He glanced at the retreating Iwagakure in the distance, hesitated, and finally said, "Thank you."
"If it weren't for you, probably very few of our squad would be alive."
Shenyue Xingyun: "How are the casualties?"
The Konoha Jonin said, "Thanks to your early arrival, many of us were injured, but most are still alive."
Shenyue Xingyun nodded.
Most of them are still alive, which means some have also died.
On the battlefield, death is commonplace. He knew the other party was subtly expressing doubt: he clearly had the ability to capture them, so why did he let them go?
But Shenyue Nebula had its own plans.
If it were a few years ago, he might have chosen to avenge his own ninjas and inflict heavy casualties on Iwagakure, but now his goals have changed.
Killing was not of much need to him.
He didn't intend to explain too much to the other party, and simply said, "Gather the troops and go back quickly."
"The war shouldn't last too long."
The Konoha Jonin was taken aback. Just as he was about to ask Shingetsu Seiun about the meaning behind her words, the latter had already left with Uzuki Yugao.
……
Moonlight Gale had a dream.
a nightmare.
In his dream, he and his beloved Uzuki Yugao were childhood sweethearts who grew up together.
To know each other, to fall in love, to be in love.
They went to the battlefield together and promised to get married after the war ended.
On the battlefield, however, they were far too insignificant. Small-scale skirmishes already put them in grave danger, let alone large-scale battles.
Finally, one day, the enemy's elite Jonin set his sights on his beloved Uzuki Yugao. Just as the enemy defeated him and kidnapped Uzuki Yugao, and he was crying in despair while Uzuki Yugao was in tears, Shingetsu Seiun arrived.
As one of his team's elite Jonin, he easily defeated the enemy and earned the admiring gaze of Uzuki Yugao.
Afterwards, Uzuki Yugao came over to comfort him and inquire about his injuries, but he remained sullen.
"Xi Yan, do you think I'm too weak?" he finally couldn't help but ask.
"How could that be, you silly boy?" Uzuki Yugao cupped his face and smiled sweetly, "I love you the most."
"Whether you're a Chunin or a Genin, whether you're ugly or fat, I'll still love you the most."
"We've been childhood sweethearts, we're going to have a whole bunch of kids together, you silly goose."
Their relationship seemed unchanged, and Uzuki Yugao treated him as well as ever, but for some reason, a dark cloud always hung over his heart.
They got married.
Although they couldn't recall the specifics due to insufficient data, they had two children.
A boy and a girl, both excessively beautiful, probably inherited from Uzuki Yugao's genes. But as the children grew older, their looks only improved.
She was far more beautiful than her 'parents', and her beauty was so striking that her fame spread beyond Konoha.
He began to feel uneasy.
One night, he got up in the middle of the night and found nothing beside him.
He vaguely heard strange noises coming from next door.
He used his teleportation ability to get closer little by little, and as the sound that made his heart clench grew louder and louder, he finally saw it.
His hell.
The next second, the scene changed; the two children abandoned him and turned to embrace a phantom figure, affectionately calling out, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy~"
The scene changes again!
My beloved Uzuki Yugao was washing her face, mumbling "Papa, Papa, Papa~" incoherently.
"Ah!!~" I suddenly woke up!
Startled awake by the sudden wind and moonlight, he saw no child, nor any hell before him.
Only the white cloth curtains of the camp's medical station, the smell of disinfectant, and the panicked medical ninjas were present.
"You're awake?" The medical ninja was startled. "Sit down quickly."
"Your injury has just healed and you need to rest for a while. You can't do strenuous exercise."
"Phew~" Moonlight Gale let out a long sigh of relief.
Feeling the cold sweat on his body, he had a feeling of surviving a disaster.
"It's alright, it was just a nightmare," he comforted himself. But then he remembered what he had heard Uzuki Yugao say before he lost consciousness.
'I can't die before we fulfill our promise.'
It felt like a heavy hammer blow had struck my heart once again.
'Did I hear that right?' Gekko Hayate wondered, after all, he was almost out of it at the time. But thinking about how Uzuki Yugao's attitude towards him in recent years had not only not become closer, but seemed to have become more distant than when they were in school, he felt a tightness in his chest.
No, it won't.
'Probably not.'
"I just had a nightmare, it'll be fine when I wake up."
Comforting himself, Moonlight Gale felt the pain in his body and lay back down on the hospital bed.
Meanwhile, in a camp not far away.
Uzuki Yugao was covered in sweat, her body arched back on the bed like a dying fish.
Chapter 374 Further Treatment
Shingetsu Nebula is healing Uzuki Yugao's wounds.
The camp's medical facilities were limited, and compared to the other seriously injured ninjas, her injuries were not severe. Shen Yue Xingyun, not wanting to entrust her to other medical personnel, used his Level 4 Palm Healing Technique to heal her.
The healing process was not smooth. Because Uzuki Yugao always tried to take advantage of the situation during the treatment, Shinzuki Seiun had no choice but to slap her a few times in order to quiet her down.
Perhaps it was because she hit too hard, or perhaps it was because she hadn't touched those hands for too long, but Uzuki Yugao's reaction was very intense, which resulted in the scene we see today.
"Hehe!!~" A strange sound came out as if she was suffocating. After a moment, Uzuki Yugao's tense body finally relaxed and she slumped down in front of Shinzuki Seiun.
"Alright?" Shen Yue Xingyun put away her palm magic and said, "Get up quickly."
"Jonin Shikaku is still waiting for me."
Without even raising her head, Uzuki Yugao reached out a hand and grabbed Shingetsu Seiun, speaking intermittently.
"Again...again..."
Shingetsu Nebula: "Want to rest a little longer?"
"...Treat it again."
Shen Yue Xingyun's face darkened, and the next second, he raised his hand and brought it down heavily.
"*!!~"
Seeing that the other party had switched to silent mode again, Shenyue Xingyun sighed, ignored her, and casually set up a soundproof barrier before leaving the tent.
Not far from the camp was the command headquarters tent, where Hyuga Hizashi, Nara Shikaku, and others were waiting.
Upon seeing Shingetsu Seiun, Nara Shikaku hurriedly stood up: "Jonin Seiun, please sit down."
"How is Xiyan? Is she alright?"
With the image of Uzuki Yugao in silent and waterproof mode appearing in her mind, Kamitsuki Seiun nodded and said, "The situation is not bad."
Hyuga Hizashi: "That's good. Brother Nebula, please have a seat."
Hyuga Hizashi pulled Shingetsu Seiun down to sit and began to pour out his grievances.
"Brother Xingyun, you've finally arrived."
"You have no idea how much pressure I've been under while you were gone."
"Our troops are down, morale is low, and the Iwagakure outside is watching us closely. There's still no sign of them coming from the village."
"Thank goodness you came."
"Now that you're here, I feel much more at ease."
Shingetsu Nebula: "Is the situation difficult?"
Although I heard a lot from intelligence reports, I still couldn't understand it as clearly as Hyuga Hizashi did on the spot.
"Difficult." Hyuga Hizashi looked ashamed: "The difference in frontal troop strength is not so bad, but the main problem is the enemy's yellow earth and a group of Iwagakure Jonin. Their large-scale earth-style techniques are very troublesome."
"I... am no match for you."
Nara Shikaku said from the side, "The Hizashi Jonin and the Hyuga ninjas played a great role in intelligence gathering, but they were still at a disadvantage in long-range combat."
"My strength is not even as good as that of Hizashi Jonin."
Shenyue Xingyun: "How are the casualties?"
Nara Shikaku said, "Compared to Iwagakure, the casualty ratio is about 11 to 10."
Shingetsu Seiun nodded. Despite being at a disadvantage overall, Konoha's casualty rate wasn't particularly high.
Nara Shikaku: "Although the casualty ratio isn't too severe, morale is very low. If you hadn't come, I would have been worried about how to organize the next battle."
"Nebula Jonin, you are currently the strongest in the camp and the commander-in-chief appointed by the Hokage. What are your thoughts on the upcoming battle?"
Shenyue Xingyun didn't hold back and stated her thoughts directly.
"Let those who need to recover recover and those who need to patrol continue patrolling."
"Contract the defenses and await the attack from Iwagakure."
Nara Shikaku and Hyuga Hizashi exchanged a glance, and then Hyuga Hizashi, who was more familiar with Shingetsu Seiun, asked, "Brother Seiun, I don't understand."
"Isn't this too passive?"
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