Medical Training Class

A few minutes later.

After hearing the details of the duel at the Ninja Academy from Kaimon Hyuga, Hizashi Hyuga fell into thought.

"I understand... Let me think about this first. I'll tell you once I have an answer. Calm down and focus on your training. Victory and defeat are common in battle, so don't take it too seriously."

"Yes."

After Kaimon Hyuga left.

Hizashi Hyuga pondered before the wooden training dummy for a while, then tidied up and pushed open the door to leave.

"Ah-choo—"

Mikami Yu sneezed.

At that moment, he was standing outside his house with Nohara Rin, preparing to head to Konoha Hospital to audit a medical training course.

"...That Obito, honestly. He's late again! We agreed on the time yesterday!"

Nohara Rin had changed into a light-blue top. She looked livelier than she did at school, but her delicate little face carried a trace of anxiety, and her slender brows were slightly furrowed.

Compared to Rin,

Mikami Yu looked utterly unconcerned. He stood off to the side with both hands behind his head, gazing up at the sky.

He had expected this. Obito being late was practically a fundamental setting. Expecting him to be punctual was less realistic than expecting pigs to climb trees. Besides, Yu had not come to study in the first place. Whether Obito came or not did not matter; it only depended on whether Rin wanted to keep waiting.

Finally.

Seeing that time was running short, Nohara Rin gave one last look in the direction of Obito's home. When she still saw no sign of that spiky-haired figure on the road, she stamped her foot. "Forget it, we're not waiting for him. Yu, let's go first, or we'll be late for class!"

"...All right."

Mikami Yu nodded and followed her.

The two crossed a small bridge and headed toward Konoha Hospital.

Although the technology tree in the world of the Hokage was rather skewed, and medical development was similarly lopsided, the hospital itself was arranged much like one in modern society.

The moment Mikami Yu and Nohara Rin stepped into the courtyard, before they even entered the building, a strong scent of disinfectant washed over them, seemingly mixed with a faint herbal fragrance.

Just as the two were about to go inside, a panting voice suddenly caught up from behind them:

"Rin! Wait for me!"

Mikami Yu and Nohara Rin turned around at the sound and saw Uchiha Obito sprinting toward them from behind. He only stopped when he was close, bracing his hands on his knees as he panted heavily. His trademark goggles sat crookedly on his forehead, and sweat had soaked his messy, spiky hair.

"Obito?"

Nohara Rin stopped.

"Hah... hah..."

Obito straightened up. As he struggled to steady his breathing, he forced a smile onto his face. "Rin, sorry. Something came up when I was leaving... I went to your house just now and couldn't find you. Aunt Misa said you had already left, so I hurried after you!"

"...Let's go inside first."

Nohara Rin took a deep breath and stopped herself from scolding Obito. "The training is about to begin."

The three entered the hospital lobby.

Nohara Rin looked around, then walked to the front desk and gave the nurse sorting through documents a sweet smile. "Miss, we're students from Konoha Ninja Academy—Nohara Rin, Mikami Yu, and Uchiha Obito. We booked today's basic medical ninja course. Could you tell us which classroom we should go to?"

"Observers?"

The voice did not come from the front desk, but from somewhere off to the side.

They turned and found a boy who looked twelve or thirteen standing there. He wore a Konoha Forehead Protector and had broad swathes of eyeshadow painted around his eyes. He sized them up. "Come with me. My name is Baicao, and I'm here for class too. I can take you there."

"Thank you for the trouble, Senior Baicao."

Nohara Rin quickly bowed in thanks.

Soon.

The group of four arrived at a classroom. There were already around a dozen people inside, mostly teenage boys and girls. Several wore Medical Corps badges on their chests; they appeared to be medical ninjas who had qualified within the past year.

"Find yourselves somewhere to sit. Any empty seats are fine. Class is about to start."

As Baicao spoke, he headed straight to the first row.

Most of the others in the classroom were seated in the middle rows, while there were plenty of empty seats at both the front and back.

By Mikami Yu and Obito's habits, they would have preferred to sit in the back. But Nohara Rin headed directly for the front, leaving the two of them no choice but to follow.

After sitting down.

Baicao glanced at them a few times, then pushed a copy of Fundamentals of Human Structure and Trauma Identification in front of him slightly toward Mikami Yu and Nohara Rin, signaling for them to read it together.

"Thank you, Senior."

Mikami Yu and Nohara Rin nodded in thanks.

The boy said flatly, "I only just became a Genin myself, and I'm not much older than you. Just call me Baicao."

"Yes, Senior Baicao."

At that moment, the medical ninja instructor at the podium cleared his throat and began the day's lesson. "Last class, we covered the bones and musculature of the head and neck. This class, we'll discuss the torso—namely, the internal organs. First is the heart, the most important organ in the human body. It is located on the left side of the chest cavity..."

As he spoke, the instructor used a pointer to indicate an anatomical diagram hanging on the wall, giving a more detailed explanation.

There was also a skeleton model beside him to assist with the lesson.

To be fair, knowledge at this level was quite difficult for beginners.

Especially since most young ninjas generally did not have much formal education.

Nohara Rin listened with great focus, rapidly taking notes in a small notebook. Her brows were faintly knit, clearly showing that she was struggling somewhat.

Obito, on the other hand, began fidgeting after only a few minutes. Those tongue-twisting terms and complex diagrams felt like a heavenly script to him, even harder to understand than the lessons at the Ninja Academy. In the end, he simply gave up, propped his chin on his hand, and began sneaking glances at Nohara Rin's profile.

Only Mikami Yu looked completely relaxed.

Thanks to the books he had browsed at Konoha Library as a child, along with the knowledge he had accumulated in his previous life, the material taught by the Chunin was merely review to him. He even felt that some parts had been explained too briefly, so there was no need to take notes at all.

Finally.

The class ended.

It was time for a short break.

Nohara Rin set down her pen and rubbed her sore wrist. Then, looking at several parts of her notes that she did not quite understand, she instinctively turned to him. "Yu, do you remember when the instructor was talking about the branches of the celiac artery and the return pathway of the splenic vein? I didn't quite understand it..."

"You mean this?"

Mikami Yu glanced at Rin's notebook and immediately understood what she was asking. "The celiac artery mainly divides into three branches: the left gastric artery, the common hepatic artery, and the splenic artery. The splenic vein does not drain directly into the inferior vena cava. It first joins the superior mesenteric vein to form the portal vein. The portal vein's blood then passes through the liver for processing before entering the inferior vena cava through the hepatic veins...

"The diagram on the blackboard was a simplified version, so it's easy to misunderstand."