"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
The words were on the tip of her tongue when Samui remembered her brother's face.
Finally, she excused herself from the secret room and left.
She told Samodo and the higher-ups, and they could all see at a glance that the important thing wasn't her words, but that Yotsuki Seiji was using this as an excuse.
Even if she hadn't said those words, Yotsuki Seiji would still have other reasons. Essentially, he was dissatisfied with the current benefits and wanted to demand more.
And the higher-ups, without exceeding the limits, would inevitably satisfy him step by step for the sake of the Uchiha's bloodline limit.
Given time, Seiji would indeed return to Kumogakure.
She herself would have a political stain, having said things detrimental to unity.
It would also affect her brother's future; he had only recently become a ninja, his future was bright.
Samui suddenly felt a little irritated and melancholy.
Why did she have to be in charge of Yotsuki Seiji's affairs? And Yotsuki Seiji just happened to have his eye on her.
Uchiha settlement, Seiji's house.
Moonlight streamed into the courtyard as Kiyoshi, back home, pushed open the paper sliding door.
He held two ninjutsu scrolls in his hands.
[Reading Absorption (White)] and [Basic Memory (White)] allowed Kiyoshi to quickly understand the text on the scrolls, memorizing the entire text.
He had also already memorized the "Lightning Release: Lightning Finger" technique he had previously acquired.
However, he hadn't practiced it yet; this was his first time training in Lightning Release ninjutsu.
For the first six days, Kiyoshi learned E-rank ninjutsu from scratch.
Through several days of tree climbing to build a foundation, and with the help of [Muscle Memory (White)], Kiyoshi had mastered the minimum chakra control required for E-rank ninjutsu.
The next step was to move from tree climbing to walking on water.
Kiyoshi began refining the chakra within his body.
Strands of chakra are extracted from Kiyoshi's cells and flow through his meridian system.
All ninjutsu requires chakra to operate.
Even the "Eight Gates Formation," a pure taijutsu technique, still requires chakra to execute.
The first official guidebook, *Rin no Sho*, states that the mixture of physical and mental energy produced by the 130 trillion cells in the body is called "physical strength."
Physical strength is essentially chakra.
However, to use ninjutsu, physical strength must be converted into chakra.
Therefore, exhaustion leads to death—essentially, death from exhaustion.
In the ninja world, everyone possesses chakra, even plants, trees, birds, and beasts.
Starting with *Boruto*, the concept of "planetary chakra" was introduced. The young Boruto's self-created ninjutsu, "Rasengan: Uzuhiko," utilizes this concept.
When chakra is injected into another's body, this chakra rotates with the planet's rotation; as long as the planet's rotation continues, Rasengan: Uzuhiko will never stop.
This is also the most expressive Rasengan to date.
Of course, this is still a long way off for Kiyoshi.
He extended his right index and middle fingers, converting his neutral chakra into lightning chakra.
Kiyoshi's chakra possesses four attributes: lightning, fire, yin, and yang.
Therefore, he has an advantage in learning lightning ninjutsu.
A weak electric current began to dissipate little by little into the muscles beneath his skin, and his fingers felt a tingling sensation.
Kiyoshi endured this and continued to carefully control his chakra.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but the night was quiet, and the shadows of the trees outside the courtyard swayed and rustled.
"You have mastered the entry: [Apprentice Lightning Release Ninja (White)]."
[Entry: Apprentice Lightning Release Ninja (White)]
[Requirement achieved: Successfully use a lightning ninjutsu once.]
[Progress: (Completed)]
[Effect: Your "Lightning Release" nature transformation talent increases by 10%.]
[Note: Further advancement is possible.]
[Advancement Route 1: Integrating "Muscle Memory (White)" and "Strong Physique (White)" will advance you to "Lightning Release Genin (Green)".]
Kiyoshi listened quietly to the voice in his mind, finally gaining some understanding of the advancement method.
It's likely that once he meets most of the advancement conditions, the advancement route will be revealed.
The so-called apprenticeship probably refers to his current level.
Ninja students, strictly speaking, also have the alternative names of ninja trainees and ninja apprentices.
"Strong Physique, this attribute should be to help me train my body."
Kiyoshi looked at his body, which was stronger than before, and already had an idea.
Just the white attribute increased his talent by 10%, and once he got to the green attribute, the increase would probably be even greater.
After a while, Kiyoshi unfurled the scroll in his hand, preparing to begin practicing his second ninjutsu.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Finger" is an offensive ninjutsu; just being able to release it is enough.
He planned to focus on mastering his second Lightning Release ninjutsu first, strengthening his body.
The deeper a ninja's understanding of a ninjutsu and the higher their proficiency, the greater the power they could unleash.
For example, the scale of the fireball Sasuke unleashed when first learning "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique" was drastically different from when he was more proficient.
"Alright, let's begin training 'Lightning Release: Iron Body.'"
Hokage Building.
"Hiruzen, Uchiha Kiyoshi must be monitored around the clock,"
Shimura Danzo said.
Over a month ago, Uchiha clan ninjas found Uchiha Kiyoshi and brought him to Konoha.
Since then, they had been investigating Kiyoshi to see if he was a spy.
"Danzo, didn't you send Root's best spy ninja to check on him?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi flicked his pipe and exhaled a puff of smoke.
The Hokage's office gradually filled with smoke.
Danzo Shimura frowned slightly.
The information he'd received from Nono Yakushi, based on micro-expressions, confirmed that Kiyoshi was indeed not a spy and hadn't done anything to harm Konoha.
But Danzo was still uneasy.
Not being a spy didn't mean he possessed the Will of Fire.
This Uchiha brat, already inherently evil, now had the blood of those bandits from Kumogakure—how twisted could he become?
Such an unstable element needed to be infiltrated by Root and implanted with the Seal of the Tongue of Extinction to be safe.
"Hiruzen, give me Uchiha Kiyoshi. I'll make him erase his past and become a new Konoha ninja."
"No, the Uchiha are currently in a delicate relationship with the village. This would cause resentment among the Uchiha. "
Hiruzen Sarutobi rejected Danzo's proposal without hesitation.
As a survivor of both the First and Second Shinobi World Wars, he could sense the impending storm.
Kumogakure was accumulating military strength and posed a danger of military expansion.
Konoha had only recovered for a few years; if another war broke out, he had a premonition it would be even more intense than the last Shinobi World War.
How could he possibly provoke the Uchiha clan now?
The Uchiha ninja were a vital force in the village.
"Hiruzen!"
Danzo Shimura's voice rose.
"Enough, Danzo, I am the Hokage!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe.
In his view, Danzo had a terrible sense of the bigger picture.
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