In just a few short seconds, Chiba went from falling in love to being heartbroken.
He really liked this red-haired beauty, but she turned out to be Kushina.
How could he possibly poach the wife of Minato Namikaze, Konoha’s Little Sun?
Or maybe, wait until he died and dig Kushina up?
“Haha, Toad Mouth?
Mikoto, is he talking about Fugaku?”
Hearing the keyword, Kushina couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Uchiha Mikoto lightly tapped Chiba a few times.
“You’re not allowed to give other people nicknames!”
This nickname had caused Fugaku quite a lot of trouble; Fugaku had complained to her about it more than once.
“There might be poorly chosen names, but there’s no such thing as an incorrect nickname, right?”
Chiba curled his lip.
Mikoto was beautiful too; that damn Toad Mouth was eating so well.
“Then it seems your nickname of ‘perverted brat’ isn’t wrong either.”
Mikoto said.
“What perverted brat?
How vulgar!
It’s just that the flowers are in full bloom.
If I don’t appreciate them, wouldn’t that make me completely lacking in romance?”
Chiba retorted with a glare.
“Hahaha, so because the two of us are in ‘full bloom,’ you came over to appreciate us?”
Kushina was thoroughly amused and laughed out loud.
“Exactly.”
Chiba nodded.
He had fallen for these two women at first sight; he really wanted to have them.
“Uh…”
Chiba’s honesty completely threw Kushina off.
Were kids nowadays really like this?
“Beautiful Kushina-nee, come with me.
Minato looks like he’ll die young; you won’t be happy with him.”
Chiba confessed his love affectionately.
After all, he really did fancy her body.
“Don’t speak ill of Minato.”
With a slight blush, Kushina knocked Chiba’s head.
Only Minato had ever said such affectionate things to her, so hearing it from someone else suddenly made her quite embarrassed.
Kushina’s childhood was far from ideal.
The Land of Whirlpools was destroyed, and she was chosen by Konoha to be the Jinchuriki, bringing her to Konoha Village.
As an outsider coming to Konoha Village, she was undoubtedly subjected to the ‘will of bullying,’ though she fought back just like Chiba did.
But after that, she became even lonelier.
It wasn’t until she was kidnapped and Minato rescued her under the moonlight, wooing her, that she accepted him and they became a couple.
Life after becoming Minato’s girlfriend wasn’t ideal either.
As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kushina’s seal was initially unstable, forcing her to stay alone inside a barrier to stabilize it.
Meanwhile, Minato was one of Konoha’s fiercest fighters, so he was naturally worked like a mule by the Third Hokage, leaving him with very limited time to spend with Kushina.
As for the future, dying just a year after giving birth after marriage was even worse.
Her entire life was defined by one word: tragedy.
Chiba wanted to change all this, but he lacked the power.
Since he couldn’t get her anyway—did he really have to dig her up?—he could only sigh, wishing he had been born ten years earlier.
“You were born before me, and by the time I was born, you had already grown old.”
“Hahaha, you brat, are you calling us old?”
The two of them were amused by Chiba once again, laughing while holding their stomachs.
Chiba didn’t mind making them laugh.
Anyway, both of them would have tragic ends in the future, so they might as well laugh more; they wouldn’t have much time left later on.
“Little Chiba, you shouldn’t just flirt with random people in the future.
That’s exactly why you don’t have a girlfriend.”
Mikoto understood Chiba well.
Because of her husband, Kiyone, and various other reasons, the entire Uchiha clan knew a bit about Chiba, knowing this unconventional Senju.
“What?
Little Chiba doesn’t even have a girlfriend?
He’s so good-looking and has such a practiced way of flirting; I thought he was a master of romance.”
Kushina continued to tease him.
Outgoing and friendly, she quite liked this little guy who confessed to her the moment they met.
“What do you know?
This is a compliance test!
Once I’ve won them all over, they won’t make a fuss.”
Chiba thought to himself that this shallow red-haired woman didn’t understand his deep motives.
Although things were a bit difficult for him now, he was preparing for a wonderful life in the future.
“‘All’?
Wow, you brat, you really are so unfaithful in love.”
Kushina said, pretending to be angry.
Chiba curled his lip.
Faithful?
Faithful to what?
I am only faithful to myself.
“By the way, Chiba, you’re the one who invented the Rasengan, right?”
Kushina felt the name Chiba sounded familiar, and only then did she remember that he was the one who invented the Rasengan.
“Yeah.”
Chiba lay on the table, speaking listlessly.
“Then thank you so much, Little Chiba!”
Kushina stood up and gave Chiba a deep, respectful bow.
“Wait a minute, why are you so unpredictable?
What are you thanking me for?”
Chiba was a bit baffled.
Today was the first time he had met this woman, so what was she thanking him for?
“Thank you for developing the Rasengan.
Because of the Flying Thunder God, Minato never had a technique that was particularly compatible with it.
The Rasengan, being a hand-seal-less Ninjutsu, makes up for that.”
Kushina explained with a smile, her eyes filled with deep affection for Minato.
But Chiba’s face turned green with anger.
He let out a shout and rushed out of the Chiba Pavilion without looking back.
“Damn it!”
“Eh?
Mikoto, did I do something wrong?
Why did Little Chiba suddenly run off?”
Kushina was completely bewildered by Chiba’s sudden action.
“Hmm, I don’t know.
Maybe Chiba has his own deeper meaning…”
Mikoto didn’t understand either.
“Oh well.
I’ll thank him properly the next time I see him.”
…
Chiba was absolutely furious.
He had taken a fancy to a woman, only to end up helping her man, and then the woman came to thank him for helping her man, and on top of that, he couldn’t even poach her!!!
Isn’t this a fucking cuck?!
Unintentionally, he had actually achieved the realm of a cuck!
“Damn Kushina, didn’t I just fall for your body?
How dare you humiliate me like this!”
Chiba scratched his scalp hard, gritting his teeth.
“Whatever, I can’t be bothered to get angry at a dead person.”
Then he sighed again, feeling pity for that withered flower.
But suddenly, Chiba felt a bit lost.
Why did he come to Konoha?
To change nothing?
By then, he should have the power to save the Minato couple, right?
Should he save them?
Life needs a grand goal, but life is also made up of various people and events; they are what constitute a person’s life.
As his sphere of influence grew, perhaps he needed to establish some guidelines for himself instead of just drifting with the tide.
This was the key to achieving his grand goal of the Six Paths—for instance, his attitude toward Konoha!
“This is so complicated.
I feel like my brain is about to grow!”
Chiba scratched his head.
Then he looked up at the Hokage Rock in the distance—the First, the Second, and the Third—recalling everything from the past.
“I don’t seem to like life in Konoha very much.
Just thinking about how the Third Shinobi World War in a few years will send me to the battlefield makes it impossible to like.”
“So, should I leave Konoha?
No, no, if even Konoha is like this, the outside world must be an even harsher wasteland.”
Thinking of this, Chiba couldn’t help but sigh.
This place really was a relatively peaceful haven in the Ninja World.
“Then should I become the Hokage to improve all this?
Forget it, managing a bunch of uneducated killers is way too troublesome.
I don’t even want to think about it.”
Thinking of the traditional Hokage, Chiba felt another shiver.
Having his funds controlled by the Daimyo was simply unbearable.
Right!
The Daimyo!
Being a Daimyo is comfortable.
Could I replace him?
It doesn’t seem possible.
A Daimyo’s son is a Daimyo, a farmer’s son is a farmer, and a scapegoat’s son is a scapegoat.
Unless the world is completely overturned, one can’t become a Daimyo.
That’s just how the perception of this world is.
“Whatever, I can’t be bothered to think about it.
I barely have any strength, so why think so far ahead?
It’s still better to stay in Konoha for now since it’s more comfortable.
If there’s no hope of reaching the Six Paths here in the future, I’ll reconsider.”
“However, if I walk this path to the end, the traditional Ninjas of the will of fire don’t seem to align with my interests.”
After this period of reflection, Chiba confirmed three points: he had to stay in Konoha for now, he wouldn’t exert even a bit of effort for it, and once he made it to safety, he would forget his roots.
“So, Kushina, I’m sorry.”
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