Renya led Uchiha Kagami back home and found the study door tightly closed. He did not disturb Senju Tobirama's research.
Instead, he called Uchiha Kagami to bring the ingredients into the kitchen.
"Renya, do you need me to help out?"
"Sure, go help wash the vegetables clean."
Renya definitely wouldn't let a free helper go to waste. If someone was willing to help, why not?
The two began busily working in the kitchen, one washing vegetables, the other cutting them.
Very soon, all the ingredients were ready.
Renya started heating the pan to stir-fry, and there was nothing left for Uchiha Kagami to do.
...
In the study, Senju Tobirama, who was researching a plan, smelled the waves of fragrance drifting from the kitchen and subconsciously swallowed.
This kid was thoughtful—everything being cooked was food he liked.
It had been a long time since he'd eaten good food, so just smelling the aroma now made it hard for him to continue focusing on research.
Although helping Renya solve the problem with his eyes was important, first he needed to enjoy the meal!
Only after eating would he have the energy to do research.
Senju Tobirama put down the notebook in his hands, pushed open the study door, and walked out.
At this moment, quite a few people had already gathered in the courtyard.
There was no need for Renya to finish cooking and call them personally; they had already come impatiently to wait in the yard.
"Tobirama, I heard you have a way to deal with Madara?"
Seeing Tobirama come out of the study, Senju Hashirama immediately went up to him enthusiastically.
Senju Tobirama: "…"
Where did big brother get this information? How did he himself not know about this?
"No," Senju Tobirama said irritably.
If he had really come up with a plan to deal with Uchiha Madara, he wouldn't be staying in the study thinking about how to upgrade Renya's eyes.
He would have already sent people to smash Madara's lair.
However, solving Renya's eye problem was indeed one of the ways to deal with Madara.
It was just that the current success rate was still unknown.
Before having absolute certainty, he didn't want to give everyone hope.
Hearing this, Senju Hashirama said somewhat disappointedly, "No way?"
He had originally thought that if Tobirama really figured out a way to deal with Madara, he would plead with Tobirama then, and make sure Madara's life was spared.
He didn't want to see his close friend killed by his younger brother…
If Madara didn't die, the two of them could spend their old age together in the village they had personally created.
But now Tobirama had no way to deal with Madara.
Things just became even more troublesome.
If they couldn't stop Madara from realizing the "Eye of the Moon" plan, everyone in the shinobi world would fall into a false illusion.
Senju Hashirama did not want to see such a scene.
"Big brother, don't lose heart, we'll definitely come up with a solution."
Seeing his brother's disappointed look, Senju Tobirama softly comforted him.
Even if Uchiha Madara possessed the Rinnegan, it didn't mean they had no hope of victory.
There was no need to be that pessimistic.
"Then if you think of a way and defeat Madara, can you spare his life?"
Senju Hashirama raised his head, asking with a face full of expectation.
Madara was his best friend; he didn't want to watch him die.
Senju Tobirama: "…"
What kind of bewitching potion had the naturally evil Uchiha Madara fed big brother?!
Even at a time like this, he still wanted to spare Madara's life.
Someone like Uchiha Madara, who intended to destroy the shinobi world, deserved to be killed without the slightest mercy!
As for sparing his life—don't even think about it!
Senju Tobirama had not disliked Uchiha Madara for just a day or two.
In the past, for his brother's sake, the two merely couldn't stand each other.
But Madara's extreme actions now had stirred up a powerful killing intent in his heart.
As long as he had the chance, he would cut him down without hesitation!
"Tobirama, is that okay?"
Seeing his brother's hopeful look, Senju Tobirama's face darkened and he said nothing.
In the end, he turned his face away and ignored him.
Seeing this, Senju Hashirama sighed helplessly. Since Tobirama wouldn't listen to him, it looked like he could only rely on Renya.
He believed that as long as he persuaded Renya, Tobirama would definitely agree to spare Madara for Renya's sake.
"Renya, are my meatballs done?"
Shimura Danzō took advantage of everyone's attention being on Tobirama-sensei and secretly slipped into the kitchen.
"Just finished. Do you want to try one?"
Arriving at just the right time, he had finished braising the meatballs.
Looking at the glossy, tempting meatballs on the plate, Shimura Danzō couldn't help swallowing.
It was still the taste from childhood.
The freshly braised meatballs were steaming hot. He looked around but didn't see any chopsticks.
After hesitating for a moment and just about to grab one with his hand, Renya stopped him.
"The chopsticks are next door. I'll pick one for you."
Renya had a pair of cooking chopsticks in his hand. With the spatula in his right hand stir-frying, he used the chopsticks in his left hand skillfully to pick up a meatball and hand it to Danzō.
"Careful, it's hot."
Looking at the meatball handed right up to his mouth, and hearing Renya's soft reminder, Shimura Danzō instantly froze in place.
He looked at the meatball, then at Renya's serious side profile as he cooked, and his face instantly turned red.
Was this guy feeding me?!
Renya held up his left hand for quite a while and noticed that Danzō still hadn't moved, so he asked in confusion,
"Eat—what are you doing?"
This guy Danzō really had no sense of the situation. Didn't he see he was busy cooking?
Come on, don't waste time, okay!
Did he really need him to personally put it in his mouth with the chopsticks?
"Th-this… how… how am I supposed to eat this…"
Hearing Renya's impatient urging, Shimura Danzō was completely stunned.
For a moment he just stood there blankly, not knowing what to do.
He had grown this big and had never been hand-fed by anyone!
"Of course you use your mouth—what else would you use?"
Focused on talking to Danzō, Renya didn't pay attention to the heat control, and a splash of hot oil hit the back of his hand.
He was instantly annoyed.
Come on, man, you don't even know how to eat?!
He directly put down the spatula, turned around, and looked unhappily at the nervous Danzō.
"Here, open your mouth!"
Shimura Danzō: "???"
Before he could react, Renya pried open his mouth and stuffed the entire meatball into it.
Shocked by Renya's rough action, Danzō was completely at a loss, even forgetting to chew.
"Why is your face red?"
Noticing Danzō's flushed face, Renya asked with a strange expression.
In this blazing heat, don't tell him he had a fever?
He subconsciously placed the back of his hand against Danzō's forehead and found there wasn't much change in temperature.
Come on, man.
Since you don't have a fever, then why is your face red like a boiling teapot?!
"Danzō, did you sneak in here to steal—"
Koharu and the others walked in and were instantly stunned by the scene before them.
"What are you two doing?!"
"We didn't see anything, we didn't see anything!"
Koharu hurriedly covered her eyes with both hands, but her eyes peeked through her fingers.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and Uchiha Kagami only felt their worldview shatter.
They finally understood why the two said they weren't interested in women.
"Sorry to disturb you."
They quickly turned around and left, pretending they hadn't seen anything.
"What are they doing?"
Renya looked in confusion at the people who suddenly came in and then suddenly left, not understanding what had just happened.
Immediately after, his gaze fell on Danzō.
"Are you done eating? If you're done, then get out. Don't delay my work."
Shimura Danzō: "…"