Naruto: Chronicles of A Fire Ninja

"Are you scared?" Shisui asked.

 

"Nope, just excited for tomorrow," Kaida said with a smile.

 

"That's the spirit. What will worrying give you? Just keep your mind calm, and you will surely pass this test," Shisui said.

 

"Okay, brother," Kaida replied.

 

"Do you want us to come with you?" Hae asked.

 

"I don't think that will be necessary, Aunt. Also, I’m sure they will not allow anyone to accompany me," Kaida said.

 

"Okay then, do your best tomorrow. For now, let's eat dinner," Hae said.

 

"That's a good suggestion," Yomi said, patting her belly.

 

Everyone laughed and then went to eat dinner.

 

…

 

The next day, Kaida went to the training area and performed all the jutsu Mitsuru had taught him. After performing all of them, he sighed.

 

"Good, everything is ready. I don't think there should be any problem with the test," Kaida said.

 

Then, he meditated for some time. At 9:00 AM, he went toward the hospital, and the receptionist asked him to go to a particular room that was prepared for the test.

 

When he went to the designated room, he found that not much was arranged in the room—just some circular chairs around the stage.

 

'This is quite a letdown. I was expecting something grander than this when I learned that many department heads would be present as well,' Kaida thought.

 

Since Kaida arrived quite early, he had to wait for the department heads to arrive. Being professionals, they all arrived at 10:00 AM sharp.

 

"Good morning, sensei," Kaida said, slightly bowing toward her. Then, he looked toward the others and bowed a little as well.

 

Others replied similarly. Mitsuru took the seat in the center, and the others also took their seats.

 

After everyone sat down, Mitsuru said, "Kaida, are you ready?"

 

"Yes, sensei," Kaida said with full confidence.

 

"Okay then, the table in front of you has all the things necessary to perform basic medical-level jutsu. You can start from the left," Mitsuru continued.

 

Kaida nodded and went toward the first scroll.

 

As expected, the elements that came out of the scroll were necessary for the first jutsu, Bandage Skill, and he easily made various bandages using things like leaves, grass, earth, water, etc.

 

Everyone present nodded their heads in acknowledgment, and then Kaida went toward the second scroll, from which came out a fish with a cut.

 

Kaida performed two jutsu—a blood coagulation jutsu and an oxygen supply jutsu at the same time. After he performed those jutsu, the fish regained consciousness and started moving around the table.

 

After placing the fish in the fishbowl, Kaida went toward the last scroll, from which came out a poisoned rat.

 

This was the jutsu Kaida had practiced the most. He carefully used Poison Removal to remove most of the poison from the infected part, then copied what Mitsuru had done during the demonstration of this jutsu. He moved his chakra around the mouse’s body, and though it wasn't as effective as Mitsuru’s, he was able to expel more poison from the rat’s body.

 

After removing as much poison as he could, Kaida used Healing Palm Jutsu to close all the wounds on the rat’s body.

 

After performing the jutsu, Kaida looked toward the examiners. Apart from Mitsuru, everyone else had their mouths open, thinking the same thing:

 

'Do you expect us to believe that this individual began learning medical jutsu just a month ago?'

 

Sensing their shock, Mitsuru chuckled a little, completely understanding their feelings. When Kaida had shown his improvement in the Poison Removal jutsu to her, she was shocked too, even though she knew Kaida was extremely talented. But these guys didn’t even have an idea of Kaida’s complete talent.

 

"Good, you passed the first round. Does anyone have any objections?" Mitsuru asked.

 

But after seeing Kaida’s performance, no one raised their hand. He was already at the level of an experienced general practitioner.

 

"Then we can begin the second round," Mitsuru said.

 

This time, it was a test of theoretical knowledge.

 

"Boy, you have a great understanding of basic medical jutsus, but that alone will not be enough in this round. We will ask you some questions, and you are expected to answer at least 70% of them correctly," Tetsushi, the head of the nursing department, said.

 

"Okay, sir," Kaida replied with a confident smile.

 

Then everyone, except for Mitsuru, started asking various questions from the book Mitsuru had recommended Kaida to read.

 

Kaida, who had read them more than three times, answered all the questions correctly. They even tried to twist the questions to make them tricky, but Kaida was still able to answer them.

 

Some of the department heads didn’t want Kaida to have a perfect score, so they decided to ask questions out of the norm.

 

When Mitsuru heard those questions, she decided to intervene, but before she could say anything, Kaida started answering those questions as well.

 

Due to having an extra month, Kaida was able to read many more books than he had initially been asked to.

 

Because of this, his medical knowledge was no longer at a beginner's level, and he answered those questions as well. It was only when they asked questions so advanced that only specialized medical ninja could answer them that Kaida finally said he didn’t know the answer.

 

At that point, Mitsuru didn’t say anything except giving a confident smirk. By asking such a question, they had admitted that he was more than qualified to become a general practitioner.

 

*Cough.*

 

Tetsushi coughed a little and then said, "This is enough. You passed the second test as well. Since you also have enough experience, you are now promoted to the level of general practitioner," and then sat back in his seat.

 

Kaida bowed a little and thanked him. Then Mitsuru stood up and said, "The test is now over. Follow me."

 

Kaida just nodded and followed her. After reaching her office, she sat on the sofa and said, laughing a little, "Good job. Their faces were worth millions of Ryo when they realized they couldn’t reduce your score in any way."

 

"Why would they try to lower my score?" Kaida asked, bewildered.

 

"Oh! I forgot to tell you—I made a bet about you. If you had failed this test, I would have had to resign from this position," Mitsuru said like it was no big deal.

 

"Why would you do that…"