After leaving the Hokage Building, Sora did not return to the Anbu dormitory. Instead, he went to the dical Unit first.
Although he himself was not injured, the prolonged opening of the Fifth Gate and maintaining the Azure Dragon form had placed so strain on his body. He needed so dicines that would gently nourish his ridians and body as a cover, while also preparing for his true objective.
Using the reason of "excessive mission consumption, requiring recuperation," he obtained so standard soldier pills, blood replenishing pills, and ointnts for relieving muscle fatigue.
These were routine supplies for Anbu mbers and did not attract any attention.
Then, he made a detour to the village’s animal hospital and herbal dicine shop.
’Tenji is fine. The main issue is that Small White Tiger. Its injuries are severe, and it is too young. Ordinary dicine probably can’t be handled. It needs gentler dicinal properties, and I also need to prepare so liquid food that a young animal can eat...’
Sora thought as he shopped.
At the animal hospital, using the reason "rescued an injured young ninja dog during a mission, want to try treating it," he bought so gentle topical ointnts specifically for young animals, nutritional fluids, and feeding devices.
This reason was also quite common. Many ninjas had contracted summoning animals, and treating injured animals was not unusual.
At the herbal dicine shop, he bought so common herbs for clearing heat and detoxifying, as well as for strengthening the foundation and cultivating vitality. He mixed them into the previously obtained dicine, making it impossible for others to discern the specific purpose.
After finishing all this, Sora returned to his own residence.
He needed to wait for a suitable opportunity to go out. Having just returned from a mission and imdiately applying to leave the village again would inevitably arouse suspicion.
For the next two days, Sora acted as usual.
He reported to the Anbu on ti, conducted routine training, and received new mission briefings, mainly for village patrols or simple intelligence analysis. Sarutobi Hiruzen obviously did not intend to assign him high-risk missions for the ti being, and his three teammates had not returned yet.
Everything matched the expected state of an Anbu mber who had experienced a fierce battle and needed rest.
At the sa ti, Sora kept sensing Tenji’s condition through that faint summoning contract.
The little fellow’s emotions were generally stable, occasionally conveying a trace of anxiety and worry. Clearly, the condition of the Small White Tiger was not good.
’I need to hurry.’ Sora thought to himself.
The opportunity soon ca. On the third day, the Anbu Dispatch Office issued a C-rank mission.
Go to a small town on the eastern border of the Land of Fire to receive a routine intelligence scroll from a local informant.
The mission difficulty was low, and the journey was not short, but it was safe.
Sora took the initiative to accept this mission.
’Eastern border... Perfect for a detour to that forest from before. Receiving intelligence is the cover. Briefly "deviating" from the route midway for a while will give enough ti to treat that Small White Tiger.’
When going through the village exit procedures, the registering chunin looking at Sora’s mission form simply checked his token as routine, advised him to "be careful," and granted permission.
For such a low-risk mission, executed by an Anbu mber, the procedure was very simple.
Thus, Sora smoothly left Konoha.
Once out of the village, he imdiately increased his speed. He first traveled so distance towards the mission location, confird no one was following, then imdiately changed direction and sped towards the forest where he had the faint connection with Tenji.
His ti was limited. He had to return within a reasonable tifra for mission completion.
Relying on the contract sensing and his excellent mory, Sora quickly found the familiar forest.
Just as he approached that area, a thin, cyan figure eagerly jumped down from a large tree, chirping excitedly. It was the Six Eared Monkey, Tenji.
After not seeing him for two days, it seed even more spirited, its eyes more lively.
But it soon tugged at Sora’s pant leg, anxiously pointing towards a tree hollow deep in the dense forest.
Sora followed it to the front of the tree hollow. He saw the Small White Tiger lying listlessly on dry grass, its breath even weaker than before, its body even sowhat cold.
’The situation is worse than I thought!’
Sora imdiately crouched down and carefully examined it.
He first carefully pried open the Small White Tiger’s mouth and dripped a few drops of warm nutritional fluid to sustain its vitality.
Then, he took out the prepared ointnt specifically for young animals and carefully applied it to the Small White Tiger’s small wounds and fragile body, gently guiding the dicinal power to disperse with a trace of chakra.
Next, he chewed up so herbs for strengthening the foundation and cultivating vitality, mixed them with clean water, and fed them bit by bit to the Small White Tiger.
After doing all this, he gently picked up the Small White Tiger, held it in his arms, and used his own body temperature and a subtle trace of chakra to slowly nourish its cold body.
Tenji quietly squatted nearby, its big eyes watching without blinking, filled with tension and anticipation.
Ti passed bit by bit. Under Sora’s ticulous treatnt and warmth, the Small White Tiger’s cold body gradually ward up. Its weak breathing also beca slightly stronger. Although still unconscious, its vital signs finally stabilized.
Sora breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced at the nervous Tenji beside him and conveyed a "reassuring" thought through the contract.
"Chii..."
Tenji also seed to relax, rubbing its little head against Sora’s hand.
Sora carefully placed the still unconscious but stable Small White Tiger back into the tree hollow lined with soft grass. He also left an adequate amount of ointnt, nutritional fluid, and food, and carefully demonstrated to Tenji how to feed and apply dicine.
The little creature was astonishingly smart. After watching once, it nodded its little head as if understanding.
"Take good care of it. I will co see you again soon."
Sora patted Tenji’s head.
Tenji nodded vigorously, its eyes firm, as if receiving an extrely important mission.
Sora estimated the ti. Not daring to delay further, he imdiately stood up. With a flash, his figure disappeared into the forest.
He had to get to the mission location as soon as possible, obtain that intelligence scroll, and then return to Konoha on ti.
In the tree hollow, only the Six Eared Monkey Tenji remained, carefully guarding the sleeping Small White Tiger, waiting for Sora’s next visit.
...
Sora rushed to the eastern border town at the fastest speed, smoothly obtained the unimportant intelligence scroll from the informant, and then imdiately started the return journey without stopping.
The whole process was clean and efficient, not attracting any unnecessary attention.
When he returned to Konoha to hand over the mission, the chunin in charge of registration was even sowhat surprised by his efficiency.
"You’re back already? No trouble on the way?"
"Everything went smoothly."
Sora answered concisely, handing over the scroll.
After completing the procedures, he walked straight towards the Anbu dormitory area. His mind was still preoccupied with the two little creatures in the forest, thinking about what reason to use to go out next ti.
Just as he approached near the dormitory building, he vaguely heard so discussion.
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