After finishing the A-rank Fire Demon off and collecting its chakra core, which only appeared on the bodies of A-rank or higher-ranked chakra beasts, Seimei and Sorata went back to check on their injured teammate.
When they arrived near Aburame Shoji, Hyuga Ginjo, and the unknown samurai, who were still receiving treatment, Seimei asked, "How's their condition?"
Hearing this, the shadow clone that was working on treating them remained silent.
It was channeling the green, soothing Yang Release chakra of the Mystical Palm Technique through the chakra threads to cover as much surface area of the body as possible with utmost precision while treating multiple patients at once.
Instead, the shadow clone, who was guarding the patients and the medical-nin clone, informed Seimei about the treatment details.
"All of them are fine."
"They didn't have any internal injuries or fractured bones, just deep flesh wounds, lacerations, and second to third-degree burns."
"Plus, some severe blood loss."
"Anyway, nothing we couldn't heal with some medical Ninjutsu and healing potions."
"We fed them some minor healing potion and blood replenishing pills while treating their flesh wounds with the Mystical Palm Jutsu."
"Apart from a little weakness from the accelerated regeneration, which caused their metabolism rate to multiply several times to generate enough vital energy to heal their wounds, they should be fine."
"All they need to do is eat some military ration pills to quell their hunger and replenish the lost energy, and they would be good to go."
The shadow clone, who finished the treatment just after the guard clone informed Seimei about his teammate's health, also nodded subtly before dispelling himself silently.
Seimei, who immediately became dumbfounded at the almost introverted shadow clone who suddenly dispelled itself, received a flood of memories from the dispelled clone.
At the same time, he couldn't help but complain in his mind…
The more my Shadow Clone Jutsu's proficiency increases, the stranger my shadow clones become.
Now, each of them has a distinct personality, which essentially represents different sides of me.
Some of them are introverted, some are cheerful, some are deep thinkers, some are sarcastic, and others are filled with a lot of dark humor and downright provocative.
Fortunately, they are still a part of me, so they follow my orders unconditionally.
This part never changed.
Apart from the core functions of the Shadow Clone Jutsu, everything else about this Jutsu has changed.
Should I say my shadow clones now have more personality?
Hmm??
Hehe…should I make my clones wear monocles in their right eyes and let them adjust them from time to time like a certain Angel of Time?
○( ＾皿＾)っ Hehehe…
Unfortunately, no one would understand the humor of that monocle-pinching gesture in this world…
What a pity!
ㄟ( ▔, ▔ )ㄏ
I was almost looking forward to it…😋
Seimei's imagination was running wild when he saw his other clone looking at him with a mischievous smile as if he had completely seen through his chuuni thoughts.
He couldn't help but cough a few times with mild embarrassment.
He knew that even though his clones couldn't read minds and had different personalities, they could still guess what kind of thoughts were running through the other party's mind by analyzing their body language.
He could do it.
So, there was no reason for his clones not to be able to do it as well.
After all, the essence of all shadow clones was the same as Seimei's.
His father, Senju Tobirama, once said that if there was one person who knew you and read you like an open book better than your parents and your loved ones, it had to be your shadow clone.
It looked like he was not joking.
The shadow clone, who was still smirking, said, "Alright."
"I guess my job is over here."
"I will go back."
Seimei nodded as he saw his shadow clone dispelling himself.
Then, he focused his gaze on the three patients he had just treated.
"Jonin Shoji, Special Jonin Ginjo, and Samurai Murata."
"You three can join the battlefield after resting for a couple of minutes to recover from your weakened state. The ration pills should show their effects by then."
"Before that, try to avoid combat as much as possible."
Aburame Shoji and Hyuga Ginjo nodded, while the samurai replied, "Yes."
"Very well. I will see you later," said Seimei as he glanced toward Uchiha Sorata.
Sorata also glanced at him and nodded his head.
Both of them focused their attention on a direction where the clash of chakra was rather intense.
Judging by the enormous chakra radiating from that place, that place was probably the battlefield against the AA-rank Fire Demon—the true field boss-class monster of this chakra beast riot.
As long as they could eliminate it, the command structure among the chakra beasts would collapse, which would make it easier to suppress the riot and kill the remaining beasts.
Plus, their team captain, Senju Haku, was fighting it.
Every AA-rank chakra beast was cunning, unpredictable, and incredibly powerful. Not to mention, the AA-rank chakra beast this time was none other than a Fire Demon.
A disgusting foe with jaw-dropping regenerative capabilities that made them particularly difficult to kill. Even four Elite Jonin might not be enough to take down a chakra beast of this caliber. An S-rank Shinobi might also struggle to subdue them without extensive preparations.
The cockroach of the ninja world. The Reaper of Shinobi.
Make one mistake while facing them and you will lose your life.
So, Seimei and Sorata—two ninjas with the combat capabilities of true Elite Jonin—could provide great aid to kill this Demon and prevent excessive casualties.
Thinking this far, Seimei and Sorata no longer hesitated.
They activated the Body Flicker Jutsu and rushed toward the battlefield as fast as possible, all while cutting down any and every chakra beasts that dared to block their path.
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"Wait…that's not a normal AA-rank Fire Demon. It's a freaking mutated one."
"Yeah. Fire is not its only element. It seems this demon is also capable of manipulating Earth."
"To be more precise, it's using Fire, Earth, and Lava Release innate skills."
"Indeed. Anything beyond the B or A rank cannot be simple."
"Sure, but its natural habitat should be tens of kilometers away. There should be a mildly active volcano, right? What the hell is it doing here?"
"Hmm…"
"The whole situation stinks of trouble. Under normal circumstances, these chakra beasts shouldn't be gathering here to launch a riot here of all places."
Seimei and Sorata kept talking back and forth as they watched the mutated fire demon fight against two Elite Jonin ninjas.
The other two Elite Jonin had been severely injured by the AA-rank demon, forcing them to retire from the battle zone to prevent them from becoming unnecessary sacrifices.
However, this made the two Elite Jonin, Senju Haku and Uzumaki, who were fighting the mutated demon head-on, feel immense pressure.
So, Seimei and Sorata began devising plans to take this final boss-level chakra beast out while also sharing their doubts about the unnaturalness of the entire beast riot phenomenon.
"Alright. Time to join the battle," said Seimei.
With that, both of them rocketed toward the AA-rank mutated Fire Demon to end this beast riot for once and for all.
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