“Really?
Can you really cure my mother?” Usopp hurried over to Zhuyun as if he had grasped the last strand of hope.
“Of course.
I have an excellent doctor with me.
Take us to see your mother.”
“Okay, okay.
Please, follow me.”
Usopp wiped away his tears and led Zhuyun and the two women toward his home.
***
“Mom, I brought new doctors.
They said they can cure you.”
Usopp looked at his mother lying on the bed, and tears welled up in his eyes again.
“Usopp, thank you.”
The woman on the bed looked at Usopp before turning her attention to Zhuyun and the others.
“Hello.
I’m Banchina.
Thank you for coming to treat me.”
“You can thank us after we cure you.”
Zhuyun looked at Tsunade.
“It’s up to you, Tsunade.”
“Oh!
Leave it to me.”
Tsunade walked over to Banchina, who was lying on the bed.
“Hmm.
A viral infection in both lungs, causing persistent high fever and general weakness.
Medication would require a gradual recovery process.”
Tsunade stroked her chin.
“However, I’m not familiar with the medicines available here.
I might as well treat her directly.”
Tsunade placed her hand against Banchina’s chest.
Gradually, a green light began to glow from her palm.
“What is that?”
Usopp’s eyes widened as he stared at Tsunade’s hands.
“Don’t worry.
It’s her Medical Ninjutsu.
It helps regulate the body and accelerates the recovery process.”
Zhuyun looked at Usopp.
“Your mother should recover soon.”
“Really?
That’s wonderful!”
Usopp excitedly turned back toward his mother.
After some time, the green light surrounding Tsunade’s hands gradually faded.
“That’s it.
She just needs to get plenty of rest and take good care of herself.
She’ll gradually recover.”
Tsunade looked at Banchina.
At this moment, Banchina’s complexion was clearly much better than before the treatment.
“That’s great!
Mom, how do you feel?”
Usopp hurried to his mother’s bedside.
“I feel much better, Usopp.
My body feels much lighter.
I’m just a little weak now.”
Banchina smiled at Usopp.
“Usopp, go get the money from the box and pay the doctors.”
“Okay.
I’ll get it right away.”
“No need.”
Zhuyun shook his head.
“You don’t look particularly well-off either.
Keep the money and use it to buy some nutritious food instead.”
“How can we…”
“It’s settled.
Your illness has been treated, so we should be going.”
With that, Zhuyun led the two women toward the door.
“Thank you.
Thank you, doctors.
Thank you all.”
Banchina looked at them gratefully.
“Thank you.
Thank you so much.”
Usopp bowed deeply to the three of them.
Zhuyun waved his hand before leading the two women out of Usopp’s house.
“Tch.
So we treated her for free.”
Tsunade folded her arms as she followed behind Zhuyun.
“They couldn’t afford to pay us much anyway.
Just consider it a good deed.”
Zhuyun looked toward a villa in the distance.
“See that place?
We should be able to make a lot of money there.
When the time comes, I’ll have to trouble you again, Tsunade.”
“Heh.
Leave it to me.”
Tsunade raised her chin proudly.
***
After passing through fields and scattered houses, the three arrived at the entrance of the villa.
A little girl with golden hair was watering the flowers in the yard.
Behind her stood a slender man dressed in a butler’s uniform and wearing glasses.
He silently watched the girl, occasionally pushing his glasses up with one hand.
Found you, Kuro.
A cold glint flashed through Zhuyun’s eyes.
But there was something more important to deal with first: the girl’s illness.
“Hello, young lady.
Are your parents home?
I have some business I’d like to discuss with them.”
“Huh?
Are you one of Father’s guests?”
“Yes.
Is your father here?”
“Please wait a moment.
I’ll go get him.”
Kaya put down the watering can and ran inside.
“Father, someone is looking for you outside.”
Kuro silently glanced at the three visitors before turning around and following Kaya inside.
Watching Kuro’s back, a cold glint flashed through Zhuyun’s eyes.
He had absolutely no favorable impression of someone like Kuro.
“May I ask what brings you here?”
The middle-aged man who had come outside with Kaya looked at the three of them.
He was Kaya’s father.
“Hello.
We heard that your daughter is suffering from an illness and has a weak constitution.
We happen to have an excellent doctor with us, so we’d like to offer our services and treat your daughter.”
“A doctor?”
The man looked at the three of them.
None of them appeared to be a doctor.
“Tsunade, why don’t you give him a demonstration?”
Seeing the man’s doubts, Zhuyun turned toward Tsunade.
Tsunade stepped forward and extended her left arm.
She lightly drew her right hand across her arm, creating a bleeding wound.
“What are you doing?”
The man looked at her suspiciously.
Tsunade ignored him and placed her right palm over the wound.
A faint green light appeared.
After a moment, Tsunade removed her hand.
The wound on her left arm had completely disappeared, leaving no trace behind.
“This…”
The man was stunned.
“Now, will you let us treat your daughter?”
Zhuyun smiled calmly.