I had to give time to Anko and Katsumi, who, because of their age, didn't care about their father's teaching job and needed attention, not to mention the rest of the family, who had missed me during my absence.
Meanwhile, I had a scroll with a full copy of the Oni no Kuni High Priestess's extensive library in my hands, which promised me new opportunities beyond what chakra could provide.
I also had a scroll with demon chakra, which gradually corroded the used fuin and the paper on which it was drawn, and even in the best case scenario, could not last more than a week, during which time it was necessary to conduct research.
I wanted to forget about everything and everyone, plunging headlong into the experiments, locking myself in my basement with a mountain of food and sealing the door so that Mito-chan would have to spend more than a day opening it, but that was just a dream, and when I'd have time to do all that was unclear.
Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse) wasn't to be forgotten, either - the fact that I didn't get fucked up (the chances were slim) at the moment when the Biakugo no In (Seal of the Power of a Hundred) sent a flood of chakra through my body was a testament to the fact that the new kekkei genkai was a new one, that the new kekkei genkai had been successfully integrated into my body, but the exact changes it entailed were yet to be revealed through numerous tests, examinations and tests, not to mention the training and integration of the new capabilities into my fighting style, left for later.
As if the above wasn't enough for me, during my absence, Shenesu had received more than two dozen inquiries from clans and individuals alike about my primary area of expertise, despite the fact that Tsunade Senju was in Konoha on a regular basis, seeing those who wished to see me at the main hospital.
Of course, the fact that I had a better reputation than a recognized medical genius who was a good number of years older than me added to my sense of grandeur, but it didn't add to my free time at all.
And Shenesu was only adding fuel to the fire, having decided to implement a clever and effective PR move that could raise Nara's reputation among the clanless shinobi - to lend first-degree iryonin services to crippled jonins who had retired due to loss of fighting ability and hadn't saved enough money to pay for proper treatment.
Of course, it was a worthwhile idea, especially if you read the information the clan had gathered on potential clients, of which there were over a hundred and would probably be even more after the war was over, but the lion's share of the work was going to fall on my shoulders again.
I had to put the issue on the line and limit this initiative of my uncle's by involving other iryonins of the clan in the work.
After all, besides me, the Nara had six other iryonins, two of whom had reached the third degree and the others the fourth, and that was enough to perform very complex surgeries with the Chikatsu Saisei no Jutsu (Healing Regeneration of Life Force) recently installed in the future clinic building.
Anyone who'd worked at the main hospital in Konoha in recent years, which I'd equipped with nearly the same set of seals, would know how to use them, so I was quick to discourage extra work for the clan, relegating it to my colleagues and leaving only the most complicated cases to myself, but no more than one a week with full payment from the Nara treasury.
If Shenesu-ji wanted to raise the combat effectiveness of Konoha's forces and make a big splash, then let him splurge - I wouldn't work for free.
In general, when I got home, I had the feeling that I had returned from a vacation to work, not from a small war, where the last boss was an opponent of the level of biju. Should I take longer missions more often?
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