At the northern end of Konoha's main camp in the Land of Rain.
Before Natsuki even got close, he slled a mixture of blood and dicine.
His expression remained normal as he walked in.
Inside a large tent, wounded ninja were lying neatly on the carpet.
At the sa ti, many dical ninja were treating them with solemn expressions.
"Tsunade-sama?"
When they saw Tsunade, the dical ninja all showed looks of pleasant surprise.
This was their trust in the shinobi world's greatest dical ninja.
"Don't mind . Continue what you're doing."
Tsunade waved her hand and said.
"The poisoned ninja are in another tent."
Jiraiya led the way in front. After passing through the large tent, they entered a smaller tent.
A group of ninja with pained expressions entered their sight.
Tsunade slowly walked up to the nearest ninja.
She crouched down and extended both hands.
Delicate Illness Extraction Technique!
Pale green chakra flowed into the ninja's body.
The ninja's body trembled, and he imdiately scread.
Tsunade's expression did not change as she continued pouring in chakra.
A mont later, a lump of black liquid flew out from the ninja's body.
The ninja's darkened face imdiately regained so color.
"Tsunade, you really are amazing."
Seeing this, Jiraiya could not help praising her.
"His poisoning isn't considered deep, so I could separate the poison out."
Tsunade explained.
"But what if the poisoning is too deep?"
Jiraiya quickly asked.
"If the poisoning is too deep, I can only remove part of it. The remaining part will require an antidote."
Tsunade let out a long sigh and said, "But so far, no one has been able to neutralize Hanzō's poison."
Jiraiya imdiately fell silent.
The reason Hanzō was so troubleso was because of his poison.
Not only did it have a wide range, but there was also no way to detoxify it.
Tsunade could be considered the only dical ninja in the shinobi world with any hope of neutralizing his poison.
If even she could not do it, then the other dical ninja had even less of a chance.
Of course, Hanzō himself could neutralize it. In the original story, he had detoxified Mifune.
But he definitely would not detoxify Konoha's ninja.
Natsuki recalled the plot from the original story.
Tsunade indeed had not neutralized Hanzō's poison.
If she could detoxify it, then during that battle with Hanzō, only she, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru would not have been left at the end.
Natsuki fell into thought.
Could he trigger a character template skilled in detoxification?
But how would he trigger it?
Test the poison on himself?
Hanzō's poison was too potent. If he was careless and was poisoned too deeply, that would be pure suicide.
But if he fought Hanzō, he could not win either.
Was there any ninja who had the sa poison as Hanzō, but with weaker toxicity?
Natsuki rembered that Hanzō's poison ca from a salamander.
Since childhood, another dead salamander's poison sac had been implanted into his body, so even the air he breathed out carried poison.
To avoid accidentally harming others, he usually wore a gas mask.
In theory, other ninja could also implant a salamander poison sac.
But judging from the original story, there did not seem to be any such ninja.
While Natsuki was thinking, Tsunade continued treating the poisoned Konoha ninja.
Ti slowly passed.
By evening, only five ninja were left in the tent.
The lowest-ranked among these five was a Tokubetsu Jonin.
The reason was simple.
Ninja who could fight Hanzō, be poisoned, and still survive naturally would not be weak.
But the problem now was that they were too deeply poisoned, and Tsunade could only remove part of the poison.
The remaining poison had no antidote, and it would eventually rge with their bodies, causing them to live in pain for the rest of their lives.
"I can only temporarily slow the spread of poison in their bodies."
Tsunade said with tightly furrowed brows.
"Tsunade, you've already done very well."
Jiraiya comforted her.
"No matter what, I have to try."
Tsunade took a deep breath and said, "Prepare a laboratory for ."
"Alright. I'll imdiately have soone set one up. I guarantee you can use it tomorrow."
Jiraiya said seriously.
If they could crack Hanzō's poison, Konoha's chances of winning against Agakure would probably increase by half.
"You've all worked hard today. Go rest first."
Jiraiya said again.
"Mm."
Tsunade's body relaxed, and fatigue imdiately hit her.
With her strength, even she found it hard to endure after spending most of the day continuously extracting poison.
"Natsuki, co to the laboratory with tomorrow as well."
Tsunade instructed.
She was not asking Natsuki to make antidotes, but to make Red Healing Potions.
Natsuki understood as well, so he nodded and followed her to the residence arranged for them.
After arriving at Konoha's main camp, he did not sleep together with Tsunade. Instead, he was assigned a separate tent.
It had to be said, this was a very regrettable thing.
Ti reached the next day.
Natsuki and Tsunade entered the laboratory that had been built overnight.
It was very simple and not much different from a tent, but the equipnt inside was fairly complete.
"Natsuki, these are the dicinal ingredients I prepared for Red Healing Potions. Turn all of them into Red Healing Potions."
Tsunade handed Natsuki a summoning storage scroll.
Natsuki nodded.
Tsunade walked to another experint table and began trying to make an antidote.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
"Tsunade-sensei."
After Natsuki finished making all the Red Healing Potions, he spoke up and called her.
"Mm?"
Tsunade subconsciously looked at him.
Her face was full of exhaustion.
For three days, she had barely rested and had been researching the antidote the entire ti.
At this point, she had not yet learned the Strength of a Hundred Seal, so she had no way to keep her body in peak condition at all tis.
Unfortunately, even after working so hard, she still made no progress with the antidote.
"The Red Healing Potions."
Natsuki handed her a summoning storage scroll and reminded her.
"Just give it to Orochimaru."
Tsunade reacted and said.
"Tsunade-sensei."
Natsuki nodded, then said, "It will be difficult to make the antidote in a short ti. You need to pay attention to your health."
"You don't need to worry. I know the condition of my own body."
After Tsunade finished speaking, she suddenly let out a soft sound and stared straight at Natsuki.
"What is it?"
Natsuki felt baffled.
"This is the antidote formula."
Tsunade took out a scroll and said, "But it's an incomplete product. It only slows the spread of the poison."
"Tsunade-sensei, you an you want to research it too?"
Natsuki looked at the scroll in front of him and could not help asking.
"The fact that you were able to invent Blue Healing Potions and Red Healing Potions ans you already et the conditions to research antidotes."
Tsunade paused for a mont, then said, "You happen to have no other tasks right now, so research it together with ."
The corner of Natsuki's mouth twitched.
Of course, he could not research an antidote.
But he did not refuse.
What if he could trigger a character template skilled in detoxification later?
Another two days passed.
Early morning.
Jiraiya ca to the temporary laboratory.
As soon as he walked in, he saw Tsunade and Natsuki sleeping while sitting on the carpet.
The two were leaning against each other.
In particular, Natsuki's head was directly resting on Tsunade's waist.
Jiraiya could not help freezing slightly.
Had they not slept all night?
"Is sothing wrong?"
Tsunade woke up, yawned, and asked.
She casually let Natsuki rest his head on her thigh.
"There is sothing."
Jiraiya looked very envious.
Such treatnt was sothing he did not even dare imagine.
However, Natsuki was only a child, so his envy quickly disappeared.
"Anbu just sent back a piece of intelligence. They discovered one of Agakure's bases where our captured ninja are being held."
Jiraiya explained, "The person in charge of the base is Kandachi, known as Hanzō's right hand. He is also skilled in using poison."
"I understand. I'll make a batch of special antidotes for you right away."
Tsunade nodded and said.
"I'm going too."
Natsuki sat up and said.
When it ca to Kandachi, he did have an impression.
In the original story, such a character had indeed existed.
His plot was related to Jiraiya and Naruto.
After Hanzō died, Kandachi left the Land of Rain, occupied a village, and beca a bandit.
Until one day, he encountered Jiraiya and Naruto, and then there was no then.
"What are you going there for?"
Tsunade asked with a frown.
"I have shadow secret techniques, so I'm suited for infiltration and rescuing people."
Natsuki paused for a mont and said, "Most importantly, I want to see Kandachi's poison and find out whether I can gain any inspiration."
His true purpose was to see whether he could trigger a new character template.
After all, in terms of strength, Kandachi could barely be considered a Jonin.
He also had so fa in Agakure.
Tsunade could not help freezing slightly.
"Let him go with us."
As soon as Jiraiya heard this, he imdiately said, "I promise you, he will return safely."
"If anything happens to him, I definitely won't let you off."
Tsunade glared at Jiraiya, but still agreed.
Natsuki let out a sigh of relief when he heard this.
"How many ninja are participating in this mission?"
Tsunade stood up and asked.
"Three ninja squads, twelve people."
Jiraiya answered.
"Then two bottles per person."
Tsunade nodded and began making them.
After the antidotes were finished, Jiraiya took them and left the laboratory with Natsuki.
The two of them arrived at the entrance of Konoha's main camp. Twelve ninja were already waiting there.
Natsuki glanced over and found a familiar face, Mikoto.
The ninja squad she belonged to was made up entirely of Uchiha clan ninja.
Aside from them, there was also a classic Ino-Shika-Chō ninja squad.
The final squad was not weak either. It had a ninja from the Hyūga clan and a ninja from the Abura clan.
These twelve ninja were Chunin at minimum.
Among them, the three captains were Jonin. Together with Jiraiya, that made four Jonin.
When they saw Natsuki, they were a little confused, but during a mission, none of them asked too much.
"This is the antidote made by Tsunade."
Jiraiya took out the antidotes and said, "Two bottles per person. If you are poisoned during the mission, drink one imdiately."
Mikoto and the others answered in unison.
"Move out!"
After distributing the antidotes, Jiraiya took the lead and left Konoha's main camp.
(To be continued.)
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