Nice Armpits! This Is a Proper Shrine Maiden

"Gin-san!"

Whirlpool Masahiko, his face full of dejection, looked up at the sound. The moment he saw Uchiha Gin, hope burst forth in his hollow eyes.

"The reliable expert my grandfather mentioned in his letter... was that you, Gin-san?"

"Heh heh~ Is there a more reliable doctor in all of Konoha than me?"

Uchiha Gin lowered his hand with a proud expression. The confidence radiating from him made others look twice. Whirlpool Masahiko's face brightened, but he quickly seemed to recall something, and his excited expression collapsed again.

"But aren't you the Gynecology Saint?"

Uchiha Gin was indeed a famous doctor in Konoha, but his area of expertise seemed rather mismatched.

"Cough, cough. It's a side specialty, just a side specialty. My main field is pediatrics, actually."

Feeling two sharp gazes boring into his back, Uchiha Gin hurriedly coughed hard twice and frantically winked at Whirlpool Masahiko from an angle Uchiha Hikari and the others could not see.

"Oh! Then please, Gin-san, save my son~!"

Fortunately, the tacit understanding between men was never lacking. Whirlpool Masahiko immediately caught on, his expression turning serious as he shifted the topic from medical specialties to his own son.

"Leave it to me! Leave it to me!"

Uchiha Gin waved a hand in relief, signaling that now that he was here, Whirlpool Masahiko's son could be saved.

"Waaah~ Waaah~"

At that moment, an infant's cries came from the shrine hall once more. Uchiha Gin's gaze sharpened, and he was about to step forward when Whirlpool Masahiko stopped him.

"Gin-san, wait a moment. The shrine maiden here instructed us not to disturb her ritual under any circumstances."

His face was conflicted. Though he was delighted that an expert like Uchiha Gin had arrived, he still held onto a hint of hope in the shrine maiden's