How to Continue Strengthening Eye Power

"You have unlocked a new entry: Apprentice Medical Ninja (White)"

A translucent panel appeared before Kiyoshi's eyes.

Entry: Apprentice Medical Ninja (White)

Requirement: Use a basic Medical Art.

Progress: (Completed).

Effect: Your Medical Arts training speed increases by 10% over its original rate.

Note: Can continue to advance in the future.

Kiyoshi closed the pop-up Entry System.

Simply separating the coffee from the milk counted as using the "Detoxification Technique."

No wonder it was called the most basic of the basics.

Its difficulty was probably above E-rank, yet not quite D-rank—somewhere in between.

"You should read these books more when you get back."

Yakushi Nonō handed Kiyoshi a stack of books.

Besides fine Chakra control, Medical Ninjas also needed extensive knowledge.

Kiyoshi carefully put away all the books.

This knowledge was indeed necessary, and it also meant he had established a connection with Yakushi Nonō.

Only then could he continue developing things further, whether in Medical Arts or other improvements...

Afterward, Yakushi Nonō explained some basic Medical Arts knowledge to Kiyoshi before telling him to head back first.

"Alright."

Kiyoshi nodded.

He went downstairs and returned to the first floor of Konoha Hospital.

People streamed through the place without end, with someone entering or leaving at every moment.

On the first floor, Kiyoshi also ran into an "acquaintance."

"Hazuki, I've really troubled you this time. I'll pay back the money you covered for me soon."

With his arm wrapped in a plaster cast and bandages, Yamada Taiyu spoke to the pretty woman before him.

"Taiyu, be more careful next time."

Hazuki Uchiha waved a hand, signaling that it was nothing.

Konoha Hospital's fees were indeed expensive, but she was a ninja too and had some income.

Kiyoshi narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the scene from afar.

In Itachi Shinden, Hazuki Uchiha married an outsider and gave birth to Izumi Uchiha.

That outsider later died during the Nine-Tailed Fox Rampage, and Izumi returned to the Uchiha Clan with Hazuki.

The Uchiha Clan neither supported nor opposed marriage outside the clan.

"Hazuki..."

Kiyoshi gave her a meaningful look, then hugged the books to his chest and melted into the crowd.

Perhaps it was time to collect some interest.

After all, quite some time had passed since she had treated him maliciously.

"What's wrong, Hazuki?"

Yamada Taiyu asked.

Hazuki Uchiha looked around. The tear mole beneath the corner of her eye shifted with her face, but she found no source for the gaze she had just felt.

She was a chunin. Though she was not particularly strong, she had felt as though someone was watching her.

"Forget it. We should get the medicine from the counter. The sooner you take it, the sooner you'll recover."

Holding a stack of white slips, Hazuki Uchiha thought that perhaps she was simply too tense.

Yamada Taiyu nodded, a warm feeling passing through his heart.

If she were not an Uchiha, he would have proposed long ago.

After all, he was only a civilian ninja.

"What are you standing around for?"

After walking a few steps, Hazuki Uchiha turned and asked. Beneath her green ninja flak jacket was black Chainmail Armor, which accentuated her ample curves even more.

"I'm coming."

Yamada Taiyu caught up to Hazuki Uchiha.

He secretly resolved to make something of himself so he could marry a virtuous woman like Hazuki.

After training at home for several hours, Kiyoshi received an invitation.

"I'm Uchiha Inaho. Lord Fugaku sent me to inform you that you are to attend tonight's gathering at Naka Shrine."

Uchiha Inaho said.

Unlike the black hair characteristic of the Uchiha, his hair leaned more toward brown.

"Understood."

Kiyoshi was slightly surprised by the speed of it.

He had only passed the assessment and received his ninja forehead protector. Tomorrow, he still had to get another photo taken and register for his graduation certificate.

Yet the Uchiha Clan had already learned of his graduation and invited him to attend the "secret gathering" that only ninjas within the Uchiha Clan could join.

After delivering the notice, Uchiha Inaho offered Kiyoshi a few polite congratulations before leaving.

Kiyoshi's home was on the edge of the Uchiha Compound, where most Uchiha residences were not located.

Kiyoshi watched Uchiha Inaho leave.

Uchiha Inaho was a member of the Konoha Military Police Force. In the original story, after Shisui died, he was responsible for constantly keeping watch on Itachi, whose behavior had become increasingly suspicious.

Together with Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Tekka, he had also gone to question Itachi over Shisui's death.

After thinking for a moment, Kiyoshi closed the door.

He took off his shirt, revealing his muscular body, and began training.

Crackle!

The currents of "Lightning Release: Iron Skin" spread continuously beneath his skin, steadily increasing the toughness of his outer layer.

At first, only extremely faint currents tempered his limbs, torso, and neck.

Now, Kiyoshi could temper places he had previously been unable to reach by guiding the current there.

That was his facial skin and scalp!

The original "Lightning Release: Iron Skin" did not include those areas, because its creator had designated it as a D-rank Nintaijutsu.

Thus, it had only accounted for the Chakra control and restraint abilities of genin.

Whenever the meridian system around the head was involved, one had to be exceedingly cautious.

However, with the Entry System and his considerable talent, Kiyoshi could already try training those areas.

If his eyelids were not too thin, making it easy for the current to pierce through and numb his eyeballs, Kiyoshi would train that area as well.

After all, the eye muscles were the fastest-moving muscles in the body. A single blink took only 100 to 150 milliseconds.

If someone attacked his eyeballs, he could directly use his eyelids for defense.

After all... the evolution of the Sharingan would not improve the defenses of the eyeballs.

Even a member of the Otsutsuki Clan like Momoshiki Otsutsuki could still have his Rinnegan stabbed blind.

"Soon..."

Kiyoshi murmured.

Eye Power could make him stronger the fastest, rapidly bringing his physical fitness in sync with the power of his heart and comprehensively raising his Chakra reserves, Chakra control, and other aspects.

That would make it easier for him to gain more entries, which would in turn accelerate Kiyoshi's growth and form a virtuous cycle.

And the fastest way to strengthen Eye Power was to "taste beautiful things."

The stimulation Rin Nohara had provided last time had caused his right eye to awaken the Sharingan.

So this time, it would be...

As night fell, Kiyoshi headed toward Naka Shrine.

The shrine stood behind the tightly packed houses of the Uchiha Clan. Its vermilion gate bore mottled colors beneath the moonlight, while the wood inside had already faded.

Clan members gradually gathered at Naka Shrine.

To outsiders, this was merely a place where the Uchiha Clan worshipped its gods. In truth, there was more hidden beneath it.

By the time Kiyoshi arrived, most people were already there.

Some clan members stared at Kiyoshi. They had already guessed that he had become a ninja.

Kiyoshi followed the clan members into a secret passage. At its end was a spacious underground chamber, its floor covered in tatami mats.