Following Young Master Jie's Suggestion, a Hundred-Chapter Achievement Bonus Update...

After finishing her meal, Keiko asked Shiro, "Shiro, where is that Herb Garden located?"

"Mom, are you really going? Isn't it a bit too much trouble?"

"Just let her go. She's fine at home, why is she worrying all the time?"

"What do you mean by worrying unnecessarily! Isn't Shiro your son? Can't you worry about him?"

"Uh, Mom, stop arguing. I'll tell you, but Mom, you don't seem to know anything about this, do you?"

"It's alright, I can learn. Besides, I'm just keeping an eye on things for you; I won't interfere with the Herb Garden, so don't worry."

Shiro had no choice but to agree to his mother's suggestion. Besides, his father was right; instead of letting her overthink at home, it would be better to give her something to do to distract her.

"Alright, that's settled then. I'm going back to work now."

"Okay, Mom, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go find a friend to see if I can resolve the Herb Garden issue. You can go by yourself later if you're free, or I can wait for you to come back and take you."

"It's alright, you go ahead with your work. I'll go take a look with your Aunt Gardenia later."

"Okay, I'll be going now."

After leaving the house, Shiro headed towards the Uchiha clan's Earth Flash, intending to first resolve the technical issues related to the Herb Garden.

In fact, the Nara Clan is more outstanding in this regard, but unfortunately, Shiro has nothing that can impress them, so he can only go to the Uchiha, whom he is more familiar with.

Fortunately, Shiro had some things they might need: Lightning Release Nintaijutsu from Cloud Village.

Of course, it's definitely not from the Raikage's lineage; it was Projection by Shiro from the Cloud Village who fought Kakuzu that day.

While far inferior to the Raikage's, it's far stronger than the Uchiha's. Well, if Taichi had learned the strongest Lightning Release Nintaijutsu...

Even if Taichi's isn't the strongest, it's fine. Shiro isn't going to exchange it for some secret technique; this is enough.

Therefore, Shiro headed straight for Taichi. After all, Taichi was a genius who had awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan, and he should be able to help Shiro contact someone of sufficient importance.

After registering at the gate of the Uchiha Clan Compound, Shiro walked in, enduring the strange looks from the Uchiha clan members.

Only after entering the Uchiha's territory did Shiro understand why the Uchiha was wiped out; they were too xenophobic.

They were so xenophobic that even Shiro family didn't know where the Taichi family lived; Shiro had to ask the gatekeeper for their address.

What's more, everyone who comes in will likely be subjected to this kind of gaze, which is really uncomfortable.

However, these are all internal matters of the Uchiha. Shiro has no right to interfere, nor does he have the strength to do so. Anyway, they won't bother him. Let them watch if they want; it won't cost them anything.

Before long, Shiro arrived at Taichi's house. It wasn't large, but it wasn't small either, roughly two or three hundred square meters. Well, that's really not big for the Uchiha Clan...

Just as Shiro was about to knock, the door opened, and a woman stood there. She paused slightly upon seeing Shiro, then asked, "May I ask who you are?"

"Oh, hello Auntie. Is Taichi home? I'm Taichi's teammate, Emiya Shiro. I'm here to see him about something."

"Yes, he is. Please come in first, I'll go call him for you."

"Yes, thank you, Auntie."

"Why are you back? Weren't you going to buy something?" At that moment, a middle-aged man's voice came from inside the room.

"Taichi's teammates are looking for him, I'll go call them."

"Taichi's friend? And you are?" Upon hearing this, Taichi's father turned his gaze to Shiro.

"Hello, Uncle, my name is Emiya Shiro, I'm Taichi's teammate, I need to talk to him about something."

"I see. Thank you for taking care of Taichi."

"No, it's Taichi who's taking care of me."

"Heh, are all young people this humble these days? Emiya Shiro, I think I heard you're White Fang Fang's disciple?"

"Yes, I am honored to have been noticed by Professor Sakumo."

"Haha, if you continue to maintain this humble attitude, you will surely have a place in the Shinobi World in the future!"

"You flatter me." Shiro simply smiled slightly, not bothering to be modest any further. After all, he'd already gone this far; any more modesty would just be showing off.

And that was indeed Shiro's goal; otherwise, he couldn't have changed anything.

Suddenly, Taichi's father sighed, "Ah, if only Taichi had half your temperament, that would be wonderful."

"Uncle, Taichi isn't weak either; he's awakened the Two-Tomoe Sharingan!"

"I know that, he is indeed excellent in that aspect, but he's too arrogant! That kind of thinking of looking down on his peers is completely wrong!"

"True strength is called pride; without strength, it's just arrogance. Fortunately, he met you."

"I?"

"That's right. You're younger than him, but your strength is already on par with his. That's quite a blow to him. Taichi has become much more composed lately, and you deserve a lot of credit for that."

"Uh, Uncle, you really flatter me. I'm no match for Taichi right now."

"Ha, is it because of the Sharingan?"

"Right."

"That's normal, but, Emiya, do you know why our Uchiha currently doesn't have a ninja whose strength and reputation can rival that of Lord White Fang?"

"Because they didn't go to the front lines?"

"This is one. Another is that the Sharingan isn't that strong; there are many ways to deal with Sharingan. As for what those ways are, I'm sorry, I can't say."

"It's nothing, thank you very much. But why did you tell me all this? Is it because of Taichi?"

"That's right. I hope you can truly defeat Taichi and make him understand that the Sharingan isn't the most important thing! He won't go far if he relies too much on the Sharingan."

Upon hearing this, Shiro took a deep breath and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I will definitely do it."

"Yes, I trust White Fang Fang's judgment. Alright, Taichi is here, you two can chat."

"Father, Shiro."

"Well, you two can discuss it yourselves."

After saying that, he left, giving them the space.

Did your father tell you to defeat me?

"Uh, how did you know?"

"He said that to everyone who came..."

"..."

"Never mind that, what did you want to see me about?"

"Well, I'd like you to introduce me to some of the higher-ups in your Uchiha. I'd like to make a deal with you."

"A trade? What do you want to trade?"

"How about the Cloud Village's Lightning Release Nintaijutsu technique for Herb Garden?" Shiro waved the scroll in front of Taichi and said with a smile.

"Herb Garden? What do you need that for?"

"Didn't the Lord Hokage grant me a Herb Garden? I don't have much skill, so I'm here to see if I can exchange it for something else."

"I see. I'll take you to ask." To Shiro's surprise, Taichi said in a calm tone.

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