Naughty Little Iceberg

The next morning, at the Uchiha Clan Head's home.

The family of four ate breakfast while reading the newspaper.

"The wind is especially noisy today..."

After reading the Konoha Daily, Shin could not help but sigh.

"Old man, looks like you're useless in the regulatory department..."

He glanced sideways. "The newspaper has practically painted me black as coal. I told you long ago to spend a little money and buy that trashy news agency..."

"Look at this. They don't even show respect to the village's richest man anymore~"

After hearing the complaints, Chiken looked utterly dead inside.

How could he have imagined that those newspaper sellers would risk offending him just to publish such outrageously false rumors?

"Old man, I think the Uchiha should start a newspaper too..." A smile gradually spread across Shin's face. "That lousy village news agency definitely can't compete with us."

"Brat, do you think it's that easy? Where are you going to get so much news every day?"

Seeing Chiken object, Shin did not get discouraged. "We can solicit submissions. Doesn't Uncle Hokage have a disciple who's always thinking about publishing books..."

"We can pay him a little and buy exclusive serialization rights!"

"How much could he write by himself? Most people in the village aren't interested in that kind of thing."

Chiken knew about the Third Hokage's famous disciple as well.

That guy had been bold enough, at Shin's age, to sneak into Konoha's bathhouse and peep at girls.

The things he wrote were surely the kind proper people would never read, while improper people would love.

But where would Konoha Village find so many improper people?

"I'll write it. I guarantee they'll be crying and begging to buy the newspaper." Shin's confident tone gave the other three at the table quite a scare.

"Shin, you can write novels too? What kind?" Aoko was quite concerned about this.

What if her child turned out as improper as that guy? What would they do then?

"Mother, whatever genre you want to read, I'll write."

Fugaku became interested. "Really? Do you have anything with a strong epic feel?"

Shin put his hands on his hips and threw back his head in laughter. "Wahahaha... Of course! I, Uchiha Shin, am a man of many talents!"

"Fine, write a draft first and let me see it." Chiken had already made his decision.

In his heart, although his child was usually unreliable, he took any suggestion he made quite seriously.

"Old man, I guarantee that once I give you the draft, you'll chase me through the streets begging me to keep writing."

"I'll wait and see."

Shin knew his old man definitely did not believe he could be drawn in by a novel Shin wrote.

As a transmigrator, how could he not become a copycat author?

His cheat ability, the "hard drive," stored all the memories from his previous life.

That included the novels he had read, little movi... Ahem, blockbuster films!

Even the various washing machines and microwaves he had tinkered with were made by extracting their principles from it and slowly recreating them.

Not long afterward, at the Ninja Academy.

"Did you hear? That eldest young master of the Senju got brutally beaten by the Uchiha Second Young Master. They say he'll be bedridden for at least three months."

"I heard, I heard. What's wrong with that Uchiha guy? They were just making friends. Did he have to beat him that badly?"

"You don't understand. The Uchiha and Senju have been enemies for thousands of years..."

"Making friends? Wouldn't it be simpler to just finish him off?"

"Oh, right, I also heard the little princess of the Hyuga clan was there."

"Could it be a love triangle?"

"How exciting!"

"Yeah, yeah! What do you think will happen to those three in the end?"

"What's wrong? Why did you all stop talking?"

Shin had just arrived at school with Nao when he heard the students' discussion, and black lines immediately filled his little face.

He patted the shoulder of the student who had just asked the question and was still oblivious.

"U-Uchi... Uchiha Shin..."

"What? Didn't you want to ask how things would develop between the three of us?"

His Red Eye lit up. "I can answer your questions now."

"No, no... I'm leaving first..."

Stared at by that friendly gaze, the student fled with his tail between his legs.

Shin had no intention of pursuing the matter.

There were so many students in the Ninja Academy. Was he supposed to beat every single one of them up?

That would be exhausting, okay?

As for rumors, every qualified Uchiha believed in letting the bullets fly for a while.

"Nao, do you think my reputation is still good enough for me to stay at school? How about we..."

"No! Absolutely not! No way!"

Nao swiftly shot down Shin's suggestion with three consecutive refusals.

She had gradually figured out his routine whenever he wanted to stir up trouble.

First, he would claim to be the victim, then logically switch the concept.

Then he could happily go stir up trouble.

"Tch, Nao is so timid. We set the school on fire together last time, so why am I the one taking the blame?"

Nao offered no comment and gave him a beautiful Byakugan eye-roll.

Shin immediately surrendered and walked slowly into the classroom with a miserable expression.

The little fatty Heiji had sharp eyes.

The moment he saw Shin enter the classroom, he immediately stood up, bowed ninety degrees, and shouted, "Good morning, Brother Shin!"

"???" Shin was on the verge of collapse.

He suspected this "little brother" had been hit with Kotoamatsukami.

As he was brainstorming, the atmosphere in the room became extremely strange.

Nao sensed something was off. She turned to look at Shin, whose gaze had gone unfocused, and immediately knew he was plotting something bad again.

She promptly raised her elbow and jabbed him in the ribs.

"Ah! Huh? Ah..."

Three consecutive cries perfectly conveyed three different reactions: pain, confusion, and realization.

"Good morning to Sister-in-law Nao too!"

"!!!"

"Little fatty, I'm warning you. You can eat words however you want, but don't say things carelessly!" Shin promptly threatened Heiji before Nao could explode.

But after thinking about it, he felt something was not quite right.

"???" The entire class was defeated by that utterly illogical sentence.

Yet Heiji wore an expression of sudden enlightenment. "A big brother is a big brother. Your level of speaking is just too high!"

"I, Akimichi Heiji, will remember these words for the rest of my life!"

"N-No, I just..."

"Brother Shin, please accept my snacks!"

Shin was startled by the sheer amount of snacks shoved into his arms.

He caught them blankly before realizing he had not even managed to say the words "I misspoke."

Nao smiled at him. "Our little genius, Uchiha Shin, really does speak at a very high level~"

"..."

Heavens and earth, Nao, with her iceberg personality, had actually said something so mischievous.

As the culprit, Shin was completely unaware of it, inwardly lamenting the decline of the times and the corruption of people's hearts.

"Ring, ring..."

A brief bell rang out.

Shin looked at the clock hanging in the classroom and found that it was already eight o'clock.

He still wanted to say something to clear his name, but Nao tugged at his sleeve and pulled him into a front-row seat.

"Nao, I just..."

"I know. You were serious just now. You don't need to explain. I understand."

Interrupted once again, Shin truly began to question his life.

Had the little iceberg become mischievous? Who had led her astray?

"You damned bastard! Even the Sage of Six Paths can't save you! I said so!"

Having silently made up his mind, Shin truly did not have the slightest idea what was going on between A and C.