After reading the list, Kaida had a doubtful expression on his face.

  "I'm sorry, Sensei, but I ask you something?" Kaida asked.

  "Of course, you ," Mitsuru replied.

  "Even though these jutsu seem important, they are less effective than the Healing Palm you taught me yesterday. So why should I lear and 3rd jutsu?" Kaida asked.

  "Because normally, when someoarts their journey as a mediinja, they begin here. It was just a ridiculous test I set up so no one could pass, and I wouldn't have to waste my time. But you passed it, so I 't stay zy and foy fort. You have monstrous potential in this field.

  Maybe a little less than Lady Tsunade, but still enough to be the chief mediinja in this hospital in five years. You could bee the you chief mediinja in Konoha's history," Mitsuru said.

  "I'm sorry, Sensei, but I pn on being ae jonin iure, not a mediinja," Kaida said. Though he aimed fe-level strength, he knew saying it out loud might make people think he was mad.

  "Why would you want to do that? Even a specialist doctor here earns more than ae jonin, without risking their life. Plus, the respect you'll get as a chief mediinja is inparable," Mitsuru said, uo prehend why someone would choose such a difficult path over an easier, more successful one.

  "But if a specialist somehow offends ae jonin and has to leave the vilge, they won't even know how they died if they were lucky," Kaida said.

  Mitsuru was shocked, thinking, *‘Why is the world so cruel that children have to mature this early?’* Even though what Kaida said was true, she decided to keep persuading him to bee a mediinja—he was too taleo do something else.

  "Haha, so you think mediinjas aren't powerful? Want to have a friendly spar with me?" Mitsuru asked.

  "I'm sorry, Sensei, I didn't mean it that way. Mediinjas are certainly more powerful than normal ones. But what I meant is that they 't pare to bat-focused ninjas of the same rank. A specialist might be strohan a normal in, but they're no match for an experienced jonin or elite jonin," Kaida expined, knowing that his statement, though harsh, was true.

  "And what about a chief mediinja?" Mitsuru asked, still not offended.

  "I don’t know much about them, sihere wasn’t a lot of information in the library. But from what my brother told me, they have a simir level of respect to any head, right?" Kaida asked.

  Mitsuru hough she khey often held more respect than some smaller heads.

  "Then, Sensei, you name any chief mediinja strohan our head, Fugaku Uchiha?" Kaida asked.

  Mitsuru was stunned by the question.

  "Haha, you’ve got a silver tongue, boy. No, there isn’t a chief mediinja more powerful than the great Fugaku Uchiha. In fact, some of them are so engrossed in medical jutsu that they might be weaker than Konoha’s elite jonin," Mitsuru admitted.

  Kaida smiled ba response.

  "So, are you saying you want strength over prestige aation?" Mitsuru asked.

  "No, ma'am. I’m saying that in the ninja world, reputation ’t be maintained without strength," Kaida responded.

  "What you're saying is true in wartime, but we’re iime now. You don’t have to worry about that," Mitsuru said.

  "Sensei, I’m sure you know peace is a myth in the ninja world. It’s either direct war or i flict between vilges, but war is always happening," Kaida said.

  "You know far too much for ye," Mitsuru sighed.

  Kaida realized he was talking as if his previous knowledge was on, but luckily, he hadn’t said anything too dangerous yet.

  'How could I let my guard down so easily?' Kaida thought.

  "So, you’re not going to be a mediinja?" Mitsuru asked o time, deg she wouldn’t bring it up again after this.

  "Ma'am, I just said I want to be ae jonin first. After that, I’ll pursue this field," Kaida said.

  "Alright, that’s good enough for now. You’ve got about two years to learn the basid bee a det mediinja. Now, enough chit-chat. Get ready; we're starting these jutsu. They’re necessary for building your foundation."

  "Sensei, are these jutsu chakra exhausting?" Kaida asked.

  "No, they’re desigo use very little chakra so even genin perform them. But your chakra trol must be excellent, which you already have. So don't worry," Mitsuru said, assuming Kaida was ed about his chakra reserves.

  "Then, you show me all of these jutsu at the same time?" Kaida asked.

  Mitsuru was surprised by the request but decided to see why he wao watch all the jutsu at once.

  She took out a scroll from her special bracelet and eled her chakra into it. Various items appeared: bandages, water, grass, leaves, soil, sand, and a fake hand. Kaida had already activated his Sharingan.

  "The first jutsu is simple, you just do this," Mitsuru said, making a series of hand signs.

  All the elements present began to transform, being suitable to use as bandages. Soil and sand bined with water to form a cy-like substance, while leaves and grass became strong enough to tie around wounds. The bandages, of course, didn’t ge much.

  "Do you want to see it again, or try it yourself?" Mitsuru asked.

  "I’d like to try it," Kaida said.

  Mitsuru nodded a the materials.

  Kaida followed the hand signs, which he easily copied with his Sharingan. Thanks to his enhanced mental ability, he remembered the sequenpletely. After he fihe materials did ge, but not as dramatically as when Mitsuru had do—they still couldn’t be used as bandages.

  "Good job. Just practiore and you’ll master it," Mitsuru said.

  "Thanks, Sensei," Kaida said, stepping aside to learn the jutsu.

  Sisuru had agreed to show them all at once, she pulled out another scroll. This time, a mouse with a small cut on its paeared, unscious.

  "I’ll show you the wo jutsu together," she said.

  First, she made the hand signs for *Blood Coagution* and held her hand over the cut. The blood soon clotted and stopped flowing. Then she made another set of hand signs, pg her hands on the mouse again. After a moment, the mouse’s heart and lungs were massaged by her chakra, and it regained sciousness.

  She had performed *Oxygen Supply* and *Blood Coagution* together.

  "Want to see it again?"

  "Yes, Sensei," Kaida replied. Si involved a life, he didn’t want to fail—it would be devastating to actally harm someone while trying to heal them.

  Mitsuru showed him the process again. Kaida mimicked the hand signs without using the jutsu on the mouse. After a few moments, he said, "I'm ready."

  Mitsuru nodded, bringing out another mouse.

  Kaida performed *Blood Coagution* without any issue. But when he used *Oxygen Supply*, he actally pushed too much chakra into the heart and lungs, causing the mouse to jolt awake.

  Kaida quickly stopped the jutsu, looking nervously at the mouse.

  "Don’t worry, it’s alive—just startled," Mitsuru assured him.

  Kaida nodded, and they moved on to the st jutsu.

  "This oricky. It doesn’t have any hand signs. You have to use your chakra to sense aract as much poison as you from the body," Mitsuru expined.