Even an absolute amateur could see how severe Pakura's injuries were. If a powerful medical ninja were present, they could probably save her. Unfortunately, there wasn't one, so Hagoromo had to rely on himself.
And he had to act immediately.
Therefore, Hagoromo used his clone to maintain vigilance while his original body instantly began emergency treatment on Pakura.
While she's still warm, He first pressed two fingers against her carotid artery. As expected, he didn't detect any pulse.
"Heart stopped..."
After all, theoretically speaking, Pakura was already dead.
One kunai rarely kills a Jonin, but n kunai certainly can. This is the qualitative change caused by quantitative accumulation... The blood loss alone was enough to kill a Jonin.
"Fortunately, there are no strikes that directly pierced her heart."
Pakura had fallen flat on her face, and her wounds were almost entirely on her back. This made it convenient for Hagoromo to examine and assess. If a blade had pierced straight through her heart, he wouldn't even have bothered with this; he would have just sealed the corpse and left.
"Well then..."
Hagoromo cracked his knuckles with a crisp pop. He was ready to begin his treatment methods... let's tentatively call it treatment.
This current situation was perfectly suited for Hagoromo to practice his medical techniques.
If he experimented on a healthy person, he'd feel too guilty; if he was asked to treat a dying person, he might accidentally kill someone who didn't actually need to die. So someone like Pakura, who had just died and might still be resuscitated, was the ideal subject for him.
If he brought her back to life, everyone would be happy. If he failed, it wasn't his fault anyway.
"Resuscitating a ninja takes a total of a few steps..."
There is a fact here that anyone could understand without needing an explanation: Hagoromo didn't know a single medical ninjutsu. While he had some basic medical common sense, applying that common sense to Pakura's condition was useless.
Therefore, his method of saving lives was crude. Extremely crude.
His right hand remained in the two-finger pointing gesture, but electrical arcs began to spark at his fingertips. However, he wasn't going to electrocute anyone just yet; instead, he directly converted the electrical energy into intense heat.
As mentioned, the first step is to stop the bleeding.
So, utilizing both hands, his "hemostasis" technique was incredibly fast and accurate.
His left hand yanked out a kunai, and before the blood could spray, his right hand hovered two to three centimeters above the wound, directly cauterizing the fresh laceration.
...Absolutely no one would ever acknowledge this as a legitimate medical procedure. It could only be attributed to knowledge he had gleaned from highly unreliable plotlines in certain fictional works.
Yank out, burn, move on. Hagoromo repeated the process with practiced ease.
It was a good thing Pakura was currently dead, otherwise, she would have died several times over from this treatment process alone.
It wasn't that Hagoromo didn't know extensive burns could be fatal. But since the person was already dead, why sweat the details? Besides, are ninjas even considered normal humans?
There are ninjas who survived 100% full-body burns, after all.
In less than three minutes, he had cauterized all of Pakura's wounds as if he were burning her with a giant cigarette lighter.
Some of Hagoromo's common sense told him the limit for cardiac arrest was 4 minutes, but he wasn't sure if that applied to ninjas. After all, it was hard to say if ninjas and regular humans even belonged to the same species.
"Whoa..."
After finishing, Hagoromo surprised himself when he saw the pattern created by the burn marks.
Five circles and four lines. Let's put it this way: if this were a certain other world, this shape would be equivalent to carving "Loyalty and Patriotism" onto someone's back. She could join the World Government right away.
Next, he flipped Pakura over so she was lying flat on her back.
"Next, detoxification..."
Hagoromo was just working according to his own logic. Shouldn't you give her a cardiac shock first? What's the point of detoxifying a dead person? Can you even detoxify a corpse? Is there any point?
His clone had already finished searching the dead enemies, but found nothing obvious that could be used as an antidote. So, Hagoromo had to use his own antidotes.
He pried her mouth open, pinched a few pills between two fingers, and thrust them deep down her throat... Strictly speaking, even without a detailed description, anyone could tell this was a highly suggestive action. It easily evoked memories of a certain friend named Koyomi Araragi and his sister's playtime.
But right now, Hagoromo had wholeheartedly dedicated himself to the God of Medicine—even though this God would never acknowledge having such a disciple under any circumstances.
A slight electrical current from his fingertips stimulated her throat muscles, utilizing the muscular contraction and spasms to force the swallowing action. He used this highly advanced method to avoid actions that might otherwise be construed as indecent.
Having finished this, his right hand reached toward her left chest, then stopped instantly... That still seems inappropriate. It might also be considered indecent. So he switched to a "V" shaped finger gesture.
"I remember... the instantaneous energy passing through the heart can't exceed 600 joules, right? For a ninja, multiplying that by two or three times shouldn't be a problem, right?"
When it comes to electrocuting people, Hagoromo is a professional. Whether it's completely carbonizing someone into ash or performing micro-operations like this, it's no problem for him.
Placing two fingers directly over her heart, he began cardiac shock pacing.
After he finished, Hagoromo felt he could easily take up a residency in the Konoha Hospital ER, because her heartbeat had actually returned.
"And now... uh, spontaneous breathing..."
Just as Hagoromo was debating whether he needed to bravely engage in a mouth-to-mouth encounter, he was spared the dilemma. Pakura began to cough weakly.
Her breathing had already resumed.
"Holy Fuck, she actually lived?!"
Yes, Hagoromo was surprised himself—surprised to the point of swearing. To be honest, even he had doubted whether this entire process was actually saving a life or just desecrating a corpse...
He had to sigh in amazement. A ninja's life was truly like this: sometimes as brittle as a fried dough twist, sometimes as stubbornly resilient as an unkillable cockroach.
The moment Pakura opened her eyes again, she reacted exactly as a ninja should. Acting as if she were completely unaware of her injuries, she instinctively reached to grab a nearby kunai.
But her movement was far too slow. Hagoromo mercilessly stomped on her hand.
"Pakura of the Hidden Sand. My apologies, but I am now formally informing you: you have been taken prisoner by Konoha."
His cold tone carried not a single trace of emotion.
Regardless of whether it was just a coincidence, Hagoromo reviving Pakura was not an act of mercy, nor was it to cultivate any sort of relationship with her.
For Pakura, rather than falling into Konoha's hands, it might actually have been better to just die right here.
Because Konoha was an ally of the Sand, they would just send her back to the Hidden Sand Village? Are you joking? When has there ever been such a good deal?
Next, Hagoromo would bring Pakura back to Konoha. After that, her fate... if she fell into the hands of the Anbu, it would undoubtedly be incredibly miserable.
Furthermore, she might even fall into the hands of Root...
So, if she had the right to choose, it would be highly recommended that she choose the "less miserable" Anbu.
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