Upon hearing the news that all the patients were cured, Tatsuma breathed a sigh of relief. He realized how crazy his actions were yesterday, only after the surgery ended.
He had overestimated his ability to process information. While Divine Mind made his thinking very fast, it only enhanced the efficiency of processing information. Yesterday was like multitasking.
Tsunade's Network Healing Jutsu, although also a widespread use of Medical Ninjutsu on a large scale of casualties simultaneously, and even the technique imbued on Katsuyu was even more difficult, the Mystical Palm Jutsu.
However, the difficulty of the Mystical Palm Jutsu lies in producing Chakra that can quickly activate human cells. In other words, as long as the Chakra is produced, the subsequent work can be handed over to Katsuyu.
But Tatsuma's sudden idea yesterday was different from the Delicate Illness Extraction Jutsu, although the learning and casting difficulty of this technique were lower, it required the practitioner to maintain meticulousness in the procedure. The ability to invade the body and extract Chakra carrying viruses and toxins was only secondary.
The Chakra is like surgical equipment in the operating room, still requiring the main surgeon, the medical ninja, to use these tools for meticulous surgery on the patients.
The difficulty of the entire technique lies not in the amount of Chakra, nor in summoning the beast Katsuyu or the Delicate Illness Extraction Jutsu, but in the divided attention of the practitioner, Tatsuma. His head is still pounding now.
"Sensei, when do we depart?"
Tatsuma didn't want to lie down anymore. He felt like his shoulders and back were locked up, although he had a severe headache. He wanted to move around a bit. He removed the IV needle from the back of his hand.
The wounds had already healed before they even had a chance to bleed, thanks to the effects of "Endless". As long as his body's energy was sufficient, many injuries could heal at an extremely fast pace.
Although he couldn't reach the level of absurdity like Tsunade, who would later unlock the Yin Seal and activate the Creation Rebirth: Strength of a Hundred Technique, or Senju Hashirama, who could heal without any seals, it still far exceeded that of ordinary people.
Tatsuma glanced at the empty IV bottles in the small wastebasket next to the hospital bed and knew that this wasn't his first infusion; his energy levels were almost replenished.
"Let's wait one more day. Orochimaru took Nawaki to the battlefield, and Minato took other Chunin to familiarize themselves with the inspection procedures. They should be back tonight."
Tsunade closed Tatsuma's notebook and shook it in her hand, saying, "I'll take your notes to study them first. I find your approach very interesting, and it can also be applied in a reverse manner."
"Reverse?"
Tatsuma had no complaints about Tsunade taking his notes. After all, Tsunade had given him her own notes as well as those of her grandfather. The contents of his notes were all taught by Tsunade, and he merely made adjustments.
"If one person can perform fifty surgeries alone, can fifty people perform one surgery together?"
Tsunade raised an eyebrow. Although Tatsuma had a headache, it didn't affect his sharp thinking. He instantly grasped the idea and said, "We can coordinate with the Regenerative Healing Jutsu, increase the number of practitioners, reduce the burden on each person, and share the risk."
Upon hearing Tatsuma's quick response, Tsunade nodded satisfactorily. She hadn't taught Tatsuma the Regenerative Healing Jutsu yet, as this technique required a lot of medical theoretical knowledge.
Previously, Tatsuma had shown no interest in it, and Tsunade hadn't considered teaching him this technique. But now, things were different. She smiled and said:
"Moreover, with the sensory sharing of Katsuyu, this technique that requires a team of medical ninjas to perform doesn't need to demand profound medical knowledge from each individual ninja. Your surgical skills are not inferior to any other medical ninja except me. If you team up with a knowledgeable but less skilled medical ninja, you'll be able to treat many difficult cases. This way, you won't have to force yourself to learn medical knowledge from me, freeing up a lot of time to study what you want. Just don't neglect your surgical skills."
After Tsunade finished speaking, she suddenly realized that her mindset had undergone many changes unconsciously.
When she first met Tatsuma, she thought he was just a child with effort but later, when she was assigned to be one of their senseis, she felt that neither Tatsuma nor Minato could learn anything from her.
This was what she thought they couldn't learn, not that Tatsuma and Minato lacked the ability to learn, after all, training medical ninjas was much more challenging than regular ninjas.
However, later on, Tsunade discovered that Tatsuma had remarkable medical talent, far exceeding her expectations in Chakra control, Chakra transformation, and learning ability. Tatsuma already possessed all the prerequisites for inheriting her Medical Ninjutsu. Unfortunately, she found that Tatsuma's ambitions didn't lie in this direction. He became someone she wanted to teach, but he didn't want to learn.
However, Tatsuma's understanding of Katsuyu's sensory sharing, dominion sharing, and coordination with Medical Ninjutsu gave Tsunade another idea. That is, it didn't matter if Tatsuma didn't learn those profound knowledge himself, as long as he had someone around him who did.
After hearing Tsunade's suggestion, Tatsuma shrugged indifferently, changing the subject, "Sensei, have you had breakfast? I'm a bit hungry and plan to find something to eat."
Seeing that Tatsuma still didn't show interest in the real medical field, Tsunade didn't force it anymore, simply saying, "Hmm, the ninjas at the camp have just finished eating, so there should still be food available. I've already eaten, so you can go ahead and help yourself."
Tatsuma nodded and quickly left the medical camp. He first freshened up briefly before going to the logistics area to find some leftover breakfast. Then, he began his daily training nearby.
After sweating, his headache actually subsided quite a bit. After completing his daily physical training and redeeming his three points of talent, he sat aside, preparing to have lunch before returning to train in Ninjutsu. However, he unexpectedly encountered someone.
"Nono?"
Seeing the girl sitting under the tree, Tatsuma politely greeted her. Nono nodded shyly and said, "Sakamoto, hello. I... I didn't expect you to be such a powerful ninja, and to master Medical Ninjutsu. That's really impressive."
Upon hearing Nono's words, Tatsuma instinctively felt something was amiss because such words usually meant trouble for the person being praised. Oh well, he used to say such things himself. That didn't matter now.
After realizing that even if Nono successfully praised him, she wouldn't "defeat" him, Tatsuma felt much better. He said, "It's just that the Senpais in the camp see me as young, and they readily praise me for even the smallest contributions."
However, his humility didn't affect Nono's admiration. Just a few days ago, her impression of Tatsuma was that he was the same age as her but already above a Chunin. She simply thought Tatsuma had great talent. As for how strong Tatsuma was or what achievements he had made, she had no idea.
This was because Nono was different from many other classmates. She had to save time even for studying. Unlike Tatsuma and Minato, who had been living independently from a young age as orphans, Nono didn't choose to leave the orphanage.
Her life wasn't just about herself. Besides going to school, she also had to return to the Konoha Orphanage to cook, do laundry for her younger siblings, and help the orphanage's sensei teach her siblings basic literacy skills.
This was just her daily routine. If it was a holiday, she had to help decorate the orphanage, prepare gifts for her siblings, and if any of them got sick, she had to stay by their bedside and take care of them.
In case of severe weather conditions like heavy rain or strong winds damaging the orphanage, she had to try to help repair it in ways that didn't cost money. Even if they needed to hire workers for some tasks, she still had to assist, even if it was just to reduce the labor cost by an hour.
Therefore, she had almost no time to understand things in the ninja community like children of her age would. Even though she had attended the Academy for four years and become a ninja, subconsciously, she still felt that her life revolved around the small orphanage.
It wasn't until she came to this camp that Nono learned just how talented and remarkable Tatsuma and Minato, her classmates, were. She knew she could never reach that level.
Nono thought that after cooking for her siblings at the orphanage for so many years, she could also help everyone at the logistics camp. However, yesterday, due to insufficient assigned personnel, she joined the logistics team temporarily. In just a day and a half, she was overwhelmed.
Here, when actually working, even taking a breath was difficult. The pace was so fast that she wanted to give up several times. If it weren't for the higher-ranked ninjas, telling the examples of Tatsuma and Minato to them Genin, Nono felt she couldn't have persisted.
From what people said, she learned that Namikaze, a fellow student, initially came to the logistics camp to help. Not only did he help with washing and preparing food, but he also did all the serving and dishwashing alone, completing the work of six or seven Genin by himself.
Furthermore, after getting the opportunity to go to the battlefield later on, Namikaze didn't forget about the logistics work. Whenever he had free time, he would come to help out, occasionally even going to the medical camp.
Sakamoto, on the other hand, was even more remarkable. It's said that he started from the medical camp, where he handled almost everyone's injuries by himself at the beginning. Later, he continued to treat everyone while also fighting against Sand Ninja on the battlefield.
Even last night, Nono heard ninjas discussing during dinner that Sakamoto had managed to heal over two hundred ninjas in just two days.
She also witnessed the regret when people found out that Sakamoto would be leaving this battlefield to go to another one. There was even one uncle who humorously said to hurry up and get injured, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to enjoy Sakamoto's treatment.
Nono didn't know why this Sakamoto had so many talents, but she imagined that he must have worked very hard. She wondered what kind of effort it took for Sakamoto, who was the same age as her, to be so outstanding and endure an extremely challenging night.
Today, she finally saw how hard Sakamoto worked. After finishing her morning tasks and coming here to rest, she found Sakamoto training here.
When she left to prepare lunch, as today's mission was not as exhausting, and she finished "work" early, she returned here to rest again. To her surprise, she found Sakamoto still training.
Upon hearing Sakamoto's modest words, Nono wanted to continue praising him, but she suddenly realized that she shouldn't speak to this remarkable "senpai" in the same tone she used with her younger siblings.
Nono stood up from the ground and asked softly, "Sakamoto, you've been training for so long, you must be hungry, right? Do you want me to prepare food for you?"
"No need," Tatsuma said with a contagious smile, "I'll manage on my own."
Nono suddenly smiled, not because of Tatsuma's words, but because she was infected by his smile. This situation was rare, even for Tatsuma himself, and he looked at Nono in confusion.
Nono brushed her falling hair aside and said, "Sakamoto's smile is so charming, even though you can't see his eyes."
"Are you saying my eyes are small?!" Tatsuma's face stiffened. His eyes were clearly big and expressive! Not being able to see his eyes was just... just... After holding back for a while, Tatsuma pretended to be profound and said, "When you laugh heartily with your eyes squinted, you won't see anything that makes you unhappy."
"Is that so?" Nono mimicked Tatsuma's smile, her mouth lifting high, and her eyes squinting. Seeing that he had finally fooled this little girl, Tatsuma breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the logistics camp, with Nono following beside him.
But as soon as they arrived at the logistics camp, before Tatsuma even picked up his tray, several ninjas with hurried expressions rushed over. Worriedly, they said to Tatsuma, "Tatsuma, the Sand Ninja set up ambushes on the front lines, with numerous explosive tag traps. Many of our comrades have been injured by the explosive tags. Please come and help quickly."
Tatsuma's expression suddenly darkened. Without waiting for the ninjas to lead the way, he hurriedly headed towards the camp's exit. Nono, hearing this, also showed signs of anxiety on her face. Gritting her teeth, she followed suit.
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