Chapter 96: Disciple Privilege

It never clicked in his mind that Mitsuru was a very experienced medical ninja, and he couldn't reach her level in just one hour.

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(After one hour of continuous practice)

Kaida was practicing the jutsu for the last time. He passed his chakra into the scroll, and an injured fish came out of the scroll.

Kaida placed his hand on the fish and started circulating his Yang chakra. His eyes were red (the white part) because of all the veins that had popped up due to overuse of the Sharingan.

If not for his Senju bloodline, which had made his body stronger than the average Uchiha, he would have bled from his eyes by now.

After circulating the Yang chakra, he directed it toward his hand. His hand started to glow with a soft green light.

With accurate precision, he kept passing only the required amount of chakra into the fish, fully concentrating on not producing that lump one more time.

After some time, the fish was healed. Due to continuous hard work and training, there was no lump on the belly of the fish, though there was a hideous-looking scar.

'This much should suffice. I don't think I can accurately replicate what she (Mitsuru) did,' Kaida thought and went toward Mitsuru's office.

***

*Knock knock*

Hearing the knock on the door, Mitsuru looked toward the clock.

"Come in."

Kaida entered the office.

"So, are you ready now?" Mitsuru asked.

"Yes, ma'am."

"Then what are you waiting for? Show me what progress you've made," Mitsuru said. Her expectations were low this time. Kaida was able to heal the fish in just two tries. Though it couldn't be said that the fish was fully healed, at least it was alive.

Improving after that would be a matter of time and practice, which Kaida didn’t have. So, Mitsuru had decided to accept him as her disciple, even if he hadn't made any new progress.

Kaida just nodded and placed the scroll on the table, a little away from where Mitsuru was sitting.

He passed chakra into the scroll, and an injured fish popped out.

With accurate precision, Kaida began circulating his Yang chakra. His eyes were still red—he had not deactivated his Sharingan because he knew that with the amount of exhaustion he was feeling in his eyes, if he deactivated his Sharingan now, he wouldn’t be able to activate them again anytime soon. So, Kaida decided to keep them activated until the end of the test.

After circulating his chakra, he directed it toward his hand. With a soft green glow emitting from his hand, Kaida placed it over the belly of the fish. With the help of the Sharingan, he began healing the fish.

After some time, the fish was healed completely.

Mitsuru sat in her chair with a shocked expression after seeing the result, thinking, 'He more or less reached the level of a general practitioner in just one hour. If those guys find out that a boy reached the same level as them in just one hour whereas they invested years of their lives into it, I wonder what type of faces they’ll make.'

"Good job, you passed the test," Mitsuru said with a smile and then continued, "Though I don't think you have any stamina left to learn something new. So go back and rest. We will start your training tomorrow morning."

"Yes, ma'am," Kaida said, completely agreeing with her statement.

"You are my disciple from now on. So, from today, call me 'Sensei,' okay?"

"Yes, Sensei," Kaida replied with a smile on his face.

"Okay, you can go back now," Mitsuru said, returning to her mountain of paperwork.

Kaida did a 90-degree bow and said, "Thank you for choosing me as your disciple, Sensei," and then left the office.

'With talent, he also has modesty—a rare combination,' Mitsuru thought.

***

Kaida deactivated his Sharingan as soon as he came out of the office. He went to the receptionist and asked, "Can I have a pack of ice for my eyes, please?"

"Yes, just wait a sec," she said and told a nursing ninja to bring an ice pack.

"So, did you get selected?" the receptionist asked, anticipation in her eyes.

"Yes," Kaida replied with a smile.

"You got selected? Congratulations! You don’t know how many people have tried to become her disciple, but all of them were rejected," the receptionist said.

"Why? She wasn't that strict," Kaida said.

"Well, there were different reasons. Some weren’t talented enough, while those who did have some talent were too arrogant for their own good," the receptionist replied.

Kaida nodded in understanding. By then, the ice pack was delivered.

Kaida gratefully took the ice pack and placed it on his eyes, feeling a little relieved. He then asked, "How much for this?"

"Hahaha, you’re joking, right?" the receptionist asked. But, seeing Kaida wasn’t laughing, she said, "You’re now a disciple of Mitsuru-sama. You may not know, but you’re at the same level as a general practitioner in this hospital. You’ll also get many perks, like full access to the hospital library, training materials, and more. So, there’s no way you have to pay for such things."

Kaida nodded, too tired to continue the conversation.

"Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow," Kaida said, then left.

***

(Uchiha Clan, Shisui’s house)

"So, you finally can’t control yourself and want to go on missions again? I thought I made myself clear that you were going to rest for at least one month," Hae said angrily.

"I was planning to, Mom, but the Clan Leader personally gave me a mission. Don’t worry, this mission won’t take much time. I’ll be back in two days," Shisui reassured her.

"It’s not like I can stop you. Just be safe."

"Okay, Mom. Bye. Tell Kaida and Yomi I’ll be back soon," Shisui said.

"Where are you going, brother?" Kaida asked, entering the house.

"Oh! You’re quite early. Don’t tell me they rejected you," Shisui asked dramatically.

"No, brother. I now have a very famous Sensei for medical jutsu," Kaida said with a mischievous smile.

"Oh? And who is he?" Shisui asked, intrigued.

"Chief Medical Ninja of the Emergency Rescue Department, Mitsuru Nara," Kaida said with a proud look on his face.

"What? You got accepted by that devil of a woman?" Shisui asked.

*Smack*

"Congratulations, Kaida," Hae said, smacking Shisui on the head.

"Thanks, Aunty. Brother, do you know my Sensei?"

"Yes, she treated me once. I don’t want to remember that. Just know my condolences are with you for your happy life," Shisui said.

"Hahaha. That aside, are you going anywhere, brother?" Kaida asked.

"Yeah. The Clan Head gave me an urgent mission. I’ll be back in two days."

"Oh! Okay, best of luck, brother."

"Same to you."

And Shisui left, while Kaida thought, 'Why do I feel like brother wasn’t joking about the last part? Anyways, there may have been some misunderstanding. Mitsuru-sensei was quite nice today, and unlike other Nara clan members, she wasn’t lazy but rather hardworking. Maybe she was adopted into the clan?'

"So, Kaida, why are you home so early?"

"Oh, actually, Aunty, I overexerted myself during the test, so Sensei said to rest today, and we’ll start training tomorrow."

"Oh! That’s great. Do you want to eat anything?" Hae asked.

"No, Aunty, I’d like to take a short nap," Kaida said, still feeling a little pain in his eyes.

"Okay, go and rest. I’ll wake you up at lunchtime."

"Thank you, Aunty," Kaida said and went to his room.

After an hour's nap, Kaida’s eyes had recovered.

'I still have two hours before lunch. I should complete some missions to use those resources. It would be a waste to be in the clan and not use them.'

Kaida thought and went toward the clan headquarters after informing Hae.

Kaida directly took a D-rank mission.

Even though D-rank missions only give 10 contribution points, while C-rank missions give 50-80 contribution points, Kaida still chose D-rank missions because they were easy and quick to complete. He could spam shadow clones to complete them.

Kaida took 25 D-rank missions and made 50 shadow clones. Even though he could now make nearly 90 shadow clones, Kaida decided to take it easy and made shadow clones with more than the required chakra.

Now, he only had 10% of his chakra left, which meant he was once again exhausted. So Kaida decided not to do any hard labor for now. He went to the receptionist and asked, "Can I get a list of resources and their price with contribution points?"

The receptionist looked around, and seeing there wasn’t much of a crowd, said, "Looks like I’m free for some time. So yes, I can give you that list, but it’s not free."

"Do I have to pay in contribution points?"

"No, regular money will suffice. The list will cost 2000Ryo, and with an extra 500 Ryo I will tell you all of the doubts you may have about those resources"

"Okay here" Kaida directly paid 2500 Ryo, the price was similar to the reward of any low D rank mission, So Kaida had no problem paying that price The receptionist took the money went inside a room and then came out with 2 pages containing the list of resources and their price