Konoha's Mission Master

Do you call this normal?

"These are some records of the surgeries performed by Lady Tsunade and me. You can read them when you have time to accumulate your knowledge. Now that you have mastered the Noso suture technique, I will teach you the technique of removing small lesions today."

Led by Reiko Aoyama, the two arrived at the observation room on the third floor. There were several huge fish tanks filled with vigorous carp. A white air conditioner in the corner was adjusting the temperature inside the room. These carp were the teaching materials for Yakumo to practice the technique of extracting small ailments.

The technique of extracting small ailments.

Rank B medical ninjutsu is no longer just a technique, but a supernatural ability involving the application of chakra.

Reiko Aoyama waved her hand, and blue chakra threads pierced the fish tank, pulling the enormous koi fish out and tossing it onto the dissection table. A flash of blue light followed, and the koi fish ceased its struggle, as if dead.

This fluid and skillful maneuver demonstrates that Reiko Aoyama possesses exceptional talent in chakra manipulation.

"The first step in the technique of extracting fine ailments is to sense... sense the chaotic chakra within the patient's body. Compared to the chakra in a human body, a carp has less chakra, and its chakra flow is easier to sense."

Reiko Aoyama placed her hand on the carp's scales, closed her eyes to sense them, and after three seconds began to slowly form hand seals while speaking.

"Sensing chaotic chakra means finding pathogens, parasites, necrotic parts in the patient's body... In other words, substances harmful to the human body. The next step is to control the chakra and expel it from the body through a pre-cut wound."

As the hand seals were completed, several small white worms wrapped in blue chakra detached from the carp's body; these were parasites hidden in the gaps between its scales.

Even after being separated from their host, the small white insects were still alive, struggling and writhing within the blue chakra mass.

This is ninjutsu... incredibly convenient, and capable of creating miracles that science cannot explain.

With a soft thud, Aoyama Reiko expressionlessly tossed the corpse of the small white insect into the trash can and continued to ask.

"Do you understand the principle and steps?"

"More or less," Yakumo replied.

"Try forming hand seals." Yakumo began to slowly attempt forming hand seals, but the chakra within his body did not respond to the movements of the hand seals.

"That's it... First, memorize the order of the hand seals before you start practicing mobilizing chakra to coordinate with them." Aoyama Reiko's hand flashed with blue light, and the koi fish became lively again, being flung into the fish tank by the blue thread.

Finally, the two of them went to practice on the rooftop of Konoha Hospital, where there were rows of clotheslines with clean white quilts and sheets hanging on them.

Occasionally, cleaning staff would come up to hang up the bedding, but they didn't disturb Yakumo, who was diligently practicing hand seals in the corner.

A gentle breeze blows, and the sun blazes.

Before long, Yakumo was covered in sweat.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, even though there had been no progress all afternoon, Aoyama Reiko did not show the slightest impatience on her face. On the contrary, she pointed out all sorts of shortcomings in Yakumo's hand seals with great seriousness.

"If someone comes for treatment tomorrow afternoon, you will be in charge of suturing, and I will assist you with palm magic. The hospital will pay you a salary of about 180,000 yuan per month."

As dusk fell, Yakumo ended his day's practice at Aoyama Reiko's prompting.

"This...isn't this a bit much?" He was already happy to learn medical ninjutsu for free every day, and making money on top of that was a bit...the surprise came too suddenly.

"Your skills are worth the price."

"Then I'll just have to accept it..."

The two walked down the balcony one after the other. It was clear that Aoyama Reiko was a person who did not like to talk, and Yakumo could only respect her personality and follow in silence.

"Do you know why Konoha Hospital started promoting the Norman suture technique?" Aoyama Reiko asked Yakumo in the corridor of Konoha Hospital.

Most of the medical staff had already gone off duty by this time, leaving only a few on duty. Normally, it would have been long past Aoyama Reiko's off-duty time, but she stayed up so late so that she could tutor Yakumo more.

"To better facilitate the healing of wounds with the Palm Healing Technique."

"No...it's to make up for deficiencies."

"Is the Palm Healing Technique insufficient?" Yakumo asked.

"...Yes...it's our shortcoming. Lady Tsunade didn't learn the Noh-style suturing technique at all, because her Healing Palm Technique can directly heal wounds." Reiko Aoyama's expression turned somewhat gloomy.

"You should know that the same ninjutsu can produce completely different effects in the hands of different people. If our Healing Palm Technique has a healing effect of 60... then Lady Tsunade's is 100! She doesn't need to learn the Noh-style suturing technique... she can easily heal wounds."

Yakumo didn't know how to describe the look in Aoyama Reiko's eyes at that moment; it was filled with resentment and helplessness.

"The Palm Healing Technique..."

The secret techniques among medical ninjas are ninjutsu that he cannot access for the time being. It seems that there are only a few people in the entire Leaf Village who have mastered the Palm Healing Technique.

If Tsunade's Healing Palm Technique is different from others, is it because of the vitality brought by the Senju clan's constitution...? No, it should be described as Yang Release Chakra.

The Thousand Hands, Yang Release, represents vigorous life force, and eventually developed into Wood Release.

Uchiha, Yin Release, represents powerful spiritual energy, which eventually developed into the complete Susanoo.

When the two left Konoha Hospital, it was almost completely dark outside, with only a sliver of light on the distant horizon.

"Sister Qingshan, please be careful on the road."

"Okay, you too, be careful."

At this moment, Aoyama Reiko regained her composure, her eyes no longer filled with resentment, though they also lacked luster.

Although Yakumo mastered the Noh-style suture technique perfectly after only one viewing, demonstrating his unique talent, he still couldn't attract the real attention of Konoha's higher-ups before mastering the Palm Healing Technique.

At the end of July, Konoha Village was rather sultry, and even with the moon high in the sky, it did not alleviate the heat. The temperature remained high. On my way home, I happened to pass by Ichiraku Ramen.

Yakumo spent money to have dinner here, which delayed him by half an hour before he finally started his journey home again.

Click! Yakumo pushed open the wooden door but couldn't feel the leaf stuck in the crack...

Someone has been here... and may not even be gone yet!

Chapter 32 Shadow Clone Technique

Even at night, Yakumo's expression remained unchanged.

It is common knowledge that uninvited guests are often unpleasant guests.

His hands completed the hand seals in 0.5 seconds, and four water spheres circled around his wrists. As long as Yakumo activated his chakra, they would become the most lethal weapons.

The Four Stars Alignment, derived from the Water Bullet technique, was originally an ordinary C-rank ninjutsu, but after being enhanced by the proficiency panel, it has undergone a dramatic transformation.

Yakumo initially chose to upgrade Water Bullet because of its high concealment, making it difficult to be detected, and most importantly, it required the least amount of gold coins to upgrade.

Take the Hatake Secret Manual as an example. The amount of gold coins it needs to grow is four times that of water bullets. If he invests gold coins in the Hatake Secret Manual in the early stages, not only will the change in its temperament attract the attention of those with ulterior motives, but he may also die under the claws of the black and white giant bears in the Death Forest.

More importantly, in conjunction with the Hatake Secret Manual, what is most needed are wind and lightning chakra, but Yakumo does not possess either of these two types of chakra. If one focuses solely on increasing the amount of chakra without considering techniques, it would be like Naruto in the early stages who had no effective killing moves until he learned the Rasengan and improved it into Wind Release: Shuriken Rasengan.

As everyone knows, in the ninja world, the more powerful the ninjutsu, the greater its influence. Who would have thought that four seemingly inconspicuous water spheres could possess destructive power comparable to A-rank ninjutsu?

It's practically an essential skill for both killing and self-defense.

Yakumo walked towards the door, calmly gripped the hilt of his sword with his right hand, and gently pushed the door open. By the moonlight, he saw the intruder sprawled on the sofa, his two slender legs draped over the edge, as if he were fast asleep.

"Click." Yakumo turned on the light and threw the four water balloons on his wrist at the intruder's face.

"Snap..." Masako Mori suddenly woke up.

After a few seconds of confusion, it lunged at Yakumo viciously, yelling.

"How dare you throw a water balloon at me! I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget."

Yakumo pushed off with his feet and slipped into the training ground in the blink of an eye. He then began to clench his fists and launch a counterattack. Masako Mori had an almost fanatical love for fighting, and Yakumo didn't mind honing his close-combat skills.

*Thud...* The two punches, delivered with all their might, created a slight booming sound in the air. As the intensity of the battle escalated, Masako Mori subconsciously activated her Sharingan.

The battle, which was originally evenly matched, began to tilt in Mori Masako's favor. After activating her Sharingan, her dynamic vision was further enhanced, which gave her the ability to anticipate Yakumo's attack direction.

"Okay, okay, I give up."

The single-tomoe Sharingan can only slightly improve Mori Masako's dynamic vision. If Yakumo were to unleash his full power, he would be confident of easily defeating her, but such an action would contradict his plan to conceal himself as much as possible.

"I heard you... became Lady Tsunade's disciple?"

After their sparring session, the two exhausted individuals simply lay down on the training field, gazing at the starry sky, and began to have a heart-to-heart talk.

"I plan to focus on medical ninjutsu in the future," Yakumo confessed. He explained that by the time he graduates, the Third Shinobi World War will have broken out, and becoming a medical ninja will greatly increase his survival rate.

Even if a medical ninja is captured on the battlefield, he will not be easily killed but will be used as a bargaining chip or to provide medical care to his own ninja under surveillance.

Especially during wartime, when the number of wounded increases significantly, medical ninjas will inevitably become highly sought-after by all the major ninja villages.

"That's not bad either."

"At least it's safe. My dad said there will be another great war in the ninja world in the next few years. I plan to give up my ninja identity after I graduate and complete enough missions."

In Yakumo's memory, Uncle Mori was a very kind middle-aged man who spent his days busy at the ninja tool shop with his wife, but now that he thinks about it, it all seems a bit unreal...

A hybrid of Senju and Uchiha.

Yet so ordinary…

That's so fake.

"I probably won't be going to the Ninja Academy anymore. Jiraiya-sama said he'll help me get a leave of absence," Yakumo continued after a moment.

"I know that... Jiraiya came this afternoon... Shimizu-sensei looked like such a simp..." Once, Yakumo said that Shimizu Keisuke was a simp, and Mori Masako overheard this and asked for the reason. After hearing the explanation, she learned this popular term.

After Masako Mori left, Yakumo practiced swordsmanship for another two hours, and then began to accumulate knowledge daily, as well as read the surgical records left by Tsunade.

It's just that some of them are the same old thing... cut open the wound, use the technique of extracting the foreign object, use the technique of stopping the bleeding to stabilize the wound, and use the technique of healing to quickly cure it.

Carry the next one away.

Perhaps the only difference is... in the details.

For example… it takes three consecutive uses of the Fine Extraction Technique to completely remove toxins from a patient's body; or… using the Palm Healing Technique for ten minutes continuously consumes three percent of the body's chakra, blah blah blah… and so on…

The atmosphere of Versailles is palpable.

If mastering just one ninjutsu is enough to reach the pinnacle of medical ninjas, who would be willing to hone their skills day and night?

For surgeries that are slightly more difficult, Tsunade will summon slugs to assist. The slugs' bodily fluids can disinfect and provide the energy needed by the human body... to carry the next patient away.

After reading for two hours, Yakumo took out Aoyama Reiko's surgical records and began to examine them. At that moment, he finally understood where the resentment and helplessness in Aoyama Reiko's eyes came from.

The surgeries she performed were far more complex than Tsunade's, both in terms of documentation and procedures, but her success rate was slightly lower. No matter how she improved the steps, enhanced her skills, or even worked day and night to refine her chakra manipulation, it was all in vain.

Tsunade only had one move, yet she utterly humiliated her.

Yakumo began browsing Tsunade's surgical records again and discovered many useful details. The genius began to devote himself wholeheartedly to his work... and the achievements he made were destined to be beyond the reach of ordinary people.

As night approached, Yakumo took out the scroll that Jiraiya had given him during the day. The ninjutsu inside was exactly what Yakumo needed most... Shadow Clone Technique.

This is so timely...

This immediately perked Yakumo up...