Chapitre 16: Not a Love Letter, but an Attitude
What a big fish indeed!
After leaving Daida's house, Asuka walked through the streets of Konoha, deeply pondering as he observed the pedestrians around him.
He never expected that the female ninja had such a special identity.
The Nara Clan's...
Thinking about the information Daida had just told him, Asuka smirked. In the past, when he bought intelligence, he had to resort to threats and bribes, even using his Sharingan.
But now, with his ANBU status, gathering intelligence had become much simpler.
While Minato Namikaze was still alive, he needed to leverage his ANBU status to accomplish more, lest he be dismissed from the shadows when the future Third Hokage took office.
Creak!
Asuka had just pushed open the door when he saw a chubby orange cat sprawled on his bed.
He hung his ninja gear bag on the wall and greeted the orange cat.
"Hey, Tubby, you're back. Was the letter delivered?"
"Hmm."
The orange cat lifted its eyelids to glance at Asuka, then closed them again, its voice taking on a girlish tone.
"It was delivered. Tsunade almost pounded me into cat pancakes with a punch, but after I handed over 100,000 ryo, she let Shizune return a letter."
"What did she say?"
"She said, when Jiraiya was chasing after her, he wrote 328 letters totaling over 2 million words, and that's when she started to soften a bit. Your letter doesn't show much. Write at least 500 letters first. Oh, and remember to slip money into the letters, or that old lady's fists will land on you."
Saying this, the orange cat rolled over. She looked up at the ceiling with a human-like expression of resignation on her face.
"Asuka, I feel like you're wasting your efforts here. 500 letters with 100,000 ryo each—that's 50 million. How many cans of cat food could you buy for me with that? Besides, I could learn transformation jutsu and keep you company when you're lonely."
"You don't understand!"
At these words, the orange cat suddenly stood up from the bed, swiftly walking over to Asuka's head. It used his hair to sharpen its claws, speaking indignantly.
"Then tell me, what's your purpose in doing this? Don't use that same excuse from last time to fool me."
"Ah..."
Asuka sighed, lifting his eyelids slightly to look at the orange cat almost ready to relieve itself on his head, explaining.
"Outsiders know that the Senju and Uchiha clans have been enemies for nearly a thousand years. Suddenly hearing that the Uchiha Clan Head wants to propose to the Senju Clan Head, their first reaction would be to think it's fake news. But when they discover that there are actually many Uchiha clan members supporting this proposal, they'll have to reconsider it carefully."
"After all, many times, the will of the clan members can influence the Clan Head. Whether this letter truly comes from the Clan Head or not, as long as outsiders perceive it as coming from the Uchiha Clan, that's sufficient, because it represents the will of certain members within the Uchiha Clan. Whether they are hawks, doves, or moderates, I dislike them all.
Therefore, I intend to be extreme and form a divorce faction. The faction's goal is to urge the Clan Head to divorce and propose to the Senju Clan Head, thereby merging the two clans into one and aiming for the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Hokages. This not only expresses my thoughts within the clan but also serves as a message to certain people in Konoha. After all, easing the conflicts between the two clans is also a manifestation of the Will of Fire.
Whether Senju Tsunade and Uchiha Fugaku agree or not is not important. What matters is that I have taken action. Those who see my actions and agree with my ideals will stand behind me and become my supporters."
"Also, in the future, the love letters must not stop. They represent my unwavering determination.
If worse comes to worst, I'll take on missions to earn money to support Tsunade.
If I were the Grand Elder of the Uchiha Clan right now, this letter would be signed with my name."
"So..."
Although it didn't quite understand what Asuka said, seeing his serious expression, it showed a look of sudden realization.
"You don't really want to persuade Uchiha Fugaku to divorce?"
"No, that's true. Not only do I want to persuade him to divorce, I also want to neuter him."
"Then challenge the Grand Elder and sign it with your own name."
"I won't. Tsunade is getting old; I want to find someone younger."
"She looks pretty fresh to me."
"You've seen her?"
"Not only have I seen her, I even slept on her chest when she was gambling. Haven't you seen that?"
"."
The night was dark.
Asuka wore a black outfit, pushed open the door, leaped onto the roof, and then identified the location of the Nara clan's land. With a few Body Flickers, he disappeared directly into the Uchiha Clan Compound.
In the sickly Uchiha Clan, it was difficult to gain supporters without being somewhat extreme in one's ideas. Especially those conservative old men who proposed things like "protecting the second, vying for the third, and rushing for the fourth," often ended up wasting the clan's expectations.
In that case, why not try his own ideas?
Konoha had been established for 51 years. The older generation was dwindling, and the new generation had lived alongside the Senju Clan for 51 years, with no hatred in their hearts.
Was the letter he wrote to Tsunade a love letter?
No.
It was an attitude.
Hmph!
The sound of brakes suddenly came. Asuka crouched on the roof, closing his eyes to sense the location of the Nara ninja.
Are they there?
After a moment, Asuka opened his eyes and looked at the darkened house in the distance, murmuring to himself.
"I'm breaking into a widow's house at night for the first time."
Due to the lack of concealment in his movements, as soon as he pushed open the door and entered the room, he felt a slight sting at his neck.
"Who are you?"
Lowering his gaze slightly to the Kunai pressed against his neck, Asuka slowly raised his hands in surrender and spoke.
"It's me, the Uchiha you attacked last time."
"You..."
Before she could finish speaking, she felt a pain in her wrist. The Kunai in her hand fell to the floor with a clatter.
"Ryoko Nara, don't casually hold a Kunai against someone's neck. It's very dangerous."
Asuka rubbed his neck, then kicked the Kunai on the ground aside with his foot, feeling his way to the table to light a candle.
"Don't light it!"
Recognizing the person as Asuka by the moonlight, Ryoko Nara quickly stopped him from lighting the candle. She stood opposite, staring straight at Asuka with furrowed brows.
"You come to my house in the middle of the night without a word, yet blame me for holding a Kunai to your neck?"
"Don't joke around. If I hadn't intentionally made noise before entering, how could you have detected me?"
With that, Asuka casually sat on a chair, observing Ryoko Nara's displeased expression, and continued.
"Don't overthink it. The reason I came in the middle of the night is because it wouldn't look good if I came during the day."
Upon hearing this, Ryoko Nara stared angrily at Asuka, asking in return.
"So, coming in the middle of the night is better?"
Asuka shrugged casually and replied,
"No one sees you at night."
"What exactly do you want?"
"Just came to talk with you."
"There's nothing for us to talk about. Don't expect anything from me."
"."
As the two argued quietly in the room, a member of the Nara clan passed by Ryoko Nara's yard. He glanced at the darkened room where Ryoko had already put out the light, then looked up at the moon that was about to be obscured by clouds, sighing inwardly.
"Ever since Ichigi left, I wonder if Ryoko feels scared living alone."
"???"
Watching the sudden shadow appearing in Ryoko's room, the person rubbed their eyes in disbelief.
"Am I seeing things? How come there are two shadows in Ryoko's house??"
Could it be that due to excessive longing for her husband, she manipulated shadows to create an illusion of her deceased husband?
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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