"What do you mean?" Muteki and Yushi were both stunned.
Not a ninja?
"He's not a ninja, nor is he human."
Haruki saw Muteki's wounds heal, withdrew his hand, and walked over to Yuma.
Yuma's chakra pathways in both hands were almost completely severed, his shoulder was pierced by a sharp weapon, and he had many burns on his legs.
Haruki's hand pressed on Yuma's arms, green light enveloped the wounds on Yuma's arms, the broken chakra pathways reconnected, and the wounds healed rapidly.
Muteki and Yushi followed Haruki, hearing his words, their pupils were filled with shock. The two of them exchanged glances.
"Not human?"
"Then what is it?"
Muteki and Yushi gulped.
They stared intently at Haruki, afraid of receiving an earth-shattering, ghost-crying answer from his mouth.
"He is a curse." Haruki pursed his lips.
Muteki and Yushi saw tension and guilt on Haruki's face.
The two were about to ask, but Haruki lowered his head and explained on his own, "After my parents died, I wandered alone and sometimes encountered danger. I was scared, and he... he appeared."
"I didn't want him to kill people, but I couldn't control him..." Haruki's voice was filled with helplessness.
Haruki continued healing, then looked up at Muteki and Yushi. "I'm sorry, I just wanted to protect you, I didn't want them to hurt you, I didn't know he would kill so many people..."
Seeing Haruki's incoherent and flustered appearance, Muteki and Yushi suddenly snapped awake.
Haruki was still a child!
Yes!
He was still a child under ten years old!
No matter how brave and kind he was, it didn't change the fact that he was still a child.
After experiencing so many things today, he must have been more terrified and scared than anyone else.
Muteki and Yushi were instantly overwhelmed by guilt.
"Haruki, don't be afraid, we're not blaming you, on the contrary, we're very grateful to you." Yushi's gray pupils held a comforting intent.
"That's right!" Muteki quickly chimed in.
His eyes curved, and he said gratefully, "If it weren't for you, we would have died long ago. You saved us."
[Ding!]
[System detected Muteki's Gratitude Value +1000]
[Ding!]
[System detected Yushi's Gratitude Value +1000]
[Currently collected Gratitude Value: 2000, your Cursed Spirit Land God's rank has increased to 53.8%]
Muteki and Yushi's words seemed to have a comforting effect. Haruki's demeanor was no longer so flustered.
At this time, Yuma's injuries also healed. But perhaps because he was too tired, he didn't wake up immediately.
While Haruki continued to heal the next person, the topic of Sukuna continued.
Yushi thought of the enormous being that appeared before, and he speculated, "The one that appeared before... was also a curse?"
Yushi really didn't know what to call the monster that protected Haruki. Judging by Haruki's attitude, his relationship with the monster should be good.
Haruki nodded, and when he mentioned Rika, his eyes sparkled. "Her name is Rika, and she is my fiancée."
Yushi: "..."
Muteki: "..."
Were their ears not healed? Should they ask Haruki to treat their ears?
"If she's a curse, how can she be your fiancée?" Muteki scratched his head, struggling to sort out his confused thoughts.
"She was human, she only became a curse after she died."
Haruki's face seemed to be covered in a layer of gray, incredibly dim. "Her name is Rika Orimoto, and she was my childhood friend, but Rika died in an accident. I didn't want her to leave me, so she became like this and has been with me."
Hearing Haruki's explanation, cold sweat suddenly broke out on Muteki and Yushi's backs. They looked at Haruki in front of them in shock.
Because he couldn't accept the death of his childhood friend Rika, his childhood friend existed in this form.
Because he was afraid of danger, a powerful existence that slaughtered the Sunagakure ninjas was born.
Both were existences born from Haruki's wishes.
Did Haruki consider them curses, and thus called them curses?
Muteki and Yushi's expressions became solemn. They had never heard of such strange ninjutsu.
But in the vast Ninja World, there was nothing that couldn't exist. Undoubtedly, Haruki was powerful.
[Ding!]
[System detected Mizuna's Gratitude Value +1000]
[Ding!]
[Your Cursed Spirit Land God's rank has increased to 53.9%]
Mizuna looked at his hand, it was alive again. He couldn't help but smile helplessly.
With Haruki's existence, death was no longer a terrifying thing. It was as if he had just fallen asleep. He knew that Haruki would wake him up. He was really spoiled.
The smile on his face froze after seeing the corpses of the Sunagakure ninjas.
He looked at Muteki and Yushi in front of him and asked, "Who did this?"
Muteki and Yushi's gazes involuntarily focused on Haruki, who was continuing to heal.
Mizuna's gaze followed them, and finding them looking at Haruki, he asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at Haruki?"
"I did it." Haruki's voice entered Mizuna's ears.
Mizuna was stunned, and blurted out, "What did you do?"
The moment the question left his mouth, Mizuna immediately reacted. He hadn't connected this matter with Haruki at all.
In his opinion, no matter who did it, it couldn't have been Haruki. He was just a child.
Mizuna looked blankly at Muteki and Yushi.
Yushi said in a deep voice, "More accurately, it was the curse on Haruki that did it."
Yushi spent three minutes explaining to Mizuna that Haruki had two curses on him. Mizuna was silent for a moment after listening.
He looked at Haruki's back, he could feel Haruki's fear. Since it was the curse that did it, then it had nothing to do with Haruki.
He must have been terrified after seeing such a bloody scene. Not to mention, when the curse appeared, most of them had fallen unconscious. Haruki must have been helpless at the time.
"Haruki, thank you."
Mizuna stepped forward, his hand resting on Haruki's shoulder, he said very seriously, "Your Medical Ninjutsu has saved us many times, and the curse saved us again, it's all thanks to you."
[Ding!]
[System detected Mizuna's Gratitude Value +1000]
[Ding!]
[Your Cursed Spirit Land God's rank has increased to 54%]
Haruki looked up, tears welling in his eyes. "Are you really not afraid of me? Won't you think I'm a monster? A jinx? I can curse others, I'm so scary."
Mizuna and the others were stunned. They finally knew what Haruki was worried about.
[Ding!]
[System detected Muteki's Affection Value +500]
[Ding!]
[System detected Yushi's Affection Value +500]
[Ding!]
[System detected Mizuna's Affection Value +500]
[Currently collected Affection Value: 1500, your Companion Cursed Spirit Rika's rank has increased to 58.85%]