The Great Hero Uchiha

Whirlpool Vanilla listened as she made ramen.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Miyuki spoke from the side.

"It's getting a bit chilly, remember to wear more clothes so you don't catch a cold."

"Ah."

Watching Uchiha Miyuki completely embracing the role of a father, and Uzumaki Kaoru perfectly embracing the role of a dutiful daughter, the middle-aged man sat wearily to the side, at a loss for words. He didn't know how to help Uzumaki Kaoru break the deadlock. He couldn't understand this strange relationship at all, and his experience was completely insufficient to handle it.

Uchiha Miyuki looked at Uzumaki Kasugai. Normally, he should have been paying attention to her physical growth, but he didn't think about that at all.

This isn't a question of whether it's pretty or not.

Just as he told Minato Namikaze, he truly regarded Vanilla Uzumaki as his daughter from the bottom of his heart. He wasn't quite sure why. It was possible that Vanilla Uzumaki saw him as her father, or it was possible that Vanilla Uzumaki was too young when they met, both in terms of age and breast size, which left him with the impression of a child.

Otherwise, one's gaze should be drawn to things like breast size, just like when facing Mei Omi, instead of focusing only on the other person's height and whether they're cold dressed like that.

Uchiha Miyuki was a little confused when he saw the chashu ramen served by Whirlpool Herbs.

"You give such a generous amount of char siu, aren't you losing money?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man glanced at the man and couldn't help but twitch his lips, wanting to make a sarcastic remark.

Vanilla, are you sure this is char siu ramen, or just ramen topped with char siu?

Whirlpool Vanilla then spoke up.

"I added just a little bit too much."

Uchiha Yuki glanced at other people's chashu ramen, then looked at his own. It wasn't just a little bit more; it was a billion bits more.

I tried it, and it really tastes great.

but--

"Vanilla, are you and the manager busy taking care of the business?"

Before Vanilla Whirlpool could speak, Uncle Handy said, "No need, I can manage on my own."

After finishing his chashu ramen and chatting with Uzumaki Vanilla for a bit, Uchiha Miyuki felt that Namikaze Minato was overthinking things. This was clearly a daughter waiting for her father to come home! It had nothing to do with any romantic feelings. In any case, Uchiha Miyuki didn't have that kind of feeling, like Mei Terumi's burning desire to devour life itself.

Just as I was about to chat a little longer, a figure walked in.

"Yu Xing?"

Uchiha Miyuki turned around and saw that the person who came was Sarutobi Asuma.

"So it was the Dark Side of the Ninja World!"

Sarutobi Asuma's expression immediately fell. "What 'Darkness of the Ninja World'! I haven't done anything! I've been protecting the Daimyo the whole time, and Sunagakure and Iwagakure have just thrown a bunch of inexplicable conspiracies at me! Seriously, Sunagakure and Iwagakure are so inexplicable... Wait—no! In the end, the reason I have such a strange title is all your fault!!"

"Hahaha--"

Uchiha Miyuki couldn't help but laugh.

He paused for a moment, then asked in return, "Weren't you working as one of the Twelve Ninja? Why are you back?"

Sarutobi Asuma was stunned for a moment before he realized what was happening.

"So you didn't know? Because of this inexplicable title of 'Darkness of the Ninja World,' I was transferred back to Konoha by the Daimyo three years ago..."

"You were transferred back because of this? Didn't you already have that title?"

I only learned of his name three years ago.

"Isn't having a title a good thing? Why were you transferred back?"

Sarutobi Asuma approached Uchiha Miyuki and said in a low voice, "That's the Dark Side of the Shinobi World! After the Daimyo learned of this title, he was always worried that I was plotting against him... Good heavens! What is all this about! I'm being wronged to death. And I don't know what's going on with that Hidden Mist Village, they actually used my bounty on the black market as a unit of currency."

Did you know? When I was passing through the port on a mission, someone suddenly said—

Why has the price of Asuma's head dropped again?! Damn it... I've lost several hundred taels again. That damned Asuma, can't he find a way to increase his bounty?

Do you know how terrifying this kind of thing is?

Uchiha Miyuki suppressed his laughter, trying not to let it out.

"It's probably because Kirigakure has heard of your great name that they used your bounty on the black market as a unit of measurement."

Sarutobi Asuma slumped dejectedly against the Ichiraku Ramen counter.

"Vanilla, give me a bowl of char siu ramen."

"Ah."

Sarutobi Asuma paused for a moment, then asked Uchiha Miyuki.

"What have you been busy with all this time? I haven't seen you in the three years since I came back. I asked Hong, but she doesn't know either."

"I have a classified mission."

"Oh."

Sarutobi Asuma immediately stopped talking about it.

"By the way, you'll be becoming the fifth generation soon after you come back this time, right?"

Uchiha Miyuki nodded.

"Ah."

"With you as the fifth generation leader, the village will definitely get better and better."

"Ah."

The Senju clan had clearly fallen into decline because of Uchiha Miyuki, yet Sarutobi Asuma seemed completely unaware of this. However, it wasn't that Sarutobi Asuma was unaware; he simply didn't care, because the Senju clan's decline was mainly due to its own internal problems.

There are just too many scandals involving human experimentation...

Even Sarutobi Asuma's expulsion from the Twelve Ninja was related to these events.

The daimyo wasn't worried about Sarutobi Asuma plotting against him; he was afraid that the Senju clan would secretly conduct human experiments on him.

Uchiha Miyuki thought for a moment and then asked.

When are you and Hong getting married?

"Cough cough cough..."

Sarutobi Asuma nearly choked on his noodles. "I... I... how did you know I like red?"

"The way you two look at each other has always been off since you were little. Only a blind person wouldn't see that, would they?"

The middle-aged man, upon hearing these words, stood to the side speechless.

If you can see through the emotions between other people, why can't you see through Xiangcao's thoughts?

P.S.: I've been neglecting my work lately, so I'm making up for it today.

Furthermore, fusion is not the same as replacing an eye.

It's one of my eyes and one of Fugaku's eyes. My eye absorbs the power of Fugaku's eye and upgrades itself. Then I repeat this process. When I was writing yesterday, I got a little confused by the setting of Fugaku's eye technique, so I didn't explain it clearly.

211. Orochimaru, the loyal and courageous hero!

Uchiha Miyuki wanted to talk to Sarutobi Asuma a little longer, but at that moment an Anbu member walked in from outside.

"Advisor, the Hokage requests your presence."

Uchiha Miyuki nodded and said to Sarutobi Asuma and Uzumaki Kaoru, "I have something to do, so I'll go now. Asuma, remember to work hard and get Kurenai on maternity leave as soon as possible. Kaoru, remember to wear a jacket so you can take it off if you get hot. Oh, and by the way, this meal is on Asuma."

"Ah."

Whirlpool Vanilla responded.

Sarutobi Asuma glanced at Uzumaki Herb, then at Uchiha Miyuki.

After Uchiha Miyuki left, Sarutobi Asuma looked at Uzumaki Kaoru with a surprised expression and asked her a question.

"You've been waiting for him?"

As a regular customer of Ichiraku Ramen, Sarutobi Asuma knew a bit about Whirlpool Herbs.

Whirlwind Vanilla nodded.

"Ah."

Sarutobi Asuma sighed upon hearing this.

"He is very perceptive about other people's affairs, but very insensitive about his own... No, it's that he doesn't care about his own problems except for his own life and death. Ever since we were genin, he has thought a lot, a lot... but all of these thoughts are about things outside of himself, and all of his plans for the future are the same."

Unlike us, they don't focus as much on their own problems.

He only pays attention to his own problems when things come to a head…

Their relationship ended there, and Sarutobi Asuma was too embarrassed to make things too clear.

If you want to win over Uchiha Miyuki with Uzumaki Vanilla, you need to take the initiative!

……

Uchiha Miyuki arrived at the Hokage Building.

Minato Namikaze said somewhat dejectedly, "What have you been busy with for the past six months? I haven't been able to find you at all."

"There is something quite important."

Uchiha Miyuki didn't explain much.

Minato Namikaze didn't press the matter. If others didn't know, didn't he? If he could explain, Miyuki Uchiha would have just said it outright.

He continued to pour out his grievances.

"Do you know that while you were gone for six months, I was lectured by Kushina every single day..."

Uchiha Miyuki was somewhat speechless.

Haven't you all finished eating and have nothing better to do? Why are you always focused on these lovey-dovey things? Shouldn't you be looking at the peace of the entire ninja world?!

"I went to see Vanilla today. You're mistaken, she doesn't like me."

"..."

Minato Namikaze sighed inwardly.

It wasn't because Uzumaki Kasugai's emotional expression was too strange, nor was it because Uchiha Miyuki's reaction was too slow. It was because Uchiha Miyuki simply didn't understand that peace in the ninja world was indeed a matter of great importance, and personal issues were equally important. Moreover, the two were not in conflict, and there was no need to focus on only one thing. However, this is why Namikaze Minato greatly admired Uchiha Miyuki and was willing to give up the Hokage position.