3. Absorbing like a sponge

With Tsunade's support, Jingyi no longer needed to help out, and could stay in the lounge to study with peace of mind every day.

With enough time and Tsunade's personal guidance, Jingyi learned the Chakra Scalpel in two days.

For a period of time afterwards, Jingyi was like a dry sponge, quickly absorbing all kinds of relevant knowledge and learning various medical ninjutsu.

Tsunade was shocked at first, then gradually got used to it, and finally became numb.

She felt like she was about to be squeezed dry, with not a drop left.

Most of the medical ninjutsu she had learned had been taken away by Jingyi.

Two months later, Tsunade personally took Jingyi to take the test.

As expected, Jingyi passed the test with excellent results, successfully obtained the medical ninja certificate, and submitted an application form to work in the hospital.

In an elegant tavern.

Tsunade, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and the trio of the team reunited.

"Tsunade, I heard that you accepted an apprentice, and the other party is from the Hyuga clan."

Jiraiya forgot the pain after his wound healed, and put aside the fact that he was almost beaten to death. He winked at Tsunade as soon as they met.

"Oh, there is such a thing?"

Orochimaru paused with his hand holding up the wine glass.

He glared at Jiraiya fiercely, and scared Jiraiya so much that Tsunade withdrew her gaze with satisfaction.

"I didn't accept a disciple. I just saw that the boy had talent. I just happened to have time, so I took him along. As a result, I was wrong. Hyuga Shizuka has a high medical talent."

[A|N: Jingyi real name is Shizuka]

"Let's not talk about this."

Shaking her head, Tsunade changed the subject: "What are you two doing recently?"

Since the jonin assessment, the three of them have completely withdrawn from the team and are busy with their own things.

Tsunade is in Konoha Hospital, Orochimaru is doing some strange research, and Jiraiya is either on a mission or stealing...collecting materials.

"I recently encountered a troublesome task, which took up some time." Orochimaru replied casually.

"Hehe, I'm busy, I..."

Jiraiya put his hands together and rubbed them, but was interrupted by Tsunade as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Okay, don't say anything, you're either peeping at girls taking a bath or writing your messy stuff."

Tsunade put down the wine glass and slapped the table to warn him:

"If I find out that Nawaki brought some weird books back again, I promise to beat you to death!"

Why don't you teach something else, but you have to take children to read pornographic books?

"Ahem, misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding, Nawaki brought it back secretly, it's none of my business." Jiraiya defended himself with a guilty conscience.

"Hehe."

Looking at the ferocious Tsunade and the timid Jiraiya, Orochimaru's mouth corners slightly raised.

This was one of the few times he could relax, and Orochimaru cherished such days, even though he spent most of his time sitting aside and watching quietly.

Drinking and eating, sharing some interesting things about work or tasks.

Soon, the three people who were full of food and wine left.

Tsunade left, and Jiraiya was still sitting in his original position, holding a bottle of wine and giggling. Tsunade seemed to have forgiven him and was no longer angry with him.

"...."

Glancing at Jiraiya who was giggling non-stop with a look of disdain, Orochimaru got up and left silently.

When he returned home, Tsunade, who smelled of alcohol, just walked in the door and met Kushina who was sitting alone in the yard.

"Tsunade-sama."

Someone came, Kushina looked up, and quickly got up to greet.

"Call me sister, or is the word sister a bit hot?"

Tsunade put her hand on Kushina's head in dissatisfaction, ruffling Kushina's red hair.

"Sister Tsunade!!"

Her hair was messed up, and Kushina was stunned for a few seconds, then she screamed. After all, few girls like to have a mess on their heads.

"Don't cry, don't cry, sister is wrong, sister will take you out shopping later, okay?"

Tsunade did not expect Kushina's heart to be so fragile, and she cried directly after a little teasing.

It took a lot of effort to coax Kushina and promised to take her out shopping.

Looking at the smile on the little girl's face, Tsunade shrugged her shoulders weakly. She felt that coaxing a child was more tiring than working in the hospital.

"Sister Tsunade, someone just sent you a letter."

After getting Tsunade's promise, Kushina took out a letter like offering a treasure.

"Letter? Mine?"

Who would write a letter to me?

Tsunade took the envelope and opened it in confusion. After glancing at the contents of the letter paper, her face became solemn.

After putting away the letter, Tsunade patted Kushina's head:

"Kushina, Sister Tsunade needs to go out to do something. Can I take you out shopping another day?"

"Can't I go?"

Kushina looked at Tsunade pitifully.

Tsunade began to have a headache. Why did you tease the child for no reason? Now you feel uncomfortable for teasing..sigh.

After struggling for a while, Tsunade was finally defeated.

"Can you...right? But you have to be obedient, okay?"

Kushina was a poor child, and Jingyi's situation was similar.

If the two of them get together, maybe they can have something to talk about, and can Kushina make a new friend?

Although the village strictly prohibits anyone from contacting Kushina, Jingyi is someone Tsunade recognizes, which is equivalent to one of her own.

With Tsunade here, what's wrong with contacting Kushina?

Anyone who is dissatisfied can come to Tsunade-hime to argue.

So Tsunade took Kushina away from the Senju ancestral house and walked towards the Hyuga clan. On the way, she remembered something and bought a lot of food in a roadside store.

Tsunade-sama took Kushina to the Hyuga clan.

The Anbu ninja who was monitoring Kushina reported the news to the Third Hokage as soon as possible.

In the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage standing by the window looked towards the direction of the Hyuga clan.

"Is it because of Hyuga Shizuka?"

Shizuka/Jingyi applied to study in the medical department. In just over two months, he mastered medical ninjutsu that surpassed many medical ninjas and successfully passed the medical ninja assessment.

On the day the assessment ended, all kinds of information were sent to the desk of the Third Hokage.

Because of the injury, the blood stains degenerated, and then he suffered a cold treatment from the family and received a lot of unfair treatment, so he applied to study in the medical department, but accidentally showed his talent.

The scarcity of medical ninjas and Shizuka's own talent were valued by the Third Hokage.

The most important reason is that Shizuka is recognized by Tsunade, and Tsunade is a disciple of the Hokage. So Shizuka is half of his own.

The Third Hokage took out Shizuichi's information and looked at it carefully, then he was silent for a while: "What a pity."

Shizuichi's situation is rather special, which means that he can only be half of his own.