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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7: Still Not Evil Enough

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"You wanna fight, huh?"

"You're the one picking a fight."

Naruto, who had barely calmed down from earlier, got into another spat with Sasuke during dinner. Within seconds, they were in each other's faces again, grabbing each other's collars like junkyard dogs.

"If you're gonna fight, take it outside. Plenty of space."

Uchiha Ying didn't even lift his head as he cleared the table. Honestly, this was becoming a daily ritual at this point.

"Looks like you two still had some leftover energy from class."

But if fights meant Ninja Fragments, then by all means—let them beat each other senseless.

Honestly, with these two hotheads around, peace was impossible anyway.

"You're just bitter because I beat you earlier in class," Sasuke said coldly. "You couldn't even tell a fake clone from a real one."

Naruto flared up. "That's only because you pulled a sneak attack!"

"You think ninjas don't sneak attack? Idiot. No wonder you're stuck at the bottom of the class."

Sasuke's condescension lit a fire under Naruto again. The blond boy clenched his fists.

"You think you're better than me!? Bring it on!"

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The fight was... intense.

On the Uchiha clan's training field, Uchiha Ying leaned against the porch and watched the two of them exhaust each other. His expression was somewhere between amused and satisfied.

By the end, Naruto was lying face-first in the dirt, his nose bleeding and his face a mess. Sasuke barely had a scratch—aside from some scuffed clothes and one accidental punch to the ribs.

Still, Naruto wasn't giving up.

"One more time..." he groaned from the ground.

"Alright, that's enough. Go wash up. I already ran the bath."

[Ninja Fragment ×2]

Ying discreetly collected the rewards with a flick of his fingers. It was already getting late.

"Bath? Me?"

Naruto hesitated. He'd eaten dinner, it was dark, and now he was getting invited to stay overnight?

Uchiha Ying tossed him a towel like it was no big deal.

"Don't be stupid. It's already late. Stay the night."

He motioned toward the house.

"There are plenty of spare rooms. Sleep wherever you want."

"But..." Naruto glanced toward Sasuke, who had already stepped inside.

Would he be okay with this?

"What are you standing there for? Come inside already, dead-last."

Sasuke's voice came from the doorway. Cold, but... not rejecting.

Something about Naruto always got under his skin. Maybe it was because the idiot never stayed down—no matter how hard he got hit.

"Got it!"

Naruto rubbed at his eyes with the back of his wrist and followed.

"Stupid Sasuke... one day, I'll beat you into the dirt."

Then he looked toward Ying and scratched the back of his head.

"Uh... sorry about earlier. I know I yelled at you during class. But you're... not a bad guy."

Even Choji and Shikamaru never invited him over before.

"It's fine."

Ying ruffled Naruto's spiky hair hard.

"No hard feelings."

"Ow ow ow! That hurts! I take it back! No Uchihas are nice!"

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[Would you like to enter the Instance?]

After tucking Naruto into a guest bed, Uchiha Ying laid down in his own room and closed his eyes.

And just like that, he found himself in another realm.

But it wasn't the dream world.

No—the copy opened instantly before him.

[Location: Hokage Building]

[Action Points: 3/3]

"Huh...? It was 2 yesterday. Now it's 3?"

Was it because he collected more fragments?

Or does it just recharge over time?

Either way, he decided to figure it out later.

In this cold, bloody ninja world, it was best to take one step at a time.

He pushed open the Hokage Office door.

"No missions tonight?"

A familiar voice replied.

"You are the mission."

It was her again.

Tsunade.

But this time, Uchiha Ying was different. He didn't hesitate.

He swept the blonde woman off her feet, placed her on the polished desk, and pinned her with his gaze.

"Too rude! Call me Hokage-sama!" she huffed.

"Yes, yes, Hokage-sama. Now open your mouth."

"This is the Hokage's office!"

"Exactly. Makes it more exciting, doesn't it?"

"Uu... ngh... there's no mission tonight, is there...?"

The pale porcelain beauty before him, hair cascading like molten gold, was already breathless—eyes glazed, clothes undone, holy light leaking from every curve.

Her sandals had fallen away. Her bare feet, painted crimson at the toes, trembled under his touch.

Ying leaned in.

Even if she was just an NPC repeating the same voice lines, her flushed cheeks, ragged breathing, and damp skin told a different story.

Too real.

So real, it made him hesitate for a moment.

"Still not evil enough, am I?"

[Bond increased with Tsunade +1]

When the scene ended and he returned to the desk, the system text popped up in his mind.

"Last time, I wanted to ask... What are these bond points for?"

[Bond Points can be used to enter another character's dream.]

"...Their dream?"

[Yes. You may enter the dreams of real individuals. Points consumed scale with distance. No harm can be done during dream entry.]

"So I can't harm them… just sneak into their dreams?"

Uchiha Ying raised an eyebrow.

"Hmm... well, that could still be fun."

His mind immediately flashed to the two old fossils in Konoha.

...

"Hmm... well, that could still be fun."

Recalling those two old bastards in Konoha—Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura—Uchiha Ying's eyes glinted coldly.

Those two bastards stir up shit every day...

Maybe it's time someone started messing with *their* dreams.

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