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Thanks to the Body Nourishment Technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi was in an exceptionally good mood. Beyond the physical sensations, he also felt mentally relaxed. After working so hard for so long, he had finally achieved results—of course he had to be happy about it. This was the first Secret Jutsu Uchiha Kiyoshi had developed himself since coming to this world where one could cultivate. In any case, it was highly meaningful.

Seeing Uchiha Kiyoshi radiating joy from head to toe, Nawaki was completely baffled and had no idea what had happened.

Still, that did not stop Nawaki. Born with a big heart, he would not be affected by something like this. He kept doing what he was supposed to do, chatting about all kinds of topics and asking whenever something came to mind that he did not understand. Uchiha Kiyoshi had no idea where Nawaki found so many subjects to talk about—it was as though he could go on forever—but he answered them all nonetheless.

However, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not get carried away. He still took out his Medical Ninjutsu materials to read. This made Nawaki beside him incredibly envious. I want the ability to focus on two things at once too.

Unfortunately, Nawaki had no idea that this was not multitasking at all. It was simply that his many questions were easy to "fob off."

Today, Uemura Naoki continued explaining Chakra extraction.

From the start of school until now, more than a month had passed, nearly two months in total. The five students in the class who had yet to extract Chakra had all successfully sensed Spiritual Energy. They were only one step away from success; with a little luck, they might succeed tomorrow.

As for Uemura Naoki's lessons, Uchiha Kiyoshi remained the same as always—he did not listen.

Wasn't the complete collection of basic medical knowledge in his hands far more appealing?

Uemura Naoki had no choice about it. Although the Third Hokage had instructed him to do so, Uchiha Kiyoshi truly already knew it all. He had not read through four years' worth of materials for nothing. Other than things that required practical experience, such as ninja infiltration techniques, Uchiha Kiyoshi had already mastered everything taught at the Ninja Academy.

There had also been a test a few days ago. Though Uchiha Kiyoshi had not placed first and had not received a perfect score, his results had still been close to perfect.

Just look at the question he got wrong.

"When facing an enemy's attack, given various conditions and being able to calculate that one can attack the opponent before being hit, how should one respond?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi answered, "I don't know whether the enemy has a trap, so defend first," leaving Uemura Naoki dumbfounded. It even sounds perfectly reasonable when I look at it. Why are you so cautious? This was just meant to make you calculate who could strike first. I only want to say this, student: you're overthinking it.

Uemura Naoki also felt that he might not be able to complete the task the Third Hokage had assigned him. After reporting Uchiha Kiyoshi's situation yesterday, the Third Hokage had not continued demanding anything of him.

Only then did Uemura Naoki breathe a sigh of relief. He felt that Uchiha Kiyoshi's way of thinking would be difficult to change. If the Third Hokage still wanted him to correct Uchiha Kiyoshi, he would truly be in a difficult position.

In fact, the Third Hokage had developed other ideas, which was why he no longer insisted that Uemura Naoki guide him.

That personality had been formed since the age of two and was already very difficult to change, so there was no need to waste too much effort on that aspect.

Besides, his three disciples had just met Uchiha Kiyoshi, and Orochimaru in particular had expressed interest in him. It seemed he intended to become Uchiha Kiyoshi's Jonin squad leader after graduation.

The Third Hokage understood his disciple Orochimaru very well. Perhaps Uchiha Kiyoshi's situation resembled Orochimaru's own, which was why he had become interested. Moreover, Uchiha Kiyoshi was quite talented. Even if he had such a flaw, it might not necessarily be a disadvantage.

With such "outstanding defensive awareness," perhaps Uchiha Kiyoshi could become the team's dedicated defensive "shield" in the future. There was also hope that Uchiha Kiyoshi could master Medical Ninjutsu. Taken together, his support capabilities would be quite good.

Furthermore, ninjas who specialized in defense had one major advantage. Although they lacked the ability to kill enemies above their level or defeat many opponents alone, they could still stall for a short time—and do so reliably. In the future, if the squad encountered enemies beyond their strength, Uchiha Kiyoshi might be able to hold back a large number of them by himself, giving his teammates an opportunity. After his teammates killed a few enemies, they could slowly wear the rest down.

Uchiha Kiyoshi seemed to have the potential to specialize in that direction, so the Third Hokage could only give it a try.

At noon, while Uchiha Kiyoshi was eating his lunch, Nawaki kept talking.

"Um, Kiyoshi, what do you think about Kekkei Genkai?"

"Hm?"

Hearing Nawaki's question, Uchiha Kiyoshi was surprised. Was this really the sort of question Nawaki could ask? It seemed he had made progress recently.

Nawaki felt awkward under that gaze. At home, he had suddenly thought of his clan's Wood Release and asked his sister about it, only to receive the same look. Tsunade had thought for a moment, then rather than answer directly, she told him to try asking Uchiha Kiyoshi and see what he thought.

Tsunade was also using this as a test of Uchiha Kiyoshi, to see what level he was at. After all, the intelligence only said that he had frequently visited the Archives to study since childhood. No one knew exactly how much he had learned.

Uchiha Kiyoshi thought about it for a moment before answering.

"Kekkei Genkai... in my view, it is a type of nature transformation that can be inherited through bloodlines."

Nawaki's eyes widened as he stared at Uchiha Kiyoshi, the two of them looking at each other for a long while. Only then did he stammer, "H-heh, that actually makes some sense. I have nothing to say in response."

Uchiha Kiyoshi was helpless. In his view, that was precisely how Kekkei Genkai should be defined.

"That was merely my personal understanding. Kekkei Genkai is difficult to define clearly, so it can only be summarized like that.

"Kekkei Genkai manifests in many forms. The most common is actually the fusion of two Five Elements transformations into a new kind of nature transformation, one far more powerful than the Five Elements transformations. Beyond that, there are also special Kekkei Genkai characterized by mutations in certain parts of the body, granting different abilities, like the Sharingan of our Uchiha Clan. Both types can be inherited through bloodlines, and both can be regarded as special forms of nature transformation distinct from the Five Elements."

An underachiever like Nawaki could not understand the other profound things Uchiha Kiyoshi had said. He only felt that it sounded very reasonable, so he nodded in agreement with Uchiha Kiyoshi's answer.

Watching Nawaki pretend to understand despite clearly not understanding, Uchiha Kiyoshi could neither laugh nor cry.

After thinking carefully just now, he had roughly guessed what was going on. Someone behind Nawaki was probably testing him. Naturally, he could not explain things in too much detail, so he could only make it sound somewhat mysterious before offering a simple summary.

At that moment, in the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage and his three disciples watched the scene in the crystal ball with thoughtful expressions. They felt that although Uchiha Kiyoshi's explanation was simple, his conclusion was indeed quite interesting. Orochimaru in particular was greatly enlightened when he heard Uchiha Kiyoshi regard the Sharingan as a special kind of nature transformation. So it can be hypothesized that way. I've never encountered such a view before. How interesting. As he thought, he extended his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth.

Time always passed quickly, and before they knew it, the day was over.

Uchiha Kiyoshi packed up his things and left the school.

Rather than head straight home, Uchiha Kiyoshi went in another direction.

Ten minutes later, Konoha's Back Mountain.

Uchiha Kiyoshi looked at the forest before him, took a deep breath, and walked inside.

The Body Nourishment Technique required massive nutritional supplementation. Uchiha Kiyoshi had no money, so he could only replenish it by hunting. Besides, he could fight wild beasts along the way and gain some combat experience.

The forest on Konoha's Back Mountain was vast and deep. It contained abundant resources, and Konoha's medicinal herbs, meat, and other supplies were all obtained from here.

However, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not plan to venture too deeply. With his current strength, he could not handle the wild beasts in the depths. He could only wander around the outskirts, trying to find suitable prey.

Uchiha Kiyoshi carefully made his way to the edge of the forest, found an open area, and began setting traps.

Twenty minutes later, Uchiha Kiyoshi had set five traps around the area and placed his schoolbag in the nearby grass.

Uchiha Kiyoshi began searching for prey around the clearing.

Two hundred meters south of where Uchiha Kiyoshi had set his traps.

Uchiha Kiyoshi lay cautiously on the ground, watching a wild beast in the distance.

Ahead was a creature resembling a cow, two meters tall and three meters long. It had a single horn on its head, yellow fur all over its body, and a thick tail that was a full meter long, clearly powerful and sturdy. Uchiha Kiyoshi remembered seeing records of this kind of beast in some books introducing wild animals. Its only weakness was its abdomen. Of course, if your attack was strong enough, you could strike anywhere—the result would be the same regardless.

The beasts of the Ninja World came in countless strange varieties. Some were even different within the same species, sharing only a few common characteristics. It was difficult to record every beast completely, so these books could only give broad introductions to certain types based on their traits.

This beast was one such example. Its body resembled a cow, so it was generally classified as bovine. Beyond its strengths and weaknesses, there was not much else written about it.

Watching the cow-like beast eat the corpse of another rabbit-like creature, Uchiha Kiyoshi became excited. Meat-eaters generally meant high nutritional value. (Well, I don't understand this either. I'm just making it up, so don't criticize me.)

He took two Kunai from the Ninja Tool Pouch at his waist, inherited from his father.

Whoosh!

The two Kunai left his hand at the same time, yet there was only one sound. Uchiha Kiyoshi's Kunai throw was flawless.

Hearing the noise, the cow-like beast turned its head. Seeing a Kunai flying straight toward it, it roared and swung its tail, batting the Kunai away.

Unfortunately, there were two Kunai. The other had already struck its front leg from another angle. Unfortunately, it only penetrated one centimeter before it could go no deeper.

Hit by the Kunai, the cow-like beast roared endlessly and shook its leg, flinging the Kunai away. It then spotted Uchiha Kiyoshi. Its eyes reddened from rage as it charged toward him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi sucked in a breath. Sure enough, its hide was thick and tough. Even after taking a Kunai head-on, it had suffered only a minor wound. He had put considerable force into that throw!

Uchiha Kiyoshi hurriedly got to his feet, judged the beast's path, channeled Chakra into his legs, and darted to the side.

After evading the first attack, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not relax. Seeing that it had missed its target, the cow-like beast grew even angrier and began launching frenzied attacks at Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Uchiha Kiyoshi's small frame could not withstand its strength, so he could only keep dodging. Fortunately, with Chakra strengthening him, his physical ability was fairly good. Combined with his increasingly practiced movements, he gradually went from clumsy to at ease and began having the room to think.

Uchiha Kiyoshi assessed his stamina and knew he did not have much time left, so he began running toward the place where he had set his traps.

Along the way, he even began provoking the cow-like beast, making all kinds of taunting gestures.

Seeing its attacks constantly evaded, the cow-like beast had already become stifled with frustration. Upon seeing Uchiha Kiyoshi's taunts, it became even more enraged and attacked with greater ferocity.

After Uchiha Kiyoshi's final provocation, the cow-like beast could endure no longer. With a furious roar, it charged straight at him.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Kiyoshi had anticipated this. He easily dodged aside and triggered the mechanism he had arranged beneath the ground behind him.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several dozen Senbon shot from beneath the ground and struck the beast's abdomen directly. The deepest Senbon sank in completely.

The cow-like beast howled in agony, then fixed its gaze on Uchiha Kiyoshi again and continued attacking.

Unfortunately, it had already been less agile than Uchiha Kiyoshi, and now it was severely wounded. Naturally, it failed to hit him even once.

Guided by Uchiha Kiyoshi, it eventually fell into a pit he had prepared beforehand. The spikes at the bottom pierced it, and it was on the verge of death.

Uchiha Kiyoshi prepared to go down and deliver the final blow. Unfortunately, he had let his guard down and failed to expect that it still had strength left. Its tail whipped toward him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi only had time to cross his hands before his chest and channel Chakra into both arms.

Bang!

Uchiha Kiyoshi was flung a meter away and crashed heavily onto the ground.

"Whew! Good thing I reacted in time, and I was wearing arm guards. Otherwise, that would have been awful."

Uchiha Kiyoshi struggled to his feet, grimacing as he checked his arms. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Two arm guards had fallen from Uchiha Kiyoshi's arms, bearing marks left by the strike.

Although the arm guards had protected him, Uchiha Kiyoshi had still been badly injured. Both arms were numb, and he could not exert any strength.

"That was really close. I was careless. In the future, I absolutely cannot relax until the enemy is completely unable to react. And it would be best to test them again first."

With a bitter smile, Uchiha Kiyoshi began moving his arms, hoping to ease the pain more quickly.

Unable to use strength in his hands and not daring to approach the cow-like beast again, Uchiha Kiyoshi sat beside the pit and treated his injuries.

Though he had not been directly struck by the beast's attacks, Uchiha Kiyoshi had still suffered a few minor injuries while dodging. He used this time to treat them.

Half an hour later, the cow-like beast finally stopped moving, and Uchiha Kiyoshi could use strength in his hands again.

He first dismantled the remaining three traps nearby, then went to the bottom of the pit. Holding a Kunai, he stabbed the beast several times. Only after confirming that it was completely dead did Uchiha Kiyoshi approach it.

He first removed the Kunai beneath the beast, then exerted all his strength to lift it and throw it out.

After jumping out of the pit, Uchiha Kiyoshi hoisted the beast's corpse onto his shoulder and started for home.

Along the way, people were astonished to see a six-year-old child carrying a beast two or three meters long. After he entered the Uchiha Clan compound, several neighbors praised Uchiha Kiyoshi repeatedly, saying that he could kill such a large beast at such a young age and that he would surely have a promising future.

After returning home, Uchiha Kiyoshi put down the beast's corpse. Rather than deal with it immediately, he headed outside and ran toward Konoha Hospital.

Although he had already treated the injuries and applied medicine, Uchiha Kiyoshi still planned to have the hospital check him. He did not want to be left with any hidden injuries. Besides, a simple examination at Konoha Hospital was not expensive.

At Konoha Hospital, Uchiha Kiyoshi looked at the medical ninja before him and asked nervously, "Doctor, I don't have any hidden injuries, do I?"

Keiko smiled and replied, "Don't worry. Your injuries are only superficial wounds—there are no hidden injuries. They were also treated very well. Other than those surface wounds, your body is very healthy, even better than others your age!

"By the way, did you treat these wounds yourself? Your technique is rather unpracticed, but overall it was still very professional."

Praised like that, Uchiha Kiyoshi gave a "shy" smile, lowered his head, and said softly, "Really? I usually study some medical knowledge, and I want to become a medical ninja in the future—to save lives and heal the wounded."

After hearing that, Keiko praised Uchiha Kiyoshi some more. Though a boy wanting to become a medical ninja was unusual, she did not seem to mind.

In the Ninja World, learning medical knowledge was nothing unusual, but when it came to Medical Ninjutsu, most practitioners were female ninjas. First, female ninjas were more meticulous and seemed to have an advantage in Chakra control. Second, male ninjas all dreamed of fighting head-on. Even if their Chakra control was up to standard, they generally would not choose to become medical ninjas.

Keiko did not look down on Uchiha Kiyoshi. At the very least, she was quite open-minded.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was also "greatly encouraged" and left happily.

Hm, the seed has been planted. Whether I'll be allowed to work here later will depend on luck.

After leaving the hospital, Uchiha Kiyoshi muttered to himself inwardly.

In the future, he only needed to emphasize his dream of becoming a medical ninja whenever he visited the hospital. Once the time was right, he could mention it to Keiko and see whether he could work here. An internship would do too—as long as it paid.

On the way back, Uchiha Kiyoshi also bought a barbecue grill set, spending fourteen thousand ryo. Still, it was money he had to spend. With this, he could save quite a bit on meals in the future. This was what it meant to sharpen the axe before chopping wood.

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