"Remember this: medical knowledge should always come at a cost, precisely to prevent certain people from failing to cherish it."
Uchiha Yuu spoke with righteous conviction, leaving the conflicted medical ninja to nod blankly as she fretted over the Genin outside.
"Lady Tsunade was too kind back then. She allowed ninja to study Medical Ninjutsu for free. Now that I'm reforming the system, anyone who refuses to follow the rules can come see me."
The main reason was the steady increase in frontline ninja and the massive movement of supplies lately. It made Uchiha Yuu's heart ache, especially seeing the gaps in medical supplies.
Shortages had to be filled with money, and evidently, he now needed the money in Konoha's ninja's pockets.
A group of Genin stood outside the hospital. The moment they heard the news, they were stunned.
"This is the first time I've heard of doing a mission for someone else and having to pay out of pocket in the end."
"Come on, we're ninja! We're not medical staff. I'm not taking this mission—we should just do something else."
"Exactly! Let's take another mission. Once we finish this one, we'll be living on air!"
The Genin wanted to leave, but the Jonin outside immediately stopped them.
"The main purpose of letting you study in the hospital isn't for money—it's to teach you medical knowledge. In upcoming missions, you may very well fight enemy ninja. If you don't even know basic medical knowledge, an injury could easily lead to death."
Jonin were usually responsible for accepting missions. To give their students a few more chances to survive on the battlefield ahead, 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 to deal