"Mystical Palm Technique" — it's actually a skin!
And not just any skin, but an advanced limited skin!
That meant that as long as he gave Mystical Palm Technique to Healing Technique, Mikami Yuu could instantly gain mastery over this A-rank medical ninjutsu! Even if he wasn't perfectly fluent with it at first, he'd still be able to skip the beginner stage entirely and become one of the few true experts in the entire advanced medical class!
But—
Yuu quickly forced himself to calm down.
No. Not yet.
First, giving a [Gift] consumed the scroll. And the scroll Tsunade had brought out was obviously no ordinary one. Besides the basic training method for the technique itself, it was covered in handwritten notes from multiple people—most likely annotations left behind by elders of the Senju clan.
A scroll like that wasn't the same as something you exchanged for in the mission hall. Setting aside whether Tsunade would even give it to him for free, even if she did, he couldn't just feed it to the system right away. At the very least, he had to copy it first and keep a backup. Or better yet, give the copied version as the gift.
Second, even geniuses had to make sense within the story.
Since Mystical Palm Technique was an A-rank jutsu, its training difficulty was extremely high. Tsunade had just said that even Shizune still hadn't mastered it after two and a half years. If Mikami Yuu learned it after glancing at the scroll once—then even Tsunade would probably start getting suspicious and looking for a way to draw a few vials of his blood, or slice off some skin samples for research.
So it was better to wait and watch.
At this moment,
Mikami Yuu dug his nails into his palm to force himself to stay calm, then listened as Tsunade continued.
Tsunade didn't seem to notice the change in his expression. Or maybe she did, but just assumed he'd been startled by the words A-rank jutsu.
"Don't be nervous. It's difficult, yes, but if you really have talent for medical ninjutsu, it's not completely impossible to learn it at your age. I mastered this technique myself when I was around ten. You two—and especially you, Yuu—might have that kind of potential too."
"Um…"
Mikami Yuu raised a hand and asked softly, "Lady Tsunade, how long did it take you to learn it back then?"
"Me?"
Tsunade gave a self-satisfied smile. "Less than five months. Though I was still young back then and not all that serious about training, so if I'd really put my mind to it, three or four months probably would've been enough."
I see.
Mikami Yuu nodded to himself. So four or five months was the reasonable benchmark. That would be enough to display his "talent" without making things feel too outrageous.
Anyway, Healing Technique was already enough to handle ordinary injuries, so learning Mystical Palm Technique a little later wasn't a problem. Besides, even if he did "learn" it through the system, as long as he didn't use it in front of Tsunade, she wouldn't know exactly when he had mastered it.
After that,
Tsunade began explaining the theoretical foundation of Mystical Palm Technique, along with several key control points. She especially emphasized precision chakra control, because that was the basis not just of Mystical Palm Technique, but of all advanced medical ninjutsu.
Rin hurriedly pulled out paper and began taking notes.
Mikami Yuu was also taking notes, though his were more concise. He only recorded the key points while listening with complete focus, not letting a single word slip past him.
The explanation lasted nearly an hour.
At last, Tsunade closed her mouth and took a sip of tea.
Mikami Yuu and Rin both lowered their heads to review their notes and the scroll in front of them, constantly replaying and digesting what they had just heard.
The room fell into a brief silence.
"Well?" Tsunade asked.
"…It really is deep. There are still a lot of places I don't fully understand yet."
Mikami Yuu took a breath, then began asking questions based on the points he had written down.
To put it simply—
Mikami Yuu knew very well that his "genius" persona had some padding in it.
The main reason Snake Mercy and Tsunade valued him so highly was because of Healing Brand. Without the galgame system's support, his actual understanding of medical ninjutsu was only slightly better than that of an average medical chūnin.
But no one understood medical ninjutsu better than Healing Technique herself.
In the process of raising Healing Technique's affection from 0 to 90, Mikami Yuu had handled a considerable variety of injuries and illnesses, and had received plenty of guidance from Healing Technique. So while his raw insight wasn't at the level of a true genius, he had still accumulated a lot of instinct and experience through sheer repetition.
So the questions he now asked Tsunade were all rather insightful.
Tsunade answered them one by one, then also answered a few of Rin's questions.
After that, she let her gaze settle on Mikami Yuu again. She seemed to weigh something in her mind, something gathering in the depths of her amber eyes. Finally, she set down her teacup with a soft tap against the low wooden table.
"Medical ninjutsu is a shield for saving people. But in a world like this, only knowing how to save people isn't enough. Sometimes you also need a spear that can smash an enemy's skull in. I'll teach you one more technique—but whether or not you can learn it will depend on you."
"Come with me."
With that, Tsunade stood and walked into the courtyard, the loose hem of her yukata falling down and hiding her bare feet.
Mikami Yuu and Rin exchanged a glance, then stood and followed.
There were already decorative rocks, trees, and bits of false landscape arranged throughout the courtyard.
Among them stood a block of hard granite about waist-high, clearly placed there as part of the scenery. Its surface was rough and gave off a sense of solid weight.
Tsunade stopped in front of it, stood still, then casually raised her right arm and extended a single finger. Her pale fingertip seemed to gleam like jade under the sunlight.
"Don't tell me…"
Mikami Yuu's eyelid twitched as he sensed what was coming.
Then Tsunade said:
"Watch carefully."
No hand seals. Not even any obvious buildup of force. Tsunade simply flicked her hand forward and lightly tapped the granite with one finger.
The next instant—
BOOM!!!
A muffled, violent crash exploded through the courtyard!
Centered on the point where Tsunade's fingertip had landed, a terrifying spiderweb of cracks spread across the granite's surface. The entire massive stone—nearly a meter tall and solid all the way through—collapsed and shattered like it had been blown apart from the inside, exploding into countless fragments that shot in every direction!
An invisible shockwave spread out. Dust filled the air. Even the courtyard floor trembled faintly.
And yet Tsunade's finger remained completely unharmed.
"?!!"
Rin gasped and covered her mouth, eyes wide and round in shock.
Shizune, on the other hand, had clearly seen this kind of thing before. She didn't even change expression. She simply stepped back half a pace and raised her sleeve to cover her mouth and nose against the dust.
"This technique," Tsunade said, "is called Monster Strength."
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