Chapter 144: Injury
Kiba, Shiga Taketake, and Kiuchi
Taketo hurriedly walked through the corridor of the hospital. As soon as Kiba
entered the hospital, he asked about the wards of Yukina and Hirohiko and came
straight.
At this time, Kiba had a slightly
anxious expression on his face. When he was asking questions just now, the look
of the nurse on duty made him uneasy.
Namikaze Minato had said the
injury wasn't serious, but judging by the nurse's expression...
Kiba walked faster, thinking. He
quickly arrived outside Hirohiko and Yukina's ward. Before he entered, a few
people dressed as nurses hurried out, holding basins and changed bandages.
Kiba's face grew uglier. The water
in the basin was stained red with blood, and the replaced bandages were soaked
with it.
The nurses didn't look at Kiba,
just made a detour and left in a hurry. At the same time, Yuriko's voice came
from inside.
"Don't move around next time,
your injury is serious."
"It's fine," Hirohiko
always replied briefly.
Seriously?
Kiba frowned and quickly stepped
into the ward.
Kiuchi Taketo and Shiga Taketake
exchanged looks, their expressions grim. They followed in.
"Kiba?"
When Kiba walked into the ward,
Yuriko was the first to spot him. She was about to leave, and her white medical
gown was stained with some blood. Her face looked haggard. When she saw Kiba,
she blurted out.
"Hirohiko! Yukina!" Kiba
hurried up.
Kiba was frowning. In his eyes, on
the two beds in the ward, Yukina was on an IV, her eyes closed, already in a
coma. Even in the coma, her face showed pain. A bandage was wrapped around her
forehead, slowly soaking with blood. Covered by the quilt, Kiba couldn't see
below her head, but he could almost imagine her body covered in bandages.
Hirohiko in the other bed,
although awake, looked more serious. He lay on the bed, plaster casts on both
hands, his whole body wrapped in bandages like a mummy. Only his nose, eyes,
and mouth were exposed. His body was covered with new bandages, white with no
visible blood.
However, Kiba knew the thick
bloody bandages the nurses carried had been on Hirohiko. Based on the amount of
bleeding, Kiba, who had learned some medical knowledge, could roughly deduce
that Hirohiko's injury was not only serious but life-threatening.
"Don't worry! They're
fine." Yuriko stopped him and said, "It's best not to touch them
now."
Hearing Yuriko's words, Kiba
stopped in his tracks. His outstretched hand froze for a moment, and he
silently withdrew it.
However, Kiba was relieved to hear
their lives were not in danger.
At this moment, Shiga Taketake and
Kiuchi Taketo also came in. Seeing Hirohiko and Yukina's condition, their faces
changed. The injuries were severe. Although they had prepared mentally, they
didn't expect a coma and another unable to get out of bed for a month.
This... is too serious!
"You're back!" Hirohiko
reluctantly turned his head to look at Kiba. Even this slight movement caused
pain to flash across his face.
Seeing Hirohiko's expression, Kiba
clenched his hands unconsciously. He took a slight breath, showing a forced
smile, and said, "I'm back. I haven't seen you for two months."
Even as he said that, there was an
indescribable feeling in Kiba's heart.
His heart was in a panic, as if
something in his chest swelled up, almost breaking through his chest cavity,
making it hard to breathe.
Yuriko looked at Kiba, sighing
slightly in her heart.
It's hard for him. Although Kiba didn't show too
much emotion, he must be feeling quite uncomfortable.
After all, they are partners, friends who get along
day and night. While he was away, such a big change happened... Moreover, he
has systematically started to learn medical knowledge and can see that Hirohiko
and Yukina were just out of danger, separated from his two friends.
"Sister Yuriko, can I have a
chat with Kiba alone?" Hirohiko suddenly asked, contrary to his usual
style of not talking much.
Hearing this, Yuriko sighed
helplessly. She remembered when Hirohiko woke up, he sat up almost instantly
and asked how Yukina was. But his body was covered in knife wounds and shuriken
wounds, deep enough to see the bones. Although she healed a lot with medical
ninjutsu, the number of wounds was too many. With her chakra, several large
knife wounds hadn't healed and could only be stitched and bandaged.
As soon as he sat up, the bandages
were stained red. But Hirohiko didn't care. When he saw Yukina unconscious,
even with broken hands and a body covered with wounds, he had to confirm
Yukina's condition. He calmed down only after being told Yukina was out of
danger.
When he calmed down, his body was
covered in blood-red bandages. When Kiba came in, she changed the bandages for
Hirohiko.
"The wound has been opened
once, so you can't move around this time. Did you hear me!" Yuriko said,
looking at Hirohiko.
"Yes!" Hirohiko
responded.
"Kiba, you have also learned
medical ninjutsu. Remember not to let him move around. If the wound opens
again, his life may be in danger this time." Yuriko walked up to Kiba and
patted him on the shoulder.
Kiba looked at Yuriko, nodded, and
said, "I see."
"Well, I'll leave it to you
here. If there is any problem, you must treat it or call someone as soon as
possible." After that, Yuriko left the ward. To be honest, she was also a
little tired, and her chakra was a little overdrawn.
"Then we're leaving too, Kiba."
Shiga Taketake looked at the situation and said.
Saying that, he motioned to Kiuchi
Taketo and turned around to leave.
What Hirohiko said about talking
alone, naturally, didn't include them.
Kiuchi Taketo understood and left
with Shiga Taketake.
"Huh? Are you leaving?"
Kakashi walked in and saw Shiga Taketake and Kiuchi Taketo about to leave. He
was slightly taken aback, then looked at Kiba. Although Kiba's complexion was a
little ugly, he seemed rational, and Kakashi was relieved.
It seems I was too worried.
"No, you guys stay here
first." Seeing Hirohiko's eyes, Kiba suddenly understood something and
stopped the two of them.
Shiga Taketake and Kiuchi Taketo
were each taken aback, looking at Kiba.
But Kiba ignored them and walked
to Hirohiko's bedside, looking at his pale face due to excessive blood loss,
and said, "Tell me what happened."
"Ah, I just wanted to tell
you what happened. SenseiKushina was kidnapped!" Although Hirohiko was
wrapped in bandages, he still had a poker face, but his eyes showed anxiety and
worry.
"I already know this. Minato
sanhas already gone to the rescue," Kiba said.
Kiba could see that Hirohiko was
also very worried about Kushina. While speaking, Kiba unconsciously glanced at
Yukina from the corner of her eyes.
If Yukina were awake, she would be
worried about Kushina just like Hirohiko.
"Anbu is also
dispatched." Kakashi added, as if to reassure Hirohiko.
Anbu is also dispatched? This matter is so serious.
Shiga Taketake and Kiuchi Taketo
looked at each other and frowned.
Anbu?
Hearing this, Kiba was also taken
aback, but there was nothing unreasonable about it. After all, it was the
Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki that was taken away.
Hearing Kakashi's words, the
anxiety and worry in Hirohiko's eyes dissipated a little, but not completely.
He only said, "That person died very strangely."
That person? Who?
Kiba frowned.
Kakashi also frowned slightly, his
face serious.
That person? Is it the ninja they killed? Died
strangely?
The eyes of the four focused on
Hirohiko, and what followed was Hirohiko's narration.