The Sunagakure didn't have as many plot characters as Konoha, and the characters Yuji could interact with at the moment were also very limited.
Some of Sunagakure's plot characters hadn't even been born yet... He hadn't expected that treating plot characters would actually yield an experience bonus.
"If there's a bonus for positive experience from healing, does that mean killing plot characters can also yield a large amount of negative experience?" A thought occurred to Yuji.
However, he didn't dwell on it for long, as there were other wounded waiting for his treatment.
Sasori's injury allowed him to gain a deeper understanding of the system's capabilities.
Time passed bit by bit.
Soon, the unconscious Sasori woke up.
He glanced at his bandaged wound and then looked at Yuji, who was walking over.
Suddenly, he said, "The human body is truly fragile..."
These words made Yuji's heart skip a beat.
It wasn't surprising that Sasori would say such a thing. They were in the midst of the Second Great Ninja War, and the confrontation between the major Ninja Villages caused the Village's Ninjas to be consumed rapidly. Especially on the battlefield, they could witness their companions dying one by one.
"In the future, Sasori will turn his own body into a puppet... Perhaps he was moved by this, but more likely, it was because of his parents."
Yuji thought to himself, but he smiled and said, "You've just overextended your Chakra. Your injuries aren't that serious. Get some rest... You're the genius of our Sunagakure. If anything happened to you, I wouldn't be able to answer to Grandma Chiyo."
"Is it about to fall?"
Sasori changed the subject.
By now, it was already the latter half of the night on the second day.
In the underground secret room, besides the Sunagakure Ninjas whose injuries were too severe to move, there were... not many left.
"We can hold out for another hour at most. If reinforcements don't arrive by then, we must find a way to evacuate." Yuji's expression was also a bit solemn.
In the current slaughter within the canyon, almost all the Sunagakure personnel were fighting with injuries; they couldn't hold out for much longer.
And Yuji and the others hiding in the stronghold also faced a thorny problem.
Once the intelligence personnel returned and told them to retreat.
With so many patients in the secret room, the few of them probably wouldn't be able to take everyone away.
This meant some companions would have to be abandoned.
The cruelty of this war made one's heart turn cold.
"What are you doing?"
Sasori slowly stood up and put on his forehead protector.
Yuji's expression changed slightly, and he immediately blocked his path.
He could see that Sasori still intended to join the battle.
"Move."
Sasori gazed indifferently at Yuji.
"You are currently my patient. As a doctor, I am naturally responsible for your condition... I'm sorry, but you must rest now and cannot move as you please," Yuji said.
Shua.
Sasori's arm moved, and his palm already gripped a puppet scroll.
"After fighting until now, the number of puppets you have left should be very few..." Yuji glanced at the scroll and smiled. "Even if you join the battlefield, it won't change the current situation... You'd just be throwing your life away."
"My Puppet Jutsu can control more than just puppets."
Sasori said softly, "If I wanted to, you could also become my toy."
"You like me that much?"
Yuji acted as if he didn't realize the hostility contained in Sasori's cold expression, curling his lips to reveal a row of small white teeth.
He knew Sasori wasn't lying. Although there were many Puppeteers in the Sunagakure, Sasori was the only one who could truly create Human Puppets... His Puppet Jutsu could control corpses and even create Chakra Cores, ensuring the Human Puppets could perform some of the Ninjutsu from when they were alive.
Although the current Sasori's mastery of Human Puppets wasn't that advanced yet, the signs were already beginning to show.
During the past two days of battle, Yuji had also noticed that Sasori had begun to intentionally collect and study some 'collectibles'.
Yuji's shameless words made Sasori frown slightly.
It was the first time he realized this guy was so thick-skinned.
"I'll say it again, move."
Sasori said.
"No."
Yuji smiled.
Bang!
A cloud of white smoke erupted from the scroll, and a snake puppet quietly landed on the ground.
At the same time, Sasori's fingers began to twitch.
He was clearly about to strike at Yuji.
Swoosh!
Under Sasori's control, the snake puppet was like a bolt of silk, instantly flashing through the air and lunging at Yuji with a bite.
But Yuji's reaction was also quite fast; not only did he bend down to dodge it, but he also used the gap while the puppet was airborne to step forward and rush in front of Sasori, attempting a close-quarters attack.
The weakness of most Puppeteers was their fear of being approached.
Sasori was clearly not among them.
Facing Yuji's approach, Sasori remained expressionless, and the snake puppet in mid-air suddenly split into two sections.
In the blink of an eye, the lower half of the puppet transformed and reassembled into a neck shackle, flying to the back of Yuji's head and precisely locking onto his neck.
As the neck shackle tightened, Yuji suddenly felt unable to breathe.
He was further thrown several meters away by the pulling force of the Chakra threads.
Clearly, Sasori didn't intend to kill Yuji, but merely wanted to teach him a lesson.
Just as Sasori stepped forward, preparing to leave.
Suddenly, his eyelid twitched.
He raised his hand and saw that the Chakra threads on his fingertips had been severed, and the other half of his puppet had also fallen to the ground.
Meanwhile, not far away, Yuji reached out and grabbed the neck shackle on his neck, giving it a hard pull and tossing the restraint onto the ground.
"It was just a feint... His real goal was to cut my Chakra threads."
Sasori narrowed his eyes, staring at Yuji, who had neutralized his move.
"Chakra Scalpel..."
Sasori discerned the fading Chakra on Yuji's hand.
He actually knew this kind of Ninjutsu?!
"Puppeteers are the pride of our Hidden Sand's combat force... It would be one thing if I were an outsider, but as one of our own, I naturally understand Puppeteers very well. Besides... I've been observing you quite a bit these past two days, just as you've been secretly observing me."
"Of course, if I were in good condition, I certainly wouldn't be your match, but now... the situation is different."
Yuji stretched his neck and continued to smile, looking at the silent Sasori. "Your wound is on your left abdomen, touching the nerves of your side ribs. The pain there is exceptionally intense. Any movement of your arm will be distorted under the influence of the nerves. Although you've been restraining yourself, you can't hide it from my eyes."
"Like you, I haven't rested at all. To be honest, my current state is also at its absolute worst... But even so, if you can't even handle someone like me, do you still want to go out and throw your life away?"
"If that's the case, then do as you wish."
"I can only express my regrets to Grandma Chiyo."
"At the same time, I'm... very disappointed in you."
As he spoke the last sentence, Yuji withdrew his smile, his gaze calm.
Seeing this, the others in the secret room also remained silent.
Although the two youths before them were not very old and seemed like mere children... Yuji had already established a'status' in the stronghold as the captain of the Medical Squad.
And Sasori went without saying; not only was he a genius the Village placed high hopes on, but he was also a member of the Chiyo clan... With these two clashing, as long as the situation didn't deteriorate too severely, it wasn't easy for others to intervene.
After staring at each other for a moment, just as the atmosphere was becoming somewhat oppressive, Sasori turned around on his own and sat back in his original spot.