When she got to the end of her speech, Uzumaki Minami looked down and spoke softly, feeling a bit shy that she couldn't even mention the underwear.
"What's this all about? Why ask such strange questions all of a sudden?"
Uchiha Yoichi spoke with a righteous air, but in his heart, he felt a bit uneasy. Originally, he had some doubts, but fortunately, he destroyed that pink cotton one.
"Did she actually doubt my character?"
"I thought Tsunade-sama's suspicions were unfounded, so I directly told her it wasn't true at all!"
Uzumaki Minami nodded and said, she had tried to tempt him several times, but Lord Yoichi at most just glanced a few times, not at all like what Tsunade-sama said.
Lord Yoichi might be a bit perverted, but not much!
"Alright, let's not talk about her anymore; let's prepare for dinner, Minami."
Uchiha Yoichi said, and then headed to the dining table.
After finishing dinner, Uchiha Yoichi returned to his room early.
He planned to go to the Hokage Building that night to copy the Sealing Book. If he got caught, he would use the Demon Passport on Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Sarutobi Hiruzen lived in the Hokage Building. In fact, the current Hokage resided there, and only after they retired would they pass it on to the next Hokage.
There were many secrets here, and Anbu guards too, but the strongest guard was the Hokage himself.
With the Sharingan, it would be relatively easy to evade the guards of the Hokage Building.
After using an Illusion Technique to hypnotize one guard, Uchiha Yoichi discovered which secret rooms in the Hokage Building were strictly guarded. He figured if he searched them all, he'd surely find the Sealing Book.
His current Illusion Technique might not be the strongest within the clan, but it was certainly among the best.
As for this guard, his memory had been altered by the Sharingan Genjutsu, and certainly wouldn't remember being hypnotized.
Uchiha Yoichi searched the secret rooms one by one, but he found nothing in the first two rooms. As he reached the last room, a voice filled with anger suddenly sounded behind him.
"Uchiha Yoichi, what are you doing in the Ninjutsu Room so late at night?"
Turning around, Uchiha Yoichi saw Sarutobi Hiruzen standing with a cold expression, staring at him with arms crossed. In the Sharingan's view, Sarutobi Hiruzen's Chakra was already flowing into his limbs, ready to unleash a thunderous attack at any moment.
"I want to take a look at the Sealing Book, there shouldn't be any problem, right, Third Lord?"
As he spoke, Uchiha Yoichi took out the [Demon Passport] and placed it in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"What nonsense are you... Oh, alright, just make sure to close the door when you're done. The Sealing Book is in the innermost part."
After seeing the Demon Passport, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes turned into spirals, and the anger on his face quickly disappeared, replaced by a gentle smile of a friendly grandfather.
After telling him the location of the Sealing Book, Sarutobi Hiruzen chuckled and turned away, saying as he walked, "I'm getting old, need to sleep early..."
"Wait a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen, come over here first!"
Uchiha Yoichi called Sarutobi Hiruzen back, went up and slapped him ten times, then waved the [Demon Passport] before him and said, "Go back to sleep."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was swollen from the slaps, but he still smiled warmly and said, "You're right, it's late."
After Sarutobi Hiruzen left, Uchiha Yoichi looked at the [Demon Passport] with two uses remaining and couldn't help but praise it, "Too powerful, I'll have to use it wisely next time."
Then Uchiha Yoichi quickly went into the Scroll Room and found the Sealing Book as Sarutobi Hiruzen had said.
There were two identical Sealing Books, and after opening both, Uchiha Yoichi found one he had seen before with many regular Ninjutsu. The other was very similar but contained many actual Forbidden Techniques.
Flying Thunder God Jutsu, Dead Demon Consuming Seal, Reanimation Jutsu, Tandem Paper Bomb Jutsu, Eight Branches Jutsu, Eight Gates Jutsu, and so on.
Time was short, and although he had dealt with Sarutobi Hiruzen, there were still others patrolling the Hokage Building, so Uchiha Yoichi hurriedly copied all these precious Forbidden Techniques.
Just copying these Forbidden Techniques took quite some time, so Uchiha Yoichi didn't greedily try to copy all the Ninjutsu. Otherwise, counting the B and C-Class Ninjutsu, there wouldn't have been enough time even until daybreak.
With the Forbidden Techniques in hand, Uchiha Yoichi handled everything and quietly left the Hokage Building.
But when he was near the clan lands, Uchiha Yoichi was suddenly stopped.
"Halt! Who goes there?"
The two pairs of red pupils met for a moment, and then, when Uchiha Yoichi was shone with a flashlight, the person put it away and said, "Oh, it's you, senior, sorry, I thought it was an outsider given how late it is."
Crackle.
Uchiha Yoichi gathered some lightning in his palm, and with the light, saw who had stopped him before dispersing the lightning.
"Ah, it's Shisui, I didn't expect you'd graduated. Have you joined the Security Team now?"
Both talented ninjas from the Uchiha Race, Shisui graduated even younger than Uchiha Yoichi, which made the clan view Uchiha Shisui with high regard.
"Yes, a senior suggested I train in the Security Team for two years, but I'd personally still like to join a Konoha Squad. Staying in the village patrolling feels like there's not much improvement."
Uchiha Shisui responded, then hesitated a bit but still asked, "Senior, why are you showing up here so late? It looks like you just returned from outside the clan lands?"
"It's inconvenient to tell you, Shisui. If you have questions, you can ask the Second Elder."
After saying that, Uchiha Yoichi then turned and left.
Leaving Uchiha Shisui standing there for a while before he eventually left as well.
Back home, Uchiha Yoichi prepared to carry the obtained Forbidden Techniques with him and later recruit suitable individuals to train under him.
But there were a few Forbidden Techniques he planned to practice, such as the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and the Reanimation Jutsu.
The former, once mastered, would make him nearly invincible; the latter, once mastered, would be like an infinite 'charger.'
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"Flying Thunder God Jutsu, a space-time Ninjutsu for instant teleportation. Unexpectedly, the hardest part to start with is the perception step. Without strong perception, you can only manage 'instant movement' over short distances, not even as good as regular Instant Body Jutsu...."
After studying the training steps for the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, Uchiha Yoichi realized this Forbidden Technique was indeed of S-rank difficulty.
Perception within a hundred meters is the easiest, but for such short distances, there's no need for the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. Ordinary Tunneling Techniques can already be sufficiently fast.
Beyond a hundred meters, the difficulty of perception increases significantly, and the waveforms of the Flying Thunder God Mark are extremely faint, making it very challenging to perceive and move to the mark.
Once the mark is left, if you are slightly farther away, you can't perceive the mark's existence. This talent generally says goodbye to the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
Although you can train Perception Ninjutsu through practice, the range you can perceive depends on talent.
Moreover, perception + movement is only the foundation of the Flying Thunder God Jutsu. Later on, when several dozen marks are within a region, the requirement for perception increases tenfold.
"I'll try training it. Being skilled in Yin Release inherently grants talent in Perception Ninjutsu. If I can't manage to learn it, I'll reconsider."
After noting down the training method, Uchiha Yoichi put the scroll away.
Initially, he only needed to train his perception ability. So there's no problem being somewhat overt about it; but when it comes time to carve the Flying Thunder God Mark, he'll need to find a concealed place.
Elsewhere.
After completing a mission with a lucrative reward, Jiraiya intended to call Orochimaru and Tsunade for a long-awaiting gathering with the three of them.
Orochimaru happened to have questions for Jiraiya, so he agreed. The two then went to invite Tsunade, who also eventually agreed, given that she wouldn't be paying. When it comes to drinking, she's always in.
Though daytime isn't really for drinking, it has the advantage that the izakaya has few patrons.
After a few drinks, Jiraiya started rambling: "This task was so simple. All I needed to do was to show my name, Jiraiya, to intimidate them, and I made a lot. I wish there were more of such easy tasks...."
"Tch..."
Tsunade snorted disdainfully and then poured herself another drink.
"Tsunade, why don't you still...."
"Jiraiya, if you're bringing that up, I'm going home!"
Tsunade said in a dissatisfied tone; she despised it when Jiraiya acted like an old man, going on about advice and concerns.
Jiraiya, hearing this, could only back down and wave, "Alright, alright, let's just drink."
"Jiraiya."
After drinking a cup, Orochimaru set it down and asked: "The Summoning Contract you signed with Mount Myoboku, do they have Immortal Techniques?"