blogombal Chapter 10: Visible Growth and the Grand Plan is About to Be Completed
Chapter 10: Visible Growth and the Grand Plan is About to Be Completed
Time flies, and a week has passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Taichi stopped thinking about Tsunade and let things take their course. After all, someone as important as Tsunade wasn't someone you could just see whenever you wanted. Using tactics like blocking someone's door once was enough; doing it too often would only annoy people. After all, they weren't exactly acquaintances.
With his worries put aside, Taiichi also began his regular life:
He goes out to train at 5 a.m. every day, sometimes with Might Guy, sometimes with Kakashi, and sometimes the three of them can meet up and train together.
Then I went home to eat and pack, and went to the Ninja Academy at 8 o'clock;
After school at 4 pm, they would meet up with Kai and Kakashi at the training ground to squeeze out their excess energy. If there was a chance, Shizune would also join in. Sometimes Rin Nohara and Obito would also join in because of Kakashi.
I get home at 6:30 pm for dinner and rest, and then do my evening self-training, which mainly involves practicing the Three Body Techniques, basic physical techniques, and basic meditation.
Taiyi's days are ordinary yet fulfilling. His training is persistent, monotonous, and unwavering. This has also benefited him; Taiyi's strength is now vastly different from before. He believes he can easily defeat himself from a week ago.
Now he can skillfully use ninja tools in battle, and even the Three Body Technique can be used unexpectedly. His rapid progress has surprised his friends more than once, and even Teacher Yamada personally sparred with Taichi. Of course, there was an essential report after the sparring session.
Taiyi's panel now
Name: Matsushita Taichi
Occupation: Ninja Apprentice Lv3 (324/400)
Talent: Diligence can compensate for lack of talent; academic star
Age: 6 years old
Physical condition: 11
Power: 12
Agility: 11
Spirit: 19
Chakra: 2000 (4600)
Attribute points: 6
Skill points: 6
技能：基础体术Lv7（537/1200），基础冥想Lv7（684/1200），查克拉提炼术Lv6（345/1000），忍具投掷Lv5（463/800），变身术Lv4（13/600），分身术Lv4（462/600）），替身术Lv4（534/600）
Assessment: You're already a slightly higher-ranking cannon fodder, but you're still destined to be cannon fodder.
Taiyi was used to the complaints on the panel and treated them as nothing. What he cared about was the improvement of his various attributes and skills, and every time he looked at the panel, he felt that the road ahead was full of light.
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Konoha Hospital, office.
After several days of absence, Tsunade finally remembered that she had a job at Konoha Hospital. Surprisingly, she didn't slack off and went to her office. As soon as she sat down, she noticed a small bottle in the center of her desk. Only then did she remember that she had promised someone a request.
It was as if fate was helping Taiyi; when he packaged the allicin, he had considered the storage issue and used a brown, light-proof bottle. Plus, it was early spring, and the temperature wasn't very high yet. Otherwise, after so much time, the allicin inside would have long since degraded and become ineffective in such a simple bottle.
Tsunade picked up the small bottle, uncorked it, and carefully smelled it. After careful examination, she still couldn't discern anything from the strange smell.
After thinking about it, she went to the laboratory. The laboratory conditions in this hospital were much better than those in Taijia's home, with all kinds of equipment and samples available.
Tsunade first disinfected herself, then took out a sample of common pathogens from the refrigerator and placed it under a microscope to check the activity of the pathogens.
"Yes, very good, no problem."
Tsunade then carefully extracted some of the "special medicine" from the small bottle and dripped it onto the bacterial sample. After completing this task, Tsunade leaned over the eyepiece to examine the effects of the "special medicine."
Her eyes widened as she saw what she had just witnessed: with just one drop, all the germs in the area the medicine touched instantly lost their activity. The medicine's effectiveness was almost unbelievable to Tsunade.
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Over the next few hours, Tsunade experimented with every germ she could find, concluding that this special medicine could kill most common germs and was exceptionally effective. This meant that if a special medicine based on this substance were successfully developed, not only in everyday life but also on the battlefield, the mortality rate of ninjas would be reduced by at least half.
It's important to understand that medical ninjas are a minority. Even in Konoha, despite her strong push, there is still a severe shortage of medical ninjas, let alone in other ninja villages where they are extremely rare.
Not to mention that medical ninjas also have limited chakra. On a tense battlefield, limited chakra can only be used on more valuable wounded, while most wounded can only be treated with simple treatment and conventional methods, which makes the use of medicine indispensable.
The most common wounds on the battlefield are from swords and knives, and the most frequently used medications are antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs. Currently, Konoha's medicines are adequate for minor injuries, but for more serious ones, they are practically useless. If there were such a "miracle drug," countless ninja lives could be saved on the battlefield, which would truly be a blessing for Konoha.
With that in mind, Tsunade immediately cleaned up the laboratory, erasing all traces of the previous incidents, and then picked up the remaining "special medicine" and rushed to the Hokage's office.
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The Hokage's office.
The door swung open with a loud bang!
Immediately, the three people inside the room turned their gaze to the door, where they saw Tsunade pulling her foot back and rushing inside, shouting, "Old man, look what good stuff I brought you!"
"Hey, Hokage-sama, we'll head back now," one of the Jonin said.
"Alright, Murata Jonin, Ikeshita Jonin, you can go back now." Hiruzen Sarutobi instructed the two Jonin.
After watching the two Jonin leave the office, Hiruzen Sarutobi then said to Tsunade, "What is it? If you kick this door a few more times, I'll have to replace it again."
Tsunade didn't answer, but instead looked around.
Seeing this, Sarutobi made a hand gesture without hesitation, and a commotion was heard all around.
"Now you can tell me, right?"
Tsunade took out the small bottle and placed it on Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk. She first explained the matter of Nono and Matsushita Taichi to Hiruzen Sarutobi, and finally explained her various tests and prospects for this drug.
"You said this 'miracle drug' was discovered by a boy named Matsushita Taichi."
"Yes, what? You know him too, old man?" Tsunade asked, looking puzzled.
"Yes, I've been hearing his name a lot lately. He's a genius freshman at the Ninja Academy this year. He might just be another Minato-like talent."
"Oh, the old man speaks of him so highly."
Sarutobi glanced at Tsunade but didn't reply.
"Is it really as amazing as you say?"
"The efficacy of this semi-finished product is more than five times that of similar drugs currently available. If it is manufactured into a finished product, the efficacy will only be higher."
"You said before that they were cooperating with the village under the names of both the orphanage and the child," Sarutobi asked again.
"Yes, I looked at the orphanage's information before I came." Tsunade looked at Sarutobi and said with a serious expression, "The village hasn't had much financial support for the orphanage in the past two years. They've been barely surviving on the mission money from the director, Yakushi Nonou."
"Alas! I've failed as Hokage!" Sarutobi said with a look of shame.
Tsunade was already used to Sarutobi's self-reproachful expression. If her teacher were like her great-grandfather and great-uncle, Danzo would never have done all those terrible things.
"Then how do you suggest we cooperate?" Tsunade asked impatiently.
"How about this, give them a sum of money plus shares. The money can be a bit more, let's set it at 2000 million taels. The shares can't be too many, otherwise they won't be able to hold onto them."
Seeing that the teacher's arrangements were quite reasonable, Tsunade didn't say anything more, turned around and said, "I'll go inform them," before leaving.
In the office, Sarutobi picked up a small bottle from the table and stared at it absentmindedly, unconsciously recalling the scenes he had witnessed at the school using his telescope technique recently. "What a good kid!"
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After leaving, Tsunade found the pharmacist Nonou at the orphanage and told her the news. Nonou breathed a sigh of relief and seemed very happy. After all, so much time had passed, and she had begun to worry about whether the matter would succeed.
After explaining the situation at the orphanage, the two went to Tai's house.
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