Seeing Sarutobi Biwako's expression, Hyuga Ningyuan keenly sensed that something was off.
"D-Do I have something on my face? Why are you looking at me like that?" Hyuga Ningyuan blinked.
Was I learning too fast?
But there really was not much difference between the Healing Technique and the Mystical Palm Technique. The Healing Technique merely had stronger healing properties and used more Chakra.
Sarutobi Biwako said nothing. She raised her hand, condensed a Chakra Scalpel, and decisively sliced across her own arm!
"Teacher, you—"
"Use your Mystical Palm Technique to treat me!" Sarutobi Biwako ignored her bloody arm, a gentle smile actually appearing on her face.
"Uh, alright!" Hyuga Ningyuan nodded and cast the Mystical Palm Technique over Sarutobi Biwako's arm.
The LV5 Arcane Brush Palace and LV5 Phoenix Genealogy Chart gave Hyuga Ningyuan physical and spiritual energy far beyond that of ordinary people.
The Hyuga Clan's bloodline gave his Chakra an innately superior quality.
Moreover, that Chakra quality and control had been upgraded several times through [Glazed Robe] and [Object Control].
Combined with White Swan's [Wings of Truth], which increased Qi strength by 40% and healing effects by 40%, as well as [Benevolent Medical Practice], which increased Medical Ninjutsu effects by 30%.
The effects of Hyuga Ningyuan's Medical Ninjutsu were not quite heaven-defying, but they were close enough to be shocking!
The four-centimeter-long wound, deep enough to expose bone, began growing new flesh at a visible rate.
In just sixteen seconds, the entire wound had healed, without even leaving a scar!
"That's not right. Didn't you heal that fish much faster before?" Sarutobi Biwako was puzzled. "Why would learning the Mystical Palm Technique make you slower instead?"
Human cells were indeed much more complex than fish cells, but the difference should not have been this great!
"Oh, you mean the fish? Shall I show you again?" Hyuga Ningyuan asked.
"Alright!" Sarutobi Biwako was not afraid of pain. She switched arms and cut herself again.
This time, Hyuga Ningyuan changed his method. One hand pinched the wound shut, holding its edges tightly together, while the other cast the Mystical Palm Technique.
The healing speed was clearly much faster this time. In just two seconds, a wound of the same size had completely healed!
"The previous wound had a large gap in the middle, so cells had to grow and fill all of it, which took a lot of time. But if you press the wound tightly together, only a tiny amount of cells needs to grow. Naturally, it heals much faster!"
"There's such a method?" Sarutobi Biwako was utterly dumbfounded. There was actually such a way?
"Why wouldn't there be?" Hyuga Ningyuan blinked. "Isn't this how you treat injuries?"
Sarutobi Biwako blushed. She was genuinely stunned!
They really did not treat injuries that way. Usually, they simply cast the Mystical Palm Technique wherever the injury was, relying entirely on brute force.
Hyuga Ningyuan was speechless.
Only now did he realize that these Medical Ninja did not actually press wounds together before using the Mystical Palm Technique. They forcibly made new cells grow to fill the wound!
Human self-healing ability was very strong. On Earth, an ordinary person's small cut could stop bleeding and heal within five minutes, and even appendicitis wounds could allow discharge on the same day.
Even major wounds, surgical wounds, or cesarean section incisions basically healed in six to seven days.
People in the ninja world had denser cells, stronger recovery power, and even greater vitality. There was no reason for a wound to still take five minutes after using the Healing Technique!
Even if they used cellular activation and division, it should not have been this slow. A cell only needed one minute to divide into two, and forming cellular connections was instantaneous.
There was no way it should take five minutes.
So using the Healing Technique actually made it slower?
That could only mean their technique was flawed!
Do not think this was a minor problem that could not possibly happen.
Wasn't it just pressing a wound together before using the Mystical Palm Technique? How could no one think of that? Earth had developed wound suturing as early as three thousand years before the Common Era.
But different worlds had different circumstances.
Earth had no supernatural power, so every problem had to be solved through technological advancement.
But the ninja world was a world of superpowers. With things like Chakra, problems were naturally solved through Chakra, causing people to neglect the development of foundational techniques.
Many technologies had originally been invented through someone's sudden flash of insight.
Even without him, Konoha Hospital would surely think of such a technique someday. Perhaps far in the future, perhaps tomorrow.
But for now, the inventor of this technique belonged to Hyuga Ningyuan!
Sarutobi Biwako did not waste any more words. She rose directly to her feet. "Come with me!"
"Alright!" Hyuga Ningyuan stood up. He knew Sarutobi Biwako was probably looking for someone to test it on.
There were not many patients in Konoha Hospital, but ninjas inevitably got injured during training by their own Kunai, Shuriken, or even Explosive Tags.
Sarutobi Biwako arrived at the hospital entrance and checked the admission forms. She quickly found someone who had just been admitted to a ward but had not yet begun treatment.
His name was Tengjing Ming. He was twenty-four years old and a Chunin.
He had injured his right arm while practicing swordsmanship, nearly severing it completely.
He had been lying on the hospital bed chatting with a nurse, looking rather relaxed, when he turned his head and saw the director of Konoha Hospital enter.
At once, he could barely speak properly.
"D-Director?" Fujii Akira asked in terror. "I only injured my arm while practicing swordsmanship. The sword wasn't poisoned. I'm not going to die, am I?"
"You won't." Sarutobi Biwako shook her head. "Konoha Hospital has discovered a new medical technique, and we want to test it on you!"
There was no payment, no compensation, and no insurance contract. Yet with just that simple sentence, Chunin Fujii Akira readily nodded. "It is my honor to contribute to Konoha's medical progress!"
"Mm." Sarutobi Biwako removed the bandages and examined Fujii Akira's wound.
There was still a gap in his wound. The bleeding had been stopped with Chakra methods, but the Mystical Palm Technique needed to close it quickly, or his nerves would be damaged.
Previously, such an injury would have required a Jonin-level Medical Ninja to work for more than ten minutes.
But now—
Sarutobi Biwako beckoned. "Ningyuan, come press his wound together! I'll use the Mystical Palm Technique!"
"Alright!" Hyuga Ningyuan casually lifted Fujii Akira's arm, and the wound closed together.
"Mystical Palm Technique!" Sarutobi Biwako raised her hand, and emerald-green Chakra instantly covered the entire wound.
"Director?" A group of people seemed to materialize from nowhere. They were the hospital's other doctors.
Sarutobi Biwako rarely treated patients personally anymore. Mainly because there were few patients, and by not stepping in herself, she could train the new generation of Medical Ninja.
So, when they heard Sarutobi Biwako had come down, the doctors had the same thought as Fujii Akira: perhaps this Chunin was about to die.
Some also noticed Hyuga Ningyuan beside Sarutobi Biwako and guessed that perhaps Fujii Akira was not about to die. Perhaps Lady Biwako was taking on an apprentice?
"Quiet!" Sarutobi Biwako said softly, joy gradually appearing in her eyes.
Because she could see the Chunin's wound shrinking at an astonishing speed!
In just sixteen seconds, the wound healed!
"This is simply... a miracle!" Sarutobi Biwako's eyes widened. Then she turned to Hyuga Ningyuan. "Ningyuan, you've rendered a great service!"
Anyone who had watched the anime knew that Medical Ninja cast the Mystical Palm Technique alone. There was never someone else responsible for pulling the wound shut or pressing its edges together.
Also, the five-minute figure is official setting.
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