[Naruto] The big battle to transform the image of the patriarch

From the perspective of the officials of the Land of Fire, they condescendingly came to talk to this group of ninjas from thousands of miles away. Naturally, the other party should be fearful and trembling. The charming beauties talk to them about poetry, life and romance...

For their chattering, tactful and implicit complaints, both Mana and Senju Tamitsu chose to be patient.

There is no way, since enough benefits have been obtained, of course we must avoid complications.

When finally sending this group of big troubles onto the sedan chair, Uchiha and Senju's ninja looked at each other, both heaved a sigh of relief, and then looked at the opposite... Companions, probably, and laughed.

"They're so ostentatious, they really aren't afraid of death." One of Mana's subordinates looked at the envoy group's retreating team with a complicated expression.

Indeed, under the escort of a team of ninjas, the long line of ornately decorated sedan chairs crawled at an unbearable speed among the lush mountains, conspicuous to the point of glaring.

After politely bidding farewell to Senju's ninja and disbanding her subordinates, Mana finally got her own time again.

"I'm a little tired..." She said to herself.

The children ran past her laughing, and the adults on the street watched them with smiles and nodded slightly when they saw her.

She smiled back.

Konoha's popularity is getting stronger day by day.There are not many shops on the street, and there are more mobile vendors selling snacks, vegetables, various small toys, and special products from distant countries...

Because the building has a perfect drainage system and there are special people to clean the streets, the streets look clean and tidy. Only the falling leaves and petals dot the gray road, and the plants and trees that can be seen everywhere decorate a leisurely atmosphere.

At this moment, walking alone on the street, closing eyes to feel the breeze, the fragrance of grass and trees, and the laughter of people, the sun is shining warmly on the body, and the time is suddenly elongated.All the stress, troubles, apprehension, and tension are all far away, as if the thick dust accumulated on the soul is being wiped away bit by bit.

Mana slowed down, letting her thoughts wander.

Thinking of what Brother Madara said just now, which seemed doubtful but was actually firm, I didn't really want to go back and face him... Ah, but I also want to see him soon...

As a result, within two steps, Mana's thoughts began to revolve around the elders of her own family.

Well, there are snacks, or take some back to Brother Madara...

"Hi, Mana."

There is also Quanna...but Quanna seems to be soft on accepting snacks...

"Manna!"

Speaking of why Madara-san is in a bad mood, I'm a little worried...

"U! Chi! Bo! Shin! Nai!"

Manna opened her eyes helplessly, looked at the flushed face in front of her for a few seconds, then sighed and raised her hand to say hello.

"Ah, isn't this Ah Min?" she said.

"Uchiha Mana, you just ignored me on purpose, right? You pretended too badly!!" The other party roared, his black hair bursting into the sky angrily.

The name of the visitor is Uchiha Minato.

That's right, it's the brat boss who was beaten three times by Mana when he was a child.Although she is three years older than Mana, this year's twenty-two youths have a boyish face.

"No," Mana solemnly stretched out her index finger and shook it left and right, "I didn't ignore you on purpose."

"...?" The other party looked at her suspiciously.

"I really can't see you." Mana said as she raised her legs to avoid the baby face in front of her.

Babyface grabbed her arm and said angrily, "Hey, even if you pretend, you should be serious, damn it, Mana!"

"...Hey," Mana saw his perseverance and knew that she couldn't hide, so she had to ask helplessly, "Okay, what's the matter with you, Minato?"

As a Konoha celebrity, I really don't want to talk to you here, haven't you seen people around you already looking at us and talking about it?Mana complained in her heart.

"Uh, uh, I..."

Unexpectedly, she stopped the baby face when she asked so casually, the baby face Uchiha stammered a few times, and the red face that had just faded was burning again.

Seeing his embarrassment, Mana was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Ah, so that's the case. Then come with me."

After she finished speaking, she didn't care about Uchiha Mino's astonished expression, instead she dragged him to a remote corner of the village.

"Hey, hey, I didn't say anything?!" Uchiha Minato complained, but obediently let Mana pull him forward.

"What's bothering a boy your age? The world is so peaceful," Mana said without thinking, "It's not about money, it's about hormones... Sorry, it's about love. So you either want to borrow money or want to discuss Young Werther... sorry for the troubles of puberty. Is that right?"

They turned to a dark place with no one there, except for the occasional chirping of birds.

Uchiha Minato was bombarded by her long string of words, he was dumbfounded, and after a while he went crazy and said: "Why do you still like talking nonsense so much!"

"Ah? Did you say it wrong?" Mana was surprised, and finally took a look at his expression, "Well, it's not money or love, so what else can you worry about?"

"...Why do I think you mean 'what else can you worry about'." Uchiha Minato's cheeks twitched.

"That's what you said." Mana shrugged and urged, "Say something quickly, I still have things to do."

Uchiha Minato stared at the person in front of him.Her long black hair was tied together, hanging down like satin, and her black and shiny skin made her already fair skin seem to be shining.There was a little impatience and disgust on that familiar delicate face, but then again, she had always had this expression when she saw him since she was a child.

"Damn it, it's obvious that you can laugh happily with others..." He whispered to himself—he had never seen Mana's standard indifferent face at work.

"...Young man, come back to your senses." Mana had the urge to cover her face, "Say it quickly!"

"I know, long-winded!" Uchiha Minato raised his eyebrows fiercely, but the next moment he whispered awkwardly in Mana's blank expression, "That's right, that, some time ago, my mother has been urging me to get married..." He secretly Watching Mana's expression.

First confused, then stunned.

"Isn't that still the trouble of youth!" Mana said dissatisfied, "Forget it, for the sake of friends, whoever you like, I will help you!"

That's right, although they were hostile to each other when they were young (Uchiha Minato thought they were each other), the war took away the lives of too many people of the same age, and the conflicts in the past have long been diluted in time, leaving only the same sadness and cherishing of the same race.

It is because of this that Mana's attitude towards him, that unchanging casual, distasteful and a little helpless tolerance, makes Minato, who is constantly losing something, feel more precious.

When did it start? A seed seemed to be planted in my heart. Every time I saw her, it sprouted, and finally a small flower bloomed in the bottom of my heart.Obviously, his looks are just like that, his personality is just like that, but he is really amazing...

"Mana, I, I want to..." In those bright black eyes, he saw his young and stuttering self.

"Don't rush, don't worry, speak slowly." Mana comforted the baby-faced youth in her eyes who was troubled by the troubles of puberty.

But 22, this puberty comes a little later.She couldn't help but diverge her thoughts.

"...That!" He was so nervous that he almost broke his voice, "I want to ask! We..."

Mana looked at him intently.

He stuttered, and his words instantly changed to: "...When will we move to Konoha?!"

God, Uchiha Minato, can you be more cowardly!He really wanted to rub that sentence and eat it back!

"...Huh?" Mana couldn't understand the connection between forced marriage and moving house for a moment, but subconsciously said, "Well, soon. The specific schedule has not been agreed, but the new clan will be repaired soon, I guess Just these two months."

The baby-faced youth gritted his teeth, sweating profusely, looking annoyed and nervous.

Mana asked cautiously: "Ah Minato, are you okay..."

"It's okay!" The other party said immediately, blinking his eyes several times nervously, "No, actually what I want to say is, that!"

He pinched his thigh hard.

Like a man, Minato Uchiha!

"...Actually, what I want to ask is, where do you live after you move?!"

"Ah? Of course I..." Mana subconsciously wanted to talk about the patriarch's family, but immediately fell silent.

She began to think about it.

Yes, she is an adult.Before, I lived with Madara-san and Quanna as relatives, and then I lived there habitually.The clan is busy fighting, and she has to help with official duties, and no one will suggest that she should have a house of her own.But if the whole family moves now, the population and housing allocation of each household will indeed have to be re-determined...

It seems... Shouldn't you continue to live with them?

As soon as this thought appeared, Mana's heart was empty.

Besides, they have reached the age to start a family, right?Even if Quanna is not in a hurry, Madara-san... Hashirama has been married for two or three years, right?

Even if they are cousins, they are only cousins ​​separated by several bloodlines... If they live together again, they will be disgusted by the future patriarch's wife, right...

No, it might directly affect the other party's decision, whether to marry or not.

Hashirama married Hime-kun of the Uzumaki family. Of course, the patriarch of the Uchiha clan had better get back a princess with a strong bloodline...

This is the result of rational analysis.Nothing to be sad about.Anyway, there will be a special office for working in the future...

...Damn it, why do you actually feel like crying just thinking about it!What strange girlish emotions!Too weak!Hold it down!restraint!

"Mana...?" Uchiha couldn't understand why the girl fell into a sudden silence, thinking that she didn't think of this question.

"Huh? Oh, oh, well, of course you can live wherever you are assigned..." Mana said perfunctorily.

"Mana, don't think I don't know that you are in charge of this job!" Minato was a little mad again.

But Mana is in no mood to joke with him right now.

Alas, speaking of it, Mana is already the patriarch's right-hand man at a young age, and she is very strong. Although she was injured, she should still be stronger than him, right?In the future, the wife is likely to be the head of the family.I'm a little upset, but if it's Mana, it doesn't matter... what am I thinking!

He quickly interrupted the fantasy in his mind.

"I said," his baby face was reddish, his handsome eyes finally gathered up enough courage to look directly at the other's bright eyes, "Mana, it's better, why not just move to me..." Mana opened her eyes slightly,

The heart of the baby-faced youth was beating like a drum.

... Move to my house, I will marry you, my mother will also like you very much, I will always treat you well in the future, although I am not as good as you, but I will do my best to give you whatever you want...

He had so much to say to her.These sentences are lurking under the soil of that little flower in my heart. They have been hidden for so long, so many and so full, crowded and buried under that flower, and now they can finally see the light of day.Desiring, wanting impatiently, to tell this long-awaited person everything.

However, it was not his figure reflected in the bright eyes of the sweetheart.

"Brother Ban?" she said dully.

The youth froze in place.

"Mana."

The majestic, low, and indifferent voice sounded behind him; he was not so honored to listen to it all the time, so he was familiar with this voice, but the tone full of power made it difficult for everyone who heard it. forget.

Uchiha's current patriarch is also the most powerful patriarch in history; Uchiha Minato has always been able to look up from afar, the patriarch who stands high in the sky and is surrounded by blue Susano; Uchiha Mana's bloodline cousin.

Uchiha, Madara.

A brilliance he had never seen before suddenly burst out from the girl's eyes, like a star covered by a light cloud showing its true face again, shining brightly.

It was the same eyes and the same mood as him.He realized it miraculously in an instant.

"Why are you here?"

The patriarch passed him without looking sideways, and walked to the side of the girl.Minato could only see his iconic thick black long hair and the same proud and straight back as he remembered.

Not even a peripheral vision.

Madara stood next to Mana, frowned slightly and looked down at her, so close that the tip of his hair almost fell on top of the girl's hair.

"Why don't you come back quickly after work? Is it fun to dawdle outside?" He reprimanded coldly, with a stern look on his face.

no!

Minato opened his mouth nervously, eager to help the girl distinguish a few words; he was afraid that she would feel sad because of being reprimanded.

However, the black eyeballs of the one who sensed something moved slightly, and his substantive gaze was like a sharp knife in Susanoo's hand, instantly piercing his whole body and nailing him in place.It was so fierce, so fast that even before he realized it, his body was like a herbivore being targeted by a predator, and a lot of cold sweat had been released to soak his back.

This gaze was only for a moment; in the next second, all the terror disappeared, and the indifferent gaze fell on the girl in front of him again. Only now did he look at it again and realized that it was not harsh at all, but gentle.

Yet Mino couldn't feel wrong; every cell in his body was screaming wildly.

It was a clearly visible killing intent, and a look of contempt and sarcasm.

"What are you doing, Brother Madara, do you have access control at home?" The girl scolded, but she couldn't hide her smile at all, "I just met a friend and chatted. Don't you know him too?"

"Ah..." Madara responded, unable to hear the emotion, slightly tilted his head and raised his eyebrows at him, "Uchiha come."

He smiled and said, "Why, are you here to fight with Mana again?"

I couldn't help but shuddered.

He had never hated his own powerlessness and weakness like now; but what really made him despair was the expression of his sweetheart, which was unprecedentedly fresh and vivid, and it was only given to one person from the beginning to the end.

"Brother Madara, don't bully the children." Mana raised her forehead, "He really has something to do with me, but..."

...Children?Is that how Mana actually sees him?

Mana waved to him, and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, Minato, let's talk next time. I'm going back."

After Madara appeared, she even smiled a little more when talking to him.

"No, no need!" Uchiha Minato took a step back and said in a panic, "I, I already..."

There was a sense of sarcasm in Madara's eyes—why, he couldn't even speak clearly, so he dared to come to her.

The flames of anger were born spontaneously, but as soon as they emerged, they were powerlessly extinguished.

He lowered his head dejectedly, and said, "...it's all right."

Mana was taken aback: "Ah Minato...?"

"It's all right!" The other party suddenly raised his head and forced a smile, "I'll go first! Goodbye...goodbye, Mana."

That little flower in my heart... those full words that have been sealed for a long time...

All froze in the wilderness where the ice came, and shattered.

He disappeared in place.

"What's the matter, suddenly panicked like this..." Mana tilted her head in confusion, "Nothing will happen, this guy."

After all, they are people of the same age who have grown up with great difficulty, and they have gone through the war together, so at least they have a good friendship.Mana is really worried about him now.

"What can he do?" Madara snorted disdainfully, and then raised the corner of his mouth viciously, "it's just a brat who just realized that the reality is unacceptable."

...Did someone offend you?

never mind.Mana wisely chooses to skip the subject.

"Brother Madara, why are you here suddenly?" Mana asked.

It was almost dusk, the sky was full of clouds, and their silhouettes were outlined by the warm orange light.All the scenery is covered with soft light, and the tranquil atmosphere wanders around.

He touched her head, his expression softened: "...it's nothing. I'm going home. "

"... Oh." Mana responded obediently.

"Brother Madara, where's Quanna?"

"We're going to find him now."

"Oh... Brother Madara."

"What's wrong."

"Did you hear what Ah Min said just now?"

"……Um."

"Then what do you think..."

"...Don't even think about it."

"what?"

"Don't move out."

"But……"

"No."

"……All right."

Mana's back suddenly jumped with joy.

A hand struck the back of her head gently.

"...Why hit me again?!"

"Try to see if you can get rid of your duplicity."

"... Hehe, I was discovered by you."

Indeed, it's time to go home.

small theater:

Mana: ...Did someone offend you?

Madara (sneering): I think he wants to dance.

Mana:? ? ?