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

Chapter 542 I wholeheartedly support Jiraiya's foray into the literary world

Suddenly, Mito Uzumaki, dressed in a white robe, crept up behind the two of them. The sudden sound startled Hisa Senju, who was on high alert.

"What are you doing here?"

With the short blade pressed against her, Uchiha Hikari frowned slightly, the surging power in her eyes gradually calming down. In her eyes, Senju Hisami, this half-grown blonde girl, was insignificant; Uzumaki Mito was her greatest enemy.

"Of course I'm here to help you."

Mito Uzumaki chuckled upon hearing this.

"ha?"

Uchiha Hikaru was immediately confused, while Senju Hisama's sensory radar started beeping wildly.

"Little girl, could you please wait over there for a while until we're done talking?"

She spoke softly and politely, but Senju Hisami could clearly feel an intense pressure emanating from the red-haired woman before her. Even the few wisps of chakra emanating from the woman made it difficult for her to breathe.

When did this woman become so strong?

Senju Hisa and Uzumaki Mito were old acquaintances; Mito had almost become her sister-in-law.

However, the Uzumaki clan later took the initiative to break off the engagement, which created a rift between the Senju and Uzumaki clans. The relationship between the two clans plummeted to a freezing point, and they basically never spoke to each other again.

However, after Konoha was established, the Uzumaki clan took the initiative to offer investment in education, which slightly eased the relationship between the two clans. But Senju Hisa and Uzumaki Mito still met only a handful of times.

I never imagined that this woman would grow to this level in just a few decades. I initially thought she was only able to temporarily suppress the Nine-Tailed Fox Card because of her strange sealing techniques.

In retrospect, Senju Hisa was wrong.

Mito Uzumaki was able to easily control the Nine-Tails Card and even contend with Hikaru Uchiha, who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan, all because of her unfathomable strength.

What if I say no?

Narrowing her eyes slightly, Senju Hisama warily glanced at Uzumaki Mito, whose gaze gleamed with hostility. Her other little finger, hidden behind her back, tensed, ready to unleash the Flying Thunder God Technique at any moment.

"Your father and I are old acquaintances. If you don't want to make things too awkward for yourself later, you'd better step aside."

Although Mito Uzumaki didn't have a good impression of Tobirama Senju, as the saying goes, one shouldn't blame family members for wrongdoing.

Even though the white-haired girl in front of her exuded the exact same aura as her annoying father, Mito Uzumaki still mustered her last bit of patience and tried to persuade her kindly.

"What kind of resolve do you think I had to stand here until now?"

Senju Hisa gently shook her head, showing no intention of backing down. Her goal for this trip was to become the Nine-Tailed Knight again; how could she abandon her original intention because of Mito Uzumaki's words?

"Sigh~ You and your dad really are alike, just the same."

Seeing that lecturing was useless, Mito Uzumaki's charming face showed a faint regret, and her soft sigh, falling into Hisami Senju's ears, was like the tolling of a doomsday bell.

"You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin."

Something's coming!

Sensing the terrifying chakra surging from his opponent's body beforehand, Senju Hisami didn't hesitate at all, withdrawing the short blade she had pressed against Uchiha Hikaru's neck.

Swah——

She raised one hand, ready to unleash the Flying Thunder God Technique. A flash of blue light was all it took for her to retreat to a safe distance.

"King Kong Lockdown"

But Mito Uzumaki wouldn't wait for her. The instant she saw Hisana Senju raise her hand, countless golden chains shot out from behind her incredibly slender waist.

not good!

Seeing the massive wave of chains surging towards her, Senju Hishima's heart alarmed. She knew something about this secret technique; even a powerful tailed beast would have to submit to the Adamantine Sealing Technique.

In a flash, Senju Hisama desperately gathered the little chakra he had left, striving to escape before being bound by the chains.

Just now, during her confrontation with Uchiha Hikari, she not only exhausted her mental energy but also used up a huge amount of chakra in order to launch the Flying Thunder God Technique into the Water Bullet.

Otherwise, would she need to form so many hand seals for a mere Water Bullet Technique?

As the blue light characteristic of the Flying Thunder God Technique shone from his body, Senju Hishima, who thought she was about to escape, was overjoyed.

"Flying Thunder. Ugh... Ugh..."

The moment her small mouth opened, an astonishingly thick chain swiftly and forcefully pierced into Senju Hisama's delicate oral cavity.

As the foreign object invaded her mouth, Senju Hisa, suddenly gagged, choked until her eyes rolled back. The saliva secreted in her throat due to the stress slowly overflowed from the corners of her mouth, sliding down her snow-white neck and into the deep, snowy valley below.

"Wow~ Is this something we can see?"

A commotion instantly erupted in the stands; everyone stared wide-eyed, afraid of missing a single frame.

"It was worth the price of admission! Was 100,000 taels expensive? Not at all!"

"Grandma, why are you covering my eyes? What happened to my aunt?"

Senju Momoka swiftly covered her granddaughter's eyes. Tsunade, her vision blurring, fumbled with her little hands and asked in confusion, "..."

"Wait a minute, this isn't the kids' channel."

"Wow, this is amazing! I love watching it!"

Unlike Tsunade, who was accompanied by an adult, Jiraiya's face flushed with excitement. The stimulating scene had a tremendous impact on his young mind.

"What a pity, why didn't I bring my camera?"

At that moment, he only regretted not having brought any recording equipment, so he could permanently etch this scene into his memory.

"Hiruko, did you bring anything with you to record anything?"

"All I have here is paper and pen."

Hiruko, the young boy's mother, is a typical academic ninja; her practical combat skills are average, but she excels in her extensive theoretical knowledge.

Moreover, he is a diligent and studious top student who studies hard anytime and anywhere. It is perfectly normal for him to carry paper and pen with him at all times.

"Can I borrow it?"

Taking the paper and pen from Hiruzen, Jiraiya felt his heart filled with thoughts of Liu Bei, and resolutely began to write. His writing flowed smoothly, as if divinely inspired.

"This is excellent material! More, more!"

"Ughhhh!!! (Let me go)"

When had Senju Hisama, one of the former leaders of Konoha, ever suffered such humiliation?

Feeling the burning gazes around her, and overwhelmed with shame and anger, she suppressed the discomfort in her throat and raised her blade-wielding arm, transforming it into a buzzing, hard vortex water blade that stabbed towards Mito Uzumaki in front of her.

Hehe~

To everyone's surprise, Mito Uzumaki remained unmoved, her calm gaze revealing a hint of schadenfreude. This made Hishi Senju, who had just unleashed her powerful attack, immediately sense something was amiss.

"Diamond Lockdown - Tortoise Shell Binding"

Upon receiving their master's command, countless golden chains converged on the lone Senju Hishima from all directions.

"Ugh! (Damn it!)"

Seeing this, Senju Hisama decided to go all out, frantically squeezing out the energy contained in his cells, refining it into chakra and channeling it into the Hard Vortex Water Blade in his hand.

"Buzzing!"

"Oh? Still so energetic, no wonder you're from the Senju clan."

Mito Uzumaki covered her mouth with the Nine-Tailed Card, her eyes full of smiles.

"Children like this are more interesting to train."

"Bang!"

The blue, swirling water blade cleaved through the giant wave formed by golden chains, producing a crisp sound. Watching the golden fragments scatter in all directions, Senju Hisami's heart sank to the bottom.

Her attacks weren't even enough to tickle King Kong's lock.

"Hmm? (Ha)"

Just as she was contemplating how to gamble her resources for a chance at survival, the golden chain in her mouth suddenly exerted a powerful suction force, rapidly draining her already limited chakra.

"Ugh! (Nani!)"

"thump!"

Soon, Senju Hisami was defeated by the golden chains that absorbed her chakra. Her trembling legs gave way, and she collapsed to her knees.

Under the brutal suction of the chains, her fair face contorted into an exaggerated, horse-like expression due to the vacuum in her mouth, further accentuated by her rolled-back eyes.

Tsk tsk tsk, this scene only appears occasionally in some side stories of the underworld.

The golden chains seized their opportunity and swarmed up, climbing along the girl's exquisite body, tightly binding every protruding point, ultimately creating a breathtakingly beautiful picture.

"Mmm (It's a tonic!)"

Completely powerless, Senju Hisana was suspended high by four golden chains, and barely audible muffled sounds escaped from her mouth.

"Trying to beg for mercy? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Satisfied with her creation, Mito Uzumaki waved her hand, and golden chains moved the embarrassingly dressed Senju Hisana, holding her in an M-shaped stance, to the platform where the Tailed Beast Cards had just been placed, forcibly fixing her in the most conspicuous position.

"Wow!!! My inspiration is flowing freely!"

Jiraiya, his breath steaming from his nostrils, trembled with excitement, but his writing speed remained unaffected.

"Jiraiya, what exactly are you writing?"

Curious, Hiruko leaned over, her gaze falling on her notebook. Her fair face instantly flushed bright red.

"Jiraiya, how could you write something like this?"

He felt his notebook was dirty.

"What do you know? This is real art!"

To everyone's surprise, Jiraiya, usually so lecherous, was shaking his head with a serious expression, defending his writing about Liu Bei in a tone of earnestness that Hiruko had never seen before.

"let me see."

Uchiha Gin, who had been watching from the sidelines for a long time, was naturally itching with desire.

He was eager to know just how high Jiraiya's literary talent was, this future renowned literary master.

"Huh? I haven't finished writing yet!"

Ignoring Jiraiya's resistance, Uchiha Gin snatched the notebook from his hand, his gaze falling on the very first sentence, his pupils contracting slightly.

这 是

[Uchiha Bin's performance at the Ninja Academy wasn't ideal, but he still managed to pass the Genin Exams.]

Looking at the article title again,

Young Uchiha Bin

With a strange expression, Uchiha Gin put down the familiar characters in his hand and tossed them back to the impatient Jiraiya, his eyes holding a hint of something indescribable.

"Kid, you might really be a genius."

"Huh? Really? Grandpa Gin."

Jiraiya, holding his debut work, stared incredulously at Uchiha Gin, whose tone seemed genuine.

"That's right, if you hadn't become a ninja, you would definitely have been a great writer whose works have been passed down through generations."

"Hmph, only children make choices. I want them all!"

Jiraiya, praised by Uchiha Gin, instantly felt his confidence soar. Why couldn't he be both a super-strong ninja who dominated the ninja world and a world-renowned literary master?

"You have aspirations. I have high hopes for you. Tomorrow I'll get your mother to sign a contract to transfer the copyright of all your future works to me. Don't worry, I won't let you suffer any losses."

Since Jiraiya has already displayed such talent at such a young age, his future achievements will definitely not be lower than those of his predecessor in the original timeline. How could Gin Uchiha let go of such a great opportunity to make money?

"Thank you, Grandpa Yin! I definitely won't let you down!"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya, whose family was not well-off, had his eyes light up instantly. This showed Gin Uchiha's top-notch money management skills. Since the other party had promised not to let him suffer any losses, it meant that his family's path to prosperity was just around the corner.

Beside Uchiha Gin, Senju Itama, who had been looking worried, looked away, a strange sense of relief on his face.

The eldest niece, who is quite disobedient, definitely needs to experience some setbacks; otherwise, her stubbornness, just like her second brother's, will not diminish.

It's not a bad thing for a young person to suffer a little in the exam hall; it's much better than her encountering a similar situation on the battlefield.

On the field, it's not necessarily chains that can cause intrusions!

"Hey curly-haired baboon, what are you whispering about with that lecherous brat?"

Upon discovering that Uchiha Gin was huddled together with a lecherous-looking white-haired brat, Senju Itama frowned, worried that the brat might be corrupting him.

"I've discovered a rising supernova in the literary world. Don't let his usual carefree attitude fool you; he's actually a primordial saint in the world of Liu Bei."

Uchiha Gin turned his face away, reached out and ruffled Jiraiya's spiky hair, praising him with a smile.

"Him?"

Although she didn't understand Liu Bei's meaning, judging from Uchiha Gin's tone, she could easily deduce that Jiraiya might also possess considerable writing talent. However, Senju Itama's impression of Jiraiya was rather lukewarm.

Because she likes curly hair and hates spiky hair.

"Let's not talk about that now. Your eldest niece has been defeated by Muzan. Do you have anything to say about that?"

Without lingering on the topic of Jiraiya, Uchiha Gin shifted his gaze to the humiliated white-haired man on the platform, a gloating smile playing on his lips.

here you go!

We should shut down this arrogant, white-haired brat with his nostrils pointing to the sky.

Although Uchiha Gin is now a secret ally of Senju Hisashi, that doesn't stop him from enjoying watching the white-haired guy get his comeuppance.

"Hijin is still too young."

Having already figured it out, Senju Itama shook his head and replied, feeling no shame.

My second brother once said that one failure is nothing. A ninja must be brave enough to face failure, learn from setbacks, and avoid similar things from happening again.

"Alright, that's enough of the punishment."

After placing Senju Hisama in an extremely humiliating position for a while, and seeing her gradually emptying gaze, Uzumaki Mito knew that the purpose of the punishment had been achieved. She then raised her hand and released the Adamantine Lock.

"Thump~"

The restraints were suddenly ripped off, and Senju Hishima was caught off guard, falling backward with a heavy thud onto the ground. Fortunately, her plump buttocks were soft enough to cushion the impact.

"Cough cough cough"

The chain in her mouth also retreated with the main force. Watching the chain, glistening with saliva, disappear into the distance, Senju Hisami belatedly realized what was happening and coughed violently a few times. The discomfort in her throat made her face flush red and then green.

She's not clean anymore.

"vomit!"

"Grandma, you're finally relieved. What exactly happened?"

Seeing that Senju Hisa was free, Senju Momoka finally lifted the curtain covering her granddaughter's eyes. Tsunade immediately craned her neck curiously, trying to find any details she had missed.

"When you're a little older, I'll have your aunt tell you herself."

(End of this chapter)