Red Nara

The work that suddenly came up kept me busy for a long two hours, causing me to miss not only the end of the first and second rounds of the tournament, but also the defeat of one of our two genin - the Uchiha who had faced Sasori in the third round had lost, even though he had taken his fiery opponent to the infirmary with him. And I again had to fiddle with some pretty dangerous poisons in multiple copies in the carcass of an eyedropper.

The matter was further complicated by the fact that one of them had an extremely negative effect on internal organs, disrupting their work and threatening instant death without timely help. As a result, when I more or less stabilized the condition of the three heaviest patients and made sure that none of them were going to meet with the shinigami in the near future, the arena was nearing the semifinals (at least, that's what the guys carrying the wounded reported), and my impressive chakra reserve was reduced by a quarter.

Dealing with the poison and getting the poisons out was surprisingly costly compared to even treating deep burns and about the same complexity. And I'm not sure that the Iryonin provided by Suna could have handled the situation better, or at least at my level, so there's a reason we have a medic assigned to our delegation. I doubt very much that the local workers would have our best interests at heart when choosing a rescued person.

Leaving the wards to the clones, because with the majority of them having chakroiostosis, it was not recommended to force the healing of the body beyond what was necessary for normal recovery, even after some time (in the treatment of unformed children in general it was necessary to be more careful than in adults, I hurried to the arena and watched the final fight as Senju pounded his opponent into the ground, using some familiar taijutsu techniques. Given the variety of styles practiced in the clan of the first two Hokage, I wasn't surprised to see some elements of the allies' basic style.

A quick glance at the candidates' balcony and a look at the remaining genin, two of whom belonged to Sunagakure and one to Kumogakure, showed that only the toughest and most talented had made it to the semifinals, of which Sasori was not one.

Still, eight years is eight years, and stamina with the amount of chakra available, even for geniuses at that age, is a bit of a challenge, especially against fourteen and fifteen year olds. He would definitely be given a chunin vest, but he wouldn't be able to reach the finals, let alone win.

But I was surprised by the identity of the nephew - it was the blonde girl who had been throwing rayton techniques with amazing ease, and I had treated her skin a month ago. Considering the fact that women's chakra reserves are usually a quarter less than those of the stronger half of the human race, reaching the semifinals of the third stage of the chunin exams was a solid achievement. Her remaining reserves are not inferior to her opponents, despite the fact that she specializes in ninjutsu, and this is after four consecutive fights.

- The winner is Senju Takahashi!

I glanced at the standings with the remaining four names, convinced that the next fight was not our genin, and dragged the tired and battered boy to the infirmary. He had already seen all the fights of his opponents and had an idea of who he would be fighting against, but he could use some rest and treatment.

Although Senju is more durable than the other clans and shinobi, but they are still not up to the level of Uzumaki. The examination confirmed that, despite the appearance of relative integrity (bruises and hematomas on open areas of the body were not even considered minor wounds), there were some serious problems.

A broken rib on the right side and a couple more on the other side, a broken left kidney, a cracked radius of the right arm, a very badly pulled muscle on the same side of the leg, a small concussion, so far almost leveled by chakra and as a cherry on the cake internal bleeding in the abdomen - separately nothing dangerous even for a genin, but together it was already a serious obstacle to the battle, not to mention the small reserves of chakra for a couple of C-rank techniques.

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