Lady Tsunade, Please Calm Down-I'm Still Just a Child!

Shimura Danzō truly had nothing to say and left in a huff.

Inside a break room at Konoha Hospital, Jingyi leisurely drank juice while reading a book with great interest.

As a weak medical ninja suffering from Bloodline Degeneration, Jingyi felt that he ought to make some puppets to strengthen himself and protect his own safety.

Bang!!

The break room door was shoved open with force, slamming heavily against the wall with a loud crash. Jingyi, who had been sitting there reading, jolted and nearly threw the book in his hand like a shuriken.

He turned around and saw Tsunade.

And Tsunade was clearly furious.

What was going on?

Jingyi decided it would be better to keep his distance, so he picked up his book and prepared to slip away.

"Where are you going?"

Jingyi's escape plan failed. Tsunade blocked him head-on.

"I treated two patients today. I was planning to check on their recovery in the wards," Jingyi made up an excuse.

Tsunade was obviously in the middle of a tantrum. It was better not to be alone with her.

The city gate was already on fire; if he remained in the break room, he might get caught in the crossfire.

Tsunade gave Jingyi a strange look. Before he could prepare himself at all, her face suddenly moved close to his.

"Fuck!"

"Lady Tsunade, please calm down. I'm still a child, so please don't do anything rash."

Jingyi employed a backward-leaning tactic, raising his hands to stop Tsunade from getting any closer. Their faces were practically about to touch.

"Shut up!"

Tsunade froze for a moment, several dark lines appearing on her forehead. She raised a fist and waved it as she snapped, "I only wanted to look at your eyes. Don't be as filthy-minded as Jiraiya."

Look at my eyes?

Then it was fine. Go ahead and look.

Jingyi let out a sigh of relief, and his pounding little heart finally settled down.

"..."

Seeing Jingyi's relieved expression as he pressed both hands against his chest, Tsunade suddenly wanted to hit someone. Did this little brat think she wanted to take advantage of him?

Seeing that Tsunade was genuinely about to erupt, Jingyi quickly spread his hands and explained, "It was a joke. Please don't hit people."

"That joke wasn't funny!"

Tsunade gritted her teeth and glared at him. Jingyi indicated that he was entirely innocent.

They had become even deeper, carrying a unique allure and a sense of mystery that made people want to explore them further.

After staring into Jingyi's eyes for a while, Tsunade felt that something was wrong. Very wrong.

Was this Bloodline Degeneration, or Bloodline Evolution?

If the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan had not never shown any examples of evolution, Tsunade would have suspected that Jingyi's eyes had evolved alongside the Sharingan.

She casually tossed the document in her hand onto the table, leaned against it, and pondered for a moment before asking, "Are the aftereffects of your Byakugan's degeneration still serious?"

Jingyi gave a half-truthful answer. "There's occasional stabbing pain, but it isn't as intense as when I was first injured. My vision hasn't been affected."

"Is that so?"

Tsunade carefully observed Jingyi's expression and gaze. She wanted to know whether he was hiding anything.

"Is there something on my face?"

Jingyi knew what Tsunade was thinking, but he would not reveal any flaws. The script had already been set from the moment he transmigrated, and he had rehearsed every possible scenario he might encounter countless times.

Whenever he encountered the corresponding situation, he could handle it flexibly.

"No." Perhaps she had been overthinking it. Tsunade shook her head, and her entire person suddenly wilted like an eggplant struck by frost.

"Damn it, those people don't know anything, yet they insist on giving orders."

"And the old man too. He actually listened to their suggestions. It's so irritating."

Were the higher-ups stirring up trouble again?

There was no need to guess who Tsunade meant by the old man. It was definitely the Third Hokage, while those people were most likely the other members of the F4 group.

"Is this about reforming the Medical Department and Konoha Hospital?"

Jingyi had heard Tsunade mention it before, though the Third Hokage had still been considering it at the time. He had not expected the reforms to arrive so soon.

"See for yourself."

Tsunade flopped directly onto the table and pushed the document she had just thrown down toward Jingyi. He picked it up, opened it, and read it carefully.

"Hiss... well, damn."

After skimming the contents of the document, Jingyi could not help exclaiming in disbelief.

The threshold for becoming a medical ninja was high, and since the villages lacked comprehensive training systems, medical ninja training had always progressed slowly. The number of medical ninja in each village was pitifully small.

Thus, the F4 group proposed reforms, and the proposal had been initiated by that old hag Utatane Koharu.

The reforms would change medical ninja training from the master-and-apprentice, hands-on teaching model into mass education—in other words, an assembly-line model.

A group of talented ninja would be gathered together, and experienced medical ninja would serve as teachers to instruct these apprentices.

Wasn't this fucking asking for trouble?

Jingyi closed the document. "Isn't this leap a little too large?"

"I told them, but the old man refused to listen. He said the Medical Department needed reform in order to make progress." Tsunade was so angry that she began slapping the table.

Perhaps the reforms at the Ninja Academy had given the F4 group enough confidence, because Utatane Koharu had directly set her sights on the Medical Department.

Would it not be enough for her to properly manage her logistics department?

Why did she have to reach into the Medical Department?

Your days were going to become difficult from now on.

Jingyi could not help looking at Tsunade with sympathy.

The person most affected by the Medical Department reforms would be Tsunade.

Fortunately, it did not have much to do with him.

There were too few medical ninja? Then Tsunade would just have to suffer a little more. As long as she did not work herself to death, they would work her to the bone.

Jingyi decisively put down the document, picked up his book, and continued reading.

This brat.

Jingyi's reaction made Tsunade laugh in anger.

Tsunade slapped the table in dissatisfaction and demanded, "Brat, shouldn't you contribute to the Medical Department's reforms? And why are you reading books about puppet masters and puppet-making? Don't tell me that because of your Bloodline Degeneration, you want to become a puppet ninja?"

"As a weak medical ninja suffering from Bloodline Degeneration, isn't it perfectly reasonable to make some puppets to protect myself?"

What Medical Department? What reforms?

I knew nothing about any of it. I was only an apprentice who had just completed his training; I did not dare get involved in something this major.

Reasonable?

Reasonable my ass!!

Tsunade really wanted to curse.

"It's about time. Get ready to clock out."

"???"

Before Jingyi could react, Princess Tsunade forcibly made him clock out.

"Move it, move it."

"It hurts! You Uchiha bastards, you actually laid hands on villagers!!"

"I'm going to the Hokage Office Building to file a complaint against you!!"

Before the forcibly clocked-out Jingyi could even leave the hospital, he ran into members of the Police Force hurrying several patients into the hospital lobby.

"What happened?"

Tsunade, who had been about to leave work with Jingyi, stepped forward. After examining the patients' injuries, she frowned. "Multiple fractures and extensive muscle damage. Didn't your Police Force go a little too far?"

If the targets of the attack had been enemies, Tsunade would not have cared. But they were Konoha villagers.

"Lady Tsunade, this was our fault."

The Police Force squad captain who had led the group to the hospital apologized sincerely.

Standing to the side, Jingyi noticed that this squad captain was none other than the Uchiha Clan's young patriarch, Fugaku Uchiha.

"Lady Tsunade, you have to stand up for us! Those Uchiha bastards beat us up..."

"..."

Faced with the patients' accusations, Fugaku Uchiha, the young patriarch, was visibly struggling to keep himself composed. From his clenched fists, it was clear that he was far from calm in the face of the allegations.

Working for the Police Force really was rather frustrating.

This was obviously a false accusation.

The Uchiha were indeed somewhat arrogant in their way of doing things, but they would not target the village's civilians for no reason.

On the contrary, among the many clans, the Uchiha could be considered relatively friendly toward ordinary villagers—at least far better than a rotten clan like the Hyuga Clan.

"Bastard, what did you say?"

Fugaku Uchiha did not choose to argue after being falsely accused and denounced by the patients. He could control himself, but his teammates could not.

The Uchiha ninja standing behind Fugaku Uchiha flew into a rage at those words.