Tsunade's Concern

"You?"

"Is this You? How is he so good-looking? This is my first time seeing the face beneath those bandages. So he didn'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 little girls is going to start chasing him. My status is at stake!"

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

Now, he was finally no longer the monster in everyone else's eyes. It was just that the stares from those little girls made Uchiha You somewhat uncomfortable.

Am I too handsome?

Well, sometimes being too handsome was a sin too.

It wasn't his fault, after all.

His long life wrapped in bandages had left his skin with an unusual pallor. The bluish veins beneath it were visible, seeming to be etched across his face like green jade.

It gave him a strange sort of beauty.

The golden-haired and red-haired pair arrived at the classroom together. After Uchiha You had exposed her, Kushina simply admitted openly that Minato Namikaze was her boyfriend. She held Minato Namikaze's arm, looking utterly affectionate—but the moment they entered the classroom, both of them froze.

"Your looks are actually on par with mine!"

It was Minato Namikaze's first time seeing Uchiha You's face beneath the bandages. Dark golden hair paired with a somewhat resolute face.

He had to admit that Uchiha You was more handsome than him.

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

His face was reflected in the mirror. Seeing the two of them enter arm in arm, Uchiha You felt a mouthful of lovey-dovey sweetness shoved straight down his throat.

"We care about your health too. Your face is way too pale. When we have taijutsu class later, let's go train together."

Minato Namikaze wanted to pull Uchiha You along while he was at it, but the instant he reached out, You casually leaned back, putting a body's width between them.

Noticing Kushina's furious glare, he wisely chose not to compete with her for Minato Namikaze at this moment.

Bang!

Sure enough, the next move landed on Minato Namikaze's head. A bump rose at a visible speed.

"Ow, ow, ow!"

"Why does this scene feel so familiar?"

It was practically a copy of Naruto and Sakura!

"Aren't you supposed to help me out?"

Minato Namikaze returned to his seat while rubbing his head and raised a fist at Uchiha You.

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

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

"Even though we're friends, you're way too much of a bastard as a friend. If we went to war, I wouldn't dare entrust my back to you."

Minato Namikaze, having been bluntly called out, looked thoroughly awkward and coughed softly a few times.

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

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

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

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

"If I can't beat them, I can run away too..."

The commotion caused by his looks was rare even at the Ninja Academy. It had even attracted the attention of some upperclassmen, who came to the classroom after every class to take a look.

But just as the dismissal bell rang and Uchiha You was about to push his wheelchair away, he ran into someone at the corner.

Thud!

"So soft..."

Please do not misunderstand this collision.

Uchiha You had crashed face-first into the other person's thigh. Under his stunned gaze, she lifted him straight up.

Their eyes met. The woman before him wore a neat ninja outfit. After confirming several times that she had found the right person, she muttered to herself,

"So this is the little fellow the Third told me to find?"

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

She knew about Uchiha You's condition. When she had first begun studying medical ninjutsu, she had systematically researched some of the village's difficult and unusual illnesses.

She had even tried treating him once, but the medical ninjutsu had produced no effect whatsoever once it entered his body.

Seeing him again after several years, his condition was far better than it had been back then. She had not recognized Uchiha You at first glance.

"Looks like your body has recovered quite well."

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

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

If his lower body had not fully recovered, Uchiha You would not become a qualified ninja.

"Lady Tsunade?"

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

At this stage, Tsunade's title as one of the Three Ninja was only known within the village, but everyone knew her identity. She was the true princess of Konoha.

She was also the promoter and founder of medical ninjutsu. Many ninja she had treated were deeply grateful to Tsunade.

Tsunade set him back in his wheelchair, and a warm chakra enveloped his entire body.

"I need to examine your body."

After only a few breaths, surprise appeared in Tsunade's calm eyes, followed by a deep frown.

Through the perception of medical ninjutsu, Uchiha You's body was a complete mess. His lower body in particular had something severing the connection between his bones and muscles.

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

She rapped Uchiha You on the head and explained what being an assistant meant.

"It means studying your body. After all, large-scale burns like this are common on the battlefield, but they're also deadly."

Since it concerned him personally, Uchiha You looked up with a dark expression, about to refuse Tsunade's proposal. No one wanted to become a lab rat.

A voice behind him interrupted him.

"Lady Tsunade! If Lady Tsunade takes action, he'll definitely make a full recovery!"

Kushina had just come out when she spotted Tsunade.

Since she 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 think Lady Tsunade can do it too."

Minato Namikaze followed right behind her. When it came to whether Uchiha You could stand again, there was only one ninja in the village who could accomplish it: Tsunade!

As the two spoke in unison, their words reached Tsunade. Seeing his dark expression, Tsunade smiled faintly. Her left hand tightened gently, crushing the handle of You's wheelchair into fragments, and she said in an "amiable" tone,

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

Can I refuse?

This little body of his couldn't withstand a single Monster Strength Fist!