Chapter 453: The Great Ancestor is in His Puberty Period
Inside the spiritual space.
Masahiko rambled on for the entire afternoon, and the crowd listened quietly the whole time.
"Grandnephew, do you know how formidable your Second Uncle is now? Don't listen to your uncles and aunts talking nonsense. Every single one of them holds a grudge because I thrashed them when they were little. The kind where one person flattens a whole group!" Masahiko said with a face full of animation.
His grandnephew let out a chuckle: "I was young and ignorant back then. Didn't I become very respectful of you later on?"
Masahiko squinted his eyes at him: "You're nowhere near Mito on this point. She has been good to me ever since she was a little girl."
Mito smiled warmly: "When I was little, Grandfather told me that when I was born, you were so excited that you cried the entire night..."
Masahiko's face turned black. Failing to thrash his big brother one last time before his passing was the ultimate regret of his life...
His grandnephew fell into thought: "Did something like that happen? I remember when Mito was born, you only held her for two seconds and then turned around to leave immediately. I thought you were disappointed because I had a daughter."
"That was excitement, intense excitement..." Masahiko let out a sigh. "Let's not talk about those ancient, rotten matters from the past. Let's talk about something happy. Mmm... looking forward to a beautiful tomorrow?"
Tobirama shook his head: "The past is still more interesting. You haven't explained why you sank into obscurity after your battle with Senior Chiyo, and began practicing some kind of ultimate move? Did you master it?"
"I mastered it. Have you forgotten my Shuriken Substitution Jutsu? As for why I sank into obscurity..." Masahiko raised his eyebrows with a smile. "An eleven-year-old boy is right at his puberty period, feeling a vague budding attraction to the opposite sex. Encountering a beautiful girl, his heart naturally skipped a beat. The Uchiha clan was too strong, so I had to practice an ultimate move. It's a pity the ultimate move wasn't as strong as I imagined. By the time I mastered it, Chiyo was no longer around."
Tobirama and Mito exchanged a surprised glance. The two had long seen that their Second Granduncle held such feelings, but they didn't expect him to be this candid about it.
Masahiko shook his head inwardly. He was already over a hundred years old, and a person who had long abandoned his old face anyway. Holding things back and being coy would be completely meaningless...
However, Masahiko couldn't remain entirely composed at this moment either. He cast a sidelong glance toward Chiyo to see how she would react.
Chiyo's expression remained tranquil, but a moment later, a tiny curve seemed to appear at the corner of her mouth: "Masahiko Uzumaki, you are in your puberty period all over again right now."
Masahiko paused, momentarily unsure how to respond, especially when the signals arriving from his physical body in the outside world made his expression turn into a mixture of laughter and tears...
"Chiyo, the Madara Uchiha who arrived after you is the son of Tajima Uchiha. Tajima was born before you died, right?"
Chiyo nodded: "Tajima was born when I was sixteen, and I even held him. So the Madara Uchiha you all speak of turns out to be his son..."
"Then go catch up with him in a bit. Have him acknowledge you as his Second Grandmother, and while you're at it, ask him if there's a way to transmit ocular power. If not, I'll think of another way!"
"I actually..."
Masahiko waved his hand, cutting her off: "Go ask first. My consciousness needs to head out. If I don't go out now, trouble is going to strike."
Rewinding time to two minutes ago.
At Kushina's house.
The brat Naruto had participated in the Chunin Exams in the morning and cleared debris in the western residential district in the afternoon, leaving him thoroughly exhausted.
With great effort, he made his way back home, hollering a loud "I'm back!" toward Kushina's room before heading straight for his own bedroom, launching his body into a flying leap toward his bed.
Mid-air, Naruto discovered to his absolute horror that there was another boy lying on his bed, seemingly fast asleep.
Slamming on the brakes was impossible now. Naruto could only desperately control his posture to at least prevent... the kind of tragic accident that happened between him and Sasuke.
Just as he was about to make contact, the sleeping boy raised his right leg and drove a sharp kick forward... Naruto was plastered flat against the wall, nearly knocking the wind out of him entirely.
Finally recovering his breath, Naruto saw that the boy was still "pretending to sleep," making him so angry he nearly wanted to use Shadow Clones to mold a Rasengan and charge...
Fortunately, Kushina rushed in hurriedly at this exact moment, preventing a human tragedy from unfolding.
"Naruto! That is Great-grandfather!"
Naruto had a face full of absolute bewilderment: "Who?"
Kushina's gaze lingered on Masahiko's tender little face for a long while, suddenly letting out a long, wistful sigh: "You didn't hear wrong. That is my great-grandfather, your Great Ancestor!"
"Great Ancestor?!" Naruto leaned his face right in close. "How did he..."
Bam!
Sensing a face closing in, Masahiko delivered another kick.
Naruto was prepared this time, extending both hands forward to intercept it. But Masahiko seemed to have sensed this too, adding extra force to his leg, causing Naruto to suffer another 'heavy blow'...
"...This kicking style is indeed the Great Ancestor," Naruto muttered under his breath. "But how did he turn into this appearance?"
Kushina shook her head: "How should I know. Sigh, I want to change back too. No need for eleven, twenty-one would be fine..."
"Eleven?" Naruto paused, letting out a sneaky chuckle. "He's younger than me, he has to call me Big Brother... Don't kick!"
"Phew... The Great Ancestor always acts like he's awake whenever he sleeps, knowing even the slightest minor movement. But he's sleeping so soundly this time, failing to open his eyes even after kicking me twice."
Kushina blinked: "Is he sleeping soundly?"
Naruto nodded.
"Great-grandfather, wake up, time for dinner!" Kushina shouted while carefully rolling up Masahiko's pant legs...
"Still no leg hair? True, an eleven-year-old child wouldn't have started growing hair on his legs yet..." Kushina muttered, her gaze slowly drifting upward.
"No, the danger level of doing this is far too high. What if Great-grandfather wakes up... And at eleven, armpit hair might not have grown yet either, let's forget it..."
But Naruto didn't want to let it go just like that. He recalled the dark history from years ago when he couldn't pull out a single strand of Masahiko's leg hair...
Since Masahiko had no hair on his legs right now, Naruto hesitated for a long while before extending his wicked little hand toward... Masahiko's eyebrows.
Bam!
"Ah! Why is it fine for Mother to roll up your pant legs, but when I..." Naruto felt exceptionally wronged.
Masahiko suddenly sat up with a smile, looking at the sheepish expression on Kushina's face: "Because when I sleep at your house, the only one I guard against in my subconscious is you, this brat. Kushina, you have failed my trust in you! What, do you want to knit another pair of gloves for Tsukika?"
"Gloves?" Naruto blinked.
Kushina repeatedly shook her head: "Just an itchy hand for a moment, an itchy hand!"
Right at this moment, Minato's voice drifted over from the kitchen: "Kushina! Tsukika is awake!"
Kushina felt as though she had received a grand amnesty: "Great-grandfather, I'll go check on Tsukika."
Masahiko pursed his lips: "I'll go too. This time, I look more like her older brother than Naruto does."
Naruto: "..."
Explaining things to a young child was truly effortless. Tsukika quickly accepted that her Great Ancestor had turned into a 'big brother' and was exceptionally happy.
Presumably, she must have always felt that having Naruto as a brother was a bit embarrassing to show off...
Holding little Tsukika did feel a bit awkward for Masahiko right now. Aside from their heights not being quite compatible, there was also a tiny bit of unnaturalness in his heart.
The development phase, huh. I know what Chiyo meant when she said I'm in my puberty period all over again. Masahiko sighed in his mind. Tsukika is fine, but I need to be a bit mindful around other beautiful young girls. A boy in his development phase...
The Great Ancestor is in his puberty period, he absolutely cannot lose his integrity...
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