Tsunade's Care

"Yuu?"

"Is that Yuu? Why is he so good-looking? It's my first time seeing the face beneath those bandages. So he doesn't look like some legendary monster after all."

"I never expected him to be this handsome after taking off the bandages."

"It's over. I feel like another group of girls is going to start chasing him. My status is in danger!"

Ever since the skin on his upper body had healed, he had stopped trying to hide it.

Now, he was finally no longer the monster everyone saw him as. Still, the stares from all those girls made Uchiha Yuu somewhat uncomfortable.

Am I too handsome?

Fine. Sometimes being too handsome was a sin.

It wasn't his fault, either.

Living in bandages for so long had given his skin an unusual pallor. The veins beneath it were visible, like green jade etched across his face.

It gave him a strange kind of beauty.

The blond and red-haired pair entered the classroom together. After being called out by Uchiha Yuu, Kushina had simply admitted that Minato Namikaze was her boyfriend. She clung to Minato Namikaze's arm, looking utterly lovey-dovey, but the moment they entered the classroom, both froze on the spot.

"Your looks are actually on par with mine!"

It was Minato Namikaze's first time seeing the face beneath Uchiha Yuu's bandages. With his dark golden hair and somewhat resolute features—

He had to admit that Yuu was better-looking than him.

"Shouldn't you be surprised that I took off my bandages? Why is everyone so concerned with my looks?"

His face reflected in the mirror, Uchiha Yuu watched the two enter arm in arm, getting force-fed a mouthful of affection that went straight to his stomach.

"We care about your health too. Your face is way too pale. When it's time for taijutsu class, let's go train together."

Minato Namikaze tried to pull Uchiha Yuu along, but the instant he reached out, Yuu casually moved back, putting a full body's distance between them.

Noticing Kushina's furious glare, he wisely chose not to compete with her for Minato Namikaze right then.

Bang!

Sure enough, the next blow landed on Minato Namikaze's head, and a bump swelled at a visible speed.

"Ow, ow, ow!"

"Why does this scene feel so familiar?"

It was practically a copy of Naruto and Sakura!

"Shouldn't you have helped me out?"

Rubbing his head, Minato Namikaze returned to his seat and raised a fist at Uchiha Yuu.

"So you could run away and let me take your place to receive Kushina's beating?"

Uchiha Yuu raised an eyebrow, glanced at Minato Namikaze, and said in a pleading tone:

"Even though we're friends, you're a terrible friend. If we went to war, I wouldn't dare entrust my back to you."

Minato Namikaze, thoroughly roasted to his face, looked utterly embarrassed and coughed lightly a few times.

"I'm going to become the most exemplary ninja. You can entrust your back to me."

"When danger comes, would you carry me off the battlefield at top speed?"

The title of Yellow Flash had yet to ring out, but in taijutsu class, Minato Namikaze had the fastest reaction speed in the entire class.

The moment an opponent threw a kunai, Minato Namikaze would already be dodging.

"If I can't win, I can always run..."

The commotion caused by someone's looks was fairly rare at the Ninja Academy. It had even caught the attention of some upperclassmen, who came by the classroom during every break just to take a look.

But just as the dismissal bell rang, Uchiha Yuu prepared to push his wheelchair forward, only to collide with someone around the corner.

Thump!

"So soft..."

Please don't misunderstand this collision.

Uchiha Yuu had slammed straight into the other person's thigh. Under his stunned gaze, she directly lifted him up.

Their eyes met. Looking at the little brat before her, the woman in crisp ninja attire checked repeatedly to make sure she had found the right person before muttering to herself:

"So this is the little guy the Third sent me to find?"

"How had he changed so much in just a few years?"

She knew about Uchiha Yuu. When she had first begun studying Medical Ninjutsu, she had systematically investigated the difficult and complicated illnesses within the village.

She had even attempted to treat him once, but her Medical Ninjutsu had produced no effect whatsoever once it entered his body.

Seeing him again several years later, his condition was far better than before, so much so that she had not recognized Uchiha Yuu at first glance.

"Looks like your body has recovered quite well."

After examining him carefully, Tsunade could confirm that his body was healing.

All of the ulcerated skin had healed, but when she examined lower down, she found another layer of bandages stained with spots of blood.

If his lower body had not fully recovered, Uchiha Yuu would never become a qualified ninja.

"Lady Tsunade?"

Uchiha Yuu had not expected to encounter Tsunade at the Ninja Academy.

At this stage, the title of Legendary Sannin had only spread within the village, but everyone knew her identity. She was Konoha's princess in every sense of the word.

Moreover, she was the promoter and founder of Medical Ninjutsu. Many ninja she had treated were deeply grateful to Tsunade.

Tsunade placed him back in his wheelchair, and a warm stream of chakra enveloped his entire body.

"I need to examine your body."

After only a few breaths, Tsunade's calm gaze gained a trace of astonishment, followed by a deep furrow of her brow.

Through the perception of Medical Ninjutsu, Uchiha Yuu's body was a complete mess. His lower body in particular had been severed between bone and muscle by something.

"I'm conducting experiments now. If possible, can you be my assistant?"

She knocked Uchiha Yuu on the head and explained what being an assistant meant.

"It means researching your body. After all, massive burns like this are common on the battlefield, but they're also deadly."

Since it concerned him personally, Uchiha Yuu looked up with a dark expression, about to reject Tsunade's proposal. Nobody wanted to become a lab rat.

A voice from behind interrupted him.

"Lady Tsunade! If Lady Tsunade takes action, he'll definitely recover completely!"

Kushina had spotted Tsunade the moment she came out.

Because Tsunade also had some Uzumaki Clan blood in her, after the Uzumaki Clan was massacred and Kushina ended up in the village, Tsunade became her guardian.

"I also think Lady Tsunade can do it."

Minato Namikaze followed close behind. As for whether Uchiha Yuu could stand again, there was only one ninja in the village who could make it happen—Tsunade!

As the two spoke in unison, their words reached Tsunade. Looking at Yuu's darkened face, a smile curled at the corner of Tsunade's lips. With a slight squeeze of her left hand, she crushed the handle of Yuu's wheelchair into fragments and said in an "amiable" tone:

"I don't think you'll refuse, right?"

Could I refuse?

This little body of his could not withstand a single Monster Strength Fist!