Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

The moon set and the sun rose.

In the blink of an eye, the night had passed. Morning arrived.

Inside the temporary camp, Uchiha Haruki opened his eyes. With a thought, he brought up his proficiency panel.

The next second, a familiar light-blue screen appeared in front of him.

[Name: Uchiha Haruki]

[Age: 11]

[Constitution: 11]

[Spirit: 15]

[Chakra: 14,200 (23,572 → 25,012)]

[Bloodline: Sharingan - Three Tomoe (9999/10000)]

[Skills:]

Chakra Refinement: Lv4 (1823/2000) → Lv4 (1912/2000)

Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu: Lv4 (230/2000)

Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu: Lv4 (210/2000)

Wind Style: Great Breakthrough: Lv3 (502/1000)

Wind Style: Blade of Wind: Lv1 (2/200)

Shadow Clone Jutsu: Lv2 (101/500)

Chakra Absorption Technique: Lv5 (1050/5000) → Lv5 (1230/5000)

Rasengan: Lv3 (660/1000)

Mystic Palm Technique: Lv2 (120/500)

Chakra Scalpel: Lv2 (20/500)

Genjutsu - Sharingan: Lv6 (2310/10000) → Lv6 (5045/10000)

Reflection Mind Technique: Lv7 (4885/20000)

Swordsmanship: Lv5 (1690/5000) → Lv5 (2710/5000)

Chakra Control: Lv4 (830/2000) → Lv4 (980/2000)

Clone Technique: Lv3 (0/0)

Body Flicker Technique: Lv4 (0/0)

Ninja Tool Throwing: Lv5 (0/0)

Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique: Lv5 (0/0)

Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes: Lv5 (0/0)

Healing Jutsu: Lv5 (0/0)

From the panel, it was clear: over the past ten days, aside from major progress in "Genjutsu - Sharingan" and "Swordsmanship," most of his other skills had only seen minor increases.

The former had progressed because, during the initial days of travel, he poured all his recovered chakra into it, leading to significant growth. The latter advanced due to the series of intense battles, which gave him real combat experience to sharpen his skills.

As for the rest of the techniques...

There hadn't been much room to train them. They had only seen minor growth through casual use in battle, nothing more.

Still, the overall changes on the panel were quite notable.

First, his Healing Jutsu had reached full mastery. No need to continue practicing it in the future.

Second, he had learned a new Wind Release ninjutsu: Wind Style: Blade of Wind, which he had copied from Kohara Shuji using his Sharingan.

Lastly, he had acquired two new medical jutsu—Mystic Palm Technique and Chakra Scalpel.

Though both were newly acquired, he'd picked the perfect moment to start using them. As a result, their proficiency had skyrocketed.

Last night, he worked tirelessly into the early hours, nearly draining all the chakra in his body. In the end, he successfully pushed both techniques to Level 2.

While not earth-shattering gains, they were definitely significant.

And judging by the current situation, he would likely continue progressing rapidly over the next few days.

After all, treating over three hundred wounded wasn't something that could be finished quickly.

There hadn't been many medical-nin to begin with, and over the past few days, a few had died. Now their numbers were even smaller.

Which meant Haruki would have to continue filling in the gaps.

Naturally, that would allow him to keep accumulating proficiency points at high speed.

Haruki closed the panel, formed a hand seal, and activated the Mystic Palm Technique, binding the Yang Release chakra within his body.

Then, he guided the chakra through his chakra pathways, allowing it to permeate every part of his body and begin reinforcing his cells.

A warm sensation surged through him, so soothing that Haruki unconsciously closed his eyes in comfort.

Time passed by, second after second.

After several minutes, he finally opened his eyes again. He glanced at the panel, then shook his head in disappointment.

As expected, his Constitution stat had not increased.

In fact, the reinforcement effect this time felt even weaker than what Healing Jutsu provided.

"Still too low-level, huh..."

Haruki muttered thoughtfully, closed the panel, and began tidying up his gear.

They were about to set off soon, and these kinds of things would have to be tested later.

Still, his instincts told him he was probably right.

After all, Mystic Palm Technique and Healing Jutsu worked in similar ways—they both used Yang Release chakra to stimulate the body's cells and accelerate healing.

So, once the proficiency improved enough, the strengthening effect should naturally surpass Healing Jutsu. The only question now was—would that happen at Level 3 or Level 4?

If it was Level 3, he could reach it soon and test the results.

If it was Level 4... it would take longer.

Just then, a Konoha chunin responsible for relaying messages came up to him and told him to attend a meeting.

Haruki acknowledged the order and quickly made his way there.

The meeting was simple—just an overview of the next destination and assignments for the various jonin.

Due to the concern that the team might be surrounded by Iwagakure forces again, they had urgently contacted headquarters the night before and received permission to retreat.

Instead of continuing toward Tiger Mountain Camp, they would pull back and hold a stronghold that previously belonged to Iwagakure.

In other words, they were abandoning a large area of recently conquered territory.

But in the end, this was still the Land of Rain. Giving up some land wasn't a big deal—preserving their forces was far more important.

That covered the destination.

As for the jonin assignments:

Not much had changed—just a few gaps in positions that needed filling.

Only Haruki had a major change.

Because he knew some medical ninjutsu and the number of wounded was overwhelming, Nara Shisui reassigned him from the combat unit to the medical team.

From now on, he would be working alongside medical-nin to treat wounded comrades during breaks in the journey.

That was exactly what Haruki had hoped for—so naturally, he didn't refuse.

And so, for the next three days, Haruki moved with the medical team, treating injured Konoha ninja along the way.

During that time, the Iwagakure forces, as expected, continued their pursuit, leading to several more skirmishes.

As a result, the number of wounded didn't go down—it actually increased.

It exhausted Haruki and the other medical-nin, but the gains were worth it.

By the time they arrived at the new stronghold three days later, Haruki's Mystic Palm Technique had already reached Level 3 (102/1000).

At this point, when he used the jutsu to channel Yang Release chakra to strengthen his body, the effect was already on par with Healing Jutsu at Level 5 (0/0).

Haruki was confident: with just one more level, the physical enhancements would become even more noticeable.

This filled him with hope.

And then there was the Chakra Scalpel.

Though it hadn't quite reached Level 3 yet, it was already at the brink of a breakthrough: Level 2 (420/500).

The reason both his medical techniques improved so fast was thanks to Iwagakure's relentless pursuit.

Not because they caused more injuries—the team already had more than enough wounded—but because their continued attacks gave Haruki the opportunity to replenish chakra.

After all, once Mystic Palm and Chakra Scalpel reached Level 2, the bonus from Healing Jutsu became negligible.

With only his natural chakra recovery each day, he wouldn't have been able to gain so much proficiency.

But with the addition of chakra supplied by external sources...

Everything became possible.

That's why Haruki credited the enemy's pursuit for his progress.