Konoha Hospital, Itachi's Room.
"So, does Souji-san have the ability to quickly heal my injury?" Itachi asked Hiruzen.
"Yes, Sukui and Souji have run the tests to prove it. The choice is yours. I won't force you." Hiruzen replied.
"..."
Itachi thought about it. There's no harm in trying. Besides, Sukui told him that, Souji is highly skilled in Mystical Palm and is on par with the legendary Sannin, Tsunade. The risk of death or anything like that is very small. Even if it doesn't work, Itachi won't experience any negative effects.
"Let Souji-san do it." Itachi said.
Hiruzen nodded. "Souji, you can start."
Souji nodded and approached Itachi, who was lying down. Sukui approached Itachi from the other side. Souji looked at Sukui and nodded.
"Please start with his arm." Sukui said. Souji nodded.
"I'm starting the treatment with the Mystical Palm jutsu from outside the body." Souji said. Green chakra came out of his hand. "I'll start with the left arm."
Then, he directed his Mystical Palm at Itachi's left arm.
"..."
"Itachi-san, if you feel anything, please say so." said Sukui.
Itachi nodded while trying to feel the changes in his left arm.
"..."
"I feel it." Itachi said.
"Is it painful?" Sukui asked while Souji remained focused, or at least appeared to.
"No. I'm starting to feel my arm again." Itachi replied. Sukui nodded and returned to observing. A few minutes later, Souji stopped using his Mystical Palm.
"Can you move your arm now?" he asked.
Itachi moved his left arm and slowly tried to make some movements.
"I don't feel any pain. It's as if my arm hasn't experienced anything."
"Even the chakra flow is the same as before."
Hiruzen and the others were amazed once again by what Souji had done. Sukui examined Itachi's left arm and scanned it. The result, Itachi's arm was completely healed, leaving no trace at all.
Souji then healed other parts of Itachi's body, and the results were the same. Completely healed.
Itachi bowed and said, "Thank you very much, Souji-san."
"It's nothing, especially since I was the one who hurt you. I actually apologize for that." Souji said.
"From the start, it wasn't your fault, so you don't need to apologize." Itachi replied.
"All right, then." Souji replied.
Hiruzen, who had overheard them, smiled and said, "Itachi, you can go home and take a three-days off."
"Yes, Sandaime-sama." Itachi responded.
"..."
'Can I make the body parts regenerate, too?' Souji thought.
He had been thinking about that. If he could regenerate cells, could he regenerate the body parts?
"Sukui-san, is it possible to regenerate someone's body parts?" Souji asked.
Sukui, who was tidying up her medical equipment, fell silent upon hearing the question. She hadn't even thought that far herself. Hiruzen, who had also heard the question, was surprised. Could Souji do it?
"Sukui, is there a test that can be done for that?" Hiruzen asked.
"How about trying it on animals first?" Sukui asked.
It sounded cruel, but they really had to try it on animals first before trying it on humans.
"What about a corpse whose body parts have been cut off?" Souji asked.
"Hm... Since your Mystical Palm doesn't depend on cells from the body, but rather your chakra, that's possible." Sukui replied.
"Can we try it now?" Souji asked.
"Let me check first." Sukui replied, and then she went out.
"..."
"Souji, if your idea works, what do you want to do with it?" Hiruzen asked.
"If it works, of course, I will ask Sukui-san for the help to gathering all the people in Konoha who don't have complete limbs. And then, I'll heal them." Souji replied.
"..."
'THIS IS IT! SENSEI! KONOHA WILL BE GREAT AGAIN!' Hiruzen shouting with joy in his heart.
He really didn't expect to get a student like Souji.
'I will inaugurate...' Hiruzen shook his head. 'I will officially make Souji to have the Tendou Clan in his name.'
This is also Hiruzen's way of preventing other clans from monopolizing Souji. Soon after, Sukui arrived with good news.
"I found it. We can try it now, of course, if Sandaime-sama and the hospital director allow it." Sukui said.
"I agree." The hospital director said.
"Me too." Hiruzen said.
"All right, then. Let's go to the room I've prepared." Sukui said.
"Itachi-san, we'll take our leave first." Souji and the others said.
Itachi nodded. He was actually curious and wanted to join, but since he wasn't invited, he decided to go home and play with his little brother.
"..."
"..."
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Souji and the others were in a closed room in front of a corpse that missing an one arm.
"You can try it now, Souji." Sukui said.
Souji nodded and activated his Mystical Palm. He directed it at the corpse's shoulder in an attempt to regrow the arm.
[Ding.]
[Nature transformation added.]
[Yang release LV1 (1/100)]
[+1]
[+1]
"..."
'Oho? What if I use a shadow clone?' Souji thought.
'Shadow Clone Jutsu.'
Poff Poff Poff Poff
Four shadow clones suddenly appeared, startling Sukui and the hospital director. Meanwhile, Hiruzen... was very proud of Souji's achievement.
He had used a jutsu that required high focus and concentration while still being able to use other jutsus without using hand seals. Hiruzen didn't know if Souji had a trick up his sleeve or if he simply didn't use hand seals, but either way, Hiruzen was proud of him.
"..."
[+5]
[+5]
'It worked, huh?'
"..."
A few minutes later, Hiruzen and the others saw something growing from the corpse's arm. They were shocked to see that a whole arm had grown. They were speechless.
"..."
[+5]
[Ding.]
[Level up.]
[Yang Release LV10 (MAX)]
"..."
Along with the system notification, Souji grew an arm from the corpse. It took Souji a total of 15 minutes. Once his Yang release reached level 10, the corpse's arm regenerated quickly, completing the trial.
"..."
Hiruzen and the others were speechless. 'This is a miracle.' They thought simultaneously.
"..."
After that, Sukui examined Souji's body in case there were any side effects from using the jutsu to regenerate body parts. However, Sukui once again found Souji's body to be healthy and free of deficiencies or abnormalities. In fact, for Sukui, Souji's normality was strange.
"..."
"Are you all right, Souji? Not experiencing fatigue or anything?" Hiruzen asked worriedly.
"Yes, I'm fine, old man." Souji replied.
"So, Sukui-san. Could you list everyone who has missing limbs? Also, please find volunteers willing to be test subjects for healing congenital deficiencies."
Souji wasn't trying to playing a God or something. He just wanted to accomplish something he believed was possible. If it wasn't possible, that was fine.
"Of course, leave it to me!" Sukui said.
"But shouldn't you go to school? Not to mention training with Sandaime-sama?"
"Don't worry. I'll send my shadow clone." Souji replied.
"Wouldn't that burden you?" Sukui asked worriedly. Even Hiruzen was worried about the side effects of the shadow clone.
"I know my own body well." That was a lie, though. Souji himself didn't know the limits of his body.
"Alright then." Sukui said.
"Oh, and please use anesthesia on the patients. I don't know if the process will be painful, so it's better to avoid that." Souji said.
Sukui nodded.
"Um... Souji-sama, would you like to become the director of the Konoha hospital?" the hospital director asked.
"Eh? Director?" Sukui asked, surprised that the hospital director was asking Souji what he wanted.
"No, I'm too busy." Souji continued, "Also, my experience is not yet comparable to Sukui-san's, so I don't want to be the hospital director for now."
"That's right, Director. He's too busy for that. Besides, you're doing a great job leading the Konoha hospital, so please continue." Hiruzen said.
"Yes, Sandaime-sama." The hospital director responded.
Hiruzen then looked at Souji and asked, "Do you have any other business after this, Souji?"
Souji shook his head. "No. What is it, old man?"
"Come with me." Hiruzen said.
"Alright. See you tomorrow, Director and Sukui-san."
"Of course, see you tomorrow." Sukui and the director said.
"..."
"..."
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Souji and Hiruzen were at the training ground.
"Old man, may I ask if I am your student?" Souji asked.
Twitch
Hiruzen's face twitched. "Souji, didn't I tell you that in Chapter 10?"
"Ah?"
'Really?' Souji thought. Then he checked Chapter 10 and saw that it was true.
"I thought, I forgot about it."
Here was Souji, unaware that the people knew he was a student of the Third Hokage. Hiruzen shook his head. Souji considered being a student of a Hokage was a normal thing. Hiruzen was sure many people wanted to be his students, but Souji didn't care about that.
"..."
Ahem
"My goal this time is to check on your chakra affinity." said Hiruzen.
"Oh? I've already done it with Sukui-san." Souji said.
Hiruzen raised his eyebrows. "Really? Then, can you try it again?" He asked, and then gave Souji a chakra induction paper.
Souji channeled his chakra, turning the paper into water.
"..."
Hiruzen was amazed by Souji again and again. He lost count of how many times he had been amazed by him today.
'Is there anything else?' Hiruzen thought.
Then, the water that had fallen to the ground turned back into the paper as before.
"..."
Hiruzen thought this was too much. Wetting the paper? Normal.
But turning the paper into water?
Turning the water back into paper again?
"..."
'Can I give him the Hokage position now?' Hiruzen thought tiredly.
He was tired of being amazed by Souji, he didn't know what the other things he would do.
Cough Cough
"From what I see, you have a strong affinity for water. Even though you only have one nature transformation, yours is much stronger than the others." said Hiruzen.
Souji nodded his head. "So, old man, what should I do to train my nature transformation?"
"Depending on how skilled you are, you can create water streams with your chakra or shape them into various forms. The forms you create can be more detailed than roughly shaping them." Hiruzen continued, "It's also useful for determining how much chakra to put into your jutsu, which can make your jutsu more efficient in terms of chakra consumption and stable power."
Souji nodded as he listened to Hiruzen's explanation. He made a hand seal and said, "Shadow clone jutsu."
Poff Poff Poff
Fifty Souji shadow clones appeared.
"Hm? I saw you use the Shadow Clone Jutsu without hand seals before. Why are you using them now?" Hiruzen asked.
"Using hand seals can fools the enemy and make them think more." Souji replied.
Hiruzen nodded while gently pulling his beard.
The shadow clones approached the nearby river, submerged their hands in the water, and tried to shape it using chakra.
[+50]
[+50]
[Ding.]
[Level up.]
"..."
Hiruzen looked at Souji. "Aren't you going to try it directly?"
Souji shook his head. "I want to see if the training from my shadow clones is the same as what I do."
Hiruzen just shook his head. "Even though the shadow clone is you and will return to your original body, that doesn't mean you shouldn't try to get used to it."
Souji nodded. "That's why I want to try it. Just wait a few minutes."
"All right." Hiruzen said, looking at Souji. It's not like Souji, who, with his shadow clone, was training his nature transformation and could easily master the Water Release jutsu in a short time, right?
"..."
"..."
[Ding.]
[Level Up.]
[Water Release LV10 (MAX)]
"..."
"All right, old man. I'm ready." Souji asked, "What jutsu do you want to teach me now?"
"..."
Hiruzen nodded his head and made hand seals, "Water Release: Wild Water Wave."
Hiruzen spewed a lot of water from his mouth. The water moved and crashed into the nearby trees.
Bam!
"..."
The tree hit by Hiruzen's jutsu fell.
"..."
"How is it? This is one of the basic Water Release jutsu that has varying ranks depending on the amount of chakra used." Hiruzen said.
"Not bad. Then I'll try it." Souji said while following the hand seals Hiruzen showed him.
"Water Release: Wild Water Wave."
"..."
"..."