Nine days later...
"You're here..." Guy said.
"Yes."
Guy: "You shouldn't have come..."
"Hurry up and start."
Guy: "Sigh, then... let's do it!"
Aoba smiled, and then made a posture, ready to face the man.
A short while later...
Guy: Eulalia, Eulalia, Eulalia, Eulalia!
Aoba: Mu Damu Damu Damu Damu Damu Damu Damu Damu Damu!
The air was suddenly filled with the aura of Philosophy.
When the battle between the two men finally ended, although Aoba spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, he did not fall down again. Instead, he stubbornly stood in front of Guy.
However, the clothes on his body had become tattered, and many of the corners had been shattered. Blood dripped onto the ground.
However, what was surprising was that most of the parts of Aoba's body still maintained the form of [Hardening]!
On the other hand, Guy's hands were already dripping with blood and the bandages were dyed red. His feet also trembled unnaturally from the pain.
If he removed the bandage at this time, it would not be difficult to find that the two fists under the bandage were already bloody!
This was enough to prove that Guy did not go easy in battle. Instead, he was going all out as usual!
However, this time, he was unable to completely destroy [Hardening]'s defense. On the contrary, his hands were the first to be unable to withstand it.
Guy did not have the ability to speed up the recovery of his injuries, nor did he have the defensive ability to harden his body. For thirty consecutive days, he used his physical body to temper his body to his heart's content. The pressure that Guy was enduring was actually not small at all.
If it were for just to determine the victor, it would definitely not cause such a result.
However, in order to fulfill his opponent's wish, Guy would use the most difficult method every time.
Aoba did not waste Guy's good intentions. Even though [Hardening] had been completely shattered 29 times and was covered in wounds every day, he felt that he would not be able to hold on for the next second.
However, he relied on his tenacious willpower to forcefully hold on. He even relied on himself every time to drag his extremely miserable body back home bit by bit.
Finally, his hard work was rewarded.
After the battle yesterday, [Hardening] was the first to upgrade to Level 5!
After another night, [Poor Quality Self Healing Body] also upgraded to Level 5 in the morning!
With the two overlappings, he was finally able to stand tall and stand in front of Guy with his chest straight.
Moreover, the Level 5 [Hardening] greatly enhanced his defense once again. When activated at full strength, even if Guy was in a serious state, he would not be able to easily break through his defense with the body technique he was best at. On the contrary, he would be injured because of this.
Although Guy was only Gennin now, he was completely qualified to rely on the strength of his body technique to advance to Jonin. However, he was still lacking sometimes.
Therefore, at this moment, Aoba, who was still able to stand tall under Guy's storm-like attacks, was completely qualified to be proud.
But he did not...
Because the notification from the dog system that had arrived late had finally appeared!
And it was two!
One of them was the notification that [Hakuda] had successfully leveled up to LV5.
The other was the notification that had successfully completed Silver Level Suicide Mission!
"I'm finally here..."
After receiving a huge harvest, the huge rock in Aoba's heart finally fell, and he immediately relaxed. Following that, he felt a strong sense of exhaustion
"Gan, I haven't taken a look at what the reward is yet..."
As this thought suddenly appeared, Aoba directly fell to the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
After a full month of continuous high-intensity training, he had already reached the critical point of his body.
If not for the fact that the recovery effect of [Poor Quality Self Healing Body] was constantly working, he might not even last three days!
However, the recovery effect of [Poor Quality Self Healing Body] was not omnipotent, and it also required time.
Therefore, the injuries that he could not recover in time every day had gradually accumulated to the limit!
If not for the fact that [Poor Quality Self Healing Body] had successfully upgraded to Level 5 last night and increased his recovery speed and efficiency by a large margin, his body might have collapsed in today's battle.
And just now, because he had finally completed the mission, he had loosened the string that had been tense all this time. It was to the extent that the exhaustion that he had accumulated over the past month instantly erupted. His body that was covered in injuries could no longer hold on, and only then did he fall straight down.
Seeing this scene, Guy was shocked!
He hurriedly squatted beside Aoba and checked his condition.
After hearing a slight snore and finding that Aoba had only fainted because he was too tired, Guy finally let out a big sigh of relief.
"What an amazing guy..."
Looking at the fine scars on Aoba's body, Guy sighed. At the same time, he felt a little guilty. After all, all these injuries were caused by him.
Guy silently carried Aoba on his back and was ready to send him to the hospital.
The one-month deadline was up. He had already fulfilled his promise. It was time for this guy to have a good rest.
....
The next day, as the 'Konoha Twin Star', Shinomiya Aoba unexpectedly skipped class and did not appear in the ninja school.
No one knew why, but during this period of time, many people had noticed Aoba's low state, as well as the occasional wounds that would occasionally appear on his body.
Thus, for a time, there were many speculations.
Some said it was caused by hellish training every day.
Some said it was because he was too arrogant, so he was beaten outside.
There was also a wild imagination, guessing if he had secretly joined some dangerous organization.
In short, there were all kinds of bizarre guesses, but only Itachi knew where Aoba went and what he had done after school every day.
It was just that no matter how many injuries he suffered the day before, how tired his mind and body were, this guy had never been absent, even if he only slept in class
Itachi did not think that this guy was trying to leave a good impression on others. Based on his understanding of this guy, this guy came to school on time every day, probably just to be able to eat a lot of things without spending money...
He subconsciously glanced at the two dishes that he had brought with him.
Itachi suddenly had a headache. Although his appetite was not small, it was obvious that he could not eat two such large Bentos.
It would be a pity to throw them away. If he brought them back, his mother would probably nag again...
Share them with everyone?
Itachi shook his head. This was not something he would do, and it would be very troublesome after doing so.
When he thought about how those girls lined up and brought a lunchbox to 'return the favor'... it was really too terrifying!
Therefore, it was better for the person who caused the trouble to be responsible for solving it.
With this thought, Itachi's thoughts immediately cleared up.