Chapter 846

"But Lin Cheng really has had it tough. I heard he's been busy with some things lately, and even when he has no time he still comes out to cook for everyone. Being a playboy really isn't easy either."

Temari gave Shikamaru a satisfied kiss on the cheek, then dragged him off to wash his hands and get ready to eat.

As for praising some playboy for being hardworking?

She just wanted to remind Shikamaru not to keep getting so close to that girl called Kurotsuchi.

Otherwise her fan would teach Shikamaru what real hard work meant!

"Truly, beautiful youth!"

Kakashi had long since washed his hands and was sitting at the dining table. Watching the young couple who couldn't even wash their hands without clinging to each other, he sighed a line of admiration before continuing to read the little book in his hand.

"If you're envious, go find a Miss you like and win her over. Then you can too."

Senju Tobirama sat down beside him, and after a glance at the contents of the book in Kakashi's hand, instantly wanted to take back what he'd just said.

Can't this guy switch to a different book? Reading this stuff every day—doesn't he get tired of it?

Even reading about ninjutsu would be better. Reading the basics over and over can still give you new ideas and directions. When the time comes to research a ninjutsu, wouldn't that be better than reading this kind of thing?

Things that drain the body for nothing—he'd been curious and studied it once, and confirmed it really had no meaning.

Ninjutsu is far more interesting!

He'd recently thought up two new ninjutsu; when he had time he'd go back to the village and let his big brother take a look.

"Sure enough, none of the people here are normal!"

Uchiha Izuna sat on the sofa, watching the interaction between Kakashi and Senju Tobirama, and felt even more disdain for the two of them.

That Senju Tobirama is just a ninjutsu-obsessed madman, and as for this Kakashi—

He looks pretty serious, but in reality he's a gutless guy with plenty of thoughts, his head full of nothing but colorful trash—a kidney-deficient man.

He's got a perfectly good Sharingan. Although he's not a clansman of theirs Uchiha, the clan has already been wiped out, so he wouldn't go so far as to take the eye back. But this guy actually refuses to use it because his chakra reserves aren't enough.

You really can't help but look down on him!

After comparing everyone, Uchiha Izuna once again felt that Sasuke was the best.

Although he'd turned into a girl for love, he didn't think there was any need to favor males over females. When the time came, the bloodline would still belong to their Uchiha line.

So he had to make Sasuke more diligent and stronger.

Parental genes involved the inheritance of future children. If he couldn't beat that kid Lin Cheng, then he wouldn't blame him for taking another route—making Sasuke stronger so that in the competition over descendants' bloodlines, he'd surpass them!

Of course he definitely couldn't say this out loud. If he did, that girl Sasuke might get other ideas. But some things just needed a different label. Right now he still had to wait for his brother to be revived; there was no need to rush at all.

"Izuna-senpai, why do I feel like the way you just looked at Sasuke wasn't quite right. You're at the ancestor level, so it's fine for you to be Sasuke's teacher, but you can't have other ideas, or I'll let Kurama smack you!

Naruto's sense of danger was very sharp. At this moment he suddenly reached out and grabbed Sasuke's arm, glaring as he looked toward Uchiha Izuna.

The others, who had each been lost in their own thoughts, were all interrupted and turned to look, wondering what was going on now.

"It's just the Nine-Tails, my brother's summoning beast."

Uchiha Izuna hadn't expected that just one stray thought of his would be picked up by this kid.

But when it came to the Nine-Tails, he really had nothing to worry about.

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Not just him—even Senju Tobirama had nothing to fear from the Nine-Tails. It was just these later generations, each one worse than the last, getting scared stiff at the sight of a tailed beast nowadays.

"Whose summoning beast is that guy? I only signed that summoning contract after being controlled. You damned Uchiha—believe it or not, I'll bite you!"

The Nine-Tails originally had no thoughts about Uchiha Izuna—after all, it hadn't been that familiar with him back then.

But once his brother was mentioned—

The little fox, the Nine-Tails, ran out and jumped onto Naruto's shoulder, looking thoroughly displeased at Uchiha Izuna, and had even started wondering whether it should take advantage of Uchiha Madara's absence to beat up his little brother.

"Let's eat first. Kurama, are you out here mooching food again?"

Sasuke, beside Naruto, saw the Nine-Tails jump onto Naruto's shoulder and helplessly reached out to pick it down.

This fox was way too rowdy. Sure enough, having no tailed beast was a good thing. If she had something like this causing daily trouble, she'd be unable to stop herself from activating her Sharingan to control it into being quiet.

"Sasuke-chan, your look today is even prettier."

The person the Nine-Tails feared most had now changed from Senju Hashirama to Sasuke, because Senju Hashirama was far away and couldn't come bully it whenever he felt like it.

But Sasuke was different. Because of her daily sparring with Naruto, and to prevent her Sharingan from hurting Naruto, she often had Naruto bring her into the sealing space to practice with the Nine-Tails.

It had once been suppressed by Uchiha Madara's Sharingan and forced to sign a contract; the moment it came out, it was bound.

But at least it was better than being sealed in that place that looked like a sewer.

Yet the Nine-Tails had never imagined there'd come a day when it got bullied without even leaving the house.

GLOSSARY:

【Lin Cheng, Temari, Shikamaru, Kurotsuchi, Kakashi, Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Izuna, Uchiha, Sharingan, Sasuke, Senju Hashirama, Naruto, Uchiha Madara, Kurama, Nine-Tails】