Indirect Kiss

Indirect Kiss

"Good morning, Kurohane-kun~"

"You know what? After you went back yesterday, I kept training through the night and successfully learned the Shadow Clone Technique!"

Kushina Uzumaki curved the corners of her mouth high, looking extremely pleased.

Since even Naruto could learn the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique in a single night, it was totally normal for Kushina to learn it in a day, and Uchiha Kurohane did not find it surprising.

He shoved a pancake straight into Kushina Uzumaki's mouth.

"...Not again!"

This time Kushina Uzumaki was prepared, turning her little head away and dodging Uchiha Kurohane's feeding.

Yet she caught the fragrance wafting from the pancake and wore a tempted expression.

"What kind of pancake is this? It smells so good."

"Smells good, doesn't it? This is the most delicious snack in all of Konoha."

Uchiha Kurohane wasn't bragging; three-color dumplings just had too much sugar added, making them sweet.

While addictive, they made people fat easily.

Pancakes were different. Though delicious, eating too many made one feel greasy, preventing people from stuffing themselves like crazy, so they wouldn't lead to weight gain.

They were the most suitable snack for female shinobi.

"Then I'll try one."

Kushina Uzumaki extended her dainty, jade-like hand, took the pancake, brought it to her lips, and bit off a huge chunk.

"Waah~ So hot!"

Kushina Uzumaki let out a miserable yelp, immediately sticking out her pink little tongue and blowing on it with a huffing sound.

She pulled an unbearable expression, evidently scorched terribly by the heat.

Watching her disheveled state, Uchiha Kurohane found it quite comical.

When she held the pancake in her hand, she must have felt its temperature—how could she still put it in her mouth to eat?

Wait, when I handed it to her, the pancake didn't feel very hot.

Subconsciously, Uchiha Kurohane took back the pancake in her hand and took a bite to test the temperature.

Though the pancake was a bit warm, it hadn't reached a tongue-burning degree.

Kushina Uzumaki seemingly possessed a cat's tongue that feared heat.

[Yay~ The host has eaten a pancake previously consumed by Kushina, achieving the milestone "Kushina's Indirect Kiss" and obtaining the entry "Kushina's Black Stockings S".]

(Kushina's Black Stockings S: The host acquires the black stockings worn by Kushina; the reward will be delivered to the host's bed tonight.)

An indirect kiss could yield a reward, exactly as Uchiha Kurohane had anticipated.

Yet the reward turned out to be Kushina's black stockings, which struck him as utterly absurd.

As a righteous shinobi, he only wanted to study ninjutsu or enhance his abilities.

What use was giving him a woman's stinky socks?

Last time it was Kushina's white socks, and this time it was black stockings—it truly never ended.

The most crucial point was that last time the system gave him Kushina's freshly peeled-off socks.

They still had a hint of sweat odor.

This time the system was waiting until night to distribute them, apparently to let Kushina take off the stockings first.

Such a hardcore system was genuinely hard to endure.

Uchiha Kurohane lowered his gaze to the black stockings on Kushina's snow-white calves and sighed.

Because the black-stocking tubes covered an extremely long section, trapping heat all the way up to her thighs, coupled with the fact that female shinobi trained all day long, they were bound to sweat profusely.

The scent would definitely surpass the white socks; even the regulars at Ark Bar wouldn't be able to handle it...

On the other side, looking at the pancake Uchiha Kurohane had bitten into, Kushina Uzumaki flushed bright red and completely froze.

He ate the pancake I bit into—is this an indirect kiss?

Definitely!

By definition, this was an indirect kiss!

Kurohane-kun had an indirect kiss with me!

He ate my saliva!

Kushina Uzumaki burned all over with shame, covering her mouth with her small hands and crying out anxiously.

"Why are you eating the pancake I already bit into?!"

Observing her flushed cheeks, Uchiha Kurohane finally understood why people called her a little tomato.

Her round, red, cute face truly resembled a tomato.

"I bought this flatbread myself. It's mine, so how is it yours?"

Hearing this, Kushina Uzumaki froze, pondering for a moment before deciding it made sense, though she quickly snapped back to reality.

No, this was sophistry; I had already eaten it, so how could I let you eat it too!

Because the saliva issue was far too embarrassing, she couldn't voice it out loud.

After a moment of thought, Kushina Uzumaki snatched the pancake right back.

"You gave it to me, so it's mine!"

Taking a massive bite, Kushina Uzumaki shrieked about the heat once more, and the pancake in her hand dropped straight down.

With lightning-fast reflexes, Uchiha Kurohane caught it, chuckled at her lack of memory, and took another bite.

Chew, chew~

Perhaps due to a psychological effect, he felt the pancake Kushina had eaten from tasted exceptionally sweet.

At the same time, Uchiha Kurohane reconfirmed that achievements already unlocked could not grant new entries.

This was what Uchiha Kurohane actually wanted to verify; he wasn't genuinely interested in things Kushina had chewed on.

Once she finished blowing on her breath and saw Uchiha Kurohane eating her pancake again, Kushina Uzumaki grew so mortified that even the tips of her ears turned beet red.

"You're eating it again!"

She stamped her foot and complained.

Uchiha Kurohane was a gentle man; seeing Kushina unhappy, he shoved the pancake right back into her mouth.

"If you want to eat it, then eat."

"Mmph... Hot, so hot!"

Only then did she realize the problem.

When Uchiha Kurohane ate the pancake Kushina had bitten, he came into contact with her saliva, making it an indirect kiss.

And when Kushina Uzumaki consumed this pancake, she would likewise come into contact with Uchiha Kurohane's saliva.

This was a double indirect kiss!

Rounding it up meant kissing!

Did I kiss Kurohane-kun?

With a pop.

A ring of steam burst from Kushina Uzumaki's head, her eyes spun into mosquito coils, and her overwhelmed brain short-circuited.

She truly turned into a little tomato.

Noticing Kushina Uzumaki turn just like Hinata, Uchiha Kurohane secretly felt this was a sort of destiny.

No wonder Naruto ended up with Hinata in the end; it turned out Hinata's steam-engine state was identical to Kushina Uzumaki's little tomato state.

The one who truly resembled Kushina wasn't Haruno Sakura—it was Hinata!

However, thanks to Uchiha Kurohane's Ninja World Peace Plan and the Save Kushina Plan.

Uchiha Kurohane intended to keep Kushina by his side.

Naruto would never be born in the future.

Hyuga Hinata could never be together with Naruto.

Hinata lacked a marriage partner and would remain single in the future.

This seemed to be the fault of Uchiha Kurohane's making.

Uchiha Kurohane believed that as a man, he had to take responsibility.

Speaking of Hinata, Uchiha Kurohane thought of a very important question.

The original work never gave her mother's name.

Uchiha Kurohane could not yet determine who Hinata's mother was.

He wondered if she had the strength to join the Twelve Guardian Ninja Maidens...

After finishing the pancakes together, Uchiha Kurohane and Kushina Uzumaki began their training.

Kushina Uzumaki impatiently formed hand seals, used the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, and conjured two shadow clones.

Gazing at the three identical, beautiful maidens, Uchiha Kurohane felt they looked very much like triplets, instantly sparking an interesting thought.

After female shinobi unleashed the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, the things they could do multiplied drastically; this ninjutsu held infinite possibilities.

No, shadow clones were merely shadow clones and not real bodies; this kind of ninjutsu lacked true excitement.

Compared to shadow clones, there was an even more useful ninjutsu.

That was the Transformation Technique.

Instead of having Kushina Uzumaki conjure a few duplicates with the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, he might as well have other female shinobi use the Transformation Technique to turn into Kushina's appearance.

Because the Transformation Technique involved real bodies, the entertainment value would be much higher.

Just as Uchiha Kurohane was pondering the amusement of ninjutsu in his mind, a crow perched outside Kushina's front door caught sight of a figure that shocked him.

That legendary female shinobi—she had arrived!