"Yeah!"
Shiro Akira nodded. "For quite a long time from now on, I'll be coming to the hospital frequently. By the way, what's your name, big sister?"
Since he would be coming here often, he felt it was necessary to build a good relationship with her.
It definitely wasn't because she looked pretty and had a great figure.
He, Shiro Akira, wasn't that shallow… o(￣︶￣)o
"My name is Haruta Akemi. You can call me Sister Akemi, little Shiro Akira. Hehe, please take care of me in the future!"
Haruta Akemi smiled as she rubbed Shiro Akira's head.
If earlier she had been so enthusiastic because of Shiro Akira's looks, now Tsunade was an additional factor.
She wasn't stupid—she had already inferred from Shiro Akira's words that he would likely be learning medical ninjutsu under Tsunade.
That was Tsunade!
Her idol.
If she built a good relationship with Shiro Akira, wouldn't she get more chances to see Tsunade—and maybe even receive some guidance?
Just thinking about it made her excited.
After chatting a bit more with Haruta Akemi, Shiro Akira left the ninja hospital.
That very morning, Shiro Akira created two shadow clones to stay at home and read the medical books, while his main body and two other shadow clones trained in the courtyard, practicing the Lightning Body Tempering Technique and various ninjutsu.
He had no intention of wasting even a single moment.
He used every bit of time to grow stronger.
At noon, after using the Gourmet Tablecloth to produce a lavish meal and eating his fill, Shiro Akira took the long blade gifted by Sakumo and headed to his second training ground by the river.
"Yo! Kurenai! Rin, Kakashi! Good afternoon!"
From a distance, Shiro Akira saw that Kurenai and the others had already arrived and were training individually. He raised his hand and greeted them.
"Good afternoon, Shiro Akira!"
Kurenai and Nohara Rin both stopped their tree-climbing practice and waved back.
Kakashi merely nodded silently before continuing his sword training.
Recently, Shiro Akira's rapid improvement in swordsmanship and other areas had put immense pressure on him.
From being evenly matched with Shiro Akira before, he was now completely outclassed.
How could Kakashi accept that?
The only option was to increase his training intensity and push himself harder to catch up.
Just a month ago, he had been the number one genius in the class—and even the entire academy.
Now he had fallen to second place. Of course he couldn't take it calmly.
"Shiro Akira, you bastard! Can't you see me?"
At that moment, Obito jumped out noisily, pointing at Shiro Akira with an annoyed expression.
This guy was always like this.
"Oh? It's you, Obito."
Shiro Akira acted as if he had just noticed him and walked over with a slightly surprised look. In a flash, his right hand brushed across the top of Obito's head.
"What are you doing? Don't touch my hair! If you mess up my hairstyle, I'll fight you!"
Obito slapped Shiro Akira's hand away angrily.
This wasn't the first time Shiro Akira had touched his head recently.
Obito seriously suspected that Shiro Akira had awakened some kind of weird fetish.
What he didn't realize was that during that brief moment, Shiro Akira had already used lightning to slice off a small section of his hair.
If one looked closely, they would notice that a portion of hair at the back of Obito's head was now shorter.
"That guy…"
Sharp-eyed Kakashi naturally noticed this.
However, Shiro Akira turned to him and subtly made a shushing gesture, even giving him a quick wink.
Kakashi's eyelid twitched slightly, feeling speechless.
What is he even collecting Obito's hair for? Some kind of curse ritual? Is he planning to curse that idiot?
Don't blame Kakashi for thinking so darkly.
Obito really wasn't that likable—too noisy.
Weak, yet always causing trouble, and constantly interfering with his training.
"Heh."
Shiro Akira calmly stored the hair he had collected into his ninja tool pouch without drawing attention. Then he turned to Kurenai and the others and asked, "So? How was your training this morning?"
Kurenai immediately replied, "Rin and I have still been practicing tree climbing. We can already reach the top of this tree now!"
"Oh?"
Shiro Akira raised an eyebrow. "That's good! Since you've reached that stage, you can move on to water-walking training next. It's even harder."
"But once you master it, it'll greatly help your control over ninjutsu and improve your proficiency. Keep it up!"
For the past few weeks, they had been gathering here on weekends to train together.
Kurenai and the others had suggested it themselves.
After all, Shiro Akira's progress over the past month had been too fast.
While they felt the pressure, they also wanted to learn from him and grow stronger more quickly.
"Mhm!"
Kurenai nodded with a smile, then asked, "Shiro Akira, why didn't you come this morning? Did something come up?"
Shiro Akira didn't think there was anything to hide, so he answered directly, "I went to the ninja hospital to see Sister Tsunade. For the next six months, I'll be studying medical ninjutsu under her every morning."
"Huh?!"
Kakashi and the others were all shocked.
Kurenai: "Lady Tsunade? When did you get connected with her? And if that's the case, are you not going to the academy for the next six months?"
Kakashi: "Seriously, Shiro Akira…"
Rin: "Shiro Akira, you actually know Lady Tsunade—and you're going to learn medical ninjutsu from her?"
Obito: "Damn it!"
"Well…"
Shiro Akira shrugged. "The details aren't important. Just know that I'll be learning medical ninjutsu from Sister Tsunade."
"As for the academy, I'll probably send a shadow clone to attend classes. Just letting you know in advance so there aren't any misunderstandings."
"Of course, I'll still come for weekend training. In the afternoons, I'll mostly be training either at home, here at the base, or at Kakashi's place."
"So if you want to find me, it won't be hard."
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