The friction between the Uchiha and Konoha was obvious....even outsiders could see it.
Villagers resented the Uchiha's policing, and other clans treated them with cold indifference.
If the right opportunity arose, a major conflict was inevitable.
Samui felt it wouldn't take more than twenty years.
Within twenty years, the Uchiha would clash with Konoha.
But that was too long.
Wasting twenty years here—how old would she be when she returned?
The village might already feel foreign.
"You say that, but Miss Samui… you should give me a sense of security toward Kumogakure.
Even the person persuading me said I might never return—that I'd stand with the Uchiha."
"That day I was just…"
Hearing Raizen bring up the past, Samui's calm cracked. She urgently wanted to explain it was a slip of the tongue, not to be taken seriously.
No need to explain. Just give me some scrolls first."
Raizen opened his hand.
In this ninja world where knowledge was fiercely guarded and clans rarely exchanged techniques, every piece of information was precious.
Even Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, couldn't obtain certain forbidden techniques through normal means and had to sneak into the sealed archives to steal them.
Samui placed her hand on her wrist and tapped lightly. A ninjutsu scroll appeared.
"This is a D-rank Lightning Release scroll: 'Lightning Release: Ground Walk.'"
Raizen took it, glanced over it, and set it aside.
It could release Lightning Release along the ground—decent, but not enough.
"Not enough."
Raizen shook his head.
He signaled Samui to keep raising the stakes.
Samui's brows furrowed slightly. She couldn't give him everything at once. If she satisfied him completely, what would stop Raizen from walking away?
"I want a technique that can train internal organs—no lower than C-rank."
Raizen said.
Kumogakure definitely had such techniques. The Third Raikage was the prime example.
His body could fight tailed beasts head-on, exhausting the Eight-Tails.
The only scar he ever received was from his own Lightning Release, not a Tailed Beast Ball.
With a body like that, Raizen could worry less about sneak attacks.
The longer one survived in the ninja world, the more enemies they made. Who knew when an ambush would come?
A kunai to a vital spot was instant death for a shinobi.
Hashirama had even planned to commit suicide with a kunai to prove a point to Madara…
Of course, whether he could actually die was uncertain.
But even someone like Hashirama—who passively healed from everything—considered using a kunai to kill himself. That proved shinobi defense wasn't as high as people thought. A strong enough kunai could pierce skin and hit vital organs.
Samui hesitated over whether to give him such a technique. She took another sip of tea.
Raizen waited patiently and even had time to examine his newly acquired ninjutsu.
After about three minutes, Samui made her decision.
"Fine."
She retrieved another scroll from her other wrist and handed it to Raizen.
Raizen smiled faintly.
How thoughtful.
They had anticipated he might demand more.
The previous refusal was just posturing.
In principle, she couldn't—but in reality, she could.
She simply wanted to show how much Kumogakure valued him, how much they were willing to sacrifice.
Raizen casually glanced at the new Lightning Release scroll and pointed to a specific section.
"Here—I need you to demonstrate this part. With my Sharingan, I can see chakra flow more clearly and learn faster."
He spread the scroll open and indicated a certain area.
Samui had no choice but to comply.
Following the chakra pathway diagram on the scroll, she began channeling Lightning Release chakra.
But Raizen suddenly grabbed her wrist.
Samui was startled.
"What are you doing?"
"I want to observe the chakra flow routes more closely."
Raizen's lips curved into a smile.
The Sharingan couldn't see through the body like the Byakugan, which revealed internal organs and clear chakra networks.
It could only vaguely trace chakra movement.
The closer he got, the clearer it would be.
Samui immediately tried to pull away, but Raizen held her wrist firmly.
"Kumogakure is so repulsed by me? Or is it just you personally who doesn't want to accept this Uchiha?"
Raizen placed a heavy label on her.
The clever Samui immediately understood the implication.
She looked into his eyes—those burning, brazen eyes that felt all too familiar.
Samui's face stiffened, turning slightly pale. Even her usually calm demeanor nearly faltered.
After hesitating for several minutes, Samui let out a deep sigh.
She resumed channeling Lightning Release chakra and began guiding it through her body's pathways.
Her long, curled eyelashes trembled slightly as she focused entirely on refining her chakra.
Raizen activated his Sharingan in both eyes, leaned in close, and carefully observed the chakra flow routes inside her.
Whenever he encountered an unclear section, he reached out and touched the spot.
His ocular power was boiling.
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