Chapter 33: The Pursuit
[After changing the word typing, there will always be problems with double quotation marks......]
The operating table is full of tadpole-shaped medical procedures, Xiao Li ** is lying on the table with his upper body, his body is full of paintings that extend to the operating table, and his bare back is full of all kinds of scars, which are the scars left by the battle between Xiao Li and I Ailuo in the Zhongnin exam!
Kai and the rest of the unrelated personnel were kicked out of the operating room, leaving only me and Tsunade and the four ninjas who maintained the medical technique. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Surgery...... Let's go!"
Tsunade pointed his sword at the back of Xiao Li's neck with his right hand, temporarily cutting off Xiao Li's nerves, and then used the chakra scalpel to gently cut through the skin and muscles of Xiao Li's back, exposing the bones. I stepped forward, rested my hand lightly on the wound, looked at Tsunade, then lowered my head and carefully removed the first fragment as I had done countless exercises.
Kela. The first bone fragment was casually thrown into a disc. Then came the second block, the third piece......
The operation lasted a full eight hours.
90% of the fragments, which were taken out in the first few hours. However, as the surgery progresses, the debris of the surface layer is gradually cleaned up, and in the end what remains is the intractable debris that goes deep into the nerves. The difficulty of the surgery became higher and higher, but the spirit of Tsunade and I became more and more tired, and the interval between breaks became longer and longer, and the last 10% took up more than half of the time of the entire operation!
After the operation, I stood for eight hours and used the chakra non-stop, and my physical and mental strength was completely exhausted. However, the operation went very smoothly, all the fragments have been carefully removed, and there was no secondary damage to Xiao Li, basically Xiao Li can return to normal after two days of rest.
When he opened the door of the operating room, it was already past twelve o'clock in the morning, and Kai was sitting outside tiredly waiting for the results, when he saw me coming out, he jumped up and grabbed my shoulders and asked excitedly, "Sakura-chan, how is Li?"
Being slapped like this by him, I almost vomited blood, and I couldn't even speak!
"Don't worry," Tsunade who came out after me rescued me, "The operation went well! After two more days of rest, Xiao Li can be discharged from the hospital!"
Kai hugged me and cried and shouted, "Woo! Thank you so much! Xiao Li's youth can continue to burn again!"
It really hurts to be held and cry bitterly by a man who is almost 30 years old! Teacher Kai, don't you feel ashamed when you shout about your youth with Xiao Li all day long! The shame of your master and apprentice is really different from ordinary people!
In my impression, Xiao Li also confessed to Sakura, right! I absolutely can't accept the watermelon head, thick eyebrows, and Xiao Li who keeps his youth in his mouth all day long! No, I'm going to stay away from these two people from today onwards!
I finally got rid of Akai, I dragged my tired body home, changed into pajamas and was about to lie down and sleep in the dark.
I heard the sound of a rock hitting the balcony. Looking out the window, it was Sasuke hovering down the street in front of my house.
"Sasuke, what's the matter with looking for me so late?" I asked, yawning, jumping out of the ledge onto the street.
Sakura...... You ......" Sasuke seemed a little hesitant, "You just had Xiao Li's surgery?"
I always felt that Sasuke didn't want to say that at first. However, now I am fighting with my eyelids, and I just want to finish my words quickly and go back to sleep. If there is any problem, leave it to tomorrow to solve it!
"That's right...... After eight hours of surgery, my physical strength and spirit have been completely exhausted, and I am now exhausted and sleepy!"
"Well...... I want to say......" Sasuke said in a slurred voice, not at all like him, "Tsk, forget it, so be it!"
"Goodbye, Sakura!" Sasuke said to me very solemnly, "Take care!"
Sasuke turned around and was about to leave.
I was about to wave goodbye when suddenly a cool breeze blew, and my excited, muddy brain suddenly cleared up a lot, and suddenly I understood a little bit why Sasuke said these words-
"Stop, Sasuke, what do you want to do!"
Sasuke's figure froze.
"Sasuke...... Do you want to leave Konoha......? Are you going to Orochimaru?" I said to Sasuke, who was silent.
"How do you know......" Sasuke acquiesced.
I certainly know this from the original...... But during the period of the middle ninja exam, Sasuke's performance is also very obvious, and I can see that hatred has blinded his mind, and he will do anything to gain power!
And the spell mark and Orochimaru that can give him great power are better places to get power than Konoha!
"Don't go...... Revenge will only make you more empty, and it won't make you happy!"
"I'm sorry...... Sakura. I used to think we could keep going, and I used to think that was the way I was going...... However, I'm not the same as you and Naruto. Sasuke said lightly, "From the beginning, I said that I am an avenger and I only live for revenge...... I'm going to take a completely different path than you!"
"You can also gain power in Konoha, and Kakashi-sensei can teach you too!Why do you have to go to Orochimaru!" I tried to persuade Sasuke to come back, and if the language doesn't work, then I will stop him even if I use ninjutsu!
"I said, I'm an avenger! I don't have time to play ninja games with you! The purpose of my existence is to kill that man to take revenge! A stable Konoha life will only make me decay, and if I continue like this, how many years and months will I be able to kill that man!" Sasuke said excitedly, he suddenly raised his head and looked at me, the writing wheel in his eyes was as red as blood!
A chakra invaded my mind, and I tried to clear it out, but no matter how much my tired mind and body were stimulated, I could no longer produce a trace of chakra, and a wave of sleepiness came up slowly but surely from the depths of my mind!
"You're actually using illusion on me......" I bit my lip and forcibly suppressed my sleepiness with severe pain, and said with a strong fight!
"I'm sorry...... I knew you'd stop me, so I made a move...... Don't struggle, Sakura, you can't even refine the chakra now, even if you can stay awake, it's useless!"
There was a salty smell of blood from the corner of my mouth, and the sharp pain from biting my lip was gradually covered with sleepiness, and my head slowly turned from wakefulness to chaos...... My feet went limp, and I fell to my knees.
"Sasuke...... Don't leave...... Aren't we in the same class?" I said weakly, "don't go to Orochimaru...... Orochimaru is just trying to take your body to be reincarnated!
"If he can help me get revenge, then this body ...... What if you give it to him!" Sasuke said gloomily, "Sakura-chan, how can you, who have family and friends, understand my pain! My parents and clansmen were all killed by that man, just overnight! Such a blood hatred, how can you let me live happily in Konoha with peace of mind, and see that man still live well in this world! I can pay any price for revenge!"
Sasuke's voice grew farther and farther away, more and more indistinct...... And my consciousness is also stepping into the abyss of sleep......
It took so much effort to let Sasuke stay in Konoha with peace of mind, and in order to avoid Sasuke's contact with the four of them, he also deliberately took over the task of leaving the village, but as a result, it still failed to change all this...... Sasuke, who couldn't get rid of his hatred and identified himself as an Avenger, finally took this step.
"Sasuke...... Why do you still have to embark on this lonely road! If you really take this step, the next time we meet, we may be enemies!"
Sasuke was silent and didn't respond.
"Thank you...... Sakura......"
Sasuke's figure appeared in front of me, and the last thing I heard was Sasuke's whisper of thanks in my ear.
…… Finally, let me struggle a little more!
Then my eyes closed, and the world fell into darkness and dead silence.
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"Why are you sleeping here in your pajamas, you're going to catch a cold!"
I was woken up by a hand, and I opened my eyes in a daze, and found myself sleeping on a bench with a trench coat over my body, and two shinobi looking at me with concern.
How could I sleep on the street outside?
"Are you alright?" asked the ninja who woke me up.
"I'm fine. I shook my head and subconsciously replied.
The brain seems to be rusty and can't function. It took me a while to realize that it was the two sentry shinobu I had often seen at the Konoha gate that woke me up. Then I remembered why I slept here.
"- Sasuke!"
Hokage's office.
"Sakura-chan, what did you say?!!" Tsunade shouted in surprise, with red marks and saliva on his face as he fell asleep with his arm on his pillow.
"That's right, he told me himself last night...... It's a pity that I didn't have the physical strength at that time, and I couldn't stop him!" I said helplessly, "Master, without further ado, quickly order me to chase him back! Now that only one night has passed, he must not have left the border of the Fire Country, and it should be too late!"
"But now that almost all of Konoha Shinobi have been sent out to do the mission, even Akai has just gone out......!
"It's okay, master! I'll leave this task to me! I left a drop of water on Sasuke as a mark, so I can track him down!" "Before I passed out last night, I did a little bit of tricks on Sasuke...... This tracking technique is derived from the fog concealment, which I have previously studied in detail how the fog concealment technique perceives objects through the water mist doped chakra...... Thanks to my super mental strength, my sensing ability is much stronger than that of ordinary people, and I can condense this special water droplet for long-distance sensing!
The four of them will inevitably be sent, because the second stage of Sasuke's spell seal needs their assistance, and Junmaro may appear, which also needs attention, and the rest of the people can be ignored!
Tsunade groaned for a moment and said, "You can't go it alone, you have to bring at least one teammate with you......!"
"I see...... I'll call Shiro and Naruto, Master, please arrange a support team as soon as possible!"
With that, I jumped out of the window and hurried home!
Sasuke, since the mouth cannon can't let you give up...... Then I'll bring you back by force!
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Outside Konoha Castle.
Dressed in white, Shiro, Shiro, and Naruto were moving at high speed.
"The amount of water I left on Sasuke is very small, and I can't feel it after a certain distance, so we have to hurry!" I said as I jumped forward through the forest, "After meeting Sasuke, we will mainly drag, because we still have backup! If the other party leaves a broken character, I will solve it! You continue to chase, I will quickly deal with the enemy and follow you!"
"Understood!" Shiro replied.
"Sakura!Sasuke, why did he defect?" Naruto asked me in a muffled voice.
"I don't know...... He said that he was an avenger who defected to Konoha and defected to Orochimaru in order to gain the power of revenge......"
"Damn, we're all from Class Seven, Sasuke, did you just leave our bonds behind?" Naruto said angrily, "I'm going to bring Sasuke back!"
……
After a few breaks, close to the borders of the Fire Nation, a daytime chase seemed to be coming to an end.
"Now it's time to be careful...... We're already relatively close to Sasuke, and there will be enemies here at any time!" Sensing that Sasuke was not far away, I said with a shake of energy.
Before I could finish speaking, I saw a few white grains rushing towards us like bullets!
The white bullet hit the water shield without causing a wave. When I looked closely, the white bullet was a human finger bone!
Bone Escape...... Jun Maro!
"Strange water escape...... Are you Sakura Haruno?" a gray-haired young man with a frighteningly pale face said to us.
The tips of his fingers cracked into holes, revealing the bones inside, which seemed to be growing rapidly! This delicate young man in a kimono is Kimimaro...... Behind him, there were four people who exuded the familiar evil chakra! I once glanced at it from a distance during the middle ninja exam, and these four people were indeed the four of them!
"Bastard, what about Sasuke! you guys get Sasuke back!" Naruto was the first to shout!
"Sasuke has already taken a step ahead......" Kimimaro said lightly, "With this as the boundary, I won't let you pass!"
Is it because of me to let Sasuke go first and leave all the escorts behind to block it...... Kimimaro recognized my identity as soon as we met, so I was already paying attention to it, and it seems that it was because of the last battle that made a deep impression on Orochimaru!
"Naruto...... At this distance, you can already keep up with Sasuke!You go first, and I'll solve it with Shiro here!" I said coldly as I looked at the five people in front of me!
You can fight mercilessly again...... The blood in the body seems to be gradually heating up, even boiling!
Naruto nodded without hesitation, and was about to bypass the five otoshinobi to continue tracking Sasuke!
"Ninja? Spider Nest Open!"
One of the four people of the sound ninja quickly sealed, spit out a huge spider web cover towards Naruto, imitating the spider's ninjutsu, this person is Oni Tong Maru! Naruto's IQ in the combat state rose rapidly, and he instantly thought of a way to crack it-
"Wind escape, big breakthrough!"
The wind howls and rolls the net backwards!
"Got you!" Oni-do-maru's voice came from under Naruto, holding the kunai in both hands and stabbing at Naruto's ankle!
A mirror appeared at Naruto's feet, and the white figure stretched out from the mirror to help Naruto block the blow, taking this opportunity, Naruto jumped high, broke away from the attack range of the Oni Boy Maru, and quickly moved away from the battlefield!
"Don't chase anymore!" Kimimaro stopped the Otoshinobi Quartet who wanted to pursue Naruto, "Sasuke can deal with him alone, let's get in the way first......"
"Are you too careful, do you need the five of us to deal with the two of them?" said Tayuya, who was holding the flute, "kill them...... Jirobo's stupid guy is enough!"
Before Tayuya could finish speaking, a voice suddenly sounded from behind me.
"Earth Escape Enchantment?
The surrounding rocks quickly broke and floated, forming a small earthen fort that surrounded me tightly!
Such an obvious and unrestrained chakra, I really don't know that you are already behind me...... The moment the earthen fort surrounded me and blocked my view, my hands quickly sealed.
"Water Escape—"
"Stupid, get out of the way!" At the same time, Jun Mario shouted quickly!
"What? Isn't it already ......," Jirobo was about to argue!
"- Super Water Gun Technique!"
A line of water pierced through the bodies of Tubao and Jirobo, and Jirobo's argumentative expression froze on his face, then split in half and fell to the ground. Jirobo died without even opening the spell seal.
"W-What?!That dead fat man in Jirobo was killed in one move in an instant!" Tayuya shouted in disbelief!
I kicked the earthen fort to pieces, and Shiro stood one after the other.
"And four ......!" I looked at the four shinobi coldly!