Fleeing from Konoha-Chapter 625 - 93: Spy_3

Nagato said this.

He certainly didn't think Hakushi providing them with information was a gesture of goodwill; it was just mutual exploitation.

Therefore, continuing to let the spies inside Konoha make the most of their remaining usefulness could increase the success rate of this surprise attack on Konoha.

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With the brief lull in the war, and after receiving substantial funding from the Land of Fire, Konoha saw positive recovery in all aspects.

For example, since February of this year, the number of newborn babies in Konoha had grown ever larger; according to research from Konoha Hospital, Konoha would experience a baby boom in the coming years.

This was also related to Konoha's victory in the war. Many families gradually walked out from the grief of losing loved ones, and for the households that made major contributions to the war, Konoha provided generous subsidies to ease their burdens, focusing their attention on newborn children.

Regarding this matter, Konoha Hospital's senior staff had discussed it on more than one occasion.

After leaving the conference room, Asami Shinsui, the head of the pharmacy department, was definitely one of the few senior executives in Konoha Hospital.

Although still quite young, her outstanding ability kept the pharmacy department running in perfect order and won the trust of both subordinates and colleagues.

After departing the meeting room, Asami Shinsui walked toward the hospital's pharmacy.

Because of the baby boom, Konoha Hospital's recent plans focused mainly on medications related to this field.

Although they could procure medicines from the Land of Demons, they wouldn't put all their eggs in one basket. After all, no matter how formidable the pharmaceutical companies of the Land of Demons were, they were still someone else's property. Therefore, Konoha Hospital had always retained proposals for developing new drugs.

And developing new drugs was also related to the pharmacy department.

Producing medicine, compounding, and dispensing—all fell under the management of the pharmacy department.

This time, she went to the pharmacy to ascertain the specific types and quantities of medicines there, in order to decide the next drug research and development plan.

Within the entire pharmacy department, although she was the director, her ability in drug research was not the strongest.

It was just that, while she was fairly capable at drug development, she was also adept at managing relationships among the various department members.

This department had assembled countless elite pharmaceutical researchers from Konoha; clearly, many of those researchers had impressive résumés no weaker than hers. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Thank you."

The childish voice interrupted her thoughts.

A five- or six-year-old child stood on tiptoe at the pharmacy's window, picking up various medical supplies handed over by the staff.

As the pharmacy department director, Asami Shinsui immediately recognized what the child was holding and what the medical supplies were for.

Some were for pregnant women, while some were bandages and ointments meant for Ninjas who got injured while training.

And on the child's clothing was the fan insignia—the Uchiha Clan.

The medication for pregnant women was obviously for someone else; as for the bandages and medicine…

Is this child already undergoing such intense training at such a young age? Asami Shinsui thought silently to herself.

Their upper arms and calves showed traces of muscle strains; for a child, this already amounted to training beyond their limits.

Moreover, this child likely wasn't even a student at Ninja School yet.

"It's best not to train for more than four hours a day, or else your body won't be able to handle it."

As she passed by, Asami Shinsui reminded the Uchiha child.

Ninja training was different from ordinary people's exercise. Even four hours of continuous training was extremely tough, completely different from regular workouts.

Evidently, this child trained like a Ninja, not just to stay healthy like most children.

They were learning Ninja combat and killing techniques.

"Huh?"

The child was clearly startled, then politely bowed to Asami Shinsui.

"Thank you for your concern, but I'm fine."

With that, he walked away.

Asami Shinsui shook her head. What a kid—highly independent, and proud to a fault.

From a Ninja's perspective, he was indeed quite remarkable.

But what he was doing now was merely burning through the potential of his future body.

No matter how strong the human body, there was always a limit.

Exceeding this limit, as the child grew older, such hidden wounds would one day erupt.

She had just mentioned it casually; since the other party wouldn't listen, there was no need for her to be responsible for the child's health.

She was only a pharmacist. What she could do here was merely provide medicine and advice; as for how the customer chose and used the medicine, that wasn't for her to interfere with.

"Director Asami."

The staff greeted her respectfully.

"Who was that child?"

Asami Shinsui asked with keen interest.

"I recall his name is Uchiha Itachi. He usually comes with his mother, Uchiha Mikoto, who is about to give birth—he comes by often to take care of her."

The staff seemed to know a bit about the situation and replied.

"The Uchiha Clan, huh? The Security Team's attitude has never been good."

This was Asami Shinsui's only impression of the Uchiha Clan.

The Uchiha Security Team's duties overlapped with the Anbu. Although they couldn't execute offending Ninjas at will, if there was solid evidence, they could arrest people without the Hokage's written order... In some ways, they were even more brazen than the Anbu.

This had inevitably encouraged some Uchiha Ninjas in the Security Team to become more arrogant in character.