The Most Perfect Chief Surgeon

Hyuga Yu lifted the tent flap of the camp's main pavilion, and over a dozen cold, hair-raising gazes instantly swept toward him!

Located within the Land of Fire, the Grass Wave Coast medical unit was the largest gathering point for Medical Ninjas on the eastern front.

To that end, Konoha's medical unit had invested heavily here to build a field operating room, dedicated to emergency surgeries for wounded soldiers who couldn't be transferred back to Konoha in time.

Normally, this field operating room wasn't opened—once it was, it meant an extremely urgent situation.

At that moment, six shadowless lamps erased every trace of darkness inside the field operating room.

Inside the tent, twelve Medical Ninjas in surgical gowns were split into two groups of six, each group working before an operating table.

As Hyuga Yu entered, the two lead surgeons didn't even look up, still gripping their scalpels and focusing intently on the surgery.

"What are you standing around for? Retract!"

Seeing the second assistant suddenly freeze, the lead surgeon at the main table—a gray-brown-haired woman with round glasses and a somewhat sharp, long face—snapped coldly:

"We're losing the surgical field! Do you people of this generation of Medical Ninjas have any empathy left?"

Beside her, the second assistant fumbled to re-engage the retractor and reminded her:

"My Lady Furobuki... someone's broken in."

"Even if the enemy's Third Mizukage walked in right now, you'd better keep that retractor steady!"

"Yes! Uh... huh? No good!"

"Looks like an artery rupture! Quick, stop the bleeding!"

The second assistant scrambled in panic.

But then, a calm, steady, and composed voice came through: "Leave it to me."

The second assistant looked up in surprise and saw the Byakugan boy who had just entered the operating room—already changed into surgical gown in seconds—walking over with a composed expression.

Veins bulged around his eyes, and his pupils were a pure white, like a mirror reflecting the assistant's panicked expression.

Just by looking at that reassuring face, strangely enough, the assistant's frantic emotions suddenly settled.

Hyuga Yu came to his side, took the retractor from his hand, lifted the incised flesh, and exposed the perfect surgical field under the shadowless lamp. At the same time, he analyzed calmly:

"It's not a major bleed. During the graft vessel harvest, an extra section was cut and not sutured properly."

"Hmph."

The lead surgeon and medical unit chief, Furobuki, let out a cold snort, then followed Hyuga Yu's assessment by directing the assistant on the other side of the table to open the surgical field.

"No way!"

"That's incredible! Is this the Byakugan!?"

"Could he be that prodigy from Konoha Hospital..."

The assistants gasped in surprise.

As the medical unit chief, Furobuki's stern face softened slightly, but she still didn't give Hyuga Yu any good grace. She only asked coldly:

"Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery—can you do it now?"

Hyuga Yu nodded. "No problem. I was hoping to learn from you, Teacher Furobuki."

"I don't have a student as dull-witted as you. Don't try to claim a connection!"

Furobuki ordered coldly: "Yumiko, you take over as second assistant. I'll take your spot. Let him do this surgery!"

The female ninja called Yumiko stared at Hyuga Yu in shock.

"But... My Lady Furobuki, only high-ranking members of the medical unit are qualified to lead a Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. He..."

Facing Yumiko's doubt, Furobuki paused, then explained for Hyuga Yu with a hint of reluctant admiration:

"Aside from Medical Ninjutsu—"

"This kid is the most perfect lead surgeon!"

"You flatter me." Hyuga Yu smiled faintly, unceremoniously stepping into the lead surgeon's position, and said calmly:

"Micro Non-invasive Forceps!"

The nurse handed him the forceps. Hyuga Yu took them and began clamping the vessel to proceed with the surgery.

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting aimed to improve blood supply to the heart.

Through his Byakugan, Hyuga Yu had already seen that beneath the surgical drape lay Hyuga Natsu.

At this moment, her entire body was covered in severe trauma and lacerations. Her chest had suffered a heavy impact, causing coronary artery obstruction. Other parts of her body had been treated urgently, but the lack of blood and oxygen supply to her heart left her on the brink of death.

So, they couldn't transport her back to Konoha and had to perform an emergency field surgery at Grass Wave Coast—specifically, a Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

But once he actually got his hands on her, entering his young fiancée's body, Hyuga Yu immediately realized

that while the injuries were severe, aside from the surgery that absolutely had to be done, none were life-threatening. It was as if... she had known someone at Grass Wave Coast could perform this operation on her and deliberately created these injuries to match.

Hyuga Yu thought for a moment, then casually asked Furobuki beside him:

"Furobuki-sensei, what did the examination report say?"

"Just wrote it as it is."

"I mean, the copy submitted to the Anbu..."

Furobuki's expression darkened slightly. She turned to look at Hyuga Yu and clicked her tongue in displeasure.

She clearly sensed something but didn't call him out, only saying coldly:

"Based on the injury assessment, this Chunin likely encountered a ninjutsu or Explosive Tag attack capable of massive explosive impact. She has seven cuts from Kunai and Shuriken, Taijutsu bruises, and was on the verge of death."

Hyuga Yu shook his head, narrowing his Byakugan as he corrected:

"Not 'likely'—it's very certain—

She encountered one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, the holder of the Exploding Blade Shibuki, Munashi Jinpachi, and fought him. Coronary artery obstruction from external trauma is extremely rare; in a Taijutsu battle, only that Exploding Blade Shibuki could cause this kind of injury."

As he spoke, Hyuga Yu kept his hands moving, not lifting his head as he calmly called out: "Wipe my sweat."

The nurse followed the order, removing Hyuga Yu's forehead protector, revealing the Caged Bird curse mark on his brow, and wiped the sweat from his forehead in front of everyone.

The makeshift field operating room had no air conditioning; in just this short time, everyone's heads were dripping with sweat.

"Scalpel."

"Here!"

"Needle holder."

"Hm? Don't you need a micro-surgical one!?"

"No need."

"Here!"

"Suture thread."

"Here!"

"Surgical scissors."

"Here!"

"Surgery complete. Thank you all for your hard work!"

The surgery timer stopped at 1 hour and 56 minutes.

A Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting that normally took at least 3 to 6 hours was completed in under 20 minutes once Hyuga Yu took over.

At that moment, besides Furobuki, the five Medical Ninjas and several nurses stared at Hyuga Yu as if he were a god, mouths agape.

"Wait, how long did this guy take?!"

"Gulp... to be precise, 16 minutes."

"Even with the Byakugan, that's just too much!?"

"Did you notice? He barely needed any assistance throughout the entire surgery. Even Furobuki-sama only helped aspirate fluids a few times... That means, combined with Medical Ninjutsu, he could completely perform this highly difficult surgery on his own."

"And faster than anyone else in all of Konoha!"

"That 'anyone' includes Tsunade-sama!"