[System detected Yushi’s Gratitude Value +3000.]
[Your Cursed Spirit Land God’s rank has increased to 52.3%.]
[System detected Mizuna’s Gratitude Value +2000.]
[Your Cursed Spirit Land God’s rank has increased to 52.5%.]
’Why did the Gratitude Value decrease?’ Haruki withdrew his hand, looking at the two ninjas in front of him with a hint of regret.
If only every ninja he saved could contribute five thousand Gratitude Value, how good would that be.
"I never thought I’d still be alive..."
Yushi looked at his hands, in a daze, as if he hadn’t recovered from the brink of death.
Mizuna leaned against the rock, his eyes filled with confusion.
The feeling of death approaching was too real. Even now, they couldn’t believe they had come back to life .
Yuma looked at the two dazed individuals in front of him, extended a hand, and patted their cheeks, expressionless. "Now is not the time for you to lament. The war is still going on, our comrades are still fighting, so you two better pull yourselves together."
The force with which Yuma patted their cheeks was neither too hard nor too soft, producing a clear sound.
Yushi and Mizuna were startled by Yuma’s pats, but quickly reacted.
"What are they doing?"
"This is a battlefield."
"How can they be daydreaming on a battlefield?"
"They were extremely lucky to be saved by Haruki, was it just to stand around in a daze?"
"Sorry," Yushi and Mizuna said guiltily.
Yuma shook his head, stood up, and looked at the distant battlefield.
"We cannot stop for even a moment." After Kurogaya’s words fell, he continued to go to the battlefield to save people.
Haruki looked at Yuma, Yushi, and Mizuna in front of him, and said urgently, "It’s still too slow."
The three of them immediately looked at him.
Haruki stared at them, saying word by word, "Ninjas who are seriously injured are difficult to move in the first place, and while you’re carrying them, you also have to guard against enemy attacks. This is too dangerous. And the efficiency is too low."
Yuma instantly understood Haruki’s idea. He wanted to personally go deep into the core battlefield to save people.
"No." Yuma refused firmly without thinking.
Yushi explained, "Haruki, it’s too dangerous there. You’ll be attacked by the enemy."
Mizuna echoed Yushi, advising, "Only if you are safe can they be rescued, so you must stay here."
Haruki’s gaze swept over the three of them, the stubbornness in his eyes causing Yuma’s brows to furrow.
"But this place has already been exposed."
Haruki looked at Yuma and said, "Just now, there was a Suna ninja who attacked me."
Yuma was unable to refute for a moment.
Haruki continued, "Moreover, there is no safe place on the battlefield."
Yushi and Mizuna also had nothing to say. Just as Haruki said, there is no safe place on the battlefield.
"You can protect me by my side."
Haruki looked at them, his eyes full of trust. "I believe you can protect me well."
Yuma clenched his fists. His pupils were deep, and a struggle flashed in his eyes.
"If I can move freely, more ninjas will survive."
"I don’t want to always be protected by everyone. I also want to become everyone’s backing."
Haruki’s voice echoed in the minds of Yuma and the other two.
Yuma opened his mouth, he looked down at Haruki’s resolute brows and eyes, his throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton, and he couldn’t say anything.
Yushi and Mizuna’s eyes stung.
"You are already everyone’s backing." Yushi stared at Haruki, saying seriously.
"But I still want more people to know that I can protect their lives and won’t let them die on the battlefield." Haruki’s eyes sparkled with tears.
"The desire I have to protect everyone is the same as everyone’s desire to protect Amegakure."
"If someone dies without timely treatment, I will never forgive myself." He shouted towards the three of them.
Yuma took a deep breath, his nose stinging.
[System detected Yuma’s Affection Value +1000.]
[System detected Yushi’s Affection Value +1000.]
[System detected Mizuna’s Affection Value +1000.]
[3000 Affection Value has been collected, your companion Cursed Spirit Rika’s rank has increased to 50.3%.]
World, surrender to my personal charm!
[...Isn’t it surrendering to your acting skills?]
[System retracted a message]
Yuma’s face was stern, but his nose and the corners of his eyes were red.
He looked at Haruki, not treating him as a child, but communicating with him as an equal adult, "We won’t stop you from saving people, but you also shouldn’t stop us from protecting you. Whatever we give, it’s our own initiative, and we do it willingly."
Yushi and Mizuna nodded simultaneously. The gazes of the three of them fell on Haruki, carrying quite a bit of weight.
Haruki nodded. "Okay."
Yuma leaned against the rock, shielding Haruki in front, while Yushi and Mizuna were positioned to the left and right behind Haruki. The three of them formed a triangle, protecting Haruki in the center.
Yuma crouched low and walked forward.
Without the cover of the rocks, the heat waves and shockwaves from the battle rushed towards them.
Yuma’s tall figure blocked everything for Haruki. Splashing debris hit the bodies of Yuma and the other two, but they didn’t make a sound.
"That’s a ninja from Amegakure."
Haruki suddenly saw something and quickly ran towards a nearby spot.
Yuma and the others stayed closely around him.
The Amegakure ninja lied on the ground, blood continuously spreading from his waist and abdomen, like a red lake.
Haruki knelt in the bloody mud, and a vibrant green light illuminated in his hands. The upper body of the Amegakure ninja in front of him was almost severed.
The ninja felt something, opened his eyes, and with a dim gaze, looked at Haruki, spitting out a few words, "Don’t... waste... Chakra... I can’t be saved..."
He knew his own body well. Even if a deity came, it would be impossible to save his life.
"I will definitely save you."
The green light in Haruki’s hand slowly healed the Amegakure ninja’s wounds.
The negative energy remaining in the ninja’s wounds was gradually being converted by Haruki’s Cursed Energy.
Tears sparkled in the Amegakure ninja’s eyes.
He thought, ’Don’t take risks for me, a dying man.’
[System detected Muteki’s Gratitude Value +5000.]
[Your Cursed Spirit Land God’s rank has increased to 53%.]
The battlefield is truly a good place!
Two days’ progress far exceeded Haruki’s progress in the wooden house for a month.
How could he bear to leave the battlefield?
The terrifying slash wound on Muteki’s upper body, which had almost cut him in half, gradually healed under the gaze of Yuma and the others.
The gazes of Yuma and the others fell on Haruki. They didn’t believe this was Medical Ninjutsu. This was a miracle created by Haruki.
100 PS = 1 Extra Chapter