Chapter 108: Meeting an Old Teammate Again

After Uchiha Gin finished treating the girl's wound, he got up and went upstairs to tidy up her room, leaving Senju Itama and Uchiha Guang staring at each other.

"I still don't know your name. Gin must be too careless; he didn't tell me on the way."

Naturally picking up the teacup Uchiha Gin had drunk from, the girl pursed her lips and took a sip, then looked up, smiling at Senju Itama in front of her, her tone carrying a hint of the tea she had just drunk.

"Uh, that curly-haired ape didn't even introduce me properly?"

The sense of crisis in Senju Itama's heart soared. Could it be that she was so unimportant in that guy's mind?

"Huh! I've never heard that guy say he had any childhood sweetheart, and besides..."

Even a clay figure has a temper. Senju Itama seized the opportunity to launch her counterattack. She looked at her with doubt that didn't seem fake and said with a hint of hesitation,

"You grew up with that guy, so doesn't that mean you're also over thirty?"

Age is a woman's greatest weapon.

"Woo! ~~~"

Being asked this by Senju Itama, Uchiha Guang only felt she had kicked cotton. The black-haired, black-eyed brat in front of her was no pushover; she had actually managed to turn the tables on her.

(＾－＾)V

Senju Itama, who had regained a city, triumphantly made a 'V' sign in her heart, the fighting spirit rising in her eyes undiminished.

"Guang! You wear my old clothes for now. I'll take you out to buy some clothes and daily necessities in a while."

Just as the two were at daggers drawn, Uchiha Gin, who had tidied up a room, came down with a set of his daily clothes from when he was young. Seeing the two in the living room staring at each other, he asked very confusedly,

"Guang, Itama brat, aren't your eyes dry?"

"Hmph!"

Senju Itama curled her lips and turned her head away.

"No, I was just talking with this Itama, right? The name is quite unique."

Uchiha Guang covered her small mouth, a faint light flowing in her eyes, and said in a soft, glutinous tone. After saying that, she didn't look at Senju Itama's reaction anymore, walked straight over, hugged the clothes Uchiha Gin handed over, and said gratefully,

"Sorry to trouble you, Gin. Please take care of me from now on."

Huh? This old woman looks like she's going to stay for a long time?

Senju Itama, who was extremely unhappy in her heart at this moment, looked at the "pretentious" Uchiha Guang and felt her fists hardening. The Senju bloodline in her body was boiling, and majestic chakra overflowed her whole body; she wished she could give this hypocritical guy a punch of super strength.

Senju Itama, who ultimately held back, loosened her small fists. There's plenty of time; the battle with this old woman had just begun.

Before long, Uchiha Guang, who had gone upstairs to put on Uchiha Gin's old clothes, walked down gracefully, wearing the mercury cloak. Her face was slightly red as she tightened the clothes that carried Gin's scent, her breathing somewhat disordered as she said,

"Gin, does it fit?"

"Uh, it's a bit big, but it's fine. I'll buy you new ones when we go out. You can just throw this one away then."

Looking at the obviously overly loose clothes, Uchiha Gin said with an indifferent face,

"Let's go! Let's grab a meal while we're at it."

The three of them went out and headed toward the clan market.

Senju Itama and Uchiha Guang guarded Uchiha Gin on the left and right. The lightning in their eyes was almost materialized, and they kept staring at each other like this until they reached the market.

"Itama! Why are you here? It's not time yet, is it?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupted the confrontation between the two. Uchiha Zhili, with purple hair, tilted her head and looked at her best friend in confusion. Didn't they agree to meet at dinner time? Why did she come early?

"Oh my, Gin-sensei, haven't seen you in a few days, you still look so good. Who is this young lady?"

Seeing the person walking with her best friend, she, being polite, stepped forward to greet them, and finding someone she hadn't seen before, asked with a hint of confusion.

"Uchiha Guang, Gin's childhood sweetheart."

Without waiting for Uchiha Gin to introduce her, the girl naturally stepped forward to introduce herself, while her eyes carried a hint of contemplation.

Gin hadn't mentioned this purple-haired one; she must be a passerby.

"Nice to meet you, senior. I am Uchiha Zhili, Itama's friend."

Uchiha Zhili, whose sensory ability was naturally sharper than ordinary people's, could faintly perceive an extremely obscure, cold, and profound power from the seemingly harmless girl in front of her. Always cautious, she didn't ask too many questions, but instead greeted the other party politely.

"Little Zhili! Just in time, let's go eat together!"

Uchiha Gin liked this girl who had been working and studying since she was a child very much. Of course, it wasn't the kind of love between a man and a woman—that would get him nailed to a cross and roasted with fire. It was the kind of love an elder has for an excellent child of someone else's family. He only regretted that such a good child wasn't his own.

It's just that she's a bit of a natural airhead (dark) and often comes out with golden sentences.

"That's not very... alright, then I won't be polite."

With the strange Uchiha Guang present, Uchiha Zhili, who had originally wanted to refuse, saw her best friend's help-seeking eyes and finally accepted Uchiha Gin's invitation.

The shopping team instantly expanded to four. Uchiha Gin led the way, followed closely by Uchiha Guang, while Senju Itama, who was hanging at the back, exchanged information with her best friend.

"Guang, you pick whatever you like. Don't worry about the price."

Arriving at the clothing store, facing the dazzling array of clothes, Uchiha Gin waved his hand, letting the girl buy whatever she wanted; he wasn't short of money.

"Okay!"

The girl, who had been suppressed by the seal for too long, finally released herself. Women are naturally fond of beauty, and the Uchiha are no exception. The girl shuttled through the ocean of colorful clothes, and in no time, she had hugged out a small mountain.

"Just these clothes, Gin, help me pick!"

The girl's eyes revealed the brilliance that should belong to her age when she was sealed, excitedly pulling Uchiha Gin to help her pick clothes.

"What's there to pick? Since you like them, buy them all."

Uchiha Gin didn't blink as he took a piece of pure gold from his bag and threw it to the trembling boss to the side. Under the boss's shocked eyes, he collected all the clothes piled into a small mountain into a scroll.

Uchiha Guang tugged at Uchiha Gin's sleeve and said excitedly,

"Thank you, Gin! I like you the most."

Just after saying it, the girl, who seemed to have let out her true feelings, instantly boiled over like a bubble tea pot, her face blushing so much she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"What are you saying that for, given our relationship?"

Not understanding the true meaning of the girl's words, and thinking she was just thanking him for helping her buy clothes, Uchiha Gin smiled and said to Uchiha Guang,

Why is Guang still being so polite with me?

"Jealous?"

Looking at the two people who were hitting it off in the store, Uchiha Zhili poked her best friend with her elbow, a constrained smile on her gentle face.

"Huh? I... I'm jealous of a hammer! I just don't like that hypocritical old woman!"

Senju Itama, who was peeking from behind the shelf, heard Zhili's teasing, her face tightened, and she retorted stammeringly.

Stare (∩_)

Uchiha Zhili had an expression of seeing through everything, staring until Senju Itama's face turned red.

"I'm afraid that curly-haired ape will be deceived. That guy said they grew up together, but she looks like she's not much older than me. Don't you think it's suspicious?"

Senju Itama hurriedly pulled out a seemingly reasonable excuse. After all, Uchiha Gin was her savior. If he was deceived by some strange person, how could she live with herself?

"Oh~~~ So that's it. Itama, you really are a good child."

Uchiha Zhili's eyes flashed with the light of gossip.

This melon is too interesting to eat; must follow closely.

"You two have kept me waiting. Let's go eat!"

Uchiha Gin returned with the girl, fully loaded, and came out to greet the two to go eat.

"What do you want to eat?"

"Grilled meat!"

Itama raised her hand.

"Grilled meat!"

Guang answered first.

"Huh? ~"

Zhili questioned.

The two who shouted grilled meat at the same time looked at each other; they didn't expect both of them to want to eat grilled meat.

"Little Zhili, what do you want to eat?"

Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows and asked the remaining gentle purple-haired girl.

"Grilled meat is fine."

The girl, who had originally planned to eat grilled meat for dinner, immediately followed the crowd.

"Alright, let's head toward the grilled meat!"

The four of them marched toward the best-reputed grilled meat restaurant in the Uchiha clan grounds. Looking at the "Shao Huo Grilled Meat" written on the sign at the door, Uchiha Gin pushed open the door and heard the greeting from inside.

"Welcome!"

A simple and honest square face poked his head out from the back kitchen and shouted at Uchiha Gin and the others,

"Dailang, my younger brother!"

It was actually an acquaintance.

"Uchiha Gin?"

The square face saw the person coming, his honest face stunned for a moment, then revealed a complex look. Why is this guy here again?

"Haven't patronized in a long time, where's Erlang little brother?"

Uchiha Gin familiarly pushed open a private room door, arranged for the girls to go in, and turned his head to chat with the old acquaintance.

"He's on duty today. You didn't go to work again?"

Uchiha Dailang, Uchiha Gin's teammate when he first started his second playthrough, was seriously injured on the battlefield a few years ago. After being saved, although his life was saved, his body was seriously damaged, and he could no longer be a ninja.

Because of this, Uchiha Dailang was depressed for a long time. Just when he thought about ending his life, Uchiha Gin appeared with a fruit basket, and under his suggestion, opened a grilled meat restaurant.

Relying on his control over fire, his grilling was superb, and he quickly made a name for himself. Guests came in an endless stream every day, and he earned much more money than when he was a ninja.

"Just do it the usual way."

As an old acquaintance, Uchiha Gin sat down without hesitation, pulling over a chair, and arranged for his old teammate.

"Okay! Yazi, take out that bottle of wine I put in the cellar."

Uchiha Dailang nodded and shouted to the back kitchen at the same time.

After a while.

"Who's here? How could you bear to take out your collection?"

A gentle-faced woman lifted the curtain of the back kitchen and walked out with a bottle of wine in her hand.

"Oh! Yazi, long time no see, you're getting more and more beautiful!"

Uchiha Gin saw the person coming and greeted her with a smile, showing that he had a good relationship with the woman.

"Ara ara, Gin-san really knows how to talk."

Uchiha Yazi covered her mouth and said with a giggle,

"Unlike my eldest brother, he's like a block of wood."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 109 =====