Siblings Reunited

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

At this moment, Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari had already arrived at the main gate of Yugakure.

Looking at the gate before him, which possessed almost no defensive force, Tokiju shook his head helplessly.

Yugakure was a ninja village that welcomed anyone to soak in its hot springs; after all, that was their only notable feature.

Oh, right, they also had the peculiar Jashin Cult here; that thing known as Hidan had crawled out from this very place.

Tokiju simply muttered "here to soak in the hot springs" and entered the village with ease, without facing any further interrogation.

After all, before arriving at Yugakure, Tokiju had already placed sealing jutsu on both himself and Uchiha Hikari to prevent their chakra from leaking.

Unless they encountered someone from the Hyuga Clan with X-ray vision or someone possessing a very specialized sensory ninjutsu, the sealing jutsu Tokiju had applied was invincible—even the Sharingan of the Uchiha Clan could not detect it.

This point had been personally verified by Uchiha Hikari, who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.

After all, Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari had spent several years together.

In order to gain an advantage during their sparring sessions, many of the sealing jutsu Tokiju developed were specifically targeted at the Uchiha Clan's Sharingan.

Sealing sight, sealing hearing, sealing senses, and even blocking intense emotional fluctuations—the variety of sealing jutsu was countless.

It could be said that unless he encountered an Uchiha on the level of Madara, Tokiju could make any Uchiha clansman understand exactly why the flowers were so red.

Therefore, in the eyes of these Yugakure ninja, Tokiju and Uchiha Hikari were just two ordinary people without chakra, so they naturally didn't pay them much mind.

After entering the village, Uchiha Hikari looked at Tokiju and asked, "Didn't you keep clamoring about wanting to soak in the hot springs? So, are we going to find your sister first, or go to the hot springs?"

Upon hearing this, Tokiju began to think seriously about whether his sister or the hot springs were more important.

But just at this moment, a very discordant sound came from ahead on the street.

"Hey! Did you find that woman yet?"

"No! I just saw her here a moment ago!"

"Damn it! You lot, go search over there; we absolutely cannot let her get away!"

With that, this group, who looked like trouble at a glance, immediately ran off in another direction.

Seeing this scene, Tokiju complained internally, No, you're just running off like that? Aren't you looking for someone? At least ask around! Why does it feel like you're just playing around?

How should one describe this scene? It was like a homebody who kept talking about going out to have fun but whose body remained completely motionless.

Moreover, this scene felt somewhat familiar to Tokiju, though he couldn't quite put his finger on why.

So, he kept his gaze fixed on the direction the group had left, frowning as he pondered the origin of this sense of familiarity.

But just as he was thinking, a little girl with pale blonde hair tied in a short ponytail behind her head was staring at him intensely.

Judging by her tightly furrowed brows, an unparalleled battle between heaven and man must have been taking place within her heart.

Tokiju naturally did not sense the other party's gaze; after all, he had not yet unlocked the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, that innate talent of the Uzumaki lineage.

Furthermore, before he accidentally ended up in the sealing space, he had never learned any sensory ninjutsu.

On top of that, he had been staying in the sealing space since he was six, and apart from Uchiha Hikari, he had never come into contact with anyone else.

Therefore, the current Tokiju had a very obvious dullness toward all kinds of gazes.

Fortunately, he had Uchiha Hikari by his side.

She naturally noticed the gaze of the little girl with pale blonde hair immediately, and she also saw through the fact that the other party had used a Transformation Jutsu.

Realizing that the other party held no malice, she immediately guessed the girl's identity.

She casually nudged Tokiju with her elbow, signaling that it was time for him to snap out of it.

After being nudged, Tokiju came to his senses and looked at Uchiha Hikari with a dazed expression.

Ignoring Tokiju's confusion, Uchiha Hikari lifted her chin, signaling for Tokiju to look ahead.

Following Uchiha Hikari's gaze, Tokiju also saw the little girl with pale blonde hair.

Upon seeing this person, Tokiju immediately realized where the earlier sense of familiarity had come from.

Wasn't this the exact scene of his sister's creditors coming to collect debts after she refused to pay them back?

And this little girl before him looked exactly like his sister did when she was young.

At this moment, Tokiju also recalled that in the original Naruto story, his sister seemed to always use this method to shake off debt collectors.

Not only that, but he had also witnessed this heaven-defying operation with his own eyes when he was a child.

It was just that because so much time had passed, he had somewhat forgotten about it.

Seeing it again now, his dead memories began to launch a frantic assault on his brain.

After processing the memories in his mind in an instant, Tokiju scratched his cheek awkwardly and said, "Ah, Sis, you're dodging creditors again? Can't you take a break?"

Hearing these words, the young Tsunade in front of them immediately felt her eyes redden.

Once upon a time, when that brat Tokiju was still around, whenever she was caught dodging creditors, he would always say exactly that to her.

She had always found that phrase incredibly annoying.

But ever since Tokiju vanished without a trace, Nawaki, Grandma Mito, and her lover had all passed away one after another.

Now, every time she dodged debt collectors, she found herself wishing more than anything to hear that familiar, irritating remark once more.

Because she had always believed that Tokiju had only disappeared, not died, and that there was still hope of seeing him again.

Yet as time marched on, with the end of the Second and Third Great Ninja Wars, that hope in her heart gradually withered away.

She had long since become a walking corpse, numbing herself day after day through endless gambling.

Perhaps her only remaining purpose now was to raise Shizune, the niece of her late lover, into a capable ninja.

And just today, as she continued her routine of teaching Shizune, drinking away her sorrows, gambling, losing money, and fleeing from creditors, she caught sight of a child in the crowd who looked exactly like her younger brother.

At first, she assumed she had simply had too much to drink and had mistaken someone who resembled her brother for the real thing.

But when the person uttered that very remark—the one etched deep into her heart—she knew.

She realized she hadn't been mistaken, nor was she drunk; the person before her was truly, undeniably her brother.

Though she couldn't fathom why her brother still possessed the body of a six-year-old, it didn't matter. The reunion with her brother filled her heart with such overwhelming excitement and surprise that the Transformation Technique she had been maintaining unconsciously dissipated.

Seeing Tsunade reveal her true form, Uchiha Hikari was utterly stunned. That figure—it's so explosive! What on earth does she eat to grow like that?

Tsunade pointed a trembling finger at Tokiju and asked, "Are you... Tokiju?"

Seeing Tsunade in such a state, Tokiju felt a pang of heartache. He hurriedly undid the seal suppressing his chakra signature, allowing his chakra and the distinct aura of the Senju Clan to radiate outward without reservation.

Feeling that familiar chakra and the undeniable connection of their shared bloodline, Tsunade confirmed that the person before her was indeed her brother.

Without a moment's hesitation, she lunged toward Tokiju and scooped him into a tight embrace, as if terrified he might vanish again the very next second.

Although the two massive mounds pressing against him made it hard to breathe, Tokiju patted Tsunade's back comfortingly and said, "Big Sis, I'm back. It's been hard on you all these years."

Even though Tokiju's voice was soft, Tsunade heard him clearly.

The moment those words reached her, large tears welled up and spilled from her eyes, and she began to wail uncontrollably right there in the middle of the street.