#96 - First meeting with Mitarashi Red Bean
“I'm leaving first, Kiyoshi.”
Mikoto waved her hand.
She still needed to conduct some research nearby to make the information more complete, so she could report it to Fugaku.
“Okay.”
Kiyoshi watched Mikoto leave, and only closed the door after her figure completely disappeared.
Returning to the inner room, Kiyoshi picked up the illusion technique scroll and began to study it.
By the evening, Kiyoshi had finally grasped the basics.
“You have obtained the entry: [Pure Illusion Scholar (White)].”
[Entry: Pure Illusion Scholar (White)]
[Requirements: Learn 1 pure illusion technique.]
[Progress: 1%]
[Effect: Your illusion foundation is solid, enhancing any illusion you use by 5%.]
[Note: Can be upgraded later.]
“Pure illusion?”
Kiyoshi was stunned.
He had been studying "Mystical Illusion: This Is Not a Technique."
It seemed that the previous "Lightning Release: Flash of Lightning" used lightning release as a medium, and didn't count as an illusion technique driven solely by "Yin" release chakra.
“First, I need to bring the entry progress to one hundred percent.”
Kiyoshi thought to himself.
Only when it reaches one hundred percent and shows as completed will the next entry upgrade route be displayed.
He had a feeling that after completion, it should be able to merge with the previously obtained illusion technique entry into a green entry.
This way, all the conditions would be met, and he could merge a blue entry!
............
The next day.
Kiyoshi looked at the progress on the entry panel, which had reached 75%.
He wondered if, with this entry, he would also receive a bonus when using the Sharingan.
After all, it said that any illusion used would be enhanced by 5%.
“Hey!”
Kiyoshi, who was on the street buying groceries, heard someone call him.
When he turned around, it was a girl with short purple hair calling him.
“Is there something I can help you with?”
Kiyoshi asked the short-haired girl in front of him.
“You bumped into my dango.”
Anko Mitarashi said, pointing to the dango that had fallen from the wooden skewer.
Kiyoshi looked down, and there was a flattened red dango on the ground.
“You were walking too fast.”
Kiyoshi said calmly.
Anko Mitarashi walked too fast, causing the dango to fall on the ground. Whose fault was that?
“Who told you to walk so slowly.”
“……”
Kiyoshi thought for a moment, it seemed that he was indeed thinking about something and suddenly stopped.
He stared at the girl who was shorter than him, pondered for a moment, and suddenly felt that she looked familiar.
“I can compensate you, what’s your name?”
“I am Anko Mitarashi!”
Anko Mitarashi patted her flat chest and said loudly.
It could be seen that her personality was very optimistic.
Compared to Kurenai Yuhi, who had a ladylike demeanor within her boldness, Anko Mitarashi seemed much more savage.
“Quickly compensate me for my tri-color dango, I still have important business at the Uchiha clan later!”
Anko Mitarashi said.
The great Lord Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, actually asked her to pass on a message, which surprised Anko Mitarashi.
That was a big figure who was usually hard to see in the village.
“What are you doing at the Uchiha clan?”
Kiyoshi frowned slightly.
When did Orochimaru get involved with the Uchiha clan?
“Looking for a guy named Kiyoshi Uchiha, Orochimaru asked me to bring him back.”
Anko Mitarashi said, then shook her head and said:
“Stop changing the subject, quickly compensate me for my dango.”
“I am Kiyoshi Uchiha.”
Kiyoshi’s heart moved, knowing that the seed left in Orochimaru’s heart in the past had blossomed.
Judging from Orochimaru’s willingness to take in Kabuto, he lacked an excellent assistant and had extended an invitation for this purpose.
And with such an excellent talent like himself, Orochimaru couldn’t possibly not extend an olive branch.
“You are… Kiyoshi Uchiha?”
Anko Mitarashi was stunned.
She didn’t expect that a person she randomly met was Kiyoshi Uchiha.
She rubbed her eyelids, and her brown eyes observed Kiyoshi.
Sure enough, she found the Uchiha clan crest on Kiyoshi.
“Then let’s go, accompany me to see Lord Orochimaru, and compensate me for the tri-color dango on the way.”
Anko Mitarashi couldn’t forget the tri-color dango.
“Eat a little less.”
Kiyoshi shook his head.
Anko Mitarashi was one of the few female ninjas whose figure was deformed. Perhaps it was because she was slacking off. In middle age, a good-looking beauty became obese.
Calling her Anko Mitaraishi was more appropriate at that time.
“Hey, don’t you want to compensate me?”
Anko Mitarashi raised an eyebrow.
“What if you delay Lord Orochimaru’s business?”
Kiyoshi brought out Orochimaru.
After hearing Orochimaru, Anko Mitarashi’s desire for tri-color dango immediately decreased a lot.
“Alright.”
She nodded, like a frost-beaten eggplant.
The two walked in front, and it took half an hour to reach a seemingly ordinary building.
Opening the door, a faint smell of medicine permeated the air, cold and pungent.
In the dim light, there were many bottles and jars, as well as many biological specimens and various experimental equipment.
“Heh heh, long time no see, Kiyoshi.”
In the innermost part, sat a pale-skinned man, holding a test tube in his hand, the liquid glowing with a faint green light under the light.
“Long time no see, Lord Orochimaru.”
Kiyoshi nodded.
In his sleeve, the white snake wrapped around his arm seemed to sense something and was a little restless.
Kiyoshi reached out another hand into his sleeve and gently comforted the white snake.
Even though Orochimaru, who had not yet defected, would be much safer than the future Orochimaru, Orochimaru was, after all, a guy who would do anything for the sake of researching the truth.
In order to obtain the power of "Snake" and develop a series of snake-based ninjutsu, he didn't know how many experiments he had done on snakes.
It was quite normal for the white snake to smell the scent left by its own kind.
“Did you raise a summoning beast, Kiyoshi-kun.”
Orochimaru looked up at Kiyoshi, his golden vertical pupils turned his gaze to the sleeve of Kiyoshi's left hand.
“That’s right, Lord Orochimaru.”
Kiyoshi lifted his sleeve, revealing the white snake inside, her white scales appearing even whiter under the laboratory lights.
“Such a rare summoning beast was also obtained by Kiyoshi-kun.”
Orochimaru smiled, with surprise in his eyes.
He found that this young man might have an unexpectedly good affinity with him.
Kiyoshi’s expression was within Orochimaru’s expectations.
Orochimaru, not only did his name have snake in it, but he himself was a researcher and fanatic of snakes.
Later on, he even transformed his body into a half-human, half-snake.
“Huh, your summoning beast looks like the snakeskin that Lord Orochimaru collects.”
Anko Mitarashi exclaimed in surprise.
She, who had been with Kiyoshi the whole time, didn’t even notice that Kiyoshi was hiding a white snake on his hand.
“That’s a charm.”
Orochimaru explained to Anko.
“Kiyoshi-kun is really lucky to get this, did Nonou give you the summoning beast?”
“Yes, it was given by Teacher Nonou.”
Orochimaru and Yakushi Nonou were both working in the Root, so it was normal for them to know some information about each other.
“Heh heh, so that’s how it is, let’s talk about another thing, I asked you to come here because I want to know your future plans, after becoming a Chunin, your world will be even wider.”
