About to Be Demolished Again?! (Seeking Follow-ups~)

Uchiha Chen and Might Guy locked eyes, sharing a knowing smile.

Uchiha Chen raised an eyebrow and gestured with his chin toward Namikaze Minato and the others, who were deep in a heated discussion.

Might Guy nodded.

Uchiha Chen got out of bed, and together with Might Guy, walked over to the group.

"Jiraiya, this plan of yours won't work. You're intentionally avoiding Kushina? A surprise? You call this a surprise?"

Clearly, Tsunade was very dissatisfied with the marriage proposal plan Jiraiya had put forward.

"Tsunade, you were the one who asked me for ideas! Now that I've come up with them, you're unhappy with this and that. You aren't Kushina, so how do you know she won't like it?"

Jiraiya glared at Tsunade, clearly feeling quite indignant.

Namikaze Minato, standing to the side, could only offer a sheepish smile, not knowing what to say.

He felt utterly helpless inside. Who was the one getting married here, anyway?

Why were these two arguing about it?

"Hmph, I knew a lecherous old man like you wouldn't come up with anything good. Just as I thought!"

Tsunade crossed her arms over her chest, turned her face away, and said with utter disdain.

"Cut the crap, you flat-chested, washboard-like, damn Tsunade! What do you know?!"

Jiraiya was even more infuriated now, and the insults spilled right out of his mouth!

"What did you say, you damn pervert? Do you want me to punch you into orbit?!"

A large "＃" mark appeared on Tsunade's forehead, and her fist was already clenched tight, ready to strike.

Flat-chested and washboard? That was how many years ago? How could she still be like that now?

"Hmph, do you think I'm still the same dead last from back then? I'm not afraid of you!"

Jiraiya chuckled, turning his head away with a look of disdain, completely unfazed.

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Seeing Jiraiya looking so smug, Tsunade finally unleashed her inner fury and slammed a punch right into Jiraiya's face.

"BOOM!!"

Jiraiya was sent flying, smashing a human-shaped hole straight through the wall of Uchiha Chen's room!

"My house! My new house! It hasn't even been a year yet!"

Uchiha Chen was left dumbfounded by the sight; he never imagined Tsunade would actually throw a punch!

Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi, and Might Guy were equally stunned. Everything had happened so fast that they hadn't even had time to intervene!

"Uchiha Chen, don't worry..."

Tsunade naturally noticed Uchiha Chen's pained expression and was about to say something, but Jiraiya's taunting voice drifted in from outside the hole.

"You bastard Tsunade, you old hag! Sneaking up on me while I wasn't looking! If you've got the guts, come out here and fight me again!"

Hearing this, Tsunade couldn't hold back. Before she could even finish her sentence, she turned and chased after him.

"BOOM!!"

The hole grew even larger!!

"My house! There's a door right next to the hole! Why won't you use the door?!"

Uchiha Chen wanted to slap himself. Why did he have to open his mouth? Why did he have to bring up the wedding?

Now look at this—his perfectly good room was ruined!

"Ahem, well, Uncle Chen, Master Jiraiya and Lady Tsunade are just like that. They're used to bickering and fighting, so don't take it to heart."

Seeing Uchiha Chen looking "devastated," Namikaze Minato could only offer a sheepish smile as he stepped forward to comfort him.

"I'm fine..."

But the way Uchiha Chen's eye was twitching betrayed just how much his heart was aching.

"By the way, Minato-aniki, the proposal still isn't settled, is it?"

Uchiha Chen forcibly suppressed his "grief" and turned to ask Namikaze Minato.

"Yeah. Master Jiraiya suggested a few plans earlier, and I actually thought they were pretty good, but after Lady Tsunade shot them down, I don't know what to do anymore. Everything's a mess."

Namikaze Minato wore a wry smile; he never expected things to turn out like this.

"Hey, honestly, when it comes to proposals, all those flashy methods are just formalities.

The most important thing is your sincerity!

As long as you let Sister Kushina feel your true heart, she'll say yes no matter how you propose."

Uchiha Chen said, patting Namikaze Minato on the shoulder with an expression that said he believed in him.

As for sweet talk, Uchiha Chen felt that Namikaze Minato was far superior to him in that regard, so there was no need for him to make a fool of himself.

"Yeah..."

Namikaze Minato nodded, lost in thought.

BOOM!!!

Suddenly, another deafening roar echoed through the air...

"Damn it, those two bastards are going all out again? Are they trying to tear my house down?"

"No, I have to stop them!"

Uchiha Chen's expression shifted drastically, and without another word, he bolted outside.

He left behind Namikaze Minato, Hatake Kakashi, and Might Guy, who all stared at each other in bewilderment.

"BOOM!!"

Another massive explosion rang out, snapping the three of them back to reality, and they hurriedly rushed out as well...

Time drifted by, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. Deep within the dense forest, the landscape was littered with protruding rocks, all of which were riddled with craters of varying sizes.

This was the very place where Jiraiya had taught Uchiha Chen the Rasengan, and at this moment, Uchiha Chen sat atop a wide boulder, deep in contemplation.

"Wind nature combined with fire nature creates a new transformation, resulting in the Scorch Release bloodline limit. If I were to fuse water nature and wind nature, would I be able to obtain a new bloodline limit as well?"

As Uchiha Chen spoke, he began to practice fusing the two natures.

He practiced for several hours, during which explosions occurred incessantly...

However, to Uchiha Chen's immense frustration, his Max-Level Comprehension failed to trigger at this moment; every time the fusion reached a critical stage, it would fail, resulting in an explosion.

"Sigh, does one really have to be beaten to the brink of death to comprehend a new ninjutsu? But that hurts so much!"

Uchiha Chen looked at his blackened palms and grumbled helplessly.

Suddenly, a faint rustling sound drifted through the woods.

"Who's there? Come out!"

Uchiha Chen furrowed his brows. Could it be that some other fool was looking for trouble?

"Uncle Chen? Why are you here?"

A familiar voice reached his ears, and as Uchiha Chen focused his gaze, he saw that the person approaching was none other than Namikaze Minato.

Namikaze Minato was walking toward him with a look of pleasant surprise.

"This is the very place where Jiraiya taught me the Rasengan. Minato, you don't need to call me 'Uncle' in private."

Seeing that it was Namikaze Minato, Uchiha Chen smiled. This was the place where Namikaze Minato had created the Rasengan, so it was perfectly normal for him to appear here.

"This..."

Namikaze Minato felt tempted, yet he remained hesitant.

"Hey, what's there to be conflicted about? Besides, you're about to succeed as the Fourth Hokage; calling me that wouldn't be appropriate anymore. By the way, congratulations, Minato—no, I should say, Fourth Hokage!"

Uchiha Chen smiled and offered a respectful salute to Namikaze Minato.