Practical Combat Class

"Medical Unit? Shikaku-sensei, have you finally agreed to teach me Medical Ninjutsu?"

Kirito became excited when he heard Shikaku Nara's words, realizing that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come.

"Of course not. I'm only letting you study there, and it won't be free. You'll have to use your pharmaceutical skills to make pills for the heroes on the front lines. As for learning Medical Ninjutsu, you're still far from ready."

Shikaku Nara pressed his large hand onto Kirito's head and vigorously rubbed it, shaking his head with a smile.

He could not make promises too hastily. If Mito-sama did not agree, would that not make him look foolish? He would never be able to maintain his authority as a teacher in front of Kirito again.

"Can I really help the heroes on the front lines?"

Kirito asked excitedly again.

Something this good actually existed. I can use this chance to get plenty of hands-on practice in the Medical Unit. I might even learn more medical knowledge and herbal formulas.

I absolutely have to seize this internship opportunity.

Making pills was no simple process. Formulas and knowledge alone were not enough; without sufficient experience, the failure rate would still be extremely high.

He had invested an enormous amount before he successfully made Hemostasis Pills. Medicinal herbs were expensive these days. If not for Yakushi Nonō's restaurant supporting him, as well as the occasional Sealing Talismans and Sealing Scrolls he made to sell, he would have gone bankrupt long ago. There was no way he could have succeeded so quickly.

Then there were the biological experiments, another bottomless pit.

In short, he was desperately short on money, yet lacked the ability to earn a fortune.

Selling medicine was a good option.

"No problem. Being able to successfully make Hemostasis Pills already means you can help those heroes fighting bravely on the front lines."

Shikaku Nara nodded firmly, making Kirito even happier. He declared that he absolutely had to join the Medical Unit.

What a good child. I'll speak to the Third Hokage about this later and have him approach Mito-sama. Kirito needs more advanced medical training, Shikaku Nara thought.

Before long, Shikaku Nara's report landed in the Third Hokage's hands.

"Joining the Medical Unit?"

After reading Shikaku Nara's report, the Third Hokage had some doubts.

Shikaku Nara's report emphasized Kirito's outstanding talent as a Medical Ninja and earnestly requested that he be allowed to study in the Medical Unit.

The Third Hokage was confident he could get Mito-sama to agree to let Kirito study there. After all, Tsunade herself was an outstanding Medical Ninja. If Kirito truly became an exceptional Medical Ninja, he would certainly be able to help Tsunade.

However, compared to making Kirito a Medical Ninja, the Third Hokage wanted him to become a powerful combat ninja more.

Over the past two years, he had kept a close eye on Kirito's performance at the academy.

Kirito's grades were not only outstanding in Theory Class; he was equally exceptional in Practical Combat Class.

The Ninja Academy teachers had repeatedly informed him that Kirito already possessed chunin-level strength through taijutsu alone, and that strength was still increasing at an astonishing pace.

He had also developed a Lightning Release Chakra Nature and mastered several Lightning Style Ninjutsu.

There was even less need to mention Sealing Jutsu. Under Mito-sama's guidance, Kirito had already mastered the highly difficult Four Symbols Seal. If not for his insufficient chakra nature, he could even perform the Five Elements Seal on his own.

Without question, eight-year-old Kirito's strength had already surpassed that of many chunin.

If not for his insufficient chakra reserves, which were only at the level of an ordinary chunin, he might even have had the strength to become a Special Jonin.

"By now, the academy's Practical Combat Class should have begun. Let me see how this sapling has grown lately."

The Third Hokage glanced at the clock on the wall and thought to himself.

He then decisively set aside his work, took a crystal ball from a drawer, and used the Scrying Jutsu.

Soon, an image of the Ninja Academy's training ground appeared within the crystal ball.

At that moment, Class A, Kirito's class, was taking Practical Combat Class on the Ninja Academy training ground under their homeroom teacher, Wasabi Mitarai. Pairs of students formed the Fighting Seal and began sparring. Once they finished, the two would form the Seal of Reconciliation.

Chizuru, who was mixed in among the crowd, suddenly activated her Sharingan before quickly shutting it again, letting out a cold snort.

"What is it?"

Kirito asked doubtfully from beside her.

Over the past two years, he had often sparred with her. Their matches had been evenly split at first, but over the past year, her chakra reserves and ninjutsu had advanced by leaps and bounds, causing him to lose more often than he won.

The power of the Uchiha truly was formidable. Ever since she awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, her strength had been growing at an incredible rate.

If not for his Sage Transformation Constitution, which allowed him to cheat by absorbing Natural Energy, along with the Senju's support—meaning he never lacked Medicinal Cuisine, medicinal baths, or instructors for ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu—he would probably have been left far behind by her long ago.

The poor relied on mutation; the rich relied on technology.

Chizuru had both. Not only did she possess the Sharingan and the ability to evolve and mutate, but she was also the Clan Head's granddaughter—a genuine rich girl with abundant training resources and precious ninjutsu at her disposal.

The reason Uchiha Sasuke had not been impressive in his youth was undoubtedly because the Uchiha Clan had been exterminated. Otherwise, with his status as the Clan Head's son and the talent of Indra's reincarnation, he would have had endless training resources and precious ninjutsu supplied to him. He might not have been stronger than Itachi at the same age when he graduated, but he certainly would not have been far behind.

"Nothing. I just noticed that annoying old man spying on us again. It's really irritating."

Chizuru said unhappily.

After her Sharingan evolved to two tomoe, she could see the chakra within others' bodies and its flow. Her chakra perception had also been greatly enhanced.

Just now, she had detected a burst of chakra above her head, giving her the unpleasant feeling of being watched.

She had noticed this chakra many times before. Later, after asking her grandfather about it, she learned that it was a ninjutsu the Third Hokage used to monitor the village.

Kirito merely smiled and said nothing.

With his exceptional Chakra sensory ability, he had also detected this sudden appearance of Chakra. He even knew that the Third Hokage was using the Barrier Seal covering the entire village to perform the Scrying Jutsu.

In fact, he had ways to counter it.

His two years of studying Sealing Jutsu under Mito had not been for nothing. He was already capable of using advanced Sealing Jutsu such as the Four Symbols Seal, Reverse Four Symbols Seal, and Eight Trigrams Seal.

Although being watched like this felt terrible, for now, he could only endure it.

As for calling the Third Hokage a peeping tom, forget it. Who knew whether the Third Hokage could read lips? He might make things difficult for him later.

A small lack of patience could ruin great plans.

"Kirito Tonsaka, Chizuru Uchiha, step forward."

Wasabi Mitarai said to the two of them.

"I hope you can make this a little more enjoyable this time. Otherwise, you'll lose to me again like yesterday."

Chizuru turned to Kirito and said coldly.

"How scary. Just in time—I recently completed a pretty good ninjutsu. Let me show you."

Kirito said with a smile.

Elsewhere, Nawaki said to Wasabi Mitarai with a dissatisfied look, "Teacher, why are those two fighting again? Let me fight one of them."

He also wanted to fight Kirito and Chizuru. Although he often sparred with the two of them in private, he never got the chance to face either of them during class, which left him somewhat unwilling to accept it.

"Do you like getting beaten up that much? What a thoughtless child."

Wasabi Mitarai sighed inwardly and decisively smacked Nawaki hard on the head, making him behave.

This child usually lacked discipline. Although he had matured quite a bit over the past two years, he was still as carefree and thoughtless as ever during lessons.

As Chizuru and Kirito took their positions, the spectators around them instinctively moved away to avoid being caught up in their battle. Their faces showed varying degrees of jealousy, awe, or admiration.

Having spent every day together, their classmates had long known that the two of them were on a completely different level.

Aside from Nawaki, who could still keep up with them, no one else in the class could exchange blows with either of them anymore.

After the two formed the Fighting Seal, the battle officially began at Wasabi Mitarai's command.

They threw a Kunai almost simultaneously.

"Clang~"

The next moment, the two Kunai collided in midair with a sharp metallic ring.

Sparks flew.

As soon as the sparks appeared, several more bursts of sparks followed.

"Clang, clang, clang~"

A rapid series of collisions rang out.

Kirito and Chizuru actually caught the rebounding Kunai with incredible speed, then launched into close-quarters combat at an astonishing pace.

Their exchanges were so fast that only Wasabi Mitarai, Nawaki, the three from Ino-Shika-Cho, and a little girl with her Byakugan activated could see them clearly. Everyone else could only make out two blurry afterimages and faint flashes of light.

"Hmm~, this level of Speed is already at the level of an Elite Chunin. It's only been a while since I last saw them, yet the two of them have improved so much again. The younger generation truly inspires awe."

The Third Hokage praised as he watched the scene in the crystal ball.

But soon, a trace of wariness appeared in his eyes as he looked at Chizuru.

He had understood what Chizuru had just said.

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