Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 12 Customization

It was dusk again.

Uchiha Toshiro was sitting at a low table in the living room, reading a thick book about the origins of sealing techniques. Just then, Uchiha Mika's voice came from outside.

"Place the items here, and lay this large stone slab here!"

Hearing the commotion, Uchiha Toshiro looked up and saw Uchiha Mika directing two burly men to place a massive stone slab, five feet in diameter, in a corner of the courtyard. Beside it were mixed cement, a huge stone sphere, and several smaller stone slabs, each about two feet square. Judging from their panting appearance, the slab must have been quite heavy.

"This large stone slab must be placed stably, without the slightest tilt..."

"Don't worry, Miss Mika, we will definitely install this stone slab properly according to your requirements." A middle-aged man standing next to the two burly men assured Uchiha Mika with a confident pat on his chest.

The huge stone slab was made in a rather strange way, with one side smooth as a mirror and the other extremely rough. Both sides of its edges also had a ring of raised bumps, like the serrations of a coin.

The two burly men were now laboriously placing the stone slabs on a foundation made of cement, lime, and sand.

"Hey! Toshiro's out too, he's grown so much in the blink of an eye!" The middle-aged man greeted him with a smile as he came out.

Uchiha Toshiro didn't recognize him; there were hundreds of people in the clan, and he couldn't possibly know everyone. However, to avoid awkwardness, he smiled and nodded as a greeting.

"This is Uncle Tiebing, an old acquaintance of your father. He even attended your full moon celebration! If you want to order any equipment in the future, you can contact him!" Seeing that he didn't speak, Uchiha Mika immediately understood the reason and introduced him with a smile.

"Uncle Teppei, hello!" Uchiha Toshiro greeted politely.

"I remember when I attended your one-month celebration, you were so tiny. I heard you've already started training to become a ninja? You must become a powerful ninja someday and bring glory to the Uchiha clan..."

Uchiha Teppei was a retired Chunin from the Uchiha clan. He made significant contributions during the Second Shinobi World War. He was eventually retired due to injuries. His greatest regret was never being able to awaken the clan's bloodline limit, the Sharingan.

They were mainly responsible for crafting ninja tools and building the clan's internal facilities.

On the edge of the clan's territory facing the street, there was a shop of his own. Together with the other members of the Uchiha clan, he made a living by selling daily necessities and ninja tools.

He is also a member of the Uchiha Toshiro lineage...

According to the clan, those clan members who did not awaken the Sharingan are considered members of the Uchiha branch family.

Within the Uchiha clan, there is a distinction between the main family and branch families, and the standard for this distinction is exceptionally simple and brutal. Whoever awakens the Sharingan becomes a member of the main family, while those who haven't are relegated to the branch family.

However, unlike the Hyuga clan, which treated its branch family members as servants, the Uchiha, a clan known as the "Clan of Love," did not oppress their branch family members. After all, in the original story, even Fugaku Uchiha, the clan head, never had servants in his household.

Looking at the Hyuga clan, even young Hinata Hyuga is always protected by her own branch family members. Furthermore, many branch family members are treated as servants.

Of course, everything has two sides, which has led to a prevalent "bloodline theory" among Uchiha clan members. Awakening the family's bloodline limit, the Sharingan, is the lifelong goal of most Uchiha ninjas. However, limited by aptitude and so-called "capacity," only a minority can successfully awaken the Sharingan.

At the same time, to prevent the outflow of the Bloodline Limit and the leakage of the Sharingan's secrets, it's acceptable for Uchiha men to marry women from other clans, but it's almost impossible for a man from another clan to marry an Uchiha woman.

This kind of thing is quite common among families with bloodline limits. Whether it's the Hyuga, Kaguya, Kurama, or Minazuki families, it's all the same.

Within a clan, powerful individuals who have awakened their bloodline limits are often restricted in their marriage choices. Those with exceptional bloodlines may even be arranged by their clan to marry multiple women in the hope of producing more offspring with superior bloodlines.

Yes, it involves multiple marriages between women. After all, this is a ninja world with feudal systems such as daimyo, nobles, and bureaucrats. Bloody and cruel ninja battles always result in a large number of male deaths. In order to ensure the continuation of their bloodline, various bloodline families often practice polygamy, including cousins, sister-in-law, and even extreme cases of siblings marrying each other.

In order to escape the fate of being reduced to breeding tools, the girls in the clan always work especially hard to become ninjas, only in this way can they break the shackles of the clan.

While casually strolling within the clan, he overheard these secrets. Uchiha Toshiro was deeply shaken, and his mind began to wander.

"Could it be that I, born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze, dream of building a grand crystal palace? How could someone with higher education be so vulgar!"

"Hmm! Last time I went grocery shopping with Sister Meixiang, I think I saw they were selling oysters. Maybe I should stock up on some beforehand... I'm bringing shame to the nation's education system... (⊙⊙)"

While Uchiha Toshiro's thoughts were wandering, the two burly men beside him, having finished their work, took out a strange tool. They measured the smooth side of the stone slab for a while. Uchiha Mika nodded, indicating that the installation was complete.

"Wait until the cement under the stone slab dries completely overnight. Then push this stone ball up, and that will fulfill Miss Mika's request!" Without further hesitation, he took 100,000 ryo from the room, handed it to Uchiha Teppei, and watched them leave after they finished packing...

"Alright, are you satisfied now? I hope the training method you mentioned will be effective, otherwise this 100,000 taels will be wasted~" Mika Uchiha said with a stern face, affectionately patting Toshiro Uchiha's head.

The so-called training method was completely fabricated by Uchiha Toshiro.

In his description, it was a meditation method derived from monks and Onmyoji (yin-yang masters). It was said to have the effect of calming the mind and relaxing the spirit and body.

Fabricating these stories was out of necessity, as Uchiha Mika now controls the family's finances. Without convincing her, ordering such a set would be absolutely impossible.

However, as the saying goes, "Adaptation is not random rewriting, and retelling is not nonsense." Although it may sound a bit far-fetched, in Uchiha Toshiro's view, meditation can indeed, should, possibly, and probably have some effect on the body and mind.

Otherwise, how could Uchiha Mika have possibly taken out 100,000 ryo to have this set of things custom-made for him?

(End of this chapter)