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

"So, you're quite wealthy now?"

Uchiha Gin tilted his head, his gaze towards Kakuzu carrying a peculiar glint; he simply enjoyed making friends with wealthy people.

Although none of them could possibly be richer than him~

"Forehead"

Kakuzu was carefully checking the storage scrolls he carried when he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, and a sense of déjà vu, as if someone was eyeing his belongings, welled up inside him.

Instinctively gripping the scroll in his hand, Kakuzu looked at Uchiha Gin with a very wary expression.

"All my money is in a money exchange, and it's a dead money account."

Don't even think about getting a single copper coin from me!

"Don't misunderstand, a gentleman loves money, but he acquires it in a proper way."

Seeing Kakuzu's strong reaction, Uchiha Gin immediately waved his hand. Although he liked to swindle money, he always did so in a legitimate and justifiable way. He was not the kind of person who would forcibly seize money.

Just as Uchiha Gin was pondering how to legally obtain the prison's gold coins, Shinka, with an unpredictable expression, approached with his wife.

However, compared to Shenhu's preoccupied look, Mako was more interested in the Honey Ice Cream in her hand. She puffed out her cheeks and sipped the rich and delicious milk tea, her half-closed eyes filled with happiness.

"Senior Sword! This is delicious! I brought you a cup too~"

Mako smiled and handed Kakuzu a steaming cup of milk tea, earning him a slightly reproachful look in return.

"Why waste this money? This cup costs 1000 taels, which is enough for my living expenses for a week."

"I won this drink in a raffle. It would be a waste if you didn't drink it."

"Waste is shameful."

After Mako's explanation, Kakuzu, adhering to the principles of diligence and thrift, finally accepted the milk tea, a look of relief in his eyes.

The heartwarming scene overflowing with family affection was so dazzling that even Uchiha Gin couldn't open his eyes. When did Prison start recognizing a daughter?

"What kind of strict father and filial daughter act are you putting on for me?"

"I'm not familiar with her, it's just..."

Kakuzu, who was happily sipping his milk tea, heard Uchiha Gin's slightly mocking voice and instinctively retorted.

However, upon seeing Mako's somewhat disappointed expression, he paused, his mouth agape, and he didn't say what he was about to say.

At this moment, Shenhu stepped forward and stood in front of Uchiha Gin, who was watching the drama unfold. Under the Gin's questioning gaze, she gracefully performed a dogeza (a traditional Chinese obeisance) with her buttocks sticking up high.

"Please, please help Mako!"

"Oh?"

Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow, rested his chin on his hands, and gave off a "go on, I'm listening" look.

"Mako is pregnant."

"I know."

"ha?"

"I'm not blind. My belly is so big; it can't be from eating too much, right?"

"Crunch~ Crunch~ Crunch~"

Seeing the shocked look on Shinka's face, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but roll his eyes. But before he could finish speaking, an untimely chewing sound rang out from the side.

"Senior Sword, this corn I brought from home tastes pretty good, doesn't it? I grew it myself~"

Mako, who had somehow produced a large package, was happily munching on a piece of corn she had taken out of it. Not only did she stuff her own mouth full, but she also generously shared one with Kakuzu next to her.

"Thank you, I'm not hungry yet."

Looking at the plump kernels of corn, Kakuzu waved his hand in refusal, his face full of black lines.

"Mako, your appetite is as good as ever."

"Because I need to supplement my nutrition recently."

As they spoke, a small mountain of corn cobs appeared on the ground. If the corn cobs saw this, they would definitely exclaim that it was a waste.

"Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that he ate too much."

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Gin changed the subject and revealed the same expression as Kakuzu.

"Mako is a bit of a glutton, but she really is pregnant."

Shenhuo looked at his wife, who was showing off in front of the camera, and scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly. A flash of pity crossed his eyes, which then turned into deep worry.

"However, our child has some problems."

Tell me about it.

Uchiha Gin glanced at the outspoken Shinji, then spoke up.

"Satoru told Mako that the child she was carrying was a monster."

"What exactly happened?"

Kakuzu, who had been eavesdropping for a while, couldn't help but interject with a question, his worry in his eyes seeming genuine.

"My Lord, that's just Wu's side of the story."

Mako, who was munching on corn, also came over, pouting unhappily.

"But your health has been deteriorating day by day since you became pregnant. Isn't that exactly what Wu said?"

Shinka put on a stern face, pointed at Mako whose face was covered in food scraps, and said with a pained expression,

"Well, it's just that my body has become a little weak. Isn't that similar to the early pregnancy symptoms the doctor in town described?"

Not wanting her husband to worry too much, Mako stubbornly retorted,

"Mako, if you're really not feeling well, go to a proper hospital and find a good doctor to get you checked out."

Kakuzu finally understood Mako's current situation. When they first met, he thought she was simply pregnant.

She was planning to prepare a red envelope after the competition, but she never expected that Mako's baby would have problems.

"Come here and let me take a look."

This situation was quite interesting. As a very curious person, Uchiha Gin naturally wouldn't let go of such an unheard-of thing, and waved to Mako, who was full of indignation.

"It's not that I doubt your abilities, Decade, but do you really know anything about obstetrics and gynecology?"

Mako, who was very reluctant to walk over, looked at Uchiha Gin with a suspicious expression.

"I know a little bit about it~"

Sure enough, handsome people always attract inexplicable skepticism.

"I still think the gynecological expert from Konoha is more reliable."

"My skills are about equal to his. If you don't believe me, wait until I've finished watching for you, then go find him and see if we're saying exactly the same thing."

Gin Uchiha was surprised that Mako would doubt his medical skills. However, given his current identity, he indeed lacked credibility. Gin wasn't angry and gestured for her to extend her hand.

Placing his hand on Mako's wrist, Uchiha Gin sent a wisp of sensory chakra into her body, which traveled through a long meridian before finally reaching the cradle that was nurturing the baby.

"what?"

Uchiha Gin frowned. There was indeed something wrong with the child that Mako was carrying.

In his perception, the newly formed infant was emanating an aura exactly like that of the demon Wu.

Fearing he might have misread the pulse, Uchiha Gin activated his Byakugan, his gaze piercing through all obstacles until it finally reached the infant, allowing him to see it clearly.

"That's really true."

After confirming several times, Uchiha Gin closed his Byakugan, withdrew his hand, and stroked his chin in thought.

Something's not right, absolutely not right. Although the girl in front of me was once possessed by Satoru, she should have become a normal human after I sealed Satoru into a card. How could she have given birth to a child with Satoru's chakra?

"What did that monster say to you?"

Having run out of clues, Uchiha Gin turned to asking Satoru what he had said before.

"It says the child is itss."

When asked this question, Mako's expression turned a little sour, but she still answered truthfully.

"Huh? Kid, you've been cheated on!"

Uchiha Gin turned his head, looked at the anxious Shinka beside him, and his face was full of reassurance.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Shenhuo was in a hurry. He and Zhenzi's love was stronger than gold, and he would never do anything untoward.

"Exactly, exactly! Wu's voice is female, how could I possibly have anything happen between us? Huh?"

Mako also joined in the defense, and very seriously revealed a piece of information that no one else knew. As soon as she said it, she froze on the spot, and her face began to change color, turning red and green in turn.

"Hooray! Kid, you truly are the successor of the Great Emperor of Sorrowful Wind!"

With a strange cry, Uchiha Gin's eyes turned gossipy as he scanned the bewildered Shinka several times before revealing an expression of great admiration.

"No, I didn't!"

Seeing everyone's eyes on him, Shenhuo panicked and waved his hands repeatedly to prove his innocence.

"Mako, believe me, I will only love you for the rest of my life!"

Seeing his wife's face grow increasingly pale, Shenhuo quickly raised his hand and swore an oath.

"Divine Fire, I believe in you, but I want to ask you a question."

Mako's expression turned cold. She said she believed her, but even her way of addressing her became somewhat unfamiliar.

"Don't just say one, even if it's a hundred or a thousand, I will answer truthfully without a single lie."

"Okay, let me ask you, how many times a week do we usually do that?"

"Huh? Do I really need to answer this question?"

Shenhuo was taken aback upon hearing this, and his expression became awkward.

"I must answer!"

Five times.

"Boom!"

The corncob in her hand instantly turned into powder. Mako looked up, her face frighteningly dark.

"Isn't that right? Actually, sometimes it's six times, and it's usually in the middle of the night when I finish my shift and come back."

Thinking he had answered incorrectly, Shinka quickly tried to salvage the situation, but as he spoke, Mako's expression grew increasingly terrifying.

"Hey Decade, do you know how to do physical sterilization? I think Kamui needs a minor surgery."

Mako felt betrayed. She and her husband only did that once or twice a week, and always during the daytime when Shenhu was resting. Now he was telling her that they were partying every night. Who could stand that?

"Sigh, he just made the mistake that every man makes."

Uchiha Gin figured out the reason, so he chimed in, thinking it had nothing to do with him anyway.

What Wu said was indeed true. The child in Mako's belly was indeed its own, but it was the crystallization of its own and the divine fire. It was probably a secondary account that Wu created by taking over Mako's account when she was not paying attention.

"Prepare to die, divine fire!"

Jealousy burned within her. Mako never dreamed that one day she would be NTR'd by a yokai, and in fact, through her body.

She didn't even get to enjoy herself, and now she has to have a child for this adulterous couple. Who can she complain to?

The only option now is to cut it off!

So she brandished her fists, picked up the divine fire, and gave it a sound beating. Each punch landed with brutal force, sending chills down the spines of those around her.

"No! Mako, I was being forced!"

Bearing his wife's wrath, and feeling utterly aggrieved, he couldn't help but plead his case.

No wonder Mako was so proactive and rough around the edges last night; it wasn't her at all!

"Alright, alright, if you keep hitting him like this, when will he ever die?"

Seeing Shinka's bruised and swollen face, Uchiha Gin spoke up to stop the domestic violence.

"snort!"

Mako snorted coldly, tossed the pig-head-like Divine Fire aside like a rag doll, and pulled out some corn from her pack, starting to gnaw on it.

She had just done some exercise, and now she was hungry again.

Since becoming pregnant, Mako's hunger has become increasingly intense. Fortunately, her vitality is much stronger than that of an ordinary person, otherwise she would have been drained dry by the child in her womb long ago.

"Darling Decade, can you help us?"

The divine fire, resembling a dead dog, crawled to Uchiha Gin's feet, trembling as it raised its head.

"Yes, it is. This is it."

Gin Uchiha had many solutions for Mako's current situation, but if he told her easily, it would make him seem a bit cheap. So he stretched out his finger and made a gesture for Mako.

"We have it! This is the money we've saved up over the years. Please, show us the way!"

Shenhuo, who understood instantly, drew a scroll from his waist and respectfully handed it to Uchiha Gin.

Mako is only three months pregnant and she is already this weak. If this continues, she may die before the baby is born.

"Tsk, is that all? You think I'm running a charity?"

Taking the scroll, Uchiha Gin examined it with great anticipation, but his expression instantly turned ugly. There was no mountain of gold and silver inside, only a few stacks of banknotes, totaling less than the equivalent of a gold brick.

No, you two are capable people, surely you haven't saved up this little bit of money after all these years?

"Mako usually eats quite a lot, so..."

Shenhuo scratched his head somewhat awkwardly. Over the years, he had worked two jobs in town, earning bounties during the day and working as a night watchman at night. He lived a relatively comfortable life.

However, his wife has an insatiable appetite. Even in her teenage years, Mako was a true glutton, and after becoming pregnant, it became even more incredible.

Its small body can hold several times its own weight in food, and the requirements are not low; it must be high-protein, high-calorie food.

"You mean I can eat it now? You weren't like this before!"

Upon hearing this, Mako felt a chill run down her spine. Sure enough, whatever a man says is wrong when he has made a mistake.

"If that's all you have, I can't help you. I don't necessarily need a lot of money; I just want your attitude."

He tossed the scroll back, and Uchiha Gin immediately launched into a string of xxn's famous quotes, making everyone's blood pressure soar.

"this"

The couple looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.

"How much is missing?"

Just then, Kakuzu, who had been listening intently, suddenly spoke up.

"Senior E'jian, you?"

"I have some here that I can lend to you, but we'll need to sign a contract."

Kakuzu glanced at Mako, whose face was filled with astonishment, then turned his head away and skillfully pulled out paper and pen from his pocket.

"Oh my~ How many prisons do you have?"

Uchiha Gin smiled and scanned Kakuzu up and down, his eyes full of mockery.

"That depends on how much you want."

Shaking his head, Kakuzu countered with a question.

"Then, just give me this scroll, since we've known each other for a while."

With his gaze fixed on the scroll held in Kakuzu's hand, Gin Uchiha wasn't greedy; he only wanted that one.

"Are you sure there's nothing valuable in here?"

Kakuzu frowned. The scrolls he was currently organizing contained items he had looted from the treasury of Takigakure. He had already sold off everything that could be sold, leaving only some bottles and jars.

"That's right, as you know, I don't actually love money, I'm not interested in money."

Taking the scroll from Kakuzu's hand, Gin Uchiha showed off arrogantly, then turned to look at Shinji, who looked apprehensive.

"I have already received the payment from your father."

"What are you yelling about!"

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu abruptly stood up, his angry eyes gleaming with a mixture of evasion and anticipation.

"What, did I call you the wrong person?"

"Senior Sword, please accept my bow. From this day forward, you will be my father."

Mako bit her lip and walked up to Kakuzu, who looked furious. She bowed respectfully and then looked up with a very serious expression.

"Why are you getting involved with him and causing trouble? We're not on the same wavelength."

Kakuzu frowned and took a step back to create some distance.

"No, actually I've long regarded Senior Sword as my father."

Back then, after successfully resolving Satoru's crisis, Mako, upon regaining consciousness, still had the mindset of a teenager.

Having been an orphan since childhood, she lacked family affection. Just then, the older Kakuzu appeared and, under someone's pressure, earnestly taught her how to master the power of a knight.

After spending a moderate amount of time together, the naive Mako had come to regard this stingy old man, who was all talk and no action, as her elder.

Even after Kakuzu left, Mako still frequently wrote to him, asking questions about spiritual practice and chatting about everyday life. Their connection over the years has never truly been severed.

Kakuzu's experience is similar to Mako's; he lost both parents at a young age, and after finally growing up, he was betrayed by his closest friend.

So, thinking he had seen through everything, he was only interested in money and deliberately avoided the familial feelings that Mako conveyed.

On one hand, he was a homeless wanderer with blood on his hands and didn't want to disturb Mako and Kakuzu's ordinary life. On the other hand, he was afraid of being betrayed again, a feeling he didn't want to experience again.

"Laodu, that's not right of you. You'll be able to hold your grandchild soon, but you insist on being all alone. Are you afraid of giving out red envelopes during holidays?"

Seeing Kakuzu's conflicted expression, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but give him a push.

In this timeline, he's still considered a good person; he hasn't turned into the Scrooge from the original story, a man skilled at betraying his teammates.

It's not easy to find a good bond, why wait to take it?

Are we just waiting to team up with that lunatic Hidan?

"Nonsense! I can still afford to give my grandson a red envelope!"

Unexpectedly, the other party dared to underestimate him. Kakuzu subconsciously turned around to retort, but upon turning back, he saw Mako's excited, tearful eyes, and his previously composed demeanor instantly softened.

"Father~"

"Sigh~"

"Father!"

Seeing the heartwarming scene of the father and daughter recognizing each other, Shenhuo couldn't help but come over and shamelessly called out along.

"Get out! You bastard who bullied my daughter, I'll rip your heart out!"

"Alright, alright, you can deal with your cheating son-in-law after I'm cured."

Seeing Kakuzu pull out the Driver with a hostile expression, Uchiha Gin immediately raised his hand to stop him.

"Hmph! You're lucky, kid. I'll deal with you slowly after I've healed Zhenzi."

Kakuzu put the driver away, his emerald green eyes glaring fiercely at the trembling Shinka, then turned to look at the smiling Shinko, his tone unusually gentle.

"Don't worry, your father will back you up from now on!"

"Thank you, Father~"

Feeling the support of her family, Mako's gloom vanished. She gracefully walked up to Uchiha Gin, raised her head, and waited for his solution.

"There are two options to choose from now. First, abort the child."

If this alternate account created by Goshin continues to grow, even with the life force of the Senju clan, Shinji, as the seedbed, will be drained and reduced to a skinny skeletal shape like Nagato.

By terminating the pregnancy now, we can minimize the damage. The lost vitality can be largely recovered with proper care.

The first person Uchiha Gin addressed fell silent. Among them, Mako's eyes were filled with deep reluctance as she lowered her head and touched her slightly protruding belly, her expression extremely complicated.

After all, this is the first life she has conceived. Even if she is not the main person involved, it will eventually come out of her womb. How can she accept being suddenly told to abort it?

"Fight! Now, immediately, we must fight!"

On the contrary, Shenhuo, after some internal struggle, gritted his teeth and spoke.

In this dilemma of choosing between saving the mother and the baby, any man would choose to save the mother.

"Mako, what are you thinking?"

Neither of the officers expressed their opinions; instead, they asked the person involved for their thoughts.

"I'd like to hear about the second option."

This answer essentially confirmed the rejection of the first option. Uchiha Gin nodded and continued,

"The second option is to strengthen your own physique. As long as your health bar is thick enough, you can support yourself until the child is born."

Mako's current predicament is that she's barely making ends meet, relying on consuming large amounts of food to sustain the baby in her womb, and when that's not enough, she has to supplement it with her own life force.

Ultimately, his physique was too weak. If it were Hashirama in prison, he could easily have ten or eight children in one go.

"Strengthen physical fitness?"

A thoughtful look flashed in Kakuzu's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he asked,

"Can my Earth Grudge Technique work?"

"It's not impossible, but the demand would be a bit higher."

It's surprising that Kakuzu has such a wild imagination, actually thinking of using the Earth Grudge Fear Technique to enhance Mako's physique. However, doing so would come at a heavy price for the entire family.

Not only does she have to constantly search for new hearts, Mako also has to become a monster covered in black tentacles.

"Would one more person's life force be enough?"

Suddenly, the divine fire, which had been silent for a long time, raised its head and asked a strange question.

This guy, could it be...?

"It's probably not enough. Judging from this child's appetite, the vitality of an ordinary person is just a drop in the ocean."

Uchiha Gin then took a serious look at the seemingly insignificant Shinka. Since the other party could ask such a question, and considering his birthplace, he was probably hiding some minor bloodline limit.

"What should we do?"

The three, whose proposals were rejected one after another, were somewhat at a loss.

However, at that very moment, Uchiha Gin, who had been waiting for the perfect opportunity, smiled and raised the scroll he had just acquired in the transaction.

"Actually, I have a miracle cure here, it just depends on how much you're willing to pay~" (End of Chapter)