During the Warring States period, sons were regarded as combat power, while daughters were regarded as property.
Having more sons could increase the combat power within the clan.
Meanwhile, having more daughters could be used to trade for benefits through marriage, or contribute to increasing the population within the family.
At this time, there was no rule prohibiting marriage between close relatives within three generations.
In fact, many couples within the clan were related by blood.
Unless possessing special talents or combat power, a woman's status would not be effectively elevated.
For example, Hashirama Senju's future wife, Mito Uzumaki, was a very strong kunoichi, which was why she possessed such status in the clan and could become the woman behind the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju.
If not for that, during the Warring States period, a woman's value was typically only her reproductive value.
Yanbai could make any injury heal as quickly as possible, something others could not do, which also cemented his unshakeable status.
This also led to the consequence that, after Yanbai tried to run away from home and was caught by Tobirama Senju three times.
Three strikes and you're out; Yanbai was still placed under house arrest.
Yanbai staked out the entrance of his home, blocking Hashirama Senju as the latter was about to head out by the veranda.
Tobirama Senju concealed his figure in the tree shadows not far away, narrowing his eyes as he quietly watched this scene.
He saw Hashirama Senju scratching his bowl cut with a helpless expression. "Yanbai, your big brother really isn't hurt."
"Big brother is always acting tough."
Right now, Yanbai had his back turned to Tobirama Senju's perspective, so Tobirama Senju could see Yanbai place both hands on Hashirama Senju's arm, a layer of soft light flashing over them.
Hashirama Senju looked at this scene with a smile, yet still said, "I'm really not hurt this time."
"Big brother is the heir and also my future reliance, so you need to stay well." While feeling the new things he had copied over, Yanbai gripped Hashirama Senju's arm fiercely, terrified that he would run away.
Feeling the claws on his arm practically sink into his flesh, Hashirama Senju's lips twitched slightly.
Yanbai said with an earnest and proper expression, "Therefore, I'm going to come every single day. If you have no injuries, I have to heal big brother; if you have injuries, I have to heal big brother even more. Injured or not, sick or healthy, I'm going to heal big brother all over again."
Hashirama Senju: "..."
Tobirama Senju silently watched this scene of "brotherly and fraternal harmony" from not far away.
Tobirama Senju did not speak much, but he was exceptionally good at reading people and situations.
Ever since their father gave the order, Tobirama Senju had never stopped monitoring Yanbai.
Tobirama Senju felt that his initial guess was right; Yanbai harbored excessive care for big brother Hashirama Senju.
When other people were injured, they had to coax Yanbai before Yanbai would give them treatment.
It was simply a world of difference compared to Hashirama Senju's treatment.
Not only did Yanbai heal Hashirama every single day at home.
Even when Hashirama ran off to the battlefield, Yanbai would chase after him to heal him.
It left Hashirama Senju unable to eat, drink, or live in peace nowadays, terrified that right while he was doing something embarrassing, he would look up and see Yanbai's glowing eyes, and hear him start "healing" him the moment he opened his mouth.
Precisely because of this, all of Yanbai's subsequent attempts to run away from home were blamed by Tobirama Senju on Hashirama Senju-it was all big brother's fault.
Because Hashirama Senju was the one who had the biggest impact on Yanbai.
Tobirama Senju did not know that the truth was far removed from what he imagined.
At this very moment, Yanbai stood at the doorway, looking at his own hands.
Yanbai muttered in a murmur, "Did I actually copy Asura today? Could it be that you two have already met..."
Kawarama and Itama were clearly still alive and well.
Because of Yanbai's existence, many adult combatants of the Senju Clan managed to survive as much as possible.
If it weren't absolute necessity, who would send such young children to the battlefield?
Yet, with his brothers not dying in battle, did Hashirama Senju still go to the riverside feeling depressed, and then encounter Madara Uchiha?
Yanbai was thinking, surely Hashirama Senju didn't go to the riverside just to get away from his "younger sister's" harassment, right?
Thinking of this, Yanbai's eyes narrowed slightly.
He was truly foolish.
Did he need to run to the battlefield to stealthily touch people?
He could just tail Hashirama Senju and he would be able to touch Madara Uchiha.
Touching him once a day, one day he would surely be able to touch out Uchiha bloodlines, right?
He might even manage to touch out Indra...
That way, he might be able to awaken the Rinnegan even earlier than Madara, allowing him more peace of mind to patch bugs.
However, Yanbai immediately thought of Tobirama Senju.
Tobirama Senju, who should have been tailing Hashirama Senju, was now assigned to monitor Yanbai.
If Yanbai foolishly went to tail Hashirama Senju, he would inevitably have Tobirama Senju trailing behind him like a tail.
This would only accelerate the rupture between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.
Once these two guys had a falling out, Yanbai would have to wait until Konoha was established if he wanted to touch Madara Uchiha again.
That would not do!
He had to find a way to safely shake off Tobirama Senju.
Thinking of this, a scheme formed in Yanbai's mind.
Immediately following that, Yanbai wore a benevolent and kindly smile.
Tobirama Senju kept following behind Yanbai. Even though the people around them were all praising Yanbai for being pretty, Tobirama Senju felt no extra emotions about it.
In most brothers' perceptions, no matter what a younger sister's true appearance was, she actually looked ugly in her brothers' eyes.
Therefore, Tobirama Senju would not be bewitched by Yanbai.
Yet, no matter how rational he was, Tobirama Senju could not make sense of Yanbai's bizarre actions.
Tobirama Senju followed in Yanbai's footsteps and entered the chicken coop.
That's right!
It was the dedicated chicken-rearing area built by the commoners kept by the Senju Clan, referred to as the chicken coop for short.
Tobirama Senju had zero clue why Yanbai wanted to come to this kind of place; could it be that Yanbai wanted to eat eggs?
The moment he stepped inside, the pungent stench of chicken droppings rushed straight into his nose.
What baffled Tobirama Senju was that he actually saw Yanbai use the "Restoration Technique" on the hens here.
Tobirama Senju: "?????"
Could it be that Yanbai couldn't find big brother Hashirama, so he transferred his "love" for his elder brother onto the hens?
He would rather heal hens than heal him, his second older brother?
Tobirama Senju shook his head-this definitely wasn't the real reason.
Yanbai couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Tobirama Senju. Since he wasn't allowed to touch people, touching the clan's chickens should be fine, right?
He was the Senju princess whom everyone loved and flowers bloomed for, possessing super-healing abilities, so it was completely reasonable for him to show goodwill toward small animals.
By healing these chickens, Yanbai acquired the "Chicken Language" skill, allowing him to communicate with chickens.
After acquiring the skill, Yanbai spoke many gentle words to this flock of chickens in a soft voice, and those chickens also gave Yanbai replies with fitting "cluck-cluck-clucks". One person and a flock of chickens, asking and answering, looked just like they were chatting.
Tobirama Senju watched with a speechless expression as Yanbai expressed condolences to the hens inside the chicken coop.
After finishing with the hens, Yanbai began expressing condolences to the pack of guard dogs raised in the clan grounds.
After finishing with the dogs, Yanbai began expressing condolences to the stray cats running around on the outskirts.
After finishing with the stray cats, Yanbai then began expressing condolences to the birds occasionally flying down from the trees and hopping around as they strolled.
As long as it was a beast he could get in touch with, Yanbai healed every single one of them.
One hour later, Tobirama Senju finally figured out what Yanbai's purpose was in healing this group of animals.
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