The Devil of Konoha: Starting as a Medical Ninja

Kudo Yuya nodded; she thought so too. Almost every medical ninja had studied this scroll, and some could even make a copy after a month.

But after so many years, very few people have mastered the Healing Palm Technique. Some have even studied day and night, only to find themselves with nothing to show for it. Ultimately, being a ninja depends on talent, and even medical ninjas are no exception.

The next morning, Shibata Rie waited anxiously for Hiroji's arrival in the training room, pondering how to speak without affecting his mindset.

Since learning the healing technique, Hongzhi's journey has been too smooth. Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that his mentality will be a little problematic. In addition, he has only graduated from the Ninja Academy not long ago and is in the prime of his youth.

What if I fail to learn the Palm Immortal Technique and get discouraged?

Recalling the dean's earnest expectations yesterday, Shibata Rie felt a headache coming on. Would revealing this matter add unnecessary pressure to him?

"Teacher, are we going to the treatment room again today?"

Just as Shibata Rie was still thinking, Hiroji's voice suddenly came. Although Hiroji had noticed the old scroll on the table to the side from the beginning, he remained very calm.

"You don't need to go to the treatment room anymore. You can try to study this scroll for the next month..."

Startled awake, Shibata Rie ultimately didn't say much, only instructing Hiroji to spend the next month researching the Palm Immortal Technique. As for what happened afterward, she remained silent.

After leaving the scroll, Shibata Rie left the training room. Since Hiroji was able to perfectly use healing magic to treat the octopus, he had changed to another training room, so there would be no outsiders here.

After watching Shibata Rie leave, Hiroji gently opened the scroll that was placed on the table.

The somewhat tattered scroll was covered with dense ink stains.

The first line of the scroll prominently displayed three large characters: "The Art of Immortal Control".

Chapter 8 Rapid Healing +3

The scroll for the Palm Healing Technique is slightly larger than that for the Healing Technique, and the contents recorded within them cannot be compared.

According to Hongzhi's understanding, the healing technique is like the palm magic, which is simplified by removing the more complex and difficult-to-understand operations.

As he carefully read the scroll of the Palm Healing Technique, Hongzhi found that the changes in the Palm Healing Technique's formulas and the circulation of chakra were not particularly difficult to understand.

After reading the scroll of Healing Palm Technique, Hongzhi had a question: why are there so few medical ninjas in Konoha who have learned such a simple technique?

This isn't to say that Hongzhi is being arrogant, but rather that the most difficult and specially marked parts of the Sage Mode seem to be explained in a very mysterious way, but to put it simply, it's just the circulation of chakra within the body.

As long as you manipulate the chakra to complete that trajectory and then release it using the same method as a healing jutsu, that's what's called the Palm Healing Jutsu.

Manipulating chakra was not difficult for Hongzhi at all. The only problem now was whether learning this so-called advanced medical ninjutsu in just half an hour would attract the attention of certain people.

While Konoha appears calm on the surface, it's a quagmire beneath the surface, with bedbugs lurking underground that occasionally emerge to disgust people. The only creature capable of dealing with these bedbugs always appears after they've already caused an atrocity, whether out of genuine ignorance or deliberate intent is unclear.

After a moment of silence, Hongzhi made a decision. Since he was given a month, he would show that he had mastered the Palm Healing Technique a month later. During this period, he could accumulate proficiency in the Palm Healing Technique and even learn a new ninjutsu.

After making the decision, Hongzhi continued his old job—appearing to be in a daze while slowly cultivating the Palm Immortal Technique within his body.

Hongzhi circulated his chakra according to the instructions on the Palm Healing Technique scroll. Because his chakra control had already broken through the limits three times, Hongzhi did not encounter any problems when he completed the most profound circulation.

It was successful on the first try.

Then, following the instructions of the healing technique, he released the chakra circulating within his body. Almost simultaneously, a vibrant green chakra, even more full of life, surged within Hongzhi's hands.

This is the Palm Immortal Technique.

After completing one use of the Palm Immortal Technique, Hongzhi stopped and continued to stare blankly.

【Palm Healing Technique: (10%) Healing +2】

New skills have appeared. I just learned the Palm Healing Technique, so it's impossible for me to break through its limits. As for the later characteristics, they originally belonged to the Healing Technique.

This also proves the relationship between the two ninjutsu; compared to Healing Palm Technique, Healing Technique is a mere junior.

After completing his training in the Palm Healing Technique, Hongzhi continued with his original plan: to temper his body with lightning-attribute chakra and then use the Palm Healing Technique to repair it.

Because it occurs inside the body, it would be impossible to detect the abnormality unless one observes it closely from Hongzhi's perspective.

Compared to previous healing techniques, the Palm Healing Technique is more energy-consuming, but the body repair speed is also very fast, and because it only removes lactic acid from cells, it will not cause any adverse effects.

In this way, Hongzhi's body was becoming stronger silently, and his proficiency in lightning-attribute chakra and palm techniques was also accumulating at an extremely slow pace.

The former has already reached the limit of +2 (6%), and to usher in the next qualitative change, it needs to be calculated on an annual basis.

Each time the latter repairs various parts of the body, it can increase by about 3%. Assuming that the body can be tempered five times a day, it would take about six days to break through the limit of the Palm Immortal Technique.

Although we don't know Tsunade's skill level in using Healing Palm Technique, a Healing Palm Technique that breaks through the limits once is definitely superior to the vast majority of people in Konoha Hospital.

So, a month later, we might be able to access cases specifically targeting ninjas, as well as more advanced medical ninjutsu.

Hongzhi thought this way, his heart filled with anticipation.

In the blink of an eye, six days had passed. During this time, Shibata Rie came several times. When she saw Hiroji standing there in a daze as always, she immediately understood that this was Hiroji's unique way of practicing.

No one else came. After all, Konoha Hospital was very busy, and no one could keep an eye on a young medical ninja all the time, even if he was talented.

Being busy can make people forget many things. Only when they have free time will they mention this genius who is practicing the Palm Immortal Technique in the training room when they chat.

Of course, most people are not optimistic about this, and only after experiencing it firsthand will they understand how difficult the Palm Immortal Technique is.

A boy who spent so much time learning healing magic, although he has great talent in other areas, is not someone that everyone can master.

Nowadays, medical ninjas who have mastered the Palm Healing Technique are all high-ranking members of Konoha Hospital, and they only take action when there is a major problem.

What makes you, a young man, think you can learn the Palm Cultivation Technique?

If Hongzhi understood the content of these people's conversation, he would definitely have casually remarked:

I hang it here!

As night fell, after Hongzhi completed a body tempering and repair in his room, a strange feeling came over him. His understanding of the Palm Immortal Technique became more profound, and even some details that were previously overlooked were made up for.

[Palm Healing Technique: Limit Break +1 (1%), Rapid Healing +3]

At the same time, a new notification appeared. Hongzhi looked at this scene and immediately understood that the Palm Immortal Technique had broken through its limits. Even the original healing properties of the Palm Immortal Technique had been absorbed by the Palm Immortal Technique.

Rapid healing is already an advantage of Palm Healing Technique, and now it has this added characteristic.

Hongzhi's current level of mastery over immortality is definitely not low; it's just that we don't know exactly how strong he is, since there's no point of comparison.

Of course, Hongzhi wouldn't deliberately show off. It's hard to say whether the nail that sticks out will be shot elsewhere, but in Konoha, the nail that sticks out usually ends up in a bad situation.

According to the rumors that Hongzhi has heard over the years, several clans have produced some very talented ninjas. Some of them are still active in Konoha, while others have not been heard from in the news for a long time.

This basically confirms that they have joined a specific group, either a shadowy force that is constantly sacrificing itself, or a group that is always thinking about how to use fresh shoots to save rotten roots.

For Hongzhi, neither of these options was acceptable. If he became a medical ninja specializing in treating members of the Anbu, then he could be virtually certain that he would not have the opportunity to cause trouble behind the scenes.

As for the root side, they don't have the ability to kill the rats; going there would be like encountering Jing Ke.

Chapter 9?!

Time is the cheapest thing; there's only one day left until the agreed-upon one-month deadline.

At this moment, Hongzhi's Palm Immortal Technique had increased from 1% (just breaking through the limit) to 28%, a drop that can be described as precipitous.

However, this is quite normal. Once you break through the limit, the accumulation of proficiency is very slow. If it weren't for the fact that the number of times you can temper your body every day can be increased to ten times due to rapid healing, the Palm Immortal Technique might not have accumulated 28%.

Hongzhi spent this period of time very fulfilling, the only disappointment being that he did not obtain any new ninjutsu scrolls.

Obtaining the ninjutsu scroll openly and honestly is definitely impossible, since the only way is through Konoha Hospital, and Hiroji is currently training in the Palm Healing Technique. To make such a request would be incredibly stupid.

It's impossible to secretly obtain ninjutsu scrolls. There's no particular reason for it; if I had to say, it's simply because this is Konoha.

Because of the attack that was suspected to be carried out by spies from Kumogakure, Konoha seemed to be somewhat suspicious, and the number of patrols by the Anbu (Anbu) had obviously increased.

In addition, Konoha has very few Lightning Release ninjutsu, making it even more difficult for Hongzhi to find suitable ones. Not to mention that obtaining a ninjutsu scroll requires randomly selecting a lucky ninja, but the problem is that even a lucky ninja might not have a ninjutsu scroll!

Because of the ANBU patrols, Hongzhi had no way to search for the ninja scrolls after killing the ninja.

So after two observations, the matter was put on hold indefinitely.

Regarding the training of the second type of escape technique, Hongzhi preferred the water attribute. This was not for any other reason than that the lightning and water attributes could be combined to form the bloodline limit, Storm Release.

Hongzhi was confident about this. Others might not see any hope at all if they wanted to fuse with a bloodline limit, but Hongzhi, with his "Grind Emperor" system, naturally wouldn't worry about this problem.

The body has been undergoing constant tempering, and the strength of the internal organs is also increasing silently, which is very good news.

Because of this cheat code, a healthy liver is the only way to become stronger.

Because it was the last day, Shibata Rie, whom we hadn't seen in a long time, appeared in the training room that was originally only for Hiroji.

If I remember correctly, Hongzhi hasn't seen her for five days. He still feels a little awkward, since whenever she came to the training room before, Hongzhi had to stop his ongoing body tempering and repair and just sit there quietly.

Medical ninjas are very familiar with healing techniques. The last time I was able to cast a healing technique behind three medical ninjas without being detected was mainly because there were just too many people casting healing techniques at that time.

But the Palm Healing Technique is different. Its vigorous life force can definitely be noticed by any medical ninja if they are not too far away.

Therefore, in order to avoid being discovered, Rie Shibata would stop every time she pushed the door open.

Because of this, Hiroji still harbored some resentment towards Shibata Rie, but it was nothing more than resentment.

It hadn't come to the point of killing anyone yet. Shibata Rie was a very good person to Hiroji, both as a guide to medical ninjutsu and as a senior.

Hongzhi was not a demon; he wouldn't kill people without a reason.

"Today is the last day. If you haven't learned it, don't force yourself. The treatment room is the true home of a normal medical ninja."

Rie Shibata's gentle voice came over. During their casual conversation, Hiroji had also learned about the general structure of Konoha Hospital.

At the very top is Dean Kudo Yuya, followed by the second tier of medical ninjas who can use the Palm Healing Technique. They are not young, and they generally won't take action unless a Jonin or a particularly important ninja is in trouble.

Secondly, there is the third tier, whose healing techniques are superb and who specialize in serving genin and chunin. Unfortunately, Shibata Rie's skills do not reach this tier.

Therefore, they can only honestly perform surgery and treatment on ordinary people, which is what most medical ninjas have to go through.

After all, skills are developed step by step. If you work your way up in the lowest tier for a few years, you can move into the third tier, and then your salary will improve.

Their status is equivalent to that of a special Jonin, which is above Chunin and below Jonin.

As for those who are proficient in palm techniques, their status is undoubtedly comparable to that of a Jonin.

"I've already learned it."

Although Hongzhi wanted to keep a low profile, this was not the way to do it.

If you're in the lowest tier, you definitely won't have access to anything related to ninjas, let alone research on chakra, cells, and bloodline limits. So, Hongzhi needs to expose his Palm Healing Technique to skip the "endurance" step.

"what?!"

Rie Shibata, who was still thinking about how to comfort Hiroji, suddenly asked a thought-provoking question. She simply couldn't believe that the boy in front of her had already mastered the Palm Immortal Technique, which she had spent ten years trying to learn.

Despite her disbelief, when the emerald green palm technique appeared before her eyes, Shibata Rie could only silently believe that geniuses did exist in this world.