In the middle of the night, the hustle and bustle of Konoha has long since fallen silent. Only the breeze blows through the treetops, bringing up a few fallen leaves and making a slight rustling sound.
In the courtyard of Uchiha Residence, the moon is shining brightly and the stars are dotted, seeming to fill the entire night sky with bright light.
Shinichi and Tsunade sat side by side, looking up at the sky quietly. For a moment, no one spoke. The night was gentle, and even the sound of breathing seemed particularly clear.
After a long time, Tsunade suddenly turned his head and said casually, "Hey, Shinichi, you have to teach Nawaki well."
Her tone was somewhat forceful and threatening, but there was a hint of softness in her voice that could not be concealed.
"If you dare to be lazy, don't blame me for letting you taste my 'Thunder God Fist'!" She folded her arms and raised the corners of her mouth in a slightly contented arc.
Shinichi heard this, glanced sideways at her, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and responded with a bit of playfulness, "That's natural, after all...Nawaki is my future brother-in-law."
After the words fell, Tsunade originally looked calm, but when he heard the words "future brother-in-law", the tips of his ears instantly turned red as if being touched by something, and even his eyes were a little panicked, but he didn't want to show it.
She turned away and stared at the night sky pretending not to care, but she felt her heart beat a few beats faster uncontrollably.
Shinichi Seeing this, he smiled secretly in his heart, but pretended to be calm. He looked up at the bright stars in the sky, and his tone was as soft as if he was talking about something trivial.
"Don't worry, he is your brother, and he is also someone I care about. I don't dare to slack off in teaching him."
The breeze blew by, blowing the broken hair on Tsunade's forehead. She subconsciously raised her hand to straighten it, but she didn't dare to look at Shinichi again. Her heart was beating so fast that it seemed that even the starlight became hot.
Tsunade Stay calm, don't talk too much.
Shinichi stared at her sideways for a while, with a mischievous light in his eyes. He suddenly lowered his voice deliberately and leaned closer. "However, since I have accepted your brother as my apprentice, do you have to think about it and entrust yourself... to him as well?"
Tsunade was stunned for a moment, the blush on his face reaching the roots of his ears. He unconsciously grabbed his cuffs with both hands. When he raised his head and met Shinichi's eyes, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat faster.
She immediately raised her hand and hit him on the shoulder. "Young Master, I'm so beautiful! I don't want to teach you a lesson!"
Her strength was indeed much lighter than usual, and she didn't have the usual ferocity at all.
Shinichi smiled slightly, moved sideways lightly, skillfully avoided her fist, and patted the back of her hand, with a hint of teasing in his tone. "Don't be reluctant to strike. If you hit me lightly, I thought you were soft-hearted."
Tsunade was stunned now, his face turned redder, anger and shyness intertwined, but his eyes began to dodge.
Her lips trembled slightly, but she still forced herself to say, "You're looking for a beating, aren't you?!"
Shinichi smiled even deeper, completely ignoring her sullen look, and instead took a few steps closer, with a gentle smile and a touch of harmless mischief, "Your bad temper is really a headache, but I quite like it."
Tsunade couldn't help but snorted, pursed her lips and turned her head, pretending to be indifferent, but the fluctuations in her heart still couldn't calm down. She lowered her head and whispered softly, "Don't push yourself too far..."
Shinichi knew it well. At this time, Tsunade was not only angry, but also shy. Her unwillingness to be teased made her look particularly cute.
The two of them stood like this in the breeze-swept courtyard, the atmosphere between them was a bit ambiguous, but also a bit relaxed and cheerful.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and all the joking and teasing turned into gentle smiles. But the corners of his mouth had already been quietly raised.
The night was quiet, only the two of them were sitting side by side, the stars were shining, and even this wordless ambiguity became gentle.
In the early morning of the next day, the sun shone through the mist and fell on the Senju Clan's ancestral house, making the entire courtyard seem quiet and warm.
Shinichi arrived at the Senju mansion as promised and walked gently through the familiar corridor.
When he pushed open the courtyard door, he habitually glanced in the direction of Nawaki's room, only to see that the small door was tightly closed, and the sound of even and long breathing came from inside the room.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly, with a gentle smile in his eyes, and he thought to himself:
As a child, it is the time when your body is growing. It is best to sleep a little longer so that you can grow taller and stronger. You should not get involved in the battlefield early...
Not wanting to be disturbed, he turned around and planned to wait quietly in the courtyard. However, at this moment, a maid Earth Flow walked forward with brisk steps, bowed slightly, and said in a respectful tone:
"Sir Shinichi, Mrs. Mito, please move to the Main Hall, saying that we have something to discuss."
Shinichi heard this, raised his eyebrows slightly, and moved his eyes slightly.
There was some speculation in his mind, but his face remained calm and he nodded. "Please lead the way."
After that, he straightened his sleeves and walked towards the Main Hall, but he was already thinking to himself - Mito Uzumaki specially summoned him, so I'm afraid it won't just be a casual chat.
The meaningful look in her eyes yesterday is still vivid in her mind. It seems that this elder Konoha may have plans to push something further.
The breeze in the courtyard was blowing gently, and the flowers and leaves were swaying, as if they were quietly waiting for this conversation that was destined to be uneasy.
Shinichi sat respectfully in front of Mito Uzumaki, with a calm expression and a decent posture, neither arrogant nor restrained.
Main Hall It was quiet inside, and the breeze outside the window blew through the bamboo curtain, bringing a hint of floral fragrance.
Mito was sitting on the couch, his expression gentle but with a touch of scrutiny and insight, his weathered eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
After a long time, she spoke softly, her tone gentle but her words steady:
"You know, when Tobirama summoned you for the first time, I was actually behind the scenes." Mito put down the tea cup in his hand, his eyes as clear as water, "I quietly observed you Sensory Technique, trying to see clearly what the character of this Uchiha boy is."
She paused and sighed softly, with some appreciation and emotion in her eyes.
"What surprised me is that from the moment you stepped into Senju Clan Compound, there was not a trace of malice in your Chakra fluctuations. It was calm as water. Even when facing Tobirama, what you showed was only a hint of goodwill, without any falsehood or concealment."
Shinichi heard the words, lowered his eyes slightly, did not defend himself, and listened quietly.
Mito continued, "Later, I never thought that a person like you, who is lazy by nature and afraid of trouble, would go to rescue Tobirama alone at a critical moment, regardless of the danger of life and death."
Having said this, her eyes moved slightly, and she looked at Shinichi with a bit of tenderness. "What moved me even more is that you worked tirelessly for that girl Tsunade, running thousands of miles to help, knowing that the road ahead was dangerous, but you didn't hesitate to take that step."
Her voice was low but filled with admiration from the bottom of her heart. "Uchiha like you is probably the only one in this millennium."
Having said this, Mito's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Shinichi with a half-smile, and his tone suddenly changed, with a hint of meaningful inquiry:
"Besides - those eyes of yours have probably awakened a long time ago, right?"
As soon as these words came out, the originally calm atmosphere seemed to have some waves.
Shinichi's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't deliberately hide it. There was still a warm smile on the corners of his lips. He raised his eyes to look at Mito, his eyes were clear, and he responded lightly, "Lady Mito really has a sharp eye. Indeed... those eyes have been opened."
Mito nodded slightly, as if he had expected it. His eyes were softer, with a hint of deep meaning and unknown meaning.
"Uchiha's eyes have always been born of love and burned by hatred." Her voice was low, with an indescribable emotion, "But you are an anomaly. Your eyes are not shadowed by hatred. Instead, they are like a clear spring, seeing clearly and calmly."
She sighed softly and smiled slightly, "So I can rest assured to hand Nawaki into your hands, and I can rest assured to let Tsunade get closer to you. It's time for someone to resolve the past grudges between Senju and Uchiha."
After the words fell, the room fell silent for a moment, as if even the wind outside the window stopped for a moment.
Shinichi lowered his eyes, but there were some complicated emotions in his heart. After a long time, he slowly said, "Although I dare not say that the dispute between Senju and Uchiha can be completely settled, but since I have come to this day, I will not let that fateful relationship happen again."
Mito nodded slightly, his eyes full of satisfaction and peace of mind.
At this moment, the two surnames who should not have been so close seemed to have quietly narrowed the distance because of their conversation.
Mito Uzumaki was sitting on the couch, her eyes were gentle, but there was a trace of inquiry that could not be refused. She gently raised her eyes, looked at Shinichi in front of her, and said slowly:
"Can I see those eyes of yours?"
Her voice was neither urgent nor slow, as if she was chatting away at home, but underneath her words there was a hint of meaningful seriousness.
Shinichi looked at her quietly for a moment, then nodded slightly without any hesitation.
"Of course."
After the words fell, he slowly raised his eyes. His originally gentle blue eyes suddenly changed in an instant -
Golden blue light bloomed in the pupils like meteors falling to the ground, and the pupils were like stars flowing, Rinne Tenseigan was fully opened between Setsuna!
A majestic and deep pupil power bloomed from his eyes, sweeping through the entire Main Hall like a tsunami. It was like substantial coercion spread out from his eyes, and instantly penetrated into the complex and exquisite seal Barrier in Mito Uzumaki's body.
Even though Mito has experienced hundreds of battles for many years and Sealing Jutsu's achievements are top-notch, she couldn't help but feel a shock in her heart at this moment, as if there was an irresistible force gently knocking on the depths of her soul.
Within the seal Barrier, the terrifying aura belonging to Nine-Tails was originally as silent as sleep, but at this moment, it seemed to feel the oppression from the outside world.
Nine-Tails, who was originally irritable and full of malice, now seemed to be restrained by some kind of destiny-like will, and instinctively felt extremely fearful and depressed.
It roared and struggled deep within the seal, its tail trembling slightly, like a ferocious beast unable to resist when faced with an existence far beyond its own knowledge.
Mito Uzumaki felt slightly shaken and his pupils shrank.
She could clearly feel that this pupil power was not only astonishingly coercive, but also seemed to carry some kind of aura that transcended reincarnation, life and death, and fate, making Nine-Tails go crazy with fear, but she was unable to break away from that invisible force.
For a long time, she gently raised her hand and pressed the seal on her chest. She felt that the shock at that moment gradually subsided, and then she slowly exhaled.
Mito Uzumaki slowly raised her eyes and stared at Shinichi. The overwhelming pressure of her eyes had not completely dissipated, and the afterglow was still echoing in her heart.
Her eyes, as calm as water, could not conceal her surprise and shock, and even contained a bit of unbelievable solemnity.
After a long time, she breathed out gently, her voice low and slightly trembling:
"Your eyes... are not Mangekyō Sharingan?!"
When she mentioned the word "Kaleidoscope", her voice lowered subconsciously, as if those two words were supposed to be the fate of the Uchiha Clan, but were completely overturned by the young man in front of her.
Mito has rich experience and has a deep understanding of the secrets of the Uchiha Clan's blood inheritance. He knows that the opening of Mangekyō Sharingan is often accompanied by extreme emotions and obsessions, especially hatred and pain.
And all the Uchiha people are trapped in this tragic cycle of reincarnation, and they cannot escape the shackles of fate.
However, at this moment, she clearly sensed that what was contained in Shinichi's pupils was not the familiar blood-colored Three Tomoe or the kaleidoscope of The Uzumaki lines are a pair of golden-blue eyes that are completely beyond common sense. Their pupils are as deep and vast as the abyss and the sea, as if Essence carries the cycle of life and death, yet they are calm and as clear as a mirror.
What shocked her even more was that there was no distorted emotion, no resentment, no pain in this pupil power. Instead, it carried a kind of tranquility that tolerated everything and controlled reincarnation.
Mito understood in an instant that these eyes no longer belonged to the Sharingan system in the traditional sense of Uchiha. They had even transcended the boundaries of blood and reached a higher dimension of existence.
She looked at Shinichi again, admiration and admiration intertwined in her eyes, and she said slowly:
"Uchiha Clan's eyes have always been reincarnated between love and hate. Few people can escape that obsession... But you are different. Your eyes are not stained with the shackles of tragedy, but instead seem to have seen through fate Essence."
She smiled softly, her eyes soft. "I'm afraid, even Uchiha Clan Head in the past, never thought that in this generation, a young man with such power but without even the slightest bit of violence would be born."
Shinichi listened quietly, his expression unchanged, his lips just raised a faint smile, and he responded warmly, "Sharingan Although it comes from extreme emotions, emotions do not have to be driven by hatred. Since I have these eyes, I should choose to use them to protect the people I cherish, rather than being backlashed by them."
When Mito heard this, the smile in his eyes grew stronger, and he nodded slowly. "What a 'protector of the cherished person'... Uchiha After thousands of years, there is finally a sober person."
She glanced at Shinichi with a pointing look, and said in a low voice with a smile, "It seems that girl Tsunade has indeed seen the right person."
Inside the Main Hall, the sun shines on the two of them through the window lattice, the breeze blows by, the bamboo shadows dance, and it seems that even the air is filled with a bit of relaxation and relief.
Mito knows that these eyes in front of him may really break all the fateful entanglements Konoha had in the past.
Shinichi had a firm look on his face and a calm tone but with unquestionable determination. He looked at Mito Uzumaki without hesitation and looked directly into her gentle, weathered eyes and spoke slowly:
"Lady Mito, I will do my best to protect Tsunade, even if it means my life."
He said these words sonorously and forcefully, without any hesitation, and the words were like iron, with a ringing sound as they fell to the ground, as if he had put life and death behind him.
He paused, a hint of softness appeared in his eyes, and then said:
"All my training and every breakthrough I have made so far is for this one thing - to protect everything around me, protect her, and protect those I care about."
After the words fell, Main Hall was so quiet for a moment that it seemed as if even the wind had stopped.
Shinichi's lowered eyes revealed an extremely clear determination and tenderness. He raised his head slightly, his eyes were clear and calm, without any impetuousness or pretense, and he said as if taking an oath:
"Moreover, I am confident... I can bring real happiness to Tsunade."
He said these words extremely calmly, but with a silent power.
He is not making empty promises, but building up his faith step by step with practical actions.
Mito Uzumaki looked quietly at the eyes of the Uchiha boy in front of her. Those eyes were as clear as a mirror, reflecting the courtyard she was familiar with and all the people she had met in the past.
But - he was the only one whose eyes did not waver at all.
After a long time, a smile slowly appeared at the corner of her mouth, and there was both relief and a hint of emotion in her eyes.
"That's it."
Mito sighed softly, his voice as soft as the spring breeze blowing on his face:
"I haven't seen you look like this in this Shinobi World for a long time."
She nodded slowly, her tone gentle but solemn:
"If you really have this intention, why should I worry? Tsunade That girl, if she can really meet someone like you, maybe she will have a place to go... in this life."
At the end of the sentence, there seemed to be some memories of the past years in her eyes, and her expression was gentle and relieved.
The sun is shining outside the courtyard, and the wind is blowing through the bamboo forest. This conversation seems to be quietly announcing--
Between Konoha Senju and Uchiha, some fates that were once irreconcilable may have quietly changed at this moment.