The three little ones froze in place as they stared at Gekko Chizan, who was writhing in agony with his entire body riddled with kunai.
Especially Obito—he looked at his empty hands, then at the pile of kunai, his face filled with panic.
"Kakashi, you jinx! This is your fault! You really called it."
"All my wire kunai hit Chizan-sensei... What do we do now?"
"Rin! Hurry, help sensei!"
There was no need for Obito to give orders—Rin had already rushed to Gekko Chizan's side and started treating him.
To treat the wounds, the kunai had to be pulled out first. Rin looked very serious as she spoke to Gekko Chizan.
"Sensei, hang in there!"
"Urgh!"
Just as Gekko Chizan was about to ask her to be gentle, a sharp pain surged through his body.
Rin's hands moved with incredible speed, pulling out all the kunai at once in a single motion.
A second later, a scream echoed out again.
"Ow! Rin, be gentle! I only asked you to slow down!"
"I'm your sensei! Can't you be a little more delicate?"
But to his surprise, the usually gentle Rin—the team's only medical ninja—said something that left Gekko Chizan completely speechless.
"Sensei, when it comes to treatment, the best method is direct and fast. Better a short pain than a long one."
"See? Don't you feel better already?"
As the light of the Mystical Palm Technique glowed on his body and his wounds gradually healed, Gekko Chizan didn't know what to say.
After all, the blood he needed to shed... had already been shed.
"Rin... who did you learn your medical ninjutsu from?"
"The emergency medical unit instructors, of course. They said even one second wasted on the battlefield is being irresponsible to the wounded!"
Gekko Chizan immediately saw stars—emergency medical unit?
Those were the kind of maniacs who'd yank the wounded up by the collar and run back home. Not to mention their extremely brutal treatment methods—every single one of them was a brute.
In their eyes, as long as you were still breathing, they wouldn't give up on you. As for the methods... hehe...
Gekko Chizan was someone who was very afraid of pain. In battle, he always made sure not to get hurt. Over all this time, the number of times he'd gotten injured could be counted on one hand—the worst being that fight with the Fourth Raikage.
He'd always scoffed at things like kunai and shuriken, thinking they couldn't possibly hurt him.
After all, he had Transparent Release and Flying Thunder God—how could he be injured by basic ninja tools?
But today, he realized he was wrong. No matter who you are, you can't escape being persecuted by ninja tools.
At that thought, Gekko Chizan turned to glare viciously at Uchiha Obito.
"Obito, you little bastard! What the hell were you doing!?"
Hearing his teacher's roar, Obito shuddered and his voice trembled too.
"Chizan-sensei, I didn't mean to! I just wanted to be prepared!"
"This is all Kakashi's fault! His jinxing words came true! He just had to say my kunai might hit our own people."
"And right after he said it, you showed up. Then you got hit."
His words made Kakashi roll his eyes repeatedly. This guy was unbelievable—dragging him into it too?
"Bravo. You're all just brilliant."
"I..."
[Ding! Detected that the host attempted to test and train disciples with a surprise attack but ended up being injured by their actions. This is a textbook case of self-sabotage. The system offers the host this message: 'Rat tail juice.' Also: Genjutsu +5]
Gekko Chizan was instantly stunned, unable to finish his sentence.
Yes, he had flown back to check in and spook his students to keep them on edge.
But he never imagined it would end up this bad—one kunai after another, all landing on him.
Fine. For the sake of those attribute points, he'd accept it. Next time, he'd just be more careful.
"Chizan-sensei, what were you going to say?"
"If it helps, you can forget the money I owe you, okay?"
"I'll count it as a nutritional expense?"
Even Obito thought his excuse sounded flimsy. He really wanted to drag Kakashi down with him, but Kakashi had just made an offhand comment—who could've known it would turn out like this?
But this was Gekko Chizan—the kind of guy who'd screw over even himself when setting a trap. Like hell he'd let Kakashi off the hook.
"Obito, shut it. Hmph, you were going to give me that nutritional expense anyway!"
"You know how much blood I lost?"
"As for you, Kakashi—were you cursing me or something?"
"Hmm?"
Under Gekko Chizan's gaze, Kakashi instantly felt a chill down his spine and blurted out:
"I'll contribute to the nutritional expense too!"
"I mean, I really shouldn't have jinxed my own sensei. That was totally my fault."
Seeing Kakashi being so cooperative, Gekko Chizan was very satisfied and was just about to nod when Rin cut in sharply.
"Chizan-sensei! Don't move around!"
"Your wounds are still being treated!"
And just like that, Gekko Chizan, who was about to assert his teacherly authority, got scolded by his own student.
...
"Konoha ninja, huh?"
"Didn't expect this."
Suddenly, a voice full of killing intent echoed from the forest. A masked ninja from Kirigakure stepped out in front of the four of them.
"Kirigakure's ANBU..."
"Guess my yelling gave us away."
Gekko Chizan frowned. He hadn't wanted to yell, but the pain was unbearable.
Oh well. They were the target anyway. Better that he stepped out first.
"Hmph, a Chūnin leading three Genin?"
"Sorry, but I'll have to ask you all to die."
Kakashi drew his short blade and struck first—an attack to seize the initiative.
The essence of the Hatake Sword Style was speed, precision, and ruthlessness, and Kakashi embodied it perfectly at this moment.
"Hmph! Brat!"
The Kirigakure ANBU wasn't easy to handle either. He parried with his katana, then forcefully knocked Kakashi back.
"You're pretty fast, kid. Too bad—I've already contacted my comrades."
"You've got no way out."
"Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique."
Thick mist began to pour out, quickly engulfing everyone in a dense fog.
"Kakashi, Obito—get over here."
Gekko Chizan's injuries weren't fully healed yet, so he called both Kakashi and Obito back to him.
Following his voice, the two quickly retreated to his side.
"This mist blocks our vision. Don't act rashly. Wait for me to—"
Clang!
Before he could finish, Kakashi was already moving—his short blade slashing rapidly and knocking away a series of shuriken.
"Tch. Rin, how much longer?"
"Almost done!"
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