Indra tricked Madara into checking whether Tobirama was a man or a woman

"Hey, sis~ were you hurt by a man?" Hashirama stared at Indra and suddenly blurted out the question.

"Pfft, cough, cough, cough! What did you say?" Indra choked at his words, coughing repeatedly as the skewer in his hand snapped.

Tobirama Senju covered his face and turned his head away, pretending he did not know the man before him.

He understood his elder brother's thought processes less and less.

Hashirama also felt that his question had been rather abrupt, so he explained with a sheepish laugh, "Hahaha, I just thought you didn't trust people because a man broke your heart, sis, so..."

"Shut. Your. Mouth!" Madara Uchiha pointed at Hashirama, his expression twisting. He had never imagined that this despicable Senju would dump such a huge mess on him. His elder brother had to be furious now, and he would definitely be the one to suffer when they got home.

"Sorry. My elder brother reads too many romance stories. Please forgive him." In the end, Tobirama Senju pressed a hand to his forehead and stepped in to smooth things over, mostly because it was too embarrassing. He did not want them to discover their identities someday and say that the Senju Heir had something wrong with his head.

"But what you said made a lot of sense. It's hard to truly understand each other. I don't even know what my elder brother is thinking." After hearing the person before him say he was not an Uchiha, Tobirama was willing to talk to him a little more.

He had watched closely. When the woman before him said he was not an Uchiha, his expression had been perfectly composed. Those arrogant Uchiha would never have been able to say such a thing.

What he did not know, however, was that Indra's surname was Otsutsuki. Only his descendants had taken the name Uchiha.

There was nothing wrong with him saying he was not an Uchiha. He would never stoop so low as to deny his own surname.

"Then you see things more clearly than your elder brother. But..." Indra looked Tobirama Senju over, unable to tell whether he was a man or a woman. His curiosity stirred again. Concealing his expression, he said, "Why don't you buy some proper clothes? Plenty of people are staring at you already."

Tobirama Senju glanced around. Quite a few people were gazing at him with lustful eyes. He withdrew his gaze, shot his elder brother a fierce glare, and got up to look for a clothing store.

Indra pulled Madara Uchiha along and followed close behind, his mood visibly improved.

Madara Uchiha leaned close and asked quietly, "Nii-san, why did you tell him to buy clothes?"

Indra glanced at Madara Uchiha and gently stroked his head, coaxing him in a voice only the two of them could hear, "When he changes, go in and check whether he's a man or a woman for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Madara Uchiha's eyes widened, and he stared at his elder brother in disbelief.

What had he just heard?

His elder brother wanted him to... peep on a girl changing!!!

Seeing his expression, Indra knew what he was thinking. He cleared his throat and explained quietly, "I suspect he's a man."

Normally, an Uchiha would not deign to explain himself.

If one volunteered an explanation, something was definitely fishy.

"Really? You're not lying to me, are you?" Madara Uchiha eyed his elder brother suspiciously, his thoughts racing.

If that younger sister was a man, then the despicable Senju must have failed with him and switched genders to try again.

"If I'm lying, I'm your ancestor." Indra tucked his hands into his sleeves and avoided looking at Madara Uchiha. He was merely curious-no, it was Uchiha Natsu's emotions that were curious.

In all the time Indra had drifted through the shinobi world, he had never thought to investigate whether someone was a man or a woman. He only knew that Hashirama Senju had a younger brother named Tobirama Senju; he had never confirmed whether Tobirama was male or female.

"Then... wouldn't it be more appropriate for you to look?" Madara Uchiha still felt uncomfortable. Whether the other person was a man or a woman, just thinking about peeping on someone changing made him uneasy.

"I'll grant you one favor. Anything you want." The main reason Indra would not look himself was that he felt uncomfortable too. He thought watching the other person change would sully his eyes and hinder his awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Madara was different. He would need to replace his eyes after awakening his Mangekyo Sharingan anyway, so it did not matter if they were sullied.

The two reached an agreement in silence.

Madara had not agreed because he wanted Nii-san to do something for him. He had simply noticed that Nii-san was genuinely interested.

The four entered a clothing store. Tobirama Senju casually picked out a pair of trousers and a pale blue yukata, only for Hashirama to stop him and choose a pink yukata patterned with little cherry blossoms.

The two began arguing right there, leaving Indra and Madara Uchiha utterly exasperated.

"Hey, you two. Enough already." Madara Uchiha could not stand watching any longer. As far as he was concerned, both outfits were equally tacky. Pink or pale blue made no difference.

Then he looked at his elder brother. Yes, good taste in clothes, powerful, and a wonderful personality.

People really could not be compared.

"Invincible, tell us, which color looks better? Shouldn't girls wear pretty pink clothes?" Hashirama tossed the difficult question to Madara Uchiha and waited expectantly for his answer.

Madara Uchiha broke into a cold sweat. He had never imagined facing such a dilemma in his life. The problem was that neither looked good. He casually pointed to a dark red kimono and said, "That one!"

Hashirama and Tobirama: ...

In the end, however, Tobirama Senju rejected the pink kimono with little cherry blossoms and chose the dark red one.

When Tobirama Senju went to change, Indra gave Madara a meaningful look, signaling him to follow, while he himself drew Hashirama Senju's attention.

Madara Uchiha reluctantly followed Tobirama Senju and watched him enter the changing room. At that moment, he desperately wished he had a pair of Byakugan rather than having to check the other person's sex in person.

If he was a man, fine. If he was a woman... then Madara would be a pervert.

But since Nii-san was suspicious, something had to be wrong. So he picked out an outfit as well, took a deep breath in front of the changing room, lifted the curtain, and walked inside.

Tobirama Senju had not expected anyone to enter so suddenly. Holding up the trousers he had only put one leg into, he looked at the newcomer, and their eyes met.

Time froze in that instant.

Then came a scream.

"Bastard! I'll kill you!" Tobirama Senju rushed out with only one trouser leg on and attacked Madara Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha darted aside, countless curses racing through his mind. He really was a man! Those despicable Senju had actually dared to use a man to seduce them, the Uchiha.

Did they think the Uchiha were blind?

"Ah, Tobirama!" Hashirama's heart jolted. He swiftly moved in front of his younger brother and stopped him, stealing a guilty glance at his friend. He had never expected them to be exposed like this.

At the same time, Indra and Madara exchanged a glance. Indra stepped in front of Madara and pressed his folding fan against Tobirama Senju's neck, his gaze drifting casually downward.

Sure enough, Tobirama Senju was a man.

"I will never let anyone bully my younger brother."

Amid the tense standoff, the once-bustling store fell into deathly silence.