"You're saying that... after all these years, neither of your wives has gotten pregnant?"
Teacup in hand, Yanbai looked at Uchiha Fugaku and Minato Namikaze, who sat across from him.
Early that morning.
Uchiha Fugaku and Minato Namikaze had come to see him.
They knew Yanbai's rules: unless it was an emergency, they had to wait until he finished the work at hand before explaining why they had come.
Once Yanbai finished his work and sent Shikaku Nara off to issue new orders, he invited his two students into the reception room for tea.
Yet after hearing Uchiha Fugaku briefly explain their purpose, Yanbai felt a flicker of bewilderment.
Fugaku and Minato had come together to ask him for children?
Looking at his two utterly serious students, Yanbai couldn't help blurting out, "Have you two misunderstood something about me? I'm Yanbai Senju, not the Child-Giving Guanyin. What does your inability to get your wives pregnant have to do with me? Do you think I can get your wives pregnant?"
Were they asking an old man in women's clothing to become the neighborhood wife-stealer of the Senju?
Was he supposed to become the biological father of Sasuke, his brother, and Naruto?
Forget it...
Minato Namikaze scratched his head awkwardly. "Well... Teacher, Kushina said the younger boys in the family were artificial humans created using your blood and Lord Madara's. We're just getting really anxious, so could you..."
"No..." Yanbai refused without hesitation. "That technology is disgusting. I've already had my second brother ban it. It must never be used again. You should have children the natural way. Don't be so impatient. You're both so young. You'll have children eventually."
So that was it.
After being adopted, Kushina had naturally learned a few secrets.
The textbooks contained no portraits of Yanbai, but