Senju Kotoha's Past Life

Seeing Ueda Shin acting so nonchalant yet so solemn, Senju Kotoha also adopted a serious attitude.

Ueda Shin warned sternly, "Since we are both transmigrators, it is best to draw some clear boundaries."

"Although our current strength is not much different, the system I possess is exceptionally powerful. You won't be able to catch up to my growth rate even if you gallop at full speed. I am telling you my taboos in advance; you had best not cross them."

He boasted shamelessly, "I intend to marry every beauty in the plot. Therefore, all the beauties in the academy are my future women."

"Since you transmigrated into a woman, you no longer have that capability. If you want to play with lesbians, go ahead; I don't care who else you find. But those beauties from the original plot—like Sakura, Ino, Tenten, Hinata, Tsunade, Shizune, Anko, and so on—you are not to touch them. They are all mine."

Senju Kotoha looked at Ueda Shin with disgust; this thing really dared to say anything. Arriving in another world had completely let him off the leash.

At the same time, she realized instantly that Ueda Shin likely assumed he had been a man before transmigrating and believed she was a gender-swapped transmigrator, not wanting Kotoha to "taint" the goddesses in his mind.

This was a normal phenomenon. After all, in a shonen anime like Naruto, how could a woman transmigrate into this world? Ueda Shin was holding onto this mindset when he warned Senju Kotoha.

In reality, Senju Kotoha had been a woman in her past life and had never even watched the Naruto anime. She only knew from daily information that such an anime existed and that the protagonist was named Naruto Uzumaki. Sasuke looked quite handsome. She knew nothing else. Just like that, she had been tossed into the world of Naruto, completely ignorant.

"I can agree to that; after all, I don't like women," Senju Kotoha replied indifferently.

Ueda Shin wore a look of astonishment.

"How is that possible? You aren't a gender-swapped transmigrator? Could it be that you were a woman in your past life too?"

Senju Kotoha did not want Ueda Shin to know the truth. If she admitted she had been a woman, he might suspect her knowledge of the Naruto plot. That would expose her greatest weakness.

If he knew she hadn't watched the Naruto plot, Ueda Shin certainly wouldn't speak so freely about the original storyline as he had today. He might even use the plot to target her; in that case, she would become the disadvantaged one.

Furthermore, Kotoha did not want to get too involved with Ueda Shin. She didn't like him, nor did she want to be part of his harem. If she admitted she was a woman, she might be added to his harem list. If he kept pestering her, it would be annoying to death.

"Of course I was a man in my past life, but I was a bottom."

Senju Kotoha's eyes shifted as she lied casually to conceal her gender.

Ueda Shin's expression turned complex, a mix of horror and disgust.

"Damn, that's disgusting. You're actually a gay—"

He spat on the ground, no longer having the heart to discuss anything with Senju Kotoha. The damage a gay man could inflict on a straight man was too great.

He walked a few steps away from Senju Kotoha, as if she were carrying a virus.

"As for the two transmigrators at the academy, I'll handle Yamanaka Masami, and you can test Ito Makoto. That's it."

With that, he fled.

Ito Makoto hid in the corner, silent. This was truly a grand performance.

Having learned their abilities, gauged their hostility, and understood the methods they planned to use in the future, Ito Makoto had gained a bountiful harvest.

As for Senju Kotoha's gender, he didn't believe it. At the academy, Ueda Shin had been punished by Iruka to run laps and hadn't noticed Senju Kotoha's self-introduction.

Ito Makoto had previously suspected that Senju Kotoha hadn't watched the Naruto plot and didn't understand the various events. Now, he was certain that this transmigrator was indeed ignorant of the plot.

Moreover, it was logical that Senju Kotoha had been a woman in her past life who hadn't watched the anime, as the probability of women watching Naruto was quite low. The big question, however, was why someone like her had transmigrated into this world.

On the other side, seeing that she had managed to get by, Senju Kotoha left the alley and returned home. Ito Makoto had sent his Golden Eagle to follow her, confirming her home address.

With the address, he could come to spy on her practicing her Breathing Technique later and use his Sharingan to copy it.

The show over, Ito Makoto dispelled his summoning jutsu, letting the Golden Eagle return to its original cliff.

As he prepared to head home, Ito Makoto realized he had wasted too much time. And Sakura seemed to be waiting for him.

If he went back to find Sakura like this, she would definitely be furious. Thinking of this, Ito Makoto broke into a cold sweat.

Since he had already delayed for so long, he might as well linger a little longer.

Over an hour later, Ito Makoto returned to the spot. Sakura was still waiting there.

"A-Cheng, that bathroom break of yours sure took a long time!" Sakura clenched her fists, grinding her teeth as she spoke.

"Did you fall into the toilet or something? You spent over an hour in the bathroom—what were you doing?"

"Sakura, don't be angry yet," Ito Makoto hurriedly appeased her, smiling sheepishly. "Actually, that was just an excuse. I had other things to do, so I specifically made up that excuse."

Thud—

Sakura punched Ito Makoto in the stomach, producing a solid sound of impact.

"Do you think I'll forgive you just because you said that? Why didn't you say so directly before?"

Ito Makoto felt as if his internal organs were about to be knocked out. After refining chakra, Sakura's punching power had grown stronger over the last six months. Even he, who had been training hard in taijutsu, couldn't withstand the pain unless he used ninjutsu.

But if he used a defensive ninjutsu like Earth Spear, the recoil might injure Sakura's bones. So he could only take it head-on. Who told him his soul was that of an adult? He had to let the child have her way. Fortunately, his bloodline was strong, and the recovery power of the Senju Clan was formidable; taking a few punches like Sakura's only resulted in pain.

However, he still couldn't understand: how old was Sakura? How could her fists be so heavy?

Collapsing to the ground, Ito Makoto clutched his stomach.

The current Sakura was becoming more and more like "Sakura-bro." It was better not to provoke her temper in the future.

To appease Sakura, he brought out the backup plan he had prepared.

He slowly pulled a cherry blossom pendant from his bag. The pendant was purple, with five violet crystals inlaid into a sterling silver necklace.

"I heard you liked cherry blossom pendants, so I went out of my way to buy this. I wanted to surprise you."

"I'm sorry, I was held up for too long on the way."

Sakura's delicate, pink face flushed as if stained by the sunset, and she covered her lips with both hands. Her initial annoyance vanished in an instant.

"Brother Xiao Cheng, I never expected you to actually keep my words in your heart."

Ito Makoto saw Sakura's reaction and knew his method had worked.

It was worth him using the Body Flicker Technique to sprint all the way there to buy this pendant. He had spent a whole year's worth of saved allowance on it; it was a genuine sterling silver pendant. This world wasn't like his previous life; there were no plastic imitations here. There wasn't even a cheap alternative to buy.

But seeing Sakura happy, his allowance hadn't been spent in vain.

He stood up from the ground, walked behind Sakura, and fastened the cherry blossom pendant around her neck.

"Of course, I am your Brother Xiao Cheng, how could I ever forget Sakura's words?"

Sakura was touched, yet she hadn't forgotten about what happened earlier.

"Honestly, Brother Xiao Cheng, couldn't you have just told me directly? You're always being so secretive. You made my hand hurt so much."

"It won't happen again."