Chapter 16

"You can combine Nutritional Potions and Body-Tempering Potions, gradually increase the time you spend conditioning your body, and improve your physique and vitality further."

"That will also help your soul recover faster."

"And you can keep practicing that Meditation Method of yours. That helps too."

"That's about it. You no longer have to stay here."

After spending these past days together, Xunjing and his mother had made no particular effort to hide anything, so Dr. Kureha already knew that Uchiha Chisato disappeared for a while every day, leaving only something like a clone behind.

Dr. Kureha had practiced medicine in the Pirate World for decades and seen countless tricks. To her, the disguises of the two people before her were full of holes.

Not to mention that her Observation Haki had long since reached its peak. A little trick like a Shadow Clone could never fool her senses.

Uchiha Chisato had already grasped the basics of Observation Haki, so she naturally understood that flaw. She and Xunjing simply stopped bothering to hide it. At most, Dr. Kureha would assume they disappeared every day because they traveled using spatial movement.

Xunjing stole a glance at the system panel. After exchanging medical knowledge with Dr. Kureha over the past ten-odd days, her favorability had risen to 64 points. They could now be considered friends despite their age gap.

"Thank you for looking after us all this time." Uchiha Chisato nodded to Dr. Kureha. "I won't be here much from now on, so I'm sorry for the trouble, but please keep an eye on Xunjing."

His recovery had gone fairly smoothly, but he would still need at least another ten-odd days to recover completely.

"No need to be so formal." Dr. Kureha waved a hand. "The kid and I are learning from each other. Neither of us owes the other anything."

She wasn't about to take undue credit. Their exchanges over these past days had already shown her that, despite his youth, Xunjing had a solid understanding of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He was someone worth exchanging ideas with.

What surprised her even more was how quickly the boy improved. In just ten days, Xunjing had not only made tremendous strides in his own specialty, Traditional Chinese Medicine, but had also learned a great deal of her medical knowledge. Even Dr. Kureha couldn't help marveling at that kind of comprehension.

A monster.

She wanted to see how long it would take him to surpass her in every aspect of medicine.

Xunjing glanced at the system-Medical skill: 9314/10000, proficient.

He was only a step away from the minor accomplishment realm. A few more days would probably be enough to break through.

By his estimation, Dr. Kureha's medical skill wouldn't exceed the minor accomplishment realm either. Even so, that already placed her among the finest doctors in the Pirate World. He really wondered what medical skill at the major accomplishment realm would look like, especially after combining the best of both worlds.

Getting ahead of myself.

After finishing her arrangements with Dr. Kureha, Uchiha Chisato took Xunjing back to their room. She casually set up a soundproof barrier and lowered her voice. "From now on, Mom can only spare enough time to check on you once a day. If you miss me, you can come back to the Ninja World or the Space-Time Gate Space whenever you want."

"No problem." Xunjing nodded. "You don't need to worry about me."

"But..." He changed the subject. "It's time to start reforming the clan too. Let's begin with the Uchiha Police Force and the Clan Academy."

For the Police Force, they would select a group of their best members, form a separate elite unit, and set aside a dedicated training ground for intensive training.

They would regularly schedule sparring matches, ideological education classes, and so on.

They would improve the members' benefits and completely free them from all those miscellaneous village patrol duties.

If the village lacked patrol personnel, they could openly recruit civilian ninja or members of other clans to fill the gaps.

All the dirty, exhausting work that easily offended people would be handed over to civilian ninja or ninja from other clans.

From then on, their Uchiha Police Department would only need to act as the referee.

In addition, they would establish a public adjudication division within the Police Department specifically to handle disputes between villagers.

The villagers could present their cases against each other in court, without the Uchiha intervening directly anymore.

That would greatly reduce the villagers' misunderstandings and hostility toward them.

Right, ordinary civil disputes, especially petty squabbles, had to be separated from cases involving village security or human lives, with two different divisions handling them.

Ordinary disputes could be handled by clan members who were good-tempered and approachable.

Or they could recruit interested people from the village to do it. Offer them the title of division captain, and there would be no shortage of willing applicants.

Every case should be heard as fairly, impartially, and publicly as possible.

They should also erect a large noticeboard outside the Police Department.

Information on every resolved case that did not involve village secrets would be posted there for a week.

Let those unreasonable troublemakers and wrongdoers get a taste of public humiliation.

In short, the goal was to offload all the troublesome work that offended people.

At the same time, they would concentrate their elite forces and strengthen the clan. What did she think?

They couldn't let the situation keep deteriorating.

Otherwise, the Uchiha's reputation in the village would never recover.

That wasn't a situation Xunjing wanted to see.

In the future, he intended to control all of Konoha, and even the entire Ninja World.

Only then could he make the most of his Space-Time Gate talent.

As for simply giving up the Police Department?

Never mind whether the Third Generation and his people would agree.

Even if they did, that still wasn't an option.

It would be utterly idiotic.

The Police Department wielded considerable power.

Arrest, patrol, adjudication, detention... It possessed a whole host of judicial powers.

Used properly, those powers could serve as a check on the Hokage instead.

The prerequisite was getting rid of all the burdens that earned them hatred.

After listening, Uchiha Chisato's eyes lit up. She looked at her son and asked, "You've been thinking about these ideas for a long time, haven't you?"

Her son had given her so many surprises.

Uchiha Chisato had also been thinking about the Police Force all along.

Over the years, she and several of the clan's senior leaders had tried to find ways to change the villagers' view of the Police Force, but they had never found a way forward.

Now, after hearing Xunjing's suggestions, everything suddenly became clear.

"You're right. Those petty messes shouldn't be wasting the time of elite Uchiha in the first place. Arguing back and forth with ordinary people lowers our standing, and we don't even get any thanks for it."

"We can leave that sort of thing to civilian ninja or people from other clans."

"We Uchiha will just make the final decisions and act as referees. Less trouble, and it establishes our authority."

"And setting up an elite Police Force will let us train our people through real combat while keeping the Third Generation's people in check."

"We'll do exactly as you suggested."

"What about the Clan Academy? Do you have ideas for that too?"

Jiri looked at her son, her eyes full of anticipation.

As far as she was concerned, his ability to come up with these ideas had to be thanks to the sage inheritance, combined with his natural intelligence.

"I do."

Xunjing nodded, his tone steady.

"The Clan Academy might as well not exist right now. I suggest setting up several classes: a preschool introductory class, an after-school tutoring class for Ninja Academy students, advanced training classes for Genin and Chunin, and a discussion class for Jonin."

"The Preschool Class should cover moral and ideological education, Ninja World History, Uchiha History, Basic Body Technique, and Kunai and Shuriken throwing."

He paused, then added another point.

"In short, clan members at every level need to get moving. If we keep leaving them to their own devices, their strength won't improve, and sooner or later, they'll ruin the Uchiha name."

"Even I, the young clan heir, am working this hard. How can they have the nerve to sit around?"

He wasn't going to coddle anyone.

"I'll go through all the clan's existing Taijutsu, training methods, and accumulated experience, then compile a more scientific Basic Body Technique training method for the preschool and after-school classes."

"The Preschool Class should also have Medicinal Baths. I plan to improve the clan's Medicinal Bath formulas to give the children a solid foundation."

"We can also provide small amounts of Sea Kings meat."

"But we can't let word of that get out for now. Over the next few days, I'll study how to turn Sea Kings meat into special Military Rations Pills. We'll call them Nutrient Pills."

"Mom, I'll need a copy of the clan's current Military Rations Pills formulas and related materials."

He paid particular attention to the ideological classes.

For those, he planned to draw on his memories of his previous life and the Ninja World's current circumstances to compile a textbook on moral and ideological education.

First, he would give the Uchiha children some brainwashing and reshape their values.