Chapter 23

Early morning, Uchiha Clan Grounds.

Today was the day the Young Clan Leader of the Uchiha clan was getting married.

Every Uchiha clan member had a smile on their face.

Even the ninjas of the Konoha Military Police Force had taken off their ninja uniforms and put on kimonos, wearing stiff smiles on their faces.

They had been dealing with the village's public security issues every day lately, to the point that they no longer even knew how to smile.

And on the day of the Young Clan Leader's wedding, if they still looked as expressionless as they did at work, they would definitely be given a hard time later.

"Who holds a wedding the day before the Ninja Academy opens? I seriously suspect the Young Clan Leader did this on purpose, just to make me give him Gift Money."

Walking along the road, Chiga was indignant.

Uchiha Fugaku, born evil, was definitely targeting him!

When Chiga arrived at Uchiha Fugaku's house, the wedding had not officially begun yet. Uchiha Fugaku, dressed in a Black Kimono, stood at the entrance, welcoming the guests coming and going.

"Chiga, you came at just the right time."

After all, it was his own wedding, so Uchiha Fugaku did not have much time to talk with Chiga. He merely pointed toward a certain spot inside and said to Chiga, "Go in first. Minato is over there. Help me entertain him."

Following Uchiha Fugaku's gesture, Chiga looked over and saw several people who were not members of the Uchiha clan standing together and chatting.

They probably could not even fill one table.

One of them was laughing and chatting freely among the crowd, like a social butterfly. That must be Minato Namikaze.

None of Konoha's higher-ups had come either, all claiming that they were too busy with official business to attend.

Although they themselves had not arrived, they had sent gifts, so at least they had saved face.

Chiga walked straight over. Although Minato was talking with others, his keen senses quickly noticed Chiga approaching.

After saying something to the people beside him, he also walked toward Chiga.

"You must be Chiga, right? I'm Minato Namikaze. It's nice to meet you. Please take care of me."

Before Chiga could speak, Minato had already said this with a gentle smile.

Indeed, Minato's smile was very infectious. That was probably a natural talent of his.

Chiga replied, "Senior Minato, I'm Uchiha Chiga. It's nice to meet you. Please take care of me!"

The two gave each other a simple introduction, after which Minato continued, "I think Fugaku already told you, but because of certain unexpected factors—"

Before Minato could finish speaking, a graceful figure had already pressed against him.

Kushina Uzumaki wrapped both arms around Minato's arm and swayed it. "Minato, I just went to see Mikoto. Mikoto's White Kimono was so beautiful! I want to wear one like that when I get married too."

Minato's gaze toward Kushina was filled with tenderness. He smiled and said, "Kushina, didn't you say you wanted to have a Modern Wedding?"

"Yes, but it's so hard to decide. Minato, which do you think would look better on me, a kimono or a Wedding Dress?"

"Both would look good."

"That's such a perfunctory answer. You have to pick one!" Kushina insisted relentlessly.

Minato could not hold out any longer and hurriedly said, "Kushina, there are outsiders here. Let's talk about this after we get back!"

At Minato's meaningful glance, Kushina temporarily let him off and then looked toward Chiga.

Seeing both of their gazes on him, Chiga said to Kushina Uzumaki, "I'm Uchiha Chiga. It's nice to meet you. Please take care of me!"

Kushina Uzumaki looked at Chiga with a beaming smile and said, "Hello, I'm Kushina Uzumaki. Please take care of me. But this isn't our first time meeting!"

"It isn't?"

Chiga put on a puzzled expression.

Kushina Uzumaki prompted him, "You said I was fat the last time we met!"

Chiga was shocked. "So the Mikoto you met back then was actually you, Kushina?"

"Mm-hmm. Chiga, I've taken a liking to you!"

Kushina Uzumaki was straightforward by nature and said it bluntly.

"Senior Kushina, Senior Minato is still standing right here. You can't just say things like that!"

Chiga was stunned. Does this woman not think before she speaks?

Could she really say something like that?

The gentle smile on Minato Namikaze's face beside them also stiffened slightly.

It was not that he had overreacted to Kushina's words. Rather, he had overreacted to Chiga's reaction.

Faced with Chiga's shock, Kushina instead laughed. "Sure enough, you and I are the same kind of person!"

When she had first met Chiga, he had concocted a wild scheme to split Fugaku and Mikoto apart over a little Gift Money, even deliberately causing trouble for their Young Clan Leader. It was practically identical to what she would have done.

Mm, this boy and I are fated to meet!

Minato explained on Kushina's behalf, "Kushina means that she wants to become your Jonin Instructor. Didn't Fugaku tell you?"

"Oh, that's what you meant. You nearly scared me to death."

In fact, Chiga had already had a feeling about it, but hearing Kushina say it herself still left him somewhat incredulous.

At the same time, he understood why he had always felt as though someone was watching him during his training over the past few days.

It seemed that Hiruzen Sarutobi had finished gathering information on him. Fortunately, he had spent these days practicing Water Surface Walking and had not exposed too much.

Seeing Chiga's silence, Kushina Uzumaki asked, "What? You don't want to?"

"No, it's just that..."

Since Uchiha Fugaku, the planner of this scheme, had not objected, what objection could Chiga have?

"Are there any benefits to becoming your disciple?"

Upon hearing this, Kushina laughed. "Chiga, you really like seeking thrills, don't you?"

Chiga asked curiously, "What makes you say that?"

"I noticed it the first time I met you. Back then, you deliberately caused trouble for your Young Clan Leader and even tried to anger Mikoto."

"I don't know why you did it, but I could tell that you seemed to enjoy that feeling of courting death!"

"And if you become my disciple, I can guarantee that whenever you court death in Konoha, I'll keep you safe!"

Kushina patted her chest and answered boldly.

If there had not currently been no female Hokage on Hokage Rock, Chiga would have thought the Hokage of Konoha was standing in front of him.

Moreover, that bold promise really was impossible to refuse!

Chiga subconsciously licked his lips, then looked straight into Kushina Uzumaki's eyes and asked, "Even if it's the Third Hokage?"

"As long as it isn't in front of a large crowd, it shouldn't be a big problem. Besides, that Old Man is quite easygoing. I don't know if it's because of his age, but he seems more and more benevolent, and he's become much more tolerant of people your age!"

"What about Lord Jiraiya?"

"He's the one you need to fear the least!"

As she spoke, Kushina even shot Minato a sideways glance. Minato awkwardly closed his mouth.

Clearly, when Minato heard that Chiga still wanted to provoke his own teacher, he had intended to say a few words. But under Kushina's glance, he shut up.

"What about Lord Orochimaru?" Chiga grew bolder and bolder.

Kushina Uzumaki frowned slightly but still said, "A little troublesome, but it won't be a major problem. I can hold him back!"

"Tsunade."

"Not her. If you offend her, I'm afraid I'll have to deal with you myself."

"Oh, then how about Lord White Fang?"

"No, what exactly are you trying to do?"

At this point, even Kushina was speechless. Judging from Chiga's tone, this guy did not merely want to offend those few people. He clearly wanted to offend every famous person in the village.

If he really did that, Kushina would be under quite a lot of pressure.

"I was only joking. Don't take it seriously, Senior Kushina." Seeing this, Chiga hurriedly explained. She was his future backer, so he could not scare her away.

"Really?"

Kushina looked at Chiga with complete disbelief. Given his eager tone, he clearly had not been joking.

"All right, we can talk later. The wedding is about to begin!"

At this moment, Minato interrupted their conversation. Cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead, and he secretly sighed with relief that Kushina had cut in. If not, he truly would not have been able to cover for Chiga.

In fact, even someone like Minato really wanted to tell Kushina, Kushina, you're here to take on a disciple, not to find trouble for yourself!

Amid the congratulations of their relatives and friends, Fugaku and Mikoto officially became husband and wife.

This also meant that the famous devoted son of filial piety from the history of the ninja world was about to be born.

After the cumbersome formal wedding proceedings were completed, it was already evening. After everyone finished the wedding feast, they all returned to their own homes.

As for Chiga, after seeing Kushina and Minato out of the Uchiha Clan Grounds, he also returned home.

Tomorrow was the day the Ninja Academy opened, and Chiga planned to apply for early graduation as soon as school began.

Therefore, tonight, Chiga intended to spend all the Emotion Points he had saved over the past two months.

Chiga was not worried about the Ninja Academy graduation exam, but after passing it, he would officially become a genin.

Chiga opened his Status Panel.

Name: Uchiha Chiga
Emotion Points: 1888
Three Body Technique: Proficient (56/100) (+)
Shuriken Throwing Technique: Mastery (865/1000) (+)
Swordsmanship: Mastery (321/1000) (+)
Chakra Amount: 6.3/6.3 cards (Kakashi Hatake at this point in the timeline) (+)
Wind Release: Mastery (35/1000) (+)
Fire Release: Proficient (48/100) (+)
Lightning Release: Beginner (0/10) (+)
Genjutsu: Beginner (607/1000) (+)
Bloodline Limit: Sharingan (One-Tomoe) (30/1000) (+)

Almost every attribute had improved. This included not only experience obtained through the system but also experience earned through his own training.

Although Chiga had been practicing Chakra control these past few days, he had not neglected his overall strength.

Of course, the small amount of experience gained through his own training was worlds apart from what the system provided.

Without his cheat ability, Chiga really might not have dared to make a living in Konoha!

As for the four-digit amount of Emotion Points, Chiga had obtained them by teasing people like Obito, Shisui, and Sarutobi Asuma whenever he was not training during these two months.

Moreover, collecting negative emotions was not a one-time thing. It depended on how resentful the other person was.

That little girl Yuhi Kurenai, for example, had remembered it ever since Chiga tormented her.

Even when he did not see her, he would still receive negative emotions from Yuhi Kurenai from time to time.

That was why he had managed to save so many Emotion Points.

"System, spend the points!"

Chiga, flush with money, began spending lavishly.

Before long, his attribute panel showed:

Wind Release: Master (0/5000)
Fire Release: Mastery (0/1000)
Genjutsu: Proficient (0/5000)
Bloodline Limit: Sharingan (One-Tomoe) (508/1000)

Chiga had used all his attribute points on these four attributes.

He had not added even one point to the Lightning Release he had obtained from Kakashi.

He had not learned a single Lightning Release technique yet, so adding points to it would be completely useless.

As for why he had not spent the Emotion Points on the Three Body Technique and the like, it was because Chiga felt that those types of training were relatively easy.

With more practice, they would quickly improve, so there was no need to waste Emotion Points on them.

As for why he had not prioritized raising his Sharingan, it was because he was about to become Kushina Uzumaki's disciple. Upgrading to the Two-Tomoe at this point might instead cause trouble.

Therefore, Chiga decided to leave his Sharingan's level capped for now.

"This way, graduating from the Ninja Academy will definitely be a sure thing. Next comes killing!"

Chiga muttered to himself.

As a model citizen of the twenty-first century, he had never killed a person, let alone slaughtered even a chicken.

The next day, Chiga led Shisui out of the Uchiha Clan Grounds.

Seeing Shisui's excited appearance, Chiga sighed deeply. Time really did pass quickly. He had actually reached the age where he was sending a child to school.

"Today is your first day of school. Are you happy?" Chiga looked at Uchiha Shisui with a beaming smile and extended his hand. "Come on, hold your little uncle's hand. Your little uncle will take you to blow things up—cough, I mean, to school!"

Negative emotions from Uchiha Shisui, Emotion Points +10!

Ignoring Chiga, Shisui looked around. When he did not see Uchiha Obito, he asked, "Little Uncle, where's Big Brother Obito?"

"He went to help that old lady again. School's starting, so her flowers need to be sold again."

Chiga had no doubt that the old lady was doing it on purpose. She had not sold a single flower during the two-month break, but the moment school started, she suddenly became busy again.

"Big Brother Obito is really kind!"

As the two chatted, they soon arrived at the Ninja Academy.

With the new term beginning and new students enrolling, Hiruzen Sarutobi still had to make time to spread the Will of Fire to these new students, no matter how busy his affairs were.

"Wherever the leaves dance, there will be fire burning. The light of the fire will illuminate the village, and then new leaves will sprout again. When one wishes to protect the people they cherish most, a ninja's true power will be revealed... and so on and so forth."

Standing on the platform, Hiruzen Sarutobi had a thermos beside him. Whenever his mouth went dry from speaking, he would pick it up and take a couple of gulps before continuing.

Hearing the same words repeated year after year and day after day had long since made Chiga and the others sick of them.

But to a little kid like Uchiha Shisui, who had just entered school, they were practically a guide to life.

Seeing that Shisui's eyes were already shining, Chiga hurriedly patted him on the back of the head. "Shisui, hold fast to your true self. Don't let yourself be influenced. This is the highest-level Genjutsu in our Konoha!"

Shisui looked at Chiga in confusion. "Could what the Third Hokage said really be unreasonable?"

"Shisui, you're still too young. Every principle is summarized from practice. Don't listen to what other people say. Look at what they actually do!"

This left Shisui deep in thought.

P.S. I added experience points to the Sharingan. It won't affect your reading experience. Please recommend, vote, favorite, and follow!