Sakumo collapsed the moment he embraced the girl from his memories.
He fell into a deep coma.
Shanzi cried helplessly, looking at Sakumo's wounds in a panic, reaching out to try and remove the crawling Parasitic Micro-Insect from the wound.
Although afraid, she bravely extended her hand.
Compared to losing one of her own hands, she was more afraid of Sakumo dying.
At this time, there was almost no one in the entire Flower Street.
She couldn't find anyone to help.
"Don't die! Sakumo-elder brother!"
"Don't leave me!"
"Wuwuwu…"
"Crying won't help. Why don't you let him go so you don't suffocate him?"
Shanzi looked up at the three people approaching, dressed in suspicious Shinobi attire, and stood in front of Sakumo, her body trembling.
"Who are you!?"
"The guy in your arms is our captain. Who are you?"
Miki asked.
They were three young girls, and Shinobis at that.
Sharply realizing this, Shanzi spoke, "I…"
Who was she, really?
"My name is Asahi Shanzi, and I am a Flower Prostitutes here, Shinobi-samas."
Shanzi lowered her head, speaking in a humble, low voice.
"Why haven't you run away? All the other girls here have, haven't they?"
"I'm waiting for someone," Shanzi replied softly and obediently.
"Is that so…"
She was quite confident.
"What if he doesn't come?"
Miki asked.
"Then he doesn't come," Shanzi replied softly, her head still bowed.
This woman was dying.
Miki understood her feelings.
"Congratulations," Miki said. "The person you were waiting for has arrived. Do you want to come with us?"
Shanzi looked at Miki, then at Sakumo, gazing at him with reluctance before turning back and saying, "It's not necessary anymore, Shinobi-sama. I have no regrets."
"If it's about being sick, you don't have to worry," Miki smiled. "We are Medical Ninjas, and this guy will be happy to pay."
Shanzi shook her head, softly saying, "It's not just that, and besides, my illness cannot be cured."
"Immune deficiency, the body cannot resist viral and bacterial attacks, making it susceptible to various diseases, accompanied by malignant tumors."
"The name is HIV, but here it's called Flower Poison or Tang Sore."
"You haven't been working for several years, have you?"
That's why Sakumo had been giving her money.
Shanzi now somewhat believed that Miki was a Medical Ninja, although she didn't know much about Shinobis.
"If there's an immune deficiency, the immune system can be rebuilt. In that area, I am an expert," Miki said. "After that, various infections can be resolved one by one."
Miki could use Parasitic Micro-Insect to replace the immune system, becoming an important line of defense against viruses and bacteria within the human body.
Miki had never been sick, and had never encountered a super bacterium or super virus that Parasitic Micro-Insect couldn't defeat.
"…" Shanzi hesitated, not speaking, only slowly but firmly shaking her head.
Miki didn't expose her thoughts.
"No matter what, you have to say goodbye. You can't just leave without a word, can you?"
With that, without allowing Shanzi to refuse, she grabbed Shanzi's wrist and walked away.
Seeing this, Naori and Hitomi exchanged glances. One lifted Sakumo's leg, the other his shoulder, and they carried him.
Neither of them intended to hug or carry him on their back.
"Eh, eh, eh…" Shanzi stumbled, pulled by Miki, and quickly followed Miki's steps.
Like a wronged daughter-in-law, she dared not make a sound.
Looking at the bullied Sakumo, she was a little worried, but also inexplicably relieved.
However, she dared not speak.
"Um, can the uterus also be rebuilt?"
Suddenly, Shanzi asked, with a mix of anticipation and trepidation.
Kakashi's biological mother was not her.
Miki had realized this long ago.
Besides, the timing was wrong.
However, whether Kakashi could be born successfully no longer mattered.
So, Miki answered.
"Yes, it can."
Shanzi's expression brightened, then quickly dimmed again.
Following Miki out of the city, Shanzi was already too tired to walk halfway.
At this point, Miki stopped and waved to Sakumo's Ninja Dog, Nice.
Nice approached Miki curiously, wagging his tail and looking at her.
His eyes were shining.
Is she going to give me food?
"Can you talk?" Miki asked.
Nice barked and shook his head.
It's good that he can't talk. Miki pointed at Nice and said to Shanzi, "Sit down, don't be shy, treat him like your own Ninja Dog."
Shanzi glanced at the Ninja Dog, lacking the courage to ride it.
The Ninja Dog stared at Miki in disbelief.
"Lie down," Miki said.
The Ninja Dog whined pitifully and lay down.
Seeing this, Shanzi hesitantly climbed onto the Ninja Dog.
"Hold on tight, these types of Ninja Dogs are very fast."
Although, even if she didn't hold on tight and fell, she would be fine.
Shanzi nodded, nervously hugging the Ninja Dog tightly.
Subsequently, Miki and her group quickly moved forward.
If you do something bad and don't run quickly, aren't you too unselfconscious?
Miki was very self-conscious.
As long as it's a bad thing that isn't discovered, it doesn't count as a bad thing she did.
They found a hidden spot, skillfully summoned Parasitic Micro-Insect to dig a hole, covered their tracks, and hid on the spot.
These Flower Prostitutes, at least, had to be safely escorted to the Land of Fire before Miki could relax.
And this distance, for Shinobis, would take at most a day, but for these Flower Prostitutes, it was hard to say.
At least ten days to half a month to start.
During this time, Naori and Hitomi set up the Healing Resuscitation Regeneration Technique and began treating Sakumo.
Miki, meanwhile, treated Shanzi, focusing on the reconstruction of her immune system.
She strictly restricted and set parameters for Parasitic Micro-Insect to prevent it from harming the human body.
Then, she locked Parasitic Micro-Insect onto the identification and phagocytosis of common viruses and bacteria.
She limited the number of Parasitic Micro-Insect in the body, which would begin to proliferate rapidly upon bacterial invasion and self-destruct after the mission was complete.
This part was not complicated to set up because Miki had seen a large number of cases during her Medical Ninja career.
After that, it was the reconstruction of the uterus.
Because it was the re-proliferation of autologous cells, and Shanzi's uterine function was only damaged, not completely removed, the reconstruction work was not difficult.
But Shanzi refused.
She didn't give a reason.
Miki didn't force the issue and instead focused on the escape of the Flower Prostitutes from the dug-out cave.
On the second day, the River Country dispatched a pursuit unit.
That sensible general must have had a tough time.
Miki didn't see him in the pursuit unit.
He was probably not doing well.
But it was better than losing his life.
Through the swarm's vision, Miki coldly watched this cavalry unit.
If left unchecked, catching up to the Flower Prostitutes was only a matter of time.
Miki launched an attack.
A decapitation strike.
Large swarms of Summer Red Soldier swooped down from the sky.
The pursuing men and horses panicked and fired.
Arrows whistled towards the Summer Red Soldier swarm.
But with the wind's help, this seemingly dense arrow rain could not stop the Summer Red Soldier.
They skillfully weaved through the gaps, rendering the arrow rain useless. After just one volley, the swarm's attack arrived.
Then, an explosion.
The general in the crowd turned into fireworks and ascended to the sky.
Amidst the explosions, the pursuit unit was thrown into chaos.
Seeing their leader dead, the remaining soldiers were all terrified, and their morale collapsed. They turned their horses and fled.
Miki commanded the Summer Red Soldier to chase for a while.
Then, they returned to continue escorting the Flower Prostitutes.
It was certain that the River Country would not give up easily.
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