Chapter 48

"Ichimaru-sensei," I peeked into the curator's office, "are you busy?"

"Come in, Ryu-kun, I've just finished processing your transfer and prepared the license with the employment contract," my fellow clan member waved at me, raising his head from the papers.

"Will much change with my promotion?" I asked, settling into the visitor's chair.

"It depends on what you mean by change," the teacher chuckled, "if you're referring to work, then no. You'll still be treating patients, just now with a slightly higher salary and bonuses every quarter, as well as accruing experience. But! With the new license, you'll be able to access the hospital library, without any restrictions except for the most dangerous sections, accessible only to first and second-degree medics."

"The hospital has its own library?" I was surprised.

I hadn't come across it during all my time working there...

"Not in the main building, but behind it," Ichimaru smirked, "perhaps you've noticed a small one-story building behind this wing — that's it."

"Such a small one?"

"Unfortunately, the medical base was only with the Senju and our clan, so you'll hardly find much new there compared to the clan library, but there's undoubtedly something useful there. I can guarantee that."

"Hmm, okay."

"So, sign your contract and surrender your old license," the medic handed me the papers, and after reading through the short list of points, I signed them and handed them back with my ID card.

"Excellent!" the teacher rummaged in his desk and pulled out an almost exact copy of the surrendered license, handing it to me with a solemn expression.

"Congratulations, Ryu-kun, now you're one of us! You still have a lot to strive for, so don't stop at what you've achieved! And as a small gift for the occasion, personally from me, and also from Senju-sama. Keep giving reasons for your sensei to be proud!"

Digging into the pockets of his robe, he pulled out two scrolls, sealed with the marks of the Nara and Senju.

"Thank you!" with a respectful bow, I accepted them and examined them. "What are these?"

"I don't know about Tsunade-sama's scroll, but from me, it's absolutely necessary technique for every man," my clan member winked with a smile I was already familiar with. "You'll thank me in a few years!"

After bowing, I left the office and immediately sat down on one of the benches in the corridor, starting to unroll the scroll with the mark of my clan — my sensei's words had piqued my interest.

Well, I've unrolled it, started reading, and felt my eyes bulging out of my head! Well done, sensei! If I were a girl, I'd kiss you! He was right — a gift for the future! I wonder if all male medics give scrolls like these, or is it just out of the kindness of my clanmate's heart?

In any case, this scroll will definitely come in handy for me. After all, you don't get to hold in your hands the dream of most men for "equipment enhancement" every day, so to speak.

Hmm, and come to think of it, all female medics in the hospital have excellent figures, despite almost universal singleness and not a single flat-chested one, if you don't count the too young and just students... And Tsunade developed her cannons during her medical career, not in her youth as a prodigy... Truly, chakra works wonders!

Rolling up the second scroll, I eagerly began to read it and was not disappointed. Oh no, far from disappointed!

This scroll described methods for strengthening the bones of the skeleton, enhancing various muscle groups, sharpening senses such as vision and smell, as well as effective methods for cleansing the body of accumulated harmful substances.

All of this is hardly possible to perform on oneself, but in this case, there are clones. Very useful knowledge, indeed. True, for now, I'll only be able to focus on bones, but even that is already a huge plus to my kekkei genkai. I wonder why Tsunade was so generous with such a gift?

Of course, all this can definitely be found in the hospital library, but I bet it would take more than a day and hardly in as much detail and with instructions on the step-by-step processes of a medic's work.

Damn, it's a pity Ma is starting her service in a couple of weeks, otherwise, I could have implemented improvements for her as soon as I mastered them well enough on myself. However, it's worth digging through Dad's scrolls, as well as those I brought from Uzushiogakure, for suitable seals.

As far as I know, she only has seals for weapons on her wrists and protection from illusions among her non-training ones, fortunately, the strings of symbols on her temples are made of a special ink that absorbs into the skin and fades after a while.

Rolling up the scroll and putting it in the pocket of my pants, I headed towards the exit of the hospital — I didn't have a shift today, so I just came to get a new license.