Chapter 19: I Accept
One week later.
Seven days have passed since Arthur's relentless pursuit of power. There were times rain lashed on the village, turning the training grounds into a muddy quagmire, forcing him to abandon his attempts at perfecting his healing techniques.
Yet, amidst the setbacks, he still grew. He had learned a variety of new medical ninjutsu.
One such acquisition was the body activation jutsu. It paled in comparison to the technique being used with "dark chakra," offering a slower, less dramatic form of healing. But it had the benefit of requiring only a single hand sign and consuming little chakra.
It was a practical option for him to use during his physical training. On top of that, he learned the following medical techniques: regenerative healing jutsu, poison extraction jutsu, chakra dissection blade, cellular activation jutsu, and cell activation jutsu.
That brought the total number of jutsu he knew to fourteen.
While all these new techniques didn't heal with lightning speed, they did push his body beyond its natural limits. Exhaustion came slower, injuries mended at a more accelerated rate, and his physical potential seemed to expand with every session.
However great the body activation jutsu was, it by no means was perfect and had a price to use—intense concentration. If at any time Arthur lost focus during its release, the technique wouldn't continue healing.
His meetings with the others still occurred.
Each player felt increasingly bored because of their easy mission. Most of them were stuck rescuing kittens stuck up a tree. Others were delivering lost puppies to their owners.
Arthur forced himself to offer fake smiles and head nods, his insides churning at him every day.