"Cough! Cough! Well, it's all over, Minato, it's worth it for me to live up to now, I should have died on the battlefield with those partners a long time ago. I have earned it by living for so long .”

Following Yuriko, after a few turns in the corridor that was not wide but not narrow, a Japanese-style door was pushed open by Yuriko, and the moment the door was opened, a voice came from inside. A weak, but articulate sentence.

this voice?

And as Yuriko stepped into the room, Chiba, before he settled his gaze to look at the Japanese-style room, the thought of being so hungry came to his mind, vaguely, this voice gave him a sense of familiarity, it should be that he knew it people.

"Master Hokage, Chiba is here."

At the same time, the voice of Yuriko, who had already dwarfed, sounded.

"Quick! Let Chiba see!"

Then, there was the voice of Namikaze Minato, although his voice was still gentle and gave people an inexplicable sense of security, but his words trembled slightly, with a trembling feeling.

This... this is...

Fire Assistant?

Is this the fire assistant?

At this time, Qianye also fixed his eyes and saw everything here. This is a very simple Japanese-style room with not much furniture and a simple layout, but the room is quite spacious , just because of the scarcity of furniture, it seems that there is only a single bed in the middle of the room, which makes it even more empty.

And on the bedding, there was a young man lying on it, and on both sides were two drip racks, with a lot of drips hanging on them. And from the exposed skin of this young man, you can see that it is full of burn scars left after being burned.

And the young man's face was already pale, with no trace of blood visible, his eyes closed, his breath weak, he was already seriously injured, dying.

However, Qianye recognized that pale and weak face. It was the assistant named Huojian who had shown kindness to him early on despite not having much contact with him.

That is, after I returned to the village, I took myself to the former assistant of the Hokage Building.

Now, it can be said that he is his predecessor.

How... how could this happen?

Didn't it mean that Assistant Huojian was on a mission?

How come here?

Moreover, it still looks like it has been ill for a long time!

What... what's going on?

At this moment, Qianye's heart suddenly became a little confused.

"Chiba... Hurry up!"

But thinking of this, when Yuriko's voice came, Chiba felt as if her sleeves were being torn, and some out-of-control thoughts in her heart stopped immediately.

"Please! Chiba, we must heal Huojian!"

At the same time, Namikaze Minato spoke with a pleading tone.

"Yes Yes!"

And hearing this, Qianye also suddenly pulled out of the chaotic thoughts, and immediately sat down on her knees, and began to diagnose the young man on the bed.

Yuriko skillfully replaced the drip.

But Minakame Minato, sitting opposite Yuriko and Chiba, at the bedside on the other side of the fire, has changed from his previous gentle and calm image, with a somewhat anxious expression on his face.

Obviously, Namikaze Minato temporarily put aside Hokage's work for the sake of Hokage.

burn!

knife wound!

This is... and, visceral failure?

This... how could he suffer such a serious injury, such an injury... such an injury...

And after this inspection by Huojian, Qianye's brows furrowed, and the frowns became tighter, and his face became more and more dignified.

Although it was only a rough inspection, he found 75% burns on Huo Jian's body, and several relatively large knife wounds. Although they had healed, for some unknown reason, his body was getting worse and worse. Difference.

Judging from this kind of injury, it should be brought down from the battlefield.

"Is there any physical examination report!"

Thinking of this, Chiba hurriedly asked.

"here!"

Yuriko on the side seemed to have expected Chiba to say this, and showed Chiba the prepared injury report, as well as a recent medical examination report.

And Chiba took it and quickly looked at it.

Extensive burns, several extremely deep critical knife wounds, and signs of poisoning... Was this a few months ago?

No!

two months ago?

This... seventy-five percent burns and deep knife wounds, as well as signs of poisoning, this senior Huo Jian should have recovered his life at that time.

Since he recovered his life, the injury at that time should be healed.

In the report, it also said that he was cured, and the examination was fine.

He also recuperated for a while. It stands to reason that the current situation would not occur. Based on the observation just now and the two inspection reports, it could only be due to the exhaustion of internal organs.

However, it has been two months and there have been no new injuries. How could it be...

Could it be that?

Is that poison?

The poison was not cured at the time, or was it only temporarily suppressed?

Now is the recurrence of the poison, causing internal organ failure, so that now?

And looking at it, Qianye's heart gradually became clear.

"No need, two months ago, I was told that I could only live for one month. Now that I have lived an extra month, I have already made money, so I should be content."

At this moment, Huo Jian, who couldn't open his eyes with a weak face, had a smile on his mouth, and said.

Although the tone was weak, it could be heard that Huo Jian's consciousness was quite clear.

"Why...how can I only live for one month? Back then it wasn't..."

And hearing this, Namikaze Minato immediately frowned and said.

"It's Senior Huo Jian, let the treating doctor say so, saying that the injury has healed. In fact, at that time, the toxin was only suppressed. It can only be saved for a while, but not for the whole life. Now, it is the suppressed poison that relapses. Alright."

However, Chiba, who put down the medical report without a sigh, interrupted before Minakame finished speaking.

Obviously, Huoma didn't want Namakaze Minato to know that he was not long to live, so he concealed the fact that he could only live for a month, and lied to Namakaze Minato that he had recovered.

At that time, the trauma should have healed quite smoothly, so Minato Namikaze didn't see the flaw.

Huoma did this for the sake of Namikaze Minato, and at the same time, it was probably for the sake of the village, so he kept it a secret.

Even Qianye now feels that the reason why he can become an assistant agent is probably this Huojian who is behind the scenes.

It's not just that Namikaze Minato wants to take the stage by himself, after that, this Huojian must have contributed to the flames.

It just so happens that I let myself replace him who is about to die and assist this new Hokage.

The current relationship between Hokage and his assistant may be caused by this former assistant of Hokage!