At this point in time, Tsunade was still very young.
Only in her thirties.
Thanks to the Yin Seal, she looked like a woman in her early twenties, with skin in excellent condition. More than that, she had that unforgettable mix of youth, maturity, and a hint of heroic sharpness.
Mikami Yuu couldn't help sneaking a couple more looks.
On the other side,
Tsunade narrowed her eyes, her sharp gaze sweeping across the doorway and lingering on Mikami Yuu's face for a few seconds.
"So you're the two brats Hebishi recommended? Go. Treat the injuries on those two patients by the window. Shizune, watch them."
"Yes, Tsunade-sama."
Shizune answered at once.
A test like this was, of course, exactly what Mikami Yuu expected.
As for why Tsunade wasn't coming over herself, it was probably because of her hemophobia. That condition was still a highly confidential secret in Konoha at the moment, known only to a handful of people including Hiruzen, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru. It had to be hidden carefully to keep morale stable.
Mikami Yuu and Rin exchanged a glance, then both sat down in front of the hospital beds and began cleaning, disinfecting, and treating the wounds.
While they worked, Shizune moved back and forth, observing.
When she looked at Rin's clean, skillful technique, there was approval in her eyes. At Rin's age—and without having been raised in a dedicated training line—being this good was already impressive. She had basically reached the threshold for the advanced medical class.
But when Shizune's gaze shifted to Mikami Yuu, her expression changed to surprise… and then almost alarm.
"Huh?"
"Tsunade-sama! Please come look at this—this kind of sustained cellular activation… something about it feels off!"
Hearing Shizune call out, Tsunade frowned, looking somewhat reluctant as she stepped a little closer. She pinched her own upper arm with her fingers, forcibly suppressing the effects of her blood phobia, then glanced toward what Mikami Yuu was doing.
The moment she saw it clearly, the legendary medical ninja's eyes sharpened slightly, as if she were looking at something unbelievable.
"This sustained cellular activation… and this deeper self-repair response… something's not right. Kid, what kind of jutsu are you actually using? Is this really just ordinary Healing Technique?"
"…Of course it is!"
Mikami Yuu took a deep breath, not pausing the movement of his hands.
"Tsunade-sama, please allow me to correct one thing: Healing Technique is not ordinary. It's only basic. It's like an unsung mother, giving birth to all kinds of advanced medical ninjutsu while never fighting for fame or credit herself…
"That's right—I think Healing Technique is something like a mother. It should be able to produce this kind of spring-rain, nurturing healing effect."
"…?"
Tsunade froze for a second.
No, wait… what the hell is this kid talking about?
Even though, when you thought about it, it kind of made sense. Most high-level medical ninjutsu really were derived from the basic Healing Technique…
Meanwhile,
Mikami Yuu's declaration also struck a chord with a certain jutsu inside the galgame system:
[Healing Technique: Yuu… honestly, you child… did you really go as far as calling me "Mom" just to make me happy?]
[Healing Technique Affection +3! Current affection: 78/100 (Infatuated)]
[Special event keyword detected. Time-limited mission triggered.]
[As the most basic and plain medical ninjutsu, Healing Technique is quiet by nature and never fights for recognition. But deep down, she still longs to prove her worth to the world. The way to prove it is to personally heal 100 patients with Healing Technique. Will you fulfill her wish?]
"…Huh?"
Mikami Yuu was slightly stunned inside.
What he'd just said definitely had been meant to flatter Healing Technique. But it had also contained a bit of genuine feeling. After all, Healing Technique was the only jutsu that had ever actively helped restore his body. Even though she usually didn't talk much, her place in Mikami Yuu's heart was special—second only to the Three Basic Jutsu.
But…
To accidentally trigger a special event like this?
And because of the keyword… "Mom"?
So back when he first triggered the encounter, he'd actually chosen wrong? He should've gone straight for the "mommy route"?
And as one of the system's official romance targets, wasn't this play a little too unhinged…
"Yes!"
Mikami Yuu answered in his heart without hesitation.
—If the galgame system is weird, what does that have to do with Mikami Yuu?
A quest is a quest. Of course he was taking it.
[Healing Technique: Alright then. This time, let "Mom" help you out a little—let this woman see what the most "ordinary" medical ninjutsu can really do~]
As Healing Technique's words faded,
Mikami Yuu felt a strange pulse rise from inside him, then transform into a rich, warm light of life that poured from his palms and covered the patient's mangled wound. It was like the most precise loom in the world, weaving together torn muscle fibers and ruptured blood vessels.
Within that dense green glow seemed to dwell a peculiar vitality, causing the shredded flesh in the patient's thigh wound to writhe, grow, and reconnect at astonishing speed. It was still far from fully healed, but it was already more than enough to shock anyone watching.
More importantly, because this time Healing Technique was actively helping him, Mikami Yuu's chakra expenditure wasn't severe at all. If anything, he seemed completely at ease.
A performance like that…
was already on par with an average medical chūnin.
"This—!!"
Tsunade stared at Mikami Yuu from the side, studying his every movement as if she wanted to see through him completely. In her golden-brown eyes, a nearly burning light appeared—like she'd just found an uncut gem of the highest quality.
A genius!
This was absolutely a genius in medical ninjutsu!
No wonder he called medical ninjutsu "Mom"… what genius didn't have some bizarre quirk normal people couldn't understand? That snake next door loved talking nonsense too.
If he could raise even the simplest Healing Technique to this level…
then once he learned Mystical Palm Technique, wouldn't he practically take off on the spot?
Looking at it this way, Hebishi's recommendation letter wasn't exaggerated at all—if anything, it had been too conservative. With talent like this, he really did have the potential to grow into one of the pillars of Konoha's medical corps.
As for Tsunade herself, because of her hemophobia, she had already become disillusioned after the previous war and stepped away from the front lines. Over the past two years, she had even started thinking about leaving Konoha with Shizune. But if, before leaving, she could train an outstanding successor for Konoha…
that would at least mean she hadn't failed her grandfather or her teacher.
Right then,
Tsunade coughed lightly and spoke:
"Kid, the fact that you can raise even the most basic Healing Technique to this level means you really do have talent in medical ninjutsu."
"Starting tomorrow, unless you're out of the village on a mission, report here every morning at 9:30 sharp."
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