Chapter 289: As Pure as a Bug

"...Haruko! Haruko!"

The anxious call sank to the bottom of the sea and turned into a current that enveloped Haruko Zao, allowing her to escape from her complicated thoughts.

In the morning, Haruko struggled to open her heavy eyelids.

The first thing she saw was Nohara Lin, whose face was filled with nervousness. After her hazy vision cleared, she could see the traces of tears on Nohara Lin's face.

"I...what's wrong with me?" She tried to speak, but her voice was very hoarse.

Seeing her wake up, Nohara Lin couldn't control herself and burst into tears again.

No one knows how terrified and frightened Haruko was when she fainted from bleeding in the morning.

She had just met Haruko, but she almost lost her again...

Nohara Lin held onto the edge of the bed, using her trembling arms to support her limp body.

She bit her lips tightly to prevent her crying from leaking out.

The tears on her face seemed to reflect her inner world, falling down like an allover, smashing the tenaciously growing flower fields.

Nohara Lin's sadness is extreme and quiet, and her strong and considerate character makes her so tense that she doesn't even want to cause trouble to her loved ones by crying.

But those who truly love her will only feel heartache.

In the morning, Haruko forced herself to get up, worry appeared between her brows, and she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

The effect was minimal. Feeling the tenderness in her actions, Nohara Lin's tears flowed even harder.

Seeing this, Zaojian Qingzi was in a state of confusion, but then she made up her mind and comforted her in a gentle voice.

"Lin, stop crying..."

When the familiar name came out, Nohara Lin was stunned. She raised her misty tearful eyes in disbelief and looked at Hayama Haruko.

The black-haired girl's eyes were filled with tenderness and heartache - this was Haruko, the one that Nohara Rin had always been looking at, chasing after, and praying for.

Suddenly, a tear filled with sadness and joy rolled down, and another line of clear tears slid down on Nohara Lin's tear marks.

Nohara Lin confirmed with her in a trembling voice: "Haru... Haruko?"

"Yes, it's me." Morning Haruko nodded and smiled at her, "Lin, don't cry, I will feel bad."

Her nose was filled with a sour feeling, and Nohara Lin, with tears in her eyes, carefully moved closer, hugged her, and slowly tightened her arms.

Feeling the real presence in his arms, her tense nerves finally relaxed, "Haruko... Haruko... I'm sorry..."

Asahi Haruko hugged her back and patted her back slowly to comfort her.

Where Nohara Lin couldn't see, confusion and helplessness flashed in the black-haired girl's bright eyes.

A sudden knock on the door interrupted them.

"Lord Nohara Lin! Konoha may need you to go there!"

Nohara Lin couldn't help but loosen her arms and looked towards the door.

"Konoha?" Haruko Asahi raised her voice in confusion and asked the people outside, "What happened?"

"Aburame Shino and Hyuga Neji are the most seriously injured, but Aburame Shino's physical condition is special, and the bugs in his body are wreaking havoc everywhere! If this continues, it will delay treatment!"

Haruko Asama refused Nohara Rin's request for her to rest and insisted on going to check out the situation.

When they arrived outside the door of the ward where Aburame Shino was staying, they could already see a lot of insects buzzing in the corridor, and the Sand Ninjas were trying their best to deal with them.

The Sand Ninja who led the way explained to them: "There are too many bugs. We can only close the door."

Nohara Lin blocked the insects approaching her and Hayama Haruko, stood at the door of the ward, carefully pressed the handle and pushed the door open.

The moment the door opened, countless black insects rushed out.

The dense swarm of insects blocked their view. Nohara Lin gritted her teeth, quickly led Hayama Haruko in and closed the door.

There was no clean spot in the room, and all you could see were flying and noisy insects.

They haven't shown any aggressive behavior yet, but they're busy flying around.

Haruko's heart sank in the morning. It seemed that Aburame Shino's injuries were very serious and she couldn't even control the bugs in her body.

When Nohara Lin wanted to get closer to Aburame Shino who was on the operating table, the insects that were flying around like headless flies rushed towards her and obstructed her as if in response to stress, forcing her to step back.

"No, there's no way I can get close with these bugs around!"

Nohara Lin frowned and kept thinking about how to deal with the situation.

It is too troublesome to deal with them one by one, and more bugs will approach, but... she doesn't have the right ninjutsu to stabilize all the bugs at once.

"I'll try."

Nohara Lin's thoughts paused. She looked at Zaoma Haruko who had already walked past her, but there was no time to ask her to stop.

When approaching the operating table, Haruko Asama was also obstructed by insects.

Her face turned pale, and she forced herself to hold her hands in front of her face, trying her best to resist the attack of the insects, and approached Aburame Shino on the stage step by step with difficulty.

There was a constant stinging pain in my arms, and even my cheeks felt faintly warm from being scratched by insects.

Regardless of her wounds, Haruko Asahi still stubbornly approached Aburame Shino, and finally she reached out her hand and touched Aburame Shino's hand from the pile of insects.

At this time, the emotions of the insects became even more intense, and they actually formed a stream of insects and wrapped around Haruko's hand that was grabbing Aburame Shino's hand in the morning.

In the morning, Haruko realized that they were about to suck out all the chakra she was outputting!

At the critical moment, she tried her best to save her life and shouted: "Xiao Hei——!"

The buzzing insects did not stop at her words.

Just when Haruko thought her hand was doomed in the morning, a tiny black parasite rushed into the swarm of insects like a swift bullet, breaking up their formation by surprise.

Taking advantage of this gap, Haruko used healing magic to temporarily relieve Shino Aburame's injuries.

The comatose Aburame Shino regained some consciousness, and the dizziness stimulated him to open his eyes. His vision was blurry, but he seemed to feel warmth on his arm.

He turned his head slightly and saw Haruko Hayabusa who was desperately trying to treat herself in the midst of the insect swarm.

There were several bloodstains on her fair cheeks, and her tightly clenched hands were even more horrific to look at, as if she had been cut by a knife countless times and was bleeding profusely.

Aburame Shino was stunned, her dull inner world unable to stop pounding.

There was no time for him to dwell on his feelings as he used the last of his strength to draw the raging bugs back into his body.

The swarm of insects that covered the sky and the sun rushed into Aburame Shino's weak body, causing him to cough violently several times.

Seeing that the bug was gone, Nohara Rin hurried forward, performed healing magic with one hand, and grabbed the hand that Haruko was healing with the other.

Her expression could be described as angry, but her moist eyes made her look vulnerable.

"Haruko, you... take care of yourself and wait for me outside, okay?"

In the face of her worries, she couldn't bear to say harsh words, and her words were full of pleading.

Facing Uenohara Rin's deer-brown eyes filled with sadness, Haruko couldn't force a smile in the morning.

She nodded and left the ward with Nohara Lin watching her.

Suddenly she was unaware that there was another pair of eyes quietly watching her disappear behind the door.

There was no trace of her figure in her field of vision, and Aburame Shino's forced consciousness could no longer hold on, and she closed her eyes.

Since he was a child, he has loved observing insects.

Insects are very pure creatures. They are born, grow, hunt, gestate, and die. Each type of insect has its own life cycle.

Observing and recording, this is his hobby.

Humans are different from insects. Humans are much more complicated than insects, and their psychology, behaviors, and thoughts are difficult to guess.

But one day, he saw a human being who was as pure as a bug.

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