From the table of contents, the entire book was an introduction to the concept and basic principles of the Medical Ninja.
It seemed that the introduction to Medical Ninjutsu had already begun back in school.
No wonder Sakura and Rin were able to pick up the study of Medical Ninjutsu so quickly after graduation.
The foundation had already been laid in school.
It's just that the content was extremely dry and boring; no wonder Obito and Naruto couldn't get into it.
But Aokawa's eyes lit up.
Yesterday, he was still worrying about his physical fitness not improving in the short term.
He feared being sent out as cannon fodder when the Third Great Ninja War arrived, and he didn't want to expose his Quincy skills so soon.
"Medical Ninja!"
"Isn't this a path that suits me perfectly?"
The positioning of a Medical Ninja itself is as a non-frontline combatant, usually located in the relatively safe rear of the team.
This perfectly masked the inherent impression that "the Hyuga Clan should be scouts and frontline teammates."
Otherwise, bearing the Hyuga surname, he would likely be assigned by default to the most dangerous scouting and frontline Taijutsu positions when the team assigned tasks.
Even if his Quincy skills were gradually revealed in the future, they wouldn't conflict with his identity as a "Medical Ninja" at all.
One could even say they complemented each other: a Medical Ninja healing in the rear, while Holy Arrows provided precise snipes from a distance.
It was simply a perfect tactical combination.
He would be just like Nidalee in the jungle—able to heal and fight, effective at both close and long range.
From the perspective of talent, a Quincy is the epitome of high-precision energy manipulation.
This perfectly met the almost demanding high requirements for Chakra control that a Medical Ninja needs.
Coupled with the Hyuga Clan's innate Byakugan, he was simply a natural-born doctor in the making.
Internal bleeding, organ damage, bone dislocation...
Everything was transparent before the Byakugan, completing an "X-ray scan" in an instant.
Moreover, the ultimate Chakra control developed through Medical Ninjutsu could, in turn, nurture the improvement of Quincy skills.
Of course, this path wasn't one he had to follow blindly to the end.
His plan was to master a few practical Medical Ninjutsu for emergencies.
Meanwhile, securing an official identity as a "Medical Ninja" would be enough for him to legitimately slack off in a team and safely fire arrows from the shadows.
This was just a transition.
During this time, he could continuously accumulate energy crystals and explore the secrets behind the Stone Gate.
Once his physical fitness or Chakra volume underwent a qualitative leap, he would then consider transitioning to other paths.
With the dual potential of the Stone Gate and the Quincy, he might one day be able to go toe-to-toe with those high-and-mighty Ōtsutsuki.
However, he remembered that learning Medical Ninjutsu seemed to require the "Yang Release" Chakra nature.
Logically, everyone should possess both Yin and Yang natures.
But looking at his personal info panel through the Stone Gate, he didn't see himself possessing the "Yang Release" Chakra nature.
So, maybe I need to activate it through specific cultivation?
Or wait for some stroke of luck where a "Favor" directly rewards the relevant attribute?
Regardless, it wouldn't hurt to work in this direction first.
He then immersed himself in the book, reading through it page by page.
Time spent in focus always flew by; in what felt like the blink of an eye, the afternoon classes were nearing their end.
Aokawa closed the book and stretched contentedly.
Turning his head, he found his seatmate Hinata Ayane nibbling on a biscuit, her large eyes blinking as she watched him with curiosity.
"What's wrong?" Aokawa asked.
Hinata Ayane swallowed the biscuit in her mouth, her voice muffled:
"You seem to really like this book? I talked to you several times this afternoon, but you didn't pay any attention to me."
"Huh?" Aokawa felt a bit embarrassed hearing this and apologized with a smile:
"Sorry, I was thinking about some things and was too engrossed to notice."
Hinata Ayane shook her head, just about to say something else.
In the next moment.
The school bell rang.
She abruptly stopped what she was about to say and grabbed her leftover biscuits.
"See you tomorrow!"
Having said that, she vanished from his sight at top speed, leaving Aokawa dumbfounded.
"Does she have to be that punctual..."
He shook his head, tidied up his desk, and stood up to leave school.
After going upstairs and showering, he finally lay comfortably on his bed again.
Then, his consciousness entered his Sea of Consciousness.
This time, he moved his attention to the energy crystals column.
520 pieces, plus the original 20, made a total of 540 energy crystals.
If calculated by a fixed ratio, they could increase the Fusion degree by 27%.
Without a second thought, he pressed the "+" sign next to Fusion.
As the energy crystals decreased, the Quincy Fusion degree soared.
He felt something new continuously being injected into his body.
Finally, the energy crystals were exhausted.
The Fusion degree reached 67.52%.
Aokawa felt that along with the significant increase in Fusion degree...
...his control over Quincy skills and his Chakra control ability had also improved greatly.
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