"Click~"

  Liuro his home, notig a letter and a scroll oable. He g them briefly before using a e Jutsu, ready to toss his "head" if somethi wrong. Only then did he cautiously approach the table and kno the window.

  Two Anbu stationed on a rooftop opposite his home—proteg him without infringing on his privacy—swiftly ehe room.

  Stepping outside, Lihe Anbu check the letter and scroll. After their iion, they o signal no apparent threats. Only then did he ehe room.

  The letter was devoid of sender details, taining just a time and location for a meeting.

  When Link opehe scroll, his heart skipped a beat. Inside was an A-rank sealing jutsu he had applied for but had been denied: Five Elements Seal—one of the more powerful sealing teiques.

  "So, I've bee useful now..."

  After a deep breath, Link calmed himself. Whether the scroll came from Orochimaru or Danzo—he strongly suspected one of the two—he couldn’t afford to leareique age with either of them.

  He wasn’t fident he could outmaneuver such experienced schemers. And what if the scroll was a trap?

  "Please deliver this to Lord Third," Link said, suppressing his curiosity as he hahe letter and scroll to the Anbu. His tone was steady.

  "Uood." The Anbu accepted the items and disappeared with their partner in a burst of motion.

  The gust from their departure made the curtain sway briefly, leaving Link alone in the room once more.

  "Click~"

  He closed the window, and the shadow he had prepared in the er of the room melted bato its pce beh him.

  "With Earth Release teiques plete, it’s time for mediinjutsu and Summoning: Rashomon..."

  Standing at the window, Link worked to calm his thoughts and refocus on his training.

  Among the teiques approved by the Third Hokage, he had deliberately deyed learning Delicate Illness Extra Jutsu because the name alone suggested it was a highly specialized healing jutsu. It seemed intended for removing minor diseases, which didn’t sound particurly useful, so he prioritized Earth Release first.

  As for Summoning: Rashomon, he suspected it might be overwhelmingly powerful. Given how his Summoning Jutsu could ect to the afterlife, he could only imagine what this teique might summon.

  The name Rashomon in Japanese lore referred to a massive, unbreakable gate, ter evolving into a metaphor for the boundary between life ah. In the ninja world, it represented unparalleled defense.

  "But knowing me... I might summon something straight from the afterlife."

  Still, Link decided to dey the Rashomon training. If somethi wrong, he wanted more jutsu in his arsenal to handle emergencies.

  “Let’s focus on Delicate Illness Extra first,” Link muttered, retrieving the scroll.

  …

  Three Days Later – Training Ground Seven, M

  "Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

  Link pced a rabbit with a small incision ba the ground. Despite its struggles, it grew weaker. He observed the situation with a fused expression.

  The training had been successful—the jutsu worked and even mutated—but the effect was unclear.

  The inal Delicate Illness Extra Jutsu recise detoxification teique used with Chakra Scalpel. It required deteg disturbances in a patient’s chakra work, isoting toxins, and carefully extrag them.

  The training prerequisites were stri, requiring high chakra trol and sensory abilities. Furthermore, mastery of Chakra Scalpel was necessary to create a pathway for the toxins.

  While the learning curve was steep, the jutsu was widely used to train chakra trol and medical knowledge.

  But in Link’s hands...

  "Where’s the chakra going? What did I extract?"

  Link looked at the now lifeless rabbit, puzzled. The jutsu had activated successfully, but there was no visible result. He wondered if the teique targeted only viruses or if the mutation had re situationally useless.

  "Finding a sick rabbit is harder than finding a patient," he muttered. “I might need a huma subject...”

  Before he could dwell on it further, he heard familiar voices.

  “Boss!”

  Turning, Link saw Iris and Ami walking toward him. Iris’s arm was still in a sling, but his cheerful demeanor betrayed no signs of disfort.

  "Good m," Ami greeted.

  "Good m," Link replied, setting the rabbit aside. “How are your injuries?”

  “pletely healed!” Iris flexed his uninjured arm for emphasis.

  Link nodded but didn’t waste time chatting. He sat on a nearby rock, deep in thought.

  Iris and Ami began their own training, leaving him undisturbed.

  "I’ve been for two days without any harm. Maybe I should test it on myself."

  Finally making up his mind, Link eled chakra into his hands, carefully activating Delicate Illness Extra Jutsu on himself.

  A strange sensation washed over him as if something intangible was being stripped away. The soreness from training and chakra refi subsided, repced by a subtle tingling relief.

  Link stood abruptly, his expression a mix of surprise and amazement. With his knowledge of mediinjutsu, he uood the implications immediately.

  The mutated jutsu had repaired his cellur damage from training.