Chakra Scalpel

"While saving a genin, I got nicked by the enemy."

Hyuga Kaze instinctively wanted to tell Hyuga Seisen, "Go get some gauze," but then he saw Hyuga Seisen already examining his injury.

Only then did he remember that his son was a medical ninja now, so he swallowed his words.

After observing with the Byakugan, Hyuga Seisen found that the wound was not deep and had not been contaminated by any debris.

It was merely rather long, which made it look a little frightening.

He sighed in relief, formed hand seals with both hands, and activated the Healing Technique.

"Dad, move your hand away. I can treat it directly."

The wound slowly closed under the Healing Technique.

After some time, the small wound was completely restored.

Grandma, who had been anxiously worried nearby, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Her grandson had truly become capable.

Whenever Hyuga Kaze was injured like this in the past, he sometimes had to recuperate at home for several days.

Now, her grandson merely released some green light and healed her son.

A smile returned to her face.

"Dad, why don't you just stay home and help Grandma from now on?"

"If I stay home, what are we going to eat?"

Hyuga Kaze turned on the faucet and rinsed the blood from his hands without looking back.

"I'll support us. The hospital pays me 150,000 ryo a month. That's enough for us to eat."

"That much?" Hyuga Kaze abruptly turned around.

He only earned ten or twenty thousand ryo for a mission.

And with his inconvenient legs, he could not complete many missions in a month.

Yet his son had quietly begun earning so much.

"Yeah. There should be bonuses later, too."

"There are bonuses too?" Hyuga Kaze was even more stunned.

Wasn't this far better than going to the front lines? At least there was no danger to his life.

Hyuga Seisen nodded. "So, Dad, stop taking such dangerous missions."

"My income is basically enough to cover the household expenses."

"We'll talk about it later." Hyuga Kaze waved his hand.

If he really had to sit idle at home, he had no idea what he would do.

Hyuga Seisen did not try to persuade him further.

After all these years, he knew Hyuga Kaze's temperament well enough.

He could only wait until his medical skills improved, then see whether he could heal Hyuga Kaze's legs.

Time passed quickly, and another month and a half went by in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Hyuga Seisen continued to toil away as a beast of burden in the medical department.

Especially after the hospital learned that he had somehow mastered the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique.

They were utterly shocked.

Very few people in the hospital knew that ninjutsu.

Without exception, they were all highly talented senior medical ninja.

Even they had spent enormous amounts of effort and time learning it.

Yet Hyuga Seisen had mastered it without anyone noticing, despite not having been there for long.

They found it hard to believe and felt somewhat alarmed.

After probing him from various angles, they confirmed that Hyuga Seisen truly possessed formidable chakra control.

Moreover, with the Byakugan, he could see chakra flow and chakra pathways.

On top of that, records showed that since arriving, he had participated in many surgeries and helped by casting the Healing Technique.

In the end, the hospital concluded that they had encountered a once-in-a-century medical ninjutsu genius.

And since he had mastered the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique, it meant he could take on more responsibilities.

Thus, in the days that followed, he could be found in every surgery involving toxins.

Hyuga Seisen also used this opportunity to ask the hospital to open up more medical ninjutsu for him to learn.

As soon as he got access, he learned everything the hospital had made available, no matter what it was.

Whenever people asked whether he had learned it, he simply said he had memorized it.

This was also to prevent another situation like the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique from happening later.

He always needed some way to legitimize the techniques given by Stone Gate.

After work,

Hyuga Seisen showered, lay on his bed, and looked utterly exhausted.

The workload during this period had been far more intense than before.

The more you knew, the more work you got.

He could now understand why the hospital's treatment fees were outrageously expensive.

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This daily work was downright deadly.

The past two months had basically been Reborn as a Beast of Burden in Konoha.

Of course, the hospital had not treated him poorly over the past two months.

Altogether, they had paid him over 400,000 ryo in wages and more than 100,000 ryo in bonuses.

For a ninja academy student like him, that was an enormous sum.

It was basically equivalent to an A-rank mission.

If the workload had not been so exhausting, he might have considered just staying at the hospital indefinitely.

Fortunately, all that hard work had been worthwhile.

He looked at his recent gains.

[You repeatedly examined patients in time, allowing them to receive prompt treatment. You have gained favor.]

[Healing Technique Experience *1]

[Healing Technique has advanced to the Proficient level.]

[Detoxification Technique (Skilled Level) *1]

[Energy Crystals *30]

[You actively participated in saving lives and healing the injured. You have gained favor.]

[Yang Release Chakra Form Transformation (Skilled Level) *1]

[Chakra Scalpel (Skilled Level) *1]

[Energy Crystals *60]

He had obtained the A-rank medical ninjutsu, Chakra Scalpel.

He also had the Body Poison Technique, while his Healing Technique had reached the Proficient level.

Together with the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique he had obtained earlier,

And combined with the Byakugan's penetrating vision and his intermediate medical knowledge,

With this setup, if he went out now,

He could confidently tell people that he was a medical ninja.

After all, many medical ninja who had worked at the hospital for years might not even have such a setup.

That was because medical ninjutsu, especially advanced medical ninjutsu, demanded extremely high chakra control.

But since he had already acquired the medical ninjutsu and knowledge, he could consider leaving the quagmire that was Konoha Hospital.

With his current medical skills, getting by as a medical ninja should not be a problem.

And accumulating Energy Crystals at the hospital was a little too slow. He would have to see whether he could transfer to a frontline medical unit.

He fell into a deep sleep on his bed.

He slept for another full day and night, only slowly waking the following afternoon.

He got up, washed up, and quickly finished the food Grandma had left for him.

Then he sat down and read some medical books.

An hour and a half later, seeing that it was about time,

He closed the book and prepared to find Might Guy for physical training.

This was part of his daily routine and could not be neglected.

The results were indeed quite good. His chakra was steadily improving.

Although he still could not compare to freaks like Might Guy and Kisame, he was much better than when he had started.

As he walked down the street, Hyuga Ryosuke suddenly sidled up beside him.

Hyuga Seisen found it strange. "How come I run into you every time I train? Are you here to mooch a meal?"

"That's unfair. I may crave Grandma's cooking, but haven't you noticed that you haven't seen me in two months?" Hyuga Ryosuke said with a wronged expression.

Hyuga Seisen thought about it and realized it was true. He had no idea what the fat guy had been doing over the past two months.

Just as he was about to speak, a burst of lively noise came from ahead.

The tavern by the street was bustling, with countless people coming and going.

Hyuga Seisen observed that most of those entering and leaving wore clothes bearing the Uchiha Clan crest.

"What is the Uchiha Clan doing?"

Hyuga Seisen found it very strange.

"The young clan head of the Uchiha Clan is turning six months old today. They're celebrating!" Hyuga Ryosuke responded.

"The young clan head?"

"I think his name is Itachi!"

Hyuga Seisen immediately realized.

"Itachi Uchiha!"

Itachi Uchiha had already been born this year!

Though thirteen years later, he would be born once again.

But since he had been born,

That meant the war was coming soon.

He remembered that in the year after Itachi's birth, the Third Kazekage would disappear, and then Minato would clash with the AB duo at the border.

"Time is getting tighter and tighter."

Hyuga Seisen slightly clenched his fist.

"I need to build up more strength while it's still only a local war."

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