After Kamimura Taichi was severely lectured by Takeshi, he finally dared not like Kushina anymore, nor dared to confess to her.
Takeshi was very satisfied with this.
But the matter didn't end there; in the following days, perhaps it was the season for confessions.
There were always those who overestimated themselves and confessed to Kushina, forcing Takeshi to personally educate them one by one.
It must be said, Kushina's charm was truly immense!
Among them, there were even classmates from prominent clans who wanted to confess to her.
Unlike dealing with commoners, these classmates were often not afraid of Takeshi's violence.
So Takeshi could only try deterrence and threats.
Although the Uchiha Clan was not favored by the Konoha higher-ups, it was certainly not an existence that ordinary Konoha great clans could provoke.
At the very least, they still held the authority over public order.
If anyone from those great clans dared to disobey Takeshi, he would make the Uchiha Clan patrol their clan gates daily.
They would arrest anyone they saw, detain anyone who came, and lock them all in prison for self-reflection.
As for what the charges would be?
It didn't matter!
Once you're inside, our Uchiha will naturally pin a charge on you.
As for complaints, our Uchiha have long lost count of how many times we've been complained about; are we still afraid of one or two of you?
As long as Takeshi said this matter concerned Lady Tsunade becoming Hokage, then the Uchiha would act as if they were injected with a stimulant, disregarding all consequences and deploying everyone to make arrests.
They were just racking their brains trying to figure out how to help.
Isn't this like offering a pillow to someone who's sleepy!
Things developed smoothly as expected; initially, there were indeed one or two brave ones, but once the Uchiha arrested their clan members and locked them up, they all shut up.
One could say these people were truly cheap; Takeshi had already warned them, yet they still wanted to be brave. They truly wouldn't shed tears until they saw the coffin!
However, during this period, some strange things also happened; Tsunade seemed to have become a bit stricter with him.
He didn't know what kind of fit she was throwing, but she would constantly nitpick him, as if deliberately trying to find an excuse to teach him a lesson.
Fortunately, Takeshi understood Tsunade fairly well; after he provided some new gambling funds and good wine, she indeed quieted down.
As for Kushina, besides feeling like she had been training harder recently, she still greeted him with her usual daily 'hmph'.
[Mission: Help Kushina avoid a death ending. Mission progress: 23%]
Looking at the increased mission progress, Takeshi nodded with satisfaction.
This proved that whether it was his previous actions of contacting Tsunade or his measures in recent days to prevent Kushina from falling in love, everything was moving in the right direction.
His approach was not wrong; as long as he continued to proceed step by step, he believed the mission could be completed very soon.
Just as Takeshi felt that everything had fallen into place, an unexpected event suddenly occurred.
"Takeshi, you scoundrel, I... I want to duel you!"
Looking at Kushina, whose small face was flushed red, either from embarrassment or anger, Takeshi was utterly bewildered.
"No, what did I do again? Why are you suddenly pulling this on me?"
"You... you still want to quibble!"
"Quibble about what? I really don't know."
Takeshi claimed innocence; he had been busy fending off Kushina's suitors lately, so he had no time to cause trouble.
If what Kushina was referring to was this matter, then he truly couldn't quibble.
"Do you dare say they weren't instructed by you!"
Kushina pouted her small mouth and pointed to a few familiar faces nearby. Takeshi recognized them at a glance; these were the guys he had threatened recently.
Oh no!
Takeshi's pupils instantly widened. You're not serious, are you?
Everything I did was for you! This is repaying kindness with enmity!
Upon seeing Takeshi's shocked expression, which indicated he had been exposed, Kushina became even more convinced of her thoughts.
"Hmph, I knew it! They called me that because you told them to, didn't you!"
She crossed her arms over her chest, feigning anger, and proudly tilted her small head, letting out a soft hmph: "You annoying scoundrel, when... when did I become your person!"
"What?"
Takeshi was stunned. From the content of their conversation just now, he had been confused, feeling as if something was wrong.
Although he had threatened those people, he hadn't instructed them to do anything else.
"Sister-in-law, this is a misunderstanding, sister-in-law, this has nothing to do with Big Brother!"
"That's right, sister-in-law, we did this simply out of admiration for Big Brother."
Listening to them call Kushina that, Takeshi's eye muscles twitched slightly.
"Sister-in-law?"
"Hmph!"
Kushina pouted and turned her head away, saying discontentedly, "See, you just know how to bully me, and you even let them spread such rumors."
Takeshi felt very wronged; this had nothing to do with him.
"Who is this 'Big Brother' you're talking about?"
He turned to question these people, but they just looked at each other, then said nothing, only silently looking at Takeshi, as if to say, aren't you our Big Brother?
Seeing this scene, Takeshi's mouth twitched.
He thought, I just told you not to confess to Kushina, I didn't tell you I liked Kushina!
Who told you to make such a fuss?
But they didn't know Takeshi's inner thoughts. In their eyes, Takeshi's actions these past few days were nothing more than him declaring his ownership, indicating that Kushina was his.
Otherwise, how could he have beaten almost all the boys in the class?
"You coward who dares to do but not to admit!"
In Kushina's view, Takeshi's actions just now were entirely an attempt to shirk responsibility, not admitting what he had done.
Compared to being called 'Sister-in-law', Takeshi's irresponsible behavior angered Kushina even more.
"Uh... let me explain."
"No, I won't listen."
"Then can you not be so unreasonable?"
"Unreasonable? Yes, I'm being unreasonable. Then as a boy, do you not even dare to take responsibility for what you've done?"
"But I really didn't do that."
"You're lying to me again!"
That's it!
Takeshi covered his face, feeling that this matter was completely unexplainable.
Netizens truly don't deceive me!
When a girl is angry, reasoning with her is utterly useless.
"Takeshi, I want to duel you!"
Kushina had already made up her mind. Since he dared not admit it, she would beat him until he did.
Might as well settle both old and new scores!
In recent days, she had learned a lot from her sister Tsunade, and felt that she had made great progress.
She was sure she could beat Takeshi until he begged for mercy!
"Are you serious?"
Although Takeshi had recently focused his energy on Medical Ninjutsu and had not delved into or improved his combat abilities, he was still an Uchiha genius who had awakened the three tomoe.
He had mastered most of the clan's Ninjutsu early on.
He was certainly not an existence that a novice like Kushina could deal with.
Kushina's rosy cherry lips pressed together, and she couldn't help but clench her small fist: "Serious."
Seeing her determined gaze, Takeshi sighed: "Alright, if that's what you want, then I accept."
As long as you don't want to fall in love, everything else is negotiable...