Chapter 28: Naruto Hospitalized Again After Fainting
"Class is about to start. Stop running around!"
The moment Iruka appeared, he grabbed Naruto, who was about to dash out of the school gate, and dragged him back toward the classroom.
He was supposed to stay in the hospital for two more days, but after what happened to Uchiha Sasuke, he was ordered to return and keep an eye on Naruto.
In school, there were a few classmates who could talk to Naruto, but his closest relationship was still with Sasuke.
Iruka knew very well that Sasuke had been secretly giving Naruto onigiri every day. The other students might not have noticed, but as the teacher, he saw it clearly.
"Iruka-sensei, Sasuke is going to be okay, right?"
Naruto struggled a little, then turned and hugged Iruka's arm, staring up at him desperately for an answer.
"Sasuke… Sasuke is fine. He just suffered a huge shock and is in the hospital. When he wakes up, sensei will tell you…"
Iruka looked down at Naruto. He was actually quite pleased that Naruto was so worried about Sasuke. After all, one of his missions was to help Naruto make friends.
But having only Sasuke as a friend wasn't enough. In the future, he would need to help Naruto get along better with the other students too.
"Can… can I go see him?"
Hearing that Sasuke wasn't dead, Naruto's eyes relaxed slightly.
But he still didn't want to go back to class. Sasuke was likely unconscious right now, but there was an even higher chance that the Third Hokage or Danzo would be subjecting him to brainwashing-style interrogation.
"No…"
They had already reached the classroom door. Iruka definitely couldn't let Naruto run off again.
He had dragged his sick body back to school specifically to watch over Naruto. Taking him to the hospital would only cause more trouble!
"Iruka-sensei, you're so mean! I want to see Sasuke! I want to go…"
Naruto had already expected this answer, but he still clung to Iruka's arm at the doorway, shaking it back and forth and throwing a tantrum. The classmates already seated inside the classroom watched with twitching eyes.
This shameless, spoiled behavior was truly an eye-opener for them.
"No, I said no…"
Iruka's eyebrows jumped in anger. He never expected this brat to be so persistent.
Before he could finish speaking, Naruto shook too hard. His small head accidentally slammed straight into the door frame.
Bang!
The door bounced open from the impact, but Naruto's eyes rolled back. Without making a sound, he fainted cleanly.
Now it was no longer a question of whether to let him go to the hospital — Naruto, who already had a history of fainting, was once again urgently carried there by a panicked Iruka.
Except this time, Naruto wasn't visiting a patient. He had become the patient himself.
Once he was placed on the hospital bed and handed over to the doctors for examination, Naruto activated his soul power and immediately began observing Sasuke in the intensive care ward.
At this moment, Sasuke was still unconscious. More than ten Anbu surrounded his room — both to monitor and protect him, and to guard against any possible attackers.
"This kid, Naruto…"
On the hospital rooftop, Kakashi with his silver-white hair sat with his cheek resting on his hand, a trace of sadness in his posture.
His task today was to stay here on guard in case anyone tried to harm Sasuke.
But just now, he had watched Naruto get hospitalized again after fainting.
Considering what he knew about jinchuriki from other villages, Kakashi even started to wonder if something was wrong with Naruto.
It was said that jinchuriki recovered from injuries extremely quickly, yet this boy could knock his head and end up bedridden for days. He seemed even frailer than ordinary civilian children.
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