The forbidden techniques within the Scroll of Seals were tempting enough to make anyone's heart race.
But the risks were too great.
And for Shiki at this point in time, they held absolutely no value. Until his body fully recovered, all these techniques meant nothing.
"It's better not to interfere with this matter," Shiki sighed under his breath. Truthfully, he worried that interfering could cause irreversible damage.
For example, Naruto's crucial personality development and eventual realization through Talk-no-jutsu. Without Iruka's guidance during this incident, whether Naruto would develop such an optimistic and bright personality remained questionable.
After making up his mind, Shiki stood up. Though he hadn't slept, he still stretched lazily—it had become a habit.
"Shiki, are you planning to go to the hospital?"
Before Shiki could perform any other action indicating his intention, a cheerful female voice rang out beside him.
Shiki's expression changed instantly as he flatly refused, "No, I'm going to eat."
"Eh? Haven't you been to the hospital in quite a while? Don't you want to see how real Medical Ninjas heal people?"
"No, Yuuma. I don't want to go. Even if I do, I won't go with you." Shiki said firmly.
Yuuma's face momentarily fell. Her black hair draped over her slightly baby-faced cheeks, drooping as though reflecting her mood.
Please don't...
Shiki felt that meeting Yuuma Akimoto was ultimately a huge mistake. In reality, she wasn't even a student from Iruka's class.
Logically speaking, he should've had little interaction with her.
But one day, while visiting the hospital as usual—partially to study, partially to visit Sena-chan—this girl appeared.
Shiki knew that since Sena herself had grown up in an orphanage, she supported many children there financially, so small kids often visited her.
Yuuma Akimoto was one of them—an otherwise ordinary child.
Although she aspired to become a Kunoichi, her gentle nature made achieving this goal incredibly difficult.
Moreover, up until now, her talent for Ninjutsu had remained unremarkable.
Even the Three Body Techniques barely met passing standards.
The only encouraging sign was when Sena praised her excellent Chakra Control, suggesting she might become a great Medical Ninja someday.
Because of those few words, this young girl switched goals entirely—to become a top-notch Medical Ninja.
After meeting Shiki several times, she developed intense admiration for Sena's "younger brother."
Since then, she'd started bothering him constantly.
Who knows if some unintentional mature charm accidentally slipped through?
Anyway, Shiki currently felt extremely annoyed. At first, having a tiny "loli" idolize you felt pretty good.
But over time,
problems arose—it had simply become too much to handle.
Akimoto Yuuma was practically an ardent admirer of Sena-chan. Ever since they met a year ago, she would almost always drag Uzumaki Shiki along to Konoha Hospital whenever she got the chance.
If Shiki went alone, he could maintain the mindset of a student, carefully observing and learning.
But with Akimoto Yuuma around, things would inevitably go like this:
"Shiki, look! That's chakra unique to medical ninjutsu!"
"Shiki, that wound looks really scary."
"Shiki, do you think this illness can kill someone?"
She'd constantly overreact, as if everything in this world was brand-new and fascinating to her.
Of course, what the two children were allowed to observe wasn't anything involving serious patients.
Moreover, Konoha had relatively open policies toward kids showing potential as medical ninja.
As long as they didn't interfere with treatment, they were permitted to watch and learn.
Still, Shiki found himself unable to even begin complaining about Yuuma's "naivety."
Perhaps some patients actually felt happy having such a cheerful girl in the ward, even joking along with her words.
But poor Shiki—who kept getting dragged along—didn't share that sentiment at all.
Yet perhaps Yuuma truly did regard him as an older brother now. She'd ask him or Sena-chan about literally every little thing.
From Yuuma, Shiki also learned that Ito Seiji from their class often walked her back to the orphanage.
However, Ito Seiji carried a blade on his back, wore no expression, and barely spoke a word—making her somewhat afraid of him.
Such trivial matters...
In short, Shiki had grown completely fed up.
Why should I have to squeeze time out of my brutal training schedule just to follow a little girl's emotional life?
This isn't some raising simulation game, and I'm definitely not one of those creepy old men with weird hobbies. Please, just leave me alone.
Unconsciously, so many thoughts had already surfaced in Shiki's mind.
"Shiki… I'm sorry."
Covering his head with one hand, Shiki inwardly groaned. Here we go again. Just as expected.
Don't think I'm so soft-hearted that I'll cave in every time you do that!
But why do you have to be so convincing about it?
Looking at the tears forming in Akimoto Yuuma's eyes, Shiki could only sigh helplessly,
"Alright, fine. But listen up—I'm only saying this once. This will be absolutely the last time."
Chapter 77: Graduation Exam
On this day, nothing seemed particularly different from usual.
Same students, familiar faces, and the same swing gently swaying back and forth.
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