Yakushi Kabuto

After bidding farewell to Hatake Kakashi, Sasuke headed toward the Konoha Library. Although it was not the weekend and the Ninja Academy was still in session, he had long since mastered all the knowledge taught there. Like Uchiha Itachi, he simply sent a Shadow Clone to attend class in his stead every day, just going through the motions.

I heard from Naruto that he has already become a student under Teacher Chen Baojun and has started training in taijutsu.

Teacher Chen Baojun's taijutsu was formidable. Perhaps calling him the strongest taijutsu ninja in Konoha was a slight exaggeration, but it certainly wasn't far from the truth.

Setting aside the forbidden Eight Inner Gates, when it came to the mastery of the Konoha Strong Fist Style, neither Might Guy nor Might Duy could compare to Teacher Chen Baojun.

In the original timeline, the Impure World Reincarnation version of Teacher Chen easily defeated a base-state Might Guy along with several elite ninjas.

In the end, moved by the perseverance of Guy and Rock Lee, he broke free from the shackles of the Impure World Reincarnation and his soul ascended to heaven. He was one of the few ninjas in the Fourth Shinobi World War capable of breaking free from the technique on his own.

This alone demonstrated the strength of his character and the tenacity of his will.

In that case, the investment I made in him should yield some returns very soon.

Walking down the streets of Konoha, Sasuke pondered secretly.

Given their relationship and Naruto's personality, once he achieved success under Teacher Chen Baojun, Naruto would undoubtedly be unable to wait to find him for a spar.

Regardless of the outcome of those spars, Sasuke could easily learn Teacher Chen Baojun's taijutsu from Naruto.

In this way, Sasuke's own taijutsu cultivation would also advance by leaps and bounds.

Konoha Library.

Upon arriving at the library, Sasuke walked into the depths of the building with practiced ease. This was not his first time here, and he was intimately familiar with the layout and organization of the entire library.

The books in this world were of great help to Sasuke. For instance, his manifested inner demon, Ido, had drawn upon quite a bit of psychological knowledge from this world. (Psychology exists in the world of Naruto; Sai often carries books on the subject.)

Although the psychology of this world was not as vast and profound as that of his previous life, it possessed its own unique insights.

However, he had not come to the library this time to look for books on the mind or psychology, but rather for books on human anatomy and medicine.

Although the Ninja Academy did teach human anatomy, those lessons were mostly general, usually focusing on teaching students how to identify vital points.

To kill, subdue, or knock out an enemy as quickly as possible, one had to learn such systematic knowledge from professional texts.

Looking at the rows of bookshelves and the neatly arranged books, Sasuke pondered for a moment before pulling out several volumes.

Human Structure, Human Anatomy, Ophthalmology, Basic Ophthalmic Medicine, and Surgical Procedures.

These were all standard medical books. The library did not contain books on medical ninjutsu, and Sasuke currently lacked the means or conditions to study it, so he simply started with the basics of ordinary human medicine.

After selecting the books he wanted, Sasuke found an empty table, sat down, and began to study in silence.

"This book is a course on the study of the normal morphological structure of the human body. It belongs to the scope of human biology and is one of the important foundational courses in medicine."

Sasuke opened Human Structure first, and this was the sentence written at the very beginning.

Sasuke started with the skeletal system. He read very quickly, only getting the gist of it, but when he reached the text regarding the frontal bone, the cranium, and the frontal view of the skull, he slowed his pace and began to read carefully.

It had to be said that although some of the books in this world were still somewhat crude compared to his previous life, and even riddled with loopholes in some places, strictly speaking, the technological development of this world was not bad. With the assistance of Chakra, biology, physics, and chemistry had all reached the level of the 1950s and 60s of his past life.

In some areas, such as cloning and mechanical technology, it could even be called "black technology," though the direction of development was somewhat distorted and lacked the diverse, flourishing state of his previous life.

Time ticked by, and Sasuke had been reading for two hours. Just as he was fully immersed in the books, he felt a gentle gaze directed toward him.

Sasuke did not look up, because the moment the person stepped into this area, he had known of their arrival and who it was.

"Sasuke-kun, what a coincidence."

The owner of the gaze spoke. Sasuke looked in the direction of the voice and saw a silver-haired man with an ordinary appearance and round glasses appearing in his field of vision.

"Senior Kabuto, it is quite a coincidence."

The person who had arrived was none other than Yakushi Kabuto, the world of Naruto's number one tool, master of dream-weaving, and double agent.

He was originally a spy for Danzo, then was snatched up by Orochimaru, and later arranged by Orochimaru to be placed beside Sasori of the Red Sands.

However, Sasori of the Red Sands saw through Orochimaru's scheme, cast a technique on Kabuto, and turned him into his own spy.

Yet, Orochimaru had long known that he would see through the scheme, so he simply played along, continuing to use Kabuto to gather intelligence on the Akatsuki.

In this round, Sasori of the Red Sands was on the second floor, while Orochimaru was on the third.

But no matter which floor they were on, they could not escape the fact that Yakushi Kabuto was a tool.

"Senior Kabuto, are you here to look up information?"

Sasuke put down the book in his hand and asked. This was not the first time the two had met; they had met at least ten times in the past two years, though all were through various coincidences.

From the very first time he saw Yakushi Kabuto, Sasuke knew that he was being targeted by the man behind Kabuto, Orochimaru.

The facts were exactly as Sasuke had anticipated. After his crushing defeat at the hands of Uchiha Itachi two years ago, Orochimaru had developed an intense craving for the Sharingan.

Coupled with the fact that Kimimaro's bloodline disease was incurable and he had no way to treat it, he had completely set his sights on Sasuke.

Through a deal with Danzo, he had Yakushi Kabuto return to Konoha under the guise of being Yakushi Nono's adopted son. On one hand, it was to observe Sasuke at close range, and on the other, it was to steal intelligence from Konoha.

It had to be said that Yakushi Kabuto was indeed very talented as a spy.

A gentle, harmless face and unexpected, casual encounters.

If Sasuke hadn't known about this guy long ago, he might have truly been deceived by him.

"There are no missions in the village lately, so I came to the library to take a look."

Yakushi Kabuto smiled gently, pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then glanced casually at the books beside Sasuke, smiling: "Sasuke-kun, are you planning to become a doctor?"

"Not exactly." Sasuke smiled lightly, his tone sounding like he had encountered a warm, easygoing, and helpful senior.

"I heard that studying medical ninjutsu can increase one's control over Chakra. In terms of Chakra control, I have reached a bottleneck, and I hope to achieve some breakthroughs through medical ninjutsu. Besides, mastering medical ninjutsu will also be of great help to my future career as a ninja."