Three-Inch Human Realm, Strategizing from Behind the Curtain!

In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.

In the depths of winter, snow fell from the heavens, draping the prosperous land stretching thousands of miles in white finery.

Across the land of the Ninja Kingdom, all was vast and pale. Rivers lay frozen, frost-covered trees stood like jade sculptures, snow drifted endlessly through the sky, and wisps of cooking smoke curled up from the cities.

"Hehehe~!" In the snowy field before Sky Feather Pavilion in Feather Emperor City, Little Tornado, not yet a full year old, was running along while pushing a snowball. Her little feet wore squeaky shoes that made "squeak, squeak" sounds with her cheerful steps, leaving behind two crooked rows of tiny footprints in the snow.

Oh, and she was dressed in a pink padded coat sewn by Kushina herself, with a little purple cotton cap on her head. Two small holes had been specially cut into it to accommodate the pair of horns atop her head.

Madara and Chiri stood side by side on a snowy slope, their arms folded before their chests. Madara smiled. "Hmph. Other children learn to crawl before they walk. Tornado learned to fly before she ran. The order is completely backwards..."

Chiri's beautiful eyes lingered on Madara's profile.

She had never known before that Madara, a man obsessed with battle, actually liked children.

Chiri asked, "Madara, if we have children someday, what do you think we should name them?"

"Hmm? Children?"

Having children was something Madara had never even considered before.

Without a moment's hesitation, he said, "We'll call her 'Mai.'"

"Uchiha Mai!?" Chiri's expression turned somewhat strange.

At the hot spring in Sky Feather Pavilion, warm mist rose into the air, blurring the scenery. Against that backdrop, even the falling snow seemed to carry a hint of