Kabuto didn't know why the plan had failed, but somehow, he had a feeling that it might have something to do with Tsunade so he was going to kill Tsunade's friends.
Kabuto had always been watching Tsunade's friends, but the more he saw them, the more he felt that there was something weird about them so he didn't hesitate and decided to assassinate them.
Wearing his mask to cover his face, Kabuto decided to target the girl first since she seemed to be very weak. He raised his kunai and stabbed her, only it was stopped by the young man.
*Stab!*
Kabuto stabbed Haru's shoulder and felt a bit regret that he didn't put poison on it. He wanted to continue his attack, but he saw Yajima make his hand flat and sharp before swinging it toward him!
Kabuto quickly distanced himself and dodged Yajima's attack. He snorted and even taunted them. He didn't get serious at first so this time, he was going for the kill, however...
"Don't blame me for this."
Kabuto felt something dangerous and suddenly he saw Haru's finger became bright. He knew that he needed to run, but it was too late. His heart was pierced and knew that he was about to die, however, he wasn't going to die so easily!
Kabuto used his Medical Jutsu then threw a smoke bomb before he escaped as soon as possible.
Haru frowned, but he didn't chase after Kabuto since it was his first time to almost kill someone and he didn't feel that good.
"Haru, Yajima, Kuroneko, are you alright?"
Haru, Yajima, and Kuroneko let out a long sigh when they saw Gintoki running toward them.
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Gintoki was startled when he saw Haru was wounded.
"Damn!"
Gintoki felt a bit guilty for leaving them and knew that the one who had attacked them was Kabuto who had run away before. However, he knew that it wasn't a time for revenge and it was better to go to the shelter to protect them.
"Are you alright, Haru?"
Haru healed his wound and nodded at Gintoki's question. "I am fine." He looked at Kuroneko and asked, "Kuroneko, are you alright?"
Kuroneko who had been dumbfounded from the beginning to the end, wanted to stand up, but she couldn't since everything that happened was just too shocking for her. However, when she heard Haru's voice, she quickly looked at him and asked, "Ha... Haru, are you alright?" She felt quite guilty when she saw the red mark on his shoulder.
Haru showed his shoulder that had been healed by his magic.
"You can see it yourself."
Kuroneko let out a sigh of relief when she saw that Haru's shoulder had been healed.
"Still, we need to find a shelter," Yajima said with a frown since this place was just too dangerous.
Haru turned his head toward Anko and asked, "Anko, is there a safe place around here?"
"You can go to the hospital," Anko said. She had a feeling that they might decide to send Kuroneko to the shelter since she had to admit that this place was too dangerous.
"Let's go there," Gintoki said.
Everyone agreed and they decided to go to the hospital.
However, Anko stayed since she needed to help everyone.
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Kuroneko was quite pale and she was very tired from both mental and physic. She wanted to return, but she knew that she couldn't until they finished their quest. She looked at the three of them and asked, "Am I a burden?"
"Yes," Haru answered bluntly.
"Haru!!" Yajima reprimanded Haru.
Gintoki didn't say anything since he knew that Haru's wound was because it was protecting Kuroneko.
Kuroneko hung her head down when she heard such an answer.
"That's why you need to get stronger next time. I don't mean in strength but rather mentality, don't get easily scared next time," Haru answered.
Kuroneko was in tears and nodded.
"Yes!"
Haru wasn't surprised by Kuroneko's reaction since he also felt the same time. It was his first time encountering such a thing after all and it was very painful being stabbed. He was lucky that ninja didn't put poison on his kunai or else...
Gintoki slapped Haru's shoulder and smiled. "Damn, you're very smooth! Are you going to make her into your girlfriend?"
Kuroneko, who heard Gintoki's words, blushed in response.
"If you have time to joke around, let's go to the shelter as soon as possible," Haru said with a weak answer since he was very tired.
"Well, you can't take a joke," Gintoki said while shaking his head. He looked toward the distance and said, "But Orochimaru is really strong huh? His pet is just too huge."
They turned their heads and saw a large snake that destroyed the town. Luckily, it was very far away from their location. They stayed there for a long time and continued to walk toward the shelter only their journey wasn't smooth since they saw a lot of ninjas gathered around them.
It would be fine if the ninja was from Konohagakure but the one in front of them was from Otogakure.
"Hey, what should we do in this situation?" Gintoki asked.
"What else? We need to beat them," Yajima said and turned his hand into a sharp one.
Kuroneko was hiding behind Haru since she felt safer around him. Such a thought had been planted in her mind since he was the one who had protected her at that time.
Haru had been focussed toward his opponent.
"Let me try, you don't need to attack them."
"Hmm?"
Yajima and Gintoki were startled and wondered what Haru was about to do.
"Hypno-Eye."
Haru emitted light from his eyes that sent out hypnotic waves, using the speed of light to bypass the limits of human sensory abilities and directly influence the opponent through sight using light.
The moment he used this magic, he saw the people in front of him start to wobble and their pupils lost their focus.
"Sleep," Haru said as they fell to the ground.
Kuroneko, Gintoki, and Yajima were startled when they saw a group of ninjas suddenly sleeping soundly without problem in this mess.
"Let's go," Haru said.
"Ooooh."
Gintoki and Yajima nodded.
"Yajima-san, have you shared a hypnotic magic?" Kuroneko asked.
""No, I don't think I have shared hypnotic magic in the past," Yajima said, and also felt weird.
"It's not hypnotic magic, it's light magic. I improved it and made it have a hypnotic effect," Haru answered.
Kuroneko let out a sigh and said, "Why can't I use magic?
"You don't need to worry, there should be a random prize once we have finished the quest. I'm not sure what we will receive, but there should be magic or something when you get that prize," Haru said.
"Really?" Kuroneko was a bit excited.
"That should be it." Yajima nodded.
"I want a skill that will make me become a billionaire," Gintoki said.
"I think you should get a skill that enables you to eat a lot of sweets without getting sick since you might get diabetes when you continue to eat a lot of sweets at your age," Haru said.
Gintoki was shocked and after a long pause, he nodded. "That's true..." He thought that kind of skill would be very good for him.
"......."
They weren't sure what to say for a moment, but they could do that later.
In Haru's mind, rather than going to the hospital, it was better to hide in a random house since it was safer, however, he knew that there were a lot of enemies during this war such as Orochimaru and his snakes, ninjas from both Sunagakure and Otogakure, then lastly, Gaara's Tailed Beast.
However, it didn't really matter since they had arrived at the shelter.
Everyone sighed in relief when they saw a lot of ninjas from Konohagure protected the hospital. They knew that they had been saved and at this moment, they only needed to wait until the war ended so they could return to their home soon.