#146 - Samui sinks further into darkness

Qing Si sat down, his eyes flashing slightly, his keen insight observing every detail of the room. After confirming there were no surveillance cameras or listening devices, he slowly reached for the menu.

With a *kacha* sound, the door that had just closed was pushed open.

"Here's the menu."

Seeing her sister leading someone, Atsui diligently picked up a menu and entered the private room to hand it to Qing Si.

The shop, themed around sushi, naturally offered various styles of sushi.

Besides ninjutsu and bloodline limits, the Land of Lightning also had many delicacies from other countries, which were brought over during their travels.

These made the cuisine of the Land of Lightning diverse, making it easy to infiltrate other countries under the guise of restaurants, acting as informants.

Other countries also had many such informants infiltrating the Land of Lightning; basically, all major countries infiltrated each other.

"For now, bring these."

"Okay, sir."

Atsui nodded, took the menu, and started to walk back, when he suddenly heard Qing Si calling him.

"You enrolled in the ninja academy this semester, right?"

"…Yes."

Atsui glanced at his sister's expression and, seeing that she didn't show any particular reaction, quickly nodded.

"Samui, your younger brother is both smart and hardworking; he might be even more outstanding than his older sister in the future."

Qing Si said.

"Haha, no way."

Atsui smiled upon hearing Qing Si's praise.

He knew that other compatriots were trying to get Qing Si back home. Being praised by someone of such extraordinary status made him feel different.

Unlike her brother's happiness, Samui felt a tightening in her heart.

She opened her rosy lips, her tone slightly uneasy:

"My foolish brother has only just enrolled."

Then Samui told Atsui to quickly go out and report the menu items to the kitchen, telling him not to stay here.

Atsui had no choice but to leave first.

She always felt that Qing Si had bad intentions.

She hadn't forgotten that Qing Si had used her younger brother Atsui to pressure her before.

"Is that so."

Qing Si paused and continued:

"You've mastered all the ninjutsu you learned before, so let's add some Lightning Release ninjutsu."

Qing Si, as always, chose to be a freeloader.

His merits were insufficient, and the ninjutsu he could choose in the Uchiha clan was limited, so he mainly chose genjutsu and Fire Release ninjutsu.

As for the Land of Lightning, it was naturally the best place for specialized Lightning Release.

The more skills one had, the better. Qing Si didn't mind having more techniques.

Samui lowered her head and gently touched the summoning seal on her wrist.

After a faint mist dissipated, there was a yellow scroll with a lightning bolt drawn on it.

"I can give it to you, but the people you used to know all want to see you…"

Samui wanted Qing Si to accompany her to a certain place where there were many people Qing Si knew from childhood.

Qing Si's delay in expressing his intention to return to Kumogakure had made Samui anxious.

It would be fine for her, but if her brother were also punished by the village, it would be troublesome.

"That won't be necessary. The ninja world is not peaceful lately, so it's best not to move around."

Qing Si shook his head and refused.

Did they think he was a fool?

If he weren't a transmigrator, he might have fallen for these emotional appeals.

As someone who had lived two lives, how could he believe such nonsense?

It was probably a case of 'old friends meet, stab in the back'.

"However, I can tell you some information about Konoha."

Qing Si's smile didn't diminish as he changed the subject and revealed some information.

What he said were all insignificant tidbits, such as Konoha having a stronghold in a certain place, the number of people stationed there, etc.

Although they were details, they were enough to pique Samui's interest.

Blindly taking things without doing anything in return was short-sighted. People's patience was limited, and Qing Si wanted to have a long-term relationship.

Sure enough, Samui's eyes lit up when she heard this information.

Even if they could infiltrate Konoha, they could only do so as civilians.

Many truly secret things were only known to ninja clans.

Wasn't this attitude Qing Si's change?

If it continued, she should be able to get Qing Si back to the Land of Lightning, right?

Starting to reveal information about Konoha didn't it mean that Qing Si wasn't as loyal to Konoha as she had previously thought?

However, before Samui could continue to imagine, she only heard Qing Si suddenly knocking on the table.

"But, secret information and a ninjutsu are a bit unequal. I need you to do me a favor."

For ninjas, information was very important, from the victory or defeat of a ninja battle to the outcome of a war between countries.

Qing Si sized up Samui.

The sweater couldn't hide the arc of her large breasts, which looked very prominent.

Even from the side, one could see Samui's voluptuous curves.

Perhaps Samui hadn't received ninja training for too long; these curves were still tense as she breathed.

Her small belly was slightly raised, but it didn't look cumbersome at all.

Overall, it was aesthetically pleasing, giving off a mature woman's charm.

Paired with Samui's indifferent little expression, Qing Si found it increasingly contrasting.

"What… do you mean?"

Samui pursed her lips, not understanding why Qing Si kept pursuing her.

Could a moment of inadvertent words make Qing Si hold a grudge for so long?

Feeling Qing Si's gaze, an absurd thought appeared in her mind.

She had this thought last time.

The current situation intensified her thought.

Heavens.

Qing Si was actually interested in women much older than him…

"Last time, I discussed some routes of the Lightning Release circulation system with you. This time, I want to go deeper, let you understand my circulation system, so that you can choose a more suitable Lightning Release ninjutsu for me."

Qing Si smiled slightly; the smile was neither warm nor malicious, but it made Samui feel a chill.

This guy really had bad intentions towards her.

"What, you're not willing?"

Qing Si's tone turned colder.

He gave off the air of not even wanting the scroll and leaving directly.

"…It's not that. We can continue to discuss it."

If it were in the past, Samui definitely wouldn't have accepted Qing Si's request.

But Qing Si hadn't been here for a long time, and the village's pressure was making Samui breathless.

Especially since she had a younger brother who had just enrolled in the ninja academy.

She bit her lip, clenched the hem of her skirt, and took a few steps towards Qing Si.

"Not bad."

The bright shadow was getting closer and closer to Qing Si, hanging not far from his face.

Originally, Qing Si had prepared many more words, but he didn't expect Samui to be unable to hold on and directly agree.

It seemed that the pressure from Kumogakure was more than Qing Si had imagined.

Through his previous small PUA and the long-term high pressure of Kumogakure's mission, Samui was no longer so firm in her principles.

Releasing pressure step by step was evaporating the water of life.

The poor flower, in order to survive, would take root step by step in the dark, hopeless land.

That was how Samui was now.

Having already seen the darkness once and compromised with the darkness, her tolerance for darkness had increased a lot.

Where there was one, there would inevitably be a second.

Hearing Qing Si's words of praise, Samui only felt her cheeks burning.

This made it seem like she was impatient.

"First, go look under the table to see how big the space is."