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All I heard was the ninja who reported the news tremblingly saying, "One group, the whole army was wiped out. Please accept my condolences, sirs!"
The summer breeze gently blows across the earth, fanning the bonfire. Cicadas chirp in the trees, peaceful yet noisy.
Uchiha Itachi, who was resting beside Fugaku, rubbed the itchy corners of his eyes, raised his head and asked his father weakly: "Father, what does this brother mean by asking us to mourn?"
At only four years old, Uchiha Itachi had already understood the difference between life and death on the battlefield, and this was not the first time he had heard the words "my condolences".
Therefore, at this moment, his heart was extremely panicked, and he urgently wanted to get a different answer from his father.
However, this time, his father did not patiently explain to him everything he wanted to know as he did before.
Itachi Uchiha saw tears in his father's eyes for the first time.
"Is what you said true?"
"Ah."
"I see."
Fugaku forced a smile, pulled his son to his feet and bowed in Minato's direction.
"Minato, you guys go play. Itachi is a little sleepy. I'll take him to rest."
"." Minato nodded: "Well, have a good sleep. Tomorrow morning you will lead the Uchiha clan members to rush back to the village at full speed."
Fugaku said "Okay" without hesitation, then took his son away.
The remaining people looked at each other and no longer had the heart to continue playing.
Soon, Minato walked up to Shikaku and patted him on the shoulder: "You should go and rest early too. You don't have to force yourself."
The clan leader of the guard group is Fugaku's wife, Uchiha Mikoto.
The deputy team leader, Nara Yoshino, is Nara Shikaku's wife, and they got married last year.
Shikaku put down the apple in his hand and said calmly: "I'm fine, don't worry about me."
"Anyway, you should go and have a rest!" Akimichi Choza put his arm around Shikaku's shoulders.
"Let us walk with you." Yamanaka Inoichi hugged Shikaku from the other side.
Minato also looked worried.
Shikaku shook his head and said calmly: "Don't worry about me, I'm really fine, I'm fine."
After hearing this, the others had nothing to say. Some thought that Lu Jiu was hiding his sadness, while others thought that Lu Jiu was too heartless.
Minato blinked blankly. For the first time, he doubted Shikaku. He could feel that Shikaku really didn't feel sad at all.
Is a man who remains indifferent even when hearing the news of his wife’s death really trustworthy?
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One hundred kilometers away.
Uchiha Mikoto wiped the sweat off her face, her cherry lips slightly opened, and she breathed in small gulps.
"uh-huh!"
"Menma-kun, please stop now."
"Don't shoot me."
The shuriken brushed past her hair, and Mikoto narrowly avoided the attack once again, then simply waved her hand in surrender.
She admitted that even with the manipulation of ninja tools that the Uchiha clan was proud of, she was no match for the blond boy.
Menma-kun is so strong!
"Hahaha, Mikoto, you're nothing special." Yoshino, who was slumped aside watching the fight, laughed.
Hearing this, Mikoto glared at her and said, "How dare you say that? It was you who asked me to practice with you, so why did it end up with Menma-kun and I fighting against each other?"
"Humph."
Yoshino stood up and trotted over to Naruto's side, took his arm, and playfully stuck out her tongue at Mikoto:
"My husband helps me, isn't that normal?"
"If you have the guts, Mikoto, go get your husband. We can see if my Menma is stronger or your Fugaku is more powerful."
Mikoto pouted when she heard that, crossed her arms and rolled her eyes at Yoshino.
Looking at Yoshino who is using Menma-kun to diss her, she wants to say MMP.
Having been married to Shikaku for more than a year, Yoshino always calls Shikaku "Shikaku" or simply "that guy".
When have I ever called someone "husband" so sweetly? This title was actually taken away by my younger brother who I just met for a few days.
Moreover, Yoshino and Menma showed their affection in front of her every day. After a long time, they even didn't carry her on their backs when doing naughty things, completely treating her as nothing.
But Mikoto couldn't say anything. She was kidnapped a few days ago and it was Menma-kun who rescued her. Even when she was poisoned by love, he still stayed true to himself and didn't attack her.
From that day on, Mikoto and Yoshino both looked at Naruto, who went by the alias "Menma", with new respect.
Yoshino likes to be intimate with Naruto more and more, and Mikoto has no longer been on guard against Naruto.
Sometimes, even Mikoto herself didn't know why, but she would want to get a little closer to Naruto.
But in the end, Mikoto's reasoning overcame all of this.
She is a married woman and she cannot do anything to let her husband Uchiha Fugaku down.
【Ding! 】
[Congratulations to the host for completing option 2, beating up Uchiha Mikoto, and the reward (Uchiha Mikoto's 5%) was successfully distributed. ]
[Uchiha Mikoto's current favorability is 85%. ]
"Okay, if Sister Mikoto gets angry later, I won't help you." Naruto said while pinching Yoshino's nose.
Yoshino pouted, then raised his chin proudly and grumbled, "I don't believe you won't help me."
Naruto held his forehead helplessly, not understanding why. It was obvious that other sisters coaxed Naruto, but this was the first time he met a sister who needed her to coax him.
Impressed!
Naruto said, "Misaki-san has a point, so I will help her."
Yoshino's eyes widened, his hands on his hips, "How dare you!"
Naruto nodded: "I do dare."
He invited Mikoto to practice with him just now because it was a casual choice, not because he wanted to help Yoshino on purpose.
If Yoshino insisted on causing trouble, then he would just hold on to his melon seeds and watch a battle between women.
"Great." Yoshino rubbed Naruto's face directly: "You are a heartless man. You just slept with me and your heart is completely on Mikoto. I will rub you to death."
Naruto:"."
Mikoto: “.”
Could you please be less unrestrained when you speak?
"What's the point of talking about sleeping or not? Let's talk in private. Sister Mikoto is still here." Naruto glanced at Mikoto and said in a low voice.
"Oh my, you're shy now. Why weren't you shy when you played with me in front of Mikoto-san?"
Yoshino spoke very loudly, as if he was afraid that no one could hear him.
Mikoto blushed and said, "You two can chat first. I'll go for a walk."
Yoshino said, "Mikoto, be careful, don't get caught again and then be brought back by Menma."
"Haha, I won't go too far." Mikoto said, and left without looking back: "I'll be back soon."
Naruto flicked Yoshino's forehead and said, "Did you take a stab today? Why are you embarrassing Mikoto-sama?"
Yoshino pouted and said angrily, "It's because you and Mikoto are too close. I'm jealous."
"Why are you jealous? Weren't you there when Mikoto-san and I were together?" Naruto didn't want to take the blame for no reason.
"Your hearts are too close!" Yoshino put the blame on Naruto.
Naruto was completely speechless: "."
Yoshino looked at Mikoto's graceful back and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't think I'm acting like a monster. To be honest, Sister Mikoto has really been treating you differently recently."
"How do I not notice."
"What you, a man, can discover is a woman's intuition."
"Haha! I can only say that you are jealous for the wrong reason. If I wanted Sister Mikoto, I would have done it long ago."
Naruto stuck to Yoshino's back and whispered, "I didn't hide it from you. From the very beginning, I told you that if you can't satisfy me, I will find many other women."
A real man never bothers to pretend to be innocent to deceive a woman.
Yoshino looked annoyed: "Who said I can't satisfy you? There are only cows that die of exhaustion in the world."
Naruto smiled dismissively, "Oh, really?"
Yoshino raised his chin provocatively and said, "Try it if you don't believe me."
The stars were shining brightly, reflecting on the earth. At this moment, there was only each other in their eyes, and the distance between them slowly became a negative number.
"." Mikoto gritted her teeth.
Can these two people avoid people?
Are you sick? You make out in the wild every day!
Uchiha Mikoto felt a sore throat. She didn't know why she felt unhappy, but she just felt unhappy.
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Watching the intense battle, Mikoto randomly jumped onto a tree and leaned against the trunk.
There are stars twinkling in the sky above my head.
The evening breeze blew, the trees rustled, and a few yellow leaves slowly fell.
Reaching out two fingers to pinch the fallen leaves, Misaka looked up at the clouds. She bit her lip and thought about her husband and children. It seemed that she no longer missed them as much as before.
"We'll meet soon."