Konoha Hospital.
Tsunade watched the Mystical Palm Technique in Sakura and Ino's hands and fell into thought.
The Mystical Palm Technique was an advanced ninjutsu among medical ninja techniques that only a select few could learn. Its learning difficulty was rated A.
It required medical ninja to possess exceptionally precise chakra control.
They also needed sufficient medical knowledge of the human body.
Now, looking at their hands and the fish rapidly healing beneath them, Tsunade wondered whether the Mystical Palm Technique was not actually as difficult to learn as advertised.
"It must be the girls' talent!"
To strengthen Konoha's foundation in medical ninjutsu, after half a year of familiarizing herself with Hokage duties, Tsunade had begun selecting and nurturing the future leaders of the medical field.
Sakura and Ino had caught her attention.
By now, they had studied medical knowledge for some time.
Wanting them to experience the difficulty of learning advanced ninjutsu, she had specifically chosen the Mystical Palm Technique to teach them.
But... unexpectedly...
Judging from the Mystical Palm Technique, their chakra control was already comparable to that of a veteran ninja like her with fifty years of experience.
"The Mystical Palm Technique was unexpectedly easy. Lady Hokage said it was difficult." After healing the fish, Ino smiled at Sakura.
Sakura smiled as well. "Medical Ninjutsu requires extremely high chakra control. Teacher Tonbo laid a solid foundation for us!"
She sighed a little.
Back then, she had sometimes thought that aside from that all-purpose handseal-less ninjutsu that clung to them like chewing gum, chakra control only needed to be good enough.
Only after coming into contact with everything related to medical ninja did she realize just how solid the foundation they had built back then was.
"Tobitake Tonbo?"
Tsunade spoke.
What had she just heard?
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