"He was right. I'm into older men."
After receiving the look from Uchiha Gin, Chiyo spent only a single second analyzing the massive amount of information contained in it. She nodded with perfect cooperation and revealed a shy smile that did not fit her character at all.
"Older men, huh? What do you think of me?"
Yamato, who had been listening with his ears pricked up off to the side, had his eyes light up at that. When it came to uncle vibes, he had always been far ahead of his peers.
"You? Sorry, I'm picky about looks."
Chiyo glanced at Yamato, who was pretending to be deep and brooding, and made no attempt to hide the disgust on her face.
"Wuwuwu..."
Having failed to latch on to a rich woman, Yamato planted both hands on the ground, his face full of dejection, visible gloom hanging behind him.
Seeing this, Kakashi, who was standing beside him, was moved by pity and could not help stepping forward to console him.
"Pull yourself together!"
"Kakashi-senpai..."
Yamato raised his head in slight astonishment. Looking at Kakashi's eyes, full of concern, warmth could not help rising in his heart.
"You may not be as handsome as Uncle Gin, but at least you look older than him."
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"Come to think of it, counting us, you hired two groups of people in total. But why didn't Hokage-sama tell me about Senior Gin?"
Chiyo's words dispelled the doubts in Minato's heart, but what followed was another question he could not make sense of no matter how hard he thought.
They and Uchiha Gin both belonged to Konoha. Generally speaking, before setting out, the Third Hokage would have informed them that there was another group, to avoid accidentally injuring allies during the mission.
"Oh, that. It's because