"Remember this: medical knowledge should always come at a price, precisely to keep certain people from taking knowledge for granted."
Uchiha Yū spoke with righteous conviction, leaving the conflicted medical ninja nodding blankly as he fretted over the genin outside.
"Lady Tsunade was too kind back then, letting ninja study medical ninjutsu for free. Now that I'm reforming things, anyone who refuses to comply can come find me."
The main reason was the constant increase in frontline ninja and the massive movement of supplies lately. It pained Uchiha Yū to watch, especially when it came to medical supplies, where shortages had turned into outright gaps.
And shortages needed money to fill. Clearly, it was time to tap into the money in Konoha ninja's pockets.
Outside the hospital, a group of genin froze on the spot upon hearing the news.
"This is the first time I've heard of doing a mission for someone and having to pay money out of pocket in the end!"
"Come on, we're ninja! Not medical staff. Forget this mission—we should take another one."
"That's right, let's do another mission. Once we finish this one, we'll be drinking the northwest wind!"
A group of genin wanted to leave, but the jonin outside immediately stopped them.
"The main purpose of letting you study in the hospital isn't money—it's to learn medical knowledge. In future missions, you may very well fight enemy ninja. If you don't even know basic medical knowledge, getting injured could easily lead to death."
Jonin generally handled accepting missions. To give their students a few more chances of surviving on the upcoming battlefield, they wanted to use this mission to train their medical knowledge.
Even if they could not learn medical ninjutsu, they still had to master simple bandaging in order to deal with sudden