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Chapter 207 Clues, Eye-Opening
Chapter 207 Clues, Eye-Opening
While Yangping, Kakashi, and the others were being chased by the Sand Village ninja, Taichi was also fighting on the battlefield where he belonged.
As the number of poisoned ninjas continued to increase, more and more samples were sent to Taiichi's laboratory.
A day has passed, and he has only been able to concoct four antidotes for the original eight types of toxins. But what is frustrating is that two new toxins have been discovered among the newly admitted patients.
This gave Taiyi, who had been working non-stop all day, a headache.
From the latest characteristics of the poison, Taiyi can easily see that Chiyo of Sunagakure is constantly improving the poison to counteract his detoxification progress. If you can detoxify, she can re-poison you.
However, your detoxification process can never keep up with the speed at which she updates her poisons. Moreover, these are all Konoha ninjas who are injured. No matter how high their morale is, it cannot withstand such constant blows.
Another day passed, and Taiyi had deciphered all eight of the original poisons, but this did not make him happy at all, because there were seven new poison samples placed to his right.
"Taiichi, how's it going on your end?" Fujita's voice rang out from behind, carrying a hint of concern and urgency.
Upon hearing this, Taiyi turned to look at the source of the voice. "Director, it's not difficult to concoct an antidote for the poison that has already been discovered, but we are still too passive."
Taiichi picked up the manuscript paper on the table and handed it to Director Fujita.
"These are the recipes for the antidotes to the initial eight poisons, but as you can see, in just two days, seven more have been added."
They need to develop new types of poison. If we keep following them like this, when will it ever end?
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When Director Fujita first heard that Taiichi had so quickly figured out how to make antidotes for eight poisons, he was overjoyed. This speed was comparable to that of Tsunade back in the day.
But upon hearing Taiyi's next words, she couldn't help but feel troubled. Her expertise lay only in treating external injuries; while she wasn't completely ignorant of pharmacology, she only had a superficial understanding of it.
But she was an old woman after all, and she was used to encountering such difficult problems. If she couldn't handle it herself, of course she would ask someone who could to help, just like when they asked Taiyi for assistance before.
"Taiichi, isn't Lady Tsunade your teacher? Can you contact her and ask her for advice? Chiyo is her old rival. They clashed over poisons during World War II, and in the end, Lady Tsunade was the one who came out on top."
Tai's eyes lit up, and he slapped himself across the face, startling the headmaster Fujita in front of him.
"How stupid of me! I had such a great master here, and instead of asking him for advice, I just kept messing around with things on my own." Taiichi excitedly grabbed Director Fujita's hand and shook it up and down. "Thanks to your reminder, Director, you can go now, I need to continue my research."
As he spoke, he shook Director Fujita out of the laboratory door.
With a "bang," the door was locked from the inside, and only then did Director Fujita realize that he had been kicked out by Taiichi.
What an ungrateful brat! But thinking of Taiyi's bloodshot eyes and the manuscript paper filled with data in his hand, I decided to let it go. I'm a magnanimous person, and I'm not one to hold grudges.
Inside the laboratory, Taiyi was rapidly organizing the data. This included not only the previous eight poisons, but also all the pathological and toxicological analyses of the remaining seven. Only with more data could they uncover more clues.
But Director Fujita's reminder not only gave Taichi a way out of the problem of detoxification, but more importantly, it reminded him that he hadn't contacted Tsunade for a long time.
This is why Taiichi hurriedly kicked Director Fujita out; he felt quite ashamed.
I had been so confident that I would find a way to persuade Tsunade to return to Konoha ahead of time, and she had even given me her inheritance and a house. Thinking about it now, I feel so ashamed of myself.
However, this is also a good opportunity to allow Tsunade to get deeply involved in the war and deepen her increasingly distant relationship with the village.
After organizing all the information on poisons, Taichi wrote another deeply moving letter to Tsunade.
In the letter, Taiyi first briefly introduced his recent situation, then sincerely admitted that he had neglected to care for his teacher during this period, and finally said that he had recently encountered trouble and needed his teacher's help.
Once everything was ready, Taiyi formed a hand seal and summoned a small slug.
"Hi, Taiichi, it's been a long time!"
The slug remained gentle, but her words made Tai feel ashamed. Even the slug said it had been a long time since they last met, which showed how negligent Tai had been.
"Haha, it's been a while!" Taiichi awkwardly scratched his head, then handed the thick letter to Slug. "I'll have to trouble you again, Slug, please deliver this to Tsunade-sensei as soon as possible."
"No problem, leave it to me!" The slug wrapped the letter inside its body and, seeing that Taiyi had nothing more to say, decisively canceled the psychic summoning and returned to the Shikkotsu Forest.
Watching the slug disappear, Taiichi wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead and couldn't help but sigh, "Slugs are so much better. They're neither as arrogant as the giant snake in Ryuchi Cave, nor as mysterious as the toads of Mount Myōboku."
Looking at the messy papers on the table, Taiyi decided to put everything down for the time being and take a good rest on the sofa in the laboratory cubicle. After all, he hadn't slept much during this period of research on the antidote.
Now that he has a reliable backer, he can finally put down some of his burdens and rest peacefully.
Within minutes, soft snoring could be heard in the laboratory, showing that Taiyi was truly exhausted.
The second hand of the clock on the wall ticked forward, one hour, two hours, until the hour hand pointed to 5 o'clock, and it was already 5 pm.
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A memory quickly flooded Taiyi's mind, jolting him awake from his slumber. He abruptly opened his eyes, a chilling light flashing within them. He then reached for the short sword lying on the wall and vanished in a flash.
Rewind one hour, to a forest in the Sunagakure region of the Land of Rivers.
Yangping and Kakashi were currently running on an unknown road. The long and tense escape had completely disoriented them. All they knew was that they were running north, but they had no idea where they were.
The group of five was all present, but they were all injured, had very little chakra left, and had exhausted all their supplies.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" Seven or eight kunai flew out from one side of the forest, another Sand Ninja squad that intended to intercept them.
Kakashi, who was walking to the side, swung his sword to block the kunai attack. At this moment, they didn't dare to use ninjutsu much and could only try their best to fight with taijutsu. Fortunately, apart from Rin, the others here, although they all had their own preferences, were all good at taijutsu.
At this moment, four ninjas rushed out from the side. Yangping took the initiative and stepped forward to take down the leader of the Jonin captain. The two fought like ping-pong balls and were evenly matched for a moment.
At this point, Yangping could only maintain the three-tomoe Sharingan, and dared not even activate the Mangekyou Sharingan more, as he simply did not have any more chakra.
Kakashi, who was a step behind, glanced at the six people—Saori, Obito, Rin, and three Chunin from Sand Village—who were already locked in combat behind him. He knew how powerful Saori was; she was a formidable ninja whose strength was no less than his own. So he wasn't too worried about them.
So, if we want to get rid of these Sand Ninja as soon as possible, we can only help Yanghei deal with this Jonin first.
With this thought in mind, Kakashi's eyes narrowed, and he held his short sword in a thrusting position. Seizing an opening, he charged towards the Sand Village Jonin.
Behind them, although it was a 3v3 situation between Konoha and Sunagakure, it was actually just Saori and Obito fighting against the three Sunagakure members. Rin was just a medical ninja; when her chakra was plentiful, she could use ninjutsu to provide support, but now, she was struggling to even protect herself.
Sunagakure had clearly seen this as well, and they kept using Rin as a starting point to lure Saori and Obito to their rescue.
The key is that this move is particularly effective, especially on Obito. It's incredibly accurate every time it's used, and Obito has already gained several more bloody marks because of it.
"You despicable Sand Village ninjas, if you have the guts, fight me one-on-one!" Obito roared in frustration, but his voice was utterly powerless.
However, this was clearly not what Sunagakure wanted. Obito was good, but at most he was a Chunin. Saori was their main target.
If Saori weren't currently depleted of chakra, and both her physical strength and energy were at a low point, these Chunin wouldn't dare to directly confront her.
But at this moment, Sunagakure clearly had a new plan. One of them held off Obito and slowly forced him away from Rin's side.
The other two intentionally moved closer to Rin and Saori's battle, and although the three from Konoha saw all of this, they were powerless to change anything.
When the Sand Ninja felt the time was right, the two Sand Ninjas launched a fierce attack on Rin simultaneously.
At that moment, Obito, who was not far away, let out a grief-stricken roar. In his eyes, a Sunagakure kunai was about to pierce Rin's chest, but he was powerless to stop it.
A sharp pain shot through his eyes, and two tomoe appeared in his eyes, one on each side. These newly appeared tomoe were spinning rapidly, as if they were about to split off into the next tomoe.
A surge of new energy coursed through his brain and spread throughout his body. Obito was overjoyed and lunged toward Rin, completely ignoring the kunai that Sand Ninjas were already thrusting at him from the side.
But clearly, he was still too far from Rin; by the time he arrived to rescue her, it would be too late. Besides, the Sand Village's ultimate target wasn't him.
At this critical moment, Saori instantly moved in front of Rin, using her kunai to deflect the Sand Ninja's attack.
But at that very moment, another Sand Ninja seized the opportunity and silently stabbed Saori in the heart with a kunai.
"Saori, watch out!" This was Rin's warning. She had just been kicked away and had just looked up when she saw the sneak attack.
As the kunai pierced through Saori's outer garment and pressed against her skin, a triumphant grin appeared on the face of the Sand Ninja.
But in the next instant, that sinister smile suddenly froze on his face, and the kunai in his hand could not be moved even an inch.
At this moment, a massive sealing array unfolded beneath his feet; it was the Multi-Element Lamp Sealing Talisman that Taiyi had given to Saori to save her life.
At the critical moment, Saori activated this life-saving technique without hesitation. While one Sand Ninja was trapped and another was in shock, she quickly swung her kunai, first taking care of the shocked Sand Ninja, and then effortlessly slit the neck of the trapped Sand Ninja.
This sudden turn of events immediately altered the course of the battle, surprising not only the Sand Village ninja but also Obito and Rin, who were caught off guard.
However, Saori's combat experience was clearly far superior to that of Obito and Rin, two rookies. She quickly pounced on the Sand Ninja behind Obito and, with Obito's help, killed him in just a few moves.
Meanwhile, Yangping and Kakashi were besieging the Sand Village Jonin and had already gained the upper hand, but Obito's cry of pain attracted their attention. Then they saw Saori display her great power and quickly take down three Sand Village ninjas.
Now it was the Sand Village Jonin's turn to be caught off guard. What was going on? The battle had changed so abruptly. Taking advantage of Yangping and Kakashi's momentary lapse in concentration, the Sand Village Jonin immediately retreated, then turned and fled. He knew his own limitations; he was no match for five Konoha ninja.
Here, the five people from Konoha reunited. Yangping immediately noticed the change in Obito's eyes and a bright smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Not bad, you've actually opened your eyes!"
Only then did everyone notice Obito's change. At this moment, the rotation of the tomoe in Obito's eyes had slowed down, and he maintained a single tomoe in each eye.
Obito, reminded by Yohei, realized that when he witnessed Rin being nearly killed, he did experience a sudden surge of power, which was clearly when he awakened his Sharingan.
But before he could even rejoice, a real crisis interrupted him.
"Let's get out of here! It's not safe here!" Yangping reminded everyone that this was not a place to stay for long.
"Go? Do you think you can still leave?" A domineering voice came from afar and reached everyone's ears.
Yang Ping and the others suddenly turned around and saw a group of five people emerging from the depths of the winding road, one of whom was the Jonin who had just escaped.
At this moment, he was following behind the person who had just spoken, his face full of shame, head down, not saying a word.
This made Yang Ping and the others even more horrified. What kind of person could make a Sand Village Jonin act like this?
When the group finally saw the newcomer's face, they all felt a chill run down their spines and their bodies tense up. Even someone as ignorant as Obito recognized the newcomer as the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa.
To be honest, Rasa didn't come here specifically to ambush them. As mentioned before, Rasa often participates in battles against Konoha in order to relieve the pressure on Sunagakure.
This time, Rasa and his guards were on their way back to camp after completing their mission when they happened to pass by this place and encountered the fleeing Sand Village Jonin.
This piqued his curiosity. He knew that Sunagakure was hunting down the Konoha squad that was causing trouble in their territory, but he never expected to run into them.
But since he had encountered it, he naturally couldn't ignore it, especially since his side had been defeated.
After learning about the situation from that Jonin, he couldn't help but feel a surge of killing intent. A Konoha ninja who could severely damage a blocking squad after two days of pursuit was not to be allowed to live!