It's normal to get a kaleidoscope as a first deposit of six yuan, right?

In the streets of Konoha, Shiyuki, disguised by a transformation technique, and Tobirama walked through the bustling market, each with their own thoughts.

"Boss, give me two baskets of steamed buns." Sitting in a steamed bun shop, Zhixue waved to the owner and said.

"Okay, the steamed buns will be freshly baked soon, please wait a moment."

"Wait, didn't you just eat?" Tobirama looked at Uchiha Shiyuki with some confusion.

How can someone so small eat that much?

"Can't we go eat something else after we've eaten? I've finally made it back to Konoha, I should treat myself, right?" Zhi Xue said, picking up a small bottle of drink from the table and opening it.

In fact, after Zhixue fused with Hashirama's cells, her appetite had increased several times over. What Shisui made was really not enough for her, so she thought of secretly buying some food. But she didn't expect that this guy would follow her not long after she came out.

"Wouldn't it be great if you stayed in Konoha? You could eat whatever you wanted here anytime, and you'd have a gentle older brother taking care of you every day. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Zhi Xue is now somewhat regretting summoning Tobirama Senju in the virtual training arena.

"Second Hokage, although I am an Uchiha clansman with a little bit of ability, I don't have much fighting power or much use. So please don't even think about sending me back to Konoha."

During the afternoon, Tobirama followed Shiki, hoping to find out the kid's preferences and whereabouts for himself. Unfortunately, he came up empty-handed, only knowing that Shiki liked to eat delicious food. But that was not enough to keep Shiki in Konoha.

Tobirama returned to Shisui's house empty-handed. It wasn't that he was impatient, but rather that he had lost track of him. He had actually been outmaneuvered by a 14-year-old brat! It was outrageous. Did that guy have some kind of anti-tracking device on him? He couldn't sense any chakra at all.

"Shisui, do you know exactly what Yuki likes?" After returning home, Tobirama sat at the table and asked Shisui.

"Huh? Well..." Shisui pondered for a while. Apart from food, he really didn't know what Shisui liked. After all, people change, and things from childhood can no longer be used as a reference now.

Seeing Shisui's puzzled and thoughtful expression, Tobirama knew he probably wouldn't get any good conclusions. If Shisui insisted on leaving, he couldn't very well tie the brat up, could he?

On the other side, Shiyuki, who had broken away from Tobirama Senju, arrived at the Uchiha clan's training ground and saw her former half-disciple—Sasuke Uchiha.

He was currently wielding a wooden sword and clashing with Izumi in the training ground, but most of the time Izumi was letting Sasuke win, and occasionally he would give him some pointers.

"Oh, it seems that Izumi treats her brother-in-law quite well, personally giving him pointers." Zhixue sat on a large tree nearby, watching Izumi and Sasuke exchange sword techniques with great interest, although in her opinion it looked like two noobs pecking at each other.

As things stand, she still wanted to see how much Sasuke had improved, but when Zhixue watched Sasuke just stand there dumbfounded, carrying a wooden sword and charging forward, as if he had completely forgotten everything she had taught him, she couldn't help but facepalm.

"Was it a bit too early for me to teach him swordsmanship? It feels like kids fighting with sticks." Zhi Xue couldn't help but use her transformation technique to jump down, seeing that Quan was still trying his best to instruct Er Zhu Zi, but Er Zhu Zi was still completely confused.

"Who goes there?" Seemingly hearing the commotion, Izumi shielded Sasuke behind her, holding her wooden sword in front of her, and looked warily at the man in black who jumped down from the tree.

"Oh, so this is a cub from the Uchiha clan? It looks so delicious. Lord Orochimaru loves to eat children like this. If I grab one and take it back, I hope I won't be discovered?" On a whim, Zhixue temporarily shifted the blame for the ambush on Sasuke onto Orochimaru.

Since Orochimaru is destined to become enemies with the Uchiha clan anyway, it doesn't matter if he takes the blame for something else now.

"Eat children?" Three question marks appeared above Uchiha Izumi's head. Did Orochimaru have this fetish? Or was this just a smokescreen thrown by the guy in front of her? But no matter what, she wouldn't let Sasuke get hurt!

"Sister Izumi, I'm really strong, you should be protected by a real man!" Sasuke seemed to want to go up and fight with Shisue who was not far away, but he was quickly picked up by Izumi's shadow clone and wanted to rush outside to call his clansmen.

邦…

A black light flashed past Izumi's back and reached out to grab Sasuke's collar.

"So fast!" Quan turned her head in surprise, but just as she started to run over to help, a sudden dizziness made her lose consciousness in the arms of Zhi Xueying's clone.

"You're not allowed to hurt Izumi-neechan!" Sasuke shouted anxiously as he looked at Uchiha Izumi lying in the arms of the man in black.

The shadow clone placed the genjutsu-stricken Izumi, who was completely limp, onto a large tree, while the real Izumi successfully grabbed Sasuke.

"Hey, you all-black-clad bastard, come and fight me one-on-one if you dare! You're resorting to such despicable tricks as illusion magic!"

Seeing Sasuke in her hand, who looked as if his whole body was covered in bristling hair, Zhixue put him down and threw a wooden sword from the ground at Sasuke.

"Alright, you want a one-on-one fight? If you win, your Izumi sister will be returned to you safely, but if you lose... you'll become Orochimaru-sama's food, and then be eaten piece by piece, crunch crunch by crunch~"

"Crunch, crunch...eat it?" Sasuke's face paled upon hearing Zhixue's words, but upon seeing Izumi lying on the ground, a surge of courage seemed to well up within him.

"You dark-skinned fellow, I won't let you succeed!" Sasuke gripped his ninja sword and slashed at Shiki, but this straightforward attack was still met with a punch from Shiki on the head.

"Who taught you to attack without even testing the waters? You haven't remembered a single thing I taught you before..." Zhi Xue thought to herself as she watched Sasuke's chaotic attacks.

"Damn it..." After a few rounds, Sasuke grimaced and took a few steps back, rubbing the large bump on his head. How could this guy be so fast? He couldn't even see him...

Chapter 141, The System's Congratulatory Gift

Amegakure, Akatsuki base...

While Zhixue was still playing in Konoha Village, the Akatsuki organization was also making orderly preparations for the Lunar New Year. Although they were all rogue ninja, they still needed to create an atmosphere, right? At least Juzo Biwa truly treated this place as his home.

"What? 200 taels for such a small strip of cloth? That's robbery! I won't buy it, absolutely not! We might as well just use the cloth we used to drape over the tower and hang it up again." Kakuzu said resolutely after hearing the price Zetsu quoted.

"Ah, but shouldn't we hang red decorations for the Spring Festival? Isn't hanging white cloth a bit inappropriate?" Jue thought for a while and then remembered the white cloth hanging on the roof for waterproofing.

If you decorate a room with white cloth, it's not a holiday, it's a funeral! Humans are truly strange creatures.

"The lanterns should be hung higher. Hey, I didn't tell you to hang them directly on the telephone pole, you bastard!" Sasori was still outside directing several Rain Village ninjas to arrange the lanterns.

Looking at the busy crowd, Pipa Juzo wandered around twice before realizing that Shisue was nowhere to be seen. Where is that little one now? Where has she gone to slack off again?

Pain sat atop the tower, enjoying the unique scenery and atmosphere of Amegakure with Konan.

"This year seems to be much more lively than in previous years."

"Yes, it has a bit of the feel of the original Akatsuki. If Yahiko were still here, that would be great." Konan said regretfully, looking at Pain's youthful face.

“No, Konan, Yahiko has always been there. He will always be watching us from behind until we achieve our goal of peace in the ninja world. He will be proud and gratified by our achievements…” Pain looked at his palm and said coldly.

……

Meanwhile, in the Land of Water…

While the ninja world was still preparing for the festival, Obito had already arrived in the Land of Water.

In the Mizukage's office, the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, dismissed the remaining Anbu members and then sat quietly in his chair. Shortly afterward, a figure emerged from the vortex behind him.

"Hehehe, it seems you're doing alright. Kirigakure is still the same as always, but that's not enough..." Obito sat down at the table, called Yagura over, then used his eye technique to strengthen his control over the tailed beast and himself, and handed him a notebook.

"Next spring, two people will come to your territory on a reconnaissance mission. At that time, pay special attention to the Uchiha brat. As for the one with the big sword, forget about her. I've already recorded all her information in this notebook. I hope you won't disappoint me."

Yagura took the notebook Obito handed him, opened it, and examined it carefully.

He is skilled in Fire Release ninjutsu, swordsmanship, Body Flicker Technique, ninja tool manipulation, and an unknown burst of unsealed ninjutsu. The book seems to contain a very detailed record of the techniques that Shiki has used, and even the counter-attack of the Flying Thunder God Technique is speculated upon.

"I've given you the information. Now it's up to you to make the best of it." Obito said calmly, looking at the crimson reflection in Yagura's pupils.

With a perfect Three-Tails Jinchuriki, numerous Hidden Mist Village ninjas, and a sealing barrier that could be set up in advance, even the third form of Susanoo would have to think twice. As for the Nine-Tails, Obito guessed that Shisei would most likely not use her full strength.

Tailed beasts are too sensitive to the ninja world. If the Nine-Tails is exposed prematurely, Konoha will probably be the first to get restless, as she usually hates trouble the most.

If we exclude the Nine-Tails and Susanoo, then the only thing she can use that could pose a threat is her Mangekyou Sharingan. As for the Complete Susanoo, if Obito really has to use that, he can only consider himself unlucky.

After giving the order to Yagura, Obito headed back to Amegakure. Although Kamui was not as fast as the Flying Thunder God Technique, it could still shorten the journey considerably, and when used with Hashirama cells, it was a very convenient tool.

……

Konoha Village...

Sasuke had several bags on his head, which Zhixue carried in her hands. This little guy really hasn't made any progress at all. Maybe it's because he's not old enough yet. Is she really too impatient?

Seeing that some Uchiha clansmen seemed to be approaching from afar, Zhixue put Sasuke down and used the Body Flicker Technique to escape the scene.

Seeing the black-clad man and Uchiha Izumi lying by the tree disappear in a short while, Sasuke gritted his teeth.

"That damned Orochimaru... I'll remember this grudge..."

Snake, who successfully took the blame again from a thousand miles away: ………

"Sigh, Sasuke is only 6 years old. Was I too hasty? The Uchiha clan doesn't need to be wiped out, and there's no need to train him too much."

Erzhuzi: So I got beaten up for nothing, right?

As Zhixue wandered aimlessly through Konoha, she suddenly heard a notification from the system.

Ding! On this auspicious occasion of the Spring Festival, the system is sending you a special New Year's gift. We hope that you, host, can be even more successful at spending money in the coming year—or rather, at slacking off.

Ok?

Upon hearing the system notification, Zhi Xue was taken aback.

This is really strange. The shady merchant system actually wished her a Happy New Year. It's even more outrageous than Tobirama Senju praising the Uchiha clan. However, taking advantage of the idea that getting something for free is fun, Zhixue still accepted the gift.

Ding! Congratulations, host, for receiving your New Year's gift: a beautiful New Year's cheongsam dress (wearing it increases appearance and charm by 1), 50 cubic meters of system space, and a system panel.

Emmm...

Zhi Xue stared at the rewards and fell into deep thought. She wondered if a system space and a control panel should be standard features. If she had just had a control panel before, she wouldn't have only discovered she had the Mangekyou Sharingan when the second Nine-Tails attack was about to begin.

After sneaking back home, Zhixue discovered that Zhishui didn't seem to be home, so she took out the New Year's cheongsam that the system had given her in her room.

Looking at the short-sleeved cheongsam embroidered with light green floral patterns and white chrysanthemums, along with the accompanying thick pantyhose and fluffy shawl placed on the bed, Zhixue picked it up and measured it, then discovered a very serious problem.

"Is the size a little wrong?" After putting on the clothes, Zhixue looked at the beautiful little girl in the mirror and said with slightly flushed cheeks.

She raised her hand and tugged at the exposed white part of the cheongsam's slit area, then put on the pantyhose and twirled around. Still feeling a bit chilly down there, she found a pair of safety shorts in the closet and put them on.

Chapter 142, The First Year

In Shisui's home in Konoha Village, Shiyuki finished putting on her cheongsam and accessories, looked at herself in the mirror, and nodded in satisfaction. Only then did she hear a noise at the door.

"Is Nissan back?" Zhixue went out and saw Zhishui carrying a box marked with a flammable symbol into the storage room. Judging from its appearance, it was probably something like fireworks.

"Yes, is Zhixue back? There are still several boxes downstairs, please help carry them up."

"Okay." Zhi Xue received Zhi Shui's message and walked out of the door wearing cotton slippers, carrying several boxes of fireworks on her head.

At this moment, Shisui, who was standing in the storage room with the fireworks on the ground, was also stunned when he saw Shisui carrying the fireworks in. Then he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"Emmm...is there a problem?" Holding the fireworks box that was on top of her head in her arms, Zhixue asked in confusion, looking at her older brother's surprised expression.

"Ah, it's nothing, I just didn't recognize you because you changed your clothes, cough cough." Shisui coughed twice to ease the awkwardness.

I don’t know if it’s just my imagination or because we’ve been apart for so long, but I feel like Zhixue’s looks are constantly improving and she’s getting cuter and cuter. Although girls change a lot as they grow up, Zhixue is only 14 years old.

……

Name: Uchiha Zhixue

Gender: Female

Age: 14

Personality: laid-back, greedy, kind, cunning, (hidden)

Likes: desserts, soft and delicious foods, carbonated iced drinks, exploring taboo knowledge, and older brother.