Chapter 317: Easing the Burden
"Please, just call me Kaida. It is awkward to hear my elder calling me 'Sir'. You have more experience in this field anyway," Kaida said respectfully.
"As you wish, Kaida," the general practitioner said.
"So what are you guys eating?" Kaida said, as he made a shadow clone to handle things in his absence, one of the perks of being a ninja.
"We were going to the canteen. You can join us if you want," one of the trainees under that general practitioner said.
"Sure, but guys, I still don't know your names. So let me formally introduce myself. Hi, I am Kaida Uchiha," Kaida said.
"Genji," the trainee said, followed by the other two trainees.
"Hayato."
"Fumio."
Then the general practitioner said, "Norio."
"Nice to meet you all," Kaida said with a smile as they went to eat in the canteen, talking about various topics from all of the hard work they are doing to how to handle various situations.
While also giving Kaida advice on how to take rest between work, as overworking will only reduce efficiency in the long run.
"This is not the work which will be completed with hard work of one or two days, boy. With how things are, we may have to pull this off for months. If you keep the pace you are going at, you may even have to be among the patients after one or two weeks," Norio said.
"I understand, sir. I will try to take constant breaks from now on," Kaida said, but he knew there was no actual need for that at all, due to him constantly using shadow clones for training, combined with Sharingan for chakra control and Senju body to handle the strain. It could even be said that he was taking it easy in the hospital. But saying these things would only look like showing off, so he simply agreed with the advice he was getting.
After a quick lunch, all of the members who took the break went back to duty so that the remaining members could also eat.
With the number of ninjas and civilians coming to the hospital, the staff didn't have much time to think about anything else other than duty and some rare and occasional rests.
After nearly 10 hours, with the clock showing 6 PM, Kaida had completed all of the tasks on the schedule given to him by Mitsuru, along with many other tasks performed by his shadow clones.
Kaida had sent 10 shadow clones to different locations of the hospital and in Konoha, getting 12 medical ninjas with almost specialist-level skill. The workload of the other medical ninjas reduced considerably.
Which resulted in increased reputation for Kaida, which he only gave some thought. If he was planning on building his career as a medical ninja, then this reputation would have been very important for him in the long run. But with his goal being completely different, the only good thing that would come with this reputation is the free promotion he would be able to do in the future.
'I hope the talk about the stadium is going fine, though considering the time, even getting a chance to meet the higher-ups of Konoha regarding this is hard. Well, it is not like I am in urgent need of money or something. All of this is for the future anyway,' Kaida thought, going toward Mitsuru's office.
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"Good evening, sensei," Kaida said, entering the office only to find a heap of paperwork in front of Mitsuru, with only her hair visible from the front.
"Good evening. It's good that you are here. I was almost on the verge of collapse," Mitsuru said, standing up and going towards the fridge in her office.
"You want some?" she asked, taking out a bottle of cold beer.
"No, thanks, sensei," Kaida said.
"Okay," Mitsuru said and emptied the bottle in one go.
"You are doing great in every place. If someone else was at your place, I would have given them the promise of promotion or higher salary. But you don't need both of them. So, do you want anything?" Mitsuru asked.
"It is unnecessary, sensei. I don't want any reward to help you or the village," Kaida said with a smile.
"It is good to be modest, but it will be hard to maintain this level of dedication for the next couple of months without any rewards. So just tell me, is there anything you want?" Mitsuru asked.
"If possible, is there a way to increase chakra reserves, aside from the traditional way, of course?" Kaida asked.
"Yes and no. Aside from the traditional approach, you can use fūinjutsu to forcefully increase your natural chakra reserves. But not only is that process expensive, but it will also mess up your chakra control. It is better to use your chakra efficiently than artificially increasing it," Mitsuru said.
"Then how about increasing body's defense?"
"Two ways: one is training, the other is a little painful approach of taking lightning chakra mixed with Yin chakra in your body. It slowly damages your body, but on healing, it will be a little more tough than before. This is classified information which is not available to all. But since you are already close to becoming a Jonin, there is nothing wrong in telling you this," Mitsuru said.
Kaida nodded his head. 'So that's why those Raikage had such extremely tough bodies. This lightning chakra is much more versatile than I initially thought,' Kaida thought.
"Sensei, then as a reward, can I ask you to arrange a way for me to access this lightning chakra for body strengthening?" Kaida asked.
"Sure, it is not hard. I just have to pull some strings. Now that you know your reward, make sure to come to the hospital daily. I will see about your holiday after checking up the schedule," Mitsuru said.
"Okay, sensei," Kaida replied and then left for his house, leaving 10 of his shadow clones behind until they lose all of their chakra.
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As Kaida went home, all of the other members of his house were already present.
"Welcome back, brother!" Naruto shouted as he saw Kaida entering the house.
"So how was your day at the hospital?" Shisui asked, with a mischievous smile on his face, clearly knowing the condition of the hospital.
"It was fine, brother. Things were a little hectic, but everyone is doing their best to help as many people as possible," Kaida said with a smile, as he sat with others, taking a glass of water from Yomi.
"How was your day, brother?" Kaida continued.
"Nothing, just some mission escorting a noble who had to attend a party during such times. I am telling you, they really don't use the body part we know as brain," Shisui replied in a little frustrated tone.
"Hahaha, how about you, aunt?" Kaida asked.
"Since those six girls have started working as temporary secretaries for the business, the days have become much more manageable. But I was unable to have any progress with that stadium idea of ours. Even getting permission for five extra shops took way more work than necessary. I think we would have to wait for everything to settle down before thinking about doing anything for the stadium," Hae said.
Even though they were going to wait for the construction anyway, from the looks of it, even taking permissions for it would also have to wait.
"We are not in a hurry anyway, so there is no need to rush. Let's just focus on the bathhouse. With how busy the hospital is, this is prime time for us to promote the bathhouse a little. I will share a medicinal paste for injuries that will go well with the herbs in the bathhouse. Let's reduce some of the workload of the hospital," Kaida said with a smile.
It was one thing to not hurry about making more money, but losing the opportunity presented on a silver platter was completely different.
"Are you sure you want to be a ninja? I can see a very bright future for you as a merchant," Shisui said, impressed by Kaida's idea.
"I am fine as a ninja only," Kaida replied with a smile.