{Hospital, Amegakure}
{5:49 PM, 6th July 13 Yrs ANB}
{3rd Person POV}
Ren's eyes collided with Konan's impassive gaze for a moment before she nodded slightly and Ren took a step back.
'Phew... I was right, she isn't the egotistical type.' He stared as Konan went back to bandaging the injuries together. Ren wasn't sure what her deal was as his {Observe} was surprisingly unhelpful against even some high-level Jonin, while she was Kage level.
He focused on the block in front of him, truthfully he hadn't used the Mystical Palm technique much, but when he learned this skill from a skill scroll, a bunch of knowledge that was quite comprehensive regarding human anatomy and the basic steps of healing appeared in his mind.
The process was similar to when he learned the Great Fireball Jutsu, back then he didn't even know what elemental chakra was but when he discovered the jutsu his mind was already full of the most basic theories behind Fire nature chakra and how to manipulate it.
'I had to learn Wind nature manipulation on my own so although I have more mastery over Wind nature, my basics for Fire nature are more solid.' Ren thought as he looked at the levelup notification.
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[Medical Ninjutsu: Mystical Palm Technique Leveled up to Level 4]
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[Medical Ninjutsu: Mystical Palm Jutsu (Active)- Lv 4 (3/400): An A-Rank Medical Ninjutsu in which the user uses their Yang-natured portion of their chakra to stimulate the physical energy in the target cells, forcing them to increase the rate of regeneration.
Regenratin rate: 4x
Chakra used: 1.6/s]
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'I haven't been taking advantage of the bounty system as much as I should have, I at least need to learn a C-Rank elemental skill book for each element. Just so that all my elemental affinities have some potential to work toward.' Ren thought he hadn't been wasting his time but being guided by Hayate sensei unlocked his true potential in close combat with his taijutsu and kenjutsu.
With his own admission, he had neglected his Ninjutsu a bit. Now though with his newfound chakra reserves and the amount of time he had to spare being in confinement, he could focus on 3 things.
The first was to master the Mystical Palm Jutsu. Its versatility couldn't be ignored in favor of anything else, especially now when he couldn't trust his surroundings. Secondly his Wind Elemental manipulation. He had already mastered waterfall cutting in the two months before the chunin exam and his Wind nature control was stuck at 50%, according to Asuma sensei next he needed to focus on cutting through solid objects.
'What would be the perfect one to start with, I can cut through leaves so a piece of tree bark wouldn't be the worst place to start.' Ren thought as Konan finally finished bandaging the wound.
Junpei slowly stood up and after winching a bit he bowed to Ren and Konan he started walking away.
"Don't channel chakra consciously through your arm for at least 3 days, let your chakra network heal normally," Ren spoke getting a slight nod and a grateful smile from Junpei as he left the room.
"Nano, give us a minute," Konan spoke softly, her voice was a tone softer than what she had used to talk to Ren till now. Nano bowed and immediately left the room, the weight of Konan's words was a bit too much for her to bear.
Ren had no intention of speaking in the beginning but when he saw that Konan was simply regarding him with a stoic look on her face he sighed, "Alright, I guess you are suspicious, but trust me, you are doing far more than the Hokage ever did for us orphans."
The bitter tone in Ren's voice wasn't fake, he just substituted the feeling he had for his old matron with Hokage-sama's name.
"You will be allowed to join Amegakure's shinobi force, in exchange you will teach me and a select few others, all you know about Medical Ninjutsu." Konan's offer was constrained, she didn't offer any room for negotiation.
"Alright," Ren shrugged, he wasn't actually taught medical ninjutsu by Konoha, so it didn't really weigh down on his consciousness. Since it was a technique he had 'developed' on his own he didn't need anyone's permission to use it in exchange for his freedom.
'Huh, that was easier than I expected. He didn't hesitate and there was no hint of guilt in his eyes and expression. Was he really betrayed by Konoha?' Konan thought the sympathy in her eyes was hidden deep. Her parents had died in a war that Konoha started, and so did Nagato and Yahiko's. Her innate dislike towards Konoha worked in Ren's favor as she nodded.
"The rest of them would arrive in a couple of hours, till then you could diagnose the patients coming in and heal them accordingly..." Konan spoke as she spiked her chakra, after a few moments Nano opened the door and looked around cautiously, seeing Ren standing at the same spot she smiled as she called the next person in line to come in.
Ren walked over and noticed that the person who came in was a civilian, he nodded at the woman and went through the seals for the Mystical Palm Jutsu.
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{2 Hours Later}
Ren was prepared to handle torture or even go through genjutsu enhanced Interrogation. He was ready to be monitored 24x7, what he didn't expect was to teach a bunch of Jonin medical Ninjutsu.
[Chikara Yosuke Lv 62]
[Rin Hikari Lv 59]
[Tadashi Masato Lv 64]
[Konan Lv 111]
Ren stared at the 3 yellow names and 1 red name for a moment. He walked over to the table and started speaking, "Alright, I am not a teacher, I just graduated 1 year ago so the last thing I know is how to teach. What I would do is summarize what I had learned and hopefully you guys would get it."
Ren looked around, no one made a peep questioning his qualifications so he continued, "What do you think is the most important barrier between a minor shinobi village and a major shinobi village?" Ren asked.
His question threw them off guard for a moment before Rin spoke, "The number of Jutsu they have?"
Ren shook his head and looked around at the rest of them, upon seeing no one answering he sighed and told them, "It's chakra control."
He pointed at Rin and spoke, "What kind of chakra control exercise do you know?"
"Paper sticking, Tree walking, and water walking," Rin replied these were the two standard chakra control techniques that almost every chunin-level shinobi in the elemental world knew.
"Good, I'm assuming the rest of you know the same," Ren asked getting three nods and one nonanswer from Konan.
'Right she's S-rank, she must know some more.' Ren thought as he plucked a handful of stones that he had grabbed from outside of the hospital on the table.
"We'll begin with this, this is a Jonin-level chakra control exercise so don't take it lightly. What you need to do is to let out concentrated bursts of chakra from your palms with a stable rhythm, so that the stone bobs above your hand like this." Ren held a stone in his hands and concentrated. His chakra emitted from his palm and pushed the stone up little by little, he kept it up and after a few seconds, the stone was bouncing up and down on his palms.
"This would be the simplest test, if you can't do it I'm sorry but you won't be able to learn medical ninjutsu. You will have one week to learn this skill. If you have any questions you can ask now..." Ren finished.
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