Carrying Captain Black Gorilla and holding his severed arm, Night Light sprinted across the grassland.
"Captain! You have to hold on!"
Night Light's previous superiors, Captain Ling and Brown Bear Squad Leader, had all died by Night Light's hand.
The fact that Black Gorilla was still alive showed Night Light's mercy and kindness.
He wouldn't allow Black Gorilla to die by someone else's hand.
Black Gorilla's severed arm hung down, cut off about five centimeters above the elbow. The area around the severed arm was purple with bruises, and even the blood was purplish.
The limb severed by the Stone Ninja was completely blue and purple.
Black Gorilla was disoriented, only feeling a constant, bumpy ride.
Black Gorilla had used the Red Pepper Pill, making him thin and light, so Night Light ran very fast.
Inside the Konoha front-line main camp, Night Light carried Black Gorilla and rushed towards the medical tent.
Tsunade, looking numb, had just walked out of the medical tent.
After her younger brother Nawaki died, she consumed herself with a lot of work to avoid thinking about his death.
"Princess Tsunade! Please save the Captain!"
Tsunade frowned, looked at Black Gorilla's severed arm, especially the poisoned blood, and said:
"It's Salamander venom. Because of excessive fat burning, the blood has carried toxins to every internal organ. The toxins have accumulated at the severed arm. We'll amputate a section of the upper arm first to see if we can save his life."
Night Light held up Black Gorilla's severed arm and asked, "Princess Tsunade, are you still going to amputate? If you cut off another section, can this severed limb still be reattached?"
Princess Tsunade did not take the blue-purple severed limb Night Light offered, turning and walking into the operating tent.
The medical Ninja took Black Gorilla and disappeared into the tent, leaving Night Light holding a severed limb, at a loss.
This severed limb certainly didn't look good, but was it really not going to be salvaged?
Black Gorilla had already lost one arm in the Wave Country; if he lost another, wouldn't he truly become crippled?
In a nearby tent, Purple Cat's shout rang out.
"Captain!"
Night Light entered the side tent, where members of the Fox Squad and White Sheep Squad were all hooked up to IVs, undergoing detoxification.
"Where are the captives?"
"The captives were handed over. Our mission is complete."
Night Light felt no joy in his heart.
In the cold Anbu, Black Gorilla provided Night Light with one of the few sources of warmth.
If Black Gorilla retired, he was very likely to be promoted to Squad Leader. At that time, he would have to face Captain Yellow Dog directly.
Captain Yellow Dog was a true mission machine, emotionless, cruel, and suspicious.
Half an hour later, Captain Yellow Dog walked over quickly.
The fanged painting on Captain Yellow Dog's mask looked even more ferocious now.
"Fox, come with me."
Night Light quickly followed, entering the main tent of the medical area.
Inside the tent, Black Gorilla was out of critical danger. The surgery was so urgent that he hadn't even had time to remove his mask.
Yellow Dog asked the medical Ninja next to him, "How long until my subordinate recovers? How much combat strength will he have left?"
The medical Ninja said:
"Both arms are severed, so he cannot perform hand seals. The toxins have corroded his nerves, so his reactions will be sluggish in the future.
I cannot determine how much combat strength he will have left, but it should not exceed 20%."
Yellow Dog did not hesitate and said to Black Gorilla:
"Black Gorilla, I will immediately have someone send you the retirement registration scroll. You are retiring from the Anbu, and the Anbu will give you a large pension."
Yellow Dog turned to Night Light and said:
"Fox, you are officially taking over as Squad Leader. From now on, Black Gorilla Squad will become Fox Squad. Handle Black Gorilla's retirement and the squad's rebuilding as soon as possible."
With that, Yellow Dog turned and left.
Night Light secretly felt sad for Black Gorilla.
Retirement was fine, but Captain Yellow Dog's handling of it was too blunt.
Captain Yellow Dog had been under a lot of pressure recently. The matter with Senju Bo was not handled cleanly, forcing Danzo to come to the front lines to clean up his mess.
Senju Nawaki died, and the Senju Ninja on the front lines died one after another within a few days.
Without Danzo's personal arrangement, the Senju Clan would definitely suspect why such coincidences occurred.
Night Light reached out to take off Black Gorilla's mask.
"Wait, let me wear it a bit longer."
Night Light's hand paused in the air, then slowly retracted.
He clearly saw tears flowing from the side of the mask.
Poor Black Gorilla, he wouldn't even be able to wipe his own tears anymore.
Some places he wouldn't be able to wipe himself either, how inconvenient.
Black Gorilla's bitterness was unspeakable to outsiders; he could only digest it himself.
After seeing the teardrops, Night Light turned and left. Black Gorilla surely didn't want his current appearance to be seen by others.
He went to the side tent and inquired about the condition of the squad members.
The medical Ninja said it was ordinary Salamander venom, not the poison from the giant summoning beast Salamander, and it would be detoxified in three days.
Night Light breathed a sigh of relief; the basic framework of the squad was still intact.
He came to Purple Cat, Ling, and Black Bull and said:
"I have been appointed as the official Squad Leader. From now on, Purple Cat will be your Squad Leader.
Purple Cat, after I leave the squad, Black Gorilla's mask will belong to your squad."
Purple Cat asked, "What about Captain Black Gorilla? Did he sacrifice himself?"
"No, he retired."
In Konoha Village's system design, elderly Ninja who could no longer perform missions had no income, and their lives were very miserable.
This led many Ninja to take pride in dying on a mission.
Clan Ninja were better off, with family support, but the later years of civilian Ninja were unbearable.
Living long was not a blessing; dying quickly was a blessing.
Night Light also pretended to have the medical Ninja prescribe him some antidote, saying that he acted quickly and inhaled only a minimal amount of poisonous mist.
Leaving the medical tent area, Night Light came to the Anbu tent area.
The other two squads of the Yellow Dog Squad, the Hippo Squad and the Yak Squad, had both been dispatched towards the Land of Rain.
Hidden Rain Village, known as the Sixth Great Hidden Village, entered the war, putting Konoha in a passive position.
The Fox Squad had not yet recovered its combat strength and temporarily had no external missions.
While waiting for the team members to recover, he practiced Taijutsu and Ninjutsu every day during the day.
The power of Earth Flow Spears grew stronger and stronger.
Night Light discovered that Chakra could be injected into the earth in segments.
More Chakra was concentrated at the tip of the Earth Flow Spears, making the tip harder.
The latter half of the Earth Flow Spears focused on thrust and speed.
After such fine-tuning of Chakra, the attack power of Earth Flow Spears was improved.
After crafting one Earth Flow Spears, Night Light also tried to create multiple Earth Flow Spears simultaneously.
Two, three, four, attacking the enemy from different directions.
If he had sufficient Chakra, this B-rank Ninjutsu could also become a powerful Ninjutsu capable of changing the terrain.
This feeling of slow but steady growth in strength was gratifying.
Several days later, the squad members recovered, and Night Light also received a relatively easy mission.
Escorting the bodies of fallen Ninja, including Senju Nawaki, and seriously wounded back to the Village.
It was said that the Hippo Squad suffered heavy losses in the Land of Rain, and the Yellow Dog Squad would gradually return to the Village to recruit new members and re-equip.
At the entrance of the main camp, Tsunade stared wearily at the body bags on the carriage.
Her younger brother Nawaki lay there.
"Please rest assured, Princess Tsunade, I will safely return the remains of the Village's heroes to the Village."
Tsunade heard the voice, turned, saw Night Light wearing a fox mask, and nodded.
She could not yet return to the Village; the Village would send them into the Land of Rain to resist the Hidden Rain Village's army.
Jiraiya and Orochimaru waited beside Tsunade.
After Night Light walked away, he turned to glance at Tsunade and the other two. The battle against Hidden Rain Village would be the Three Sannin's famous battle.