I Want to Marry the Most Beautiful Woman in Your Village!

Thunder rumbled, waking insects buried in the soil of winter.

"Uncle, one side is the living strong fighters breaking through to the east, and the other is a shadow clone carrying corpses fleeing to the west. If you were the decision-maker, which side would you stop?"

Dodai wanted to say he wanted both, but Ryuu Uchiha's power kept him from uttering such childish words.

Qing Xuan, still tirelessly, continued to apply pressure, "Several Genin were able to escape from tens of thousands of Iwagakure ninja under Father's cover, so tell me, facing thousands of Iwagakure ninja who have already been scared to death, can he cover his shadow clone and escape again?"

Dodai fell silent.

He pondered for a moment, finally made up his mind, looked at a Kumogakure ninja, and ordered, "Go get number nine."

The Kumogakure ninja hesitated, but was reprimanded again by him, then resolutely ran into the rain.

The air fell quiet for a moment, only the pattering sound of rain remained.

No one looked at the departing Kumogakure ninja again, nor did anyone know where he had gone.

However, the Anbu who had been hiding in the surrounding trees would follow all the way and then tell the Third Hokage the final answer.

The silence did not last long. Soon, the Kumogakure ninja returned, bringing with him a middle-aged ninja who was panting.

He wore Konohagakure's forehead protector, a Konohagakure Chunin vest, and had lived in Konohagakure for decades.

One could say he was originally a Konohagakure ninja.

Facing everyone's gaze, his expression was fearful, his eyes filled with unease, yet under the Kumogakure ninja's command, he walked towards Qing Xuan. Under the lock of pair after pair of Sharingan, his right hand trembled as he pulled out a square box the size of a human head.

He pulled out the antenna, and the front, painted with the character for lightning, let out a low roar like angry thunder amidst crackling sounds.

"Uchiha... crackle, hiss! Qing Xuan!"

Qing Xuan leaned his face closer.

"Moshi moshi? This is Ryuu Uchiha!"

"Hiss, crackle... crackle! Enough!"

The person on the other end seemed very angry, he roared as if forcefully enduring, and commanded, "Your address... crackle-- Give it to me! Immediately! Crackle! Now!"

Qing Xuan frowned, pulled over a small stool nearby, sat down, and said nothing.

The air was immediately filled with a crackle, hiss, crackle sound.

After a long time, a buzzing sound came from the other end, as if persuading him of something, and then the low roar subsided, "Alright, Uchiha, Ryuu. Crackle-- What do you want to talk about?"

The static seemed to lessen.

Qing Xuan, however, was no longer in a hurry. He rested his chin on his hands and asked with great interest, "What do you want?"

"You know it well, crackle! Ask!"

"This thing has a bad signal!"

Qing Xuan poked the box with his finger and asked, "Is it the latest model?"

The other side seemed stumped, and after a while, replied, "There's only one of this model in all of Konohagakure. This machine has limited power, state your conditions!"

Qing Xuan asked, "Can it be any condition?"

"As long as, crackle! Hiss... it's acceptable, but not too excessive."

Qing Xuan thought seriously for a moment under everyone's gaze and said with a straight face, "I want to marry the most beautiful woman in your village!"

"Boom!"

The other side seemed to throw something, followed by sounds of panic.

"Hiss! Are you playing with me?"

"Calm down! Crackle-- Calm down! Fourth crackle!"

"Cannot be..."

After a long time.

"Change your, crackle-- request!"

Words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

Qing Xuan scratched his head, turned to look at the Uchihas, and behind them, a golden ponytail swayed into his sight.

"Then help my mother pay off all her external debts!"

"Tsunade? Crackle, crackle..."

A discussion came from the other end, as if they were in a meeting.

"No, crackle-- cannot agree!"

"Involves, hiss, crackle... many countries, including the Land of Fire..."

"Crackle-- Crackle! What about the intelligence department? Calculate, crackle... Kumogakure's three-year financial total?"

As if something incredibly important had happened, the other side seemed to fall into a long period of shock.

"The female ninja, what are your requirements? Crackle, crackle, crackle--"

At this moment, Qing Xuan seemed to see the Fourth Raikage's displeased expression.

Why bother!

It would have been so much better if you'd agreed earlier! You wouldn't be this embarrassed now. Kumogakure, the great Kumogakure, can't even pay off the debts of a weak woman. It's laughable!

Facing the other party's voluntary surrender, Qing Xuan raised an eyebrow. "I told you, I want the most beautiful one!"

The other party seemed to be trying hard to restrain himself. "Kumogakure, tch, zzzz... zzzzzz. We only have the strongest! No 'most beautiful'! Zzzzzz!"

Qing Xuan didn't indulge him at all. "Then I want the whitest one!"

"Boom!"

The other party threw something else!

Then.

"It's not worth it! Zzzz... It's not worth it! Fourth Raikage!"

"For the Third..."

"Calm down, zzz-- calm down!"

This time, the Fourth Raikage seemed to be in a huge temper. His angry roar was heard even by the dog outside the entire street.

"Uchiha Qing Xuan! Zzzz... Zzzzz! I promise you! You just wait for me! Zzzzzla!"

"Okay! I'll wait."

Qing Xuan replied dismissively, then loudly announced an address.

"Boom!"

This time, nothing else was thrown from the other side. The box just finally couldn't bear the load and exploded at this final moment.

Amidst the flames, Qing Xuan turned his head to face the complex and bewildered gazes of many, including the Third Hokage. This guy, still with a poker face, extended his small hand towards Dodai. "Is there any alliance more reliable than a marriage alliance? Come on, uncle, let's shake hands. From now on, Konohagakure and Kumogakure will be one family."

At this moment, facing Uchiha Qing Xuan up close, Dodai's heart trembled violently. Under the gaze of all the Uchiha, he reached out his hand, considering whether to seize this opportunity to strangle this scoundrel.

But, in the end, he didn't do it.

Setting aside whether such a feat could be accomplished under the watchful eyes of the Uchiha, even the Third Hokage, who had already arrived beside him, and the Konoha ninja who were gradually surrounding them wouldn't allow him to do so.

Not to mention, there were the Hyuga Clan's eyes, bulging with veins, the Byakugan...

"I, of course, am very happy to."

At this moment, the smile on Dodai's face wasn't stiff at all.

Especially when contrasted with the Third Hokage's flickering pipe, it became even more gentle.

Behind the Uchiha, Tsunade was wiping her eyes with a look of relief.

"Are you crying? Tsunade."

Jiraiya's voice sounded low and deep from the side.

Tsunade nodded, her voice filled with emotion.

"Qing Xuan is such a sensible child. I didn't expect him to still be thinking of me at a time like this..."

Jiraiya felt his teeth ache.

"Don't you feel like he's publicly humiliating you?"

"Boom!"

"Tsun... Tsunade! Calm down! Calm down!"