Chapter 83 The Miracle Healer, the Slug Princess

"Tsunade, I didn't expect that guy Orochimaru would be willing to let you come here," Hatake Sakumo said, stepping out from the camp to greet Tsunade, his expression full of emotion. "This is great. Those companions who were severely injured by the Sand Village puppet masters' poison attacks will finally be saved!" "Tsunade, thank you!" Tsunade looked at Hatake Sakumo, who was a bit excited, and glanced at the man standing beside her with a strange expression, shaking her head slightly. "Senior Sakumo, you are too kind. We are all good lads fighting to protect Konoha. As a medical ninja, it is my duty to save people." "However..." Tsunade paused, then pushed the man beside her towards Sakumo, a smile in her eyes. "This is my new junior. Ever since he heard about Senior Sakumo's reputation as the White Fang of Konoha, he insisted on coming with me, saying he wanted to meet his idol." "I was so pestered that I had no choice. Coincidentally, I received news that Senior needed help, so I brought him along." "Senior, could you help me see if my junior has any potential worth cultivating!" Hatake Sakumo was stunned. He stared at the man in front of him for a long time, feeling more and more that he had seen him somewhere before. "This person..." "Why does he give me such a familiar feeling? It's like I've seen him somewhere before..." After searching his memory carefully, Hatake Sakumo shook his head. "I'm sorry!" "Please forgive my poor eyesight. May I ask who you are?" The man let out a low, hoarse chuckle and extended his palm to Hatake Sakumo. "Heh heh..." "Lord White Fang, this junior is Kong Chen. I've long admired your great name!" "After seeing you today, you truly live up to your reputation!" Hatake Sakumo's body stiffened. He instantly recognized the man's identity from his voice, and his face immediately darkened. "You guy..." "Do you have nothing else to do? Why did you think of coming here with Tsunade?" Orochimaru, no, Kong Chen chuckled and shook his head slightly. "We'll talk about that later. Let's have Tsunade check on the injured first!" "After we solve the problem of the Sand Village puppet masters' toxins, we can have a good chat." Hatake Sakumo looked at Orochimaru, who had adopted the alias Kong Chen, and shook his head speechlessly. He decided to ignore him and led Tsunade towards the medical camp. Seeing Hatake Sakumo bring Tsunade into the tent, the busy Konoha medical ninjas immediately stood up. When they saw that Tsunade was the one following Hatake Sakumo, they were all excited. Amidst their surprise, these medical ninjas felt ashamed and lowered their heads in front of Tsunade. "Tsunade, all our companions who are still holding on are here. Earlier..." "More than a dozen have already..." "Alas!" Sakumo sighed and recounted the situation to Tsunade. The surrounding medical ninjas listening felt even more ashamed. Hatake Sakumo only spoke from his heart and did not blame the medical ninjas. The 'Fine Poison Extraction Technique', a B-rank ninjutsu only second in difficulty to the 'Mystical Palm Technique', was mastered by very few people in Konoha. These medical ninjas had been working tirelessly for several days. To save all the Konoha ninjas in this tent was already the limit of their abilities. Tsunade nodded reassuringly at a few medical ninjas and walked directly to a Konoha injured soldier who was trying to get up to bow, pressing him back down. "Don't move, let me see what's going on with the poison in your body!" The injured soldier nodded gratefully at Tsunade and lay down obediently. Tsunade placed her hand on the wound, her chakra surging from her palm. Under her precise control, it slowly seeped into the injured soldier's body. After sensing carefully, Tsunade took out a kunai from her ninja pouch and gently pried open the flesh around the wound that was glowing with purplish-black toxins. She brought the kunai, stained with poisoned blood, to her nose and sniffed, then breathed a long sigh of relief. "This toxin is merely a composite toxin formed by mixing the toxins from several creatures." "Desert scorpions, vipers, desert roses..." "Although this composite toxin slowly destroys the body's blood-generating functions from within, it is not a particularly troublesome problem." The Konoha ninjas in the tent immediately showed unconcealed joy. Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru also nodded slightly, their faces full of admiration. When it came to professional matters, whether it was medical treatment or poison, Tsunade, the expert, was the one to rely on. "I will first find a way to restore the vitality of these injured soldiers. Later, help me find some medicinal herbs, and I will prepare a batch of antidote. Then, we won't have to fear the Sand Village's toxins anymore." Hatake Sakumo immediately nodded and instructed someone to bring paper and pen, asking Tsunade to list the required medicinal herbs so they could be prepared in advance. Seeing that the follow-up work was arranged, Tsunade glanced at the somewhat low tent and ordered someone to temporarily remove it. She then cut her palm, formed the hand seals for a summoning jutsu, and pressed it onto the ground. "Poof!" A large cloud of smoke rose, and the plump, blue-and-white slug appeared before Tsunade and those beside her. "Nee nee, it was Lady Tsunade who summoned me!" "Finally, I have the chance to fight alongside Lady Tsunade. I'm so happy!" A soft, girlish voice emanated from the slug's mouth. It stretched its two tentacles on its head and affectionately rubbed against Tsunade. Tsunade, a tough and strong woman, naturally did not have the same aversion to slimy creatures like slugs as ordinary girls. She reached out and touched the slug's tentacles, then gently instructed, "Slug, I didn't summon you this time for a fight!" "My companions are suffering from toxins. I hope you can help stabilize their physical condition and give me some time to prepare the antidote." The slug excitedly swayed its tentacles and readily agreed. "Don't worry, Lady Tsunade, healing and saving people is my specialty!" "Leave it to me!" The slug wriggled, turned its chubby body, and nodded its two tentacles up and down. After counting the number of Konoha ninjas who needed treatment, its two tentacles, like human hand seals, symbolically touched in the middle, and it uttered a sweet cry. "He ya!" "Slug Great... Split!" With a swish, mucus flew from the slug's body and accurately splashed onto every injured Konoha ninja. After the explosion, the slug in its original spot completely disintegrated, transforming into nearly a hundred adult-sized slugs, which crawled onto the injured Konoha ninjas. "Gurgle gurgle!" With a wriggle, the bellies of those small slugs seemed to melt, slowly enveloping the Konoha ninjas beneath them. They lay quietly on the ground, leaving only two long tentacles, which swayed restlessly, looking at the standing Konoha ninjas as if observing something curious. "This..." "Lady Tsunade's healing method is so unique..." "Yeah, although it didn't crawl on me, why do I feel like my whole body is wet?" "Eww..." While everyone was whispering, a head suddenly popped out from under the slug's backside. It shook its head, flicked off the mucus covering its head and face, and then excitedly shouted. "My legs have feeling!" "I can feel it, I can move!" "Lady Tsunade, thank you for your help!" The surrounding onlookers were immediately astonished. "So fast?" "Lady Tsunade's methods are truly amazing. I said earlier that this unique healing method must have something extraordinary about it!" "Huh? Did you say that just now?" ... The slug turned and tapped the restless individual with its tentacles. Its tail-like body squirmed for a moment, and it pulled him back in. "Sorry, your injury is not fully recovered yet, so you can't come out in a hurry!" Konoha Ninja: Mmm...