#11 - Miss Samui, you don't want to
Konoha Village was established only a few decades ago. Before that, it was the Warring States period, marked by constant battles between various ninja clans.
As a result, there are many distinct cultures.
Jiraiya's 'Team Six,' which included Minato, also had a member with dark skin and lips resembling sausages.
This was mentioned in 'Minato's Story ~The Whirlwind Within~,' which mainly focused on how Minato created the Rasengan and… Kushina's feelings of oppression in the village.
"Kiyoshi, you will always be one of our Cloud ninjas."
Samui paused, then continued:
"If you're willing, we can take you away after your first mission upon graduation. You'll enter Cloud Village and receive our best training."
The current situation is tense, with signs of the Third Shinobi World War on the horizon, so it's not the best time to take Kiyoshi away.
They need to wait for the situation to become more chaotic.
"You will be the first head of the Uchiha clan in Cloud Village!"
Samui said excitedly.
But Kiyoshi didn't share his enthusiasm.
Kiyoshi wasn't buying it; he'd seen plenty of empty promises.
"The Uchiha have been very good to me, even teaching me Uchiha ninjutsu…"
Kiyoshi hinted.
Samui immediately understood the meaning behind Kiyoshi's words—he was asking for a price!
"The Raikage highly values you and even allowed us to bring some ninjutsu scrolls."
Samui produced a scroll.
Kiyoshi took it and opened it, revealing a D-rank scroll called 'Lightning Release: Lightning Finger.'
The rank of a ninjutsu doesn't refer to its power but to its learning difficulty.
E-rank ninjutsu can be learned by ordinary ninja students, while D-rank ninjutsu can be learned by genin.
Similarly, C-rank ninjutsu can be learned by chunin, and B-rank ninjutsu can be learned by jonin.
Beyond that, higher-level ninjutsu are beyond the reach of most ninjas.
An ordinary jonin can only learn B-rank ninjutsu in their lifetime.
A-rank ninjutsu have already earned the alias of forbidden techniques and belong to the category of super-high-level ninjutsu.
This isn't just about learning ability; it also depends on the ninja's physical condition.
Forbidden techniques generally consume a large amount of the user's energy or cause significant harm, even death. In other words, those with scarce chakra have almost no chance of learning A-rank ninjutsu.
Anyone who can use A-rank ninjutsu immediately stands out among ninjas of the same level.
The rank of a ninjutsu doesn't represent its power, but the more difficult it is to learn, the better its effect usually is.
As for the highest S-rank, those are called ultimate techniques and extremely high-level ninjutsu.
Kiyoshi roughly flipped through the 'Lightning Release: Lightning Finger' scroll and found that it only activated the cells of the index and middle fingers.
And even though it's called Lightning Finger, it only adds some invisible electric arcs inside the fingers.
Samui noticed the change in Kiyoshi's expression and smiled slightly, his eyes narrowing.
"We have some informants in Konoha. You… haven't received any ninjutsu from the Uchiha at all. Why bother? They don't acknowledge you, but we do. If you want to obtain more ninjutsu, return to Cloud."
Samui's tone was very enticing, as if Kiyoshi would miss a life-changing opportunity if he passed this up.
"I'll have to consider it."
Kiyoshi said, taking the scroll and leaving.
Cloud isn't stupid; they wouldn't give him everything all at once.
They would only try to tempt him.
"Lord Samui."
After Kiyoshi left, Samui emerged from the secret room and went to the third floor of the shop, looking down at the passersby below.
There were few customers now; their shop only operated during the day and closed early at night.
The other employees began to clean up, and the few remaining customers gradually left.
"Yatsuki Kiyoshi probably doesn't want to return to Cloud."
Samui said calmly.
She was always a woman who liked to analyze things calmly.
Samui just said that the Uchiha didn't acknowledge Yatsuki Kiyoshi and hadn't taught him ninjutsu.
But it was foreseeable that this was only temporary.
In the future, when the Uchiha clan believes Kiyoshi is qualified, they will definitely teach him.
She didn't think Yatsuki Kiyoshi would give up all this; she and Samui were likely just wasting their time.
"No, he will sooner or later."
Samui revealed a smile.
Let Samui doubt it then.
His brother was a member of the Cloud's militant faction, and he knew many inside stories.
The entire ninja world was turbulent, and the people in the village were no longer satisfied with the status quo.
The militant faction was waiting for an opportunity, and once the opportunity was right, they would start another war.
…
Having walked a long way, Kiyoshi stood on the street, blending into the crowd.
His face was hidden in the night, appearing calm and indifferent.
Unnoticed, his left eye slowly opened, and a one-tomoe Sharingan quietly appeared.
A special chakra called pupil power slowly circulated, and Kiyoshi, who could only see a small black spot of the sushi shop before, clearly saw the employees closing up the sushi shop.
Even with only one tomoe, Kiyoshi's vision was increased to a terrifying degree.
As clear as if it were right in front of him.
The conversation between Samui and Samui, even their subtle changes in expression, were reflected in his eyes.
In 'Boruto,' Sarada with only three tomoe can see exposed 'viruses' in the air by concentrating her pupil power!
Kiyoshi's current single-eyed one-tomoe Sharingan can also see things one or two hundred meters away.
After Kiyoshi understood what they were saying by reading their lips.
He lowered his head and shook it slightly, "The Uchiha don't acknowledge me, but when has Cloud ever acknowledged me?"
His gaze slowly lifted, passed over the sushi shop in the distance, and once again fixed on Samui's beautiful figure on the third floor.
Neither the Uchiha nor Cloud was Kiyoshi's true home.
The Uchiha clan was handling this cautiously to avoid examples like Kiyoshi from happening again.
If handled poorly and their reputation was ruined, people with Uchiha blood flowing outside like Kiyoshi would only avoid Konoha from afar.
The Uchiha clan didn't want to gamble.
And Cloud, needless to say, just wanted to firmly control the Uchiha's bloodline limit, enhance Cloud's strength, and treat him like a stud.
They would only exploit him endlessly.
In the 'Book of Array' and other official books, it is said that Cloud is like a mafia family.
And they advocate… military expansion.
Kiyoshi caressed the edge of the scroll, his fingertips touching the rough paper texture.
Looking at Samui's figure, a hint of dark meaning appeared in his eyes.
In that case, it's reasonable for him to use some of his little tricks to plot for more benefits, right?
…
For the next few days, Kiyoshi lived a routine life.
Ninja school, training after school, and going home.
Until the sixth day, Kiyoshi came to that sushi shop again.
"Ya… customer, would you like to order squid sushi?"
Samui asked.
But Kiyoshi's answer was different from last time.
"Miss Samui, you wouldn't want me to fall out with Cloud because of you, would you?"
