„This village is divided into two parts. One are people like me, and the children you see here, with very strong Solano. The other part is what you might call normal. They are descendants from ordinary people mixed with various clans who used to live here. Most live only slightly over the average age. We stay away from them, and they learned to stay away from us. " Daisuke continued.
"So why don't you take missions from the outside and stay secluded?" Tsuande asked.
"Well the ordinary people here aren't ninja or warriors, they are merchants, accountants and other useless professions. They need protection. As we decided to remain secluded they had no other choice but accept the decision, our leader does not accept any protests, and as these are normal humans they would simply be killed if they opposed us." He continued.
"You would kill people just for a reasons like that?" Lord Hyuuga interrupted.
"Yes, we would. It's a part of the philosophy which includes that motto on the gate, if humans are flies, then they would die this way or another, so why not end their lives now? For most of us it doesn't make any difference." Daisuke told them.
"So if you don't value people's lives why are you a doctor and why do you save people?" Naruto asked bitterly.
"I never said it was my personal view, but that's the view of our community and I have to accept it. Why Am I a doctor? Well that's really simple I was bored… And I had to find something to do in my life otherwise my life would be meaningless and empty. Most of us try to fill the time we have, those who don't simply go mad as time passes…"
"So what do others do to fill in that time?" Tsuande asked.
"Well there is the Professor, who likes geology, the General who leads us, Remy's father Rit who spends most of his time traveling and writing strange books about so many strange topics even I don't understand them, we have a Priest who keeps praying for us and is our spiritual leader, we have many warriors who keep learning more skills and abilities and who travel all around seeking strong opponents. There are many way of filling your life when you have too much time."
"What do you mean by too much time? How old are you anyway?" Sakura asked.
"Nice of you to finally ask, but even if I told you , you wouldn't believe me!" He began laughing and walked back to the castle.
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Soon after their come back, Remy and Fiodor came back, both covered in blood. They looked terrible and Fiodor was still unconscious. Remy lay him on the ground and sat on the ground just next to Hinata.
"What is her condition?" He asked the returning doctor.
"Is Fiodor alright?" Daisuke asked first.
"Yes he'll be fine. What about Hinata?" Remy insisted.
"According to your father's book this poison is incurable. We did the one thing he indicated as useful, so we applied a second poison to counter the poison already in her." Daisuke explained.
"And what?" Remy insisted.
"And nothing so far, the knife applied the poison and her condition hasn't changed." Tsunade interrupted their conversation.
"I think her condition is stable, it's just a matter of waiting till her Solano fights back the poison." Daisuke told him.
"I think you might be wrong Uncle…" Remy told him. "What do you think Carmicheal?"
"Why are you asking him? He's not here…" Daisuke told him.
"Father told me Carmicheal, so please stop toying with me." Remy ignored Daisuke and spoke again to the knife.
"And here I thought he would simply forget.." Came a soft laugh from the knife.
"It was a long time ago, and he thought about it for a long time. But no matter how many times he would analyze what happened that day, he was certain of one thing, he saw you a year after your death." Remy spoke again.
"He was always good at thinking and analyzing." He knife laughed again, or as everyone looked up, the boy sitting next to Hinata spoke those words. He had black hair covering his face, he was very pale, especially in contrast with his blue clothing. He was very young, but yet some kind of wisdom emanated from him. He was the knife, this boy was Carmicheal.
"Why isn't your father here Remy?" He spoke again.
"I thought you said he was dead." Neji asked.
"The son of Ayumi, I see you are as bright as your mother used to be." He smiled at him. "They never told you?"
"Told me about what?" Neji demanded.
"About the custom in this village, every Solano who goes away from the village is proclaimed dead. There is no certainty he will come back, so it's better to treat him as if he was dead the moment he leaves and be happy the moment he comes back. Rit Solano-Hyuuga is fine, and he will come back to this place sooner or later." Carmicheal explained.
"If there is a chance he is dead, why do you say he'll come back?" Tsunade asked the boy.
"It's simple, Rit is special." The boy smirked at her. "He'll be back, and let's hope for Hinata's sake it will be sooner than later."
