Who are you?

Part 2

Her security seals were still in place, and the guy was in the same position as she had left him. All good signs. She started cleaning the herbs and putting them in an orderly fashion, so it would be easier to set up her workspace.

She unsealed her tools and got to work. She still had enough of the salve, but she needed to make him something faster acting. He had lost a lot of blood and fluids on top of the infection. She wasn't sure when he would wake up, so a clear liquid medicine was her best option.

She started grounding the leaves into a powder. It was hard work, but she was strong. She spent the next two hours working on the ingredients while reading a book on the side.

Thankfully the old fart allowed her to use the kitchen. It was small, and there weren't many things to use, but she made do. She also noted that the man didn't have much food, so once she was done with the medicine and was letting it cool, she unsealed some food.

She had some dried meat and vegetables. The old man had some rice. She made a simple curry and made sure to use many spices to ensure its nutritional value.

Once she was done, she helped herself to a serving and told the old guy to help himself with some food. She went back to the room. Her patient was still asleep. She settled down next to his head and lifted him to an inclined position.

It was more challenging than it should have been since she was so small and her patient so large. Still, she wasn't trained under Tsunade for nothing. She moved his mask up enough for his mouth to be visible. She believed in doctor-patient confidentiality and would never pry into her patient's identity without permission.

She slowly poured the drink into the man's mouth, mindful not to choke him. Once she was done, she dried any spilled liquid gently with a napkin. She then got up to sit in her corner and eat. A thick medical textbook was balanced in her lap while holding the bowl slightly to the side to avoid obscuring her vision.

This book was one of the newer publishes given to her as a graduation gift from Tsunade. It was about how poisons can be used as a medical tool. For example, there were poisons that would slow the heart rate.

If a patient was heavily bleeding, they could be used to slow the heart rate and, in turn, slow down the bleeding to buy the medic enough time to heal the patient. Of course, this was just one example, and the whole thing was more complicated.

If the dosage of the same poison was not calculated correctly, the slowed-down heart rate could actually cause the heart to stop. While the calculations were not impossible for a healthy person, it was another thing to do it for a bleeding one since they'd already lost so much blood.

Also, there could be other hormones, like Adrenaline, that could impact the effectiveness of the poison. So, all in all, everything needed a more delicate approach. The author was experimenting with poisons and how they act in different situations, how different parameters could affect them, and how to approach the problems.

She was enjoying the read and was only on the first chapter. As soon as she finished her bowl, she took a notebook to write down her notes. She wasn't a fan of writing inside the books, so she always made sure to use a notebook with references that would connect the material to the bookmarks she would put in the book.

She spent the better part of the day on her studies, but it was finally time to do some physical activities. Her patient wouldn't wake up until the next day by the earliest, so she had some free time to herself. His fever was down, and the infections looked better. He would make a full recovery by the next week if she used her chakra to heal him, but she had to wait for his body to recover a bit more.

She started practicing her kata. While she was nonconfrontational, it didn't mean that she was defenseless. She was well-versed in many arts. She didn't consider herself a master in any of them, but she was on the path to becoming one.

Her preferred fighting style included her two curved daggers for close-range, senbons and seals for mid-range, and a few wind Jutsu for long-range. She was small and focused on speed, so daggers gave her the advantage of being easier to use in close quarters.

Also, the curved shape helped with deflecting blows. Of course, she always preferred dodging to blocking. Her physical limitations wouldn't allow her to block multiple hits from bigger opponents. When the fight went a bit further, she preferred to use Senbons. They were small and often missed visually or hard to block. She also used a variety of poisons on them to increase the damage.

She was an Uzumaki, so she had several seals in her arsenal. While her parents were long gone, she used the notes they left behind to teach herself. She wasn't a master, but she could make a few nasty seals to assist her in combat and training.

She absolutely hated long-range fighting, but she didn't want to leave herself vulnerable. So she went to learn Fuuton and Suiton. She could use the wind to push her Senbons to long range and redirect some projectiles, Jutsus.

It was also helpful to increase the speed of her senbons, making her daggers sharper and much more.

She loved Fuuton even if she was reluctant to use ninjutsu. She wanted to be a medic, after all, and all little bits of chakra were precious.

Her Suiton wasn't much to brag about. She could mostly do ninjutsu with it, but she couldn't control its raw form like Fuuton.

She also had a few neat tricks up her sleeves, but they were also very chakra-extensive, and she didn't like using them unless the situation was dire.

She focused back on her kata. She started going through the stances over and over again. Her Sensei taught her to repeat the moves until she didn't have to think about them. Until she would naturally go into a stance without thinking about it. To let her body react without involving the mind.

So, she made sure to train every day. Even if it was for a short time, she would train to keep herself sharp. She kept training for another hour before moving to the next part. The chakra exercises. A medic wouldn't do without perfect chakra control, after all.