"Alright, for the next period, we won't be studying sealing technique. We'll relax a bit and learn about Medical Ninjutsu."
Is she really letting us relax?
Miki looked at Mito suspiciously.
This woman, no matter how difficult something was, would always say it was super simple, then look at you with an encouraging expression.
"Medical Ninjutsu is also very simple, you just need to memorize it," Mito said with a smile.
Miki's heart tightened.
Hitomi looked at Mito uneasily.
Chiri, on the other hand, was still the same.
"In the Ninja World, Medical Ninjutsu has many special schools. Among them, the Empty Ninja Village excels at using herbs to heal patients, and it's rumored to have Medical Ninjutsu that can strengthen the body."
"The Sand Shinobi Village in the Land of Wind is also skilled at using herbs. Their puppet corps Shinobi are particularly adept at using poisons, and they also possess unique Water Release Medical Ninjutsu."
"Furthermore, the rumored Dark Medical Ninjutsu can modify the body."
"Mito!" Miki interrupted.
"No manners!" Mito chided Miki with a glance, then said, "Speak."
Actually, she disliked being called Grandma, but considering the dignity of the Senju Clan, she had to endure it.
"Is there Light Medical Ninjutsu?" Miki asked.
Long ago, Miki had considered a question: the reality of the world.
The world she lived in, everything she saw and heard, couldn't be fake.
Then, all the things from her previous life, that manga, could be understood as information projections from a parallel universe. The information flow from this universe went to the previous universe, becoming inspiration for the author to create it.
It seemed plausible, yet implausible.
But Miki didn't want to admit that even she was fake.
Therefore, as long as something appeared that wasn't in the manga from her previous life, it would be enough to prove it wasn't fake.
As for evidence, she already had it.
Her mother Yumi, the three old Aburame men, Insect Sister, the various named people in the Village, and Hitomi, who was sitting beside her at this moment—none of them were created by a manga.
Thus, even if some strange things appeared in this Ninja World, Miki wouldn't be surprised.
"Yes, Light Medical Ninjutsu," Mito said. "I was just about to talk about it."
Miki couldn't help but narrow her eyes slightly.
"This belongs to the Senju secret technique, Yang Release: Mystical Palm Technique, and it is now an important Ninjutsu that Konoha Medical Ninja must master."
Is this the kind of light she meant?
It seemed to make sense.
"Is there only this one Medical Ninjutsu?" Miki asked.
Because Miki hadn't seen any other Ninjutsu used by the Shinobi at the Hospital.
Hearing this, Hitomi's eyes lit up. Wouldn't learning it be very easy then?
"That's right, there's only this one Medical Ninjutsu," Mito said.
"This… that's not true, is it…?" Miki said.
So, she had to wait for Tsunade to create those other Medical Ninjutsu?
"It's true, this is the only one you can learn," Mito said.
"What about the others?" Miki asked.
"Hashirama's unique secret technique, Hand Seal-less Healing, that kind of technique can only be classified as an anomaly of individual constitution. Similarly, there's the rare awakening of physical healing in the Uzumaki Clan. Neither of these is universally applicable."
"They cannot be learned."
Miki nodded. As long as it was a genetic problem, it wasn't an issue.
It's just, there was no opportunity.
"Getting back to the main topic, although there's only one Medical Ninjutsu to learn, you shouldn't underestimate Konoha's Medical Ninjutsu."
"This technique was created by the Senju Clan by imitating the Slug Sage's self-healing ability."
"It consumes cells to accelerate division, thereby increasing the injured person's self-healing speed."
"When the Slug Sage uses this ability, it manifests as a reduction in body size, as cells are rapidly consumed."
At this point, Mito's expression became serious.
"In other words, for humans, it consumes the patient's lifespan."
"It's a dangerous Ninjutsu that shouldn't be used lightly unless absolutely necessary."
"If you cut a finger or something, just lick it; don't use such an exaggerated technique."
After speaking, Mito laughed herself.
It was a bit chilling.
Miki, Chiri, and Hitomi stared at Mito expectantly.
Although she was a grandmother by seniority, Mito's mentality was still very girlish.
Seeing this, she cleared her throat a few times.
"Ahem! Let's continue talking about Mystical Palm Technique."
"This Ninjutsu requires extremely precise Chakra control; otherwise, a single misstep could severely endanger the patient's life."
Indeed, accelerating cell division, if accelerated continuously, wouldn't that be like fast-forwarding life, leading to rapid aging?
"And excessively speeding up the division of vital human organs will prematurely trigger organ failure, which in turn will cause a chain reaction throughout the body, leading to the patient's death."
"Using it for extremely severe injuries is equivalent to accelerating death."
"Therefore, you must master this technique before you can use it on a human body."
"Mito!" Miki called out.
"Speak!" Mito said simply.
"I was thinking, isn't it quite effective when used on people?" Miki said. "Increase the dosage, a lethal dose. Even the best medicine is poison."
Hearing this, Mito looked at Miki and was silent for a moment.
"This… Mushi-Hime, you've created a school of Medical Ninjutsu that kills people."
Indeed, this child possessed extraordinary spiritual insight.
"However, girls shouldn't always be thinking about fighting and killing; it'll make it hard to get married later," Mito said earnestly.
"Do you think I can get married?" As she spoke, large swarms of black insects flew up around Miki, fluttering their wings. Miki sneered, "I don't think anyone would dare."
Mito sighed heavily, pressing her hand to her forehead.
She had always thought Tsunade might not get married, and now there was another one.
"We'll talk about that later. We're in class now, be serious."
"Yes."
Hyuga Hitomi sat to Miki's left, her entire body stiff.
The swarm of insects was very close, seeming as if they were about to pounce on her face. She forced herself to suppress the goosebumps all over her body.
She thought she wasn't afraid.
Truly not afraid.
"I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid…" she mumbled, muttering it aloud.
Her body went numb, so she wasn't afraid anymore.
When Miki called her insects back, Hyuga Hitomi secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Chiri stared at Hitomi for a while, then a gentle smile curved her lips.
She hadn't forgotten the scene where Hitomi was scared unconscious before.
Oh, I found it.
A weakness!
"Given the difficulty of this Medical Ninjutsu, the first thing we need to learn is Chakra control."
"It's very simple, you know~"
Here it comes, here it comes!
Very simple.
Miki perked up.
"It's like playing a game; you can learn it easily."
"You've already learned basic Chakra release operations like walking on water and climbing trees. Next, we'll play something a bit more fancy."
Saying this, Mito clapped her hands together, then separated them, pulling out a translucent blue Chakra thread between her palms.
"Did you understand? Give it a try."
Miki and the other two clapped their hands together, then separated them, pulling out Chakra threads from their palms.
"So, how about this?"
Mito clapped her hands and opened them, revealing a perfect square.
The three followed suit and all succeeded.
"Keep up with my speed, okay."
Mito clapped her hands, and a circle appeared in her palm.
The three followed suit and succeeded.
This seemed a bit harder than the square.
But Miki felt this game looked familiar.
Before she could finish thinking, a new pattern appeared in Mito's hand.
This is…
Miki's eyes widened.
The pattern was a star.
This move was also called Star.
Its game name was…
Cat's Cradle.
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