Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru traversed the forest at high speed for a day. Jiraiya, carrying Tenchi on his back, finally couldn't take it anymore. Large amounts of sweat flowed from his forehead, and his speed gradually decreased.
Seeing Jiraiya like this, Orochimaru said, "Jiraiya, don't force yourself. You're wasting too much time. Let me carry Brother Tianqi."
Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, Jiraiya stopped trying to hold on. He was indeed struggling and carefully handed the Heavenly Sword to Orochimaru.
Orochimaru was about to set off with Tianqi on his back when Tsunade stopped him, "Orochimaru, don't rush off. Let me check on Tianqi's condition first."
Upon hearing this, Orochimaru stopped and carefully placed Tianqi on the ground. After putting Tianqi down, Tsunade quickly used her chakra energy to check Tianqi's physical condition. After the check, Tsunade shook her head repeatedly, "No, Tianqi's physical condition is getting worse and worse. We won't be able to hold out until we return to Konoha like this."
Hearing this, Jiraiya became anxious and asked Tsunade and Orochimaru with a worried expression, "Since it's too late, we can't just watch Brother Tianqi die like this, can we? Orochimaru, Tsunade, you two need to think of something quickly."
Orochimaru didn't speak when he heard Jiraiya's words, because he knew that Tianqi was beyond saving. Unless a miracle happened, everything would be in vain.
For some reason, Tsunade was unusually calm with a gloomy face. "Jiraiya, don't make a fuss. I've already thought of a way. We must bring Tianqi back to Konoha no matter what." After saying that, Tsunade bit her finger and began to form hand seals.
"Summoning Jutsu!" With Tsunade's summoning, a white slug about one meter in size appeared.
The slug appeared, looking around with a puzzled expression before turning to Tsunade. "Where is this? Lady Tsunade, why did you summon me?"
Because its memories were extracted by Tianqi, the slug completely forgot that Tsunade had summoned it not long ago. At this moment, it looked at Tsunade with a puzzled expression, not knowing why Tsunade had summoned it.
"Slug, enough of the small talk. Hurry up and split and multiply into Tianqi and the three of us. I need you to heal Tianqi while helping us recover our chakra. We urgently need to get back to Konoha. Please help us," Tsuna said, pointing at Tianqi and the three of them before pleading with Slug.
That's right, Tsunade planned to use slugs to keep Tianqi alive, and then restore their stamina continuously as they walked, so that they could quickly return to Konoha.
Upon hearing Tsunade's words, the slug finally noticed Tianqi lying on the ground. Instead of splitting into two, it came to Tianqi and began to treat him.
Immediately, green healing chakra emanated from the slug's body, and it began to heal. After the healing of Tianqi was finished, it was shocked. Such a serious injury had damaged the very source of his consciousness, and there was no hope of saving him. Then it looked at Tsunade with a conflicted expression, "Lady Tsunade, Lord Tianqi, he he he..."
Originally, she had hoped that the slug could cure Tianqi, which was why she hadn't stopped it. Now it seemed that she could only rely on her grandmother in Konoha. She knew what the slug wanted to say, so Tsunade stopped it. "Slug, stop talking. I know what you want to say, but now is not the time to talk about these things. Hurry up and split and multiply! I don't want to hear any more useless words."
"Well... alright," seeing Tsunade's persistence, the slug didn't say anything more and began to split. It split into four smaller slug individuals, one of which climbed onto Tianqi's body, while the other three climbed onto the shoulders of the other three.
With the slug's help, Orochimaru carried Tenchi on his back, and the three of them quickly ran towards Konoha Village.
Looking at the weakened Tianqi on Orochimaru's back, Tsunade kept reassuring herself that as long as they reached Konoha, Mito would definitely have a way to save him. "Tianqi, hang in there."
The three of them traveled day and night without eating or drinking, and finally entered the forest on the outskirts of Konoha on the fifth day. On the Konoha city wall, Rope Tree, who was sitting with his legs crossed and eating sunflower seeds, also noticed that they were approaching Konoha.
"Hmm! Someone's coming! Could it be an enemy attack?" Nawaki put away his crossed legs, threw down the sunflower seeds in his hand, jumped off the city wall, and found a few veteran genin to guard the gate of Konoha.
Tsunade and her two companions, sporting dark circles under their eyes, finally saw the gates of Konoha. Jiraiya, carrying Tenchi on his back, saw the gates and, as if seeing a savior, roared, unleashing his fastest speed, "Konoha, I'm back! Aaaaaah!!!"
Jiraiya yelled and transformed into a gust of wind, rushing towards the Konoha gate. Tsunade and Orochimaru were not to be outdone, and like Jiraiya, they also unleashed their final burst of speed.
Tsunade believed in the hope of a cure, while Orochimaru wanted to see the miracle as soon as possible. He had thought that Tianqi would die on the way, but unexpectedly, Tianqi's life force seemed to have stopped, and he held on to his last breath. For the first time, Orochimaru, a mad scientist, chose to believe in a miracle.
Just as the three were about to reach the gate, Nawaki and several veteran genin recognized who had arrived. "Yes! Big sister! It's my big sister who's back."
"And Lord Jiraiya and Lord Orochimaru, they've returned too." Seeing that it was several leaders from Konoha, the veteran genin were immediately relieved. If it had really been an enemy attack, their strength would have been insufficient to handle it. Now that their own people were back, they were no longer worried.
They had suddenly woken up to find that Konoha's elite forces had all disappeared. After their initial worry, they spontaneously stopped the plan to protect Konoha. Today, seeing the three leaders of Konoha return, they were immediately relieved. They had previously guessed that Konoha's elite forces had gone out on missions, but now that they saw that someone had finally returned, they were no longer worried.
"Hi! Big sister, big sister," Rope Tree waved and greeted his older sister.
Tsunade ignored her brother and rushed into the gates of Konoha with Jiraiya and Orochimaru, heading towards the Mito family's residence.
"Huh? What's going on? Why aren't my older sister and the others talking to me?" Seeing that her older sister, who usually dotes on her the most, was ignoring her, a big question mark appeared on Rope Tree's little head.
The other veteran genin also looked puzzled, "Why did you gentlemen run away so fast?"
They seem to have something very urgent to do.
"Huh? Didn't you guys see that Jiraiya-sama is carrying someone on his back? That person must be injured, and you gentlemen are anxious to treat him."
Hearing the conversation among the veteran genin, Nawaki immediately began to ponder. Someone was injured? Who could be injured? Why were they so anxious? Hmm! Could it be that guy?
Suddenly realizing something, Rope Tree quickly ran after his older sister and the others. The only person who could make his older sister ignore him and rush in to treat him was that guy. Something must have happened to that guy.
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