Samui's Bottom Line, Kiyoshi's Way of Awakening His Eyes

Samui's Bottom Line, Kiyoshi's Way of "Awakening His Eyes"

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Samui froze.

Confusion filled her eyes.

What was Yotsuki Kiyoshi talking about?

Had she caused him to fall out with Kumogakure?

Had she done something like that?

"This isn't the place to talk."

Kiyoshi spoke.

Samui could only suppress her doubts and lead Kiyoshi to a private room on the second floor of the sushi restaurant.

Only she and Kiyoshi were in the room.

"Kiyoshi, what did you mean by that?"

Samui spoke, a hint of wariness in her voice.

She had always heard that the Uchiha Clan's behavior was extreme, their thinking twisted, and that they never did anything normal.

Could it be that after returning to the Uchiha, Kiyoshi had inherited that trait as well?

"I heard everything you said on the third floor that day."

Kiyoshi suddenly dropped a bombshell, yet his tone was as relaxed as if they were discussing the weather.

Samui's pupils contracted slightly.

"...What?"

She had personally watched Kiyoshi leave that day, and she had only spoken with Samodo after making sure no one else was around.

Could a Sharingan with only one tomoe possess such overwhelming perception?

Samui looked at Kiyoshi before her.

He was clearly just a brat who had only recently entered the Ninja Academy and had luckily awakened the Uchiha Clan's Kekkei Genkai.

Kiyoshi did not answer. He merely raised an eyebrow slightly and silently formed several words with his lips.

They were the very words she had spoken that day: "Yotsuki Kiyoshi probably won't want to return to Kumogakure."

"So what? I was just saying it casually."

"Your casual remark truly chilled my heart. I had originally wanted to return to Kumogakure, but I never expected someone to say such things about me behind my back. Isn't that questioning which holds a higher place in my heart: the Uchiha Clan or Kumogakure?"

Kiyoshi said.

"!"

Samui's face immediately turned a shade paler.

Kiyoshi's words were a stretch.

Such a stretch that he was making a mountain out of a molehill.

But no matter how much of a stretch it was—

She had indeed said those words.

Even if she was certain Kiyoshi did not care much about Kumogakure, she still should never have said that.

Some matters seem weightless until placed on the scales; once weighed, even a thousand pounds may not be enough.

If those above learned that because of her, even if there were only a one percent chance, Kiyoshi chose not to return, she would not get off lightly.

If it were only herself, Samui could endure those consequences.

But she also had a younger brother, Atsui, who would definitely be affected as well.

He was Samui's only remaining family.

"Regardless, I was born in the Land of Lightning. You should be someone Kumogakure sent to win me over, yet you have no trust in me at all. If I really returned to Kumogakure, everyone would probably call me a Konoha spy behind my back. How could I dare go back?"

"I hope Samodo won't mind this. After all, he was so confident that I would return to Kumogakure."

Kiyoshi said leisurely, making it sound utterly convincing.

He was exploiting the fact that Samui cared about her family.

Whether in the manga or anime, Samui had a younger brother named Atsui.

He knew that his Kekkei Genkai was highly valuable to Kumogakure, but not valuable enough for them to disregard everything else.

For example, Kumogakure's Eight-Tails and Two-Tails were Tailed Beasts whose value surpassed that of ten Kiyoshis.

However, compared to Samui and her family, Kiyoshi was undoubtedly more valuable.

The room abruptly fell silent.

"...What do you want?"

After several breaths, Samui pressed her lips together and spoke.

Upon hearing that, Kiyoshi finally smiled.

A spy from Kumogakure.

She really understood with just a hint.

"My demands aren't high."

Kiyoshi continued, his voice low enough for only the two of them to hear.

"Give me another ninjutsu scroll. I want Nintaijutsu that can train the body. As for the rank, D-rank will do."

Kiyoshi stated his request.

His gaze fixed on Samui.

Samui was still a head taller than him, so Kiyoshi had to look up at her.

As a result, under the lamplight, two dark shadows shrouded Kiyoshi's face.

"...D-rank?"

A trace of relief flashed through Samui's azure eyes. She folded her arms, as though supporting those dangerously swaying full curves.

It was only D-rank ninjutsu.

Samui knew that if Kiyoshi had persisted a little more that day, Samodo might have continued giving him a few D-rank ninjutsu.

Techniques meant for genin-level training could not stir up much trouble at all.

Many ninjas backed by clans received additional instruction within their families.

The only ones who could learn nothing beyond E-rank ninjutsu during their time at the Ninja Academy were civilian ninjas.

"Fine."

Samui agreed to Kiyoshi's request.

She pulled back her long glove, revealing a bundle of white bandages around her wrist.

Beneath the bandages were several tiny Sealing Scrolls.

Poof.

Samui opened a Sealing Scroll, took out a pale yellow scroll, and tossed it to Kiyoshi.

"This is Lightning Release Nintaijutsu. It can activate the cells in your muscles. It's called 'Lightning Release: Iron Skin.'"

He did not immediately open the scroll. Instead, he tucked it into his clothes and turned his gaze back to Samui.

Samui's face had an exotic charm, with a high nose bridge and sharply defined features.

Then there was her voluptuous figure, those round and firm thighs. Simply standing there, she carried a faint fragrance that drifted toward him.

Her figure was quite nice.

Kiyoshi's brain faintly began secreting a special kind of Chakra.

For the Uchiha Clan, awakening the Sharingan did not have only one path: "pain."

What it truly required was mental stimulation—stimulation so overwhelming that it consumed one's emotions and made the brain itself tremble.

Intense emotional fluctuations were needed to make the brain secrete special Chakra.

Even awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan did not necessarily require "the death of one's closest person."

For instance, when Sasuke killed Itachi, his Sharingan did not evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan at that moment.

It was only after Obito told him the truth and revealed everything Itachi had done behind the scenes.

Itachi's image, the meaning Sasuke had clung to all along—perhaps it had all been a "misunderstanding" from the very beginning.

That truth was what gave Sasuke the opportunity to awaken his eyes.

Then there was Sarada. Because no one believed her, including her own biological father, she awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Kiyoshi did not necessarily have to rely on "pain," "shock," "protection," "guilt," or the like.

He also experienced emotional fluctuations when tasting "beautiful things."

"Beautiful things" referred to people like... Samui.

Perhaps Kiyoshi's undisguised appraisal made Samui knit her brows slightly.

"Is this still not enough to demonstrate Kumogakure's sincerity? If you return to Kumogakure, even A-rank or S-rank ninjutsu may not be impossible."

"Thank you, Miss Samui."

Kiyoshi's tone was calm as he withdrew his gaze. "It seems Kumogakure truly is sincere."

There was another half of that sentence Kiyoshi did not say.

That was, it was only sincere enough for today.

How could one D-rank ninjutsu possibly fill Kiyoshi's stomach?

He had chosen Nintaijutsu only to make his body stronger more quickly.

And because he could currently learn at most D-rank ninjutsu. Anything higher would waste more time and effort than it was worth.