Konoha 43 (1)

The Konoha's Ninja Hospital was originally under Tsunade's jurisdiction, so when the Third Hokage sent Uchiha Yue to work at the Konoha's Ninja Hospital again, it was tantamount to handing Uchiha Yue over to Tsunade's management, or having Tsunade protect Uchiha Yue. It's important to know that there are many people in Konoha Uchiha Yue.

Furthermore, with Uchiha Yue currently blind, this presents the perfect opportunity to deal with Uchiha Yue.

Therefore, the Third Hokage originally intended for Uchiha Yue to attend the Ninja Academy and receive his protection. However, Uchiha Yue unexpectedly requested to go to the Ninja Hospital and receive Tsunade's protection. Since Uchiha Yue had made the request, the Third Hokage Uchiha Yue no reason to refuse him. Thus, after meeting the Third Hokage, Uchiha Yue went to the Ninja Hospital to report for duty, beginning his life of seclusion in Konoha at the Ninja Hospital under the jurisdiction of his master Tsunade.

It was a period of seclusion, but in reality, Uchiha Yue was accumulating his own strength.

After the battle against the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, controlled by Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Yue had accumulated enough strength and needed time to digest it. Furthermore, he needed time to resolve the issue of his blinded Mangekyō Sharingan. Only by accumulating sufficient power and restoring the Mangekyō Sharingan could Uchiha Yue have the confidence to avenge the blood feud of his mother, Uzumaki Minako.

Therefore, when Uchiha Yue decided to stop living in seclusion, it was also the time for him to accumulate his own strength.

When that time comes, Uchiha Yue's reappearance in the Shinobi World will surely shake the entire Shinobi World!

After all, Uchiha Yue's first target for revenge was Kirigakure, one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages in the Shinobi World!

Then, when Uchiha Yue returned to work at the Konoha Ninja Hospital, even though Uchiha Yue was blind, he could still use his Purple Eye to perceive his surroundings. Therefore, working at the Konoha Ninja Hospital was no challenge for him at all. Moreover, Tsunade had long intended for Uchiha Yue to be her successor, so whenever Uchiha Yue was at the Ninja Hospital, Tsunade mostly had him familiarize himself with Uchiha Yue Ninja Hospital's administrative affairs, rather than requiring Uchiha Yue to personally use Medical Ninjutsu to treat the wounded Konoha ninjas.

Of course, if there are any serious injuries, Uchiha Yue will still have to treat them in Tsunade.

However, the Shinobi World is currently in a period of peace, and there aren't many injured ninjas that require Uchiha Yue's intervention to personally treat his injuries.

Therefore, Uchiha Yue's work at the Konoha Ninja Hospital was very leisurely. Most of the time Uchiha Yue was completing his own training plan, rather than wasting time at the Konoha Ninja Hospital.

In this way, Uchiha Yue's life in seclusion in Konoha once again became regular and fulfilling.

Every morning, Uchiha Yue begin his morning training. Afterward, he would head to the Konoha Ninja Hospital to see if there was anything he needed to attend to. If there was, he would spend the afternoon at Konoha Ninja Hospital before heading to the Doomsday Forest for further training in the evening. However, if there was nothing for him to attend to, Uchiha Yue would usually go directly to the Uchiha Yue Doomsday Forest to train, returning home late at night to rest and prepare for the next day's training.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Yue's friends in Konoha soon discovered that when Uchiha Yue worked at the Konoha Ninja Hospital, he was actually busier than when he was Anbu. Every time, Uchiha Yue's friends such as Uchiha Obito and Hatake Kakashi Uchiha Yue, as well as his senior sister Shizune and junior sister Yuri Kurama Uchiha Yue, wanted to catch up with Uchiha Yue or ask him about training, they had to make an appointment with Tsunade or Uchiha Yue's father Uchiha Nara, to see Uchiha Yue the next day.

Even when Uchiha Yue's friends, senior and junior sisters complained to him the second time they met that his life in Konoha Uchiha Yue even busier than when he was on missions, Uchiha Yue simply smiled and didn't care about the topic at all. Because neither his friends, senior nor junior sisters knew that Uchiha Yue a heavy burden on his chest, a burden that constantly urged Uchiha Yue to improve his strength.

If someone were to ask what that burden is...

Uchiha Yue's answer was definitely hatred!

"Father, I'm back!"

Upon hearing that a friend had come to his home, Uchiha Yue finished his training in the Doomsday Forest around 8 PM and returned home to ask his father, Uchiha Nara, who wanted to see him. However, as soon as Uchiha Yue stepped into his courtyard, he suddenly sensed a familiar figure waiting for him there using his Purple Eye.

Immediately, a slight smile appeared on Uchiha Yue's lips as she walked up to the familiar figure and said, "Kakashi, so it's you! Father sent word for me to return early, but I thought it was Minato and Kushina coming to see me. Kakashi, what brings you here today? Do you want to spar with me again?"

"Yue, you've improved again."

Hearing Uchiha Yue's words, Hatake Kakashi Uchiha Yue, who was standing in the courtyard, slowly turned to face him and said, "Tsuki, every time I see you, I feel your progress. If this continues, the gap between us will only widen. Therefore, I need to focus on my training and wait until I can defeat you before challenging you to a duel. Otherwise, the pressure from your strength might stagnate my training. So, the reason I've invited you here this time isn't to spar, but to discuss something else with you."

Then, as if remembering something, Hatake Kakashi said to Uchiha Yue, "Oh, Naraku has something to do today and won't be back until tonight. When I saw Naraku just now, he asked me to tell you. I was so busy talking to you that I almost forgot!"

"Okay, I understand, Kakashi."

Hatake Kakashi finished speaking, Uchiha Yue nodded slightly, indicating that she understood the matter. Then she asked Hatake Kakashi, "Kakashi, what brings you here?"

Here, take this.

Just as Uchiha Yue arrived, Hatake Kakashi took out an invitation from his pocket and placed it directly in Uchiha Yue's hand, saying, "Yue, thanks to Uncle Naraku and Lady Tsunade for having a way to contact you, otherwise you would have missed Akatsuki's gathering. Akatsuki is the day Obito, Rin, and the others graduated from the Ninja Academy, so Obito and Rin are planning a gathering to get everyone from our graduating class together. Obito also said, 'Yue, you've now become Jonin, the pride of our graduating class, so naturally we wanted to invite you. That's why Obito asked me to contact you.'"

"Oh? You've graduated?"

Taking the invitation from Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Yue slowly opened it, using his Purple Eye to see its contents. At the same time, the smile on his face slowly faded.

Moreover, after Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye to see through the contents of the invitation, he Uchiha Yue it and couldn't help but sigh inwardly:

Wow, that was fast!

"Has a year really passed just like that?"