Chapter 22: The Discovery of Medical Ninjutsu
"Mirai-kun, why do you say that?"
Kurenai Yuhi's ruby-like eyes were filled with confusion as she looked at Hyuga Mirai. She also knew about Konoha White Fang; he was the father of her classmate, Kakashi, and a powerful ninja in the village.
But upon returning to the village today, Kurenai Yuhi heard such an inexplicable statement from Hyuga Mirai.
Hyuga Kiyomi also glanced at Hyuga Mirai, but she did not speak, instead waiting for Hyuga Mirai's response.
"Because the discussions on the street suddenly stopped, just like that fruit vendor…"
Hyuga Mirai slowly explained, pointing at a fruit stand ten meters away.
"Before, whenever I passed by here, I would always see this vendor talking about Konoha White Fang abandoning his mission, but today he has served four groups of customers and hasn't said anything. Only when someone dies do rumors disappear, right?"
After hearing Hyuga Mirai's explanation, Hyuga Kiyomi and Kurenai Yuhi subconsciously looked at the people on this commercial street.
Upon closer reflection, they realized it was indeed as Hyuga Mirai said. In the past, at this time, passing by here, they would always hear these civilian vendors condemning Konoha White Fang, but today it was unusually 'quiet'.
Kurenai Yuhi argued, "That's not necessarily true."
"Condemnations that have lasted for over half a year wouldn't suddenly stop today, Kurenai. If you don't believe me, you can go ask later. These people's answers should all be that they don't want to talk about it anymore."
Hyuga Mirai finished speaking and shook his head.
Whether Konoha White Fang committed suicide or not had nothing to do with him. He still had his own unresolved matters, so he had no mind to concern himself with an Anbu-level expert's affairs.
Subsequently, at Hyuga Mirai's urging, Kurenai Yuhi temporarily put aside her desire to go inquire and went to have a meal with her teammates first.
However, this meal also left her distracted. Although Hyuga Mirai and Hyuga Kiyomi noticed, neither of them spoke.
After the meal, the squad disbanded on the spot, and everyone returned home to rest.
However, Kurenai Yuhi was still preoccupied with what Hyuga Mirai had said before the meal. She went directly to the commercial street in Konoha Village, bought some apples from the fruit stand, and then inquired about Konoha White Fang.
"Konoha White Fang? What does he have to do with us?"
"It was just talk, and we were bored anyway. Now we don't want to talk about it anymore. Don't want to is don't want to!"
Kurenai Yuhi asked four or five people on the commercial street in a row, but the answers she received were all largely similar.
This left Kurenai Yuhi very puzzled and confused. It was almost exactly as Hyuga Mirai had said. Could it be that Konoha White Fang really died?
It was very late when Kurenai Yuhi returned home. Usually, she would have a meal with her teammates after completing a mission, so Yuhi Shinzu had, as usual, not prepared dinner for his daughter.
However, Yuhi Shinzu saw the very bewildered expression on his daughter's face and couldn't help but ask, "Kurenai, did you encounter any difficulties?"
"Father…"
Kurenai Yuhi put down her things, then sat at the table, thought for a moment with her head down, and asked,
"Did Konoha White Fang die?"
Yuhi Shinzu's expression changed slightly, then became a bit more serious as he asked, "Kurenai, how did you know?" This had only happened yesterday, and after Konoha White Fang committed suicide, the Third Hokage had already issued a gag order. Although Sakumo Hatake was buried as a hero, it was still kept secret at this time.
Did Kurenai Yuhi just return today and already know about this?
"It was my teammate…"
Kurenai Yuhi paused for a moment, then recounted what happened today, including her subsequent inquiries with the civilians on the commercial street.
"Kurenai, this teammate of yours is quite extraordinary."
After listening, Yuhi Shinzu was silent for a while before he spoke this sentence; then his expression became very solemn as he said to his daughter,
"Don't delve deeper into this matter. The village does not allow discussion of this matter now."
"That means it's true…"
"Kurenai!"
Yuhi Shinzu called out solemnly once more, then slowly said, "The Third Hokage has issued a gag order, forbidding discussion of this matter."
Kurenai Yuhi was startled. She was only curious why Konoha White Fang would commit suicide, but seeing her father's solemn demeanor, Kurenai Yuhi had no choice but to promise her father that she would no longer inquire about this matter.
Unlike Kurenai Yuhi, Hyuga Mirai would not waste a single moment of time; after returning home, he tidied up and immediately went to the forest on the edge of the village to train.
Hyuga Mirai became increasingly proficient in the condensation and control of Yang Release Chakra. Taking himself as an example, he could almost feel the subtle changes in his wounds when healing himself.
"It's time to apply for a laboratory at Konoha Hospital."
Hyuga Mirai thought to himself, after this B-rank mission ends, there should be a long period of rest; if not, then he would apply to Kaminari Kaede.
Even with rapid progress, they shouldn't be so desperate. They were still children; after several months of continuous killing, Hyuga Mirai could feel that Hyuga Kiyomi was almost developing a violent tendency.
These past few months of training Medical Ninjutsu with Shadow Clones allowed Hyuga Mirai to gradually grasp the principles of Tsunade's Healing Resuscitation Regeneration Jutsu.
Chakra is a mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy. Normally, these two energies require hand seals to combine into Chakra; some Chunin or Jonin can skillfully refine Chakra, so they can skip the hand seal step.
However, Yang Release Chakra requires more precise refinement and Yang Release transformation. Even Medical Ninja with high Chakra control find it difficult to instantly extract Yang Release Chakra.
If not controlled, Chakra is difficult to store in a ninja's body for a long time.
However, Yang Release Chakra can be preserved through special methods, such as Sealing Jutsu; if Exploding Tags seal Chakra with fire nature transformation onto paper, then Yang Release Chakra can also be made into Medical Talismans in the same way.
"That's strange, why hasn't anyone thought of such a simple idea?"
This doesn't surprise Hyuga Mirai. Konoha's medical system is the strongest among the Five Great Nations, but Konoha's medical system was essentially single-handedly promoted and implemented by Tsunade.
From after the Second Great Ninja War to before the Third Great Ninja War, in less than ten years, it was already quite good to have perfected the training system for Medical Ninja.
Afterward, Tsunade's lover died, and she developed hemophobia, so Konoha's medical system almost stagnated, like a windmill that stopped turning.
After Tsunade became inactive, neither the Third Hokage nor his advisory team intended to continue developing the medical system; they only focused on cultivating more Medical Ninja.
Therefore, in a sense, Konoha's medical system had entered a state of stagnation, with no further development.
Without Tsunade, the medical system was like having both legs broken; it was already good if it could crawl slowly, let alone continue to develop and advance.
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