After taking over the snake uncle's foundation, Sasuke came to surrender on his own initiative.

The golden desert layer abruptly covers the forest.

Even though a huge hole was pierced in the middle, the sand inside still remained solidified without loosening or collapsing.

Neji walked down the circular passage in front of him that was tilted downward at a 45° angle, and soon reached the end of the passage which was more than a hundred meters deep.

The white bone spurs that looked like a chest cavity shrank into the body one by one, slowly revealing Kimimaro's half-kneeling figure.

Behind him were Tayuya and Jirobo who were unharmed. Compared to them, Kimimaro was much more miserable. When the white bone defense layer on his body disappeared into his body, his bruised and even slightly twisted body was exposed.

This is an injury that can only be caused when the body is subjected to extremely severe compression.

Ningci was startled and quickly approached. "How did it get like this!?"

He had no doubt that if he had arrived a step later, Kimimaro would have been crushed to death by the increasingly compact endless yellow sand!

"You're here..." Kimimaro slowly raised his head, his face pale and weak. He smiled at him with difficulty, but there was a hint of unnaturalness in his eyes. He hesitated for a moment, glanced at Neji's concerned eyes, and explained with an embarrassed look, "I didn't expect... that the One-Tail Jinchuriki could mobilize that level of chakra... so..."

As he spoke, he lowered his head, and a hint of regret finally flashed in his eyes.

This time, he was indeed too arrogant and impulsive.

After hearing Karin say that she had sensed the location of the One-Tailed Jinchuriki of Sunagakure, he excitedly rushed over without stopping, wanting to have a big fight with him.

After he used the Corpse Veins and Curse Seal with all his strength, he did gain the upper hand in the physical combat. But even though Gaara lost consciousness, under the influence of the Tailed Beast's chakra, his animal hunting instinct still existed. At that time, he was completely equivalent to a human-shaped Tailed Beast!

Knowing that he is no match for his opponent in close combat, he naturally would not go up to seek abuse. Instead, he began to spontaneously mobilize the Tailed Beast Chakra in his body and perform a large-scale sand secret technique.

While the two were talking, a series of footsteps were heard outside the passage. It was Karin and the others who were rushing over behind Neji.

Under the perception of Kagura's mind's eye, she led the other friends straight into the slanted cave entrance on the desert layer.

Arriving in front of Kimimaro who was lying on the ground, Karin's face changed. Without saying anything, she rolled up her left sleeve, put her wrist towards Kimimaro's mouth, and said hurriedly, "Bite it!"

With just a slight sense, she discovered that there were large areas of comminuted fractures in Kimimaro's body, and his muscles, ligaments, and even internal organs had suffered severe compressive injuries.

It's not just because of Gaara's technique, but also the destructive effects of the curse on the body.

Although it only looked like a superficial wound, there was a lot of internal bleeding in the body, which required urgent treatment, and it had already depleted Kimimaro's vitality. Her medical ninjutsu was not yet capable of quickly treating injuries of this magnitude.

But Kimimaro turned his head away, not even looking at the white and tender arm so close to him, and said calmly, "No need."

"Hurry up! Otherwise the injury will get worse!" Karin urged anxiously.

Kimimaro's expression remained calm. He just raised his head slightly and said proudly, "Is this your special talent, Karin? I heard Lord Ototake say it, but I, Kimimaro, will never do such a thing to hurt my companions! You can just use medical ninjutsu to heal me."

"You..." Karin's eyes were shocked, and she felt anxious and complicated. "What time is it! This guy... Why didn't I notice that he is so arrogant before..."

At this time, Ningji on the side silently put away his Byakugan that was observing the injuries in Kimimaro's body, and his eyes sank slightly.

He took a step forward, half-knelt in front of him, stretched out his hand and turned Kimimaro's head over, making him look directly at Karin's arm, and shouted coldly, "Bite it quickly."

"..." Kimimaro's face was tense, he pursed his lips, and was somewhat afraid to look at Neji.

"Ok?"

Kimimaro's face flashed with embarrassment, he gritted his teeth, and nodded obediently. "Got it..." After saying that, he bit Karin's forearm, and his weak eyes suddenly became clearer.

Then, in just a few blinks of an eye, all the bruises of varying sizes on his body disappeared without a trace, and he felt a cool sensation throughout his body, and even the fatigue after the battle quickly dissipated.

He had a feeling that his life force seemed to become extremely active.

And in Neji's eyes, Karin's arm had turned completely emerald green at this moment, and the fresh life breath that was ten times stronger than that of an ordinary person was transforming into countless green stars, which were continuously infused into Kimimaro's body.

At this moment, he suddenly spoke up to stop her. "That's enough, Kimimaro."

He could see clearly that if he continued to inhale, it would harm Karin's own vitality.

......

After the battle, Neji quickly took his companions to another place.

Because in his Byakugan vision, there were already quite a few figures wearing Konoha ninja forehead protectors, rapidly approaching the desert area where they were.

Just by looking at their aura and running speed, Neji could instantly tell that these were definitely Konoha's elite ninjas. Obviously, the noise here just now was too loud and had attracted Konoha's attention.

Death Forest, the eastern corner under the tower.

A group of young boys and girls spontaneously formed a circle according to their closeness to each other and sat under a huge tree.

Kimimaro naturally still stayed close to Neji.

"Ningji, aren't we going to kill those three guys?" Kimimaro's face had returned to its normal color, but the murderous intent in his eyes had not subsided at all. "That Jinchūriki has an amazing talent. Keeping him alive will be a disaster for the village. It's better to eliminate him as soon as possible while he is unconscious!"

Neji patted Kimimaro's shoulder and shook his head slightly.

"I'm afraid it's not possible. The previous battle has already attracted Konoha's high attention. Not to mention that we can't do it, not to mention that Gaara is the One-Tailed Jinchuriki of Sunagakure and the son of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa.

Once our murder is exposed, not only will it lead to the crazy revenge of the Fourth Kazekage, but Konoha, as the organizer of this joint Chunin, will not be able to sit idly by...

This means that Master Ototake will have to bear the wrath of both Konoha and Sunagakure at the same time. Although Master's strength is not inferior to the current Five Kage, there is no need for us to cause such a big trouble for him."

"I understand..." Kimimaro was a little unwilling, but the murderous intent in his heart quickly dissipated.

Compared to the huge trouble it would bring to Ototake, Kimimaro felt that the fact that he almost died at the hands of Gaara was actually nothing.

But immediately afterwards, Kimimaro turned his head to look at Jūgo and others around him, and seeing that they seemed not to be paying attention to this side, his eyes suddenly flickered slightly.

He pretended to look at Neji casually, trying his best to look indifferent on his stern face, but his mouth moved again and again, and finally he spoke with some grievance. "Just now... did you yell at me..."

Ningji was stunned, "No?" He raised his hand and put it on Kimimaro's forehead in confusion. It felt cool to the touch. He couldn't help but be a little confused and muttered, "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense..."

Snapped--

Kimimaro slapped his hand away, anger flashing in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and moved closer, warning in a low voice. "Asshole... who is talking nonsense! Next time if you crack my chin like this in front of Jūgo and the others... don't blame me for being rude!"

As he spoke, a trace of grief and anger flashed in his eyes. "I clearly didn't intend to bite Karin, but when Neji yelled... I don't know why my brain didn't obey me at that time..."

When he recalled the strange looks that Suigetsu and Sakura gave him, his eyes went dark. Kimimaro gritted his teeth in his heart, "I don't know how Sakura and the other rotten girls will look at me in the future... I was really out of my mind at that time! So I listened to Neji and risked my life..."

Neji suppressed the smile on his face, waved his hands, and said impatiently, "Well! Well! I know, I know!"

"Neji!!!"

"Okay, okay, I'm listening carefully. Alas, there's really nothing I can do about you..."

"Pfft..."

"Pfft..."

"Hahaha......"

Unable to hold back their laughter, Sakura and Shiro's expressions towards Kimimaro suddenly became ambiguous. (???)(???)(???)I bumped into you...

Kimimaro: -?_-?