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[Inferior Self-Healing Body] was directly upgraded by Aoha to LV3, and recovery power also changed from doubling speed to quadrupling speed!
Quadrupled self-healing power immediately became quite considerable.
This meant injuries requiring three days to heal; he only needed a dozen-plus hours to fully recover.
Moreover, [Inferior Self-Healing Body] could also repair hidden injuries within his body to a certain extent, extremely suitable for his upcoming training period, greatly saving time.
Of course, the cost was greater stamina consumption.
However, this point could be compensated for through massive food intake. With the one hundred thousand ryo compensation from the Uchiha, it was enough to sustain his training for quite a long time.
Additionally, he also wanted to test whether he could upgrade ability levels through training methods without relying on skill cards.
If possible, then he could use this method to improve [Hakuda]'s level, thus saving skill cards for other abilities.
Next, he began attempting to accelerate his self-healing ability. After [Inferior Self-Healing Body] upgraded to LV3, the sensation became noticeably clearer.
He could feel a warm current inside his body beginning to circulate everywhere. Injured areas also started becoming pleasantly itchy.
But before long, he began feeling hungry. Obviously, the upgraded ability's required stamina consumption was also increasing.
Of course, this also had much to do with not eating for a day.
So he decisively stopped!
He just wanted to test the ability's effects, didn't want to display any abnormalities, causing suspicion.
Don't expose it later, then have people suspect he had some relationship with the Senju clan. That would cause chaos.
In a blink, one week passed.
Must say, though medical facilities in the Naruto world seemed less advanced than Earth, with Medical Ninjutsu's existence, it greatly filled this gap. Moreover, the effects were surprisingly good!
After one week of recuperation, Aoha, lying in the hospital bed until nearly mouldy, was finally allowed to be discharged.
Moreover, the somewhat elusive Mikawa also appeared before him at the first opportunity.
"Let's go. Come with me somewhere."
Aoha didn't refuse. He had no reason to refuse because if Mikawa-jonin wanted to harm him, he'd already be dead.
If speaking of people in Konoha he could temporarily trust, besides Mikawa-jonin, only Itachi, whom he'd met twice before, nearly implicating him into seeing King Yama.
Aoha originally thought Mikawa-jonin would bring him to a relatively hidden place this time, instructing him about matters.
But unexpectedly, Mikawa-jonin actually brought him to the prosperous commercial street, directly walking into a barbecue restaurant.
After finding a seat and sitting, Aoha looked at him with very strange eyes.
Being stared at made Mikawa somewhat uncomfortable. As if explaining to someone, he said, "People at the hospital said you lacked nutrition. Just happened I received payment recently, so I thought about rewarding myself. You're benefiting."
Hearing this, Aoha couldn't help laughing.
Want to treat him to a good meal, just say so directly. Why take such a big detour?
However, he didn't expose Mikawa's embellishment. Just consider it so.
Vigorous charcoal fire, fresh beef. All this almost made Aoha mistakenly think he'd returned to Earth.
"Dig in."
Mikawa directly spread meat slices covering the grill. Soon, enticing aromas were transmitted, involuntarily making one's appetite surge.
Meanwhile, Aoha indeed craved meat somewhat. Immediately, he unceremoniously began heartily devouring.
Mikawa ate very slowly. He ordered a small pot of sake for himself, slowly drinking. But his grilling speed wasn't slow, and his technique was very good, grilled to perfect doneness.
Soon, five servings of grilled meat, nearly eighty percent, entered Aoha's stomach.
However, Mikawa seemingly didn't care, ordering another five servings.
As a special jonin, even one of civilian origin like him, the money earned yearly was an enormous figure. Even eating barbecue daily posed no problem.
Since Aoha liked eating, he naturally wouldn't be stingy.
While eating, he also casually said, "Wanting to become an outstanding ninja, possessing a good physique is unavoidable. Your recent self-initiated training was quite good, but simultaneously, nutrition must keep up. Otherwise, only training worse results. I've already applied to Hokage-sama. From now on, five thousand ryo monthly relief funds for you. But this money isn't given freely. After graduating and becoming a genin, you need to repay this money through mission completion."
Mouth stuffed with meat, how could Aoha refuse such good fortune? Immediately nodded repeatedly, considered agreeing.
But what he didn't know was that this so-called relief fund was actually completely Mikawa-jonin's personal money, having nothing whatsoever to do with Hokage or Konoha.
Mentioning repayment was only because Mikawa-jonin didn't want to raise a freeloader, giving him some pressure and motivation. This way, he'd have ambition.
For an unrelated person, Mikawa also painstakingly schemed. Even he didn't know what he was after.
Not knowing how long had passed, Aoha completely eliminated twenty servings of grilled meat, while Mikawa also slowly finished ten servings, then drank the last cup of sake. This meal finally concluded.
"By the way, your job has already been given to someone else. Though I don't approve of you continuing going out to work for money, you have strong opinions. I won't mention more. I only hope you remember one point: becoming a ninja, though dangerous, can control your own destiny to some extent. Money and such become easier to obtain. So don't put the cart before the horse, much less waste Heaven's bestowed talents."
Aoha again nodded, then earnestly said: "I've remembered everything. Thank you."
He'd stayed in the hospital so long. Work waited for no one. He'd long had psychological preparation.
"Next, I still have matters. You head back by yourself. The Uchiha's compensation, I've already placed at home. Additionally, that area's security situation has recently improved considerably. But I feel you still shouldn't run around everywhere causing more chaos. Otherwise, I'll definitely drive you out of the village!"
After interacting for so long, Aoha already knew Mikawa-jonin was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted; moreover, not good at verbally expressing inner true feelings.
So unknowingly, he actually felt several traces of respect toward this unremarkable middle-aged man.
If positions were reversed, he didn't feel he could do better.
Just that damn undercover mission was like a thorn stuck in his throat, making him unable to advance or retreat, much less expose his heart to anyone.
Sometimes he wondered: if one day his undercover identity was exposed, how should he face Mikawa-jonin?
Just thinking about it made his heart feel blocked like a huge stone.
So what the hell kind of situation is this!
PS: In the Book of Rin, it's written that special jonin Gekko Hayate, after becoming a ninja for 11 years, total income was 49.78 million ryo, average annual income about 4.52 million ryo, which is 2.88 million RMB, definitely a wealthy person. So Mikawa special jonin's income references here. Even if less, not too much less.
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