Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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"What! You're saying she's up ahead? Where?!"

Just then, at the gate of the medical department, which was guarded on the second floor of Konoha Hospital, two Konoha Chunin roared at 'Kitada Mana':

"These are special times, please don't use transformation magic as a joke!"

"Sorry sorry."

After 'unlocking' her transformation, 'Kitada Mana' stuck out her tongue and turned around to see Inuzuka Umeko clenching her fists, seemingly about to charge at her. 'Kitada Mana' quickly dusted herself off and ran away.

......

"The defenses of hospitals during wartime were extremely strong."

"The outer gate is patrolled and guarded by Uchiha ninjas, while the inner gate of the hospital is guarded by village-numbered ninjas, the lowest level of whom are Chunin."

"and."

Wearing a white coat and with his hands in his pockets, Shirahoshi glanced around at the green trees in the rehabilitation area on the first floor of the hospital, sensing occasional voyeurism coming from the ANBU, the most elite unit in Konoha Village.

"Ah—I'm so sleepy."

"Don't let your guard down. We don't know if that person will sneak in again. We have to be careful."

"If they were ninjas from an enemy country, or spies, who poisoned or even planted explosive devices on our village's ninjas, it would be a disaster."

"That's true. The captain isn't coming tonight, so Jiraiya, a Jonin, is infiltrating the inpatient ward. I don't know if he can catch that person."

"There's definitely no problem, after all, that one is the Hokage's disciple!"

The two members of the Dark Guard were too far away for Shirahoshi to hear their conversation.

But judging from the increase in staff at the hospital, it's easy to guess that they're talking about themselves.

Previous security measures included: identity verification at the hospital entrance, occasional patrols by the Uchiha Police Department, and checks at the entrances of each building on the first floor within the hospital.

The following have been added: a Uchiha patrol team that is online 24 hours a day, 2-3 ANBU members stationed there, and a pass card valid for the current day.

So Shirahoshi wasn't aggrieved at all; on the contrary, she felt a thrill of creating her own super A-rank mission challenge—provided she didn't get caught, otherwise she would face the village's investigation, and if there were no problems, she would probably be captured to become a Jonin or run away.

My life is completely over!

This is a trial!

Chapter 39 Sorry, I almost got beaten up by you.

inpatient department.

Today, Kitada Mana's work hours are from 10 PM to 8 AM tomorrow: night shift.

At this time, there were relatively few patients in the lobby on the first floor, but there were still quite a few ninjas who had gone to the emergency room and came to the inpatient department to complete the admission procedures.

Good evening, Dr. Aicai~

Shirahoshi waved to the injured Chunin and his team ahead: "Good evening, everyone~"

Upon seeing the bloodstains from Zhong Ren's injuries, Bai Xing immediately displayed superb acting skills, gently stepping forward to inquire:

"Sir, you're still bleeding. Let me help you stop the bleeding first."

Blood began to seep from the white bandage wrapped around his thigh. At this moment, the injured Chunin was gripping a metal elbow crutch with both hands, supporting himself with one leg.

"This isn't appropriate; our paperwork is still under review."

—During wartime, beds in the ninja wards were scarce, and it was necessary to assess the condition of the wounded to determine if they could stay.

Currently, the inpatient department only has beds reserved for ninjas.

In addition, there are wards on the second, fourth and fifth floors of the medical department where ordinary people and ninjas can be admitted. However, the doctors on duty and making rounds at night are only ordinary doctors.

"It's fine."

Shirahoshi quickly formed hand seals, and a warm green light suddenly appeared on the 'girl's' hands, representing a basic medical ninjutsu—the Hemostasis Technique.

The green light shone on the wound on the injured man's right leg, feeling warm and comfortable. Looking at the pure, innocent face of 'Kitada Mana' under the warm light, the injured Chunin felt as if he were in love.

The light vanished in less than a few seconds. Shirahoshi wiped the fine beads of sweat from her brow and steadily channeled chakra through the bandages to stop the bleeding—a considerable medical challenge indeed.

"Alright, sir. After you're admitted to the hospital, remember to have your attending physician change your bandage. The medication in this bandage isn't very effective; you'll need a better one."

The inexperienced Chunin blushed and nodded vigorously:

"Thank you, Dr. Aicai."

"that......"

"Dr. Kitada, the ninjas here need to be examined. Could you please come over?"

"Hey hey hey~! Coming right away~~"

My little bundle of experience, here I come!

Furthermore, the two medical ninjutsu techniques that Shirahoshi currently possesses (Hemostasis Technique and Chakra Scalpel) were learned by secretly reading books while occasionally visiting her good disciple Nono over the past six months!

=￣ω￣=

Shirahoshi skipped and hopped toward the nurse who was rushing to the first floor, leaving the somewhat disappointed Chunin youth standing there, stunned.

His companion nudged his waist with his elbow, winking and implying that there would be plenty of opportunities later, adding that now wasn't the best time and they should wait until his wounds healed. When he was discharged from the hospital, the real Kitada Mana came over. Faced with this Chunin's confession, she completely forgot about him, causing the Chunin a psychological trauma ten thousand times greater.

Besides, with so many people visiting the hospital every day, even someone with a great memory wouldn't have the time to remember everyone's name.

......

The next morning around nine o'clock, Shirahoshi, yawning and carrying a body that was completely drained of energy and chakra, arrived early at a corridor in the woods behind the village.

This is a necessary route to the forest behind the mountain or to the memorial site commemorating the heroes of Konoha.

The bridge is sturdy, with stone railings to prevent children from climbing over and falling into the rushing river below.

Before entering the back mountain, you will pass by a red torii gate, a style of Japanese architecture.

Of course, we haven't gone inside yet; we're just on the outside.

"Hey, Shirahoshi, you're up early today~ But you don't look like you slept well. Were you nervous?"

"Fortunately."

Standing by the railing, Bai Xing looked down at the straight, rolling river below, a sense of melancholy washing over her: Was she really going to the battlefield after all?!

Around 7 a.m., Tsunade told 'her' to go home and rest early, so he, exhausted, wanted to sleep in. However, he received a signal from Orochimaru's white snake summoning beast, transmitted by his shadow clone the night before, requesting the team to assemble.

Time: 9:30 today.

Despite not having slept all night, he quickly washed his face, rested for an hour, and then rushed over.

"Yo everyone, good morning!"

Shirahoshi didn't even need to turn his head to know that there was a passionate young man standing on a relatively high place to the side, striking what he considered a youthful pose and greeting him and the rope tree next to him.

Rope Tree's lips twitched: "Aren't you afraid you'll fall?! I won't save you then."

On the railing, the right arm of the person in the green bodysuit was raised high: "Today, it should be the day we head to the battlefield! I'm ready to burn my youth!!"

"Yoho~!"

"..."

Shirahoshi stared blankly, thinking to himself, "Why don't you go in his place? The battlefield is such a dangerous place. He's not an Edo Tensei. If there are too many enemies, and his chakra and stamina are exhausted, he'll be the next Tobirama Senju."

"You guys are very punctual."

"Orochimaru-sensei!" x3

Even though Orochimaru didn't teach Might Guy any ninjutsu, but only gave him some guidance on forbidden techniques, Might Guy still acknowledged Orochimaru as his teacher.

And Shirahoshi, needless to say, always sweetly calls him "teacher."

Nawaki excitedly approached Orochimaru, who had appeared in the middle of the corridor behind them using the Body Flicker Technique, and asked, "Sensei, are we going to the battlefield today?!"

Facing Tsunade's younger brother and his beloved disciple, Orochimaru naturally revealed a gentle smile, extending his somewhat pale right hand to stroke the boy's hair:

"Rope tree".

"Your teacher knows that you are already quite capable, but you still lack some practical experience."

"But your teacher is about to go to the front line and probably won't be able to take you to gain experience."

"Huh?! I think I'm already pretty strong! If it weren't for the Hokage not letting me participate in this year's Chunin Exams, I would definitely have utterly crushed those genin!"

Rope Tree raised a small fist.

Shirahoshi and Might Guy standing nearby: "..."

Sorry, you almost beat me up.

Orochimaru knew that during that time he not only had to find time to develop his own ninjutsu, but also occasionally teach Nawaki. He even had to send a shadow clone to watch the Chunin Exams and gather intelligence.

In the following six months, he took Shirahoshi and Might Guy as his disciples to fill the gaps in the class team. Then he received an A-rank mission from the village (which was later upgraded to S-rank), and he and Jiraiya almost died there.

A team of three Jonin and three Chunin had only two Jonin and two Chunin returning.

Upon returning to the village, he immediately received treatment from Tsunade without informing his three disciples. He rested at home for quite some time before finally showing his face.

They've only just recovered, and now they're heading to the front lines again—a place no low-ranking ninja should go; they'd likely die there.

The ninjas of Amegakure are particularly skilled at creating various traps and mechanisms.

For example, corpses from explosions, corpses from poisonous fog, etc.

Even the use of detonating tags was the most common method.

Similar to the 'Fire Release: Exploding Flame Formation', which is composed of multiple exploding tags and has an A-rank power that is difficult to detect with the naked eye and chakra—even Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan in the original work, was hit by this move. Fortunately, he reacted in time and used repulsion to block most of the attack, thus saving Konan.

Ordinary Rain Village ninjas can also set up fairly common explosive tag arrays:

Chakra touch (when landing on the ground after using chakra to enhance strength and jumping ability by attaching it to the soles of the feet) and a certain amount of pressure will cause the array to explode.

—The author of the original work, Nawaki, should have a deep understanding of this point.

The former explosion is the most deadly because it triggers an explosion the instant the chakra touches it.

Therefore, Orochimaru preferred that Nawaki train properly in the village rather than have him go to that terrible battlefield in the ninja world and take that risk.

Compared to Nawaki's talent, she is actually not as good as Uchiha Mikoto, and is only considered to be above average in the class.

Orochimaru valued the boy more for...