"Cough! Cough!"
The awkward Hiruzen coughed twice and said, "About this... how about you form a contract with my Summoning Beast instead?"
Uh!
By the looks of it, Tsunade refused!
What a pity!
Rokuro shook his head. "Forget it. My combat power isn't lacking either; I don't need your Summoning Beast, old man. But can you tell me why she wouldn't give it?"
Uh!
Hiruzen was somewhat hesitant.
He couldn't exactly say that Tsunade said she hated arrogant little brats the most and even cursed Rokuro to die early!
If those words got out!
That would be highly inappropriate!
Seeing Hiruzen looking very awkward, Rokuro curled his lip. "It seems your disciple really dislikes me. Could it be because I'm too handsome, making her jealous?"
Hiruzen cast a glance at Rokuro and complained, "Keep dreaming. She didn't mean it like that at all!"
"Tch, if you won't say it, then forget it!" Rokuro shook his head, looking at Hiruzen seriously. "Old man, since she disagreed, you have to give me some compensation, right? I just want to take a look at the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. If I can't learn it, I won't blame you!"
The Flying Thunder God Jutsu!
Hiruzen didn't want to casually teach it to outsiders.
The power of this ninjutsu had already been proven by the Fourth Hokage.
Rokuro's loyalty to Konoha currently seemed quite good.
However!
There was no guarantee he wouldn't defect.
Hiruzen remained silent for a while. He looked at Rokuro and said solemnly, "You are a smart person, so I won't beat around the bush with you. If you want to learn the Flying Thunder God, you must take me as your master!"
Uh!
Hiruzen still didn't completely trust him!
Rokuro sighed, looked at Hiruzen, and shook his head. "I can't. I already have Kuro as my master. Taking someone else as my master now would be inappropriate. Don't you agree?"
A slight smile appeared on Hiruzen's face.
His words just now!
Also carried the intention of testing Rokuro.
If Rokuro had agreed immediately, it would mean that in Rokuro's heart, benefits still came first.
Looking at it now.
In Rokuro's heart.
He still valued old bonds; at the very least, he remembered who treated him well.
However!
Since Rokuro wouldn't take him as a master.
The Flying Thunder God Jutsu still couldn't be given to him.
Hiruzen looked at Rokuro and said, "Since you've made your choice, then there's nothing I can do!"
Rokuro regained his composure and cast a glance at Hiruzen. "Then it can only be this way. I'll head back first. Once you've arranged the missions, old man, just hand them over to my master!"
Hiruzen nodded. "Alright, I'll notify him once I've arranged everything. But what do you plan to do about the hospital? Are you going to stop going, or will you still go in the future?"
When at the hospital.
Hiruzen issued a C-Rank mission to Rokuro every day.
However!
He didn't gain Experience Points every day.
Rather, he gained Experience based on how difficult the treatment was.
Experience Points were distributed according to the difficulty of the task.
The plan Rokuro originally came up with—having Hiruzen issue D-Rank Ninjutsu tasks as S-Rank to let him cheat and grind EXP—had completely fallen through.
Over the past month.
He only treated a patient every two or three days, and the Experience was only 300 to 500 points. That wasn't even as much as doing two D-Rank missions, so he was currently quite uninterested in grinding EXP at the hospital.
Except!
The medical books at the hospital.
Rokuro still wanted to continue reading them.
During this period, he had left a Shadow Clone specifically to study medical books, which allowed him to learn two Medical Ninjutsu: the Chakra Scalpel and the Delicate Illness Extraction Jutsu (a detoxification jutsu that extracts toxic bacteria and cells from the human body).
Both of these Medical Ninjutsu.
Were judged by the system to be A-Rank Ninjutsu, just like the Mystical Palm Technique.
However!
He temporarily didn't have the Experience to learn them.
So he just left the two skills sitting there.
When he had enough Experience in the future, he would raise their Ninjutsu levels.
In order to learn more Medical Ninjutsu at the hospital, Rokuro said directly, "If I'm at home, I'll go. I can still learn quite a bit of medical knowledge at the hospital!"
Hiruzen revealed a smile. "Alright then, head to the hospital first. Tell Yumi and the others about your upcoming departure so they can prepare in advance, lest they fall into a panic when you're gone!"
Rokuro shrugged. "With me around, they definitely have it easy. But they got by just fine before I was here, didn't they? I don't think they'll be thrown into a complete panic just because of this!"
"No one can say for sure!" Hiruzen shook his head, sighing helplessly. "Once people get used to being lazy, making them become serious again isn't that easy!"
That was true!
Rokuro agreed with Hiruzen's statement.
He waved his hand at Hiruzen. "Then I'll go tell them right now!"
"Go on!"
Hiruzen didn't stop him, watching as Rokuro left.
Once Rokuro completely vanished from his sensory perception, Hiruzen furrowed his brow slightly and said, "Kakashi, do you think I was... too harsh on him?"
Kakashi's figure appeared. He remained silent for a while before saying, "From the Hokage's position, there is indeed nothing wrong with it. The Flying Thunder God Jutsu isn't something that can be casually taught to outsiders!"
Hiruzen sighed. "I know. It's just that doing this might make him even more disappointed in me!"
Kakashi was silent. "You can't have your cake and eat it too. Lord Hokage did nothing wrong!"
Hiruzen stood up, walked to the window, and sighed. "I didn't do anything wrong, I'm well aware of that. However, once a person's heart grows cold, warming it up again isn't so easy. That girl Tsunade refusing to give the Summoning Scroll really presented me with a difficult problem!"
Kakashi didn't speak anymore.
This kind of matter wasn't something he could decide.
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