At the northern end of Konoha’s main camp in the Land of Rain.

Before Natsuki even got close, he smelled a mixture of blood and medicine.

He walked in with a normal expression.

Inside a large tent, wounded ninjas lay neatly on the carpet.

Meanwhile, many medical ninjas were treating them with solemn expressions.

"Lady Tsunade?"

Upon seeing Tsunade, the medical ninjas all showed pleasant surprise.

This was the trust placed in the ninja world’s most outstanding medical ninja.

"Ignore me and continue your work."

Tsunade waved her hand.

"The poisoned ninjas are in another tent."

Jiraiya led the way, passing through the large tent and entering a smaller one.

A group of ninjas with pained expressions came into view.

Tsunade slowly walked up to the nearest ninja.

She crouched down and extended both hands.

Delicate Illness Extraction Jutsu!

Pale green chakra surged into the ninja’s body.

The ninja’s body trembled, and he immediately let out a miserable scream.

Tsunade’s expression remained unchanged as she continued to infuse chakra.

A moment later, a mass of black liquid flew out of the ninja’s body.

The ninja’s pitch-black face instantly regained a lot of color.

"Tsunade, you’re still the best."

Seeing this, Jiraiya couldn’t help but praise.

"His poisoning wasn’t deep, so I was able to extract the poison."

Tsunade explained.

"But what if the poisoning is too deep?"

Jiraiya quickly asked.

"If the poisoning is too deep, I can only extract a portion. The rest requires an antidote."

Tsunade let out a long sigh. "But no one has been able to decipher Hanzo’s poison to this day."

Jiraiya instantly fell silent.

The reason Hanzo was so troublesome to deal with was because of his poison.

Not only did it have a wide range, but there was also no antidote.

Tsunade could be considered the only medical ninja in the ninja world with hope of deciphering his poison.

If even she couldn’t do it, other medical ninjas had even less of a chance.

Of course, Hanzo himself had an antidote. In the original story, he detoxified Mifune.

But he definitely wouldn’t detoxify Konoha ninjas.

Natsuki recalled the plot in the original story.

Tsunade indeed never deciphered Hanzo’s poison.

If she could detoxify it, the battle with Hanzo wouldn’t have ended with only her, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru left standing.

Natsuki fell into thought.

Could he trigger a character template skilled in detoxification?

But how to trigger it?

By testing the poison on himself?

Hanzo’s poison was too potent. If he accidentally got poisoned too deeply, it would purely be seeking death.

But fighting him? He couldn’t beat him either.

Were there any ninjas who possessed the same poison as Hanzo but with less toxicity?

Natsuki remembered that Hanzo’s poison came from a salamander.

He had the venom sac of another dead salamander implanted in his body since childhood, so even his exhaled breath was poisonous.

To avoid accidentally hurting others, he always wore a gas mask.

Theoretically, other ninjas could also implant a salamander venom sac.

But judging from the original story, it seemed no such ninja existed.

While Natsuki was thinking, Tsunade continued treating the poisoned Konoha ninjas.

Time slowly passed.

By nightfall, only five ninjas remained in the tent.

These five ninjas were at least Tokubetsu Jonin.

The reason was simple.

Ninjas who could survive fighting Hanzo and getting poisoned naturally wouldn’t be weak.

But the problem now was that their poisoning was too deep. Tsunade could only extract a portion of the poison.

Without an antidote for the remaining poison, it would eventually merge with their bodies—causing them to live in constant pain for the rest of their lives.

"I can only temporarily slow the spread of the poison in their bodies."

Tsunade said with a deep frown.

"Tsunade, you’ve already done very well."

Jiraiya comforted her.

"No matter what, we have to try."

Tsunade took a deep breath. "Prepare a laboratory for me."

"Alright. I’ll have someone set it up immediately. It will be ready for you to use tomorrow."

Jiraiya said seriously.

If Hanzo’s poison could be deciphered, Konoha’s chances of winning against Amegakure would probably increase by half.

"You’ve all worked hard today. Go get some rest."

Jiraiya added.

"Mm."

Tsunade relaxed her body and instantly felt exhausted.

With her strength, continuously detoxifying for more than half a day was also overwhelming.

"Natsuki, you come with me to the laboratory tomorrow."

Tsunade ordered.

She didn’t want Natsuki to make antidotes—but to make Red Healing Potions.

Natsuki understood, nodded, and followed her to their arranged accommodations.

Upon arriving at Konoha’s main camp, he didn’t sleep with Tsunade but was assigned a separate tent.

It had to be said—this was a very regrettable matter.

The time came to the next day.

Natsuki and Tsunade walked into the laboratory that had been set up overnight.

It was very simple—no different from a tent—but the equipment inside was relatively complete.

"Natsuki, these are the herbs I prepared for the Red Healing Potion. Make them all into Red Healing Potions."

Tsunade handed Natsuki a storage summoning scroll.

Natsuki nodded.

Tsunade walked to another lab bench and began attempting to make an antidote.

Three days flew by.

"Teacher Tsunade."

Natsuki finished making all the Red Healing Potions and called out.

"Hm?"

Tsunade subconsciously looked at him.

Her face was written with exhaustion.

For three days, she hadn’t rested much—constantly researching the antidote.

At this time, she hadn’t learned the Yin Seal, so she couldn’t keep her body in peak condition at all times.

But unfortunately, despite such hard work, she still hadn’t made any progress on the antidote.

"The Red Healing Potions."

Natsuki handed her the storage summoning scroll and reminded her.

"Just give it to Orochimaru."

Tsunade snapped back to reality.

"Teacher Tsunade."

Natsuki nodded and added. "It’s very difficult to successfully create an antidote in a short time. You need to take care of your health."

"Don’t worry. I know my own physical condition."

After Tsunade finished speaking, she suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise and stared intently at Natsuki.

"What’s wrong?"

Natsuki felt baffled.

"This is the formula for the antidote."

Tsunade took out a scroll. "But it’s incomplete. It only temporarily slows the spread."

"Teacher Tsunade, do you mean you want me to research it too?"

Natsuki asked, looking at the scroll in front of him.

"You were able to invent the Blue Healing Potion and the Red Healing Potion, which means you already meet the conditions for researching the antidote."

Tsunade paused. "Since you don’t have any other missions right now, research it with me."

Natsuki’s mouth twitched.

Of course, he couldn’t research the antidote.

But he didn’t refuse either.

What if he could trigger a character template skilled in detoxification later?

Another two days passed.

Early morning.

Jiraiya arrived at the makeshift laboratory.

As soon as he walked in, he saw Tsunade and Natsuki sleeping on the carpet.

The two were leaning against each other.

Especially Natsuki, whose head was resting directly on Tsunade’s waist.

Jiraiya was slightly taken aback.

Did they stay up all night? 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Is there something you need?"

Tsunade woke up, yawned, and asked.

She casually moved Natsuki’s head onto her lap.

"There is one thing."

Jiraiya watched with great envy.

He wouldn’t even dare dream of such treatment.

But Natsuki was just a child, so his envy quickly vanished.

"The ANBU just sent back intel. They discovered an Amegakure stronghold where our captured ninjas are being held."

Jiraiya explained. "The person in charge of the stronghold is known as Hanzo’s right hand—Ibuse Kandachi. He is also skilled in using poison."

"I understand. I’ll make a batch of specially crafted antidotes for you right now."

Tsunade nodded.

"I’m going too."

Natsuki sat up.

Speaking of Ibuse Kandachi, he had an impression of him.

In the original story, such a character indeed existed.

His storyline was related to Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto.

After Hanzo’s death, Ibuse Kandachi left the Land of Rain, took over a village, and became a bandit.

Until one day, he encountered Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto—and then there was no "after."

"What are you going for?"

Tsunade frowned.

"I have shadow secret jutsu—suitable for infiltration and rescue."

Natsuki paused. "Most importantly, I want to experience Ibuse Kandachi’s poison and see if I can get any inspiration."

His true goal was to see if he could trigger a new character template.

After all, in terms of strength, Ibuse Kandachi could barely be considered a Jonin.

He also had some fame in Amegakure.

Tsunade was slightly taken aback.

"Let him come along."

Hearing this, Jiraiya immediately said. "I promise you, he will definitely return safely."

"If anything happens to him, I definitely won’t let you off."

Tsunade glared at Jiraiya but still agreed.

Natsuki breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

"How many ninjas are participating in this mission?"

Tsunade stood up.

"Three ninja squads. Twelve people."

Jiraiya replied.

"Then two vials per person."

Tsunade nodded and began making them.

After finishing, Jiraiya took the antidotes and left the laboratory with Natsuki.

The two arrived at the entrance of Konoha’s main camp. Twelve ninjas were already waiting.

Natsuki glanced at them and spotted an acquaintance: Uchiha Mikoto.

The ninja squad she was in consisted entirely of Uchiha clan ninjas.

Besides that, there was a classic Ino-Shika-Cho ninja squad.

The last squad wasn’t bad either—consisting of a Hyuga clan ninja and an Aburame clan ninja.

These twelve ninjas were at least Chunin.

Three of them were Jonin squad leaders. Adding Jiraiya, there were four Jonin.

Seeing Natsuki, they all felt somewhat confused—but during a mission, they didn’t ask too many questions.

"These are the antidotes made by Tsunade."

Jiraiya took out the antidotes. "Two vials per person. If you get poisoned during the mission, drink it immediately."

"Yes!"

Uchiha Mikoto and the others answered in unison.

"Move out!"

After distributing the antidotes, Jiraiya took the lead and left Konoha’s main camp.

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