Chapter 385: Impure World Reincarnation Recovering
Sasuke should consider himself lucky that what Sakura and Ino had learned was the Lariat, not Tsunade's signature Heaven Kick of Pain.
At the same time, he should be grateful that when he collapsed, he fell face down.
And even more fortunately, he was still a young boy who had only just begun developing… those who understand, understand.
If even one of those three conditions had been missing, Sasuke would already be completely ruined by now.
As things stood, only his thigh had been stepped on.
"S-Sasuke? What's wrong with you?"
Sakura was startled.
She hadn't expected Sasuke to be lying there as if "seriously injured."
Her mind raced with countless thoughts.
What exactly happened here?
Had Sasuke fought Naruto here after Naruto was sent flying by Killer B?
Then where was Naruto?
Not thinking any further, Sakura crouched down and prepared to treat Sasuke with medical ninjutsu.
Once he recovered, he could just explain everything himself.
"Huh?"
As soon as Sakura activated the Mystical Palm Technique and placed her hand on him, she froze in confusion.
There wasn't a single injury on Sasuke's body…
Well, not entirely, there was the spot she had just stepped on.
Aside from that, he was completely unharmed.
This was simply chakra depletion and exhaustion.
That wasn't something she could treat with basic medical ninjutsu.
Sakura took out a soldier pill from her pouch and stuffed it into Sasuke's mouth.
"Hey, Sakura, wait!"
Ino saw this and tried to stop her, but it was already too late, the pill had gone in.
"What's wrong?"
Sakura looked at Ino in confusion.
Was there something wrong with that?
She had always believed that she and Ino were on equal footing in both medical ninjutsu and taijutsu. Could it be that Ino had been privately taught something she didn't know?
"…How long has that soldier pill been sitting there?"
Ino sighed as she looked at Sasuke, who had already swallowed it.
"Huh? Uh…"
Only then did Sakura realize the problem, her face turning awkward.
Ever since Kakashi mentioned that consuming soldier pills during puberty could affect development, Sakura had never bought or made them again.
So where had this one come from?
Obviously, it had been forgotten in her ninja pouch a long time ago.
"Do soldier pills have expiration dates?"
Sakura asked quietly.
"What do you think?"
Ino rolled her eyes.
"Sakura, Ino, you shouldn't… you should look at this~"
Hinata pointed toward Sasuke with a panicked expression.
"What is it, Hinata? Sasuke, he..."
The two followed her gaze and saw that Sasuke's body was twitching continuously.
"It's over, Sasuke's about to mess himself up! Call Akamaru over, let him have a meal!"
Ino panicked and quickly stepped back, putting distance between them.
She was afraid Sasuke might turn into a "spray warrior."
Sakura did the same, and went even further. After stepping back, she pulled Ino in front of her as a shield.
Ino was furious at this.
What kind of best friend was this? No loyalty at all!
Fortunately, Ino had her own plan, she pulled Hinata in front of her as well.
The three of them lined up like "small, medium, large", playing a game of eagle catching chicks, with Hinata, the largest, serving as the first layer of defense.
"Hinata, you're from the Hyūga clan, you know Rotation, right? We're counting on you!"
Ino lowered her head, hiding behind Hinata's back.
"Huh?"
Hinata was completely confused.
She couldn't understand why Sakura and Ino were hiding behind her.
And besides, Ino was pressed right up against her, if she used Rotation now, wouldn't it just send Ino flying?
After a while, Hinata finally realized they had misunderstood and couldn't help but laugh awkwardly. "You're mistaken. There's something strange under Sasuke… it's moving, so that's why…"
"What?"
"You should've said that earlier!"
Sakura and Ino immediately let go.
They trusted Hinata completely.
Her personality alone meant she wouldn't lie, and with her Byakugan activated, she could see things they couldn't.
"Could it be some kind of disgusting insect?"
Ino stepped forward to take a look and saw that Sasuke wasn't actually waking up or twitching on his own, his body was being moved by something underneath him.
"Insects are not disgusting at all."
Shino, standing nearby, looked utterly heartbroken upon hearing that.
"Let's be careful…"
Sakura tiptoed forward, preparing to move Sasuke aside to see what was beneath him.
"Woof woof."
Akamaru barked nearby, disappointment filling his doggy eyes.
Wasn't there supposed to be a meal?
Sniff, sniff.
Actually, even if there wasn't a main dish, Akamaru smelled something familiar.
Following the scent, he approached Sasuke.
Sakura didn't notice Akamaru coming closer and pushed Sasuke aside.
At that instant, whatever had been beneath Sasuke shot into the air.
"Woof!"
While everyone else stood there in shock, only Akamaru reacted, leaping like a ferocious dog, he pounced on the airborne object, pinned it under his paws, and licked it.
"Woof!"
Akamaru's eyes lit up, this was the smell of milk.
His tongue immediately began licking it enthusiastically.
"…Can someone tell us what that thing is?"
"Shino, you've seen a lot, do you know?"
Everyone present, except for Akamaru happily enjoying the milk, fell silent.
That thing looked like… perhaps… possibly… a… butt?
And there was a flower stuck in it.
A butt by itself wouldn't be strange. A flower stuck in it wasn't even that strange.
What was strange was that it kept moving.
If it had just appeared there, it could be explained as someone being blown apart by explosive tags, with a piece landing here.
But why was it moving?
"Could it be part of someone with an immortal body? Like that blood-licking lunatic from the Akatsuki?"
Sakura suddenly thought of someone.
That perverted ninja who once used blood to intimidate female ninja across the world.
"Either way, let's contact the sealing team first."
After discussing it briefly, they made a decision.
After waiting for a while, Sai arrived with a three-person sealing squad.
"You want me to seal… a butt?"
Even Sai, who was used to wearing a signature fake smile, couldn't quite keep it together when he saw his target.
"…Fine. Leave it to me."
"Three ugly ladies, please step aside."
"And you, the one with something smeared on your face, take your wife and squat over there."
Sai said with a smile.
"Who has something smeared on their face? …You, wait, what wife? You, damn it!"
Kiba's expression changed rapidly like a master of face-changing opera.
First confusion about who had something on their face, then realizing he was the only one with anything there.
Then, hearing "wife", he felt a bit of shy embarrassment, even though he wasn't sure which of the three girls Sai meant…
And then Kiba realized, Sai was referring to Akamaru.
He immediately lost it.
Just as Kiba was about to explode, he suddenly noticed something terrifying.
If Sai said that, shouldn't there be two or three other people getting angry before him?
So why was everything so eerily quiet?
(End of this chapter)