Chapter 27: Senno and Yagura's Visit
Lying back on his bed, Kiyoshi was still constantly pondering the information he had just received. His thoughts continued to wander, constantly refining his plans for the future.
If there were no unexpected events, the Hyuga's Byakugan or bloodline would definitely have a positive effect on him.
Although Kiyoshi wouldn't and didn't want to hunt down the Hyuga clan, who could be considered distant relatives, or replace his own eyes with a pair of Byakugan that didn't belong to him to accelerate the evolution of his bloodline, extracting some Byakugan dōjutsu power or the Hyuga clan's bloodline and finding a way to absorb and fuse it was still possible.
However, the priority was still to slowly absorb the gifts left by Isshiki before considering other things. Moreover, Kiyoshi could feel his own dōjutsu constantly gestating, and perhaps he could awaken his own dōjutsu without relying on external forces.
Time passed quickly as Kiyoshi continued to ponder.
The next day arrived. Kiyoshi, who had just gotten up and had breakfast with Elder Seiji, welcomed Senno and Yagura, who had come to visit, at his home.
When they were chatting during their downtime while on the mission in the capital, the three had exchanged their village addresses. Therefore, Yagura, bored at home, had pulled Senno along to visit Kiyoshi's house.
Kiyoshi hadn't introduced the specifics of his family situation to the two before. They only knew that Kiyoshi, like them, had lost his parents. Furthermore, having never heard the surname Otsutsuki in the village, the two only assumed that Kiyoshi was the last surviving orphan who had inherited the entire estate of some small clan.
And although Elder Seiji was a highly respected elder, he had kept a low profile in recent years. Senno and Yagura, not being of a high enough level, didn't know that the address Kiyoshi had given them was Elder Seiji's residence.
The two, who were led in by the butler Gonbei, were constantly amazed by the size of Kiyoshi's house along the way. They finally arrived at the living room and saw Kiyoshi, who had already been informed of their arrival and was waiting there, and Elder Seiji, who also wanted to meet his grandson's friends.
"Holy crap!" The two who entered the living room looked up and saw Elder Seiji smiling at them.
"Why is Elder Seiji at Kiyoshi's house?!" the two thought.
Seeing Elder Seiji, the two hurriedly came back to their senses and respectfully bowed to him.
"Elder Seiji-sama!"
"Hehe, come, sit down," Elder Seiji nodded, gesturing for the two to sit.
Senno and Yagura couldn't help but look at Kiyoshi, urgently needing him to explain.
"Grandpa Seiji, let me introduce you. This is Senno-neechan, a member of the Hōzuki clan, and this is my little brother Yagura, from the Karatachi clan," Kiyoshi understood their meaning and spoke up.
"Kiyoshi-nii, why have you never mentioned that you and Elder-sama are family?!" The two, who now understood the relationship between Elder Seiji and Kiyoshi, instantly relaxed. Yagura couldn't help but complain.
Kiyoshi smiled awkwardly and didn't reply.
"So, you're children from the Hōzuki and Karatachi clans! Little Kiyoshi has really made good friends," Elder Seiji said approvingly, although he had already known the detailed information about the two, after all, Kiyoshi's entry into the Anbu was arranged by him.
"Go on, little Kiyoshi, take your friends to look around. You don't need to stay here with this old man," Elder Seiji said to Kiyoshi again, turning his head.
"Okay, Grandpa, then we'll take our leave." After saying this, Kiyoshi got up and led his two companions out of the living room.
Kiyoshi strolled with the two in his own courtyard, introducing them to the house as they walked.
"I didn't expect it, Kiyoshi-kun. You've been hiding yourself so well. You kept the fact that Elder Seiji is your grandfather so secret! No wonder you're so strong at such a young age. Elder Seiji truly deserves to be one of the original founders of the village," Senno said.
"I didn't intentionally hide it, it's just that you guys never asked me. But Grandpa Seiji isn't my biological grandfather, I guess I was adopted," Kiyoshi smiled awkwardly, explaining in this way, knowing they had misunderstood.
Unknowingly, the group walked to the backyard. Looking at the huge training ground, Senno and Yagura were completely stunned.
Although their respective families also had such training grounds, the training ground used jointly by their entire families was actually not as large as Kiyoshi's.
"Kiyoshi-nii, let's spar! We haven't had a proper match yet!" Yagura suddenly said excitedly, issuing a challenge to Kiyoshi.
"But you're already a Jōnin. Senno-neechan and I will team up, the two of us against you!" Yagura added.
Kiyoshi paused for a moment, then nodded, agreeing to Yagura's request for a spar.
Seeing Kiyoshi agree, Yagura didn't say another word and picked up the coral staff he carried on his back, striking towards Kiyoshi.
"Little brother, you have no martial ethics!" Kiyoshi complained while hurriedly dodging.
"Hehe, you wouldn't understand this, right? Kiyoshi-nii, we are ninjas! The moment you agreed, our battle began! Would the enemy wait for you to be prepared on the battlefield?" Yagura couldn't help but argue.
"You little brat, Yagura! I think your skin is itching again." Kiyoshi was amused by Yagura's sophistry. Of course, he understood the logic Yagura was talking about. He was no longer the naive ninja newbie who knew nothing and had no combat experience.
But this was just a friendly spar between friends, and Yagura had actually launched a sneak attack without any martial ethics.
"Shikotsumyaku: Dance of the Tang Pine!"
The sudden outbreak of the battle left Kiyoshi no time to take off his shirt. Snow-white bone spurs pierced through his clothes from his chest and back and rapidly grew out. Kiyoshi turned his back towards Yagura's incoming coral staff.
Using his bones to block the weapon Yagura swung at him, Kiyoshi then sidestepped and launched a flying kick towards Yagura's abdomen.
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