Asuma was angry, but with Mother right beside him, he could not let it all out.
Breakfast had been utterly boring, and Hyuga Ningyuan had eaten so much that he was somehow still a little hungry.
But the private tutor had already arrived, and Sarutobi Biwako had to go to work at the hospital. No matter how unhappy Asuma was, he could only endure it.
Fortunately, he knew Hyuga Ningyuan was only coming this one time. Afterward, he could just go straight to the hospital.
Otherwise, he truly felt like there was no place for him in this home.
"If you want to learn Medical Ninjutsu, you first need a special kind of Chakra!" In a classroom at Konoha Hospital, Sarutobi Biwako scooped a fish from an aquarium, then casually produced a Chakra Scalpel and sliced the fish.
A tiny wound two centimeters long immediately appeared on its body.
"Try using your Chakra to heal this fish's wound!"
Taking the injured fish, Hyuga Ningyuan looked utterly confused. "How do I try? Do I just cover it with Chakra?"
"Yes!" Sarutobi Biwako was not deceiving him.
Either you had Yang Release or you did not. It was not like Yang Release would automatically emerge just because you desperately wanted to heal a fish.
Though it could indeed be strengthened through training afterward.
She was looking forward to witnessing a miracle, but if there was none, it would merely be regrettable.
As long as Hyuga Ningyuan had come to Konoha Hospital and attempted to learn Medical Ninjutsu, that was enough.
"Then I'll give it a try!" Hyuga Ningyuan let out a long breath. He had a trait that increased healing strength by 40%, but he had no idea what his base level was like.
If his base was zero, then even a 400% boost would be useless.
I hope this works! He gathered a ball of Qi, pressed the wound tightly together first, then covered it with Qi.
Then Hyuga Ningyuan watched as the faint wound on the fish's body vanished in an instant, as though some special effect had been activated!
"Huh?" Hyuga Ningyuan froze and looked up at Biwako.
Sarutobi Biwako's eyes widened as well. "Wait, wait."
Was I seeing things? What just happened? Did I fail to cut the fish at all?
Try again!
She put the fish back into the aquarium to let it breathe, then scooped it out again.
This time, Sarutobi Biwako put more force into the blade, cutting a wound one centimeter deep and three centimeters long.
Blood covered half the fish's body!
There was no way this could be an illusion now!
"Here!"
Hyuga Ningyuan took the injured fish, pressed the wound shut, then covered it with Qi.
A moment later—perhaps only two seconds—the wound had vanished without a trace!
Only the red bloodstains on its scales proved that the fish had ever been injured!
"Hyuga Ningyuan!" Sarutobi Biwako, who had watched it happen with her own eyes, stared in astonishment. "You're a genius!"
"What?"
"You're a genius at Medical Ninjutsu!" Sarutobi Biwako said seriously. "Your Chakra possesses unprecedented healing abilities. I've taught students at Konoha Hospital for so long, but this is the first time I've ever seen someone like you!"
"Uh..."
"You've never even received any Medical Ninjutsu training!" That was what shocked Sarutobi Biwako most.
What did that mean?
For an ordinary Medical Ninja, the healing ability of their Chakra might initially be only one or two. After studying Medical Ninjutsu and developing Yang Release, it might rise to five or ten. Exceptional geniuses like Tsunade could raise it to twenty!
But Hyuga Ningyuan had been born at twenty!
Simply covering a wound with his Chakra was already comparable to a Jonin-level Medical Ninja using the Mystical Palm Technique at full strength!
No, it was even stronger than a Jonin-level Mystical Palm Technique!
Because even the Mystical Palm Technique needed five minutes to heal a wound!
How long had he taken? Not even five seconds!
If he learned the Healing Technique and Mystical Palm Technique afterward, just how outrageous would his healing speed become?
Could he bring back the dead and regrow flesh from bone?
In that instant, matters like the influence brought by the Hyuga Clan or raising the status of Medical Ninjas were all thrown to the back of her mind.
At that moment, Sarutobi Biwako had only one thought.
Take him as her disciple and cultivate him into an outstanding Medical Ninja!
He could surpass her, perhaps even surpass Tsunade!
The future Number One Medical Ninja was standing right before her!
"Hyuga Ningyuan, are you willing to take me as your master?" Sarutobi Biwako asked directly.
"I am!" Hyuga Ningyuan immediately replied.
"Excellent!" Sarutobi Biwako heavily patted Hyuga Ningyuan on the shoulder. "From today onward, you are my disciple. I'll report this to Sarutobi, as well as your clan. Also..."
Seeing the white bandage on Hyuga Ningyuan's forehead, Sarutobi Biwako said softly, "Your status as a member of the Hyuga Branch Family will not become shackles that bind you!"
Unless the Hyuga Clan wanted to fall out with Konoha, the Hyuga Main Family would definitely have to give Sarutobi Biwako this courtesy!
"Mhm!" Hyuga Ningyuan nodded emphatically.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo each had their own ugly secrets, but Sarutobi Biwako was someone worthy of respect.
Not to mention how many people she had saved over the years as a Medical Ninja. During the Nine-Tails' Attack, she had personally delivered Kushina's baby and ultimately died on the spot.
In both great principles and small matters, she had nothing to be ashamed of before Konoha. She was far better than her power-hungry husband!
But she was Hiruzen Sarutobi's wife after all. Once Sarutobi learned of Ningyuan's talent, whether she could maintain her current attitude was difficult to say.
"Come with me!" Sarutobi Biwako reached out, took Hyuga Ningyuan's hand, and said, "I'll introduce you to the people at Konoha Hospital!"
"Alright!" Hyuga Ningyuan followed behind Sarutobi Biwako, curiously walking through the corridors of Konoha Hospital.
Konoha Hospital was not large. Forget comparing it to a top-tier hospital from his previous life—it was not even as big as a county hospital. At most, it was the size of a rural clinic.
And even in a clinic this small, it was not particularly busy.
First, this hospital had been established by ninjas. Though it also served ordinary civilians, they might not have the courage to come here for treatment.
Second, Konoha Hospital specialized in handling all kinds of battlefield injuries. It was helpless against physical depletion like Yūhi Nogiko's, and there were many cases like that. As a result, ordinary people would not come for treatment unless they had suffered serious injuries.
Third, this was not wartime, so there were indeed few wounded.
"President, who is this child?" Doctors and nurses they passed along the way asked curiously upon seeing them.
"My newly accepted disciple!" Sarutobi Biwako introduced him with a smile. "His name is Hyuga Ningyuan, and he's a very talented child!"
"He's from the Hyuga Clan?" Though those Byakugan eyes made it obvious, many people still found it hard to believe.
After all, those great clans had always disdained learning ninjutsu outside their clan's inheritance.
"That's right!" Sarutobi Biwako nodded. Although she had discovered that Hyuga Ningyuan was a genius, one person's power was limited.
So the fact that a member of the Hyuga Clan had come to study Medical Ninjutsu still needed to be spread around.
Third floor.
"There are no wards here, only several hospital administrative offices and laboratories," Sarutobi Biwako explained. "Although Konoha Hospital is already the best hospital in the entire ninja world, and Konoha's doctors have the highest medical standards in the ninja world, there are still many illnesses in this world that we can do nothing about. For example, your Aunt Nogiko's condition. That is why we need laboratories to study all kinds of diseases. Perhaps one day in the future, we'll be able to solve every disease in the world!"
Hyuga Ningyuan nodded.
Watching Sarutobi Biwako lead him to the door of a laboratory, and sensing the enormous Chakra within, Hyuga Ningyuan had more or less guessed who he was about to meet.
"Knock, knock..." Sarutobi Biwako knocked on the door. "May I come in?"
"The door's unlocked!" The voice that answered was lazy and carried a faint smell of alcohol.
Just from the voice alone, Hyuga Ningyuan could picture a blonde beauty who had just finished a bottle of alcohol, lazily leaning against a desk with a dazed expression and lifeless eyes.
Perhaps she was remembering family and friends, or perhaps she was remembering a lover.
"This is the vice president of Konoha Hospital, the Head of Research Department, and the Number One Medical Ninja in the world today, Tsunade!" Sarutobi Biwako pushed open the door and introduced her gently.
Hyuga Ningyuan curiously widened his eyes and looked into the laboratory.
At last, he saw the woman he had long dreamed of—the woman he called Wife whenever he saw a video of her, called Wife whenever he saw someone cosplay her, and even called Wife whenever her name was mentioned.
The ultimate dream of men, the character one absolutely had to marry after coming to Naruto: Tsunade!
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