Chapter 327: Urging Marriage

He rubbed his own slightly dry eyes.

He took out a bottle of eye drops made from White Absolute cell culture as the raw material, and Dong Shilang carefully dripped it into his own eyes.

A warm feeling spread slowly from his eyes to his whole body.

He felt that his body and chakra seemed to have undergone some minor changes.

Not only had his physical fitness improved greatly, but his pupil power also seemed to have received some kind of completion.

Compared to before, that cold feeling with a hint of malice had dissipated considerably.

"Soon! At most one or two years, the changes to my eyes will be complete, and by then I can start trying the kaleidoscope!"

"Also, the bodily changes from using the eye drops will bring some changes to the body, but not as large as those to the eyes; it seems the nutrients, or rather the chakra, are all absorbed by the eyes!"

There are changes to the body as well; although the amount of chakra, Yang Release, recovery ability, etc., have seen some improvement, even entering Sage Mode can be done more quickly.

But this change is noticeably lagging behind the degree of change in the eyes.

"We still need to increase investment in the experiments!"

As the experiments progressed, Dong Shilang increasingly felt that the money in his hands and the 'materials' in the prison were becoming insufficient.

"Should I go visit a great noble of Huo Zhi Guo, or perhaps a wealthy merchant?"

"I heard that the daimyo of Huo Zhi Guo recently has a favorite retainer who seems to be very wealthy; it looks like I should find some time to go there!"

"Doing missions and earning mercenary fees and such—he would absolutely not do that. With his current strength, why not just find a few fat sheep?"

"Dong Shilang! Are you home?"

Just as he was considering going to look for that fat sheep, the voice of Yuzhibo Mika came from outside his house.

"Mika-sis, why do you have time to come over to my place today?"

Opening the door to greet the guest, Dong Shilang looked at this 'sister' with a strange expression; ever since her child was born, she had basically poured her whole heart onto the child.

Even his cheap brother-in-law, Yuzhibo Minghong, from time to time complained that he had completely become the redundant person in the household.

"Of course I came over because there's something important!"

Arriving at Dong Shilang's home, Yuzhibo Mika had no hesitation; she picked up the tea he offered and took a sip.

Then she looked him up and down, seemingly quite satisfied, and said:

"You've really grown up! You're already a man!"

Being looked up and down by Yuzhibo Mika's gaze, goosebumps rose all over Dong Shilang's body.

At the same time, a bad feeling weighed on his heart. He felt that even when facing the Nine-Tails, he had never had this kind of unease.

"Hey! These are photos of marriageable girls from the clan; take a look and see if any satisfy you!"

"Then I'll arrange it so you two can meet!"

Handing a big stack of photos to Dong Shilang, Yuzhibo Mika continued chattering: "Of course, if Dong Shilang already has a girl he likes, let me know in advance and I can make arrangements early!"

"Arrange? Arrange what?"

Dong Shilang was a little surprised; he hadn't reacted for a moment, not knowing what the arrangement she mentioned actually was.

"Of course it's marriage!"

Hearing Dong Shilang's question, Yuzhibo Mika answered with a face of obviousness.

"Marriage?"

He pointed at his own nose, Dong Shilang's face full of disbelief.

"I'm not even 17 yet; isn't talking about marriage now too early?"

Flipping through the photos in his hand idly, looking at the basic information on them, Dong Shilang really had no energy to complain.

The people in these photos are all only sixteen or seventeen years old, which is high‑school age in his previous life, yet they can actually become his marriage partners.

Moreover, there are one or two of them who, in his previous life, would have deserved to be shot.

"What's so strange about that?"

"Dong Shilang's age is about right for marriage!"

"Let me tell you, these girls have all been screened by your sister; within two generations of their families, there have been precedents of awakening the Sharingan, so that your future children…"

"Stop! Stop! Stop!"

Seeing Yuzhibo Mika getting more and more excited, even his future children were taken into consideration; he really felt like he had two big heads.

"Mika-sis! I don't have plans to marry this early…"

He really couldn't imagine what it would be like to marry a 16‑ or 17‑year‑old girl, and hurriedly called for a stop.

"Early?"

"It's fine! Many members of the clan marry at this age; for example, your uncle Tie Bing and clan chief Fugaku got married before they were even 16, and they're just fine, right?"

"Or… is it that none of these girls catch your eye?"

"If you take a fancy to a girl from that family in the village, it's no problem, although it might somewhat affect your future children's ability to awaken their eyes… but the clan doesn't reject clan members marrying girls from outside the clan."

"No… Mika-sis was joking; I don't have any special relationship with any girl in the village… I just… don't want to marry this early!"

In this ninja world where war breaks out frequently, early marriage and childbearing is also a means for the major families to cope with brutal ninja casualties and continue their lineage.

The Yuzhibo clan is no exception.

There are plenty who start a family at fifteen or sixteen.

However, for Dong Shilang of the Yuzhibo clan, these really are something he finds hard to accept. Imagine a high‑school student becoming his wife…

Hmm… actually, girls of that age aren't so bad either!

Well… soft voice, pliable body, easy to push over!

That also seems pretty good.

"Don't want to marry early?"

Seeing Dong Shilang refuse, Yuzhibo Mika stared at him, examining him closely.

"You're not still thinking about that childhood dream of yours, are you?"

"You… still intend to, like those nobles, marry a bunch of women or take concubines?"

"Most adult men in my family are single‑minded in their feelings; at most they just waver a little between family love and romantic love."

"Could it be that this time a lecher will be born?"

"Older Sister Mei Xiang laughed!"

"Being stared at by Yuzhibo Mei Xiang with such a substantive gaze, Dong Shilang felt that these photos in his hands seemed somewhat hot to handle."

"All thoughts of lolis, raising them, and the like vanished completely."