Though some of them found books written by Tsunade herself, she never mentioned Mitotic Regeion in any of them. Kaida was starting to lose hope when one of his es brought him a book. After handing the book to Kaida, the e dispersed.

  With the e's memory now shared, Kaida and the rest of his es smiled and began dispersing as well. Normally, with the number of books they had read, Kaida would have suffered a terrible headache from receiving all the memories at once. But thanks to the various resources he'd ed over the past month to increase his mental power, all he felt was mild disfort.

  ‘These resources are w wonders for me. Without the Uchiha 's resources, I doubt I would have progressed this quickly,’ Kaida thought as he took the book to the librarian and asked, “Mam, I check this book out?”

  The librarian examihe book thhly, theered it in her log under Kaida’s name and position, listed as Mitsuru’s disciple—still a higher rank than General Practitioner. Handing the book back, she asked, “So, did you find anything iing?”

  Kaida nodded. “Yes, but I’m not sure if I should even ask sensei. Still, it’s worth a try.”

  A bit surprised, she asked, “What did you find that makes you say that?”

  “This book tains information on jutsu used by various mediinjas. The one used by Lady Tsunade is really iing, so I want to ask sensei if I learn it,” Kaida replied.

  The librarian nodded, uanding that a jutsu used by Tsunade herself would be important.

  Kaida then said goodbye and headed home, but his thoughts were still uneasy. ‘For the past month, I've been on high alert, fully expeg Danzo to make a move. The effey free treatment are showing—people aren’t paying much attention to the rumors anymore since I gave them a reasonable expnation.

  But even though things seem calm, I’ve painted a target on my back. And for some reason, Danzo hasn’t made any preventative moves against me. Sure, the pints from the other mediinjas could be his doing, but this is Danzo we’re talking about. He wouldn’t do something so simple. Sigh… this stant vigince is weari,’ Kaida thought as he arrived home with a smile on his face.

  “Wele back! How was your test?” Shisui asked as soon as Kaida stepped through the door.

  Smack.

  “At least let him e inside first,” Hae said, smag Shisui on the back of the head.

  “The test was easy, brother. I’m now a General Practitioner,” Kaida replied, smiling.

  “Easy? It took six hours, and you’re calling it easy?” Yomi asked angrily.

  Kaida blinked in shock. ‘Six hours? The test only took 40 minutes… oh, they must think it took longer because I went to the library afterward.’

  Although he could let them tihinking that, he decided to be ho. “Actually, the test only took 40 minutes. I spent the rest of the time in the library, searg for what I could ask as a reward.”

  “You… do you even knoorried Aunt was? She hasen sihis m!” Yomi said, clearly upset.

  “I’m really sorry. I got too caught up thinking about the reward,” Kaida said, bowing his head.

  “Don’t worry, Kaida. Yomi is exaggerating. It wasn’t that bad,” Hae said, trying to lift the mood. She then g Shisui.

  Uanding her look, Shisui said, “Yes, since you’ve achieved something so remarkable, let’s go eat out tonight.”

  Everyone knew why Shisui was suggesting this, and the topic wasn’t brought up again. Yomi, feeling guilty for yelling at Kaida, snuck over to him when no one was looking, kissed his cheek, and whispered, “gratutions on being a General Practitioner,” before running back to her room. Even though they’d kissed before, doing it with Hae and Shisui arou different.

  Kaida smiled at Yomi’s antid went to his room to freshen up for dinner.

  ...

  After returning from the restaurant, Shisui looked at Kaida and said, “Kaida, since I ate a bit too much, how about we go for a walk?”

  Kaida nodded and followed him outside.

  “So, why are we out here?” Kaida asked after they’d walked a fair distance from home.

  “Aren’t you going to tell me why you’ve been so tehis past month?” Shisui asked.

  “What are you talking about, brother? I’m not tense,” Kaida replied with a smile.

  “I think you’re fetting that I also have a Sharingan, and a much stronger ohan yours. I easily sense someone’s mood from their movements. At first, I thought you were nervous about the test, but even after that, you’ve stayed tense, like you’re on stant alert,” Shisui said, stopping to look Kaida in the eyes.

  Kaida sighed. “Brother, may I speak?”

  The way Kaida phrased it was odd, but Shisui uood. He activated his Sharingan and sed the area. He spotted a shadow moving and, before it could get away, used Body Flicker to appear behind it.

  With his sword at the shadow’s neck, Shisui said, “Who are you?”