Chakra Scalpel

"I was saving a genin when the enemy got me by accident."

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

Only then did he remember that his son was a medical ninja now as well, and he swallowed the words he had been about to say.

After examining him with the Byakugan, Hyuga Qingchuan found that the wound was not deep and had not been contaminated by any foreign matter.

It was just rather long, which made it look somewhat frightening.

He let out a breath of 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 had completely healed.

Grandma, who had been worrying the entire time nearby, also let out a sigh of relief.

Her grandson had truly become successful.

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

Now, her grandson simply cast a 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 will we eat in the future?"

Hyuga Kaze turned on the tap and washed the blood from his hands without looking back.

"I'll support us. The hospital is paying me 150,000 ryo a month, 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.

His son had silently started earning such a high income.

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

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

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

Hyuga Qingchuan 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 a hand.

If he truly had to stay idle at home, he had no idea what he would do.

Hyuga Qingchuan did not try to persuade him further.

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

He could only wait until his medical skills improved and 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 Qingchuan was still worked like a beast 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 this ninjutsu.

Without exception, they were all top-tier, high-level medical ninjas.

Even they had spent a great deal of effort and time learning it.

Yet Hyuga Qingchuan had only been there for a short while and had already mastered it without anyone noticing.

They found it hard to believe, and they were even somewhat intimidated.

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

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

On top of that, there were records of him participating in many surgeries since arriving, helping by casting the Healing Technique.

In the end, the hospital believed 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, Hyuga Qingchuan could be seen in every surgery involving toxins.

Hyuga Qingchuan also used this opportunity to request that the hospital grant him access to more Medical Ninjutsu.

The moment he got started, he learned every technique the hospital made available, no matter what.

Whenever anyone asked whether he had learned them, he would say he had memorized them.

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

The techniques given by the Stone Gate always needed somewhere to be legitimized.

After work.

After bathing, Hyuga Qingchuan lay on his bed with an exhausted expression.

The workload during this period had been much higher than before.

The more you knew, the more work you had to do.

He now understood why the hospital's treatment fees were so outrageously expensive.

This daily work was downright lethal.

The past two months had basically been Reborn as a Workhorse in Konoha.

Of course, the hospital had not mistreated him over the past two-plus months.

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

For a Ninja Academy student like him, that was an enormous sum.

It was practically equivalent to an A-rank mission.

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

Fortunately, all that hardship had been worth it.

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 Proficient grade]

[Detoxification Technique (Skilled grade) *1]

[Energy Crystals *30]

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

[Yang Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Skilled grade) *1]

[Chakra Scalpel (Skilled grade) *1]

[Energy Crystals *60]

He had obtained the A-rank Medical Ninjutsu, Chakra Scalpel.

And the Poison-Expelling Technique and Healing Technique had both reached the Proficient grade.

Together with the Delicate Illness Extraction Technique he had acquired before.

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 ninjas who had worked at the hospital for years might not possess such a setup.

Because Medical Ninjutsu, especially advanced Medical Ninjutsu, placed extremely high demands on 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 still too slow. He would have to see whether he could transfer to the frontline Medical Corps.

He fell into a deep sleep on his bed.

This time, he slept for another full day and night, only slowly waking the following afternoon.

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

Then he sat down and read some medical books for a while.

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.

Though he was still no match for freaks like Might Guy and Kisame, he was far better than when he had started.

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

Hyuga Qingchuan found it strange. "Why do I run into you every time I train? Are you planning to mooch a meal again?"

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

When Hyuga Qingchuan thought about it, that was true. He had no idea what the fat guy had been doing for the past two months.

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

The restaurant by the street was bustling with people coming and going.

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

"What is the Uchiha Clan doing?"

Hyuga Qingchuan was quite puzzled.

"The Uchiha Clan's young patriarch is six months old today. They're celebrating!" Hyuga Ryosuke responded.

"The young patriarch?"

"I think his name is Itachi!"

Hyuga Qingchuan reacted at once.

"Uchiha Itachi!"

Uchiha Itachi had already been born this year!

Though he would be born once again thirteen years later.

But since he had been born.

That meant the great war was drawing near.

He remembered that in the year after Itachi's birth, the Third Kazekage disappeared, and then Minato clashed with the A-B Duo at the border.

"Time is getting tighter and tighter."

Hyuga Qingchuan clenched his fist slightly.

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