Byakugan Degeneration? Sorry, That Was An Illusion

Konoha Hospital, Education Department.

Tsunade sat in a chair, casually crossing her legs, holding the application documents in her hand, and curiously observing Jingyi's distinctive eyes.

"Jingyi Hyuga, because of your bloodline degeneration, you left your ninja team and applied to study in the Medical Department, wanting to become a medical ninja?"

"Yes, I want to become a medical ninja and find a way to cure the blood disease."

Jingyi gave his reason and explanation.

Looking across the entire Shinobi World, medical ninjas were always in short supply, even in Konoha, which valued the training of medical ninjas.

Tsunade was naturally pleased that someone would voluntarily apply to enter the Medical Department to study.

The only regret was that the other person originally belonged to the Hyuga Clan, but unfortunately had contracted a blood disease.

Tsunade said pointedly, "Can you tell me about your eyes?"

Tsunade was very curious. It was also bloodline degeneration, so why were Jingyi's eyes different from other people's?

Azure-blue pupils, with a small black dot in the very center, just like a glowing blue star, beautiful and mysterious.

Faced with Tsunade's inquiry, Jingyi calmly replied:

"I was injured while going out on a mission with my team before. During my injury, my eyes began to develop a fear of strong light, blurred vision, and other symptoms. After receiving treatment, the phenomenon of bloodline degeneration appeared."

Others thought Jingyi's Byakugan was degenerating, but little did they know that this so-called degeneration was actually evolution!

The matter had to start from before Jingyi time-traveled.

He and a close friend were playing a certain Naruto mobile game. Three days before the game's servers opened, there was a recharge promotion event. Recharging 648 would grant a chance at an epic draw, with an extremely high probability of getting rare props and items.

Jingyi decisively chose to pay-to-win, and his luck during the draw wasn't bad either, directly drawing the Tenseigan on the first try.

Just as Jingyi was about to find his close friend to show off, his brain suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, his vision began to black out, and he fell straight onto the sofa, losing consciousness.

When he woke up, he realized he had time-traveled, coming to the Naruto World.

After his injuries healed and the Tenseigan finished its first fetal movement, Jingyi used the excuse of the blood disease to quit the ninja team and instead submitted an application to study to the Medical Department.

"I approve of your application. You will begin your studies starting tomorrow. I hope you can temporarily put the matter of the blood disease aside, calm your mind, and study earnestly."

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

The matter of the application was finally settled, and Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief.

His reason for applying to enter the Medical Department to study and further promote himself to a medical ninja was very simple, which was that he didn't want to risk his life for the clan and the so-called Will of Fire.

As long as he became a medical ninja and applied to work at Konoha Hospital, the clan couldn't order him to execute clan missions in the name of the clan, nor would he need to take on missions and commissions in the village.

In the Shinobi World, a medical ninja definitely belonged to a profession that made money very easily and had a very high income.

Leaving Konoha Hospital, Jingyi deliberately bought a few bottles of non-fading paint, as well as a drawing board, paper, and other things before returning home.

Unlike other ninja clans, the architectural distribution of the Hyuga Clan Grounds was very bizarre.

Taking the Main House patriarch's mansion as the core, the residences of the remaining Main House members guarded the patriarch's mansion, followed by the residences of the various Branch House heads guarding the Main House compound, spreading outward in circles.

Members with lower status in the clan lived in more remote areas.

Jingyi belonged to the members living in the remote areas.

Closing the door, Jingyi put down his things and walked into the bathroom holding a bottle of green paint.

When Jingyi took off his headband, his forehead was already dyed green.

Jingyi's Caged Bird Seal had already disappeared after the first stage of the Tenseigan's fetal movement ended, and the mark on his forehead was drawn by him with a paint pen.

Unfortunately, the paint at home would fade.

That was why Jingyi specifically bought non-fading paint.

By the way, he bought things like a drawing board to make people mistakenly think he was learning to paint.

The Tenseigan needed to go through three fetal movements to stabilize. During this period, Jingyi was unable to use the power of the Tenseigan, and during each fetal movement, he needed to hide in a room with closed doors and windows, waiting for the fetal movement to end.

Fortunately, these problems could all be explained by the blood disease.

The clan deeply believed it, and Jingyi was not the first person in the Hyuga Clan to experience bloodline degeneration.

Only the way clan members looked at him had begun to change.

The Byakugan was a pupil technique the Hyuga Clan was proud of, and bloodline degeneration meant losing the Byakugan, losing his original status and value.

How the clansmen viewed him didn't matter to Jingyi; a decadent, dark, and unfair clan like the Hyuga was not worth his loyalty and dedication either.

Once he became a medical ninja, he would move out of the Hyuga Clan Grounds.

Not caring about other people's views did not mean Jingyi was willing to be looked down upon or accept unequal treatment from his clansmen.

Using a paint pen to draw the Caged Bird Seal on his forehead, Shizune carefully observed it before snapping her fingers with satisfaction, "Perfect!"

Having settled the disguised seal, Jingyi came to the yard to begin training.

Gentle Fist and such were directly ignored by him.

Starting today, he needed to work hard to raise the intensity of his chakra control; this was a necessary condition for becoming a medical ninja.

When his Tenseigan's three fetal movements ended, he could directly flip the Main House over, so why would he still care about some Gentle Fist.

Tree-climbing and water-walking training were nothing for Jingyi, but that was only the entry-level for precise chakra control, and wanting to become a medical ninja required continuous effort.

Early the next morning, Jingyi packed a bento box along with some recording notebooks and pens, then rushed to Konoha Hospital.

The Medical Department and Konoha Hospital were connected, so he just needed to head straight to Konoha Hospital and await Tsunade's arrangements.

He did not wait long before Tsunade arrived, yawning with somewhat messy hair.

"Read these books, and then tell me what level your chakra control has reached. I'm very sleepy right now and don't have the time to teach you."

With that, Tsunade slumped over the desk and fell right asleep.

Tsunade would teach me personally?

Jingyi hadn't expected to win the favor of a big shot.

No, Tsunade wasn't a big shot in this era yet; she hadn't even earned the title of one of the Three Sannin.

She could only be considered a medical Jonin with decent strength.

These were books prepared by Tsunade, tailored for beginners and just right for a novice like Jingyi.

Jingyi walked over to a corner spot, put down his carrying bag, opened the book in his hands, and began reading intently.

The opening chapter was about the introduction to medical ninjas, and flipping forward a few pages revealed various training methods for fine chakra control, along with standard rank divisions.

Water-walking and tree-climbing could only be considered the entry level.

"Huh."

Looking at the detailed records in the book, Jingyi discovered that he seemed to have already reached the learning standards of a medical ninja.

It seemed that ever since the Tenseigan's first fetal movement ended, his control over chakra had improved significantly, and this ability had been continuously strengthening as time went on.

After all, the Tenseigan was a powerful dojutsu comparable to the Rinnegan, capable of bringing all-around enhancements to Jingyi.

Suppressing the urge to wake Tsunade up, Jingyi continued reading downward.

Before he knew it, an entire morning had passed just like that. Jingyi spent the morning reading books, and Tsunade spent the morning sleeping. Fortunately, there were no patients with severe conditions at the hospital that morning, so Tsunade didn't need to step in personally.

Thanks to that, Tsunade got to sleep quite soundly, even though her sleeping posture wasn't very elegant.

After all, sleeping slumped over a desk made the pressed side of her face prone to turning red, not to mention she would unconsciously drool.

Glancing at the puddle of water on the desk, the corners of Jingyi's mouth twitched slightly.

Tsunade, where are your poise and image?

He didn't have a camera on hand, otherwise he could have snapped a couple of pictures of Tsunade to keep as compromising photos.