Upon hearing the request, Nekobaa told Kiyoshi and Mikoto to wait there for a moment.
She then immediately sent a ninja cat to retrieve a suitable sword for Kiyoshi.
"I'll go stock up on some supplies too."
Mikoto took out a sealing scroll, telling Kiyoshi to wait here while she goes to purchase some ninja tools.
Ninjas expend a lot of supplies when carrying out missions.
Mikoto, as a Jonin, not only maintains order in the Konoha Military Police Force on a regular basis but also has to carry out some difficult missions for the village.
Because Jonins are a scarce resource.
Kiyoshi strolled around and found a deserted spot, continuing to focus his mind on running Lightning Release: Iron Skin.
Mikoto had even taken out a sealing scroll, so she must be stocking up on a large quantity of goods.
Kiyoshi was idle anyway, so he might as well continue to train.
Strands of electricity spread through out his body.
Kiyoshi, even in his leisure time, was constantly transforming and becoming stronger.
"What a coincidence."
He hadn't been running the technique for long when Kiyoshi heard footsteps.
Looking outside, he saw Hazuki and the man he had seen in the hospital that day walking in.
The Uchiha clan is treated as honored guests here at Nekobaa's place, but that doesn't mean they only serve the Uchiha clan.
"Is this your clansman?"
Yamada caught sight of the Uchihas clan emblem on Kiyoshi's robe.
"Yes, he is… Uchiha Kiyoshi." Hazuki nodded.
Kiyoshi had left directly after the secret meeting last night.
She herself hadn't expected to meet Kiyoshi here.
Yamada said, "Then you two chat for a while, I'll go buy some shurikens."
Yamada flashed a smile, his white teeth showing, making him look very honest.
Seeing that Kiyoshi was Hazuki's clansman, he didn't think much of it.
He just scratched his head, and went inside.
"Okay." Hazuki nodded lightly.
She and Daiyu had a good relationship, and her only wish at the moment was for it to continue steadily.
Now only Kiyoshi and Hazuki were left there.
"Kiyoshi, are you here to buy ninja tools too?" Hazuki took the initiative to ask.
"Yes."
Kiyoshi nodded nonchalantly.
Hazuki could feel the coldness in Kiyoshi's words, feeling a little awkward.
She was already vaguely certain that Kiyoshi was just putting on a naive appearance that day in order not to offend her.
If only her attitude had been better.
Hazuki sighed quietly.
Who knew that Kiyoshi would be completely different from the stereotypical image of someone from the Land of Lightning?
"Hazuki-nee, are you also here to buy ninja tools?" Kiyoshi asked.
Hazuki replied, "I'm accompanying Daiyu to buy them."
Kiyoshi asked, "I see, so you two are in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship?"
"Not… not yet."
Hazuki quickly waved her hand, embarrassed.
How could she, as a woman, say such a thing?
"How wonderful."
Kiyoshi said, seemingly with emotion.
Just as Hazuki thought it was Kiyoshi's blessing, Kiyoshi changed the subject and said, "Does an outsider like me not have the right to be happy?"
"You were doing your worst in the task of giving me the ninjutsu I should have received for a month. I know that Hazuki-san, deep down you still discriminate against me."
Kiyoshi stared at Hazuki.
The Uchiha clan is a clan of "love".
It sounds ridiculous. But in fact, the Uchiha have more "love" than the Senju, the Uzumaki, or even all the ninja clans in the ninja world.
So much so that they need to seal up their "love".
In reality, it's because the Uchiha's emotions are too abundant, leading to their personalities and methods being too extreme and self-centered, or rather, binary in their thinking.
Itachi exterminated the entire clan, Sasuke wanted to destroy Konoha, Fugaku sacrificed his life for his son.
Madara plotted the Eye of the Moon plan in order to realize his ideal.
Not to mention Obito, who went crazy for love and turned the ninja world upside down.
Even Sarada's awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan was because everyone disagreed with her opinion.
She didn't first suspect that she was wrong, but stubbornly believed that everyone else, the entire world, was wrong.
Therefore, the Uchiha are arrogant and self-centered from the bottom of their hearts.
Hazuki is the same. Her attitude that day was actually a subconscious reflection.
The arrogant her believed that the Land of Lightning was an inferior existence, just a bunch of uncouth bumpkins.
"No, that day I just…"
Hazuki paused, wanting to explain.
"And that day, I couldn't even choose the ninjutsu I wanted to learn." Kiyoshi mentioned another matter.
Hazuki wanted to save trouble and didn't even let him choose which Lightning Release ninjutsu to learn.
"Fugaku-sama didn't specify which one you should learn, he only said it was a D-rank." Hazuki immediately said.
Kiyoshi said, "But Fugaku-sama didn't say I couldn't choose, and didn't Fugaku-sama say that we should unite with each other?"
Trying to use a person of higher rank?
Who couldn't do that?
Kiyoshi also brought out Fugaku.
To be honest, there was no escaping the fact that Hazuki was deliberately sabotaging him on this matter.
It took Kiyoshi a month to get the ninjutsu.
Of course, this matter could be glossed over.
For example, maybe she could say that she was just trying to let him adapt to ninja school first.
But Kiyoshi didn't give Hazuki time to think, and continued, "Tell me, how disappointed would Fugaku-sama be if he knew you were treating me like this?"
As he spoke, Kiyoshi's dark eyes revealed a scarlet color.
Each eye had a black tomoe rotating endlessly, emitting a hint of eerie feeling.
"!"
Hazuki, in her shock, also activated her Sharingan.
Two pairs of scarlet Sharingan stared at each other silently.
Kiyoshi actually didn't have any of the disadvantages of being a mixed-blood, and both of his eyes could be activated normally.
Hazuki frowned, pursing her lower lip.
This is bad.
She had already thought that Kiyoshi was very talented, but now that both of Kiyoshi's eyes had awakened the Sharingan, he had perfectly inherited the Uchiha's Kekkei genkai.
How many people of this age in the Uchiha clan have awakened their Sharingan?
Hazuki herself had never seen anyone awaken their Sharingan so quickly in peacetime.
And Kiyoshi is a Genin who has just graduated.
"Hazuki-nee, it seems that you have only changed your opinion of me in terms of my talent, but I am a person as well." Kiyoshi sighed.
"What do you want?"
Hazuki asked the same question Samui had asked before.
Kiyoshi said, "I want to repair the clan bond between us."
Kiyoshi looked at her equally scarlet Sharingan, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The Uchiha clansmen, as long as they are emotionally agitated, will subconsciously activate their Sharingan.
"How can I repair it?"
An inexplicable sense of unease began to intensify in Hazuki's heart.
She didn't think that what Kiyoshi, this little brat, was just saying that.
Kiyoshi approached Hazuki step by step.
Hazuki, as a Chunin, began to retreat, until she was forced into a corner.
It wasn't that she was afraid of Kiyoshi's strength.
She was worried about what punishment she would get if she is reported to Fugaku.
Given Kiyoshi's talent and unique identity, Fugaku would likely deal with this matter seriously.
If she is punished and transferred to a place like the border, what would happen to her relationship with Yamada?