Sealing Jutsu Obtained

Treating wounds doesn't necessarily require a Medical Ninja—can ordinary people do it too?

Just knowing how to sew?

At first, this sounds absurd, but on second thought, it actually makes perfect sense!

Right, since wounds can heal without the Mystical Palm Technique, what difference does it make whether a Medical Ninja knows it or not?

What's the biggest problem with spreading the medical ninja system? Isn't it that the number of Medical Ninjas can't keep up?

Why can't the numbers keep up?

First, most ninjas don't like learning Medical Ninjutsu.

Second, among those who do, a significant portion lack the aptitude for it.

So in the end, only a few people can learn Medical Ninjutsu each year, making it hard to establish a medical system.

But if ordinary people could become Medical Ninjas...

For ninjas, being a Medical Ninja is a last resort, but for ordinary people, it's a top choice!

After all, no matter how low a doctor's status is, it's still better than farming or raising pigs!

"But without the Mystical Palm Technique, if ordinary people become doctors, ninja wounds would heal very slowly..." Tsunade quickly spotted this issue. That wouldn't work on the battlefield!

"Do wartime Medical Ninjas all go to the front lines, or just some?" Hyuga Ningyuan countered.

"Just some, of course. Not all of them. I get it!" Tsunade paused, then understood.

Right, ordinary people's value isn't in wartime rescue, but in making up for the shortage of Medical Ninjas during war.

For example, if Konoha Hospital has 100 Medical Ninjas, only 70 can go to the front lines during war, leaving 30 behind to treat villagers.

But if I have 300 ordinary doctors, I can pull 90 Medical Ninjas to the front lines.

That way, the medical speed on the front lines increases!

Besides, ordinary doctors might not be unable to go to the front lines.

Because wars in the ninja world are different from wars on Earth.

In the ninja world, battles with fewer than ten thousand participants on each side can drag on for three to five years.

On Earth, ten thousand people might finish fighting in less than two hours.

The front lines in the ninja world aren't constantly fighting. A team might carry out a mission and then rest for three to five days. The intense fighting only lasts a few days.

That means when the fighting isn't intense, minor injuries and illnesses can be handled by ordinary doctors, saving the Medical Ninjas' Chakra for the seriously injured or ill.

Tsunade wasn't foolish. Hyuga Ningyuan only threw out an idea, and she quickly filled in the aspects ordinary people could handle, and how to build the medical system if they joined.

Then she realized that, not 99%, but at least 90% of Konoha Hospital's work could be handled by ordinary people after some training.

In other words, Konoha Hospital could be split into two parts: ordinary doctors and ninja doctors.

Ordinary doctors treat common illnesses; ninja doctors treat serious diseases and use the convenience of Chakra to research more treatments.

On the battlefield, it's the same: ordinary doctors handle minor injuries, ninja doctors handle major ones.

When the fighting is intense, ordinary doctors can assist ninja doctors in surgery, greatly boosting the efficiency of Medical Ninjas.

And, to put it bluntly, ninja doctors are faster at escaping than ordinary people. So if the hospital has ordinary doctors, and the rear hospital gets ambushed by enemies, the ninja doctors' survival rate also increases.

"Hyuga Ningyuan, you..." Looking at the kid who wasn't even as tall as her thigh, Tsunade's expression was complicated. He said he had new techniques, and he really did!

So what was my earlier doubt worth?

Seeing Hyuga Ningyuan's smiling face, Tsunade instantly clenched her fist: "Did you already have this idea in mind, and you were just messing with me?"

"Uh..." Hyuga Ningyuan was speechless.

"Fine, so you were!" Tsunade reached out, and the next second, Hyuga Ningyuan was back in her arms.

Not on her lap this time, since this kid, though infuriating, had real intelligence.

Couldn't hit him—what if he got hurt?

But even if she couldn't hit him, a good roughhousing was fine!

"Damn it." Even though he was technically taking advantage, his hand pressed against a certain hill, Ningyuan still felt like he was the one losing out.

Right, because I'm the passive one, and she's the active one!

So now, I'm not taking advantage of her—she's taking advantage of me!

Police, is there any police? Uchiha Police Force! Someone's bullying a kid here! No one's going to step in?

"Shouldn't you hurry up and recruit some ordinary students?" Hyuga Ningyuan, finally unable to take the roughhousing, asked: "It's the enrollment season now, perfect timing!"

"What's it got to do with me? I stopped handling those trivial matters long ago!" Tsunade said flatly: "Let the Third old man and his wife deal with it!"

You make a good point. I have no comeback!

"By the way, you really don't want to become my disciple?" Tsunade finally stopped her actions and asked: "Or do you not understand the meaning of the Caged Bird Seal?"

"Of course I do, and I want to remove it too!" Since Tsunade herself offered to help remove it, there was no need to hide it from her.

Besides, there was nothing to hide. Everyone knew the Hyuga Branch Family's wish—who didn't want to remove the Caged Bird Seal?

"But taking you as my apprentice really won't do!"

Tsunade's brows shot up in anger. "You little brat, am I really that unworthy in your eyes?"

As if something occurred to her, she grew even more furious. "Am I one of those 'shorties' you mentioned?"

"Definitely not. I only use 'shorty' or 'tall one' for men." Hyuga Ningyuan denied at once. "I don't look down on you either, but taking you as my master just won't work!"

"Fine, fine!" Tsunade waved a hand. "If you don't want to apprentice, then don't. It's not like I care."

Hyuga Ningyuan nodded, then lowered his voice to ask, "By the way, I heard your family has those Sealing Jutsu. Could you lend me some to study?"

Tsunade sneered. "Aren't you the one who refused to be my apprentice? Why would you want my family's Sealing Jutsu?"

"You may not be my teacher, but you're my sister!" Hyuga Ningyuan argued.

A humble origin is no disgrace; bending and stretching makes a man!

"Hmph, even if I'm your sister, what reason do you have to come to my family and learn Sealing Jutsu?" Tsunade curled her lips and asked with a smirk. "Or are you planning to take the Sealing Jutsu scrolls back to the Hyuga Clan?"

Uh.

That definitely wouldn't work. Taking Sealing Jutsu scrolls back to the Hyuga Clan—what would the Hyuga Main Family think? Your intentions would be more obvious than lice on a monk's head!

But a small matter like this couldn't stump the clever Hyuga Ningyuan!

"I'm already apprenticed to Lady Biwako, aren't I? You could bring the Sealing Jutsu to Konoha Hospital, then call me over to take a look. I have a great memory—no matter how many books, I remember them after one read!" Hyuga Ningyuan said.

Tsunade had long since fallen out with the Third, and in a couple of years she'd even leave the village outright, so there was no need to hide his good memory from her.

Speaking of which, two years from now, Hatake Sakumo would be driven to suicide by rumors.

He wondered if Tsunade's departure from the village had anything to do with that incident. Maybe it was that event that made her see the village's darkness?

"You have that kind of memory?" Tsunade paused, suddenly thinking of something.

If his memory was that good, then he must have memorized all those Medical Ninjutsu books too.

But he'd said he still planned to study under Sarutobi Biwako.

He was hiding his talent.

Then she thought of Hyuga Ningyuan wanting to learn Sealing Jutsu to break the Caged Bird Seal.

The answer was obvious. He was hiding his talent because of the Hyuga Main Family.

Still, she wasn't about to rat him out to the Hyuga Main Family—after all, they had nothing to do with her.

Instead, she was curious: if Hyuga Ningyuan really found a way to solve the Caged Bird Seal, how would the Hyuga Clan respond?

To be fair, quite a few people in the village had issues with the Hyuga Main and Branch Family system and the Caged Bird Seal, especially the First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Tsunade's line.

It made Konoha look backward, like they still supported slavery.

And because of the Caged Bird Seal, the village had a hard time winning over Hyuga clan members. This situation was even worse than with the Uchiha Clan.

After all, the Uchiha had their dove and hawk factions internally, but the Hyuga Clan, thanks to the Caged Bird Seal, only listened to the Main Family.

But this was the Hyuga Clan's internal affair, and they'd never had much to say about it.

If someone within the Hyuga Clan themselves wanted to break free from that institutional shackle, though, that was hardly their fault, was it?