Chapter 1027: Karin's Shadow

The breeze blew slowly, and the leaves rustled.

Sunlight shone through the gaps in the leaves, casting large spots of light on the forest floor.

A withered leaf fell from a towering ancient tree. Just as the leaf was drifting in mid-air, it suddenly paused and turned into debris.

Below the broken withered leaf, Su Xiao was sitting cross-legged on a tree trunk. His eyes were closed, and Zhan Long Shan was placed flat on his legs. He was in daily meditation.

Being in the natural environment of the Naruto world, Su Xiao vaguely felt that meditation here was different from the past.

During meditation, his heart was very calm, and the bloodlust on his body had faded a lot, but his aura was exceptionally sharp.

"Endless life?"

Su Xiao, in meditation, suddenly spoke. He seemed to have realized something, but he immediately interrupted this realization. This wasn't what he wanted, and it was very different from his development direction.

After many times, Su Xiao concluded that the forest wasn't the most ideal meditation location. Although he could realize certain things in the forest, those weren't what he needed, and those things had no basic improvement for sword arts.

Finishing his daily meditation, Su Xiao slowly opened his eyes.

Boom, boom...

A roaring sound came from afar. Needless to say, it was Sasuke and Naruto fighting, and Sasuke was likely being besieged by contractors.

"Amu, bring her over."

Amu, sitting on the withered leaf, stood up, carrying Karin on its shoulder, and walked toward Su Xiao.

Su Xiao jumped down from the tree trunk and signaled Amu to lay Karin flat on the ground. Karin's eyes opened, and seeing Su Xiao, she turned her head in despair.

"Is this how you thank your savior?"

Su Xiao squatted in front of Karin.

"Tha... nk you."

Karin's tone was a bit reluctant. Su Xiao was completely her psychological shadow.

"Amu, kill her."

Su Xiao was still smiling.

"Eh!?"

Karin was a bit stunned, but Amu had already clasped its fists together and hammered fiercely toward Karin's chest.

Whoosh!

A whistling wind sound came. Karin knew that if she didn't say something now, she would definitely die.

"I will definitely..."

Karin spoke halfway, Su Xiao raised his hand, Amu's fist stopped in mid-air. It sat on the ground, took off the beloved cloth bag behind it, and began to take out wild fruit to eat.

Gulp, Karin swallowed.

"Just joking, you wouldn't mind, would you?"

Su Xiao was still that gentle smile, gentle enough to make Karin want to cry.

"Of... of course I don't mind."

"That's good."

Su Xiao looked at the bloodstain on Karin's chest as he spoke. Traces of damage could still be seen on her clothes; it was the wound Sasuke had pierced earlier.

Su Xiao reached his finger into the tear in Karin's clothes. Because he touched Karin's wound, Karin groaned.

Rip, Su Xiao tore the tear in Karin's clothes larger, revealing a large area of blood-stained skin. Karin subconsciously wanted to curl up her body, but after considering for a moment, she chose not to move and just lay straight on the ground like a corpse.

Karin's wound was below her collarbone and above her chest. This position was a bit awkward, just blocked by Karin's underwear.

Su Xiao tore off Karin's underwear. Karin's upper body was no different from naked, which made her expression increasingly unnatural.

"That... are you going to help me with treatment?"

Karin turned her head, her expression increasingly unnatural.

"Of course. Or do you think I'm observing your female characteristics? Not to mention you're covered in blood, I have no interest in your flat chest."

Su Xiao's words were like a sharp sword piercing Karin's chest.

"Old... I..."

Karin originally wanted to say "Old Lady," but after thinking carefully, calling herself "Old Lady" to Su Xiao carried the risk of death.

"Rest assured, for your figure, including Amu, no one is interested."

Another "sharp sword" pierced Karin's heart. The corners of her mouth twitched constantly, but for some reason, she suddenly didn't feel ashamed anymore, and it was much more natural.

"Will I die?"

Karin spoke in a low voice.

"Under normal circumstances, you're already dead."

Su Xiao's finger pointed at Karin's wound. He originally thought Karin was just severely injured, but now it seemed not so. Earlier, Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear had grazed above Karin's heart, which caused a wound on the upper side of Karin's heart.

A damaged heart was a fatal injury, yet Karin had persisted for so long. One had to say the Uzumaki clan's bloodline was powerful.

Helping Karin repair her heart wasn't difficult, and the wound on Karin's heart wasn't heavy, just slightly scratched. Relying on the Uzumaki clan's powerful vitality, if left alone, Karin had a 70% chance of death.

"Sure enough, the heart was pierced."

Karin's gaze was a bit sorrowful. She had been pierced in the heart by a companion. Just as Karin was feeling sad, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest.

"What... are you doing?"

Karin was almost fainted by the pain. The reason for this was that Su Xiao had inserted two fingers into her wound.

"Of course, helping you with treatment."

Was Su Xiao helping Karin with treatment? To some extent, perhaps so.

White little spiders the size of rice grains crawled out of Su Xiao's sleeve. These weren't biological, but shaped by alchemy bombs.

A dozen little spiders crawled down Su Xiao's arm and finally drilled into Karin's wound through the gap between his fingers.

Karin was a ninja, that's true, but she was also a 17-year-old minor. When she saw those white little spiders about to drill into her body, her heart collapsed a bit.

"St... still let me recover by myself, I can do it."

Karin really couldn't help it; she began to struggle to get out of Su Xiao's control.

"Lie down honestly."

Su Xiao just glanced at Karin, and Karin immediately became honest because she knew one thing: if she made any abnormal moves now, she would likely die.

Karin lay on the ground as if resigned to her fate.

"I knew it would be like this."

Karin completely gave up struggling and let those white little spiders drill into her body. Since she couldn't resist, she just gave up resisting. The touch and stinging pain of the creatures crawling in her flesh gave Karin goosebumps all over.

The white little spiders reached near the heart along the wound. A dozen white little spiders huddled together, their claws clinging to Karin's heart, using their bodies to block the wound on the heart. Soon, they merged into a ball, sealing the wound on the heart.

Thump, thump...

Karin's every heartbeat originally caused the heart wound to spray blood. Now that the heart wound was sealed by the white little spiders, blood no longer sprayed out. Next, it depended on Karin's self-recovery ability, whether it could be strong enough to repair the heart.

"That's no problem."

Su Xiao pulled his finger out of Karin's wound. Karin closed her eyes in pain, but Karin wasn't stupid; she knew Su Xiao had indeed saved her.

Karin glanced at Su Xiao, sighed, and then her whole body lost strength.

"At most bite me 5 times a day. If it exceeds 5 times, the effect will weaken, and if it exceeds 10 times, I will die."

Karin naturally thought about why Su Xiao would save her.

"5 times, more than I thought."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, he received a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise.

【Prompt: The Hunter has activated the personal favorability of the plot character Karin.】

【Prompt: When favorability is below 10 points, personal favorability is frozen. When favorability is raised back to 30 points, it can be reactivated.】

【Prompt: Because the Hunter makes the plot character Karin feel a powerful threat, the favorability floor +8, which means when favorability is higher than 2 points, personal favorability can take effect. When favorability is below 2 points, personal favorability is frozen.】

【Prompt: Because the Hunter's charm attribute is low, and the plot character Karin is extremely afraid of the Hunter, Karin's personal favorability cap is permanently -20, with a maximum value of 80 points.】

【Current favorability: 12 points.】 ===== CHAPTER 1028 =====