Konoha, Year 51, February 20.
Without a doubt, Asuka is the only member of the Uchiha Clan who is both sunny, handsome, and gentle. He does not display the Uchiha clan's typical arrogance towards outsiders and shows great patience with his foolish apprentice.
After all, not everyone can have the Sharingan like the Uchiha Clan and be able to copy Ninjutsu, and he is not a renowned teacher in the ninja world.
The true good sensei in the ninja world, Tsunade:
She personally taught her apprentice Medical Jutsu and in just two and a half years transformed an intern into someone with exceptional medical skills, receiving Tsunade's true teachings of Enhanced Strength, and even treat injuries that medical ninjas like Chiyo could not handle. Furthermore, Sakura Haruno could mix medicine faster than Sasori could, even with a prescription.
The true good sensei in the ninja world, Jiraiya:
His apprentice not only includes Minato Namikaze, who has unparalleled speed in the ninja world, but also the three BOSSes of the Land of Rain. After more than two years of his guidance, Naruto Uzumaki transformed from the worst student in his class into a Konoha hero who could punch Orochimaru, kick Hidan and Kakuzu, and talk no Jutsu to Nagato, successfully reversing his reputation and achieving a turnaround in life. All of his disciples are tough opponents.
The true good sensei in the ninja world, Orochimaru:
A scientist with ambition, ideals, and practical ability, who often provides unexpected rewards. After more than two years of his teaching, Sasuke successfully transformed from a vengeful Uchiha orphan into someone who could communicate with the Nine-Tails with just the Three Tomoe Sharingan. However, now with his Three Tomoe Sharingan, he can only see Kushina's white belly and the fine, light fuzz on its surface. Prolonged observation can easily lead to misunderstandings.
Uchiha Asuka, as a fake good sensei:
Using his superb Medical Ninjutsu skills, he would buy discounted medicinal herbs from the Nara family's medicine shop, and then personally go to the market to buy a live fish. After throwing it on the ground a few times, he would let his apprentice practice with it, if the fish survived, he would release it, if it died, it would be eaten for dinner that night.
As for The theoretical course consists of textbooks that he personally composes. Every morning, he writes a new page on A4 paper, which becomes that day's lesson, emphasizing freshness.
Although he is not as extraordinary as Jiraiya, Tsunade, or Orochimaru, who could teach Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki with their bare hands in just over two years, he is still very diligent and responsible.
He is confident that within five years, he can train Yugao into an excellent medical ninja.
The fish soup is really fresh.
"Ah!"
After sipping today's new fish soup, Asuka gave her a thumbs up and praised her.
"Your fish-stewing skills have improved much faster than your Medical Ninjutsu."
"Ugh, Medical Ninjutsu is so hard!"
After tasting the fish soup, Uzuki Yugao frowned and said sadly.
"It's already been four days, and I haven't even reached Beginner level. Sensei, how long did it take you to reach Beginner level?"
Me?
Asuka put down the ladle, leaned back in his chair, and remembered.
"After drinking fish soup three times a day for eighty-seven consecutive times, I became a Beginner. I had to, or I would have starved."
"Then Sensei," Yugao looked at the fish soup on the table, instinctively swallowed, and asked blankly,
"Do we still have to drink fish soup eighty-seven times?"
"That's for you, I'm not drinking any more."
Saying this, Asuka wiped his mouth with a tissue. He thought about the yet-to-be-born Sakura Haruno and Tsunade, who was probably losing money at some gambling den, and continued,
"To be honest, I still can't understand how someone could become so skilled in just two and a half years that even Sand's top medical ninja would be impressed and ashamed. That old woman can even revive the dead and give life to Puppetry. The only reason I can think of is that the old woman might have seen that Sand's top combat power was lacking and decided to flatter Konoha a bit."
Old woman?? Yugao looked at Asuka in confusion. Which old woman can give life to Puppetry? It sounds so fantastical??
Six Paths Sage's techniques??
"That old woman is Chiyo, one of the Elders of Hidden Sand Village."
Pointing to the location of the Konoha guesthouse, Asuka poked at the fish in the bowl, his tone somewhat somber.
"She's Ebizo's elder sister. If there is a ceiling for Medical Jutsu in the ninja world, 'Chiyo' is one, 'Tsunade' is another, and compared to those two, your Sensei is about a third of that."
"Wow, Sensei, your Medical Ninjutsu is that powerful?"
Yugao's eyes lit up with stars. She had only heard that Sensei's Medical Ninjutsu was strong but she didn't expect it to be half as powerful as Tsunade-sama's.
Tsunade-sama is said to be able to cure all kinds of difficult and complex diseases and she is the top medical ninja in the ninja world.
Upon realizing that Asuka's mood had suddenly become a bit low for some reason, Yugao quickly got up from her seat and patted his shoulder to comfort him.
"Sensei, you're still young. Don't feel like you're less than them and doubt yourself. You just can't compare to Tsunade and Chiyo. But from what you've said, how many people in the long history of the ninja world can compete with these two? Facing opponents like them, who you rarely encounter in a thousand years, is pointless. If I were a Sensei, I would dare to claim that I am the third strongest in the ninja world."
"Indeed!"
Asuka shook his head, clearing the images of the Third Great Ninja War from his mind. He put his hands on his hips, looked towards the village, and showed a proud expression.
Chiyo is 57 this year, and Tsunade is 38. When Chiyo dies, I will be the second strongest in the ninja world. When Tsunade dies, I will be the strongest in the ninja world.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
At that moment, the clock on the wall suddenly rang. Asuka glanced at the time on the wall, saw that the hour hand was pointing to 10, and then stood up.
"I'm going out to handle some matters. Finish eating quickly and go home."
"Okay!"
Then, Asuka jumped onto the roof and, bouncing along, arrived at the Nara clan grounds.
He held the report letter in his arms and looked towards the center of the clan grounds.
In the past few days, he had gradually reported his activities at the Nara clan grounds to Nara Yoshino. With the good practice of a detective, he planned to finish his final task today (treating Ryoko's son for the last time) and deliver the remaining information to her tomorrow.
Then Nara Yoshino would discover that her private detective was actually the true culprit who trespassed into the Nara clan grounds and knocked on the widow's door in the middle of the night.
Hmm.
If nothing unexpected happens, it should proceed as planned.
Asuka smiled and, familiar with the routine, opened the door and walked in.
Aside from Naruto, who is influenced by Ashura's compassion, everyone else in the ninja world repays kindness with kindness and enmity with enmity.
Danzo's influence—1.
Creeeak!
Hearing the noise from the door, Nara Ryoko, who was hiding in the room, turned around and looked at the door.
Hmm?
Why is he here?
When she saw Asuka sneaking into the room, she immediately frowned, and then her expression changed to one of realization as if she had thought of something.
Could it be that this guy, like herself and others, is here to catch the "real culprit" and obtain substantive evidence?
And judging by how proficient he seems, it looks like he's been here more than once.
A professional, already prepared and collected all the evidences in advance.
"How did you get in here?"
Looking at the suddenly appearing Nara Ryoko, Asuka blinked, looking somewhat confused.
He had been here several times before, and every time he came in like this after avoiding the patrols.
Nara Ryoko then lowered her voice and said: "Find a place to hide quickly."
?????
Upon hearing this, Asuka was even more puzzled.
I need to finish treating your son and go back to sleep. Why should I hide?
With that thought, he closed the door and got straight to the point.
"Where's the child?"
Ryoko pointed to the empty room next door and whispered, "He's in the empty room over there."
"Alright then!"
Asuka turned to leave. If he had known her son was nearby, he wouldn't have come all this way.
Besides, there's something strange about the way she is acting today.
At that moment, Ryoko suddenly grabbed Asuka's arm and frowned.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Then she stood up, grabbed Asuka's arm, and lowered her voice as she spoke.
"When you saw me earlier, you were unusually calm, which means you've already figured some things out. That's right. Based on the information you provided, we roughly concluded that the person might come by in the early hours of the morning. So, we came here today to catch him ourselves."
I didn't expect that our thoughts would align.
If you leave now, you might disrupt our plan. The patrols in the Nara clan grounds today have received orders to ignore external intruders. However, those leaving from inside are easily caught by the hidden clan members. Since you also know about this, you should stay and wait with us. Quickly find a place to hide."
"We?"
Hearing Asuka's confused voice, she pointed to the surrounding furniture and said,
"There are already people here, there's someone behind that curtain, someone behind the nearby closet, and the bed is covered in dust, so there's no one there."
Asuka, silent, walked towards the curtain. He discreetly lifted it and saw Lady Akimichi hiding behind it, giving him a friendly smile.
Then he moved to the closet, opened a small gap, and saw Lady Nara and Lady Yamanaka hiding inside. Lady Yamanaka even gave him a shushing gesture.
This small room actually hides five people.
Oh, make that six including me.
Should I expose myself now or tomorrow?