Chika

Today at Barbecue Q, he ate a lot of high-nutrient food, and at this time Uchiha Bloodline (Green) had also reached the verge of upgrading to lv10.

According to Hoshiryu Uchiha's estimate of the AFK System's training speed, by this time tomorrow, the Uchiha Bloodline ability should be ready to break through to the next level.

At that time, it would be the moment to verify whether his thoughts were correct.

As for Medical Ninjutsu, this medical knowledge he had just obtained, he still needed to learn it into an ability before he could put it on AFK.

Now that there was an idle AFK slot, Hoshiryu Uchiha put Great Fireball Technique on it first so it wouldn't go to waste.

After finishing all this, Hoshiryu Uchiha walked over to the desk piled with medical books and sat down.

With so many books, it seems it won't be a simple matter for medical knowledge to form an ability.

I originally wanted to get close to Tsunade and the others at the Ninja Academy, but I didn't expect things to go so smoothly now, which actually makes me somewhat unsure of how to proceed with my next steps.

Looking at the books piled up like a mountain, Hoshiryu Uchiha couldn't help but lose his focus a bit.

The plan to get close to Tsunade hadn't even begun when he had already achieved his goal, which filled him with joy while also leaving him somewhat speechless.

Hoshiryu Uchiha was adopted by Mito Uzumaki; as long as he didn't pull any outrageous stunts and as long as Mito Uzumaki didn't die, his life would be free of worry.

Although Mito Uzumaki had not reached a reconciliation with the Nine-Tails, her powerful sealing techniques allowed her to forcibly extract the Nine-Tails' chakra to form Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

Judging by Konoha's current combat strength, if they all banded together they probably still couldn't beat Mito Uzumaki.

So on the surface the Third Hokage called the shots, but if Mito Uzumaki didn't nod, he had no other way either.

This caused Hoshiryu Uchiha's somewhat urgent thoughts to return to peace; although he claimed with his mouth that he didn't want to work hard, the ninja world was never peaceful.

Although there was a very long period of peace after the First Shinobi World War, that didn't mean there were no conflicts.

There were bound to be all sorts of dirty dealings among the Five Great Nations, and for the profession of a ninja, assassination and espionage activities were inevitable.

Hoshiryu Uchiha at least carried the surname Uchiha, and coupled with being unvalued, he was afraid that someone would casually off him in the early stages.

Anyway, if they were going to assassinate, assassinating an unawakened, unvalued Uchiha wouldn't be exposed for a short time, which would make it convenient to run away and also provide something to report back upon returning to the ninja village.

What's more, the Second Shinobi World War and the Third Shinobi World War were separated by only a short three or four years, and then they fought for a full decade or so before ending.

Just thinking about it made him realize what kind of hellish scroll such a long war would be.

So even though Hoshiryu Uchiha had the AFK System, in his heart he still felt somewhat urgent.

The current AFK System's AFK speed was not slow, but the upper limit was also very important.

In case the system defined a color-level ability simply as upgrading the Sharingan into a Mangekyo, then one could say the system was useful but not by much.

But in reality this was just Hoshiryu Uchiha's wild imagining, and soon this sense of urgency of his would be replaced by pleasant surprise.

On the other side, Mito Uzumaki also brought Tsunade back to the Senju Clan compound.

Bringing Tsunade into the house, a maid stepped forward to serve Mito Uzumaki.

Seeing this posture, Mito Uzumaki felt somewhat helpless.

"Chika, I've said it many times, I don't need you to serve me, I'm not old to that extent yet."

Don't look at Mito Uzumaki currently having the appearance of a young maiden; in fact, she was already over fifty years old.

In a world like this where the average age of ninjas was only twenty or thirty, someone in their fifties was already quite rare.

Mito Uzumaki could use the Yin Seal, and that was what made her look so youthful and radiant.

"That simply won't do; serving Lady Mito as a maid is only proper."

What's more, I am very grateful to Lady Mito, because of her, I'm able to have the ability to support my family.

Chika spoke as she stubbornly began to serve Mito Uzumaki.

The expression on Mito Uzumaki's face grew even more helpless; the maids in her manor mostly had no ninja talent and came from families in difficulty.

She understood their desire to repay her kindness, but Chika was the only one who was so stubborn.

However, Mito Uzumaki then seemed to think of something and said to Chika:

"There happens to be something I need to trouble you with right now. In a few days I will be adopting a child, so tidy up a room according to Tsunade's specifications."

Chika was not distracted by this method of changing the subject.

After helping Mito Uzumaki change her shoes and outer coat, she spoke up:

"I understand, I will go tidy it up, please rest assured, Lady Mito."

The failure of Mito Uzumaki's little plan made Tsunade at the side chuckle inwardly, though her face remained completely expressionless.

"Chika, you don't need to serve me like this from now on; I'm not old to the point of being unable to move."

"And I've always regarded you as my own child, you don't need to stay here as a maid all the time. Although your talent isn't the best I've ever seen, it can still rank in the top ten."

As she had just mentioned, although most of the maids in Mito Uzumaki's manor had no talent, "most" meant that Chika was the only one with ninja talent.

Chika's family was a ninja family, and Chika had inherited all her parents' strengths, possessing extremely outstanding ninja talent.

During the First Shinobi World War, Chika's parents naturally could not avoid going to the battlefield as ninjas.

On the battlefield, the squad of Chika's parents encountered a sneak attack by the Sand Ninja Puppet Squad.

Fortunately they didn't die on the spot like other teammates, but unfortunately the poison damaged their bodies. Not to mention continuing to be ninjas, just to stay alive they constantly had to consume expensive medicine.

Although her family had a small amount of assets before this, it couldn't sustain a bottomless pit.

Just at Chika's most desperate moment, Mito Uzumaki found her.

Chika still remembered that day; she wanted to go buy medicine but had no money, so she was chased away by the shopkeeper and hid in a corner crying helplessly.

Thinking of her parents who forced back their pain to smile at her, Chika cried even louder for a moment.

Chika knew that if she didn't buy the medicine and take it back today, she would end up all alone in the future.

Right at that moment, Mito Uzumaki found her hiding in the corner crying, and spoke the words that redeemed her.

"Flowers cannot be watered with tears, you know; you must use brilliant sunshine to bloom beautiful flowers."

"Little flower, whatever difficulties you have, tell Big Sister all about them, I'll help you solve them."

Just like that, starting from back then, Mito Uzumaki had continuously paid for her medical expenses.

It was also at that time that Chika decided she must repay Mito Uzumaki, who had saved her.

Hearing Mito Uzumaki's words, Chika had already recalled the past in a mere instant.

Chika watched as Mito Uzumaki puffed out her cheeks in a huffy manner; this child-like way of expressing dissatisfaction brought a trace of a smile to her face.

"Leave the ninja business to others; I want to stay by Lady Mito's side forever."