#92 - Uchiha Hazuki's arrival
Shizune instructed Sakura to assassinate Sasuke with a "Ninja Tool: Poison Kunai," which grazed Naruto's cheek. Shortly after, Naruto was paralyzed by the poison and became unable to move.
In the ninja world, medical ninjas aren't the only ones who play with poison.
For the puppet masters of the neighboring Sand Village, applying poison to their puppets, which they use as weapons, is a necessary tactic.
Combining puppets with various secret mechanisms and agonizing, deadly poisons, puppet masters specialize in tormenting people.
There's also Hanzō of the Salamander, the man who defeated the combined forces of Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.
His poison is so potent that even Tsunade finds it棘手.
It can be said that the upper limit is quite high.
It's just that the required poisons are hard to find; they're either biological toxins from within ninja beasts or newly concocted poisons.
Qing Si picked up the scroll, chatted with Yakushi Nonou for a while, and then left.
Yakushi Nonou had other matters to attend to and couldn't accompany him at all times.
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Uchiha Compound.
"Those Byakugan… are from the Hyuga clan."
Mikoto, who was returning from grocery shopping, noticed a girl in a maid outfit walking in the distance.
Head lowered, she walked silently through the Uchiha clan's streets.
Seemingly not wanting people to see her Byakugan.
"What is she doing here in the Uchiha clan?"
Mikoto looked puzzled.
After thinking for a moment, she followed Hyuga Natsu, wanting to see why a Hyuga had come to the Uchiha clan.
Before long, Hyuga Natsu stopped in front of a somewhat dilapidated house and knocked on the door.
"Is Qing Si here?"
Hyuga Natsu was also carrying a basket filled with pastries.
Madam Gin Hana had her send a generous gift first, then confirm a meeting time.
This was the etiquette of the main family; every word and action was subjected to rigid education, filled with the demeanor of a great family.
However, Hyuga Natsu found such rules tedious; thankfully, the branch family wasn't as strict.
If the main family's education was elite-style, theirs was ordinary, only having slightly more secret techniques than civilian ninjas.
The truly core Gentle Fist techniques of the Hyuga clan could only be learned and inherited by the main family.
The branch family didn't have the qualification to learn them.
"Qing Si?"
Hyuga Natsu knocked again and waited in place for a while.
Unfortunately, there was still no response.
She revealed a disappointed expression. It seemed Qing Si wasn't home; this trip was wasted.
She could only go see if Kushina Uzumaki was in.
Mikoto, who was following behind, looked up. This was Qing Si's house.
Judging by the girl's appearance, she was probably Qing Si's classmate.
"Not bad, this kid."
Mikoto thought to herself that it was just a matter between young people.
"Fugaku and I should be getting close soon too."
Mikoto thought.
If nothing unexpected happened, they would be getting married within the next year or two.
She hoped that the increasingly tense situation wouldn't affect them.
If a war broke out, Mikoto didn't think there would be time to get married.
She wouldn't even have time to retire.
Unless all of this was done before the ninja world war, there would still be a chance to stay in the rear as a housewife.
Of course, if the war situation became too dire, even housewives like her would be affected and would rejoin the war from retirement.
By the time Mikoto came back to her senses, Hyuga Natsu had already returned with the basket.
She didn't wait for Qing Si; Qing Si wasn't home.
Mikoto shook her head, laughing at herself for thinking about things that weren't there yet before she even retired.
She carried the vegetables in the cloth bag and walked towards her own house.
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Before returning, Qing Si first went to see Kurenai Yuhi and practiced some taijutsu with her.
Take people's money and help them avoid disaster.
After it was almost done, Qing Si returned to his home.
He started flipping through the newly learned scroll today.
With a foundation of medical knowledge, Qing Si made rapid progress in studying toxicology, and many things were connected.
"You have obtained the term: [Apprentice Poison User (White)]."
[Term: Apprentice Poison User (White)]
[Achievement Requirement: Master 1 basic poisoning method.]
[Progress: 1%.]
[Effect: Your accumulation of knowledge in poisoning and the way of poisoning is more solid, and the speed of cultivation increases by 5% on the original basis.]
[Note: Subsequent advancements can be continued.]
Qing Si closed it and continued flipping through.
He could comprehend this term in one night.
With [Reading Absorption (White)] and [Basic Memory (White)], as well as the accumulated increase of 10% "Yin" Release chakra.
Qing Si's thinking and learning abilities have improved a lot.
When he had time, Qing Si planned to get the wind release-related terms as well.
The more ninjutsu he learned, the more composed he would be in the face of various geographical environments.
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"Just send me here."
Uchiha Hazuki looked back.
She and Yamada Taiyu stood at the boundary between the Uchiha compound and the streets of Konoha.
"Okay, be careful."
Even though he knew the Uchiha compound was extremely safe and patrolled by the Konoha Military Police Force, Yamada Taiyu still said this.
He waved his already healed arm and bid farewell to Uchiha Hazuki.
Today, Yamada Taiyu and Uchiha Hazuki went to Granny Cat's place again, and Hazuki also said that in order to cope with the increasing number of enemy ninja appearing in recent mission requests, she purchased ten more sets of chainmail.
Yamada Taiyu strongly supported this, and Uchiha Hazuki being safe was more important than anything.
For him, every day spent with Uchiha Hazuki was unforgettable.
"…Okay."
Uchiha Hazuki nodded lightly.
She let Yamada Taiyu go first, and after she couldn't see his figure under the dim streetlights, Uchiha Hazuki walked along the edge of the compound.
She was going to find Uchiha Qing Si.
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"Hazuki-nee, this is your first time coming to my house, right?"
Hearing the knocking, Qing Si put down the scroll in his hand, placed the white snake from his arm onto the tatami, and went out wearing wooden clogs.
He had just gotten the green term for medical genin, and now he had a genjutsu scroll delivered to his door.
The green term for medical genin was similar to the effect of the lightning release genin, both being 20% effects, but the difference was that Qing Si's meridian system was better adapted to "Yang" Release chakra.
Medical ninjutsu is actually a use of "Yang" Release.
Both "Yin" Release and "Yang" Release are frequently used in the ninja world.
The development and use of physical strength is "Yang" Release.
The development and use of mental strength is "Yin" Release.
These two are much rarer and more advanced than ordinary techniques. Apart from medical ninjutsu, most of them belong to the secret ninjutsu of ninja clans.
Ordinary ninjas have no way to learn them.
Medical ninjutsu is already considered a relatively fair, open, and just channel for advancement and learning.
As long as you have "Yang" attribute, you can pass the medical ninja selection at Konoha Hospital.
If you also have some talent in chakra control, then you can officially start learning and be taught valuable knowledge.
