Naruto: I'm Not a Pokémon

Chapter 7: The Clouds of the Third War

More than half a month has passed since Kaito expressed his desire to become a medical ninja.

Over the past half month, Kaito often met with Nakamura Keiko to ask for some medical knowledge.

However, Nakamura Keiko never took the initiative to mention the selection of medical ninjas, so Kaito did not ask any further questions, but just focused more on studying and practicing.

Currently, Kaito's daily life consists of attending classes, doing daily tasks, practicing ninjutsu, and learning medical knowledge.

Perhaps it's because the simpler achievements have already been triggered, the triggering frequency of Kaito's achievements has dropped significantly recently.

Fortunately, the daily tasks are still stable. Kaito estimated that by the end of the month, he should be able to save up 1,600 gold coins for ten consecutive draws.

It's just that Kaito hasn't yet decided whether he should draw from a Water Attribute Pool or a General Attribute Pool.

Although the several golden prizes in the two prize pools are mouth-watering, Kaito doesn't think that his luck will be so good that he can get a golden prize in ten or twenty draws.

Therefore, it is still better to give priority to improving myself with purple items.

In the Water Attribute Pool, those Water Style Skills combined with the "Abilities" he has already obtained should make his strength improvement smoother.

The General Attribute Pool contains a variety of weird skills and items, some of which are ridiculously strong. However, if he draws cute skills such as "Screech" or "Round", it would be a waste of draws.

Just as Kaito was looking at all kinds of information on the system panel and planning his future.

The conversation between two passers-by dressed as ninjas who walked out of the nearby dumpling shop attracted Kaito's attention.

"Have you heard? The Third Kazekage of the Sunagakure Village is missing."

"I heard about it, but it has nothing to do with us, right? It's just like the Sunagakure Village, they can even lose the Kage of the village."

"Indeed, Sunagakure Village is getting weaker and weaker. It is simply a shame for the five great ninja villages."

"Who says it's not?"

At this time, Kaito, who had just finished school, was preparing to go to the Kirigakure Hospital for medical knowledge training.

As the two ninjas walked away, their conversation became unclear.

However, Kaito's thoughts became confused.

Because he knew that the disappearance of the Third Kazekage of the Sunagakure Village was not completely unrelated to the Kirigakure Village.

Kaito vaguely remembered that it was because of the disappearance of the Third Kazekage that the Sunagakure Village took the opportunity to attack Konohagakure Village.

This incident was the beginning of the Third Great Ninja War.

During the Second Great Ninja War, the Kirigakure Village closed itself off from the rest of the world and did not participate in the war, which was a war consisting of the Land of Fire, Earth, and Wind regions centered in the Land of Rain.

However, the Third Great Ninja War was a true melee, with all five great ninja countries participating in the war, and no village could escape.

Think about the people who lived and died in the Third Great Ninja War and how brutal the wars were.

Originally, Kaito, who did not have to worry about the graduation exam because he had the possibility of becoming a medical ninja, once again ignited an urgent desire to improve his own strength.

Although it is not known how long the Third Kazekage has been missing.

However, since this rumor has already spread to the ordinary ninjas in the Kirigakure Village, it is estimated that it will not be long before the Sunagakure Village declares war on Konohagakure Village.

Upon hearing the news, Kaito suddenly felt an enormous headache.

If a war really breaks out, even ordinary medical personnel will have to go to the battlefield, and he can't escape it even if he becomes a medical ninja.

Moreover, if the war breaks out too early, it is even possible that this class of students will be asked to graduate early, and he doesn't know if this will disrupt his plans.

Unfortunately, these things are beyond Kaito's control. He can only pray that the war will start later, or at least his own Kirigakure Village will join the war later.

Kaito, feeling a little depressed, was thinking about complaining to his little frog.

As his hand reached his shoulder, he remembered that Blue had mastered the classic skill [Quick Attack] on his own due to his improvement in practice over the past two days.

Perhaps he has felt the rewards of his practice, and has been obsessed with it recently, and has not accompanied Kaito out.

Fortunately, with the existence of Summoning Jutsu, even if there are emergencies, it will not affect the combat effectiveness.

Speaking of the skill [Quick Attack], it is somewhat similar to the Body Flicker Jutsu that can change direction twice, and can add the impact force brought by rapid movement to the attack, which is a very good means of attack.

It's a pity that although Kaito's overall strength is much higher than Blue's, he is unable to learn this trick because he does not have the super jumping ability brought by the little frog's unique leg structure.

This results in the four skills that Blue currently possesses, [Pound] is of little use to him, [Growl] and [Water Gun] do not require hand seals and are a bit like innate abilities, and [Quick Attack] is not up to standard. (Move, Attack, technique, Jutsu, Skill – are all same, It may get change in next chapters if I forgot)

Kaito, who wanted to secretly learn Blue's skills to improve his combat power, was unable to learn any of them.

Just like that, Kaito walked to Nakamura Keiko's office with a lot on his mind.

However, there was no sign of Nakamura Keiko. Kaito was used to this. As the director of the Kirigakure Hospital, she was indeed quite busy with her work.

Kaito sat alone in front of Nakamura Keiko's desk, opened a medical scroll, and continued to study from where he had ended yesterday.

Currently, in terms of medical ninjutsu, Kaito has only learned two, [Healing Jutsu] and [Water Style: Aqua Ring Jutsu], which are sufficient for use at the current stage.

He put more energy into practicing the fine control of chakra and learning knowledge about human medicine. In his spare time, he would ask Nakamura Keiko for some pharmacology knowledge.

This has caused Kaito's brain to be overloaded with knowledge recently, and his progress in practicing ninjutsu after returning home at night is very slow.

Not only was the [Water Clone] completely unable to condense into a human form, even the simpler [Hidden Mist Jutsu] was still under exploration.

Time passed quietly as Kaito was concentrating on his studies, and the sun was about to set completely.

"Squeak~"

The office door was suddenly pushed open, and Nakamura Keiko walked in looking a little tired.

However, when she saw the scroll on Kaito's desk, a slightly relieved smile appeared on her face.

"Aunt Keiko, you haven't eaten yet, right? I bought some dango on the way home from school."

Seeing Nakamura Keiko looking tired after coming in, Kaito asked with some concern.

"No, there's another surgery to be done later. I came here mainly to tell you something."

Kaito seemed to realize something after hearing this.

As expected, Nakamura Keiko continued.

"It has been decided to select talents from the students of the Ninja School for medical ninja training. The Ninja School will receive a notice from the top management in the next few days. The selection will be made from the students who are about to graduate this year. Kaito, with your level it will definitely be no problem."

"After the selection, there will be a two-month medical ninja training. If you pass the training successfully, you will be directly granted the qualification of Genin."

Doesn't this mean that it is possible for me to become a Genin earlier than Zabuza?

Kaito had naturally assumed in his heart that he would pass the selection.

In the current ninja school, even including the sensei, Kaito's medical level should be unique.

"Okay, Kaito, I still have something to do. You should go back early too."

After saying this, Nakamura Keiko left the office in a hurry. The total time from the time she came in to talk to the time she left was less than two minutes.

Kaito had no choice but to tidy up the office and then got up to go home.

In the next few days, Kaito was a little absent-minded. Although he kept reminding himself that "a ninja must be someone with enough patience", the most he could do was to calm himself on the surface.

'No wonder ninjas like Zabuza and Kakashi have to wear masks in the future. It's too difficult to control the expression of emotions!'

But Kaito didn't suffer for too long. Three days later, in the morning.

Just as the students were getting ready and waiting for class as usual, the chūnin sensei entered the classroom and brought them some surprising news.

"What? Who wants to be a medical ninja?"

"Exactly. Are medical ninjas also considered ninjas? Don't underestimate us, Ueda-sensei!"

"We are the Blood Mist Ninja. Only a coward would want to be a doctor! I don't want to hide behind the battlefield."

Most of the students showed disdain for the news brought by their head sensei.

Even if there are some losers who are aware of their own abilities, they don't want to participate in the medical ninja selection under the ridicule of their classmates.

Regardless of their abilities, students were trying hard to show their bravery at this time.

Such was the ethos of the Kirigakure Village. Even the chūnin sensei at the podium did not point out the common sense mistake that the so-called medical ninjas were actually supposed to follow the team and fight, rather than being as powerless as doctors.

But at this moment, Kaito stood up.

"Ueda-sensei, I hope to participate in the medical ninja selection."