The Genin You Can't Afford to Provoke

The argument in the corridor quickly alerted the anxious family members waiting outside the ward.

The child's mother had a haggard face and a panicked expression, as if she had just finished crying, her eyes red and swollen. Behind her, the father remained silent, his fists clenched, the veins on his forehead bulging.

"How is my child?!"

The child's mother practically rushed into the corridor, her anxiety bordering on hysteria. Seeing Uchiha Rei standing by the operating room door, she seemed to find a glimmer of hope.

She shoved Doctor Xiao Dong aside and went straight to Uchiha Rei.

"I just heard, it was you! You were the one who operated on my child just now, right? How is he now?!"

Doctor Xiao Dong, standing nearby, spoke up, "Madam, please calm down. We already understand the situation. This Genin just acted without authorization."

"Without authorization for what?!"

Unexpectedly, before he could finish speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by the nurse.

"If he hadn't operated just now, that child might never have been able to become a ninja again in his life!"

Her voice was clear and carried a convincing firmness. "You have no idea how difficult the surgery he just completed was. Even ordinary Medical Ninjas wouldn't dare to attempt it lightly!"

The child's mother was stunned and slowly looked at Uchiha Rei, her voice trembling, "Is... is he really alright now?"

Uchiha Rei glanced at her. His tone was devoid of warmth, yet it was comforting. "Chakra flow has returned to normal, vital signs are stable, and his body is now in the natural healing phase. If there are no complications, he will wake up soon."

Hearing this, the child's father's eyes finally welled up, and tears streamed down his face. He stepped forward and suddenly bowed deeply to Uchiha Rei, his voice hoarse but sincere, "Thank you, sir... Thank you sincerely for saving my child."

The mother, at this moment, could no longer control her emotions. Tears fell one after another, and she choked out, "I'm sorry, I was... too harsh just now. I was just too scared. Seeing you so young, so... handsome, I thought you were just some..."

Uchiha Rei chuckled inwardly at her words: Is being handsome a crime? But then again, he wasn't a real doctor right now...

Just when he thought the matter was over, the nurse suddenly pointed at Doctor Xiao Dong and revealed the truth without reservation: "He's the one who should be responsible! Just now in the ward, he had no intention of operating. He kept delaying, talking about discussing the best treatment plan. In fact—in fact, he wasn't even there. He was in the lounge fooling around with a woman!"

The explosive statement caused a momentary silence in the corridor.

The attending physician's face turned bright red, leaving him in an awkward position, as if he had been slapped. After a few seconds of silence, his eyes hardened, and he suddenly began to counterattack.

"What do you know about saving lives?!" he pointed fiercely at the young mother. "You're just an ordinary person, you have no idea how many risks we doctors have to weigh!"

He then turned to the nurse, saying coldly, "You, a mere nurse, don't understand surgical procedures at all. You're just trying to get attention because he's good-looking and spouting nonsense!"

After that, he directly turned his attention to Uchiha Rei. "You, a patient, a Genin, practicing medicine without a license, are in serious violation of Konohagakure's ninja medical system regulations. You must be responsible for all consequences!"

The argument grew louder and louder, attracting the attention of more people in the hospital. Several mid-level medical staff quickly rushed over, but they still couldn't quell the escalating conflict.

Before long, a stern-looking old man strode over. He was the Vice Director of the Ninja Hospital. He had just been visiting the Root ninja who had been hospitalized the previous night with the director's assistant.

As soon as the Vice Director arrived and saw the attending physician throwing his weight around, he immediately sided with him without hesitation. "Do you know where you are? You are a patient. Patients should be resting quietly in their rooms, not entering the operating room without authorization to perform surgery."

He stared at Uchiha Rei, sensing the Genin-level Chakra emanating from him, and directly pronounced his judgment:

"I'll give you two choices right now.

First, publicly apologize to the attending physician and admit your unauthorized actions. If there are any complications with the child you treated, you will bear all responsibility alone.

Second, leave the hospital immediately. Konoha Hospital will never welcome you again!"

"You want me to choose???"

Uchiha Rei tilted his head slightly, looking at the silent Vice Director beside him, and chuckled inwardly.

This was Doctor Xiao Dong's backing, the Vice Director.

Uchiha Rei glanced at the Vice Director, then at the attending physician, and said nothing. But everyone could feel the coldness in his eyes, freezing the air inch by inch like frost.

It was obvious that the reason this attending physician was so arrogant was because the Vice Director was his patron.

Uchiha Rei simply smiled faintly, his gaze slowly sweeping over everyone present. Although his current Chakra level was only that of a Genin, the oppressive aura he exuded made people feel as if they were standing at the edge of an abyss.

That kind of gaze was not something an ordinary Genin could possess.

In the crowd, the director's assistant's eyes suddenly widened, as if she had remembered something. She looked at Uchiha Rei's patient attire and shouted in horror, "U... Uchiha Rei!"

As soon as she said this, everyone was shocked.

Just yesterday, a small team from the Root organization had been sent to the hospital for rescue. The captain was severely injured with shattered ribs. At the time, no one knew who they had provoked, only hearing a name: Uchiha Rei.

A Root captain, belonging to the combat division, held a position in Konoha Village even higher than the Vice Director. If Rei dared to lay hands on them, what was the Vice Director in front of such a person?

The Vice Director's face changed on the spot, cold sweat beading on his forehead. He realized the wind had shifted and quickly put on a smiling face, his tone urgent: "A misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding... Xiao Dong, quickly apologize to Mr. Uchiha!"

The attending physician's face turned ashen, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It was my poor judgment that offended you, I deserve to die! Please spare my life!"

He slapped himself, his voice almost choked with sobs, kneeling on the ground like a flayed dog, trembling.

"It's all the bitch in the room's fault... If it weren't for her, I would have operated long ago... How could I have provoked a malevolent star like you!"

He wanted to argue a few more words, but for some reason, his expression suddenly became vacant, his eyes unfocused, and his mouth uncontrollably uttered even more shocking words:

"I... actually... I've cheated on many people in the hospital, not just the head nurse, but also several female intern doctors. Some of them are already pregnant..."

"I also... while performing surgery... slept with the new nurse. The patient was under anesthesia, so I left the operating room. It's my fault, all my fault!"

"Also, my Medical Ninja identity is fake! I never learned medical ninjutsu. I studied intelligence in the Land of Wind and got in purely by forging documents!"

"My backer is the Vice Director! He knew I knew nothing, but he still made me an attending physician!"

Four charges, each more horrifying than the last. For a moment, silence fell all around, everyone staring with wide eyes at the mouth that spoke.

The Vice Director before him turned ashen, his body swaying as if he might faint at any moment.

"Tōdō Xiao Dong is my godson," the Vice Director also knelt, stammering, "I know everything about his affairs... I, I indulged him, it was my fault!"

At this moment, everyone understood the rot within this Konoha Hospital.

A ninja who couldn't use Medical Ninjutsu at all, got promoted to attending physician through connections;

While a child who truly needed help, was almost abandoned due to lack of connections.

The Vice Director's eyes were vacant, his entire being as if hollowed out of its soul. He finally realized that this Genin before them was not someone they could afford to offend.

And the once arrogant Doctor Xiao Dong, now looked like he'd been skinned alive, lying on the ground, unable to even cry out.

Uchiha Rei stood there, still silent, his gaze sweeping over the two figures indifferently. He hadn't even laid a hand on them, merely employing a sliver of Genjutsu.

That minuscule thread of Genjutsu was enough to make these two confess all their crimes, one by one.

He shook his head, a wry smile appearing on his lips: "Perhaps... this Ninja World is truly rotten through and through."

This Ninja World, perhaps, deserved to be destroyed, just as Obito had said.

But just then, his gaze fell upon the lively Nurse standing nearby.

Uchiha Rei paused slightly, his eyes softening for a moment.

"However... perhaps, it's still worth saving."