[System detected Suzaku's Nostalgia Value +5000.]
[Ding!]
[Your Cursed Spirit Choso's rank has increased to 28%.]
Haruki closed his eyes and gently curved his lips. Today's harvest greatly exceeded his expectations. He refused to believe that a new copyable technique hadn't been activated.
'System?' Haruki called out in his mind.
[Host, I'm here.]
'Have I activated a new copyable technique?'
If he hadn't activated a new copyable technique today, then he would call the main system to complain. He suspected his system had embezzled his Emotional Value.
[Host, yes, you have!]
'Since I activated a copyable technique, why didn't you give a prompt?'
He remembered that when he had previously activated Shoko's Reverse Cursed Technique, the system had clearly given a timely prompt.
[Host, turning on the prompt sound might disturb your immersive work.]
Haruki: "…"
'I'm not afraid of being disturbed. Turning on the prompt sound will only motivate me to keep moving forward.'
[Okay.]
[Host, the prompt sound has been turned on.]
As soon as the system finished speaking, the prompt sound rang out.
[Ding!]
[Main Body Ability: Reverse Cursed Technique (Activated)]
[Ding!]
[Copyable Technique: Toji Fushiguro — Heavenly Restriction (Activated)]
[Ding!]
[Copyable Technique: Mei Mei — Black Bird Manipulation Technique (Activated)]
Haruki waited for a few minutes, and no more prompt sounds rang in his mind.
'That's it?'
[Host, that's all.]
Haruki wished that the prompt sound could keep ringing. Unfortunately, that was impossible.
With the activation of the main body's Reverse Cursed Technique, Haruki could finally breathe a sigh of relief. At least he could now heal his own injuries.
Haruki valued physical combat, and Toji's Heavenly Restriction was a technique he had always wanted to activate.
Although ninjutsu was indeed powerful, his own strength gave him more of a sense of security.
Even if his Cursed Energy was exhausted one day, he could still fight his way out with physical combat.
Moreover, how cool was it to have great physical strength.
Mei Mei's Black Bird Manipulation Technique was a reconnaissance technique. It involved injecting Cursed Energy into crows to control them.
There was no limit to the number. As long as the Cursed Energy was enough, a large number of crows could be controlled.
The crows could share their vision with the controller. Also, this skill could not only be used for reconnaissance but also for attack.
Of course, the core of the Black Bird Manipulation Technique was to share vision with crows and use them for various tactical operations.
Today's three techniques, to some extent, compensated for Haruki's shortcomings.
Main body healing, physical combat, and reconnaissance were all the abilities Haruki needed most at the moment.
He hit the jackpot!
Haruki leaned on Suzaku's back, taking it easy. Since he could take transportation, why should he walk himself?
Hanzo's voice rang out. "Set off for the village."
"Yes!"
The Amegakure ninjas spoke in unison, their eyes filled with excitement.
Hanzo's figure walked at the very front, followed by a dense mass of Amegakure ninjas.
They quickly approached the central area of Amegakure.
On the other side.
Iron Tower.
Sakikawa's expression was solemn.
Kabure, beside him, was full of remorse.
He annoyedly patted his head and said, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't been careless, Haruki wouldn't have snuck out."
Sakikawa leaned against the cold wall, his heart colder than the wall. He said in a deep voice, "It's not your fault. I also didn't realize Haruki used a Transformation Jutsu."
After Kabure left, Sakikawa became suspicious when Haruki didn't come out of the restroom for a long time. He went to the restroom to look for Haruki but didn't find him. Instead, he found the unconscious Kabure.
At that moment, Sakikawa knew they were in trouble.
Now they could only pray that Haruki was discovered by other Amegakure ninjas and hadn't encountered any life-threatening danger. Otherwise, they would be unable to face Hanzo.
Two medical ninjas anxiously paced back and forth in front of them. After Haruki's disappearance was exposed, the medical ninjas could no longer calm down. They were the ones who best understood how valuable Haruki was.
If Haruki didn't return, then the injured Amegakure ninjas returning from the battlefield wouldn't survive either.
The entire iron tower was shrouded in a cloud of gloom until the iron door was knocked.
Sakikawa and Kabure instantly became alert, but hope involuntarily arose in their hearts.
What if it was Haruki returning?
"It's me!"
"I'm back!"
Haruki, standing outside the iron door, shouted towards it. Behind him were the lightly injured Amegakure ninjas.
As soon as Hanzo returned to the village, he had to start dealing with various post-war matters, so he and Haruki went their separate ways.
The iron door was abruptly pushed open. Sakikawa and Kabure looked at Haruki, and their highly raised hearts finally returned to their original place.
The two medical ninjas immediately squeezed past Sakikawa and Kabure. They half-knelt in front of Haruki and nervously asked, "Are you injured? Where did you go? You scared us to death. Didn't we say not to run around? Did you encounter any danger?"
A string of questions poured out of their mouths.
Haruki smiled. "I went to the battlefield to save people. I'm not injured."
Upon hearing the words "battlefield," the two medical ninjas' vision immediately went black, and they almost fainted.
Sakikawa and Kabure also felt a surge of fear. It was already difficult for Haruki, a child, to go to the battlefield alone and return alive, let alone completely unharmed.
This was simply a miracle!
"They're injured, let them in to treat their wounds." Haruki said to the two medical ninjas.
The two medical ninjas immediately became serious.
However, when they saw the injured Amegakure ninjas in front of them, they were instantly shocked.
"How… how are there so few people?" The medical ninjas asked blankly.
In the past, after wars ended, injured ninjas could almost fill the street outside the iron door. Many seriously injured ninjas were even carried on stretchers.
But now, the ninjas outside the iron door were less than a third of what they used to be.
A quick glance showed no seriously injured ninjas.
"Haruki has already healed most of the ninjas on the battlefield."
"He's worked too much, so we won't trouble him with our minor injuries."
The leading ninja smiled and explained to the two medical ninjas.
The two medical ninjas suppressed the shock and emotion in their hearts and nodded repeatedly. "Of course, we can't let him work too much. He's still a child."
[Ding!]
[System detected Suishin's Gratitude Value +1000.]
[Ding!]
[System detected Rutsuki's Gratitude Value +1000.]
[Currently, a total of two thousand Gratitude Value has been collected, and your Cursed Spirit Land God's rank has increased to 58.7%.]
The two medical ninjas immediately began to treat the ninjas' wounds.
Haruki walked up to Kabure and said, "I'm sorry."
Kabure was stunned, and his heart softened. He shook his head and said, "No need to apologize, you did it to save everyone."
How could they blame Haruki?
Haruki disregarded his own safety to save their comrades, they were more than grateful to Haruki.
[Ding!]
[System detected Kabure's Gratitude Value +1000.]
[Ding!]
[Your Cursed Spirit Land God's rank has increased to 58.8%.]
One apology exchanged for a thousand Gratitude Value, Haruki was very satisfied with this transaction.