vncnus Chapter 27 Medical Ninjutsu
Chapter 27 Medical Ninjutsu
evening.
Sosuke left the waste treatment plant.
Instead of going straight back to the warehouse on West Street, he went to the market.
I bought ten kilograms of rice, five kilograms of flour, and two jars of candy.
He hired a cart and headed towards the southeast corner of Konoha Village.
There is a dilapidated church building there.
Konoha Orphanage.
This is a byproduct of war.
The Second Shinobi World War caused countless children to lose their parents.
Although Konoha took them in, the village's budget was always tight.
After all, military spending is the top priority.
The orphanage gates were open.
Dozens of children were playing in the courtyard.
The clothes were all old, and some were even ill-fitting adult clothes.
But their eyes were very clear.
Or rather, they haven't been completely assimilated by this cruel world.
"Mr. Sosuke?"
An unexpected sound came from inside.
Nono was carrying out a basin of washed clothes to hang them out to dry.
She was wearing a nun's habit, and the setting sun shone on her golden hair, making her look so holy that it was almost unbearable to look directly at her.
"Just passing by, thought I'd take a look."
Sosuke placed the items from the cart on the stone table in the yard.
"Bring some food for the children."
Nono looked at the bag of polished rice and candy with some surprise.
"This is too expensive..."
"That prescription helped me a lot."
Sosuke stretched out his hands.
The layer of grayish-white calluses was still clearly visible, but in the setting sun, they appeared particularly strong.
"My hand feels much better."
Nono walked closer and took a look.
"The recovery is going well. A protective film has formed in the stratum corneum."
She was a professional and could tell the condition of Sosuke's hands at a glance.
"Children!"
Nono clapped her hands.
"Quickly, thank Uncle Sosuke!"
A group of children swarmed around them.
Looking at the candy on the table, their mouths watered, but no one dared to snatch it.
Very disciplined.
"Thank you, Uncle!"
The voices were young and clear.
Sosuke looked at the children.
Most of them were orphans left behind by the war, and they were emaciated and pale.
But in the corner, a little boy with dark hair caught his attention.
He was about six or seven years old, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses that were half the size of his face perched on his nose, coldly watching everything.
That look in his eyes revealed a precocious maturity and keen insight.
That was Chiba, the smartest child in the orphanage.
Despite his young age, he is said to be helping Nono with some simple herb classification.
Sosuke opened the candy jar and gave one to each child.
When he was given Chiba, he didn't eat it right away, but put it in his pocket.
"Why aren't you eating?" Sosuke asked.
"Leave it to the dean." Chiba pushed up his slipping glasses, his voice soft. "She didn't eat last night."
Sosuke's heart skipped a beat.
What an understanding child.
This kind of precocious intelligence honed through hardship is both heartbreaking and admirable.
"There's more here."
Sosuke grabbed another handful and stuffed it into Chiba's hand.
"This is for you. You must eat it now."
Chiba paused for a moment and looked at Nonou.
Nonou smiled and nodded.
Chiba then peeled one open and put it in her mouth.
A sweet smile bloomed on his face.
After distributing the candy, Sosuke and Nonou sat on a bench in the yard.
"The situation at the orphanage hasn't been good lately?"
Zongjie asked knowingly.
"Yes." Nonou sighed, "The fighting at the front is intense, and the village's subsidies have been reduced. The children are growing..."
"I can provide financial assistance."
Sousuke spoke.
"I will provide 50,000 taels every month."
Nonou turned her head and looked at him in disbelief.
Fifty thousand taels.
It's enough to feed all the children in the orphanage, and they can even get new clothes.
"What are the conditions?"
Nono is a smart person.
She was a former spy and didn't believe in free lunches.
"I want to learn medical ninjutsu."
Sosuke revealed his purpose.
Nono was stunned for a moment.
"You want to become a medical ninja?"
"No, I just want to learn how to heal myself."
Sosuke stretched out his calloused hands.
"As you can see, my cultivation method is very taxing on the body. Relying solely on herbs only treats the symptoms, not the root cause."
"Furthermore, I am very interested in the meridians and skeletal structure of the human body. I want to learn the most systematic theory."
Nono fell silent.
She was weighing her options.
Although medical ninjutsu is not a forbidden technique, it is still a controlled form of knowledge in Konoha.
Normally, only ninjas in the medical corps or those who pass the examination can learn it.
Private exchanges are against regulations.
But she glanced at the children who were eating candy.
Fifty thousand taels of silver is a life-saving sum for an orphanage these days.
Danzo's funding was decreasing, and he often had to use children as "Root's" reserves in exchange for funding.
That was her nightmare.
With this money, she would be more confident in refusing some of Danzo's "recruitment" requests.
"I can teach you the basics."
Nonou adjusted her glasses and made a decision.
"Precise control of chakra, principles of cell activation, and simple hemostasis and healing techniques."
"As for more advanced techniques like Palm Healing Technique and Chakra Scalpel... those require extremely high talent and authority, and I cannot teach them to you without permission."
"make a deal."
Sosuke did not hesitate at all.
Once you get the hang of it, the rest is just a matter of time and resources.
"When will it start?"
"Every night at eight o'clock, I have one hour," Nono said.
"But how much you can learn depends entirely on your comprehension."
"If..." she paused, "...you use this knowledge to harm people, I will unilaterally terminate my teaching."
"That's natural."
Sosuke took out the first payment he had prepared beforehand—50,000 taels of cash.
A thick stack.
He placed the money on the stone table, under the bag of polished rice.
See you tomorrow night, Ms. Nonou.
Sosuke got up to take his leave.
In the corner, the boy Chiba, with candy in his mouth, kept his eyes following Sosuke's back until he disappeared around the corner.
The next day, Sosuke continued practicing his tool manipulation techniques.
night.
The basement of the orphanage.
This place was originally a cellar for storing vegetables for the winter, but it has now been cleared out and used as a temporary medical room.
A faint smell of mildew and alcohol filled the air.
A dead fish lay on a simple wooden bed.
It's not a metaphor.
It was a crucian carp that I bought from the market, and its eyes had already rolled back.
"The first lesson in medical ninjutsu is not saving people, but saving fish."
Nono was wearing a white lab coat and looked serious.
"Chakra is divided into seven attributes: wind, lightning, water, fire, earth, as well as yin and yang."
"Everyone's chakra contains both yin and yang attributes."
"Medical ninjutsu is essentially the ultimate application of Yang-style chakra."
"Yang Dun represents vitality and the activity of the physical body."
Nono stretched out her hands, and a soft green light emanated from them.
This is the prototype of the legendary "Healing Palm Technique"—Healing Chakra.
She gently placed her hand on the dead fish.
"Watch closely."
Green light seeped into the fish's body.
A few seconds later.
The fish, which had been stiff and motionless, suddenly twitched its tail.
Then, the gill covers begin to open and close.
It came to life.
Although it's just temporary muscle stimulation, it's a miracle in the eyes of ordinary people.
"What's the principle behind it?" Sosuke asked.
He marveled, he observed.
"Activate the cells," Nonou explained. "Use chakra to forcibly awaken dying cells, accelerating their division and metabolism. But this comes at a price."
"What price?"
"The number of times a cell can divide is limited. Over-treatment is tantamount to overdrawing one's lifespan."
Nonou withdrew her chakra.
The fish struggled violently for a few moments, then became completely still.
This time, it was truly dead.
The cells had exhausted their last bit of energy, and even the fish scales had become dull and lifeless.
"Therefore, medical ninjutsu is a double-edged sword."
Nonoyu looked at Sousuke.
"If the amount is not controlled properly, saving lives can turn into killing them."
"Now, I will teach you how to use Yang Release Chakra."