A Healer’s Benevolent Heart (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)

The remaining members of the Cannon Fodder Camp split into eight companies and headed deep into the desert in different directions. After some time, they split again into three or four smaller squads and scattered further in.

This was the Cannon Fodder Camp: simple and direct!

Sniff… sniff…

As they raced forward at high speed, Qian Zuo, the older twin with his hair combed to the left, twitched his nose and said,

"There’s an ambush buried beneath the sand ahead. Judging by the scent, they don’t seem too dangerous."

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone, who had been silently keeping up from behind, was rather surprised when he heard that. No wonder Chu Yingxiong had specifically picked these two to follow him. Their scouting abilities were not especially outstanding, but being able to judge an enemy’s strength through smell was quite interesting.

Fortunately, he had used that A-rank identity-rewriting item. It could fool any skill below S-rank, making it extremely useful.

"They’re Sunagakure cannon fodder. I hope they’re Reincarnators! I still have one task that I haven’t completed!"

A savage look appeared on Qian You’s face, the younger twin with his hair combed to the right. His luck had been bad; he had never run into any independent Reincarnators from the other side. The one he had finally encountered had belonged to the Turkish Kebab Shop and had nearly dragged him in with them.

This time, don’t disappoint me!

As cannon fodder ninja, most of them were naturally ordinary independent Reincarnators. Although they bore the title of Genin, they were nowhere near actual Genin strength.

The Sand Ninja lying in ambush beneath the sand panicked when the Konoha ninja suddenly launched their attack.

Not good!

The other side was an elite squad!

When Chu Yingxiong, the leader, made his move and his round body burst forth with astonishing speed, the three Sand Ninja were even more horrified.

Fuck, why was there such a monstrous powerhouse in a cannon fodder squad?!

Were they really carrying out the Promotion Mission during the same period as us?

Xu Yue, following behind, was also slightly surprised when he saw Chu Yingxiong’s speed.

He actually had intermediate Body Mastery?

Xu Yue had personally experienced the strain and pain inflicted on the body by the Body Mastery series. If Chu Yingxiong had some other abilities as well, he would probably be among the best even among Chunin.

"Hmph."

Seeing their terrified expressions and reactions, Chu Yingxiong knew they were probably independent Reincarnators, so he lowered his guard slightly.

Otherwise, even with a crushing advantage in strength, those self-destructing lunatics would still be a headache.

His raised hand curled like an eagle’s claw and dug directly into the shoulder of a Sand Ninja who had only just managed to emerge from the sand. Then he decisively flung him backward.

The younger twin, Qian You, laughed loudly and swung his blade, cleaving the airborne figure in two.

Organs and blood splattered all over him, yet he seemed completely unconcerned.

But the next instant, his expression froze because he did not hear the notification that his task had been completed.

Only when he looked down did he discover that, at some point, a Kunai had been nailed into the corpse’s forehead. The man had already been dead while flying toward him; all Qian You had cut apart was a corpse!

"You?!"

Chu Yingxiong had clearly thrown the man backward because he was afraid the target would escape and wanted to help out. He definitely would not steal the kill. Qian You turned toward Xu Yue, who was still holding the pose of having thrown a Kunai, his face full of innocence.

"I-I saw him flying over and threw it out on instinct."

Before Qian You could say anything else, his brother’s expression suddenly changed.

"Watch your back!"

The scents of the three small fry had concealed another scent beneath them. He had failed to notice it—what a careless mistake!

"Haha, I knew there’d be meat to eat if I followed this bunch of cannon fodder!"

Accompanied by arrogant laughter, a figure suddenly burst from the sand behind Qian You, who had turned around to question Xu Yue. A green-glowing poisoned blade stabbed straight toward Qian You.

Whether they were Reincarnators or ninja, ambushes that reduced one’s own losses were always the most favored tactic!

With his brother’s warning, although he was already a beat too slow, Qian You did not try to turn around. Instead, he threw himself forward.

On the other side, Qian Zuo attacked in perfect coordination, drawing two flintlock pistols from his hands.

Bang! Bang!

He fired both guns at the target simultaneously, kicking up a large cloud of black gunpowder smoke.

Yet when these antiquated gunpowder pistols, so old that even the Qing Court would not have used them, fired, they sent a violent distortion through the air ahead.

The figure preparing to follow up with another strike was instantly blasted away like a cannonball.

Judging from the speed at which he was launched, the primary purpose of those two weapons was not to kill, but to knock targets away.

Even so, a wound was still cut open across Qian You’s back.

His blood turned black almost instantly, and the discoloration began to spread.

Qian Zuo was just about to step forward to treat him when his expression changed again. He swung his gun around, preparing to do something.

But another figure suddenly burst from the sand and kicked him flying.

Chu Yingxiong, who had already dealt with the few cannon fodder used as bait ahead, was now rushing back. His target was clearly locked onto the figure who had been blasted away, as if he intended to let the twins hold out under the pressure while he crippled one enemy first.

Because he could sense it: both of these newcomers possessed the strength of ordinary Chunin!

Even if they were slightly weaker than him, the difference was not much. If he did not take one of them out first, then once they joined forces, his only option would be to flee!

But that meant all the pressure fell on Qian Zuo alone. Though he was one of the strongest newcomers and had already possessed enough strength to pass a Promotion Mission during the previous mission—

At most, he was only at the level of an ordinary Genin. He had not even reached elite Genin level. Facing a Chunin-level powerhouse alone now, he could only rely on his items to forcefully exchange a few moves.

In just a few moments, he was already in grave danger.

But the one in the worst predicament was the poisoned Qian You. He was on the verge of collapse, foam spilling from his mouth.

After an extremely brief assessment, Xu Yue immediately stepped forward and supported the poisoned younger twin, wearing an anxious expression full of a healer’s benevolence as he said,

"Hold on! I’ll save you!"

As he spoke, he drew out a Kunai and cut open the wound on Qian You’s back, releasing the poisoned blood. Then he took out a pill and crushed it into two halves. He ground one half into powder and sprinkled it over the wound, producing a clear sizzling sound as a strong acid reaction was neutralized.

He stuffed the other half into Qian You’s mouth.

This was an Antidote Pill among the standard items issued to Konoha "medical personnel."

It seemed to be precisely effective against this most common kind of poison. After Xu Yue administered emergency treatment, Qian You’s complexion visibly improved.

Xu Yue then formed hand seals and used Hemostasis Jutsu, the most basic and common Medical Ninjutsu, on the cut-open wound that had turned red.

He had found the perfect chance to display his specialty. It completely matched his identity, and medical personnel were rare and important roles.

Besides, since he had saved this guy, he would at least gain another connection in the Beiyang Army in the real world later on.

But at that moment, the sand behind Xu Yue began to churn once more. A third figure sprang out with a savage grin!

This final hidden enemy had concealed himself the best. Even Qian Zuo, who possessed detection abilities and was currently locked in a bitter fight, had failed to discover him!

He possessed a stealth technique with an extremely high weighting!

Even when breaking through the sand, he made no sound at all.

Looking at the medical worker ahead, whose left hand glowed green as it pressed against the wound, a bloodthirsty excitement rose in his heart.

A medical worker? That was truly an excellent target. Once he casually dealt with these two, he could go help…

A fist rapidly enlarged before his eyes. Before he could form another thought, he felt a sharp pain at the tip of his nose, and everything went black.

What was happening? Who am I? Where am I? What happened…

Then, accompanied by a shriek of air, his corpse was sent flying directly into the sand dune behind him, where it was buried.

Xu Yue withdrew his raised right hand. His expression still carried the same anxious gravity of someone treating the wounded as he began taking out Blood Replenishing Pills and Ration Pills, preparing to feed them to Qian You.

Qian Zuo was too occupied with his own battle to notice anything at all.

Chu Yingxiong, who was fiercely fighting the first enemy, merely looked around in suspicion and vigilance. It seemed like a burst of killing intent had appeared just now, but it had quickly vanished?

However, he was in battle himself and had no spare attention for anything else. He still intended to expand his advantage and deal with the enemy before him first.

The poisoned and dazed Qian You was even less likely to notice anything.

Only the second enemy, who had completely overwhelmed Qian Zuo and was playing with him like a cat toying with a mouse while waiting for their strongest captain to launch a sneak attack against that troublesome fatty, had clearly seen everything that had happened.

He had no objections to the captain first torturing two weaklings to death, and had even been inwardly sighing at the captain’s twisted sense of humor.

But what happened in the next moment?

The captain… was gone…

This horrifying realization made him pause his attack against Qian Zuo.

At the same time, the two shuriken Xu Yue had thrown curved through the air toward him, fully displaying the level of throwing technique he had currently revealed.

Before the man could react, they sliced open his windpipe!

Almost at the same instant, Qian Zuo, having seized the opportunity, switched his flintlock pistol to its most powerful killing mode and fired a shot directly into the man’s head!

It burst apart like a watermelon.

Looking at the headless corpse of the formidable enemy before him, Qian Zuo still wore an expression of utter disbelief.

He had actually killed an enemy who was likely Chunin-level just like that? Had the man really stumbled into a ditch?

Had he gotten distracted in the middle of a battlefield?

Haha! Hahaha!

This was fantastic—he was so lucky!

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