Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha lacks motivation.

"Small-scale governance~"

"No, Mr. Yin!"

"Qiuli paste~"

"Oh dear!"

"Ding-a-ling~"

Uchiha Gin almost succumbed to Uchiha Gin's coquettish persistence, but just then, the bell on the door rang out crisply, pulling the wavering girl back to reality.

"Please don't disturb my business, Mr. Yin."

Having regained control of his brain, Uchiha Rinpoche reached out and pressed the pitiful Uchiha Gin down, then fixed his cold gaze on the beautiful figure who had entered through the door.

Welcome!

"So many years have passed, and this place is still the same."

Returning to the ice cream shop that haunted her childhood dreams, Chiyo, now twenty years old, wore a deep sense of nostalgia on her pretty face, her beautiful eyes sparkling as she carefully examined the shop's decorations.

Time has passed, and Chiyo has grown into a capable and outstanding ninja. However, the shop that holds so many fond memories of her childhood seems to have been forgotten by time; all the decorations remain exactly as they were back then.

Even the kind shop assistant didn't change at all?

"Ughhhh!!!"

Even though she had just experienced a similar event, Chiyo still screamed in shock when she saw Uchiha Rinpoche, whose appearance hadn't changed in over a decade and who even looked younger.

"Snapped!"

Chiyo, her eyes wide, first slapped herself hard across the face, her fair cheek instantly swelling and turning red.

After realizing she wasn't dreaming, a vibrant green light appeared in the palm of one of her hands. She pressed it against her swollen face, raised her other hand, and pointed tremblingly at Uchiha Shigeaki, whose face showed a puzzled expression. Her voice was filled with astonishment and doubt.

"Are you human or ghosts?"

When asked, Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Osamu exchanged a glance, their eyes revealing a strikingly similar view.

This girl is quite pretty, but unfortunately she's not very bright.

"The menu is on the wall."

Uchiha Rin didn't explain anything. Her ageless appearance wasn't exactly a secret in the village; many of her acquaintances knew the secret. So, she always remained calm and didn't offer much explanation to the uninformed onlookers.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

Chiyo, whose senses were somewhat dulled, finally felt the pain in her cheek. She covered her pretty face, which had already subsided, and looked Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Osamu up and down before shifting her gaze to the menu on the wall.

"Give me a red bean ice cream!"

Who cares if it's a human or a ghost, let's eat it first!

"Oh, and give me another strawberry one too."

After ordering the red bean ice cream she had been longing for, Chiyo glanced at the dejected Uchiha Gin beside her and remembered the strawberry flavor that the strange man had recommended to her many years ago, so she reached out and ordered another one.

"Could you make two strawberry dishes, Little Manager?"

"cannot."

"."

"Even vaguely!"

Holding her delicate face in one hand, Chiyo felt the soft red bean melt in her mouth, and she happily squinted her eyes. Her two long, beautiful legs, hidden under her robe, swayed rhythmically, and she was completely immersed in the sweet ocean of ice cream.

"She shouldn't be a resident of Konoha, right?"

After finishing making the ice cream, Uchiha Osamu took off his apron and looked at Uchiha Gin, who was slumped on the bar looking utterly hopeless. He asked in a voice only the two of them could hear,

Chiyo's attire and exotic appearance were bound to arouse suspicion.

"The Land of Wind".

Looking enviously at the purple-haired woman flaunting her ice cream, Uchiha Gin curled his lip and revealed her background.

It's quite simple. When they were outside, Uchiha Gin "accidentally" caught a glimpse of the purple-haired woman's Sunagakure headband hidden deep in the ravine, thus confirming her identity.

As for why you're staring at someone's cleavage, Uchiha Gin feels wronged. The person is willing to show it off, so if you don't stare at it with wide eyes, wouldn't they be showing it off for nothing?

"The Land of Wind? Then it's alright~"

As long as it didn't come from the moon or the other side of the sea, it's fine.

"Thank you for the meal!"

After finishing two servings of ice cream, Chiyo licked her full lips contentedly, savoring the sweetness, but a sense of emptiness lingered in her heart, and a hint of disappointment crossed her expression.

This ice cream is so delicious, you won't be able to eat it again once you get back!

"Huh? It doesn't taste good?"

Looking at the bowl of ice cream with a tiny bit left in front of the purple-haired woman, Uchiha Gin secretly swallowed. She ate it so cleanly, and her brows were so furrowed. Was she here to enjoy a delicious treat?

"No, I was just thinking, what if I can never eat such delicious ice cream again?"

Upon learning that Uchiha Gin had misunderstood, Chiyo shook her head repeatedly, then explained her concerns.

"Don't you have ice cream where you are?"

Uchiha Shichi tilted his head and posed a probing question.

"Sorry, we really don't have any in our village."

Chiyo shook her head regretfully, her expression growing increasingly dejected. Thanks to the unique climate advantage of their Land of Wind, water shortages were commonplace, and many ordinary people could not even step out of the desert in their entire lives.

Not to mention enjoying ice-cold drinks.

"That's such a pity!"

Uchiha Gin nodded thoughtfully, while Uchiha Osamu beside him showed a look of pity.

"Thank you, I'll leave the money here. I have to go now."

Although Chiyo wanted to have a few more servings, she still had a mission to complete. She couldn't let that hothead Ebizo go looking for the Hokage by himself.

"Ding-a-ling~"

"Xiao Zhi, what do you think about opening a branch?"

After pulling his gaze away from the purple-haired woman's slender back, Uchiha Gin stroked his chin and asked Uchiha Osamu, who was tidying up nearby.

"Huh? Mr. Yin, you mean..."

"That's right! The Land of Wind is a huge prize; opening a cold drink shop in Sunagakure would definitely make a fortune!"

"But who should go?"

Uchiha was also somewhat tempted, but not because of the potential to make a lot of money, but out of pity for the children who lacked delicious cold drinks during their short growth period.

"We don't necessarily have to go; we can recruit an agent!"

These days, nobody opens a shop by doing everything themselves. They just find a few scoundrels to join as franchisees, get them to pay for the technology and raw materials, and all they have to do is count the money.

"But I don't know anyone in the Land of Wind."

"I have it! Just make me a bowl of honey-glazed shaved ice, and I'll plant Honey Ice City all over the ninja world!"

"."

Uchiha Gin's true colors were revealed: all that talk was just a ploy to trick people into giving him a dessert.

Uchiha Rinko sighed and rubbed her forehead, then took a deep breath, her half-closed beautiful eyes filled with a hidden doting affection.

"This is the last time, Mr. Yin."

"Yay!"

Holding a shaved ice with extra sugar, Uchiha Gin didn't seem to mind the cold, slurping it down quickly until the massive iceberg melted into a basin in the blink of an eye.

With a satisfied lick of his lips, Uchiha Gin looked at his little apprentice, who was propping his head up and staring intently at him, and smiled with a slightly serious expression.

"Little administrator, I wasn't joking with you just now."

"ha?"

"Once I'm done with this busy period, I'll help you build the Snow King's business empire!"

Are you alright?

Has Mr. Yin's brain been damaged by the cold?

If it weren't for Tobirama Senju's invitation, Gin Uchiha would have preferred to stay at the Uchiha clan's shop, lecturing his little apprentice and casually enjoying a few free desserts.

"Tsk! What a pity~"

With his hands behind his head, Uchiha Gin strolled leisurely to the Hokage Building, which his cousin had embezzled public funds to build. Over the years, the reason this iconic Konoha building remained as new as ever was thanks to the annual maintenance by the Land of Waves' engineering team.

"What? You're saying my brother is already inside?"

Just as Uchiha Gin was lamenting his younger cousin's wasteful spending, a somewhat familiar voice came from the gate not far away.

"I'm sorry, you don't have a pass. We need to verify your information before you can enter."

The two guards at the door stopped the woman from Sunagakure, whom they had just met at the ice cream shop, from entering. The two men, who were impartial and incorruptible, did not choose to use their outstanding appearance and impressive figure to coerce her in any secret way. Instead, they insisted on verifying her identity through multiple channels.

"Tsk! That idiot Ebizo, I told him long ago that the sun in the Land of Fire is different from that in the Land of Wind, and he shouldn't be counting the time by the sun. Is buying a watch that expensive?"

Frustrated, Chiyo rubbed her throbbing temples, wishing she could make him experience the same discomfort as the wooden donkey puppet.

Earlier today, the siblings had arranged a time to meet the Hokage. After leaving the house, Chiyo saw that there was still plenty of time, so she let her younger brother Ebizo go ahead and do his own thing, and they would meet up when it was almost time. She then went to explore the flavors of her childhood.

Unexpectedly, that silly boy Ebizo, who was used to calculating time based on the sun's trajectory, thought he was late and hurriedly ran to the Hokage Building.

However, because he didn't see his sister at the door, he anxiously showed his pass and was taken directly to the Hokage's office to face the Black and White Duo.

"What happened?"

With a "let's see what happens" attitude, Uchiha Gin went over and, seeing that the guard was someone he knew, asked him something.

"Lord Yin! This woman wants to see the Hokage and the Party Secretary, but she doesn't have the necessary credentials."

The guards immediately stood at attention upon seeing Uchiha Gin. This was the elder brother of the First Hokage and the future Second Hokage, and they absolutely could not afford to offend him.

What kind of service do you need?

Uchiha Gin turned his head, looked at the purple-haired woman whose silver teeth seemed to be shattering, and asked curiously,

The fact that she wants to meet her cousin right away means this woman must be someone important, maybe even a big client.

"No comment!"

Chiyo, who was in a fit of anger, had no mood to explain to Uchiha Gin. Besides, her mission was a top secret, and she couldn't just reveal it to some unknown nobody.

"Alright then, I'll go first."

Since you're so stubborn, then just keep waiting. Uchiha Gin nodded casually.

"Take care, Master Yin~"

The guard respectfully pushed open the door, his attitude completely different from how he had treated Chiyo.

Forehead?

That is

Just as she turned to leave, sharp-eyed Uchiha Gin suddenly noticed a very familiar-looking short stick under the scroll tucked at the woman's waist.

He rubbed his eyes in confusion and slightly activated his senses. The familiar energy he received left him somewhat bewildered.

So he stopped in his tracks, his dead fish eyes widening as he scrutinized the sulking purple-haired woman before him from every angle.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Now, if there's a bowl of rice, Uchiha Gin could smash it to pieces.

No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't reconcile this alluring, curvaceous purple-haired beauty with the withered, feigning-death old woman from his memory.

Oh no, the swimsuit Chiyo recruitment poster is attacking me again!

"What are you looking at? Don't you want your eyes anymore?"

Sensing Uchiha Gin's slightly offensive gaze, Chiyo's face turned pale with anger. A hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes. She had seen many such impolite looks before, and the price the other party paid was naturally not small.

"Wait a minute~"

Seeing the hostile aura emanating from Chiyo, Uchiha Gin immediately averted his gaze, raising his hands in front of his chest with palms facing outwards to indicate that he had no other intentions.

"snort!"

"that."

Chiyo, who was holding back her anger, frowned slightly as she looked at Uchiha Gin's strange expression. Was this curly-haired guy trying to seduce her?

"Speak your mind!"

"Excuse me, are you named Chiyo?"

"what?"

Originally intending to teach Uchiha Gin a lesson for coming to her doorstep, Chiyo was instead restrained for a few seconds by a single sentence from him, her wide, beautiful eyes filled with confusion.

This is Chiyo's second time in Konoha. More than ten years have passed since the last time. Moreover, she is not a particularly famous strong person. How did this dead-eyed curly-haired guy know her name?

"What is your purpose?"

After a brief moment of surprise, Chiyo was left only with wariness. She was past the age of girlish infatuation and no longer believed in any predestined love.

Therefore, there is only one answer.

Her information has been exposed; there's a traitor in Sunagakure!

"Don't get excited! Your dad and I are acquaintances. By seniority, you should call me uncle."

Looking at the wary Chiyo, Uchiha Gin recalled the purple-haired youth who had acted as his desert guide years ago. The two had chatted quite congenially along the way, and the youth had almost asked him to become sworn brothers.

"Thump!"

However, no sooner had Uchiha Gin finished speaking than Chiyo, who was on guard opposite him, vanished from her spot in an instant. The next moment, a short staff radiating purple chakra was already pressed against his forehead, and a hoarse voice filled with annoyance followed.

"Don't try to fool me. My father died long ago, and he never even set foot outside the Land of Wind in his entire life. How could he possibly know a good-for-nothing like you!"

Using his deceased father as an excuse to pick up girls, this curly-haired guy is just asking for it!

"Let go of Lord Gin!"

The two guards, who had been watching the drama unfold, had expected to see a scumbag flirting with a girl, but they were shocked when Chiyo actually dared to make a move. Terrified, the two quickly shouted to stop her.

"It's nothing, the little girl was just playing with me."

Uchiha Gin waved to the two dutiful guards, indicating that they shouldn't worry, then sighed softly.

"well"

So that purple-haired youth is no longer alive.

"Please accept my condolences, but I'm not lying to you. This big stick is the one I gave to your father back then."

Respect for the dead is paramount. Uchiha Gin did not blame Chiyo for her rudeness. He extended a finger to remove the useless stick pressed against her forehead, and then spoke in a very sincere tone.

"Still lying!"

Chiyo gritted her teeth, her fair face flushed with anger. This magical ninja tool was one of a kind in the world; she had never seen another one like it in her entire life.

Trust me!

Seeing that there was no proof, Uchiha Gin had no choice but to reach into his bag, rummage around for a while, and slowly pull out a useless big stick similar to the one produced by the system, tossing it to Chiyo, whose face was flushed red.

"Look!"

"this"

Holding two identical, useless clubs, Chiyo's brain went blank for a moment. The patterns, the length, the feel, and most importantly, the chakra they emitted all proved that both ninja tools were made by the same person.

"Maybe you got it by chance too."

Stubborn Chiyo still refused to believe that the curly-haired man in front of her was an elder of the same age as her father.

"Oh, how about that?"

Uchiha Gin was adept at dealing with stubbornness. Seeing that Chiyo still didn't believe him, he simply pulled out a bundle of useless clubs from his backpack and tossed them up and down in his hand.

Although the action was somewhat arrogant, it was full of credibility.

"Hello, Uncle~" (End of Chapter)