Ino's stomach had five gaping wounds, and blood gushed out.
Yugito, on the other hand, was bleeding from all seven orifices and her face was blackened, a sign of severe poisoning.
The Tailed Beast within her was suppressed by Flower Release, and her body was pierced by hundreds of mycelial threads, with various toxins injected into her as if for free; now, except for her eyeballs, she had no sensation in her body.
Tsunade still couldn't stand the sight of blood, so Shizune put Tonton down and quickly ran over to help them with treatment.
Shizune first examined their injuries and said, "Miss Yugito, you are severely poisoned, but Ino's external injuries are also very serious, so I will treat her first."
Yugito's mouth was numb from the poison, preventing her from speaking, but her eyeballs moved twice to indicate her understanding.
Shizune first pulled out the sharp claws that Yugito had plunged into Ino's lower abdomen; not much blood flowed out, as Ino had almost bled dry.
On Ino's side, with a thought, all the white mycelial threads of the Rafflesia retracted, and the petals slowly closed.
The bodies of the two individuals and the flower, which had been connected before, were now completely separated.
Shizune used Mystical Palm Technique to stop Ino's bleeding; the essence of Mystical Palm Technique is to activate the cell growth of the recipient, and while Ino's cells couldn't reach the level of a Sage Body, they slowly began to heal under external stimulation.
She had lost too much blood and was almost exhausted, truly lacking the strength to stand up, so Shizune took her backpack and rummaged through it.
She took out seven or eight antidotes one after another, but Ino shook her head at each.
It wasn't until Shizune produced a small box with a fresh, pleasant scent, more like cosmetics than an antidote, that Ino slowly nodded.
Ino's lips moved twice, and Shizune quickly leaned her ear close to her mouth.
"The poison is very deep, this can only… alleviate… a part."
Shizune nodded, "I understand."
Yugito was deeply poisoned; even with an antidote, it would at most alleviate the symptoms, and Shizune would still need to prepare more antidotes later.
After giving instructions on what to look out for, Ino relaxed her body.
Unlike the First Hokage or Naruto, who could stand up fully energized after lying down for a while, she couldn't; she let her body slowly sink into the sea of flowers, using the immense life force there to repair her body.
"Seal!"
Deep within the sea of flowers, she sealed all the Two-Tailed Chakra collected by Flower World Advent.
The blue Fire Rat Spheres that had dissipated during the battle, and the One-Tailed Beast arm that Yugito had finally discarded, meant a considerable amount of dark blue Two-Tailed Chakra had been collected.
Now, the Chakra of Ichibi, the Two-Tailed, and the Nine-Tailed had all been collected.
The Sealing Technique exhausted Ino's last bit of strength; after putting away the sealing scroll, she closed her eyes, gathered the life force of the Flower World, and slowly repaired her body's damage.
On the other side, Shizune gave Yugito the antidote, and she began to cough violently, then vomited a large amount of thick, dark-brown blood with a pungent odor—the smell was so strong that it almost made Darui, who had come to help, faint.
As long as there was no bleeding, Tsunade had no problem treating Ino.
As a Jinchuriki, Yugito's body recovered very quickly once most of the toxins were removed.
A day later, both of them regained their mobility.
Five days later, they fought another battle, which was also very fierce.
Ino couldn't keep up with the high speed brought by Yugito's Ninja physical techniques, and Yugito had no way to deal with Flower Release, a Ninjutsu that naturally countered Tailed Beasts.
Against ordinary Ninja, she and the Tailed Beast could unleash 150% of their strength, but against Flower Release? She couldn't even unleash 80% of her strength; the state of being suppressed by Flower Release and having her Tailed Beast constantly weak severely affected her combat ability.
Yugito tried to use continuous attacks from the start to prevent Ino from using Flower Release, but Ino's Taijutsu wasn't that weak; she could still use it even if it meant getting injured, and once she used Flower Release, it turned into a war of attrition.
Neither of them could defeat the other, so how should this be judged?
"Let's go, pack your things, I'll take you to Turtle Island." The Fourth Raikage was still very magnanimous; this draw was acceptable to him.
Yugito and Darui still had missions to complete back in the village, so the two Female Ninja left first, and Killer Bee, having nothing to do, was told to follow; then, the Fourth Raikage, Tsunade, the three individuals, and one pig headed to Turtle Island.
Turtle Island is a giant turtle that Kumogakure had raised for many years; how big is it exactly? You can refer to Zunesha from One Piece.
The giant turtle can be considered a slowly moving island, with its own ecosystem and a climate somewhat like a subtropical climate; considering that Turtle Island is an immensely large creature, the temperature here is more like its body temperature, and what specific climate it belongs to depends on the giant turtle's physical condition.
Turtle Island and Zunesha, Im-sama's Rinnegan, Big Mom's 33rd child who greatly resembles Uchiha Madara—as soon as Ino set foot on Turtle Island, she felt her thoughts wildly diverging; when she thought of Grandpa from Chibi Maruko-chan and One-Punch Man, she realized something was wrong and quickly reined in her thoughts.
The more she tried to rein them in, the harder her thoughts struggled, forcing her to close her eyes, shut off most of her sensory abilities, and let her somewhat agitated mental energy slowly calm down.
"What's wrong? Is she sick?" The Fourth Raikage's hoarse voice sounded at the opportune moment.
Killer Bee, completely oblivious to the situation, started another bout of rapping, gesticulating wildly.
His strange cadence only made Ino feel more irritated.
"Rein in your mental energy, and seal the excess Chakra with the Yang Seal first," Tsunade sharply commanded.
Ino sat cross-legged on the ground, continuously extracting Chakra, converting it to Yin-attribute, and then storing it in the Yang Seal.
A visible layer of blue energy mist appeared on her body, an external manifestation of a control problem; at the same time, this also meant that her Chakra reserves far exceeded those of an average person, as ordinary Ninja simply didn't have problems with Chakra going out of control—they would only be meticulous, out of control? Impossible!
Ino converted about thirty percent of her Chakra before her brain felt calm again; she stood up, shook her head, and found the events occurring here very strange.
"This island is a giant living creature; according to my grand-uncle, its bio-magnetic field can affect Ninja with strong mental energy, which is why I brought you here," Tsunade explained.
The Fourth Raikage let out a heavy "Hmph," clearly displeased that the Second Hokage had secretly studied their Kumogakure's giant turtle.
Ino asked with a touch of feigned humility, "Really? Didn't any of you feel anything unusual? Like your thoughts were out of control; I just felt my mental energy being pulled by some force, constantly spinning, spinning, spinning."
Tsunade pretended to look at the distant scenery and said nothing, Shizune-sensei smiled and shook her head, while Tonton nudged her with a hoof, meaning, that's enough, stop showing off your mental energy, you'll get beaten if you keep this up!
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