Chapter 61: Consider it Repaying the Favor My Teacher Owes!
Hearing Shizune's words, Uehara Naraka couldn't help looking at the woman sitting opposite him, "Tsunade-senpai is the ninja world's most renowned medical ninja, and even you have no solution?"
"Shizune's medical skills and my medical skills aren't any different."
Tsunade shook her head, glanced at Kaguya Kimimaro, and said softly, "If even Shizune is helpless, it's impossible for me to propose an effective treatment plan either."
Because of her current special circumstances, she couldn't treat patients.
Uehara Naraka nodded, stood up, and bowed seriously to Shizune, "Although I was already mentally prepared, I still must thank Miss Shizune..."
Uehara indeed hadn't held high expectations for Tsunade.
The future Orochimaru would be a great scientist integrating ninjutsu, forbidden techniques, medicine, physics, biology, theology, and chemistry, yet still remain helpless against the bloodline disease within Kimimaro's body.
A ninja like Tsunade, specializing only in medical ninjutsu, likely wouldn't be able to cure him either.
Besides, the current Tsunade was still a hemophobia patient.
Indeed, the 'what if' probability was too low.
Seeing Uehara's action, Kaguya Kimimaro also bowed respectfully towards Shizune, "Thank you very much, Miss Shizune. I am endlessly grateful..."
One should hold respect for doctors who save lives and heal the injured.
Shizune awkwardly stopped their actions and said softly, "Please don't do this. Failing to propose a treatment plan is already our dereliction of duty as medical ninjas. I can only offer one suggestion: have him supplement more of the nutrients necessary for the human body!"
"Okay, I've noted it down."
Uehara Naraka shook his head, pointed at the remaining stacks of money before him, and said softly, "Leave these here as Miss Shizune's consultation fee!"
Shizune quickly tried to refuse, "How could I accept this..."
Tsunade slammed her fist down, her face somewhat displeased, "Hey, kid, this is the money we were using for our gambling match!"
This woman Tsunade's way of thinking was truly incomprehensible!
To enter casinos, she always borrowed money and dodged debts. Now Uehara gave her the money, yet she insisted on pulling Uehara back to gamble, wanting him to lose the money to her fair and square.
"Sorry, Tsunade-senpai, we still need to travel."
Uehara Naraka chuckled lightly, looked at Shizune, "Tsunade-senpai always loses money; life must be quite strained, right? Miss Shizune, keep this to cover both of your living expenses!"
Hearing this sentence, Tsunade's face instantly filled with fury, "Hey, Uehara kid, do you think we're out here begging?!"
Shizune: "..."
"No."
Uehara Naraka shook his head, looked at the indignant Tsunade, and explained seriously, "Back then, my teacher also received Tsunade-senpai's favor during the war. Consider this our repayment now!"
Tsunade's expression suddenly became somewhat stunned.
She hadn't expected Uehara to have such an explanation.
Should I ask who this kid's teacher is? Raising such a grateful disciple who repays favors... If I meet Uehara's teacher one day, maybe I could borrow some money or something...
Tsunade was sometimes more upright than anyone.
Other times, she really had no integrity to speak of.
"Farewell."
Uehara Naraka politely said his goodbyes, then turned and left with Kaguya Kimimaro.
Tsunade watched their departing figures with no small regret, clicking her tongue in admiration, "Besides Great Grandpa, this is the first person who could have fun playing with me..."
"Lady Tsunade, he's not even an adult yet!"
Shizune collected the money Uehara left behind, black lines forming on her forehead [anime trope for exasperation].
Shizune actually felt quite favorably towards Uehara's generosity, "That little fellow is really nice. He probably intentionally lost to Lady Tsunade these past two days to repay the favor Lady Tsunade did for his teacher previously, right?"
"Huh?"
Tsunade was instantly greatly displeased with Shizune's words, slamming a fist onto Shizune's head, "What did you say? I won that from him fair and square!"
Shizune covered her head and agreed perfunctorily, "Yes, yes, yes..."
"But that kid really is interesting..."
Tsunade touched the corner of her lips and chuckled lightly, "Shizune, do you think everyone who gives you money is a good person? That guy Orochimaru used to lend me money often too, and never actively asked for repayment!"
"..."
One and a half hours later.
Uehara Naraka and Kaguya Kimimaro rejoined the group.
Everyone in the group just looked at Uehara's face and already knew the result of his gambling match with Tsunade. Kisame Hoshigaki and Mangetsu Hōzuki tactfully didn't speak.
Zabuza Momochi was reckless. He looked at Uehara and sneered, "Kid, lost all your money again?"
"..."
Uehara Naraka glanced up at Zabuza Momochi, secretly making a mental note of his name. So many people didn't say anything, only you talk so much?
However, seeing everyone's gazes focused on him, Uehara explained aloud, "I saw that woman was truly pitiful, so I gave her a little money as charity. My teacher also received her favor back then; standing by and watching her live a poor life isn't right."
These words sounded just like the truth.
It seemed to actually be factual too.
Whether it was the money lost to Tsunade or the living expenses left for Shizune, it counted as repaying the favor Konan owed from taking someone's dry bread back then.
Zabuza Momochi originally wanted to make a few more sarcastic remarks, but seeing Uehara Naraka's unfriendly gaze, he closed his mouth.
Haku's face showed some nervousness and unease. He glanced at the somewhat dejected Kaguya Kimimaro and asked softly, "Uehara, can Kimimaro's illness be cured?"
"Tsunade couldn't do anything either."
Uehara Naraka shook his head, glanced at the forlorn Kaguya Kimimaro, and said softly, "But I guess he might be deficient in calcium? Calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, vitamins, maybe deficient in all of them?"
"...Deficient... Deficient in what?"
Haku and Kaguya Kimimaro's eyes held great confusion.
"Anyway, just deficient in nutrients!"
Uehara Naraka rubbed his forehead, thought of those strange advertisements from his previous life, sighed, "There's no 'Xin Gai Zhong Gai' here either. Let him drink more milk for now! I'll think of a way in the future..."
The Shikotsumyaku Kekkei Genkai gathers calcium from the human body's bones, making the bones abnormally hard. Uehara also didn't understand the essence of the bloodline disease.
But he wasn't panicked either.
Many things in this ninja world that couldn't be solved by science could only be solved by chakra. Things chakra couldn't solve, well, then see if the system had a way to solve them!
Maybe he'd draw some strange skill in the future?
If even his cheat couldn't solve Kimimaro's condition, then Kimimaro could only hope for the best.
Uehara Naraka sighed inwardly, glanced at two side quests in his system. Neither of these quests could be completed quickly.
Side Quest: Let Haku Live (0/1). Reward Unknown.
Side Quest: Let Kaguya Kimimaro Live (0/1). Reward Unknown.
According to Uehara's guess, he just needed to let Haku and Kaguya Kimimaro survive past the lifespan calamity of age fifteen to complete them. Haku was only eleven this year, and Kaguya Kimimaro was only ten.
Haku's problem wasn't a worry.
Kimimaro's matter also didn't need rushing.
As long as Uehara Naraka carefully searched the system panel during this time for quests that might yield healing skills, there should be hope of solving Kimimaro's condition, and also resolving the illness Mangetsu Hōzuki might contract.
Uehara Naraka couldn't help glancing again at Mangetsu Hōzuki ahead. This thirteen-year-old Seven Ninja Swordsman didn't even warrant this kind of side quest? His popularity among otaku was simply too low, wasn't it?
Compared to Tsunade, it was truly worlds apart!
If not for bringing a group of Seven Ninja Swordsmen back to report, Uehara Naraka actually somewhat wanted to stay by Tsunade's side and complete several side quests that were hard to speak of directly...
Maybe there would be medical skills among them!
(End of Chapter)
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