"Is this Kurama Yakumo's house?"
At the edge of Konoha Village, near the Forest of Death, Uchiha Shūichi looked at the estate and villa ahead and asked.
"That's right. Although the Kurama Clan has gradually withdrawn from the ninja profession, their connections and status in Konoha Village haven't disappeared. If anything, they've accumulated even more wealth."
"If you solve Yakumo's problem, Shūichi, I'm sure the Kurama Clan's reward will far exceed that of an ordinary S-rank mission."
Yūhi Kurenai stood beside Uchiha Shūichi and spoke softly. Shūichi nodded in understanding.
If ninjas were willing to switch careers and make money, they could earn a great deal—especially genjutsu users, who had an overwhelming advantage over ordinary people.
Leaving the ninja profession didn't mean giving up on ninjutsu. Even without awakening their Kekkei Genkai, the Kurama Clan's ninjas had a far greater advantage in genjutsu training than ordinary ninjas.
Three days had passed since Yūhi Kurenai had asked for his help. She had mostly recovered and been discharged from the hospital.
As for Kurenai's request, Uchiha Shūichi had ultimately decided to accept. But to keep her eager, he'd only said he would take a look.
If you're too eager to give something away, it won't be valued. Only when the other party understood how precious what he offered was would they truly feel indebted to him. So Shūichi naturally hadn't agreed right away.
The truth was, he was willing to help Kurama Yakumo not because he had an abundance of kindness to spare, but because he knew just how terrifying her potential was.
In the original story, aside from some basic knowledge, Kurama Yakumo had received almost no formal instruction and hadn't trained properly. Even so, thanks to her Kekkei Genkai, she could easily defeat a genjutsu specialist like Yūhi Kurenai in