"Don't run!"
"Do you really think I have a good temper?"
Uchiha Makoto was being chased all the way by Senju Tobirama.
It wasn't until the two reached the Senju clan grounds that Senju Tobirama had to restrain himself.
He glared fiercely at Uchiha Makoto, put away the kunai in his hand, and walked into the Senju clan grounds first.
"Lord Tobirama."
"Lord Tobirama."
"Lord Light Shadow..."
"Lord Light Shadow..."
Passing Senju clansmen would occasionally greet Senju Tobirama. Only then did a slight smile appear on his face as he nodded in response.
Uchiha Makoto's face had just appeared on the big screen of the movie theater not long ago. Under constant exposure, he had also become familiar to the members of the Senju clan. After greeting Senju Tobirama, many of them also took the initiative to greet Uchiha Makoto.
This feeling made Uchiha Makoto feel very good.
"Looks like a lot of Senju clansmen know me, and they have a good impression of me."
"Hmph..."
Senju Tobirama snorted, suppressing the displeasure in his heart.
He didn't know why, but recently, the reputation of Uchiha Makoto and Akatsuki Village had been growing louder in Konoha, even though he had intentionally tried to reduce Uchiha Makoto's influence.
But all sorts of media, newspapers, and tabloids in the Land of Fire were always mentioning Uchiha Makoto and Akatsuki Village. In some articles, they even praised Akatsuki Village to the skies and were full of praise for Uchiha Makoto... Compared to Uchiha Makoto's own short articles in New Ninja, it could be said that it was even more so.
Under such a barrage...
It was hard for the members of the Senju clan not to be influenced.
"Ugh... this feeling... is really annoying."
Senju Tobirama thought to himself. He really didn't want to see Uchiha Makoto's influence expand in Konoha.
A Light Shadow from Akatsuki Village having such a great influence in Konoha, what was he trying to do?
Did he want to become the Hokage of Konoha?
Uchiha Makoto noticed Senju Tobirama's gaze, but he didn't care. He looked around at the Senju clan grounds.
The further in they went...
The more people there were.
A large group of Senju children were happily running around the clan grounds, playing games. When they met Senju Tobirama, the bolder ones came over. According to custom, on this day, the adults were supposed to give out new year's money in the evening.
Even a high-ranking figure like Senju Tobirama was no exception. In the family, he was more like a stern adult on a daily basis, but in private, his attitude towards children was very gentle.
For a moment, Senju Tobirama's expression became a little awkward. He had forgotten about this... It wasn't that he hadn't prepared red envelopes, but he had forgotten to bring them! (For sure!)
Uchiha Makoto stepped forward in a timely manner and took out a small sealing scroll from his pocket. Inside were the new year's red envelopes he had specially prepared... Tomorrow, when he went to the Uchiha clan grounds, when he met the younger generation of the Uchiha, he would just give them out one by one... The joy on their faces would be real.
Now that he had come to the Senju clan first for a social engagement, it wouldn't hurt to give out some first.
Anyway, he wasn't short on this little bit of money.
At Uchiha Makoto's call, a large group of children gathered together, their eyes fixed on the thick stack of red envelopes in his hand.
"Have you heard of the name Lord Light Shadow?"
"I know, he's the Light Shadow of Akatsuki Village... he led Akatsuki Village to defeat Kumogakure and brought justice to the village's ninja... he's a very powerful ninja!"
"I am the Lord Light Shadow you speak of. Here are five red envelopes for you!"
Uchiha Makoto took out a stack of red envelopes and asked tentatively. The result was very gratifying.
Not only the ninja of the Senju clan, but now even a child of the Senju family knew his name, and all the evaluations were positive, full of praise—powerful, fighting for justice, for peace in the ninja world, and for the ninja of the village!
This proved that Uchiha Makoto's money spent on the public opinion front over the years had not been in vain.
Akatsuki Village's tireless work of instilling its ideology into Konoha had already achieved phased progress.
Uchiha Makoto's face beamed with joy. He immediately took out five red envelopes and handed them to the child who had just spoken. The remaining children surrounded Uchiha Makoto. They also wanted red envelopes.
"Don't worry, don't worry, line up. Everyone gets one."
"One red envelope is one thousand ryō!"
Such a large red envelope made the children even more excited.
The other adults in the family were rarely as generous as Uchiha Makoto.
Senju Tobirama was also surrounded, but... he didn't have any red envelopes in his hand at this time, which made him look a little awkward in the crowd.
"Hey, give me some red envelopes. I'll pay you back later."
Senju Tobirama slowly moved closer, his lips moving, but no sound came out. It was just simple lip-reading.
So Uchiha Makoto understood at once.
"In your dreams... you cheapskate, you definitely didn't prepare any red envelopes~!"
Uchiha Makoto refused without even thinking. Was he short on this little bit of money?
He just wanted to hear the Senju children's words of admiration for him. This gave Uchiha Makoto a strange sense of joy... perhaps this was also a form of NTR.
"Bastard!"
Senju Tobirama silently gave Uchiha Makoto the middle finger.
The rising and falling shouts of "Long live Lord Light Shadow" made Senju Tobirama even more unhappy.
He naturally wouldn't argue with children who didn't know any better... Hmph, Uchiha Makoto, you're so rich, what a spendthrift... I'm going to put 2000 ryō in each red envelope this year, and I'm also going to the Uchiha clan to give out red envelopes!
Senju Tobirama now also wanted to experience, in front of Uchiha Makoto, the feeling of that group of naturally evil Uchiha brats shouting: "Long live Lord Tobirama."
After giving out the red envelopes, Uchiha Makoto was very satisfied.
It was quite interesting to occasionally spend some money to hear some flattery. The children who received the red envelopes were very happy and all ran joyfully to the convenience store not far from the Senju clan grounds.
Seeing that the children had all left, Senju Tobirama snorted indignantly and continued to walk home.
Soon...
The two arrived at Senju Hashirama's large villa.
At this time, Senju Hashirama was wearing casual home clothes, a smile on his face, his legs crossed on the tatami mat. Seeing Uchiha Makoto walk in, he immediately stood up and greeted him.
"Makoto, Tobirama, you're finally back."
"Hmm..."
Uchiha Makoto looked around and saw all kinds of delicious dishes on the table, with a pot in the middle, bubbling... There was hot pot for dinner tonight!
Then Uchiha Makoto saw people who had never appeared in the original Naruto story—Senju Hashirama's son, Senju Morima, and his daughter-in-law, Senju Tsubaki.
In terms of age, they were of the same generation, but in terms of status, they were a generation higher... The two just greeted each other politely.
Because this was a private banquet...
So everyone was not very restrained.
Uzumaki Tsubaki had already been invited into the house by Uzumaki Mito. The two of them were quietly discussing something.
It was just that Uzumaki Mito would occasionally cast a resentful glance at Senju Hashirama. Senju Tsubaki sat beside them, occasionally interjecting, and the three of them would inexplicably start laughing.
Three women make a drama, it's true.
Uchiha Makoto had no intention of getting involved in the women's affairs. He took off his divine robe and sat on the tatami mat.
On the tatami mat was a set of mahjong.
Uchiha Makoto, Senju Tobirama, Senju Hashirama, and Senju Morima started playing with a tacit understanding.
Senju Tobirama's fighting spirit was high.
He had rarely gotten the upper hand against Uchiha Makoto... Come to think of it, he hadn't even gotten it once. At mahjong, he could always win, right?
Three of the four players were surnamed Senju.
They couldn't let an outsider like Uchiha Makoto show off here!
Senju Hashirama was even more enthusiastic.
"Let me say this in advance, a little gambling is for fun, a lot of gambling is harmful. Let's just play for fun tonight. One hundred ryō per hand. I only have two hundred thousand ryō. Everyone prepare that much money, and we'll play until someone loses it all. No more than that. But I will definitely not lose today!"
Normally, Uzumaki Mito loathed his gambling behavior. It was only at this time that he could openly play a few hands at home.
Although they were playing for small stakes, just for fun!
But tonight, he would definitely win big.
Senju Morima felt the atmosphere at the mahjong table and was under great pressure, because both Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama had already hinted at him with their eyes... Feed me tiles!
But unfortunately!
Uchiha Makoto's luck was particularly good tonight, and he had secretly used his Sharingan to remember the tiles!
A double buff!
"This is so strange!"
"Three self-drawn wins in a row."
"Uchiha Makoto, did you secretly use your Sharingan?"
Senju Tobirama stared at Uchiha Makoto. He felt that Uchiha Makoto's luck couldn't be that good. He must have cheated with his Sharingan.
"Hmph, if you can't afford to lose, don't play."
"That's right, Tobirama. Once you're at the gambling table, you have to be willing to accept your losses."
Senju Hashirama, on the other hand, was a good sport.
"Continue, continue..."
"Kong, another kong, and another kong!!!"
Uchiha Makoto couldn't believe his luck. Three kongs, a pure hand, a golden hook, a self-drawn win, plus a flower on the kong... I'm going to win big this hand!
"Damn it, I'm not playing anymore!"
"This is ridiculous!"
"Uchiha Makoto, I'm going to search you!"
The mahjong game ended with Uchiha Makoto's overwhelming victory. Senju Tobirama shouted that he wanted to search him. Uchiha Makoto's luck was too scary today. This was not just the Sharingan; he seriously suspected that Uchiha Makoto had cheated by hiding tiles!
Amidst the noise...
Uchiha Makoto easily proved his innocence.
His luck was just a little good... hmm... ridiculously good.
Senju Hashirama had lost all his money and was now at ease. Of course, the main reason was the death glare from Uzumaki Mito, which made him completely behave.
Helplessly...
Senju Hashirama started to chat about some family matters with Uchiha Makoto. Uchiha Makoto's main target of attack was still Senju Tobirama, because among the four people present, only he was a single dog.
"Tobirama, Uchiha Makoto is right... you should also pay attention to this matter, otherwise... how can I face father in the Pure Land in the future?"
"Brother... can we not talk about this... I'm so busy every day..."
"You can just spend a little less time in the lab at night."
An older brother is like a father; this saying is absolutely correct.
Senju Tobirama was scolded by Senju Hashirama and couldn't lift his head. He could only look at Uchiha Makoto with the corner of his eye, resentfully. Why bring up the sore spot!
Senju Morima lowered his head.
He really wanted to laugh...
But he didn't dare.
Because Senju Tobirama might really whip him with a belt tomorrow for this, with the reason being—entering the house with his left foot first.
"That's right, that's right."
"Although Senju Tobirama is older, a leftover man... but in any case, as long as his sexual orientation is not a problem... he can always get married!"
But Uchiha Makoto had nothing to fear.
The words he spoke...
Made the topic deviate quite a bit.
"Shut up, Uchiha Makoto, you..."
"Tobirama, you don't really... hiss... it's okay. Although I don't understand these things, but if you really... I have no objection. Respect... blessings!"
"Brother, don't listen to this guy Uchiha Makoto's nonsense!"
Senju Tobirama was a little tempted to take out his kunai again. He just loved his work. His sexual orientation was very normal.
"What about Uchiha Madara? He's still..."
Senju Tobirama thought of Uchiha Madara, who had not appeared today. He was also a single dog, and he was always unclear with his brother every day... he was more likely to... ahem... sister-in-law, don't look at me!
"That's right, I almost forgot..."
"Where's Lord Madara?"
"He went to buy the latest issue of Sengoku Enbu... you have to line up for that. He should be back soon. That bastard author has grown a bit of a conscience lately, updating quite frequently. The recent content has reached a climax... Second brother, flooding the ninja army, shaking the ninja world, the story must be coming to an end... what kind of ending can be worthy of the hardships of these three brothers along the way... I'm looking forward to it..."
"Haha~~"
Uchiha Makoto couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.
He was the bastard author Senju Hashirama was talking about.
He was usually too busy with work. During the new year's holiday, he finally had some free time to catch up on his writing. Of course, it was his shadow clone who was writing... Oh no, the recent chapters seemed to be a bit tragic. After the exciting plot, there was a knife... Lord Guan's defeat at Maicheng, the Zhaolie Emperor was about to...
Soon, Uchiha Makoto suddenly remembered something.
But he wasn't panicked at all, because he was using a pen name, a sock puppet. He wasn't afraid of anyone sending him knife blades.
Of course...
Uchiha Makoto also had a little worry in his heart.
Not for himself...
But for... if Uchiha Madara read the latest tragic plot today, a sentence... a brother cannot avenge his brother, even with a vast empire, what is it worth...
Senju Tobirama... probably... today's meal seems to be very difficult to eat.
Thinking of this...
Uchiha Makoto silently looked at Senju Tobirama, and a very bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
"Uchiha Makoto, why are you looking at me like that?"
Senju Tobirama noticed Uchiha Makoto's gaze.
It was a very subtle feeling, neither like mockery nor... more like an unspeakable pity.
"Nothing, good luck tonight."
"How strange!"
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