Naruto: I Use Chakra to Upgrade Bloodline Limit Chapter 28

In front of Shueido.

"What? The latest volume of Icha Icha Paradise is completely sold out? Didn't it just arrive yesterday?" Kakashi's eyes widened, his mouth slightly agape, his face a mask of disbelief.

Although Icha Icha Paradise was a hit, Shueido always stocked hundreds of copies; with such a large quantity, how could it possibly sell out in a single day!?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

"You don't know, the plot of this latest season is incredibly gripping; everyone loves it!" the shopkeeper said, beaming with excitement.

The hundreds of books had brought the shopkeeper a handsome profit, and he was in such high spirits that he didn't mind chatting with Kakashi for a while.

Hearing the shopkeeper say this, the content of Icha Icha Paradise only whetted Kakashi's appetite further.

However, as an Anbu squad leader, Kakashi also deduced that this matter was highly suspicious.

Thus, Kakashi politely asked the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, I am a regular customer here, could you please tell me how Icha Icha Paradise sold out so quickly?"

The shopkeeper was in a good mood and replied directly: "Since you're a regular, I'll tell you!"

"Do you know? I met a kindred spirit; yesterday, a young man was so generous that he bought all hundred-plus copies of Icha Icha Paradise in one go!"

Hearing the shopkeeper's reply, Kakashi's brows furrowed, as if he had a bad premonition.

Kakashi began to inquire.

"Do you know who bought the books?"

Kakashi only needed to buy one copy of Icha Icha Paradise; having more was useless.

He hoped the buyer would, for the sake of a fellow loyal fan, sell one copy to him.

Even a high price would be no problem.

Even double or triple the price would be fine!

The latest plot had already reached the part where the male and female leads go to a hot spring together.

Those steamy scenes and the captivating plot felt like ants crawling all over Kakashi, making it unbearable; he couldn't wait to find out what happened next.

Hearing this, the shopkeeper hesitated significantly, then said slowly: "Don't look at our shop as small; we have moral boundaries and personal dignity. We would never do something like leaking customer information."

"Since we chose to do business, we must know how to protect our customers' privacy!"

The shopkeeper's attitude was extremely firm, his words sounding righteous and awe-inspiring!

Kakashi pulled out a five-hundred-ryo note and held it out.

The shopkeeper's expression turned cold, and he spoke frigidly.

"Do you think I would sell out a customer for a mere five hundred ryo? That is impossible!"

Kakashi increased the offer to one thousand ryo.

The shopkeeper let out a loud laugh, looking quite disdainful.

"I've run Shueido for over a decade, and my reputation is built on word of mouth; I have never leaked a customer's information!"

One thousand five hundred ryo.

"Stop this pointless bribery; I am not that kind of person!"

Kakashi was already angry, and he said for the last time: "Two thousand ryo, that is my final bottom line."

Although he could use his Anbu connections to find out who bought the Icha Icha Paradise, if his teammates found out that the dignified Anbu squad leader Kakashi had used Anbu resources just to find out who bought Icha Icha Paradise, where would he hide his face?

Therefore, Kakashi chose to obtain the intelligence at a high price!

"Deal!" As if afraid Kakashi would go back on his word, the shopkeeper quickly agreed and snatched the money.

"It was a young boy, looking about eight or nine years old, wearing the Uchiha clan uniform." The shopkeeper had a deep impression of Genya and spoke without hesitation.

Hearing the word Uchiha, Kakashi felt a bad premonition.

"By the way, he had one striking feature!"

Kakashi quickly asked: "What feature?"

The shopkeeper answered truthfully: "He was extremely handsome!"

Kakashi glanced at the shopkeeper, suppressing the urge to strangle him; did that even count as a feature?

Absurd!

Kakashi guessed that, in all likelihood, every single copy of Icha Icha Paradise had been bought by that Uchiha brat!

To be able to find out the intelligence that I like reading Icha Icha Paradise, this Uchiha is not simple! Genya's counterattack was so cunning that it made Kakashi feel extremely uncomfortable.

No, no!

I must restrain myself!

I cannot bow down to an Uchiha!

"Ah, no, I can't take it anymore!" Kakashi let out an angry roar in public.

Immediately, he performed the Body Flicker Technique.

Kakashi's figure vanished in an instant...

Uchiha Compound.

Genya's residence.

At this moment, he was sitting under the warm sunlight, carefully reading the latest volume of Icha Icha Paradise.

Usually, Genya was diligent in his training, but he would occasionally broaden his horizons through reading; it was one of the primary ways to increase his knowledge.

A cup of clear tea.

A good book.

Refreshing to the heart.

Warming in the spring and winter.

It was no wonder Kakashi was so obsessed with Icha Icha Paradise, unable to put it down; there was certainly some logic to it.

This book had some substance.

And it was quite... substantial.

Just as Genya was reading intently, a knock sounded at his door. He raised an eyebrow and said, "Please, come in."

Following this, Itachi walked in with a sour expression.

"Yo, isn't this our elite youth of the Uchiha? What wind blew you here?" Genya took a sip of tea and teased him nonchalantly.

Genya didn't even need to think to know why.

It was definitely because Itachi had been caught red-handed by Uchiha Izumi while peeking at Icha Icha Paradise that day, so he had come to settle the score.

Itachi sat down beside Genya and said with a pained expression, "Genya, I never imagined you would be this kind of person!"

"What kind of person?" Genya asked, puzzled.

"You actually went and bought a book like Icha Icha Paradise to read!"

"It's morally corrupt!"

"The shopkeeper sells it, and I buy it—what's the problem with that?" Genya rolled his eyes, thinking the other boy was too rigid.

"But we are still children; we shouldn't be reading that kind of book!" Itachi argued, his words filled with the hope that Genya would mend his ways!

"You think I read Icha Icha Paradise to look at those messy pictures and plots? Your perspective is too narrow."

"This book contains the cultural customs and living habits of many nations and villages in the ninja world; it is an important channel for obtaining intelligence about the outside world."

"To think you would view me so poorly—I am truly heartbroken!"

Hearing Genya put it this way, Itachi was stunned and asked tentatively, "Really?"

"Of course." Genya's firm attitude made Itachi hesitate.

Could it be that he had truly misunderstood the other?

Genya opened the book and began to explain.

"Look, this character description is profound yet accessible, illustrating the deep truth of how ninjas struggle to survive on the battlefield."

"Look here, wandering ninjas running rampant in broad daylight—we must be careful about our safety when we go out in the future."

Genya spouted nonsense with a straight face, chattering on and on.

Finally, he patted Itachi on the shoulder and said.

"Given our relationship, how could I possibly lie to you? I'll even gift you another copy of Icha Icha Paradise; take it back and study it slowly."

Watching the dead-serious Genya, Itachi fell into deep contemplation, while the latter asked himself internally: Is this reliable?

Yet, Itachi still accepted the Icha Icha Paradise, comforting himself internally that this was a way to acquire intelligence.

He was very innocent; he had no other intentions.

Just as he sent Itachi away, another knock sounded at the door.

Genya raised an eyebrow.

Why were so many people coming over?

It was truly a lively day.

Immediately, Uchiha Yashiro and, to Genya's surprise, Kakashi entered the courtyard.

When Kakashi saw Genya closing the Icha Icha Paradise, his temper flared, but his reaction was caught by Uchiha Yashiro, who sneered and spoke with a threatening tone.

"Kakashi, this is the Uchiha compound. Don't think that just because you are an Anbu squad leader, you can do whatever you want."

"If you dare to cause trouble here, I guarantee that when you leave, that Sharingan will be gouged out."

Although Fugaku had previously agreed to let Obito's Sharingan remain with Kakashi, there were still clansmen who were dissatisfied. Intelligence regarding bloodline limits was extremely important to the Uchiha; after all, a Sharingan on an outsider was a hidden danger.

Moreover, Kakashi was currently affiliated with the Anbu.

What the Uchiha hated most was Root, followed by the Anbu.

Yashiro turned and looked at Genya, who was sunbathing, and said, "Genya, I saw him acting suspiciously in the compound while I was on patrol. When I questioned him closely, he said he had urgent business with you."

Afterward, Yashiro came to Uchiha Genya's side and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Provoke him, and keep the Sharingan within the Uchiha."

Yashiro was a radical of the Uchiha clan.

He had always wanted to destroy Kakashi's Sharingan.

Genya shook his head and explained, "Now is not the time."

Kakashi's status was rather special.

He was an Anbu directly under the Third Hokage and a disciple of the Fourth Hokage; if his eye were truly gouged out, it might directly enrage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It had not yet reached the point of a life-or-death struggle.

Seeing Genya respond this way, Yashiro said no more, knowing that the former's intelligence was monstrous and that he must have his own plans.

Genya stood up, stretched, and asked, "Captain Kakashi, what advice do you have for me?"

Kakashi sneered and asked, "Was it you who bought out every copy of Icha Icha Paradise in the village?"

"It was." Genya did not deny it; buying out the books was meant to fish, and now the fish was beginning to bite the bait.

Kakashi took a deep breath, forced his expression to look natural, and said, "Sell one to me."

"Fifty thousand ryo!"

"Fine, I'll pay..." Kakashi exclaimed, "What?"

A single copy of Icha Icha Paradise.

It actually cost fifty thousand ryo?

Had Uchiha Genya gone mad?

Genya explained with an expressionless face.

"I have already bought out every copy of the latest season of Icha Icha Paradise in the village, and it cost me quite a bit of money."