The Balance of the Prescription

It seemed that keeping her alive was indeed the only option. Tsunade probably wanted to slowly nurse Nao's body back to health as well. After reading this diagnosis, it was even clearer that the everyday and critical-condition medicines were meant to restore her body, and even making her sleep more served the same purpose.

However, the village's medicines were still limited. Many of the drugs should have had better substitutes—or rather, some drugs in the prescription were substitutes for those better medicines. Was this to accommodate Hirohiko? If they used the more effective medicines, Konoha lacked at least two of them, and the remaining better medicines were probably too expensive for Hirohiko to afford.

Even the current prescription would probably leave Hirohiko living on a tight budget.

I used to think Hirohiko was richer than me, but now I feel a little sorry for him. The only reason he has more ninja tools in his Ninja Tool Pouch than I do might be that herbs cost just a little less than my Weighted Training Gear...

He was actually barely making ends meet!

Under the flickering candlelight, Chiba slowly set down the scroll. Tea kept pouring into the finely crafted wooden cup beside him, making a gurgling sound.

"How is it?"

At that moment, Hirohiko, who had half-risen, gently sat back down. The spout of the teapot slowly moved away from the wooden cup beside Chiba, and with a clack, he set it on the small square table.

"There should be a way. According to Tsunade's diagnosis, Nao's illness isn't incurable. Although the Chakra disorder is troublesome, medical treatment can still restore Nao's body. The prescription just needs some improvements, and that will take time. Treating Nao's Chakra disorder will also take time, but as long as the medicine can restore