The next morning, Doctor Zenbu, who was inspecting the medical camp, suddenly stopped after checking on a patient's recovery. Shuko, who was standing nearby, asked, "Doctor Zenbu, what's wrong? Was there a problem with that patient?"
Zenbu sniffed and said, "Do you feel anything strange? It seems like the air is a bit drier today." Hearing this, Shuko also took a few deep breaths and then said with surprise, "It does seem like it."
Zenbu found it very strange. When he woke up this morning, he hadn't noticed any change in the weather, but now he clearly felt that the stuffy, humid feeling in the camp was gone. After thinking for a moment, he walked quickly towards the entrance of the tent. When he lifted the curtain, he was surprised to see a light blue barrier in his line of sight. He touched it with his hand but felt no solid object. Just as he was about to ask, a voice suddenly spoke from beside him. "Doctor Zenbu, how is the effect of this barrier jutsu?"
Zenbu turned his head and saw Kyuushin, whom he had thought highly of yesterday, sitting cross-legged on the ground. In front of him was an open scroll, and the light blue barrier extended from this scroll. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is this for?"
Kyuushin frowned upon hearing this. "That doesn't make sense. I clearly saw water vapor swirling on the barrier, which should mean the moisture inside the camp was being drawn out. How could it have no effect?"
After hearing Kyuushin's words, Zenbu's mind finally caught up. He said in surprise, "Could it be that the camp becoming drier is the effect of this barrier jutsu?"
"That's right!" Kyuushin's eyes lit up, and he asked, "How's the effect?"
Zenbu was a bit speechless. The barriers he knew of before were either for defense or for reconnaissance, but this was the first time he had seen one with such a practical use. "It's very good. I feel that the humidity inside has already dropped below fifty percent. Compared to before, it's a world of difference. However, I've never seen this barrier ninjutsu of yours before?" Zenbu asked curiously.
"That's natural, because this is something I created on the fly," Kyuushin said. "I just saw how humid the camp was yesterday, which wasn't good for the patients' recovery, so I thought of creating this."
This surprised Zenbu even more. He looked at this child, who was clearly only about ten years old, but didn't expect him to have such ability. He then shook his head, thinking it was no wonder Lady Tsunade spoke of him with such pride.
"Oh, Doctor Zenbu, please tell Lady Tsunade to arrange for three ninja to come over every two hours. This barrier still consumes a certain amount of chakra. Genin are fine; they just need to continuously inject chakra into the scroll," Kyuushin said. Currently, the barrier was being maintained by him, Nawaki, and Minato, but he still had to treat the wounded, so he couldn't stay here all the time.
"Alright," Zenbu agreed and then walked towards where Tsunade was. After a few minutes, he brought her back with him. Tsunade looked at the swirling, misty barrier and exclaimed in wonder, "I didn't expect you to actually create it!"
Kyuushin was also a bit proud. "Indeed, but the principle is actually quite simple. It mainly involves extracting the moisture from inside the barrier. Grandma Mito taught us related methods before, you just need to..."
"Alright, alright, I know you're amazing, that's enough," Tsunade quickly interrupted. She wasn't very good at sealing techniques to begin with and wasn't interested in hearing him explain the principles. She then instructed the ninja following her to find three others. Soon, three familiar faces were called over.
Nara Shikaku asked curiously, "Lady Tsunade, what do you need us to do?"
Tsunade gestured towards Kyuushin. "Don't ask me, ask him."
Seeing that familiar people had arrived, Kyuushin didn't waste any time. "I need you to input chakra to maintain this barrier. The chakra consumption isn't much, but it needs to be continuous. The method is to just input it into this scroll." The three nodded. This task was indeed not difficult. Nara Shikaku sat down on the spot. Inoichi Yamanaka and Akimichi Choza also quickly walked to the other two positions. After a while, Nawaki and Minato also came over. Tsunade looked at the unmoving barrier, then walked inside to feel it, and then nodded. "The effect is indeed good. As for the rotation of personnel later, I'll leave it to... Nawaki to handle." Tsunade, seeing Nawaki always idle, casually assigned him a task. After giving these instructions, she left. Nawaki watched her walk away and could only reluctantly agree.
Kyuushin then directly entered the medical camp. Feeling the comfortable air, he also let out a long sigh of relief and then began to check on the patients he had treated yesterday, performing medical ninjutsu on them again to help them recover faster. When he finished, he saw Shuko next to him looking a bit hesitant. When she saw him look over, she mustered her courage and said, "Your medical ninjutsu is very exquisite. I wonder if you could give me some pointers?" As soon as she spoke, several assistants standing nearby also spoke up, all wanting to ask him for guidance. Seeing this, Kyuushin naturally did not decline. He began to share his experiences and also asked them questions about wound suturing.
In the following days, Kyuushin continued to help out in the medical camp. Under his treatment, the dozen or so ninja who were previously injured had all recovered and returned to the front lines. However, as the old left, new ones arrived. No matter when, there were always injured people, so Kyuushin never had any free time. Fortunately, no large-scale battles had occurred yet, so there wasn't much pressure.
But this kind of life clearly wouldn't last long. One night, a few days later, a whistle suddenly echoed through the camp. Instantly, the entire camp became noisy. Kyuushin, who was sleeping, was also woken up. He quickly put on his equipment and walked out of his tent. A whistle is a warning signal, indicating an enemy attack. Therefore, Kyuushin did not dare to be careless, holding a kunai in his hand.
Nawaki and Minato also quickly came behind Kyuushin. The three quickly formed a defensive formation, waiting for orders. Sure enough, after a short while, a bright signal appeared in the west, and Tsunade's booming voice also rang out. "The enemy is in the west! All combat personnel quickly assemble and head to the signal location! Logistics and Medical Department personnel stand by! That is all!"
"What should we do?" Nawaki asked after hearing the order.
"We are not combat personnel, so we naturally follow orders and stand by," Kyuushin said, glancing at Nawaki. Nawaki pursed his lips but didn't say anything more.
After a while, faint firelight emanated from the place where the signal had just been sent, accompanied by continuous explosions. However, just then, another signal suddenly rose in the south. When Kyuushin saw this signal, he secretly cursed. The combat ninja had all gone to the west. At this time, those remaining in the camp were either logistics personnel or from the medical department. There were very few who could actually fight. It was clear that the enemy in the west was only a feint, and this force from the south was the enemy's true killing move.
Kyuushin gripped his kunai even tighter. It was obvious that relying on the forces that had gone west to quickly return for reinforcement was unrealistic. This enemy force coming from the south could only be dealt with by them. Having understood this, he quickly shouted to the surrounding logistics personnel, "We can't hesitate! Before the enemy rushes in, we must stop them outside the camp!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an explosion sounded in the south. This likely meant that the ninja responsible for perimeter alert had already engaged the enemy. Seeing this, Kyuushin no longer hesitated. He led Nawaki and Minato and quickly rushed south.
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