to a few patients vomiting and incontinent in the corner, where it was already a mess. If the injured people hadn't been too weak to move, they would have been swearing a lot.
"Yes, yes, I'll take care of it right away!"
Taiichi covered his head. How could this place be so chaotic? There wasn't even a proper person in charge. He had no idea what Director Fujita was doing.
He wanted to complain a few more times, but when he turned around, he saw that the main tent was also bustling with activity. Through the gaps in the crowd, he could vaguely see Director Fujita treating the injured.
Sigh, we're still short-staffed!
He formed a hand seal and created three shadow clones, sending them to treat the poisoned patients.
Taiyi himself walked to the side and picked up all the patients' medical reports and test results from this period of time to examine them carefully.
As expected, it's a completely new toxin, entirely different from Sunagakure's previous approach to poison production. It's truly remarkable that Chiyo, at her age, still possesses such innovative drive.
Just as Taiichi was engrossed in watching, the nurse who had been assigned by Taiichi to find someone finally returned with her helpers.
"Lord Taiichi, I have gathered all 10 ninjas." The nurse's face was flushed and she was still panting, clearly having exerted herself on the journey back and forth.
"You did a great job." Taiyi didn't hold back his encouragement, gently patting her shoulder, which made the little nurse blush even more with excitement.
"Alright, everyone, please help the nurses expand this barracks and divide it into 10 sections. Put patients with the same condition together, and then help the nurses transfer and care for the patients."
"yes!"
With Taiyi's command, everyone immediately got to work. In less than half an hour, the new tents were set up, and the patients were dispersed in an orderly manner. The entire tent was much cleaner in no time.
After Taiyi finished reviewing all the patients' diagnostic reports, he had a general understanding of the symptoms of these poisonings. The next step was to examine them personally.
As a medical ninja, his keen chakra perception often allows him to detect details that instruments cannot detect.
When we approached a patient, his symptoms were incessant vomiting. He had already vomited everything he could in his stomach, but he was still vomiting constantly.
Seeing the patient who had started vomiting only bile, Taiyi did not hesitate. He quickly formed a hand seal and released a warm, tender green light from his hands. The light expanded instantly and covered the patient's entire body.
It was noticeable that the patient's expression relaxed considerably after the light shone down.
The medical ninjas who were with Taiichi behind him also smiled and began to whisper among themselves.
"Don't be too happy yet." Taiyi shattered their illusions and poured cold water on them, "This is just the soothing effect of Yang attribute chakra; it has no real effect on the illness."
With his eyes closed, Taiyi carefully sensed the symptoms in the patient's various organs, searching for the mechanism of action of this toxin. After about 10 minutes, Taiyi withdrew his hands and began the treatment.
He scooped up some water that had been prepared beforehand with his right hand and pressed it into the patient's chest, while the medical ninja who was learning from him recorded the results of the examination.
"The patient's organs were undamaged. The toxin was a fat-soluble toxin that dissolved in the blood. It crossed the blood-brain barrier through blood circulation and directly stimulated the brain's vomiting center, causing the patient to vomit incessantly."
"Draw blood from the patient, send the blood for testing, carefully analyze the abnormal components in the blood, and report the results to me as soon as possible."
In just a few words, Taiyi had already used the Fine Extraction Technique to extract toxins from the patients' blood three times in a row.
After the fourth procedure, the water sphere in his hand contained no impurities other than a faint trace of blood, and the patient's vomiting had lessened considerably.
This is the magic of the technique of extracting minor ailments; it can remove harmful substances from the patient's body based on the practitioner's understanding.
This ninjutsu is remarkably effective in treating illnesses like poisoning.
The only downside is that his technique is too difficult to learn and consumes a lot of energy when used, so ordinary medical ninjas can't use it more than a few times.
Otherwise, these poisoned patients wouldn't be causing the medical camp such a headache. Therefore, the only way to deal with poisoning is with an antidote.
After that, Taiyi selected one patient from each case to treat. After collecting all the data, he took the test results to the laboratory and began working diligently.
While Taiyi was focused on researching the antidote, his companions were not idle either.
Yangping and Kakashi's joint team had taken on a surveillance mission a few days ago—they infiltrated the rear of Sunagakure, on the side of the border between the two countries, the Land of Rivers, to investigate whether Sunagakure had sent new reinforcements to the front lines.
Of course, if they encounter an enemy they can easily defeat during this period, it's not a problem to gain one or two battle merits.
They have been out for five days now, and their supplies are almost used up. It's time for them to return to camp for rest.
The team reunited at the foot of a secluded cliff.
"Has everyone had any new takeaways?" Yang Ping, as the team leader, asked, looking around at everyone.
Saori, Obito, and Rin all shook their heads. Not to mention the ninjas of Sunagakure, they hadn't even found a slightly larger animal today.
"I've made a discovery," Kakashi said, drawing everyone's attention.
"Ten kilometers to the northeast, there is a small team of Chunin from Sunagakure, coming from the direction of the Land of Wind. However, they do not seem to be reinforcements or escorting any supplies. Their behavior is rather suspicious."
Kakashi explained his findings but also raised his doubts. After all, they were just a reconnaissance team, and reconnaissance was their primary objective, not to necessarily start a fight every time they saw a Sand Ninja.
Yangping naturally understood Kakashi's subtext. He was extremely cautious when on missions and wouldn't disregard his teammates' safety for a little credit. He nodded to indicate he understood and then called everyone to prepare to return to camp.
Saori and Rin didn't seem to have any objections, but Obito muttered something under his breath, like, "He lost another good achievement."
Ultimately, the long period of instruction was effective, and she did not engage in any unreasonable behavior.
Just as they were about to leave, they did not realize that the group of Sand Ninja that Kakashi had previously discovered had already detected Kakashi's reconnaissance and had followed him all the way to the meeting place of Yohei and the others.
"Captain, could it be them?" a Sand Ninja asked curiously.
The middle-aged ninja addressed as captain remained silent, only turning his gaze to a ninja in the group who kept his eyes closed.
After a long while, once the ninja opened his eyes, the middle-aged captain immediately asked, "Kaoru, how was it? Could you figure out if he was our target?"