Escape From Konoha

Do you want to proceed to the next step of cultivation based on your choice?

After listening to Kakashi's narration, to be honest, it's not that Sakura didn't think about these things, but because she had no way out, she didn't know which direction she was going to develop next.

If we talk about the initial awakening, it was just an attitude of being close to Sasuke, and with the encouragement of his father, he applied for the profession of medical ninja.

But after becoming a real medical ninja, although he will enjoy good treatment in the team, this profession...is also more "waste" than I imagined.

It's not because her medical ability is weak, on the contrary, in the medical field, Sakura thinks that she has done well enough among her peers, but...after becoming a medical ninja, she doesn't know how to do it at all. Cut to the battlefield.

Many times, she can only watch Sasuke and Naruto fight. Her task is to take care of the logistics and provide medical assistance when they are injured.

But what if the battle is so fierce that she can't even enter the battlefield?

At that time, can my medical ninjutsu really help others in time?

The answer is no.

Because she became a medical ninja, she personally cut off her own path to becoming stronger. Physical jutsu, ninjutsu, and illusion are not proficient, they can only be said to barely pass the level.

And this level will cause her to be unable to keep up with the fighting rhythm of Sasuke and Naruto in many cases, thus making her medical ninjutsu useless.

Therefore, the choice presented by Kakashi at this time undoubtedly gave her hope of leading to another path.

So that she can better perform her duties as a medical ninja.

Therefore, to continue to shine in the field of medical ninjas, it is better to squeeze out a certain amount of time to improve one's own survival and combat ability while being a medical ninja. Sakura did not go through this seemingly dilemma choice for too long. I had time to think and answered Kakashi directly:

"Kakashi-sensei, please teach me how to fight!"

Sakura bent down sincerely and made a solemn request to Kakashi.

She was unwilling to be thrown to the back of the line.

As Sasuke and Naruto grew stronger, her assistance in battle became more and more marginalized.

If she was in an ordinary team, she could comfort herself that she had already done well enough, and there was no need to force herself to perform well in battle.

But this kind of self-comfort cannot be implemented in this team.

"You don't need to do this, Sakura, this is what you should do as a mentor. Now that you join my team, you are not only my subordinate, but also a student I am proud of. In fact, you have done a very good job ”

Kakashi meant what he said.

Sasuke and Naruto are very special beings among this generation of genin.

So special that even the Hokage is willing to open the door for them.

In order for Naruto to grow up, he did not hesitate to send the elite ANBU to protect him in the Kingdom of Waves. Even Naruto's son Sarutobi Asuma did not enjoy such high-quality treatment when he was young.

Not to mention Sasuke, since a few years ago, he, the head of ANBU, took time out of his busy schedule to personally polish his foundation and teach him the original advanced lightning escape ninjutsu.

These are resources that ordinary people cannot enjoy.

On the contrary, Sakura can rely on her own efforts to become a medical ninja, which has surpassed many people.

If he hadn't come to his team, the other party would be in the medical department now. With his excellent medical ninja skills, he would probably be doing well. There is no need to follow two 'monsters' all day long, living in fear and suffering.

Kakashi felt that if he didn't promote the other party, Sakura would sooner or later become depressed and quit the team.

"yes."

"Now that you have made your choice, then, just wait quietly for my news. Come here at six o'clock the day after tomorrow, and I will give you an answer here."

Kakashi thought for a while, and asked Sakura to come to this forest at six o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow.

"I understand, Kakashi-sensei... Also, please excuse me."

Sakura didn't know what Kakashi was going to do, but she might have to work hard for her affairs.

"It's okay. There is a medical ninja in the team, which makes me feel at ease many times. During the war... forget it, this is not the time to tell you these things. In short, you have to understand that neither Naruto nor Sasuke has To exclude you, I think Sasuke said the same thing to you."

Kakashi glanced at Sakura.

Sakura nodded and replied: "Sasuke said that I am the last guarantee in the team. When he, Kakashi-sensei, you, and Naruto encounter a fatal crisis, I am the most reliable presence in the team. Although After that, I also reviewed myself, but I have no idea how medical ninjas fight..."

Use poison?

Although he can prepare poison and detoxify it, Sakura is not good at how to poison it.

In Sakura's inherent impression, medical ninjas are a symbol of weakness, and things like fighting and medical ninjas are basically two irrelevant parallel lines.

"Sasuke's words, although unpleasant to hear, are indeed true. He just hopes that you can be more confident and do your job well, and don't focus on other things... I think you also I understand that Sasuke has an extremely heavy mission on his shoulders, and he is the only one left in Konoha's Uchiha clan. This is an obsession in his heart that cannot be resolved."

Kakashi said slowly.

When the Uchiha clan was mentioned, Sakura was silent for a while.

As a Konoha ninja, Sakura is naturally aware of the glory of this family in Konoha.

Perhaps, I never took the initiative to know anything about Sasuke-kun. Sakura felt a little ashamed.

Sakura couldn't feel the pain and despair of the family being wiped out and only one person left.

On the seemingly cold exterior, the heart is already riddled with holes.

And it's too ridiculous and naive to try to interfere with the other party's actions with something like love.

"Don't worry too much. Sasuke will be fine. I can guarantee that. After he completes his family's mission, let's get to know the new Sasuke."

Kakashi seemed to have sensed Sakura's intentions, touched Sakura's head, and his tone softened.

"Yes, I will, Kakashi-sensei."

Sakura was relieved.

With Kakashi around, Sasuke will definitely be able to fulfill his long-cherished wish, and at that time, he must put his heart...

"Okay, let's go back. If you don't go back, Naruto, that stinky boy will complain about me taking money and not doing anything. Just wait for my news these two days."

Kakashi scratched his head helplessly.

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"Medical ninja...what a troublesome thing."

At eight o'clock in the evening, Kakashi was sitting alone in the study room at home. There were various scrolls and a stack of documents on the workbench in an orderly manner.

The top one is a personal information sheet.

There is a picture of a girl with long pink hair on the top, and below it is a list of the other party's ninja information.

Haruno Sakura.

He is also one of the members of the seventh team he leads.

The only medical ninja in the team.

To be honest, Kakashi didn't know much about the medical ninja industry.

Although he has seven attributes of chakra, and can theoretically learn all ninjutsu, illusions, taijutsu, and secret techniques except the blood inheritance limit, the training of swordsmanship and thunder escape ninjutsu alone has already taken over him. Most of the time, there is no time to learn other fields.

Therefore, for medical ninjutsu, it is only to the extent of medical theory, and one knows how to use simple medicine.

However, Kakashi knew the strategic value of this profession.

During the Third Ninja War, Konoha also benefited from the emphasis on training medical ninjas, which resulted in the village's ninja sacrifice rate being much lower than that of other ninja villages.

Nowadays, all countries have begun to pay attention to the cultivation of medical ninjas. Even so, medical ninjas are still in short supply. This shows how much the top management of each village attaches great importance to the cultivation of medical ninjas.

Placing a medical ninja in each team to reduce the mission sacrifice rate and increase the mission completion rate was an idea proposed by Tsunade, one of the Sannin of Konoha, during the Second Ninja War.

However, in the past twenty or thirty years, this idea has never been realized by any country or village.

Even the newly powerful Kingdom of Ghosts cannot do this.

Because it's too difficult.

Not only is it a matter of resources and funds, medical ninja is not a profession that ordinary people can take up.

Precise chakra control ability, tutoring requires far more professional knowledge than fighting ninjas, and is more calm and composed than fighting ninjas, otherwise the best time for treatment will be delayed.

The existence of medical ninjas is linked to the most precious life of ninjas, which is enough to prove the importance of this industry and the difficulty of training.

On top of this, it would be even more difficult to cultivate the combat capabilities of medical ninjas.

However, there is no sure path.

Medical ninjas are weak, which is an inherent perception among ninjas.

But there are also extraordinary medical ninjas who break this inherent perception.

Tsunade among the Konoha Sannin.

Chiba Shiraishi, the military leader of the Demon Country.

They are all ninjas who broke this routine.

While they are qualified as excellent medical ninjas, they also have the combat effectiveness of superior first-line ninjas.

It can be seen that the inherent perception that medical ninjas are weak can be broken.

Is it possible for Sakura to break this inherent perception?

Kakashi didn't know.

He was not a medical ninja, and he had no way of predicting it.

Because whether it is Tsunade or Shiraishi, even if their growth trajectories are shown intact, others will not be able to copy their achievements.

Everyone will break the shackles attached to them based on their own cognition. Everyone’s obsessions and reasons for becoming stronger are also various. All Kakashi can do is to be as good as possible. It is my duty to guide the Jonin and use my best efforts to help Sakura grow up.

So, the question is, which one to choose?

There are only two medical ninjas who break the stereotypes and are representative in nature. They are still alive in the world today.

In addition, although there are ninjas who have both strength and medical abilities, they are much inferior to the above two. As a fallback option, it's actually good.

Kakashi thought about it and didn't know which one would be better to start with.

There is no doubt that Shiraishi's abilities are more versatile and comprehensive, and the split soul clone can cope with various complex environments.

You can fight on land, in the sky, or on the sea.

But there are more things that need to be prepared. First, you must learn the improved S-level forbidden art spiritualization technique.

The resources invested later are the biggest problem.

According to Shiraishi's explanation to him, the other party's training resources at that time, including research funds, were provided by the Uchiha clan.

With the support of such a wealthy family, there is no need to worry about training resources.

Alas, the importance of soft rice.

If it were Sakura, Kakashi would not be able to find another wealthy ninja who is as generous as the Uchiha clan.

As for the Hokage, it is impossible to provide such a huge amount of training resources for individuals.

In addition to Shiraishi's improved version of the spiritual transformation technique, it will also involve the mutation and division of the soul, which is a long training process. Be prepared to wait for ten years or more.

Therefore, even though he could get an improved version of the Spiritualization Technique from Shiraishi, Kakashi thought about it and put Shiraishi as his secondary choice.

Shiraishi's growth is inseparable from medical ninjutsu and soul secret techniques, but it is even more inseparable from the support of the rich and powerful Uchiha behind him. In a practical sense, the help provided by the latter may be greater than that of the former.

Then, there is only one choice.

Tsunade, one of the three ninjas.

The opponent's fighting ability comes from a technique collectively called "strange power".

It is said that it is the result of improvement based on the secret technique of the Senju clan.

But since it is not limited by blood inheritance, there is the possibility of duplication.

If that doesn't work, it's not impossible to get a weakened version of the 'strange power'.

At least for Sakura at this stage, even a weakened version of the 'strange power' is enough.

Relatively speaking, if you take Tsunade's path, you won't be able to deal with various battle situations by splitting clones. But the good thing is, it’s relatively simple to cultivate.

It doesn't take too long. As long as you can pass the minimum standard test, you can quickly get started and improve your strength in a short period of time... The most important thing is that the resource consumption will not be as terrible as Shiraishi.

There is no need to find a financial backer, you can grow through your own efforts.

At least, Kakashi felt that by using his authority as ANBU minister, he could still barely afford to train Sakura who could practice 'weird power'.

"Then let's do it this way, start with strange power..."

After the decision was made, all that was left was to apply to the superiors.

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Deciding to put Sakura on the path of practicing 'weird power', Kakashi headed towards the Hokage Building at nine o'clock the next morning to discuss the matter with the Third Hokage.

When I arrived at the Hokage's office, I saw Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, sitting there working. There was a lit tobacco stick next to him, causing the office to be filled with a faint smell of tobacco in the early morning.

Kakashi is not too disgusted with the smoking behavior of ninjas, but he also knows that smoking is not a good habit for ninjas, although it is not considered a forbidden habit.

"Hokage-sama, good morning."

Kakashi greeted Hiruzen as soon as he arrived.

"It's Kakashi, are you here to apply for a mission so early today?"

Hiruzen was a little surprised to see Kakashi coming so early today.

Compared to the other teams, Team 7 has completed more D-level missions, so Hiruzen will not cling to Team 7's mission management.

He usually does not assign D-level tasks to Class 7 in the morning. He will only assign D-level tasks to Class 7 after noon.

The rest of the time, they let Kakashi lead them in training.

From Hiruzen's point of view, Naruto and Sasuke had accumulated enough experience in the field of D-level missions.

After a while, you can continue to let Team 7 perform C-level tasks to gain more experience.

If it was the previous year, Hiruzen might not have done this.

Because it's June now, and July is the time for the Chuunin exams.

But this year's situation is different. This year, several major powers will jointly hold the Chunin Examination, and the time will be postponed to mid-October, giving each village's ninja more time to prepare for the competition.

There are still more than four months of preparation time until mid-October, so there is no need to rush in time.

"Actually, I didn't come here so early because of the mission. Well, how should I put it..."

Kakashi scratched his head, looking like he was hesitant to speak.

"You don't need to be so outspoken. Just tell me if you have something to do. As the Hokage, I will also seriously consider your request."

Seeing Kakashi being so hesitant, Hiruzen also gave a rare smile, picked up the cigarette rod and took a puff, asking Kakashi to directly explain his purpose.

"Yes, let me tell you straight, Hokage-sama. Actually, the thing is like this, I have some new opinions about Haruno Sakura in the team..."

Kakashi explained Sakura's situation in front of Hiruzen in short and direct language.

After hearing this, Hiruzen nodded and understood what Kakashi meant.

To put it simply, Haruno Sakura, the only medical ninja in Team 7, lost a certain amount of self-confidence as a ninja in the team due to her perceived lack of strength, which was not conducive to psychological growth.

As a mentor, Kakashi hopes to help the other party.

The simplest and most effective way to help the other party is to improve her strength as a medical ninja.

"Generally speaking, villages do not value the strength of medical ninjas. The ratings of medical ninjas are now gradually improved, and the promotion system is slightly different from regular ninjas."

Hiruzen said.

In the past, because they did not pay attention to this aspect, Konoha did not formulate detailed promotion guidelines for medical ninjas.

Including the medical ninja administrative system, the level evaluation is still based on genin, chunin, and jounin.

But this is actually a very crude and crude rating system.

Because medical ninjas are not good at fighting, genin, chuunin, and jounin, although they are administrative title titles, are often linked to their strength.

Using genin, chuunin, and jounin for the administrative rating of medical ninja is actually a confusing and very imprecise evaluation.

Therefore, after high-level meeting discussions, the medical industry was reformed.

Let the medical ninjas use a promotion system. They will not be rated based on strength, but will be evaluated based on their mastery of medical ninjutsu.

And this system is not only applied in Konoha, but also in other ninja villages. Including the Kingdom of Ghosts, they are also using this brand-new system. Not only is it easier to manage medical ninjas, but it also prevents medical ninjas with excellent medical abilities from not being reused due to strength issues.

"Yes, I have heard a little bit about this."

Kakashi nodded.

"That's good. But since you raised this question, Kakashi, I thought about it carefully. Maybe it's because I didn't think carefully. After all...Class 7 is a special team."

The promotion template used is different. Hiruzen will not be so harsh as to evaluate a medical ninja using the combat ninja rating method.

But now that I think about it, since Kakashi made such a suggestion, it means that as Hokage, he has not considered the matter comprehensively.

As he said, Team 7 is a special group. The orphan of the Uchiha clan, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, cannot be viewed with inherent thinking.

Then, when dealing with Haruno Sakura's growth model, it is natural to jump out of the original framework and have new thinking.

"As you said, this is also the reason for my distress. Haruno Sakura is an excellent ninja, I hope Master Hokage can focus on cultivating it. If possible, just transfer my part of the contribution to Haruno Sakura."

Kakashi nodded seriously.

According to the rules, even the Hokage cannot overstep his authority for personal gain before Haruno Sakura has made a contribution.

Therefore, Kakashi planned to erase his contribution and transfer it to Haruno Sakura's name in exchange for resource tilt from his superiors.

Hizhan glanced at Kakashi, and after a brief consideration, he said: "No need, just treat it as my personal investment, let Kakashi you do this, I think the growth of the other party will not disappoint me. The strange power technique I will have someone give it to you later. As for whether Haruno Sakura can learn it, it depends on her comprehension ability. But I also hope Kakashi, you can understand that apart from Tsunade himself teaching, only relying on From a personal perspective, it is difficult to achieve success in strange power techniques."

This is not a lie.

Tsunade's strange power techniques are indeed recorded in detail in Konoha's library.

But that thing, just like Kakashi's Lightning Release: Raikiri, is an original technique unique to the branding artist.

It's not that Hirazan didn't think about letting Konoha's medical ninjas learn the strange power technique, so as to increase the survival probability of medical ninjas... As you can imagine, they all failed.

In theory, all medical ninjas can learn it, but after all, it is just a theoretical thing and cannot be put into practice.

The non-replicability of talent has become a difficulty in learning skills.

Even if a ninja comes from a ninja clan with secret arts, not everyone can learn secret arts.

The same is true for blood inheritance limits. There are also many members of the Uchiha clan who cannot open their eyes.

"Yes, if it doesn't work, I will find another way out."

Kakashi nodded seriously.

If Tsunade's path doesn't work, then he can only start with Shiraishi.

With his contribution to the Kingdom of Ghosts, I believe that the other party will not be stingy with this little help.

What's more, cultivating Sakura is not, in a sense, an enemy. How can cultivating the future outstanding talents of the Ghost Country be regarded as subsidizing the enemy?