Hemostasis Technique

A faint smile immediately appeared on Tsunade's face.

Clearly, Uchiha Gen's answer had pleased her greatly.

Her bright, beautiful eyes shifted to the test paper Uchiha Gen had completed, quickly scanning it over.

"Have you studied any relevant medical knowledge before?"

Tsunade suddenly asked.

"I only learned about human anatomy in class—what areas are most effective to strike if you want to kill someone, and how to perform emergency bandaging and treatment for bleeding wounds on the battlefield."

Uchiha Gen answered truthfully.

"It seems Orochimaru wasn't wrong when he said you had a talent for learning theoretical knowledge."

Tsunade nodded slightly and set down the test paper.

"Basically all correct. At the very least, every answer was a standard answer that could be derived from the teaching materials I gave you. Of course, actual practice will definitely vary depending on the circumstances, but I'm quite satisfied. Come with me. This afternoon, I'll explain the subsequent methods for Medical Ninjutsu training and prepare some materials for you. Afterward, even when I'm not around, you can study on your own. But just as before, leave behind all your insights from the learning process."

Before long, Uchiha Gen and Tsunade left the room and arrived at another place filled with medical equipment.

After bustling about for a while, Tsunade cleared off a table, then hurriedly ran outside.

Not long after, she returned, carrying a rabbit by one ear.

"A meat rabbit I just bought. It'll serve as today's teaching aid. Watch carefully. Today, I'll teach you the most basic and practical Hemostasis Technique. This technique is only C-rank and doesn't require any particularly special Chakra. Watch!"

Tsunade's style seemed to have always been this decisive and efficient, from childhood to adulthood and even into old age. The moment she entered, she began demonstrating directly.

"On the battlefield, anesthetics often aren't used with this technique in order to avoid affecting later combat ability. But this is a lesson, so to keep the rabbit from moving around and disrupting the teaching, we still need to anesthetize it. Of course, if your sensory abilities are sufficiently precise and you've mastered an A-rank Medical Ninjutsu called the Chakra Scalpel, you can directly sever the nerves around the wound. But that's still a long way off for you. Start with the basics."

Tsunade took out a vial from the side and drew a syringe full of anesthetic.

"The formula for this anesthetic was also mentioned on the test you just completed, so I won't go into detail on how to prepare it. First, we do this..."

After the needle pierced the marginal ear vein, Tsunade began instructing Uchiha Gen on how to judge the rabbit's condition based on its corneal reflexes and degree of muscle relaxation.

After that came shaving away the fur, then making a small incision and demonstrating the details of the Hemostasis Technique.

Uchiha Gen had quietly activated his Sharingan. The tomoe in his eyes spun as every one of Tsunade's movements was clearly reflected within them.

The Sharingan only counted as a copying eye after reaching the Two-Tomoe stage, but even in the Single-Tomoe state, it was quite effective at replicating this sort of movement-based technique. When Chakra was involved, it was at least better than nothing—there was always some use for it.

In just a few seconds, the rabbit's wound had stopped bleeding.

"After that, you would generally bandage it. How tight the bandage should be depends on the severity of the injury and the effectiveness of the hemostasis. You can also suture the wound before using the Hemostasis Technique to strengthen the effect. That can reduce the difficulty of using the technique and lessen the risk of the wound splitting open again. When dealing with larger incisions, suturing is basically always necessary."

Tsunade swiftly picked up a scalpel from the side and cut a much longer wound into the rabbit's body.

"Like this."

The little rabbit was clearly rather pitiful. After enduring Tsunade's demonstration, it still had to undergo Uchiha Gen's hands-on practice.

Tsunade's skill was extremely high. Aside from losing a little blood, the rabbit was immediately healed by Tsunade's Medical Ninjutsu after the demonstration.

But when it came time for Uchiha Gen's actual practice, things became far more troublesome.

During the second attempt, Uchiha Gen accidentally increased his Chakra output and even cauterized the wound—though that could be considered a form of hemostasis in its own way.

"Try again."

Tsunade seemed to have noticed something and frowned.

Uchiha Gen's heart stirred as he recalled that, in the original timeline, when Sarada had demonstrated treating a dead fish for Sakura, she seemed to have been even more excessive than him, directly grilling the fish until it was cooked.

Thinking over the original work and everything he had seen since coming to the world of Naruto, he truly had never heard of any Uchiha who excelled at Medical Ninjutsu.

Was it because of Chakra attributes?

At its core, Medical Ninjutsu was Yang Release ninjutsu. If the Yang aspect of one's Chakra could not function properly, other properties would naturally emerge instead.

Both Sarada and he were Uchiha. Yin Release and Fire Release made up a large proportion of their Chakra attributes. Although everyone possessed both Yin and Yang, the Sharingan itself was a representative bloodline limit of Yin Release. When the nature of Yin Release overwhelmed that of Yang Release, the properties of Fire Release would naturally begin to manifest.

The fact that he had not directly roasted this rabbit alive already showed that his Chakra control was quite good.

With that thought, Uchiha Gen unequipped Young Madara's Character Card.

[Uchiha Madara (Young) has been unequipped.]

[Haruno Sakura (Ninja Academy Student) has been equipped!]

Since this was not his first time equipping this Character Card, no recruitment animation appeared.

Uchiha Gen only felt the strength of his body and Chakra decrease by several degrees, yet he also vaguely grasped something else.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

Uchiha Gen used the scalpel to make a small cut on the other side of the rabbit's body. Then green light flickered in his palm as he pressed it against the rabbit's wound.

This time, the Hemostasis Technique worked much better than before.

Though it was still far inferior to Tsunade's, after he released his hand a few minutes later, the edges of the wound had already begun to scab over slightly.

Uchiha Gen immediately let out a breath of relief.

This truly was like finding another village after seeming to have reached the end of the road.

Fortunately, it worked.

He had originally thought that after he had mostly absorbed Haruno Sakura's abilities and drawn Young Madara's Character Card, this card could be tossed into storage to gather dust except when studying theory. He had not expected it to gain another use now.

Seeing this, Tsunade's brows relaxed as well, and she concluded that her earlier guess had been wrong.

"Not bad. Your foundation is solid enough, and your Chakra control is also very good. I can't say how far you'll go in the future, but at the very least, with your abilities, learning most basic Medical Ninjutsu won't be a problem."