Tempering!

I didn't expect the tacit understanding formed in the original work to start unfolding now. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Forget it, let them develop on their own. In the end, Hikaru still decided not to think about these issues. Whatever they grew into later, he would let the two of them figure it out themselves.

From the bottom of his heart, Hikaru certainly hoped the two could become a good pair of partners. Once they both grew up, they would definitely make a name for themselves in Konoha, and even the entire world.

"Right, eat less. Eating too much venison gets you heated."

Suddenly, Hikaru blinked with a mischievous smile at Mikoto Uchiha, dropping a line that directly made Mikoto Uchiha snap.

"..."

"..."

Was this a joke? It didn't look like one, more like teasing... Namikaze Minato and Nara Shikaku, who were just getting ready to eat the meat, looked at each other, blinked, and ultimately pretended they hadn't heard anything. With tacit understanding, they each sliced off a large piece of venison and scurried off to the side.

"Cough, cough!!"

Mikoto Uchiha almost choked to death on the venison in her mouth, unable to help rolling her eyes. "Big brother, what are you talking about?!"

Hikaru laughed heartily, saying, "I'm not wrong. Eating too much venison really does heat you up."

Venison was quite nourishing, and eating too much naturally made it easy to get heated. Furthermore, the heating up here referred to... certain fires getting stirred up.

Mikoto Uchiha wasn't a fool, so how could she not know what Hikaru was referring to? After catching her breath, she shot Hikaru a glare and continued eating with a blushing face. She had to eat even if it got her heated; surely she wasn't