- Ro, maybe we should take them up on their offer," the dogman whispered, "Ichiro won't be able to fight anytime soon, and the poison is working on you, too.
- Right, listen to your partner - if we had participants from other villages and there would be only corpses here by now," Asani said.
After hesitating for a moment, Yurin cast a concerned glance at the still-lying team member, then with a sigh, he put the kunai away and took out his bracelet and threw it at the feet of team number seventeen.
- Get Ichiro out and we'll give you all our bracelets," he nodded, "it's a down payment.
- Smart boys," Hoshi purred as Murizawa threaded her chakra to pick up the bracelet and nodded curtly, confirming it was real.
Wasting no time, she pulled out a scroll, unsealed a three-hooked cat rope from it, and threw it at the paralyzed genin in one motion. One of the sharpened ends caught on his jacket and Hoshi gave the rope a tug, making sure the fabric of the garment would hold, and then began to pull quickly.
The body, stiff from the effects of the poison, slid across the grass without much trouble. A few quiet chomping sounds came from the shrubbery, sending spikes into the elusive prey, but they were aptly shot down by Surizawa's senbon.
When the third genin of the team was out of the plant's shooting range, his teammates rushed to him, picking him up off the ground and dragging him away.
- He's got almost two dozen of those thorns," Inuzuka muttered worriedly, rolling his partner over onto his back and pulling out the thin, pinky-length needles, only slightly held back by his clothes.
Dragging on the ground with the stuck projectiles had also worsened the condition of the injured man's wounds.
- Surizawa," the team leader turned to her partner.
The kunoichi nonetheless moved toward the wounded man with a displeased chuckle.
- Stand back," she shoved the guys away, "let a normal iryonin examine him.
Activating Shosen no jutsu (mystic hand technique), she swept over the wounded guy from top to bottom, noting the condition of the body and took out a universal antidote from her pouch and injected it into his neck.
Let it lost to antidotes for specific poisons, acting weaker, but in this particular case was able to neutralize all the effects of the poison.
- Well? - Inuzuka did not think to resent the rough treatment of genin Inuzuka, looking at the girl with hope.
- He will live," the kunoichi explained, "the concentration of the poison is not so high as to be immediately fatal, the antidote will quickly cope with it and he should wake up in a couple of hours.
- Thank you," the second genin nodded with relief and rummaged through his bag, handing the girl the two remaining bracelets.
Apparently, they had decided to keep everything with the leader, rather than individually with each of them.
After tossing the bracelets to her partners, Surizawa nodded.
- I suggest you get out of the forest now or find a shelter, rather than waiting for your partner to wake up," she advised, "it's too dangerous to stay here.
- We'll do that," Yurin confirmed with Inuzuka, "we saw an empty cave under the roots of a tree not far away....
- Girls, we have visitors," Asani suddenly spoke up, holding a pulsing seal paper in her hand, "and they're strong.
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