The Uchiha girl with Senju Wakama is a man!
This piece of information shocked Tamayo Nara and Aburame Aoi.
How could that be?
So Senju Wakama swings both ways?
That's the most terrifying part.
So, when Uchiha Yuki said he could handle Senju Wakama all by himself, is this what he meant?
Aburame Aoi furrowed her brow. "No, we might have it wrong. It's possible this person is a woman disguised as a man within the Uchiha clan."
Tamayo Nara looked utterly unable to accept it. "A man in the Uchiha clan and a woman in the Senju clan, switching identities at will, both identities separate... My god, what an elaborate game!"
"So what are you planning to do?" Aburame Aoi shot Tamayo Nara a sideways glance. "The Uchiha clan is very strong. We're not her enemies right now, there's no need to make one."
Tamayo Nara fell silent.
At first, she considered whether to tell the Senju Princess that Senju Wakama's Uchiha lover was a man.
But on second thought, the Senju Princess was Senju Wakama's own sister.
A blood sister, thick as thieves with Senju Wakama.
Perhaps the princess already knew that Uchiha was a man.
No...
A woman disguised as a man?
Or a man disguised as a woman!
Whichever it was, Tamayo Nara felt she shouldn't act rashly.
"So we just... drop the matter?" Tamayo Nara's brow furrowed.
"What else do you want to do? You were tracking her before to intercept her, but she pulled this stunt. We lost focus for a moment, and now we've lost her trail." Aburame Aoi rolled her eyes. "How boring. Just live your own life. It seems Senju Wakama won't break things off with her over something so trivial. I think you should just give up. It would be better to spend your time thinking about how to make the major ninja clans face reality."
After some discussion, the two of them headed back the way they came.
Neither of them noticed that in the treetops not far away, a pair of crimson eyes was watching their retreating figures.
It was Uchiha Yuki, whom they thought had already gotten far away.
Uchiha Yuki watched in silence, one hand clutching the unique pendant around her neck.
She took a deep breath and let out a soft sigh.
She could feel that Senju Wakama treated her differently.
There was no time to think too much. She tucked the pendant away and silently vanished into the darkness.
...
Tamayo Nara returned to her lodgings, her heart filled with frustration.
The moment she stepped inside, she sensed something was wrong.
As someone with a high degree of paranoia.
Whenever Tamayo Nara went out, she would set some trivial traps in her room—not to deal with intruders, but to alert herself.
Upon entering, Tamayo Nara discovered that the soft pearls she had placed on the doormat had been crushed.
They were milk tea toppings bought from the hot spring street in the Senju clan's territory.
They would crumble with a single bite in the mouth.
Needless to say, they'd be crushed underfoot.
She had deliberately scattered these things on the floor, using the intricate pattern of the doormat as camouflage, just to know if someone had entered the room after she left.
Feeling the sticky pile of fragments on the floor, Tamayo Nara tensed up.
Suddenly...
"Leaving popping boba under the door... that's so you..."
Senju Wakama's voice came from the dim inner room.
Hearing his voice, Tamayo Nara's heart began to pound. She swallowed hard.
"Wakama, have you... been waiting here long for me?"
Tamayo Nara immediately felt that something was amiss.
Just now, when she and Aburame Aoi went to track that Uchiha, Senju Wakama had clearly still been outside the villa where they had dined.
Could it be...
"Not long. Since you started tracking Yuki," Senju Wakama said unhurriedly, sitting cross-legged in the inner room.
Hearing this, Tamayo Nara's expression crumbled. In a tearful voice, she said, "I didn't do anything, I was just curious."
"Alright, I'm not blaming you. Come here." Senju Wakama's tone remained unchanged.
Tamayo Nara took a deep breath, clenched her teeth, and walked forward.
Arriving at Senju Wakama's side, Tamayo Nara watched him cautiously, sensing he didn't seem angry.
She saw Senju Wakama hand her a gift box. "See if you like it."
Tamayo Nara took the gift box in confusion. Opening it, she found a bracelet strung with translucent, orange jade beads. They had the color of ripe persimmons and felt smooth and comfortable to the touch.
"This is..." Tamayo Nara was a bit surprised and uncertain.
"It's a bracelet made from bodhi seeds. I saw it and thought it would suit you, so I bought it," Senju Wakama said lightly, not mentioning Uchiha Yuki again.
Matters between women were actually quite simple.
To make them get along peacefully, one had to show "favoritism" behind the scenes, making each of them believe she was the favored one. The next time they met, as long as they weren't spoiling for a fight, they would generally calm down.
"Thank you, I love it..." Tamayo Nara happily took out the bracelet and put it on her wrist.
She examined it closely, unable to put it down.
"A young lady should wear brighter colors," Senju Wakama added. "You must be tired. Get some rest. I still have work to do on the hot spring street. Also, if you get bored, go chat with my sister. She'll help you."
"Okay," Tamayo Nara smiled.
Tamayo Nara didn't know that the same scene was playing out at Aburame Aoi's residence.
However, Senju Wakama hadn't given Aburame Aoi jewelry. Instead, he gave her ready-to-eat fried insects bought online from the modern otherworld.
Aburame Aoi was ecstatic. After she finished eating them, the evidence was all in her stomach.
It was the same with Hyuga Miyu. Each of them received a different gift.
After placating the four women, Senju Wakama returned to his own mansion.
After sealing the doors shut.
Senju Wakama formed a hand seal.
Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu—
This was a forbidden jutsu developed by Senju Tobirama to allow everyone to work more efficiently.
There was a reason it was a forbidden jutsu.
Senju Wakama created two clones. The three Senju Wakamas nodded to each other.
Immediately after, Senju Wakama activated the "authority" to traverse worlds.
Brother Zetsu had already given this authority to Senju Wakama. Other than being unable to change the time flow ratio between the two worlds, Senju Wakama could enter and exit that modern otherworld at will.
A rectangular light appeared beside him.
Senju Wakama took a deep breath and stepped into the gate of light.
After he stepped through the gate, the clones that had remained in place vanished with a "poof."
A few seconds later, Senju Wakama opened the gate again.
Looking at the empty inner room, Senju Wakama sighed.
He was conducting an experiment to see if his clones could still exist in this world while his main body was in the otherworld.
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