Chapter 42: Reset to Zero

Unfortunately, due to various unavoidable reasons, Habara had no way to comply with Captain Hayasegawa's orders.

And after expressing his feelings and emotions to this captain in the end, Habara's mercury longsword flipped lightly so that the blade was facing upwards. Then he slightly twisted his wrist and flicked upwards, and the spherical object that had just been held up by the longsword was easily divided into two halves.

People were like this. Once they mastered the power to determine the life and death of others, it was difficult to expect them to fully abide by the rules. Although Habara wasn't so narcissistic as to think he had the right to judge others, he did feel that this Captain-sama really deserved to die.

Since he deserved to die, then he should die.

To be honest, this emotional behavior wasn't worth advocating. However, Habara couldn't think of any value that the other party had that was worth protecting.

Seeing the exceptionally young child die on the battlefield, Habara still felt somewhat uncomfortable with such a thing. And judging from the location of this child's injuries, he didn't seem to be very determined during the escape, or perhaps he had likely carried out some idiotic order to intercept the enemy.

No one could expect a child to accurately judge whether an order should be carried out or not, nor could one expect him to directly resist the instructions of his adult captain. Therefore, the responsibility for his death did not lie with him, but with the person who issued this order and the person who appointed this person as captain.

Habara calmed down a little, and then he abandoned these two corpses and continued to retreat... There was no need to be sentimental about whether or not to collect the child's body at this time, because the person was already dead.

In order to avoid encountering the overly powerful Yagura Karatachi, Habara's next actions became more cautious.

The further he retreated towards the inland of the Land of Fire, the more ominous Habara felt. Originally, he thought that since that idiot captain could escape Yagura's pursuit and survive, then others should also be able to survive. But the facts didn't seem as good as he imagined.

He only saw one corpse after another, and then...

The bad premonition came true.

Habara glanced at a location, and then he suddenly stopped his hurried figure in the forest. Not far to his right, a very familiar figure lay there on the ground.

"Daigo..."

Habara quickly came to the other side and found that the person was indeed Daigo.

At first glance at the other party's injuries, Habara's mood instantly became heavy. Daigo's left abdomen had been pierced front to back by a fist-sized hole. Some of her organs had been directly blown away. The blood gushing from her wound had already stained the surrounding ground red.

When so much blood flowed out, people often wondered why there was so much blood in a small body...

"Cough..."

Daigo's life was rapidly fading, but she still had her last breath.

She seemed to recognize Habara. At this time, she wanted to say something, but she was almost unable to do so.

"Daigo, can you hear me?"

Habara squatted beside her, reached out and gently touched her neck, and found that her breathing and heartbeat were so weak that they were almost imperceptible.

How could he save her?

Habara's relationship with Daigo was simple and complex. Comrades or friends, their relationship was only that. However, she was the only person Habara was familiar with in this world.

So Habara absolutely didn't want her to die like this.

But the problem was that Habara didn't know any medical techniques. With Daigo's current serious injuries, he had no means of treatment... No, if it was a means to prolong a person's life, Habara did have one:

Living Corpse Reincarnation.

However, Living Corpse Reincarnation was a forbidden technique that the caster applied to himself. Could it be used by one person on another? The key was that Habara didn't have a body for reincarnation now, and he hadn't seriously studied Living Corpse Reincarnation beforehand...

But he had no way to think about these problems carefully, because Daigo might stop breathing and her heart might stop beating at any time, so Habara only had this one method to try.

"Don't worry, I will definitely save you."

Habara removed his hand from Daigo's neck, and then forcefully squeezed her hand. Then he first took out the scroll recording the secret technique of Living Corpse Reincarnation from the ninja tool bag, and then took out several blank scrolls.

After unfolding the scroll of Living Corpse Reincarnation and a blank scroll, Habara wiped some of Daigo's blood, and then prepared to start drawing the formula.

"The complete reincarnation ritual is impossible. The only thing I can try now is to transform her life and chakra into a special mixed entity of spirit + energy, and then temporarily seal this energy..."

Habara quickly clarified the only possibility, and then concentrated on starting the step-by-step operation.

Correct? Wrong? Success? Failure?

To be honest, Habara had no time to consider the consequences. Could the irresponsible promise just now be counted? Only heaven knew.

After a short while, Habara quickly finished drawing the formula. At this time, he was already sweating.

Next, he barely helped Daigo up, and then placed his left palm on her abdomen, injecting his chakra mixed with natural energy into her body. Then he guided her chakra to flow in the meridian system in her body, while using his right hand to make her hands form one seal after another.

"Daigo, hold on."

When the seals on Daigo's hands were finally finished, something suddenly burst out of her body and was drawn into the scroll with the special formula drawn on it.

Next, Habara quickly formed seals, completing the closure of the formula on the scroll. And after he rolled up the scroll and sealed it tightly, he found that Daigo in his arms had completely lost her vital signs.

In the end, he had completed the ritual before Daigo's life force was completely extinguished. However, whether what was extracted was Daigo's true spirit + energy mixed entity, or simply her chakra, Habara had no way of determining.

But based on common sense and experience, such a difficult S-rank forbidden technique was basically impossible to succeed on the first try, even if it was just to complete one-third of the entire process.

The living person could no longer give any response. Habara only got a light scroll.

After carefully storing the scroll, Habara then sealed Daigo's body as well.

And when Habara stood up again, an involuntary look of confusion appeared on his face.

Shitou, Nobuyoshi, Izayo, Daigo – although Habara's contact with these people was not very deep, after Daigo, he felt that his relationship with this world had been reset to zero again.

Everything seemed to have returned to when he first woke up in the dungeon. Habara felt a little lost.

People only act according to their own feelings. Perhaps it was for this reason that he was particularly unwilling to let Daigo die.

Because he was unsure if Yagura had left, Habara's current location was still very dangerous. He should leave as soon as possible. However, at this time, he stood still in place...

Since all connections had been severed, Habara began to think about whether he should return to Konoha next.

He quickly figured out this problem.

How did Izayo die? And why did Daigo encounter such a thing?

Life was divided into noble and base, and personality was divided into high and low?

Why was a captain who didn't even possess basic tactical literacy assigned to the squad?

Who was wrong and who was right? Who took responsibility and made contributions? Who betrayed trust?

After figuring out these questions, Habara naturally made a decision... He would return to Konoha.

Because he seemed to have figured out what he should do.

And after making such a decision, Habara didn't leave here directly.

Before he returned, he needed to collect the bodies of his teammates as much as possible... Of course, he also needed to destroy the body of Captain-sama.

This wasn't for revenge, it was just that only that adult's manner of death and the wounds left on his body were completely different from the others. This could easily cause problems.

So he couldn't leave any flaws.