Looking at the increasingly tense atmosphere between the two, Minato Namikaze felt a wave of exhaustion.
In just one morning, he had already acted as a mediator twice.
"Actually, Yakoto is a really good person."
Minato Namikaze was speaking the truth when he said this; he and Yakoto had met at the training grounds.
At the time, Minato Namikaze, expecting to be rejected, took the initiative to approach Uchiha Yakoto, the top student in their year, to ask about shuriken techniques.
Hearing his request, Uchiha Yakoto also responded with a cold "hmm."
Minato Namikaze initially thought it was a lost cause and was about to turn and leave.
Yakoto called out to him.
He coolly dropped a line, "How can I guide you if you don't throw it?"
Later, whenever Minato Namikaze didn't know something, he would proactively seek out Yakoto.
Gradually, the two became familiar and became friends.
Although Yakoto often called him stupid.
He always acted very tsundere in many situations, but Minato Namikaze knew that Uchiha Yakoto was genuinely a very good person.
Currently, the Ninja Academy's curriculum primarily consists of things like shuriken throwing, ideological lessons on the will of fire, and basic concepts related to Chakra.
Minato Namikaze, however, was already proficient in many Chakra applications even though the school had just begun its Chakra-related courses.
Uchiha Yakoto's contribution was indispensable.
"He's just a bit tsundere with his words."
Upon hearing this, Uzumaki Kushina was stunned, her eyes wide as she looked at Uchiha Yakoto and Minato Namikaze.
Just a bit tsundere with his words?!
Looking at the cold-faced Uchiha Yakoto, Uzumaki Kushina was speechless.
No, buddy, is this what they call 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'?
Should I not be here? I should be under the car.
Seeing Uzumaki Kushina's ever-changing expression gradually heading in a strange direction.
Minato Namikaze quickly spoke up to interrupt Uzumaki Kushina's wild thoughts.
"Ahem, we're planning to go eat now. Kushina, would you like to join us?"
Hearing Minato's invitation, Uzumaki Kushina glanced at Uchiha Yakoto and said.
"This, wouldn't it be inappropriate?"
Minato Namikaze instantly saw through Uzumaki Kushina's little thoughts and kindly said,
"It's fine. Yakoto won't mind either."
Inside the ramen shop.
Yakoto silently ate his noodles.
Minato Namikaze and Uzumaki Kushina, however, were already chatting animatedly.
Uzumaki Kushina was not a particularly quiet person to begin with, but due to being a transfer student and her unusual hair color, almost no one had approached her all morning.
After being mocked for her hair color by a classmate earlier, Kushina didn't dare to proactively talk to others.
Naturally, she had been holding back her words all morning, and encountering the cheerful Minato Namikaze, she finally got to speak her mind.
Listening to the two chat, Uchiha Yakoto silently mused.
As expected of a future couple, their progress is lightning fast!
"What? So, you were tricked into becoming Yakoto's little brother with just a few small techniques and Ninjutsu?"
Uzumaki Kushina boldly patted her still flat chest, speaking like a gang leader.
"Call me 'Sis,' and I'll teach you Sealing Technique."
Yakoto was startled by these words.
"Cough, cough, cough."
No, sis, you're so bold, do your Family members know?
Does Lady Mito know you're teaching Sealing Technique indiscriminately outside?
Minato Namikaze secretly glanced at Uchiha Yakoto and said,
"Let's not."
Although Minato Namikaze knew what Sealing Technique was, compared to a newly transferred student.
He probably still thought Yakoto, being from the Uchiha Clan, had more potential.
Just as the atmosphere was gradually becoming awkward.
Uchiha Yakoto, who was slurping his noodles, silently put down his chopsticks.
"Sis."
"Ah?!" x2
Yakoto's statement, showing that a wise man submits to circumstances, shocked everyone.
Please, that's the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique!
Only exchanging it for one 'Sis.'
It's a huge profit, alright.
Minato and Kushina looked at Yakoto, who remained expressionless, with shocked faces.
Minato Namikaze was very surprised.
To be honest, when he first heard about Sealing Technique, he was a bit tempted. For a commoner Ninja like him,
whether it was Ninjutsu, Sealing Technique, or those small techniques related to Chakra application, they were all very valuable things.
He originally very much wanted to accept but was a bit afraid that Uchiha Yakoto would be displeased.
Minato, who was about to refuse, never expected.
This, how could this be?
Your subjects are still willing to fight to the death, Your Majesty, why surrender before even fighting?
Uzumaki Kushina also never expected that she had only intended to trick Xiao Huangmao but ended up tricking a big shot.
She looked at Uchiha Yakoto with great surprise.
Yakoto thought she hadn't heard clearly, so he called out again, enunciating each word clearly.
"Big Sister."
During the practical combat class in the afternoon.
Almost everyone who encountered Yakoto conceded readily.
The few who refused were all slapped out by Yakoto, one by one.
Feeling very bored, Yakoto simply skipped class and went home.
Uzumaki Kushina and Minato Namikaze, however, diligently attended the practical combat class.
Coincidentally, Uzumaki Kushina encountered the classmate Yakoto had reprimanded that morning.
Seeing that Yakoto was not present, that classmate, unrepentant, provoked Uzumaki Kushina.
"Red-haired tomato girl, nyah nyah."
Enraged, Uzumaki Kushina transformed into the Blood Red Hot Pepper and directly thrashed that classmate.
At an age when most people had not yet refined their Chakra, Uzumaki Kushina, relying on her innate Divine Power, dominated the field.
She firmly established her position as the class bully, second only to Uchiha Yakoto.
Uchiha Yakoto, who had already left, naturally did not know about the dramatic changes within the Ninja Academy.
Walking through the Uchiha Clan's territory, Uchiha Yakoto felt a rare sense of warmth.
As a Genius with a double Bloodline Limit, many clan members would proactively greet Yakoto upon seeing him.
In his previous life, as an orphan who grew up in an orphanage, Yakoto was naturally introverted and solitary, even a little dull.
Although no one bullied him in the orphanage, due to Yakoto's inherent personality flaws, people weren't very willing to play with him proactively.
And while the adults in the orphanage did notice Yakoto, this reclusive child, they couldn't fully attend to Yakoto's emotions in many situations.
Yakoto, deep down, actually yearned for the affection of others.
After his reincarnation, Yakoto had what he had longed for in his previous life: a happy and complete Family.
Yakoto's father, Uchiha Chikoto, was a Three-Tomoe Jonin in the Family. Although Uchiha Chikoto was a very typical Uchiha Ninja.
He was also the traditional father figure from his previous life.
Arrogant, dignified, and taciturn.
Although Uchiha Chikoto was traditional, he still deeply respected and loved Yakoto.
Regarding Yakoto's past experience of learning to cook with his mother, although he felt Cultivate was more important, he still fully respected Yakoto's wishes.
His taciturn yet profound love for Yakoto was precisely what Yakoto had longed for in his previous life.
Therefore, Yakoto largely strived to Cultivate Chakra and swordsmanship so as not to disappoint his father.