Breakthrough Progress

Konoha Year 31, April.

Konoha Hospital.

A young nurse handed the fresh sheets in her arms to Shiraha.

"Shiraha-chan, I'm counting on you again today."

"Okay, Shizuko-neechan." Shiraha took the sheets and headed toward the wards behind her.

Over the past half year, Shiraha had performed exceptionally in the Medical Training Class, ranking first overall.

While the other students were still struggling with complicated theoretical knowledge, he had already begun practical training and had been permitted to observe Medical Ninjas performing surgery.

Because Shiraha was very helpful and often assisted the nurses with miscellaneous chores around the hospital.

Coupled with the hospital's manpower shortage, he now worked part-time there directly. His pay was one-fifth that of an ordinary nurse, which was already excellent compensation considering his working hours.

Normally, he did not need to handle things like washing sheets, but whenever the hospital got busy, they needed his help with everything.

Even with washing machines, disinfecting and drying the sheets alone was no easy task.

But Shiraha was more than willing to do such work.

As the war intensified, Tsunade had returned to the front lines some time ago.

More and more wounded were being sent back to the village.

Shiraha had taken the opportunity to collect cells that met the requirements.

Just as Shiraha was changing sheets in a ward, a kunoichi around thirty passed by the room. Catching sight of Shiraha from the corner of her eye, she turned back and beckoned to him.

"Shiraha."

"Minami-sensei!" Shiraha ran over with a smile.

Minami was the deputy captain of the Medical Corps and occasionally taught classes at the Medical Training Class.

"There's a highly difficult operation today. You might not understand it all, but this is a rare opportunity, so come observe!" Minami grabbed Shiraha's hand and pulled him toward the operating room at a brisk run.

Tsunade had put in a good word for him, and Shiraha had excellent grades. He was diligent, cute, and sweet-tongued, so the medical staff all liked him.

Whenever there was a major operation, they usually allowed Shiraha to observe.

He was now a key trainee of the Medical Training Class.

Before long, Shiraha followed Minami into a huge operating room.

There was no operating table in the center of the room. Instead, a massive square barrier was inscribed across the empty floor.

Eight Medical Ninjas sat cross-legged in pairs at the four sides of the barrier, facing the points of a four-pointed star extending from its center.

"Observe from here. Next, we'll use the highly difficult medical ninjutsu, the Healing Resuscitation Technique."

With that, Minami went to stand by in the middle of the operating room.

Soon, four medical staff members carried a stretcher into the room.

Through the glass, Shiraha saw a ninja wearing Jōnin Chainmail. Though his body was wrapped in bandages, blood continued to seep through them as he was placed at the center of the barrier.

"The injured party is Uchiha Kawata. He has received emergency treatment through medical ninjutsu and taken Blood Replenishing Pills.

However, the wounds in his thigh and chest are difficult to heal!

The other three Jōnin died on the way back."

The four medical staff carefully lifted Uchiha Kawata off the stretcher and removed the bandages from his body.

There were bloody holes more than two fingers wide in both his chest and thigh.

The four medical staff swiftly untied Uchiha Kawata's braid, cut off a handful of his hair, and promptly withdrew from the barrier.

"Begin treatment immediately!" At the Medical Corps Captain's command, the Medical Ninjas in all four directions activated the barrier at once.

Bzzzz—!

A gentle green glow immediately welled up from the barrier.

Then came the long treatment process.

So this is the Healing Resuscitation Technique? Shiraha mused as he watched. Seeing it in person left a far deeper impression than watching anime in his first life. Chakra truly was miraculous.

This technique was recorded in the books. It used a part of the injured person's body as a medium, altering the proportion of cells in the medium to heal wounds.

During treatment, the patient had to lie within a massive formula, and the process took a considerable amount of time.

Controlling the Chakra and cellular proportions required extraordinarily refined medical ninjutsu.

Even Tsunade needed others to cooperate with her to complete it.

It was simply unrealistic to construct such a large-scale barrier on the front lines, while rushing the wounded back to the village at full speed took less than a day.

Under the precise control of Chakra, Uchiha Kawata's hair floated toward his wounds and slowly fused with them. The bloody holes in his chest and thigh gradually closed, new flesh growing back over them.

The entire process lasted several hours.

The Medical Ninjas present took turns maintaining the barrier's precise operation, and they were all so exhausted they could barely stand.

At last, Uchiha Kawata was out of danger.

Soon, the medical staff transferred him to a ward.

Shiraha volunteered to clean the operating room.

He had done this dozens of times over the past few months.

Minami and the others, weak all over, left the operating room and notified other medical staff to help Shiraha clean up.

Since the barrier inscribed on the floor did not appear unless activated, it could be rinsed and cleaned directly without damage, unless Exploding Tags were used.

"Shiraha, why didn't you wait for me? Don't wear yourself out." By the time Shizuko arrived at the operating room, Shiraha had already cleaned most of the floor.

"It's only a little work. I'm not tired at all."

Shiraha smiled as he wiped away the last traces of blood at the center. However, while wiping the floor, half of his palm made direct contact with the ground.

Obtained Yin Attribute Creature Cell (1/1). Cell activity and bloodline purity meet the requirements. Quality: Excellent

The prompt displayed by the "Eye of Truth" made Shiraha's eyes light up. He worked hard to suppress the excitement and agitation in his heart, and his expression did not visibly change.

Ancient Guindos Advanced Meditation Method activation requirements:
1. Yin Attribute Creature Cell or Tear (2/3), incomplete;
2. Yang Attribute Creature Cell or Tear (2/3), incomplete;
3. Mental and Magical Power Charge (88/100), incomplete

He had taken another big step toward unlocking the Advanced Meditation Method.

During this period, Shiraha had obtained cells from dozens of ninjas merely by cleaning operating rooms, but almost none met the requirements.

The Uchiha, Yamanaka, Hyūga, and Akimichi clans had been much more helpful, contributing four qualifying cell samples.

All of them were Jōnin from their respective clans, under thirty years old, and among the most elite ninjas of their clans.

If not for the ongoing war, Shiraha's outstanding performance in the Medical Training Class, and the fact that the Book of the Ancient Warlock absorbed cells without anyone noticing, he did not know when he would have been able to collect the cells he had now.

"Shizuko-neechan, while there's still time, let's hurry to the morgue and prepare the bodies of those ninjas who just died. Their families should be arriving before long, right?"

After finishing the operating room, Shiraha made the suggestion.

As Medical Ninjas, they inevitably had to deal with corpses.

Some bodies brought back from the battlefield might be separated from their heads, so Medical Ninjas sometimes also served as morticians.

According to the four Medical Ninjas who had carried the stretcher earlier, three Jōnin had just died. Shiraha had to go and confirm it.

Konoha's ninjas were normally the strongest among those of the same rank.

Even an Uchiha Jōnin had suffered such severe injuries. The other dead Jōnin might also have come from major clans.

"I didn't expect you to have such stamina at such a young age!" Shizuko vigorously kneaded her aching shoulder as she walked out of the operating room. "Then let's go quickly. I have other things to do once we're finished."

"Mm!" Shiraha hurried after her.

PS: Thanks to Book Friend Bianyi Emo de Majia and Xun Hui for their 500-point tips; thanks to X's Future and gg3be0 for their 200-point tips; thanks to Yisheng Rugu and Wu Yaoming for their 100-point tips.