"What is your dream, Tang?"
"A dream?"
"Yes, something you want to accomplish in the future, or something you hope will happen."
"Then... all cats will have endless dried fish to eat, every Demi-Beastman will never get sick, and no one will kill each other... something like that?"
"...Not bad."
The progress of learning medicine was just as slow as initially expected.
Tang had never received any education or enlightenment. Everything had simply been passed down through the clan from generation to generation.
Demi-Beastmen could speak their language but not write it. Being able to recognize a few simple words was already a blessing.
Under such circumstances, learning medicine was undeniably as difficult as scaling the heavens. Yet Uchiha Gen enjoyed the feeling of teaching and nurturing others. He trained for eight hours and studied for three every day, pushing the intensity of each day to the limit.
Several months passed, and Beast Planet entered another seasonal change. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter were no different from those on Shinobi Planet, except winter here could be long or short.
"Are you going to start storing food next?"
"Mhm."
"Then let's put training on hold for now."
"Won't Gen come help?"
"I don't need to eat."
"..."
Tang bit her finger and looked back every few steps as she left. Though a year of study had made her much stronger, she still had not learned how to conjure candy from thin air.
Although she got to eat plenty of strange and unusual foods every day, she still wanted to taste sugar again.
After watching Tang dawdle for ages before finally moving away, Uchiha Gen glanced toward a large tree and said:
"Come out, Black Cat."
"..." Upon hearing that, the Black Catman slowly stepped out from behind the tree. "How