"So you care that much about your comrades' lives. You're a good ninja, but this will waste your talent. I think you should focus on studying taijutsu and Ninjutsu."
Uchiha Kurohane smiled and shook his head.
"You know I'm actually a genius. I learn Ninjutsu very quickly, so I can study Medical Ninjutsu too."
Uchiha Mikoto recalled the sight of Uchiha Kurohane snapping a large tree with one punch, as well as his Shadow Clone Technique releasing five enormous Great Fireball Techniques, and she had no choice but to agree with him.
Without a teacher, Uchiha Kurohane had become so strong at the age of nine.
His cultivation speed in Ninjutsu and taijutsu was truly far beyond that of ordinary people.
At the very least, he was faster than Uchiha Fugaku, who was known as the Uchiha Clan's greatest genius.
Before Uchiha Kurohane, Uchiha Fugaku would become a mediocrity!
As Uchiha Mikoto looked at Uchiha Kurohane, whose face was still youthful but who carried a mature air, a sweet feeling welled up in her heart.
I really like this child. I have to make him my subordinate.
Uchiha Mikoto swept aside the hair by her cheek, revealing her snow-white earlobe, and said alluringly,
"I'm going to train in taijutsu. Keep me company."
Although Uchiha Mikoto was only fourteen and her body had not fully developed yet, she still carried the childish air of a little girl.
However, the way she brushed back her hair was incredibly seductive, and Uchiha Kurohane's heart skipped a beat.
"I'd really like to help you, but I have school today."
"Today is the day the Land of Rain forces are leaving. School is off so everyone can see their relatives off. Didn't you know?"
"...So school's off today? I fell asleep during class last week, so I didn't know."
"Then will you train with me today?"
"Of course. We're comrades. Let's train and become stronger together."
"Comrades?"
As the clan head's eldest daughter, Uchiha Mikoto was practically a princess within the Uchiha Clan.
The children in the clan who were close to her in age treated her with great respect. Even Uchiha Fugaku, the so-called genius, was no exception.
Mikoto had always felt superior when she spent time with them. Although that feeling was comfortable, those relationships were not equal companionship, but relationships between superiors and subordinates.
Uchiha Mikoto had always regarded them as underlings.
The term "comrades" felt novel to Uchiha Mikoto, and rather interesting as well.
This child is different from the other men I've met before. He's too interesting.
I have to have him!
Looking at the child before her, who was five years younger than herself, Uchiha Mikoto pursed her lips in a smile and could not help asking again.
"Have you considered my proposal from last time?"
Uchiha Kurohane played dumb and asked,
"What proposal?"
"Become my little brother and help me become Hokage."
Uchiha Kurohane smiled and shook his head.
"Did Mikoto forget my answer? I want to become the man of the Five Kage. I won't become your subordinate."
"You're still saying such childish things. Even if you really became Hokage, do you think the ninja from the other four villages would acknowledge you as their Kage?"
So what Uchiha Kurohane wanted to become was not the Hokage, but the man behind the Hokage.
He wanted to hide behind the scenes and control the Five Kage of the five great ninja villages. The villagers would never know.
"The ninja world speaks through strength. As long as you have strength, even if the other villagers don't want to acknowledge you, they will."
Uchiha Mikoto's beautiful eyes flashed at those words as she thought of a way to win Uchiha Kurohane over.
"So you understand that strength is everything. How about we have a match? After I defeat you, will you acknowledge my strength and become my little brother?"
Uchiha Kurohane looked directly into Mikoto's beautiful eyes and smiled as he asked,
"Mikoto, do you really think you can defeat me?"
Uchiha Mikoto froze at his words. Because Uchiha Kurohane was five years younger than her and was dead last,
Uchiha Mikoto had always treated him like a little brother and instinctively assumed she was stronger than him.
But after seriously considering it, she felt that she might have made a mistake.
His Shadow Clone Technique combined with those enormous Great Fireball Techniques was too terrifying. If they competed in Ninjutsu, she definitely would not be Uchiha Kurohane's match.
His strength was terrifying too. If that punch he threw at the tree landed on me, it would probably knock the pee out of me.
And he has the Sharingan too. It feels like I really can't beat him!
Wait!
Am I actually inferior to a nine-year-old little brother?
Once Uchiha Mikoto understood that, a sense of shame surged within her.
But she quickly got over it.
No, it's not just me. Fugaku definitely can't beat him either.
He's a genius. It's normal for me to lose to him. There's no need to feel humiliated.
Besides, a ninja's victory or defeat isn't determined by strength alone. Wisdom matters too.
As long as I set enough rules, I can win!
"Hehe~ You want to challenge me? You're far too confident!"
"Fine. Let's go to the forest and have a match. If I win, you'll obediently become my little brother."
"What if you lose?"
"I'll unconditionally obey your orders and do one thing for you."
Unwilling to be beneath Uchiha Kurohane, Uchiha Mikoto deliberately changed the terms.
She changed the condition that she should become Uchiha Kurohane's little sister into one where she would obey Uchiha Kurohane's orders and do one thing for him.
Uchiha Mikoto felt rather pleased with herself, believing her idea was clever.
But in Uchiha Kurohane's eyes, Uchiha Mikoto had already fallen into his bowl.
With the system's help, he had gained abilities far beyond a Jonin's in less than a week.
In another week, he would probably surpass an Elite Jonin.
A month later, he would reach Shadow Level.
With such powerful strength supporting him, handling a fourteen-year-old girl would be as easy as taking something from his pocket.
"Fine, it's a deal. But I need to eat breakfast first, so wait here."
"I haven't eaten either. Let's eat together."
Uchiha Mikoto jumped into Uchiha Kurohane's room, crossed her snow-white little legs, and sat on the edge of his bed.
Seeing Uchiha Mikoto sitting motionlessly on the bed like a noble princess, Uchiha Kurohane was a little surprised.
This girl doesn't want to do any work. Does she want to freeload off my breakfast?
She really thinks she's a princess.
This is completely different from the virtuous wife she would become in the future!
That proves women really do change after growing up.
Because he knew that Uchiha Mikoto would have a virtuous personality in the future, Uchiha Kurohane was not worried.
He jumped out of bed, opened the refrigerator, and tossed a bottle of milk to Mikoto.
"Drink my milk first. Afterward, we'll go buy pancakes."
Uchiha Kurohane was too lazy to make his own breakfast, so he could only offer milk. Anything else had to be bought from a shop.
Uchiha Mikoto did not mind. She twisted open the cap, tilted her head back, and drank with a series of gulps, her slender neck moving like that of a white swan.
Under the sunlight, the sight of the beautiful girl drinking milk was incredibly lovely.
Uchiha Kurohane stared blankly.
So that he could often see such a beautiful sight in the future, he would have to stock up on more milk at home...
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