- Everything hurts, but as sensei said, I'll live," she grimaced, through the gash in her vest, lightly touching with her fingers the ugly scar on her stomach, the redness of which was fading in front of her eyes - the work of the seal, "but further participation in the fighting is questionable - that bastard used raiton chakra on his sword, and although it was neutralized by Ryo, it did its dirty work, damaging part of the keirakukei channels.
- It's good that the blow came away from the source," Hoshi grinned, dropping down beside her and sympathetically patting her friend's uninjured arm, "and the rest can be healed, even if not immediately.
- But who's going to watch your back if I'm not around? - Asani grimaced.
Thanks to their teamwork, they were able to take out the second jonin, who had managed to break through the traps without any casualties, and only the fact that he was followed by two others forced the jonin to split up and deal with the enemies alone.
Hence the wounds he received. Still, it was too early for them to go one-on-one with the experienced jonins, despite their advantages.
- Well, we still have three scrolls of sensei's kage bunshin," Hoshi whispered, quickly looking around for any extra ears, "he'll have you back on your feet in no time.
- Hoshi-chan, no, the war is just beginning and we've already used up half of our precious supply," the girl shook her head, taking a sitting position with a grimace of pain, "who knows how many more situations like this we have ahead of us? And I don't think we'll be able to replenish that small stockpile - Ryo-kun will be sent to war, too, won't he?
Hoshi helped her up and rested her back on a nearby piece of wood so she wouldn't strain herself too much, then nodded in agreement:
- "Maybe after this battle is over, they'll put Sensei in our direction - near the water, he has too much advantage in large-scale attacks.
- I don't think it's a bad idea to dream - most likely the S-ranks will be held in reserve until the enemy puts their strongest fighters on the battlefield, like the two jinchuriki," she waved her hand negatively, but a sudden movement made her flinch, "Oh! Sensei couldn't remove the sensation⁈⁈
- Knowing him, this is probably another lesson - an iryonin of this level won't be around forever, or rather, never, and field iryonins usually don't care about the comfort of their many patients," Hoshi sighed, raising her face to the now unobscured full moon that had emerged from behind the clouds.
The groves around them were crushed by the ninja battle to splinters and charred stumps that were still smoldering, and the previously smooth beach of clean sea sand was covered in scorch marks and streaks with deep pits from explosions and ninjutsu.
Some places even showed cooling glassy masses. Nothing new when chakra wielders clash, except that the scale is larger than Hoshi is used to.
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