I Want to Learn Medical Ninjutsu

Medical ninjutsu, however, was a different story; each technique required a foundation of precise chakra control.

It consumed far more manpower and resources, and dreaming of learning medical ninjutsu without a Yang-style affinity was nothing more than a fantasy.

"My name is Uchiha Shimizu. I also want to learn medical ninjutsu like you, Sister, so that if my ninja beast gets hurt, I can treat her."

Qingshui spoke with genuine sincerity.

The White Dove on his shoulder seemed to understand his words, gently scratching him with her talons.

She was complaining to Qingshui about her dissatisfaction.

To this, Qingshui could only promise to give her an extra chicken leg tonight.

"An Uchiha, huh..."

Nonou Yakushi suddenly realized.

It seemed that Qingshui's claim of being self-taught was true.

The Uchiha were generally elites, so it was no surprise that he had achieved these results through self-study.

Moreover, D-rank ninjutsu could be purchased if one was willing to spend the money; as long as one had even the slightest connection to the ninja world, self-study was quite easy.

What was difficult to acquire were those high-level ninjutsu and clan secret techniques.

After all, D-rank was only what genin learned, and genin were merely those who had just stepped into the ninja profession.

Nonou Yakushi subconsciously glanced at Qingshui's pupils and found them to be pitch black.

She ruled out the possibility that Qingshui had just used his Sharingan.

It was far too early for someone of his age to awaken the Sharingan.

Immediately, she recalled some of the rumors surrounding the Uchiha.

The policy issues left behind by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, were immense, and as a member of Root, she was well aware of them.

She could clearly see that the Uchiha and Konohagakure were drifting further and further apart, a result of both the Uchiha's arrogance and Danzo's fueling of the flames.

"How about this: come find me at the Konoha Hospital tomorrow, and I will instruct you privately for an hour."

Nonou Yakushi thought it over; she had already made up her mind to leave the ninja world.

She no longer wanted to concern herself with the disputes between the various factions in the village; she only wanted to open an orphanage and live the life of an ordinary person.

Having worked as a spy for years, she could tell that Qingshui harbored ulterior motives and had come specifically for her medical ninjutsu.

Perhaps all of this was just an act.

But it didn't matter. If she passed on some medical ninjutsu, so be it.

Before she left, helping an Uchiha was just a small favor.

She completely healed the wound on Qingshui's hand, gave him a smile, and then turned to head upstairs.

It worked.

Qingshui felt a surge of joy in his heart.

In the original story, Nonou Yakushi would teach medical ninjutsu to the ordinary children at the orphanage.

This showed that, to Nonou Yakushi, medical ninjutsu wasn't something she guarded jealously.

His current actions would certainly expose his talent.

But compared to the gains, this was nothing.

Exposing a bit of talent to pursue greater benefits was a very worthwhile trade.

He had chosen to remain hidden before because there was no profit in it.

Now that there was a benefit, there was no need to remain rigid; that would be pedantic.

As the saying goes, the tree that stands above the forest will be destroyed by the wind, but Qingshui was not yet at the level where he had to be destroyed.

Kakashi Hatake was the truly heaven-defying one.

He didn't know why Kakashi hadn't been sliced open for research yet; no one seemed curious about why Kakashi was such a genius.

A four or five-year-old Kakashi could perform Earth Release: Earth Wave, and he could do it quite smoothly, possessing more chakra than his peers.

He developed an S-rank ninjutsu at twelve, and one had to remember that B-rank was the standard difficulty for a jonin.

A-rank ninjutsu belonged to the super-high level; any ninja who could perform an A-rank technique was already a standout among their peers.

The highest level of ninjutsu was S-rank; knowing just one was enough to become a powerful figure capable of standing alone.

With such natural talent, Kakashi Hatake still performed whatever missions he was assigned, and no one coveted him.

The talent Qingshui was exposing now was, at most, surprising, but not yet monstrous.

D-rank ninjutsu was the standard learning difficulty for a genin.

It only demonstrated a high capacity for self-study.

If he had learned an S-rank ninjutsu at his current age, Qingshui estimated that Danzo would have done whatever it took to kill him that very night.

Even if it meant an open clash with the Uchiha Clan...

"Let's go."

Uchiha Shimizu stroked White Dove's round little head as he walked out of the Konoha Hospital.

There were many benefits to raising a ninja beast; they could help their master gather intelligence or serve as a medium for ninjutsu.

Much like Itachi's Crow Clone Technique, where he summoned a flock of crows and projected his chakra onto them to manifest a clone.

Once he learned the Summoning Technique in the future, it would be even more convenient, allowing him to summon his ninja beast anytime and anywhere without needing to carry it around every day.

Starting tomorrow, he would be coming here to train in medical ninjutsu.

Medical ninjutsu relied on a vast amount of theoretical knowledge; simply following the flow of chakra to perform the corresponding jutsu was not enough.

Only by having the necessary knowledge in one's mind could one unleash greater power, further develop medical ninjutsu, or even create one's own unique techniques.

Nonou Yakushi would not stay in Konoha for long, so the time Qingshui had to learn from her was limited.

Once Nonou Yakushi became the director of the orphanage, she would no longer want to touch anything related to being a ninja.

Later, when she was forced by Danzo to return to the ninja profession, it was to carry out espionage missions in other countries; in the original story, she was so busy she barely even saw the orphanage.

Of course, learning medical ninjutsu was not limited to just her.

Konoha Hidden Village had an even more formidable medical ninja: Tsunade of the Senju.

However, Tsunade was not always in the village, and she currently suffered from hemophobia.

With no personal connection, Qingshui did not think Tsunade would help him.

One only had to look at who it was that moved Tsunade in the original story.

It was Naruto Uzumaki, the reincarnation of a god.

First, he allowed Tsunade to see the shadows of Nawaki and Dan Kato, providing a layer of emotional bias.

Second, he was brought by Jiraiya and was the son of the Fourth Hokage.

The Uzumaki Clan was also a distant relative of the Senju Clan, and they had a good relationship.

Coupled with Naruto's "Talk no Jutsu," she finally emerged from her dazed state, decided to help Konoha, and overcame her hemophobia.

It could be said that all the buffs were stacked.

For Uchiha Shimizu, who had nothing, it would be a success if he didn't annoy Tsunade.

The relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan was quite delicate.

It was a historical issue; those who knew, knew.

"Coo."

White Dove used her sharp beak to preen her white feathers, pointing her wing in a certain direction.

"I won't let you go hungry."

Qingshui smiled knowingly, understanding that White Dove was making a request.

Besides humans, there were other intelligent creatures in this world.

Those that established contracts with ninjas were called ninja beasts, and those that could be summoned were called summoning beasts.

Most of them possessed human-like intelligence; some could speak, while others could not.

The most prominent examples were the three great sacred places: Mount Myoboku, Ryuchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest.

The creatures there could all speak and utilize natural energy to perform senjutsu.

White Dove's level of intelligence was not high, equivalent to that of a three-year-old child. This was the result of Qingshui's deliberate choice; it was better to have someone simple-minded who was easier to train and could be molded by him.

"Coo-coo."

Watching Qingshui walk in the direction she had pointed, White Dove chirped happily.

When other male birds sent courtship signals to her, White Dove would dismissively turn her head away.

In the natural world, males were often more beautiful than females.

Humans were the same, so with Qingshui being as handsome as he was, White Dove looked down upon those unsightly members of her own kind.

Of course, with her small brain capacity, she didn't understand what reproductive isolation was.

The Uchiha settlement.

The sky was growing dark.

Having been delayed outside, Qingshui returned to find the Uchiha settlement empty. He knew that today was the day of the Naka Shrine gathering.

"Hey, Qingshui."

A young boy with a black mole in the middle of his eyebrows ran over; it was none other than Uchiha Tekka.

"Those adults have gone to the gathering again."

Uchiha Tekka looked left and right before whispering to Qingshui.

"We'll be participating before long, too."

Shimizu stopped in his tracks.

There weren't many ninjas in the Uchiha Clan the same age as Shimizu, but Uchiha Tekka was one of them, and the two were fairly well-acquainted.

"Yeah, we'll be participating soon enough."

Uchiha Tekka nodded in agreement, his eyes filled with longing.