Medical Ninjutsu (1)

"Yue, today is your first day training with Lady Tsunade, so make sure you behave yourself!"

Minako gently stroked Uchiha Yue's hair, her eyes filled with doting affection, before placing the bento she had prepared in advance into his hands.

"I understand, Mother."

Smiling as he took the bento from his mother, Uchiha Yue nodded firmly at her before preparing to head to Lady Tsunade's residence for training.

As Uchiha Yue had expected, once Hatake Dansui and Hyuga Anihiko spread the news of his apprenticeship to Lady Tsunade to their Ninja Academy instructor, Sarutobi Shinsuke, the entire Konoha village knew of it within a day. In fact, many people had come to congratulate Uchiha Yue the previous night, naturally including his good friend Uchiha Obito.

Furthermore, contrary to what Uchiha Yue had imagined, his mother, Minako, showed not a hint of dissatisfaction upon learning that he had become Lady Tsunade's apprentice. Previously, Uchiha Yue had worried that because he was of the Uchiha Clan, apprenticing under Lady Tsunade might cause his parents displeasure. Now, seeing that his mother was not only free of any resentment but actually overjoyed that he could study under a powerhouse like Lady Tsunade, Uchiha Yue felt all pressure lift from his heart, replaced only by a determination to train hard under her.

On the way to Lady Tsunade's residence, Uchiha Yue clearly sensed a change in the attitude of the people around him.

Previously, because Uchiha Yue possessed the bloodline of Uchiha Madara, the villagers had treated him with indifference. However, once he became Lady Tsunade's disciple, he clearly felt that the people around him were much more enthusiastic. Of course, this did not include the members of the Uchiha Clan; those members now looked at Uchiha Yue with an inexplicable emotion in their eyes, clearly also due to his apprenticeship under Lady Tsunade.

However, Uchiha Yue had always ignored such matters; the only thing he craved now was strength.

Yesterday, after finishing his training, Uchiha Yue had also speculated about what kind of training he would receive from Lady Tsunade.

At this moment, Lady Tsunade had already sent Shizune to the Ninja Academy, leaving only her and Uchiha Yue in the massive training ground. However, when Uchiha Yue discovered that Lady Tsunade was currently sitting in the training ground drinking alone from a sake flask, his expression immediately turned unnatural; clearly, he felt her teaching attitude was somewhat atrocious.

However, before Uchiha Yue could say anything, Lady Tsunade shifted her gaze toward him, set down the sake flask, and said, "Good, you weren't late for your first day of training, so I suppose you respect your teacher. However, starting from tomorrow, you are to arrive here two hours early every day to help me with the cleaning. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

Hearing that Lady Tsunade wanted him to do cleaning work, Uchiha Yue could only nod and agree to her unreasonable condition, despite the black lines forming on his forehead.

Then, after Uchiha Yue agreed to her unreasonable demand, Lady Tsunade finally stood up slowly, beckoned him with her finger, and said, "I saw your fight with those two brats yesterday. However, I still want to test your strength today. Come at me with everything you've got; it will make it easier for me to formulate a training plan for you."

"Don't dawdle, attack!"

"Yes, Lady Tsunade!"

It would be a lie to say Uchiha Yue wasn't excited to spar with Lady Tsunade on his very first day of training.

One must know that Lady Tsunade was a powerhouse who held the title of Sannin in the ninja world, and her strength was enough to intimidate smaller ninja villages; even ninja villages comparable to Konoha had to account for her power. Therefore, being able to spar with her and see exactly where his own strength stood was something Uchiha Yue had dreamed of.

Following this, Uchiha Yue attacked Lady Tsunade without the slightest reservation, while she remained in a very relaxed posture, still holding her sake flask in one hand.

"Bang..."

Reaching Lady Tsunade, Uchiha Yue threw a punch directly at her chest.

At this moment, it wasn't that Uchiha Yue wanted to take advantage of her, but rather that Lady Tsunade had indeed revealed an opening.

However, Uchiha Yue's plan was beautiful, but unfortunately, Lady Tsunade's opening was intentional. It appeared as though she was full of openings, but once Uchiha Yue actually committed to his punch, he realized that the openings he saw were not worth mentioning in her eyes; she simply reached out and blocked his fist, all while leisurely bringing the sake flask to her lips.

In this moment, Uchiha Yue finally realized the gap in strength between himself and Lady Tsunade, yet this did not make him feel discouraged. After all, Lady Tsunade was a ninja renowned throughout the world; even if Uchiha Yue had the strength to fight an average genin, he couldn't possibly perform too brilliantly in front of her. Therefore, Uchiha Yue simply did what he could, without forcing himself to defeat her.

Immediately after...

In just a few dozen minutes, Uchiha Yue had displayed all of his abilities, whether it was taijutsu, his newly created ninjutsu, or his strongest hidden weapon techniques; he had used them all in front of Lady Tsunade. Then, once Uchiha Yue's chakra was finally exhausted, Lady Tsunade gestured for him to come before her and said, "Hmm, you are indeed worthy of being our Konoha village's famous genius. Your current strength is truly comparable to an average genin, and you could even defeat many of them."

"However..."

As she spoke, Lady Tsunade first held up a finger and said, "However, while your mastery of ninjutsu and hidden weapons is quite good, your body limits the development of your taijutsu, which is disadvantageous for your future training. Furthermore, you focus too much on the use of hidden weapons and ninjutsu during combat, which leads to a slight lack of overall perspective."

"But these flaws are quite normal; after all, you have never been on a real battlefield and have only played ninja games with some brats at the Ninja Academy. The battles you usually face are one-on-one duels with almost no other factors involved. So, in the coming period, I will begin to teach you how to fight on a real battlefield. Moreover, I will start teaching you medical ninjutsu. The training process might be very arduous, so you need to be prepared. Do you understand?"

"Medical ninjutsu?"

Just as Lady Tsunade finished speaking, Uchiha Yue frowned slightly; he was most afraid of her teaching him medical ninjutsu right now.

True, being able to learn medical ninjutsu from Lady Tsunade might be something countless ninjas dreamed of, but it was definitely not what Uchiha Yue wanted.

Uchiha Yue currently needed to conduct chakra control training, hidden weapon training, and training for his newly developed ninjutsu; these tasks already occupied most of his time. Even for taijutsu, Uchiha Yue had to squeeze out time to consolidate his skills. If he were to add medical ninjutsu training on top of that, he was truly afraid he wouldn't have enough time.

Furthermore, with such a fully-rounded development, Uchiha Yue was terrified that he would eventually face the predicament of being a jack-of-all-trades but master of none.

Therefore, the moment Lady Tsunade finished speaking, Uchiha Yue's first thought was to refuse.

Who would have thought that Lady Tsunade would give him no chance to refuse at all? She dragged Uchiha Yue directly into her room, grabbed a scroll at random, and said, "Yue, I am starting to teach you medical ninjutsu right now, so you had better listen carefully! If you don't remember something I've said after I've explained it once, the consequences will be very dire!"