Three Months Later (Please Recommend)

Back at home, Uchiha Kiyoshi began processing the bovine beast's corpse, separating the meat from its body, setting up a grill, and starting to barbecue it.

"Mm, it tasted pretty good. It just needed seasoning. I should buy some next time."

After eating his fill, Uchiha Kiyoshi packed the remaining meat into plastic bags, used Chakra to extract all the air inside, and sealed them for storage.

This was a food-preservation method Uchiha Kiyoshi had developed himself, especially for perishable food like meat. He named it the Air Extraction Technique—uh, a technique even more basic than the Three Basic Techniques.

After storing the remaining meat, Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to the study and immediately began circulating the Body Nourishment Technique.

Hunting and getting treated had delayed him for a total of three hours. Once he finished cultivating the Body Nourishment Technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi went straight to sleep.

Naturally, word of Uchiha Kiyoshi carrying back a beast's corpse reached Konoha's upper ranks.

As a member of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Kiyoshi's every action was under Konoha's upper ranks' watch. The same went for the other clans, especially their more gifted or unusual members. Although Uchiha Kiyoshi only appeared to be a somewhat ordinary genius and had issues in his heart, so he ordinarily would not receive special attention, his research into Medical Ninjutsu was unusual enough to warrant sending someone to keep an eye on him.

Whether it was the Third Hokage, who hoped to ease the conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan, or Danzo, who disliked the Uchiha Clan, both cared greatly about Uchiha Kiyoshi, an Uchiha who might inherit the Will of Fire.

Sure enough, Danzo soon received news that Uchiha Kiyoshi had killed a beast.

In a dark underground location in Konoha, Danzo listened to the report from the Root ninja standing below him. Hearing that Uchiha Kiyoshi had killed a beast, he was surprised and ordered Hei 7—the ninja reporting below—to investigate and see how Uchiha Kiyoshi had accomplished the kill.

After Hei 7 left, Danzo fell into deep thought.

He knew of Uchiha Kiyoshi as well. To be honest, Uchiha Kiyoshi had some talent, not to mention that he was from the Uchiha Clan. If he could be brought into Root, he would at least become a Jonin, giving Danzo another capable subordinate. But that fear-of-death personality had made Danzo give up on the idea.

It was not as though Danzo had no way to drag him into Root. He could act first and report later; after paying a certain price, could the Uchiha Clan really break completely with him? It was not as though Danzo had never done such things before. Wasn't that how he treated the other ninja clans too?

Otherwise, where did he think Danzo's title as the Darkness of the Ninja World came from?

An hour later, Hei 7 returned to the dark underground space.

He reported, "Lord Danzo, this subordinate investigated along the way and found the site where Uchiha Kiyoshi killed the beast. I also analyzed the scene and made a conjecture regarding the course of the battle.

That was how it happened. Other than being carelessly struck at the end, he suffered no injuries throughout the entire process. Judging from the traces at the scene, Uchiha Kiyoshi had not been hit by the beast before then."

After hearing Hei 7's report, Danzo waved his hand and dismissed him.

On the Hokage's side, the response was much the same.

The cat-faced Anbu ninja, the same one who had investigated Uchiha Kiyoshi's information last time, was presenting his deductions below.

"By the way, traces of Root ninja were also found at the scene. They should have gone there earlier to investigate."

The Third Hokage had been fine until he heard about Root's traces, at which point he frowned.

Danzo was getting more and more excessive. He had directly investigated such a matter without even reporting it to him. Root was practically becoming Danzo's personal force. It seemed he needed to give Danzo a proper warning when he had the time.

Although both sides had investigated Uchiha Kiyoshi's situation, neither made a move.

And just like that, more than three months passed.

Name: Uchiha Kiyoshi (six years old: the protagonist's birthday was roughly in August; the Ninja Academy's first semester began in September, and the second semester began in February)

Chakra: 7.1 Ka/7.1 Ka (8.5 Ka)

Chakra Attributes: Fire Release (undeveloped), Water Release (undeveloped), Earth Release (undeveloped)

Ninjutsu: Three Basic Techniques

Secret Jutsu: Body Nourishment Technique

This was Uchiha Kiyoshi's current status panel. On the surface, aside from the growth in Chakra, there had not been any major improvements.

However, Uchiha Kiyoshi had actually improved quite a bit.

First was the least noticeable change. After more than three months of the Body Nourishment Technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi's body had developed well, and his body cells were no longer depleted. His physical fitness had also improved significantly, and he now possessed the strength to fight an ordinary Genin.

After three months of exploration, Uchiha Kiyoshi had discovered the optimal frequency for cultivating the Body Nourishment Technique: twice a week. As a result, he went to the Back Mountain Forest every week to hunt beasts and replenish his nutrition, while also taking the opportunity to build goodwill with Keiko at Konoha Hospital.

Uchiha Kiyoshi had finally made major progress in Chakra control as well. He could now control roughly 0.05 Ka of Chakra!

Having already surpassed the passing standard for Medical Ninjutsu, Uchiha Kiyoshi could begin practicing it.

Having finished reading the medical basics a few days ago, Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to use this break to study Medical Ninjutsu.

He had not expected it to take so long to finish the materials. Uchiha Kiyoshi found Sealing Jutsu Basics incredibly difficult, far beyond his expectations, so he could only slow his progress in studying Medical Ninjutsu and spend most of his time reading Sealing Jutsu Basics.

That way, during the break, aside from Medical Ninjutsu, Uchiha Kiyoshi could also practice Sealing Jutsu. It would not be too monotonous, at least, since he could switch between the two.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was very satisfied with his progress over the past three months.

The Ninja Academy had officially begun its break yesterday, so Uchiha Kiyoshi had time today. He would also have more time every day from now on, and he planned to use it all to practice Medical Ninjutsu.

Uchiha Kiyoshi had told Uemura Naoki about the Hemostasis Technique the day before yesterday, and with his help, he had successfully borrowed it.

Unlike that comprehensive reference book, Uchiha Kiyoshi had already roughly understood the Hemostasis Technique materials in a single day. Next came the practice.

Based on Uchiha Kiyoshi's deductions from the materials, his Chakra might not be enough. He could only cast an incomplete version twice; if he successfully cast it, he would only have enough Chakra for one use.

Therefore, Uchiha Kiyoshi had prepared himself mentally. He would eat beast meat for all three meals every day to replenish nutrition, then extract Chakra.

After all, with the Body Nourishment Technique, as long as Uchiha Kiyoshi ate enough in theory, he could keep extracting Chakra indefinitely.

However, everything had its limits. First, his total Chakra amount was limited. Once it reached a certain level, extracting more would be useless and would only harm his body. He could only increase that limit by constantly improving his physical fitness or through gradual accumulation over time.

Another issue was that Uchiha Kiyoshi's stomach capacity was limited. Although energy could be extracted quickly, the meat was still in his stomach. Until he excreted it, it would continue taking up space, so endlessly extracting Chakra was only possible in theory.

Still, this was good enough. At the very least, Uchiha Kiyoshi could practice the Hemostasis Technique a few more times every day. He would also have this advantage when practicing all kinds of Ninjutsu in the future.

Most importantly, this could also be useful in battle. As long as he could consume a large amount of nutrition, he could keep extracting Chakra. If his extraction speed was fast enough, Uchiha Kiyoshi would be like a perpetual-motion machine. Aside from Ninjutsu that consumed too much Chakra at once, he could use any other Ninjutsu as he pleased.

Of course, that required Uchiha Kiyoshi to train until he reached that extraction speed. And how to replenish nutrition quickly was another difficult problem.

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