Chapter 84

Of course, there was still Mito-chan... — you couldn't call her anything else now, and Kushina-chan. Damn, all these suffixes are killing me! At the thought of the former, I began to immerse myself in nirvana, remembering the kiss I received as a reward for all my efforts. Looking at her, you somehow forget about age and how she looked just yesterday.

I'm ready to bet that in a few years I'll be drooling over her figure due to hormones. It's a pity that the "reward" I received was just in appreciation of my contribution and nothing more... Shaking my head, I pushed the thoughts that had started moving in a very specific direction out of my mind.

Rejuvenated, the elder of the Uzumaki clan regained most of her stunning beauty, despite the dismal condition of her body. I'm afraid to think what would have happened without my pills. And so I had to treat quite a large number of muscles, which were damaged for the simple reason that the body simply didn't have enough resources to bring itself into the proper condition, and muscle tissue went to restore organs and bones.

So I only visited Uzumaki once a week — even the help of such a novice healer like me significantly accelerated this process — to avoid attracting too much attention from others and to be able to observe Mito's recovery. Now I don't attract any more attention than any gifted child, albeit somewhat different from the representatives of my clan.

And it's in my best interest to leave things as they are, so that those sitting at the top of the village's food chain don't suddenly think about my involvement in some key events that happened earlier. After all, Itachi and Kakashi haven't appeared yet, and the attitude towards beginning shinobi who haven't reached the rank of genin accordingly.

When you're already swamped with worries, you don't pay too much attention to the little ones scrambling underfoot, looking for really serious opponents who could have been responsible for what happened. This situation suits me completely, so it's best to keep away from Mito for a while, not attracting too much attention.

Even a couple of months later, the buzz among knowledgeable shinobi about Mito's miraculous rejuvenation hadn't died down. Fortunately, they didn't gossip much in front of ordinary people, and considering the general secrecy in our profession, especially among the clans, only those relatively familiar with the first Hokage's wife were informed.

Few remembered her face, even fewer knew her personally, so with her reclusive lifestyle, only the Senju regularly saw her. Only thanks to this, the vast majority of Konoha residents remained unaware of the latest news. By the way, speaking of rumors and such — I saw Hatake Sakumo strolling with a stroller — it was a hilarious sight!

Especially his ear-to-ear smile when he started cooing at the baby! There was still the hospital and colleagues, but I had taken three days off in advance to take a break from work and relieve stress a bit. This means no clones at training sessions, except for clan activities, of course. I don't intend to skip those.

Of course, such a celebration of the holiday is somewhat disheartening — if I were in Uzushio, I would definitely be in the midst of a huge celebration and would have received a mountain of congratulations, but I won't be too upset about it. I still need some time for myself — to think about a couple of emerging problems, or rather, even three, but the last one is not so much a problem as an expected result.

Perhaps the most unpleasant of the three discoveries is that my reserves have practically stopped growing in recent months. More precisely, they are still growing, but only at the usual pace for a growing shinobi. Most likely, the reason is that by evening I don't manage to spend all the chakra available to me, as it used to be, despite the intensity of shifts at the hospital. The fact that I still spend chakra has its impact, but not when you're on the verge of exhaustion.

And something needs to be done about this, because I don't plan to stop at the level of an average jonin, even despite the difficulties with control. Maybe use seals? Draining or suppressing ones, like those applied to criminals? Of course, slightly modified.

I'll have to dig through Mito's library, most likely, there will be something suitable there, despite her specialization in barriers and restraining seals. I just need to make sure they don't conflict with the existing fuin on my body. And I've accumulated quite a few of them.

Kago Risei Fuin — protecting the mind, two training ones — Teiko Fuin is responsible for resistance and Taiju Fuin for training weight, two Shiire Fuin for sealing items, In Fuin, Iyaku Fuin for healing, and Ei Fuin on my arms like mom's, as well as Kakeru Fuin — the key to home defense. Ten in total.

Of course, most of the seals don't conflict with each other, but if their areas of effect coincide, like with the training ones, then it's necessary to take this into account in advance.

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