Jiraiya, with an overwhelming sense of urgency, managed to speak with difficulty.
What exactly do you want to do?
Senga smiled slightly.
"It's simple, just leave only one village in the Ninja World."
"What?! You want to start a war?!"
"So what if it is? Peace is never just talk; only force proves truth. Don't you understand that?"
Do you even know what you're saying?!
"I know, that's what Uchiha Madara back then. Unfortunately, he didn't stick to that idea. I really have to criticize the First Hokage for that. He clearly had unparalleled strength, yet he still went to negotiate with those weaklings at the table. Heh, it's really hard to understand!"
"You..."
Jiraiya expected Senga to say something like that; he's even more Uchiha -like than Uchiha himself!
He even began to doubt whether the person in front of him was really the Senga he used to know.
Furthermore, what exactly was this inexplicable aura? He found it hard to imagine that someone could immobilize him simply by their aura.
Seeing that Jiraiya Minato gradually losing his strength, Minato stepped forward and said...
"Jiraiya- sensei, I think Senga makes a good point. If we want the Ninja World to achieve true peace, war is inevitable!"
These words Jiraiya feel even worse. He stared at Minato in disbelief.
"Minato, even you think so?!"
Minato nodded earnestly. Having experienced death once, he now chose to unconditionally trust Senga.
Jiraiya suddenly seemed to lose all his strength. He slumped his head and said in a deep voice,
"So you're going to declare war on the other ninja villages directly?"
Senga shrugged and said,
"No, everything has a reason. Once Xiao has made enough of a fuss, they will naturally come looking for us."
"You even know about Akatsuki? Then do you know they're collecting the Tailed Beast! Naruto is in big danger right now!"
"You don't need to worry about that. Capturing Naruto is meaningless to them now. They just need to wait."
Jiraiya grew increasingly confused. Naruto possessed the Nine-Tails, the strongest of the Nine Tailed Beasts! How could Akatsuki possibly let Naruto go?
He abruptly turned to look at Minato, wanting to see how the father would react.
However, Minato remained calm and even gave Jiraiya a reassuring look.
Tsunade had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.
"Jiraiya, you don't need to worry about these things. I think... the Hokage-sama has his own plans!"
After saying that, Tsunade pulled Jiraiya and dragged him away from the Hokage's office, and Senga did not try to stop her.
After the two left, Minato leaned close to Senga and whispered,
"Senga, how was my performance just now? This time I was completely on your side!" (Tianlai Novel Network)
Senga glanced at him and said indifferently,
"Not bad, how about we give you an award?"
"No, no, I just wanted to ask if I could have two days off? You know, I haven't had a proper two days with Naruto since I was resurrected!"
As he spoke, Minato clasped his hands together on his head, making a pleading gesture that looked quite pitiful.
Senga was amused by Minato and waved his hand.
"Alright, look at you like this. I'll grant you leave now. Go and be with your son!"
"That's great! Senga, you truly are my best friend!"
Minato excitedly opened his arms to hug Senga, but Senga dodged him and gave him a hostile look.
Seeing the faint red light flickering in Senga's eyes, Minato swallowed hard, reluctantly withdrew his arms, and then scurried out of the office.
Senga glanced at the time and realized it was almost lunchtime. Although it wasn't the normal time to leave work yet, he didn't care and disappeared from the office in a flash.
Inside a restaurant in Konoha,
Itachi was handing two strings of three-colored dumplings to Sasuke sitting opposite him, speaking gently.
"Sasuke, try this. It's one of my favorite things. I bought it specially from the dessert shop."
Sasuke took the three-colored dumplings, paused for a moment, and then handed a string of dumplings back to Itachi.
"Since it's something you like to eat, you can have one too. There's no need to give it all to me!"
A smile appeared on Itachi's face. He took a bite of the dumpling and found it exceptionally sweet.
Sasuke turned his head away and also took a bite of the dumpling. Actually, he had eaten the three-colored dumplings with Itachi when he was a child, but he had never eaten them since that night.
He never went to the dessert shop again, because the sight of the three-colored dumplings reminded him of Itachi and that night that filled him with fear and hatred.
But this time he ate with unusual joy, and in no time, he had devoured all the meatballs in his hand.
Sasuke licked his lips, seemingly still wanting more, when Itachi, who had been observing him, immediately spoke up.
"You finished eating so quickly? I thought you didn't like it, so I didn't buy much. I'll go buy some more!"
As Itachi was about to get up to buy Sasuke some three-colored dumplings, Sasuke stopped him, shook his head, and said softly,
"No need, actually, with you here, it doesn't matter what we eat."
Itachi's eyes widened suddenly, and he moved his lips, saying...
"Sasuke, you..."
Although the truth about the Uchiha has been revealed, and Sasuke understands Itachi's good intentions, Fugaku and Mikoto still died at Itachi's hands, a fact that Itachi himself couldn't forgive, let alone Sasuke.
Therefore, after Itachi returned to Konoha, he tried to repair his relationship with Sasuke, but the results were not very good.
Every time he came home from work, Sasuke would just nod slightly when he saw him, as if the two were not brothers, but just two strangers who had a nodding acquaintance.
Itachi naturally didn't want this situation to continue; for him, a brother-obsessed brother, it was worse than death.
He didn't have a choice before, but now he just wants to be a good older brother.
He hadn't expected to mend the rift between the brothers over a single lunch, but Sasuke's reaction greatly surprised him.
Sasuke blushed slightly after saying those words, feeling a pang of regret. Fortunately, the waiter brought the food at just the right moment, which eased his embarrassment.
He lowered his head and began to eat in silence, looking as if he had a grudge against the food in his bowl.
Itachi, however, seemed unusually excited, constantly putting food into Sasuke's bowl while muttering to himself.
"Come on, eat more. If you're still not full, I'll order you more!"
Sasuke didn't refuse; he ate as much as Itachi put on his plate until he really couldn't eat anymore. Only then did he look up at Itachi with a helpless expression and say,
"Brother, stop putting food in your bowl, you should eat some too!"