A day of classes passed quickly.
Uzumaki Mirai looked very attentive during class, but in reality, he had already mastered the “Attentive Zoning Out Technique”!
The principle of this technique was that while appearing extremely focused and attentive to outsiders, one was actually zoning out.
It was as if he had fallen under an utterly undetectable genjutsu.
Enduring until the end of the school day, Uzumaki Mirai and Uzumaki Kushina walked side by side out of the school gates, preparing to head toward the Senju Clan Compound, only to see a familiar figure at the entrance.
A tall, long-haired black-haired beauty wearing a dark kimono embroidered with the Uchiha ping-pong paddle emblem,
her gentle smile looked exceptionally pretty in the evening light.
“Mikoto-neesan?” Uzumaki Mirai was slightly stunned.
Uchiha Mikoto waved at him, then slightly bowed and smiled at Uzumaki Kushina beside him: “Hello, may I have a few words with Mirai-kun?
It won’t take too long.”
Uzumaki Kushina’s face suddenly turned red.
What did she mean by reporting to her when she wanted to talk to Uzumaki Mirai?
But seeing this woman who was obviously more mature than Naori yet equally attractive, Uzumaki Kushina gave her a wary look.
She looked at Uzumaki Mirai again, her lips moved, and finally she muttered, “…I’ll wait for you guys nearby.”
She walked over to a tree not far away and stood still, but her eyes kept staring this way, looking just like a dutiful bodyguard.
Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Mirai stood on the other side of the school gate.
“Mikoto-neesan, is there something you need me for?”
Uchiha Mikoto lightly raised an eyebrow, somewhat unsure of how to bring it up,
Naori’s state after returning home yesterday was too strange.
Ever since that stubborn little girl came back from the training ground, she had been absent-minded all night.
During dinner, she grabbed empty air with her chopsticks three times while foolishly smiling; while taking a bath, she used shampoo as body wash; before going to sleep, she hugged her pillow and tossed and turned on the bed, occasionally letting out a low, muffled groan.
When Uchiha Mikoto asked her what was wrong, Naori just shook her head with a blushing face and refused to say a single word.
Although Uchiha Mikoto herself had been impacted by the engagement matter proposed by her parents yesterday, she hadn’t ignored her younger sister’s abnormal changes!
She guessed that it was highly likely related to Uzumaki Mirai again!
“What on earth…
happened in class yesterday?” Uchiha Mikoto looked at Uzumaki Mirai, her tone carrying a hint of concern, “Naori hasn’t been quite right ever since she came back.
When I asked her, she wouldn’t say anything, just sitting there zoning out by herself, and occasionally her face would inexplicably turn red.”
Uzumaki Mirai blinked, then scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.
“Uh…
she challenged me again yesterday, and then I won again.”
Uchiha Mikoto tilted her head: “Winning is winning, it’s not the first time she has lost to you.”
“The problem is…” Uzumaki Mirai gave a dry cough, “The process might have been a tiny bit…
awkward.”
He omitted some details of yesterday’s battle—the Clone Technique, the sweeping kick, and that final pinning posture—and described it as tactfully as possible.
After hearing this, Uchiha Mikoto fell silent for a moment, the corners of her mouth twitching imperceptibly.
“You mean…
you pinned her to the ground with your hand on her chest, right in front of the whole class?”
“Um…
I really didn’t pay attention at the time!” Uzumaki Mirai raised his hand in defense, “A seven-year-old kid doesn’t even have that concept, okay?!”
Looking at his completely innocent expression, Uchiha Mikoto finally couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
She shook her head, her tone tinged with a bit of helplessness: “I understand, she was probably scared by that move of yours.
After all, that child has never had that kind of close-range physical contact with a boy since she was little.”
“…I really didn’t mean it at the time.”
“I know,” Uchiha Mikoto smiled gently, “but be more careful in the future.
No matter how old a girl is, she will care about these things.”
“Alright, alright, alright, I’ll remember it.”
Uchiha Mikoto looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and ultimately didn’t mention the marriage proposal matter.
Anyway, she had already refused, and she would faithfully keep the six-year agreement.
There was no need to make these things known to everyone.
“Then I’ll head back first,” she waved her hand, “I’ll go talk to Naori about it.
You…
be a bit gentler to her in the future.”
“Hai-i~”
Uchiha Mikoto turned and left, her long, straight black hair sweeping a gentle arc in the setting sun.
Uzumaki Mirai looked at her retreating figure, feeling that she still had something left unsaid today, but he didn’t press further.
“Mirai, why did you call that woman older sister?” Uzumaki Kushina’s cheeks puffed out, looking like a little pufferfish.
Uzumaki Mirai couldn’t help laughing: “She’s older than me, isn’t it normal to call her older sister?”
“Then what about you, I’m older than you too!
Why don’t you call me older sister?
Hurry up and call me Big Sis Kushina to let me hear it.”
Unfortunately, Uzumaki Mirai only rewarded her with an eye-roll.
“Wahaha!” Uzumaki Kushina grew furious, “Mirai, I’ll bite you to death!”
She lunged forward with claws bared and teeth exposed, only to be suppressed by Uzumaki Mirai with a single hand!
Holding Kushina’s blushing head, a trace of emotion flashed through Uzumaki Mirai’s heart—this little girl was really unexpectedly kawaii!
He couldn’t quite hold back, and gently brushed his lips against Uzumaki Kushina’s.
The touch was quite soft, and a little sweet.
In an instant, the puffing Kushina quieted down, her face instantly turning red all the way to the tips of her ears!
Steam seemed to be rising from the top of her head.
“Ahem, um,” Uzumaki Mirai gave a dry cough, “You wanted to bite me, I just bit you back, that’s it, let’s go home!”
Holding the still-steaming Uzumaki Kushina by the hand, the two of them returned to the Senju Clan Compound.
There was no help for it, Kushina looked as if she had been dazed, and Uzumaki Mirai couldn’t just ignore her.