Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 180 The Crack Between Black and White
The selection process for the hip-hop competition in Thunder Country proceeded smoothly, and two weeks passed quickly.

Killer Bee, through the underhanded manipulation of Uchiha Touko, successfully entered the top four. Moreover, with Uchiha Touko's relentless support, he became a big star in the Land of Lightning, sparking a rap music craze in the Land of Lightning.

Under Uchiha Touko's deliberate guidance, the lyrics of hip-hop in the Land of Lightning began to explode. In the quarterfinals, two of the eight contestants described underground crime, two were full of decadent pleasures, and the remaining four, including Killer Bee, criticized racial discrimination.

But does the Land of Lightning really have racial discrimination?

If so.

However, even without that, it is an undeniable fact that after the bombardment of rap music during this period and Uchiha Touko's deliberate guidance, cracks began to appear between people of different skin colors in the Land of Lightning.

First, Uchiha Touko deliberately emphasized on the show that rap music is Black music, and that all eight members of the final eight, including the three disguised as White Zetsu, are Black. In addition, Uchiha Touko unreservedly exported all the dregs of gangster rap from his previous life. These Black rappers have now become the spiritual leaders of the Black people in the Land of Lightning, whether in terms of clothing or manner of speaking.

Nowadays, you can hardly find any Black people with their pants pulled up above their knees on the streets of Thunder City. The greeting when they meet has become "Hey, um."

As is well known, in communication studies, the easiest way to annoy the public is to repeat the same things.

At first, the white people in Thunder City just watched the spectacle, but as time went on, the whole city was promoting the rap show, and the lyrics of the contestants were all racially discriminatory, so the situation changed.

The annoyed white civilians then realized, "When the hell did we discriminate against you?"

Thus, antagonistic emotions began to quietly spread within the City of Thunder.

Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage, A, had finalized the details of their collaboration with Mei Terumi and then returned to Kumogakure.

Back in his office, Ai was prepared for a mountain of complaints and to teach Killer Bee a lesson in Cloud Thunder Canyon soon.

However, when he opened the office door, he did not see the complaint letter he had expected.

"Xi, has Killer Bee been causing trouble in the village lately?" A asked Xi, the secretary who had stayed behind in Kumogakure, after sitting down.

“No.” Xi shook her head. “Lord Killer Bee hasn’t appeared in the village recently.”

"Really?" Upon hearing this, Ai's face showed disbelief. You see, no matter which time he left the village, Killer Bee would sneak into the village and use his music to fairly torture every villager in Kumogakure.

"Has this kid finally matured?" Ai exclaimed in surprise. "Let's go to Cloud Thunder Canyon later and give him a good praise."

After making his decision, Ai turned and left the Cloud Hidden Building, heading towards the Cloud Thunder Canyon outside the village.

However, upon arriving at Cloud Thunder Canyon, Ai discovered that Cloud Thunder Canyon, which would usually be filled with Killer Bee's chanting at this time, was unusually quiet today.

"Could it be that he's finally willing to give up that messy music and focus on his cultivation?" Ai wondered to herself.

However, when he pushed open the door to Killer Bee's residence, he found it empty, and the dust on the table indicated that the guy had been gone for some time.

"Where did this kid go?" Ai's heart tightened upon hearing this. Could this kid have run out of the village to play?

However, a note on Killer Bee's desk instantly ignited his anger.

[Big brother! I'm going to Thunder City to participate in a rap competition. Don't idolize me when I become a star!]

A rap competition?

Ai was a little confused.

"Lord Raikage! Look at this!" Just then, Nozomi from the village chased after them, holding a poster in her hand.

Ai took the poster and saw that the center of the poster featured Killer Bee dressed in hip-hop style, with a gold chain around his neck thicker than an average person's arm, making a hip-hop gesture. In the lower left corner of the photo, there was a piece of text that Ai didn't understand—BIG·8! AKA Cloud Killer Bee.

Killer Bee!!!

Ai's furious roar echoed throughout the Cloud Thunder Canyon. He didn't know what Killer Bee was doing, but he did know that Killer Bee's photo, in which he wasn't even wearing his pants properly, was a complete disgrace to the Cloud Village!
"Xi, keep an eye on the village. I'm going to Thunder City right now!" Ai Qiang said, suppressing his anger.

……

Inside a hotel near the City of Lightning, Killer Bee and three White Zetsu were having a heated discussion about rap lyrics.

Chirabi tried singing a verse he had just written, which told the story of a child's struggle from the perspective of someone who had been discriminated against.

"Brother Killer Bee, your lyrics are amazing," a White Zetsu disguised as a rapper complimented from the side.

“Yes, yes, compared to the audition, Killer Bee, your lyrics have become more and more profound and powerful. We are truly ashamed of ourselves,” said another Black man disguised as a White Zetsu.

As the competition has progressed, both the mentors and the opponents are now all disguised as White Zetsu. It can be said that in the current Land of Thunder, the only one who truly wants to improve his rapping skills is Killer Bee, who has fallen into the Truman Show.

"Not bad, Killer Bee, your lyrics are getting more and more profound. Combined with your unique flow, your future is absolutely limitless." At this moment, Uchiha Touko also walked in and praised him.

"Thanks to Chris Hikaru's guidance," Killer Bee said, giving Uchiha Touka a hip-hop gesture.

"Don't say that. Your own talent and hard work are also very important," Uchiha Touko said with a smile. "Tomorrow is the finals. Are you all ready?"

"Brrrrrrrr! Of course!" a White Zetsu shouted after clicking his tongue repeatedly. "Although I may not be a match for Killer Bee, I'm ready to set the whole place on fire!"

“We will make sure that every audience member who bought a ticket to support us feels that their ticket was well worth the price!” another White Zetsu shouted.

"Well said!" Uchiha Touko clapped loudly. "That's the spirit of Hepburn! Respect!"

"Respect!"

Just as the group was practicing the songs they planned to sing in the finals the next day, the hotel door was suddenly kicked open, and a towering man stormed into the room.

"Sir, this is the room for the contestants of The Rap of China. We understand your feelings as a fan, but you really can't just barge in here." After Ai entered the room, the hotel staff chasing after him were still trying to stop this uninvited guest from leaving.

"Killer Bee!" Ai barely suppressed his anger. Heaven knows how much effort it took him to find this place in the Land of Lightning. Now he just wanted to find Killer Bee as soon as possible and let him experience what his brother's iron fist was like.

However, at that moment, Killer Bee was wearing headphones, feeling the rhythm, and thinking about whether his lyrics could be even more explosive, until Ai came in front of him and he didn't notice.

Killer Bee looked up and, seeing Ai, immediately greeted him without thinking, "Hey, um!"—a habit he'd developed over the past few days.

Ai: ? ? ?

"Do you know what you're doing?" Ai punched Killer Bee to the ground, and a large, somewhat terrifying crack instantly appeared on the hotel room floor. The other White Zetsu present trembled in fear.

However, Killer Bee, who had taken the punch, stood up as if nothing had happened and immediately said, "Big brother, don't be so irritable. My rap will definitely surprise you!"

"Put your pants on properly! Then come back with me!" Ai said, taking a deep breath as he looked at Kirabi's pants, which were almost down to his knees.

Just then, Uchiha Touko, who had heard the commotion, appeared at the scene.

"What's going on? Who's causing trouble here?" Uchiha Touko asked, frowning.

"And who are you?" Ai frowned as she looked at the black man in front of her who was dressed exactly like Kira.

“Big brother, this is my mentor on my rap journey, Chris Light,” Killer Bee said. “Chris, this is my big brother, Ai.”

Uchiha Touko raised his head and looked at the Fourth Raikage in front of him. To be honest, Uchiha Touko had not expected that their first meeting would be like this.

As Uchiha Touko sized up the Fourth Raikage, A was also looking down at Uchiha Touko. According to Killer Bee, it was this guy who corrupted his younger brother.

"Hey, um!" After staring at each other for a while, Uchiha Touko was the first to extend his hand to A.

"You bastard! What have you taught my dear brother?" Ai ignored Uchiha Touko's outstretched hand and said through gritted teeth.

“Hey bro, I just exchanged some rapping tips with Big 8.” Uchiha Touko withdrew his hand, shrugged and said, “Besides, your brother is really talented in rapping. I think he will become the rap leader of the Land of Lightning in the future.”

"He doesn't need to be a rap leader! Killer Bee, come back with me now!" A rebuked Uchiha Touko, then turned to Killer Bee and said.

Although Killer Bee's face was full of reluctance, he could only obediently follow behind his older brother.

“You can’t just take Big8 away like that! He has a contract with our label!” At this moment, another mentor disguised as White Zetsu said from the side.

"A contract?" Ai turned back to look at Killer Bee in disbelief, while Killer Bee lowered his head guiltily.

"Here's the thing, we have high hopes for your younger brother's talent in rap music, so our label offered him a 10-year contract, which he signed himself." After saying that, Uchiha Touko handed a contract to Ai.

Ai took the contract and carefully reviewed it.

The contract simply states that Chris's label will make Kirabi the hottest rapper, and the revenue sharing is very fair at 70/30, with Kirabi taking 70%.

"Our label truly believes in your brother's talent. You can ask around; even the most popular female celebrity in the ninja world right now, Kazama Koyuki, doesn't have a contract like this," Uchiha Touko said.

"I told you, he doesn't need to become a rap star." Ai suppressed the urge to punch the Haki Black man in front of him into a pulp and said, word by word.

"Well, since you insist, then please pay the penalty for breach of contract," Uchiha Touko said regretfully.

"Breach of contract penalty?" Upon hearing this, Ai quickly flipped to the last page of the contract. Seeing the penalty of 400 million taels of silver, Ai was furious.

"Four hundred million?" Ai was furious. "In underground money exchange, the head of the Third Hokage's only son is only worth 3500 million. What kind of lousy contract has a penalty of 4 million?"

“Can this be compared?” Uchiha Touko spread his hands and said, “We originally planned to make your brother the most famous star in the ninja world. The resources required during that time were only this much, so this breach of contract fee is very reasonable.”

"Do you know who you're talking to?" Ai took a deep breath. Normally, he could grit his teeth and pay the four hundred million, but since he had just finished supporting Mei Terumi's Cloud Village, they really couldn't come up with that much money for the time being. So, Ai decided to use force to subdue them.

"What do you want to do?" Uchiha Touko also became nervous. "Even if you are a ninja, this contract in black and white must be obeyed. I have some friends in the news industry in the ninja world. You don't want the news of your ninja village breaking the contract to spread throughout the entire ninja world, do you?"

“You…” Ai said angrily.

If this were a matter between ninjas, even if Killer Bee and Konoha's Hokage Uchiha Tokkou signed the contract, he could simply renege on it. With his strength, he wouldn't be afraid of what the other party might do.

But this contract, written in black and white, is right here. It was signed between a ninja from their village and a civilian. If he really defaults on the contract, and the other party spreads it around in the ninja world, it will damage the reputation of their Kumogakure missions.

It doesn't matter to him personally if he becomes a deadbeat, but it would be troublesome if the Cloud Village couldn't get any missions because of it.

"Fine, I'll give it to you!" Ai said through gritted teeth.

Uchiha Touko expressed no regrets about the result. Although there was still one more final match to go, he had brought all the dregs of his previous life's rap culture to the Land of Lightning. Under this influence, the black-and-white divide in the Land of Lightning had already appeared. Sooner or later, the black-and-white rappers wandering the streets of the Land of Lightning would cause some trouble. All that was left was time.

What's even better is that Ai, that old bastard, stepped in and reimbursed all of Uchiha Touko's initial investment. What more could Uchiha Touko possibly want?

After paying the penalty for breach of contract, Ai tore the contract that Uchiha Touko had handed him to shreds, and then said to him hatefully, "Chris Hikaru, right? I'll remember you."

(End of this chapter)