The Troubles of a Genin

"Then—"

Walking out of the mission assignment office, Nara Yan Shui, as usual, raised his hand and said, "Meet at the edge of the Death Forest tomorrow morning."

Under normal circumstances, a ninja who accepts a [Death Forest Beast Extermination] request should go and hand it over to the relevant staff, such as the Barrier Team and the Anbu.

However, as the Jonin instructor of the team, he usually handles such handovers.

"See you tomorrow." X3 The three members of Team Five greeted him and then dispersed.

Lin Ke took out his small wallet and counted his savings. He had a little over 14,000 Ryo. Once he completed this C-rank mission, he would break through the 20,000 Ryo mark, taking him one step closer to hiring a veteran ninja to teach him ninjutsu.

In fact, there are many ways to learn ninjutsu: family tradition, apprenticeship, teacher instruction, and applying to the village for instruction. However, most of these options are not available to him. The best option is—

To buy it with money.

Whether it's buying scrolls of various low-level ninjutsu or hiring a tutor, both are ways to learn ninjutsu and improve oneself.

But, Genin hardly ever think about such things...

Because they have too little Chakra.

Take the standard excellent graduate Haruno Sakura as an example. In the first part, her Chakra, or rather, her Spirit, is 2. Releasing any ninjutsu would completely drain her.

As her teammate, Uchiha Sasuke's Spirit is 4. Being able to release a single Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique in battle surprised Hatake Kakashi, who said, "A Genin shouldn't have this much Chakra."

The difference between a Spirit of 2 and 4 is not simply double. According to Hatake Kakashi himself, Uzumaki Naruto's Chakra is 8, while his is 6. The difference is still 2, but Naruto's Chakra is four times his.

In other words, Uchiha Sasuke's Chakra is likely four times that of Haruno Sakura.

A normal Genin should be like Haruno Sakura, using the Three Body Technique and simple ninjutsu taught at the Ninja Academy. They simply don't have enough Chakra to release any ninjutsu.

The main reason is that they generally have too little Chakra.

After hard training, Lin Ke has a little more Chakra than most of his graduating class (excluding Rock Lee with a Spirit of 6 and Hyuga Neji with a Spirit of 4), almost on par with Tenten's Spirit of 3.

This means that he is at a stage where learning ninjutsu is useless.

Even if he learns it, releasing one ninjutsu would completely drain his stamina, so what's the point?

The only ninjutsu he had learned before, Earth Release: Underground Headhunter Technique, although it mutated into My Release, the Chakra consumption didn't increase or decrease. When he was pushed to the limit fighting Hatake Kakashi, he desperately used My Release: Underground Headhunter Technique, and his stamina bottomed out. In the end, he couldn't even maintain the Substitution Jutsu for long and ended up passing out.

In this situation, is it useful for him to learn random ninjutsu?

Not at all.

Lin Ke is also very envious of his fellow transmigrators who can throw ninjutsu around as soon as they transmigrate. With his innate shortcomings, he has caught up with his peers through crazy training, but he still can't use various ninjutsu as regular combat techniques, which is really frustrating.

So, he should be more practical and slowly save money. Once he has money and more Chakra, he can hire a veteran ninja to guide him.

The arrogance he had as a transmigrator has long been worn away by the cruel reality. One must be practical. Before transmigrating, his requirements for a teacher were at least at the level of the Sannin. Now, he believes that even a random veteran Chunin could guide him to improve greatly.

Nara Yan Shui's teaching ability is indeed not bad, but he can't expect him to really teach him any ninjutsu.

Haruno Sakura didn't learn any ninjutsu from Hatake Kakashi either, just built a good foundation. It's not like there's discrimination against students.

After all, the reality is that most Genin can't release many ninjutsu. Even if they learn a thousand ninjutsu, they can only release one in a battle before panting and logging off, which is pointless.

Moreover, the Jonin instructor has no obligation to teach their subordinates ninjutsu.

Lin Ke definitely needs to make his own plans. With his special ninjutsu, he might become a Chunin someday. After becoming a Chunin, if he doesn't take a master, he will likely need to worry about his future advancement and strengthening himself.

"Hmm, this afternoon..." He flipped through his notes and scratched his head. "It's the Medical Ninja lecture."

[It's a lecture for Genin after graduation, a channel for cultivating Medical Ninjas. The setting has similar channels before the start of Part 1, and the name comes from Boruto TV152]

How to put it, this thing is a lecture for Genin after graduation, and it doesn't teach any medical ninjutsu—

Medical ninjutsu is a rare and extremely high-threshold special ninja category, requiring very precise Chakra control, sufficient knowledge, and innate talent. Even the lowest-level medical ninjutsu, Mystical Palm Technique, has a B-level learning difficulty, which Genin simply cannot learn.

As for ordinary treatment using Chakra to activate cells, some related content was learned at the Ninja Academy and classified as ninjutsu.

Lin Ke learned this part of the content quite well in school. His Chakra control ability is excellent, and releasing Chakra to heal is easy, so he has no interest in the Medical Ninja lecture.

There are two reasons:

First, the content taught in the Medical Ninja lecture is medical knowledge and basic healing, either something he is not interested in or something he has already learned.

2. Insufficient Chakra.

He had to carefully budget the Chakra even for releasing Ninjutsu, so why would he waste Chakra to heal others? He'd have to be crazy.

Mastering the basics is enough. He simply doesn't have enough Chakra to heal large areas of the body. In battle, his Clone Jutsu is much more cost-effective.

Of course, if he didn't want to attend the Medical Ninja lectures, he could skip them. Not everyone wants to become a Medical Ninja. It's just that he values the opportunity to treat the wounds of some animals under the guidance of Medical Ninjas during the classes.

The training effect on Chakra control is excellent, and with someone guiding him, the speed of improvement is also decent. If he wants to extend the duration of his useful Substitution Jutsu in the future, Chakra control is something he has to improve.

So even if he has no interest in healing others, he still has to attend the classes...

The only problem is that not every class is practical training. There's a fifty percent chance it will be a lecture on medical common sense.

Lin Ke sighed helplessly. Anyway, it's the last class today, so let's go.

As usual, he went to Ichiraku Ramen to take care of lunch, changed out of the Ninja tools he wore during missions, and put on casual clothes. He arrived at the classroom in the Medical Team's headquarters fifteen minutes before the start of class.

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