Healing Technique

Chiba Yuyin finally revealed the first hint of a smile.

The person she had been waiting for had finally arrived.

"88 points. You passed!"

She announced the result in front of everyone, cheerfully writing 88 in Hyuga Seisen's column on the form.

Hyuga Seisen frowned at the sight.

He was certain he had controlled his chakra and traced the pattern exactly as required. Even if there were discrepancies, they should not have been significant.

But since he had only scored 88, it meant there were details he had overlooked.

He formed a hand seal with one hand and activated his Byakugan.

In an instant, his vision became much clearer.

When he looked toward the whiteboard again, details he had missed before emerged one by one.

Because of the distance between his hand and the whiteboard.

Without activating his Byakugan, he had not noticed some of the finer details in the pattern at all.

That had caused him to make more or less a few mistakes while drawing it.

When the people below saw Hyuga Seisen suddenly activate his Byakugan, they did not understand what he was doing either.

Hadn't he already passed the test?

Why activate his Byakugan?

It was not until they saw Hyuga Seisen place his hand on the handle again—

That they realized he actually intended to take the test a second time.

"No way? He's still not satisfied with 88 points? Is he trying to kill the rest of us?"

"Yeah, does he have to show off this hard?"

"What do you know? Senior Seisen strives for perfection. That's called making progress."

"You're just a lovestruck idiot blindly praising him. Shut up."

"Bastard! I'm definitely reporting you for insulting a girl!"

This time, Hyuga Seisen completed the pattern even faster than before.

98!

The final score appeared on the computer display.

"98 points! You animal!"

"Comparisons really are enough to make people furious."

"Exactly. How can the gap between people be this ridiculous?"

Miserable cries filled the area below.

Chiba Yuyin's eyes widened beside him.

Although this was only a chakra control test for beginners, this was truly absurd.

After all, when this machine had first been made—

Lady Tsunade had tested it herself and only scored 96.

He had scored two points higher than Lady Tsunade.

Seeing Hyuga Seisen looking at her, she slightly reined in her wandering thoughts and announced before everyone:

"98 points. You passed!"

Then she wrote the number 98 on the paper.

Hyuga Seisen was very satisfied with that result.

Since he had decided to play the role of a medical ninja for a while, naturally he had to show his best side.

That way, when the higher-ups considered abandoning him, there would be a little more weight on his side of the scales.

He removed his right hand from the handle, turned, and prepared to step down from the platform.

Everyone else sighed in relief. He was finally done.

"Teacher, he cheated! He used the Byakugan!"

A questioning voice suddenly rang out from the crowd.

Everyone turned to look at a person dressed in a black robe.

The black-robed person had been trying to conceal himself, but the surrounding crowd scattered with a bang.

Under everyone's gaze, the black-robed person appeared somewhat uncomfortable.

Hyuga Seisen looked over as well. From the perspective of his Byakugan, he discovered that this black-robed person was actually...

Uchiha Tsukasa?

He had thought all along that he was from the Aburame Clan.

Why was an Uchiha wearing a black robe?

"You're Uchiha Tsukasa, aren't you?" Chiba Yuyin exposed him at once.

"There's no one from the Aburame Clan on the list. The only person who hasn't shown himself is someone named Uchiha Tsukasa. That's you, right?"

"Your identity must be verified during the examination. Please take off your black robe."

Uchiha Tsukasa had no choice but to remove the robe and reveal his face.

"He really is an Uchiha. I didn't expect them to come learn medical ninjutsu too."

"Yeah. Aren't they all proud of fighting?"

Uchiha Tsukasa blushed slightly under everyone's discussion.

He hurriedly changed the subject. "Teacher, he cheated. He used the Byakugan, so his score shouldn't count, right?"

Chiba Yuyin glanced at him. "You can take the test with your Sharingan too."

"I-I haven't awakened it yet!"

"Then come back for the test after you awaken it."

"How can that work?!"

"If it doesn't, shut up!"

Uchiha Tsukasa could only retreat.

Chiba Yuyin rolled her eyes at him before continuing.

"Chengren, come up for the test. Kurai Mitsuru, get ready."

Seeing that his score was valid, Hyuga Seisen nodded to Chiba Yuyin and stepped down to make way.

"Seisen, you're amazing!"

The moment he came down, Hyuga Ayane crowded around him and said happily.

Then she asked, "Why didn't you use that technique you taught me?"

"No need." Hyuga Seisen waved his hand.

Then, imitating Hyuga Ayane's proud expression, he said:

"Something as simple as chakra control? I learned it when I was four. My grandma even called me a genius!"

At those words, Hyuga Ayane's fair little face and neck immediately flushed red.

She gave a soft huff and thumped Hyuga Seisen's chest several times with her tiny fist.

"You're making fun of me..."

"I remembered wrong. It was my grandpa who praised me."

"You're still saying it!"

"..."

Time passed bit by bit, and Uchiha Tsukasa and Hyuga Ayane went up for their examinations in turn.

In the end, Uchiha Tsukasa passed with a score of 52.

Hyuga Ayane used the technique Hyuga Seisen had taught her and passed with a score of 63.

As soon as she came down, everyone surrounded her and asked her to help seal their chakra points.

Chiba Yuyin stopped them.

There was nothing wrong with passing through one's own bloodline limit.

But what was the point of having someone else help?

She drove away the people surrounding Hyuga Ayane and continued the examination.

Hyuga Seisen, however, was drawn to the text before his eyes.

[With your absolute chakra control, you have refreshed people's understanding and gained favor.]

[Basic Medical Knowledge ×1]

[Healing Technique (Beginner) ×1]

[Energy Crystal ×30]

The Healing Technique had arrived too, along with thirty Energy Crystals.

Hyuga Seisen was delighted.

He had specifically gone out to suppress bandits and worked himself half to death just to earn twenty crystals, while also delaying several days of physical training.

Today, he had merely shown off a little and received thirty crystals, along with medical ninjutsu and knowledge.

Sure enough, he still had to follow his own rhythm.

The examination ended quickly.

There had been a huge crowd on the hospital's third floor.

In the end, fewer than one in ten passed the examination.

After it ended, they were divided up again.

Those who had not activated Yang Release chakra were sent for activation training.

Those who had already activated it were assigned to the next stage, where they would learn the nature transformation of Yang Release chakra.

Only then did Hyuga Seisen learn—

That everyone possessed the Yang Release chakra attribute.

It was simply that some people had activated it, while others had not.

After testing, Uchiha Tsukasa was found to be in an unactivated state.

Hyuga Seisen and Hyuga Ayane had both already activated theirs.

The two of them were assigned to the nature transformation class.

But the teacher discovered that Hyuga Seisen quickly mastered the nature transformation of Yang Release.

So he skipped that stage once again and entered the medical ninjutsu learning stage.

Then the teacher discovered that this Hyuga Seisen could learn the Healing Technique after seeing it once.

His medical knowledge was also incredibly solid.

Konoha Hospital was overjoyed by this.

Because medical resources were scarce, the hospital had always used women like men and men like beasts.

Every day, everyone went home feeling completely drained.

Some had been married for years and still lacked the energy to have children.