Chapter 177: Orochimaru's Farewell Gift
After the Jonin meeting, Haneda and Kakashi came to a tree outside the Hokage building at the same time.
"Going to the hospital?" Kakashi asked habitually.
"Yeah. Go visit Kai."
Haneda had this plan in mind and nodded.
After walking a few steps, Kakashi said with some guilt:
"I haven't seen Kailai in the past few days. I thought he was out on a mission."
"I didn't expect that his teacher..."
This feeling of betrayal reminded Kakashi of how his father felt when he was slandered by his peers.
He sighed and said:
"I hope Kai can cheer up."
"Yes." Haneda looked up at the sky. With Kai's thick nerves, he might forget about this matter soon.
Soon, Haneda and Kakashi arrived at Konoha Hospital.
At this time, the hospital was a little deserted, with only a few people in the yard at the entrance.
Haneda asked the nurse for the location and went straight to Kai's ward.
At this moment, a series of counting sounds came from the room.
"One hundred and three, one hundred and four, one hundred and five..."
Kakashi felt something was wrong and thought that Kai had a mental problem.
He quickly opened the door and saw Kai in hospital gown, doing finger push-ups.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Kai looked up and saw it was Kakashi!
He immediately put aside his daily training and came to Kakashi excitedly:
"Yoshi! I didn't expect you to come to me!"
"Accept the challenge of my youth, Kakashi-san!"
Hearing these familiar words, Kakashi looked back, but did not see Haneda.
He opened his eyes and said, "I refuse."
When Kakashi saw that Kai had put his hands on his shoulders, he subconsciously knew what Kai was going to say next and refused again:
"Kai, your injury hasn't healed yet, let's wait until next time."
Kakashi placed a bouquet of carnations bought from a roadside flower shop on the bedside table.
He looked at Kai, whose mental state was the same as before...
Very youthful.
Haneda also walked in at this time.
He smiled at Kai and said:
"You worked hard today, Kai."
"You're training behind the nurse's back, right?"
Kai's thoughts were seen through, and he scratched his head and said:
"Haha, the nurse said I can't do strenuous exercise and need to rest, but youth will never stop."
Haneda came in front of Kai, condensed Yang attribute chakra in his hand, and said with concern:
"I'm also half medical ninja, let me check you out."
"it is good."
Kai nodded and didn't refuse.
Whenever he was injured in the past, as long as Haneda was there, he would help with his treatment.
He's used to it.
Haneda used chakra to check Kai's body.
He sensed a familiar aura and actually discovered the first generation cells in Kai!
Haneda frowned. Given Orochimaru's personality, he would not use his disciples for experiments.
He mobilized his chakra and moved it around the first generation cells, but the first generation cells did not respond and seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep.
Haneda was thoughtful.
Given the tyranny of the first generation cells, it is impossible for them to tolerate other chakras hanging around.
Orochimaru seemed to have performed special treatment and implanted the first generation cells into Gai's body.
Haneda patted Kai's shoulder and said with a smile:
"no problem."
"You'd better try not to do strenuous exercise these days, Kai."
Although Haneda somewhat understood Orochimaru's intention, he did not mention the name in front of Gai.
Like Kakashi, they all had a tacit agreement not to talk about this kind of thing.
Hearing this, Kai nodded.
But thinking about not being able to exercise these few days, he felt a little headache and hesitated:
"Really? Haneda? The doctor said I only had some internal injuries..."
"No."
Haneda shook his head.
The gift that Orochimaru left for Kai must be a safe one.
But this period of time is uncertain, at least we have to wait until Kai's body recovers completely.
Haneda knows the tyranny of the first generation cells.
Even with the blessing of the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Eye Technique of All-Seeing, it would take him about a year to integrate them.
The three of them chatted about their childhood and it was soon noon.
At this time, Minato also rushed to the hospital from the Hokage Building.
He was kept by the Sandaime after the Jonin Conference and talked a lot about succeeding the Fourth Hokage.
It wasn't until noon that I found the time.
As soon as they reached the corridor, Haneda, Kakashi and Minato ran into each other.
"Is Kai okay now?" Minato asked with concern.
"He's in good condition, but Kakashi and I didn't mention anything about Orochimaru."
Haneda glanced around and asked with a smile,
"Isn't Sister Kushina here?"
"She...I originally wanted to come with her and have a dinner together to celebrate."
"But she said she was not feeling well, felt nauseous and wanted to vomit."
When Haneda heard this familiar symptom, he thought of Mikoto's big belly and smiled:
"Maybe there's some happy news."
"happy event?!"
Minato, who loved reading, clenched his hands into fists as he recalled Kushina's symptoms.
Somewhat excited and some nervous.
Is Kushina pregnant?
I'm not going to be a father, am I?
Looking at Minato's troubled look, Haneda thought of Obito.
According to the development of the original work, Obito will attack Kushina for some reason...
Haneda glanced down over his right shoulder.
That's where the primary cells are fused.
He could feel that his body was slowly merging with the first generation cells and his chakra was increasing rapidly.
Haneda smiled and said:
"Minato-senpai, which restaurant are we going to eat at? Do you have a reservation?"
Minato said, "Yakiniku Q, I went there with Kushina last time, the yakiniku at that restaurant is really good."
"Yeah. Jiraiya-sensei said that he will be here then too."
"BBQ Q..."
Haneda and Kakashi looked at each other.
They hadn't been to that store since Obito's accident.
However, today was a special day, and the two of them tacitly agreed not to refuse.
Unlike two years ago, the interior of BBQ Q has been significantly renovated with many modern elements.
But most of the interior decoration is still wooden, except that there are more green plants and tables and chairs with distinct colors in the store.
Jiraiya arrived early at the box that Minato had reserved.
He flirted with the young lady in the store, drinking from the bottle in his hand.
Haneda and the other two were already used to Jiraiya's unruly behavior, so they found a seat and sat down at random.
Seeing the guests coming, a young waitress came over.
She held the menu in her hand, leaned forward, and asked with a smile:
"Welcome, what would you like to order?"
Minato and Jiraiya also readily ordered some of their favorite foods.
Haneda and Kakashi looked down at the menu without saying anything.
Suddenly, they both spoke at the same time:
"One serving of pork belly and lettuce (grilled meat set C)..."
"Another orange juice with ice, please."
Haneda and Kakashi looked up at each other and recalled the past.
"You're still the same." Haneda whispered.
"Same to you," Kakashi responded.
