I Want to Learn Medical Ninjutsu

If he had arrived a little earlier, then with his own talent alone, Uchiha Ensei would have feared no threat.

But unfortunately, he only had a few short years. Facing two pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan, along with the hostility of nearly all of Konoha, he had no confidence at all in his ability to handle it.

The gap between the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Three-Tomoe Sharingan was far too great. It was not something talent alone could bridge.

Fortunately, he had already spoken with Minato Namikaze at length through a Shadow Clone Technique yesterday.

Although Minato might not believe him, leaking the information in advance might prevent the Nine-Tails' Attack.

As long as Minato Namikaze remained alive, the likelihood of the Uchiha Clan Massacre should decrease considerably.

But right now, improving his own strength was what mattered most.

"Big Brother Inabi, does the clan have any medical ninja? I want to learn some Medical Ninjutsu."

After breakfast, Uchiha Ensei hesitated for a moment before speaking to Uchiha Inabi.

At those words, Uchiha Inabi's expression immediately turned ugly.

"Ensei, where did you hear about Medical Ninjutsu?"

"Your talent is excellent. You should not waste it on Medical Ninjutsu."

Uchiha Inabi's attitude was resolute, and his voice was exceptionally stern. There was even a faint trace of killing intent in it.

Faced with Uchiha Inabi's anger, Uchiha Ensei showed no fear whatsoever. His expression remained calm.

Yet that calmness on his small, young body somehow looked a little naively innocent.

"Big Brother Inabi, don't be hasty. Since I've decided to learn about Medical Ninjutsu, I naturally have my reasons."

Uchiha Inabi snorted coldly at this, but he did not argue. He merely made a silent decision to stop the other boy's childish behavior no matter what.

But in the next instant, as he watched Uchiha Ensei skillfully walk up the wall all the way to the ceiling, Uchiha Inabi's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Generally speaking, ninja possessed decent physical abilities. Otherwise, they would not be able to extract chakra from their bodies. But no matter how talented a ninja was, they still had to follow the laws of growth.

Normally, only students around eleven or twelve years old, on the verge of graduating from the Ninja Academy, had enough chakra to practice chakra control techniques like water walking and tree climbing.

But geniuses had never followed common sense.

"Get down quickly! How long have you even been extracting chakra? At your age, using chakra like this will exhaust you before long."

Hearing Uchiha Inabi's anxious words, Uchiha Ensei obediently walked down from the ceiling.

Thanks to his excellent chakra control, simply walking on a wall did not consume much chakra.

But naturally, Uchiha Ensei had no need to explain such things.

"Big Brother Inabi, this is why I want to learn Medical Ninjutsu."

"I've already learned every ninjutsu you taught me, and I've successfully mastered the chakra control techniques for tree climbing and water walking."

"But I have too little chakra in my body right now. I need to improve my chakra control, and learning Medical Ninjutsu is the perfect way to do that."

For a moment, Uchiha Inabi fell silent.

After a long while, Uchiha Inabi spoke with a complicated expression. "I can't make the decision on this. I'll report it to the clan head and let him decide."

After saying that, Uchiha Inabi left as though fleeing.

Naturally, Uchiha Inabi was happy that such a genius had appeared in the clan, but at the same time, he also felt immense pressure.

Watching Uchiha Inabi leave, Uchiha Ensei's expression remained calm as he continued eating breakfast at an unhurried pace.

Before long, Uchiha Inabi met with the "overworked" clan head.

To ordinary clan members, Fugaku Uchiha was a lofty and important figure.

But in truth, meeting him was quite easy. Unlike other ninja, the Uchiha Clan did not need to frequently leave the village on missions, so they were actually rather idle within Konoha.

His conversation with Fugaku Uchiha did not last long. Uchiha Ensei merely passed a test and gained the qualification to seek someone out and learn Medical Ninjutsu.

Fugaku Uchiha's attitude was fairly good, but only fairly good.

Perhaps it was because the talent Uchiha Ensei had displayed was not outstanding enough, or perhaps it was the arrogance of a clan head.

In any case, Uchiha Ensei did not develop any favorable impression of him because of it.

Of course, he had never particularly liked this so-called clan head to begin with.

Over the following days, Uchiha Ensei began devoting himself to studying Medical Ninjutsu.

Konoha possessed a considerable amount of material on Medical Ninjutsu, but there were actually very few medical techniques that could be put into practical use. Most of it consisted of theory, illnesses, and similar subjects.

Uchiha Ensei even found quite a few records resembling human experimentation among the Medical Ninjutsu materials.

"The Ninja World seems to be following a path of genetic technological development."

Looking at the materials in his hands and recalling the brief information in his mind about the Ōtsutsuki Clan, Uchiha Ensei came up with an interesting idea.

Next, Uchiha Ensei began focusing his energy on researching chakra.

In this world, everyone knew that chakra was formed from a combination of physical energy and spiritual energy.

But in truth, chakra originated from the Ōtsutsuki Clan. It was an outside power.

Yet no one in the Ninja World had ever concerned themselves with what chakra actually was.

Therefore, Uchiha Ensei could not find what he wanted in the Uchiha Clan's collection of books.

Since he could not find what he wanted, he could only research it himself, and that required money.

At a time like this, the Transformation Technique proved extremely useful.

Although the Transformation Technique was an easily seen-through ninjutsu for ninja and had to be used cautiously most of the time, it was already perfect when dealing with ordinary civilians.

The issue of money was easy to solve, and at the beginning, Uchiha Ensei did not need many funds anyway.

But laboratory space, equipment, and energy were major problems. By comparison, common experimental instruments were actually the easiest things to obtain.

A few days later, with Uchiha Inabi's help, Uchiha Ensei successfully signed a summoning contract with the Ninja Cat Clan.

However, ninja cats differed from the other summoning beast clans of the Ninja World. Their combat strength was not particularly remarkable, and at times, they seemed less like ninja beasts and more like partners.

But for Uchiha Ensei, that relationship was exactly what he needed.

Thus, Uchiha Ensei chose a location near the Ninja Cat Clan for his laboratory.

In order to reach an agreement with the Ninja Cat Clan, Uchiha Ensei expended considerable effort. Yet because of that, he also earned a decent standing within the Ninja Cat Clan.

With all preparations complete, Uchiha Ensei began his research into chakra.

Time passed little by little, until one day three years later...