Chapter 373: 317. Chapter 312: Fugaku? No, Wealthy!

317. Chapter 312: Fugaku? No, Wealthy!

The Hidden Leaf Hospital.

Uchiha Izuna tightened his handsome face, pacing anxiously back and forth in front of a tightly shut operating room. His two fists were clenched tightly due to nervousness, and hideous veins bulged on the backs of his hands.

"Little cousin, can you stop pacing? You're about to make me dizzy."

Uchiha Gin, who was sitting on a bench in the hallway, really couldn't stand Uchiha Izuna pacing back and forth in front of him for several hours, so he spoke up to remind him.

"Big cousin, Mieko will be fine, right?"

Uchiha Izuna, covered in sweat, finally stopped his footsteps and asked in a nearly trembling voice.

"I can't guarantee that for you; I'm not a doctor."

Uchiha Gin spread his hands, his expression very helpless.

"Aren't you quite familiar with the doctors in this hospital? Why don't you help me go in and ask?"

In his anxiety, Uchiha Izuna was grasping at straws, actually wanting Uchiha Gin to enter the operating room to find out what was happening.

"Are you okay? This is the gynecology department!"

Uchiha Gin, who wished he could open Uchiha Izuna's skull right then and there to check which nerve had gone wrong, stood up and gave his little cousin a sharp rap on the head.

Creak~

"The family members outside, be quiet. The surgery is still in progress."

Perhaps because the two brothers' voices were too loud, the door to the operating room was suddenly pushed open from the inside. A nurse with an unhappy expression poked her head out and warned the two of them with great dissatisfaction.

However, after seeing a familiar curly-haired person outside the door, the nurse, who had just been gloomy, suddenly revealed a very pleasantly surprised expression, and her tone instantly became respectful.

"Mr. Gin! Have you come to help again?"

"Cough, cough, cough."

Uchiha Gin, greeted enthusiastically by the nurse, coughed a few times to cover his embarrassment. Facing the teasing gaze of his little cousin behind him, he waved his hand and refused with a straight face.

"I'm a family member of a patient today, so I won't disturb your work."

"Don't be so distant, you've helped our gynecology department so much before..."

At this moment, what Uchiha Gin was most thankful for was that he hadn't brought Uchiha Hikari and the others to the hospital with him; otherwise, just based on these few sentences, he would have a very miserable time for a long while to come.

"How is Uchiha Mieko's condition now?"

With many eyes around, Uchiha Gin, worried about exposing too much, hurriedly changed the subject.

"The mother's vital signs are stable, it's just that the fetal position is a bit off. The doctor is adjusting it, and it should be over in a little while."

Since the person asking was the only designated mentor for their gynecology department, known as the "Gynecology Saint of the Hidden Leaf," Uchiha Gin, the nurse naturally told him everything she knew, explaining Uchiha Mieko's situation in detail.

"Thanks! I'll give you all a big red envelope later!"

Having figured out the situation, Uchiha Gin smiled and promised the nurse. After the operating room door closed again, he turned to Uchiha Izuna and made a reassuring gesture.

"Big cousin, is this what you're usually busy with?"

Not expecting Uchiha Gin to be so familiar with the gynecology department of the Hidden Leaf Hospital, Uchiha Izuna, who had finally set his heart at ease, looked up and down at his big cousin, who exuded a decadent and lazy aura, with an extremely complex gaze.

"A part of it, just a part of it~"

At this time, a full four years had passed since Uchiha Madara left the Hidden Leaf. During this period, the burden of the entire clan had been pressed onto Uchiha Izuna.

It wasn't that Uchiha Izuna hadn't managed clan affairs before, but his mindset back then had been very positive and optimistic, and he had done the work with great relish.

However, with Uchiha Madara's sudden departure, the little cousin's world had collapsed, and the responsibilities forced upon him had tortured him into a soulless beast of burden.

Adhering to the principle of "if you've been rained on, you have to tear down someone else's umbrella," Uchiha Izuna had repeatedly tried to drag Uchiha Gin down with him, but the other party had pushed it off with various excuses.

One moment he said he was tutoring, the next he said he was on a mission, and in the end, he even brought up the excuse of attending some medical seminar. At first, he thought it was a joke, but now it seemed there was some truth to it.

"Wah~ wah~ wah~"

Just as the two brothers were talking, several high-pitched cries rang out inside the operating room. Uchiha Izuna, who had been cold-faced, instantly cleared up like the sky after rain.

Creak~

As the operating room door opened again, a pale Uchiha Mieko was pushed out by several nurses. Still conscious, the moment she saw Uchiha Izuna, a heartwarming smile appeared on her face, and she said in an extremely weak voice:

"Darling, come and see our baby~"

Uchiha Mieko lifted a corner of the blanket, revealing a wrinkled infant, who was currently snuggled comfortably against the place Uchiha Izuna liked most, greedily sucking on his favorite rations.

"Ah? Let me take a look too~"

"Thump!"

Seeing this, Uchiha Gin also wanted to catch a glimpse of his nephew, but before he could even lean in, he was kicked away by the food-guarding Uchiha Izuna, and to the surprised gazes of the doctors and nurses nearby, he was heavily embedded into the hospital wall.

"If you want to see, go home and look!"

"Hmph~ so stingy!"

Prying himself off the wall and dusting himself off as if nothing had happened, Uchiha Gin pouted in grievance, calling his younger brother ungrateful.

But, despite his words, he was still very thoughtful and took out the red envelopes he had prepared in advance, distributing them to the doctors and nurses who had worked hard for several hours.

"Thank you all for your hard work~"

The weight of the red envelopes was terrifyingly heavy. The doctors and nurses, who were already smiling, immediately beamed even more brightly.

"Thank you, Mr. Gin!"

"You're too kind, Mr. Gin~"

"Mr. Gin, there's a consultation this afternoon, do you have time?"

After a thorough examination, Uchiha Mieko and her child, confirmed to be fine, were moved into a pre-booked VIP room. The well-fed baby was no longer crying, smacking its lips unconsciously as it lay quietly in the brand-new crib, fast asleep.

"You've worked hard, Mieko."

Looking at his weak wife, Uchiha Izuna felt heartbroken. Worried about disturbing the baby, he could only lean his head against Uchiha Mieko's ear and whisper.

"It's okay~ It's okay~"

Uchiha Mieko, who had become a mother at a young age, radiated a thick maternal glow from her delicate body. She raised her hand to gently stroke Uchiha Izuna's handsome face, her words full of love.

"It's all my fault..."

Not expecting to be the one being comforted, Uchiha Izuna felt deeply guilty.

"It's not your fault."

Uchiha Mieko knew what her husband wanted to say and shook her head gently.

"It is his fault! Mieko, don't spoil him anymore."

Suddenly, a lazy voice broke the intimate moment between the couple. Uchiha Gin, who had entered at some point, was curiously examining the sleeping baby.

"Big cousin, when did you come in?"

Uchiha Izuna hurriedly straightened up.

"I've been here for a while~"

Uchiha Gin, having finished visiting his nephew, looked up with a smile, set aside the strawberry milk he had carefully prepared in advance, and looked at Uchiha Izuna with a very teasing gaze.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Uchiha Izuna, feeling uncomfortable under Uchiha Gin's gaze, couldn't help but ask.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you kid, I warned you that Mieko is still too young and you should wait a few years before having children. Why didn't you listen?"

Having a child at eighteen was considered relatively normal in this world, but in Uchiha Gin's previous life, it would be considered a high-risk pregnancy, easily leading to serious consequences.

"I was already very careful, who knew..."

Hearing Uchiha Gin say this, Uchiha Izuna, already feeling guilty, blamed himself even more.

"But fortunately, both mother and child are safe, otherwise you'd better prepare to lose an eye."

Uchiha Gin was filled with disdain for scumbags who hurt women, wondering if he should schedule a vasectomy for his little cousin who couldn't control his "basket."

Uchiha Gin was very careful about such measures; every time he interacted with women, he would kill the activity of his little tadpoles, turning them into pure energy to nourish others~

"I'll be careful in the future."

Feeling a certain malice from the void, Uchiha Izuna felt his "basket" go cold, subconsciously squeezed his legs together, and then nodded sincerely.

"By the way, have you two thought of a name for the child?"

For the sake of his little cousin's proper attitude, Uchiha Gin postponed the vasectomy, glanced at his wrinkled nephew, casually opened the gift he had brought, and unceremoniously inserted a straw to drink.

Hearing this, the couple looked at each other, and Uchiha Mieko spoke first.

"We've thought of it, let's call him Fugaku."

"Pfft!"

The strawberry milk in Uchiha Gin's mouth sprayed out instantly, splashing all over his little cousin, who couldn't dodge in time.

"Cough, cough, cough... sorry, sorry~"

Uchiha Gin, choking, wiped the strawberry milk from the corner of his mouth, then picked up a long towel nearby that he didn't know the purpose of, and hurriedly wiped his little cousin's face.

"Don't! That's..."

Uchiha Mieko's expression stiffened, and she hurriedly tried to stop him, but it was too late.

"This is..."

After wiping for a while, Uchiha Gin noticed it getting yellower and yellower, and only then did he smell the strange odor of the towel in his hand. His expression became even more apologetic.

"Sorry, Izuna, forgive me this once."

"Ah!"

Uchiha Izuna, having had feces dumped on his head, went completely insane. He disappeared from the spot using the fastest Body Flicker Jutsu of his life, and then the sound of splashing water could be heard from the room's bathroom.

After a long while, a dripping wet Uchiha Izuna walked out of the bathroom with a dark face, staring at Uchiha Gin with a gaze that was almost murderous.

"Oh my~ it's your own child's, and you think it's dirty? Mieko, you shouldn't want a man like this~"

Sensing the waves of killing intent, Uchiha Gin directly shifted the blame, sitting by Uchiha Mieko's bedside and whispering gossip like a seasoned best friend.

"Giggle giggle~"

Because a few people forgot to control their volume, the soundly sleeping baby slowly opened its eyes, but instead of crying or making a fuss, it giggled.

Seeing this scene, Uchiha Izuna could only shake his head helplessly and chose to take revenge another day.

"Big cousin, is the name Fugaku good?"

Having regained his composure, Uchiha Izuna teased his son, who had been woken up, and raised his head to ask.

"The name is fine, but..."

Uchiha Gin, who had walked over, felt quite conflicted in his heart. He lowered his head to look at his nephew and scratched his curly hair with a headache.

This name is not very auspicious~

"But what?"

Uchiha Izuna paused upon hearing this and asked in confusion, while Mieko, who was listening from the side, also blinked her eyes curiously.

"I just calculated it for you and discovered that this name, Fugaku, it..."

Putting on a show of pinching his fingers, Uchiha Gin made tut-tutting sounds with his mouth.

"What about it?"

The couple looked nervously at the mysterious Uchiha Gin; they had heard rumors that their big cousin was capable of divination.

"It's not festive enough~"

Squinting his eyes and pretending to be profound, Uchiha Gin was silent for a moment before speaking slowly.

"Huh?"

"I think Fugui (Wealth) or Uchiha Fuyao (Abundant) would also be fine."

In the end, under Uchiha Gin's interference, the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths who had arrived early was suppressed by him, and a young boy named Uchiha Uchiha Fuyao began his life of glory and wealth.

Land of Water

"Haha! I'm a grandfather!"

In the Daimyo's palace, Uchiha Tajima, with his white hair and glowing face, looked at the message just delivered from the Hidden Leaf Village. He jumped up from his exquisite chair in excitement. After many years, this old man who had retired behind the scenes finally received good news that brought him comfort.

"Uchiha Uchiha Fuyao is truly a good name!"

Looking at his grandson's name again, Uchiha Tajima couldn't stop smiling, loudly praising how the name sounded noble and so on.

On the other side,

In a desolate wilderness in the Land of Fire where few people tread, a small cat carrying a scroll leaped through the forest. Following a familiar scent, it turned left and right until it found a figure sitting withered by a campfire.

"Oh? It shouldn't be time for contact yet, right?"

Uchiha Madara, wearing red battle armor, frowned in confusion as he looked at the ninja cat that had come to him. Only a few days had passed since the last contact with the village; could something major have happened?

The ninja cat clan currently living in the Empty Realm did not choose to sign summoning contracts with humans because they yearned for freedom.

Even though this ninja cat was conquered by Uchiha Madara's demeanor and voluntarily acknowledged him as its master, it still had not signed a contract.

"Meow~ Master, this is an urgent and important message, meow~"

Having accepted the bribe of three small dried fish from Uchiha Gin, the ninja cat dared not be negligent and set off to find Uchiha Madara the moment it received the scroll.

"Important message?"

Uchiha Madara's heart tightened, and dozens of bad news scenarios instantly popped into his head, such as his big cousin kicking the bucket, Hashirama getting a divorce, or a sow at the village entrance giving birth to a white-haired pig with natural red eyes.

"Phew~"

With a nervous heart, Uchiha Madara slowly unfolded the scroll. As he read further, his originally cold expression melted like spring snow, and a rare smile even hung on the corners of his mouth.

"Haha, this kid Izuna actually became a father!"

Uchiha Madara, who hadn't laughed so heartily in a long time, looked at the family photo attached to the scroll, and tears faintly flashed in the corners of his eyes.

"But this name, Uchiha Fuyao?"

After the joy, Uchiha Madara looked at the name of his newborn nephew, and the expression on his face became strange.

Probably, should be, maybe, definitely, certainly given by big cousin.

"Time to step it up!"

Hearing the good news, Uchiha Madara was instantly full of motivation. He had just discovered the tracks of the Nine-Tails not long ago and had been tracking it all the way here; he would soon be able to achieve his goal and return to the village in triumph.

The Nine-Tails, who was lying flat in a canyon not far away, suddenly felt a chill on its back. It opened its beastly pupils in confusion, wondering who it had offended recently to have the illusion of being targeted.

"No, this place isn't safe either."

Ever since being physically castrated, the Nine-Tails had become suspicious by nature. Even if it was just an illusion, it couldn't ignore it, so it stood up, preparing to move its nest again.

"Finally found you!"

The Nine-Tails, having just stood up, raised its head in surprise. Under the pale moonlight, two scarlet eyes made its whole body feel cold. A fear originating from the depths of its soul compelled it to subconsciously take a few steps back.

"Roar!!!"

However, as the strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails quickly adjusted its mindset. It's just a mere descendant of Indra; let's see if I don't eat him for a snack.

This time, it would definitely chew him up and spit him out to confirm before swallowing!

"Huh? Stand still!"

Uchiha Madara, dressed in red armor, looked like a demon god. Seeing the Nine-Tails attempting to resist, he sneered, brought his hands together, and a deep blue giant rose from the ground.

"What the hell..."

The Nine-Tails stared dumbfounded at the giant that was several heads taller than itself and couldn't help but curse. In the eyes of the Tailed Beasts, all humans looked the same, so it didn't immediately recognize that the human in front of it was the Uchiha Madara who had once controlled the Eight-Tails to fight it.

Time to run!

The Nine-Tails, no longer the reckless brute it once was, decisively chose to flee. After spitting out a Tailed Beast Bomb as cover, it ran into the distance without looking back.

!

"Damn it! The descendant of Indra is still chasing me!"

While reminiscing about the kind-faced Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the Nine-Tails glanced backward. Seeing the Susanoo flapping its wings and catching up to it, it was so scared that its nine tails were flailing wildly. It accelerated as if its feet were on fire, only regretting that the Sage of Six Paths hadn't given it two more legs.

"Boom!"

"Be obedient, and you'll suffer less."

Uchiha Madara, controlling the Susanoo to land ahead on the Nine-Tails' path, crossed his arms and issued an ultimatum.

"Detestable human! Even if I die, I won't let you have your way!"

The Nine-Tails knew it couldn't escape, so it bared its sharp teeth, preparing to fight Uchiha Madara to the death. At this moment, it suddenly remembered the brothers it had betrayed before, and a sense of sorrow couldn't help but arise in its heart.

Brothers, I'm sorry~

But the other Tailed Beasts couldn't hear the Nine-Tails' confession, otherwise, they would definitely have mocked it thoroughly in the chat room.

"Give it up, Nine-Tails, I hate violence~"

Facing the desperate Nine-Tails, Uchiha Madara actually didn't have much confidence, after all, Hashirama had once rated this Tailed Beast quite highly.

"Roar!"

Since it was prepared to fight to the death, the Nine-Tails no longer held back, opening its mouth to fire a highly compressed Tailed Beast Bomb, which shot toward Uchiha Madara.

"Boom!"

Uchiha Madara felt a jolt in his heart. All four arms went into action, with the giant blades held in front of his chest, standing ready to withstand the Nine-Tails' world-destroying attack.

"Is that it?"

As it turned out, the impact of the Tailed Beast Bomb was not very large, leaving Uchiha Madara somewhat speechless. Looking at the undamaged Susanoo, which had only retreated half a step, he couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion for a moment.

"Are you really the Nine-Tails?"

With a look of deep confusion on his face, Uchiha Madara controlled the Susanoo to wrap its arms around the Nine-Tails, which was wide open after releasing the Tailed Beast Bomb, and asked with a slight frown.

Had he encountered a fake?

"I don't change my name or surname, I am the Nine-Tails!"

The Nine-Tails, easily handled, didn't want to lose face, so it stated its identity very toughly. However, due to the aftereffects of the castration, its tone was somewhat sharp, as if it were straining its voice.

"No way? How did it become such a weakling?"

Uchiha Madara, who had once fought the Nine-Tails, checked the appearance of the fox in his hands repeatedly. It was indeed exactly the same as during that Tailed Beast Pokémon battle back then, it was just that the voice had become a bit strange.

Could it be...

Since the Nine-Tails was still the Nine-Tails, there was only one explanation.

Having figured out the reason, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but proudly puff out his chest.

"Sure enough, it's that I've become stronger. This Tailed Beast that used to make Hashirama complain bitterly is no longer a match for me!"

That's right, Uchiha Madara affirmed that he must have grown to a height that Senju Hashirama could not reach without realizing it, which was why he could easily take down the Nine-Tails, which the other party had said was very difficult to deal with.

"Hmph hmph~"

Why is this human's laugh so disgusting~

Could it be that he has some special fetish?

The Nine-Tails, held in the Susanoo's hand, saw Uchiha Madara's strange expression and subconsciously felt a tightening in its rear, starting to speculate maliciously.

"Although you're not of much use, it's still excellent to take you back to show off~"

After daydreaming for a while, Uchiha Madara looked at the obedient Nine-Tails in his hand. After thinking about it, he widened his eyes and gave the opponent a Mangekyo genjutsu.

Facing the familiar ocular jutsu, the wedge in the Nine-Tails' mind was instantly activated. Without any room for resistance, it was taken down in an instant.

"Uh... how was it controlled so easily?"

He had thought it would take some effort to control the Nine-Tails, but it was taken down with a simple genjutsu, which made Uchiha Madara frown in confusion.

"Hmph, I am now Sei-Q-Madara!"

Not knowing that Uchiha Gin had placed a wedge on the Tailed Beast, he gained even more confidence in his own strength after a simple confirmation.

"Let's go, time to go home!"

Disengaging the Susanoo, Uchiha Madara jumped onto the head of the Nine-Tails, whose eyes were bloodshot. He lay comfortably on the soft fur and waved his hand toward the direction of the Hidden Leaf Village.

"Roar!"

The controlled Nine-Tails could no longer command its own consciousness; under the suppression of the Mangekyo Sharingan's ocular power, it had no choice but to stride forward and run in the direction pointed out by Madara Uchiha.

That place is the territory of that human!

Although its body was not under its own control, the Nine-Tails was still clear-headed, easily identifying that the place Madara Uchiha wanted to take it was the territory of that descendant of Asura who had left a shadow over its beastly life.

"Who exactly did I offend?"

The Nine-Tails was weeping internally, never expecting that after so many years, it was still that same little fox being toyed with at will by the family of Kaguya Otsutsuki.

"Old man, I beg you, open your eyes!" (End of chapter)