Undercurrent of Konoha

Uzumaki Naruto was about to reach out to help Heiji, but was pushed back by a huge force.

"Slow down! Naruto, you idiot! Get out of the way!"

Haruno Sakura bent her body, lifted Heiji onto her shoulders, and ran in front of Uchiha Sasuke in the blink of an eye.

"Please...hurry...save Sasuke!"

A burst of running made Haruno Sakura's pretty face turn red. She didn't even have a chance to catch her breath, but she looked at Heiji with an earnest look on her face, her eyes sparkling with crystal tears.

Slowly stretching out his hands and pressing them on Sasuke's body, Heiji took a deep breath and felt a slight trace of chakra produced in the meridians of his body, and then all of it condensed on his palms and began to perform treatment.

Sasuke fell in a pool of blood, unconscious at all, but the wounds on his body were healing rapidly, and the blood flow had gradually stopped.

Heiji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared with the wounds suffered by Shiro, the injuries on Sasuke's body were somewhat insignificant. Although there were numerous wounds all over his body and looked very horrifying, none of them were fatal.

Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. It's not that Bai doesn't understand this truth.

However, for the sake of Zabuza, he did not hesitate to violate his kind and pure heart and force himself to do things that hurt others.

This inner struggle and pain is probably more painful than the person who was hurt by Bai Bai!

After being defeated by Uzumaki Naruto, Bai Wanwan desperately asked the other party to kill him, just to take this opportunity to completely escape the sea of ​​suffering...

"Heiji's healing technique is so powerful! It's almost... comparable to Tsunade-sama, the granddaughter of the legendary First Hokage and one of the Sannin of Konoha."

Uzuki Xiyan stood aside, feeling ashamed as she looked at Heiji's incredible healing ability.

Uchiha Sasuke's vital signs gradually returned to normal.

Heiji removed his hands from Sasuke's chest and let out a breath. He felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he felt dizzy constantly coming from his head.

It seems... chakra has been consumed too much again...

When he woke up again, Heiji opened his eyes and saw a circle of familiar faces looking at him.

Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata, Uchiha Sasuke, Inuzuka Kiba...

"That's great, Heiji! You finally woke up! We were worried about you!"

When Naruto Uzumaki smiled, he looked like a cat holding back bad water.

Heiji looked into everyone's eyes, and for a moment he felt his heart filled with warm tenderness.

Uchiha Sasuke's eyes... were not as cold and hostile as before, but looked cool and cool, as if he was still a little worried about Heiji stealing his limelight.

"Heiji... thank you very much this time..."

It was so difficult for Sasuke to say the word "thank you" in his mouth. He wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

However, the grace of saving a life is not trivial, so how can we not say "thank you".

Sasuke originally just wanted to find a chance to thank Heiji in private, but he couldn't believe that he would actually say thank you to Heiji in public.

But when I saw that delicate and slightly haggard face, an indescribable kindness arose in my heart.

It seemed that Heiji lying on the bed was no longer a stranger who suddenly awakened to chakra, an inexplicable counterattack, but became his relative, his brother...

Of course, he is definitely not the murderous demonic brother like Uchiha Itachi!

"Sasuke - you bastard... I've never seen you talk like this to others... You don't want to steal my good friend..."

Uzumaki Naruto narrowed his eyes and stared at Sasuke's expressionless poker face with vigilance.

"idiot……"

Sasuke snorted coldly, turned around and walked out of the door.

Heiji's home is too narrow and crowded...

Being in a cramped room with so many people, Sasuke felt a little out of breath and had to find a place to be alone.

"I am an Avenger... an Avenger who shouldered the murderous murder of the Uchiha family... How can I develop friendship or family ties with an inexplicable person?"

His eyes suddenly opened, and Uchiha Sasuke's eyes turned red again.

From the perspective of the double magatama sharingan, the world has become a cruel look.

"Bai...what happened to him..."

Heiji asked confusedly as he lay on the bed.

Before he fainted, he had tried his best to save Bai's life. When I woke up and didn't see Bai, I couldn't help but feel uneasy.

Everyone was silent, talking about him.

"What happened to him...!"

Heiji only fainted due to excessive chakra consumption. Now he has recovered to the best of his ability and jumped out of bed.

"Heiji... the boy named 'Shiro' is still in Konoha Hospital. He is unconscious and needs observation and treatment."

Uzumaki Naruto was worried that Heiji would be too excited and affect his physical recovery, so he had to tell the truth.

……

On the white hospital bed, the pure and flawless young man Bai lay quietly there with a peaceful expression.

His chest was rising and falling slowly, and his breathing was extremely steady.

An instrument monitoring vital signs was placed at the head of his bed, making a "ticking" sound to prove that he was still alive.

"He was too seriously injured... His heart was directly pierced, and he lost more than a quarter of his blood... It's unbelievable, how did his wound heal... Did Tsunade-sama personally treat it?"

The medical ninja in a white coat looked at the case in his hand, filled with doubts and shock.

Heiji sat quietly in front of the hospital bed, looking at Shiro with his eyes closed, silently.

After returning to the village, everyone who knew about Heiji's incredible healing ability signed a confidentiality agreement of the highest standard.

Because once Heiji's healing ability is leaked before he has grown to be strong enough, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for him.

Inserting a handful of pale pink cherry blossoms into the vase in front of the hospital bed, Heiji leaned down and quietly looked at the sleeping Shiro's face, then stretched out his hand and lightly poked his forehead.

"I said...I will protect you...I always keep my word..."

As the days passed, Heiji was immersed in daily trivial tasks and seemed to have forgotten his identity as a Konoha ANBU ninja. On the other hand, he was practicing chakra and taijutsu more diligently.

Only by constantly getting stronger and stronger can Heiji's heart feel at ease and calm.

In front of Bai's hospital bed, every time the first ray of sunlight shines on his forehead in the morning, a bouquet of freshly picked flowers will be inserted into the vase.

Most of these flowers are pale pink or light purple.

Heiji hoped that one day Shiro would suddenly wake up, smell the faint fragrance of flowers when he breathed in, and see his favorite color when he opened his eyes.

These days, Konoha Village has suddenly become lively.

Some ninjas from other villages actually wandered the streets of Konoha Village openly, while those smart vendors would give them warm smiles. This was the most important business opportunity they could not miss in a year. .

The annual Chunin Selection Examination is coming soon!

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