Medical Unit

In the morning, in Konoha Hospital's Medical Unit, Kirito attended class with utmost seriousness. He memorized every word spoken by the Medical Ninja teaching from the podium, filtered out the nonsense, and copied the key points worth remembering into his notebook.

This was his fourteenth day studying in the Medical Unit. He had now fully adapted to its pace and, relying on his exceptional learning ability, had quickly caught up with the instructor's teaching progress.

The Medical Unit's curriculum was similar to that of the Ninja Academy, divided into Practical Combat Class and Theory Class.

However, compared to the Ninja Academy, it placed far greater emphasis on Theory Class, with very few Practical Combat Classes.

That was only natural. Medicine was an immense and profound field. Without a solid grasp of theory, entering practical training was impossible.

Anyone studying medicine had to possess sufficient reverence for life.

The Medical Unit offered numerous theory courses, roughly divided into Medical Ninja Rules, Pharmacology, First Aid, Human Anatomy, Biology, Toxin Research, Cell Research, and so on.

Of these courses, Kirito was most interested in Pharmacology, Human Anatomy, and Cell Research.

In those classes, he learned much precious knowledge that could not be acquired elsewhere. The only pity was that much of it was considered forbidden knowledge. Even the teachers would not teach it privately. If he wanted access to it, he would need to attain a sufficiently high position within the medical system.

To that end, he had already begun participating in the hospital's pharmaceutical work, steadily contributing to Konoha and building up his credentials at the hospital.

There was only one Practical Combat Class: learning the Mystical Palm Technique.

This Medical Ninjutsu was an A-rank jutsu, so its difficulty was self-evident. It was likely even harder to learn than the Rasengan.

Since Medical Ninjas needed to use it to save lives, besides possessing Yang-nature chakra and exceptional chakra control, they also needed a sufficient understanding of biological anatomy.

Before coming to the Medical Unit, Kirito had not mastered Yang-nature Chakra Nature. However, the Medical Unit had a highly refined method for cultivating Yang-nature Chakra Nature, and he successfully developed Yang-nature chakra after just one week.

After that, Kirito began training in the Mystical Palm Technique.

As expected of an A-rank jutsu, his training in the Mystical Palm Technique did not go very smoothly. Unlike the Lightning Style, Yin Release, and Water Style Ninjutsu he had learned before, which he could generally master in a day or two and then use proficiently, this one proved far more difficult.

On the other hand, his progress in learning the Spirit Transformation Technique had been exceptionally smooth. He encountered no difficulty in practicing it.

Because he did not yet have a thorough enough understanding of fish anatomy, he killed more than ten fish before finally managing to revive one with the Mystical Palm Technique. This took him two days.

But reviving a fish with the Mystical Palm Technique was only the first step in learning it. He was still far from truly mastering it. Next, he would need to practice on animals such as cats, dogs, and birds, until the supervising Medical Jonin deemed him qualified to treat humans—and he succeeded. Only then would he be considered to have truly learned it.

During that afternoon's Practical Combat Class, Kirito was to practice on a white cat with an injured leg.

Before performing the Mystical Palm Technique, he needed to clean the wound, then permeate it with chakra to determine the severity of the injury and which areas needed immediate repair. Only then could he activate the Mystical Palm Technique, turning Yang-nature chakra into needle and thread to reconnect the severed muscle tissue and blood vessels one by one, before accelerating the wound's healing.

The process required the practitioner to remain highly focused and possess exceptional chakra control.

After about two minutes, Kirito, with a faint sheen of sweat on his forehead, completed the treatment. Then he tapped the cat on the head with a finger, injecting chakra to dispel the genjutsu placed on it.

The next moment, the white cat lying on the bed regained consciousness. Seeing the unfamiliar Kirito, it was immediately startled. It leaped to its feet and tried to jump out the window to escape.

Unfortunately, the moment it jumped off the bed, it stopped moving.

A Sealing Formation had appeared on the floor beneath it.

Sealing Jutsu: Single Lamp Array.

"Not bad. You're learning the Mystical Palm Technique very quickly. It probably won't be long before you can perform surgery."

At that moment, a female Medical Ninja with severe dark circles under her eyes came over to Kirito, patted him on the shoulder, and praised him.

Hearing this, Kirito humbly replied, "You flatter me. It's because Sister Ciyun teaches so well that I've improved so quickly."

Senju Ciyun was a Medical Jonin of Konoha, a Pharmaceutical Master, the highest authority of the Medical Unit, and the head of the hospital's Pharmacy Department.

This mature woman, whom he had only met a few times at the Senju Clan Compound, was the Medical Ninjutsu teacher Mito-sama had found for him. She was also his strongest source of protection within the hospital.

Like Tsunade, Ciyun was also an exceptionally formidable ninja, one of the few Elite Jonin in the Senju Clan.

Thanks to the extra private instruction she gave him, Kirito had caught up with the Medical Unit's curriculum in just ten short days and had even begun pulling ahead.

"Didn't I tell you not to call me teacher? Call me sister. You're making me sound old."

Ciyun vigorously ruffled Kirito's hair with one hand as she spoke with a smile.

She liked Kirito very much as a student. He was clever, perceptive, and well-behaved. In terms of chakra control, he was the finest student she had ever seen—only a tiny bit worse than herself. And at such a young age, he already possessed considerable medical skill.

She could tell that Kirito had already possessed a solid medical foundation, which was why, under her private guidance, his medical abilities had advanced by leaps and bounds, allowing him to catch up with the Medical Unit's curriculum in only ten days.

If Kirito had not already been Mito-sama's disciple, she would have wanted to take him as her own student.

She might only ever encounter a genius like this once in her life.

"You're already thirty-five. Aren't you old?"

Having his head patted yet again and his hair thoroughly messed up, Kirito muttered in displeasure.

"What did you just say?"

Ciyun's ears twitched as she looked at Kirito with a kindly smile.

"I said Sister Ciyun, you're really beautiful."

Kirito immediately broke out in a cold sweat and replied with an awkward grin.

Ciyun was not about to let him off so easily. With a mischievous smile, she said, "Kirito, no one has cleaned the Records Room in quite some time. Since you've finished your classwork so quickly, work a little harder and go clean it. Those who are capable should do more."

Kirito's little face immediately fell. Under Ciyun's kindly smile and his classmates' gleeful expressions, he got up and left the classroom.

But the moment he stepped out, the troubled expression vanished from his face, replaced by a delighted smile.

Kirito had wanted to visit a place like the Records Room, where all kinds of medical records and medical materials were kept, for a long time. He simply had never found an opportunity. Besides, the hospital's internal security was strict, and as a Medical Unit intern, he could not move around freely.

Ciyun's actions just now had seemed like punishment, but in truth, they were a reward.

"Big Sister Ciyun, you really are such a good person."

Kirito thought happily as he headed toward the Records Room on the first basement level with light steps.

Before long, he reached the stairway leading down to the first basement level.

At that moment, a man with messy hair, pale skin, and a pair of golden eyes was coming up the stairs.

The instant Kirito met the man's gaze, he felt as though he had been targeted by a sinister, venomous snake.

In an instant, the scene before his eyes changed. A Giant Snake truly appeared before him, its enormous, cold, emotionless serpent eyes fixed on him—a tiny human.

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