The Shopkeeper of Konoha

He was perplexed. When they already had medical ninja, why would they want to start medical schools? Since Konoha's medical jutsu was far superior to that of other villages, neither its population nor its jutsus ever suffered from a scarcity. So why was this guy adamant on teaching the normal people about it. He obviously didn't question him, though, and complied with the directive.

After his behavior toward Aoto, he was fortunate enough to even keep his job.

"By the way, you are just a Supervisor of the Konoha Hospital. So be sure to control your ego. A doctor shouldn't have such a low respect for other people's lives." As The Supervisor was leaving the premises, Aoto spoke. When he stated that, he didn't even bother to look at him, but the Supervisor shivered as the monotone tone resonated in his ears.

"Yes, I will commit it to memory." The Supervisor stated while seeming uneasy. He left after saying his goodbyes and disappeared into the evening's crowd with a few strides.

"He is in a hurry to leave." Hot Pie, who had been seeing the spectacle from a distance, grinned.

"He is just a nobody." Since he couldn't even recall his being referenced anywhere in the cannon, Aoto spoke as if it were the truth. Aoto didn't give it much thought and let the situation to develop naturally. He finally felt liberated after getting rid of the thorn in his neck after taking care of Danzo so he was busy handling his work.

A few more days had passed until Hokage himself appeared in the KFC restaurant one lovely evening. He arrived after donning a straightforward disguise, which might be detected by someone who paid attention. John figured out his identity when he ordered some chicken and asked Ayame to call Aoto in the restaurant.

Aoto slowly came to the restaurant and saw an old man sitting on the side. The system didn't notify him as he wasn't putting on an active surveillance and neither Hokage was a threat as perceived by the system. He understood why John had called immediately and slowly went on to sit opposite to the Hokage who seemed to be munching down on the chicken wings like a man in extreme hunger.

"The chicken wings won't fly away, Hokage-sama. You can eat gradually."

"Leave me alone. All these days I feel like I am eating bugs as coming here is the best decision I took today." the Hokage said, forgetting all his demeanor ad gorging on the food. Aoto grinned at the old man's immaturity and simply let him eat while he waited.

The restaurant was already empty when the Hokage finished eating because it was closing time. Aoto and the Hokage were free to discuss anything they wished while John put up the closed sign.

He didn't want to get involved in politics once more. He did that once and had to kill his queen for that.

"So Hokage-sama, now can you tell me the actual reason you are here?" Asked Aoto.

"Why? Should I not come for the food?"

"I guess so. But I think you also have another goal in mind. You wouldn't have waited until everyone had left the store if you hadn't." Added Aoto.

"Hahaha.. You're correct. I am here because I heard about your proposed medical school for the people who didn't know of medical ninjutsu. Is that true?" Hokage chuckled.

"Hokage-sama, I think we spoke of this long back. Did you believe I was joking at the time?" Aoto questioned this since he didn't understand why it was so difficult for people to comprehend that regular people could do surgery and administer medication as well.

They lacked only the right medications.

"But there has been nothing like that until now. There are medications for the diseased people but for serious issue the one who does the medical procedure has always been a medical ninja. You desire a change in that?" This time, the Hokage requested in a more solemn manner.

"Why? Can't it change?" In no way intimidated, Aoto responded with a question.

"There are no problems in bringing changes but do you have the ability to take it forward?" Hokage enquired. Aoto looked at Hokage for a second and told him to wait for a minute or two. He returned, carrying a sizable book, and set it on Hokage's table.

The book appeared to be rather large and contained at least 1000 pages. Hiruzen was curious about it and opened the first page to begin reading. Aoto poured himself a drink because he knew Hiruzen would need some time to read this.

Hiruzen continued to read for another hour or two before putting the book down and giving Aoto a skeptical rather than enthusiastic gaze. And the rationale for that was very different.

"Did you make this?" Hokage enquired. The book Aoto had given the Hokage was about heart ailments and all the methods one needed to use to treat them. It came from a highly developed human culture.

"Let's simply say that I have access to knowledge that humans have previously lost, Hokage-sama. I don't want to lie to you, but I can't speak the whole truth. The only thing I can guarantee is that everything in this is entirely factual. You can ask the medical staff to test the procedures if you don't believe me." Aoto spoke with confidence and passion.

'Access to hidden ancient knowledge? Is that the reason why he is so good in manipulating chakra even though he had only small amounts of it? Are we regressing from the old times?' When Hiruzen heard Aoto's explanation, he was thinking a lot of things.

"Then why don't you share this supposedly ancient information with the entire village so that everyone can benefit from it?" Hiruzen enquired. Hearing that question Aoto squinted his eyebrows as he looked at Hokage. The temperature in the lonely and vacant restaurant seemed to have dropped a few degree when Hiruzen asked the question.

"Hokage-sama, do you share all the jutsus of all the clans to the people of the village equally and for free?" Aoto asked.