The meat in the pan sizzled with oil. Torifu put a piece of cooked meat into Naori's bowl. Naori smiled, then picked it up and put it in her mouth.
"It's so delicious."
Torifu smiled. "Then eat more. We can order more if it's not enough."
Naori was in a great mood now and didn't care about what the diners outside were discussing anymore. She started chatting with Torifu, telling him some fun stories from her time as a Jonin leader. Torifu listened attentively, and both of them were in a good mood.
However, Torifu was considering moving up the wedding date, so he would sometimes space out. Naori would pretend to be angry.
"By the way, I gave Elder Ashina a Longevity Fruit. He should have returned to his forties now."
Naori was a little surprised. She didn't expect Torifu to give such an important item to an outsider. It was one thing for his Sensei and Sensei's wife, but Elder Ashina was just a senior with a good relationship. Was it necessary to give him something so valuable? From Naori's perspective, her analysis made perfect sense.
But from Torifu's perspective, Ashina was Kushina's grandfather, and Kushina was Minato's future wife. That was a family connection. Of course, he had to give him a fruit. It didn't cost him anything anyway, just some Peace Points, and he had the most of that. He was getting hundreds of thousands of Peace Points every day now, so he essentially couldn't use them all.
But in the end, Naori didn't say anything. She just said, "You decide for yourself."
After that, the two of them sped up their eating. After they finished all the meat in the pan, there was nothing left on the table except for some empty plates.
Naori pinched her face. "I think I've gained some weight recently. I need to go on a diet."
"That's up to you. I'll like you no matter what."
Naori narrowed her eyes at Torifu. It was that same sly retort again. It would never offend anyone. He was a clever one.
Torifu patted Naori's head. "Let's go. I'll take you home."
They talked a lot on the way, mostly about recent fun things and reminiscing about their childhood. It was a habit of couples to reminisce often, and this had become one of the things Naori and Torifu always did after a meal.
When they got to her house, Aihana was waiting at the door, along with Aihana's younger brother, Jiro. After greeting them, Torifu turned and left. They had become like a family, and the people of the Uchiha Clan were also used to the Hokage coming by every day. Although their clan had never produced a Hokage, they were about to have a Hokage's wife, which was a kind of an indirect source of pride.
So the people of the Uchiha Clan were also looking forward to the wedding. But after so many years, there had been no news, and they were getting a little anxious. But they couldn't influence the Hokage's decision to get married or not. Later, they just hoped that the young couple's relationship wouldn't have any problems. As they wished, Naori and Torifu's relationship was very stable, and they had been in love for all these years.
When Torifu got home, Yahiko and Konan were sitting in the courtyard, meditating and refining their chakra. Their little faces were a little tanned from the sun, but they were very obedient and hardworking. He just didn't know if Amado had taken them to eat yet.
When they heard footsteps, the two children immediately ended their training. They opened their eyes and saw that it was their Sensei.
"Sensei! You're back!"
Konan and Yahiko ran to Torifu's side and said with a smile. Torifu patted their heads. "Yes, I'm back. How was your training? Have you eaten yet?"
Yahiko gave a thumbs-up. "We trained very hard and didn't slack off. Uncle Amado took us out for lunch. We had delicious ramen!"
Looking at Yahiko's happy expression, Torifu knew he was full. The emotions of these two children were tied to food. As long as they were full or ate something delicious, they would be very happy. They had no ulterior motives, and everything was written on their faces.
Torifu poked him on the nose with his finger. "Don't you lie, kid. I'm going to check your chakra in a little bit."
Yahiko put his hands on his hips. "Go ahead and check! I'm not scared!"
Looking at his proud demeanor, Torifu knew that he hadn't been lazy. Torifu wasn't actually going to check them, and he couldn't. The chakra in their bodies was pitifully low right now, so no matter how he sensed it, it would show up as very weak. There wouldn't be much of a change.
Torifu placed a rocking chair in front of the door, lay down on it, and then with a wave of his hand, two white cloud cushions formed.
"Come on, sit on these and meditate."
Yahiko had been looking forward to this for a long time and immediately climbed on and sat down. Then he pulled Konan up, and the two little ones sat steadily on the cushions.
"Today, we'll experiment with your future paths. First, Konan."
Konan, who was called by name, immediately sat up straight and watched Torifu's movements. Torifu took a square piece of white paper from his ring and threw it into the air. But the white paper did not fall. This made Konan's eyes widen. "Sensei, how did you do that?"
Torifu ignored her and wiggled his fingers. The piece of paper folded in half in the air. It was as if a pair of skilled hands were doing origami, but there was clearly nothing around. A moment later, the white paper turned into a four-pointed paper shuriken and spun rapidly in midair! The sound it made was almost no different from a real shuriken!
"Did you see that, Konan? This is the use of chakra. You turn your chakra into your virtual hands to manipulate these pieces of white paper for a series of attacks."
Torifu pointed at the air with his hand, and the shuriken flew out and directly stuck into a target not far away. It was the one Minato used to practice throwing kunai.
"As long as your chakra is strong enough, even white paper can kill people!"
Then Torifu leaped high into the air and took a stack of white paper from his ring, scattering them in midair, but not a single piece fell. Instead, they floated beside Torifu. He waved his hand, and the white papers stuck to each other and folded, forming many paper spikes. Then, under Torifu's control, all the paper spikes were driven into the target.
At this moment, the target was riddled with holes and completely useless. The weak white paper had pierced right through it. Konan and Yahiko's mouths were wide open in surprise.
"Keep going, Konan. This is just the most basic way to use it. I believe you can develop many more kinds of jutsu."
[T/N: I don't know if the character Jiro is relevant. The raws called him "小豆子" (Xiǎo Dòuzi) Little Bean, translating that to English would be terrible name. Like, wtf is an Uchiha Bean? I reiterated it to Jiro. Not sure right now that it's his nickname or given name. I will just feed this Jiro to my list of names. If it changes later, please forgive me. It's a mob character who seems irrelevant.]