Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Chapter 25: Uchiha Madara is in love?
In his previous life, Uchiha Gin became an excellent cook because he lived alone. After being in this world for so long, he finally had the opportunity to show off his skills.

When he came out with his specialty, braised fish and sweet and sour pork tenderloin, the two little kids who were arguing fiercely stopped arguing at the same time, twitching their noses as if looking for something.
"Cousin, what does that smell like? What are you serving?"

After discovering that the smell came from the thing in Uchiha Gin's hand, the impatient Uchiha Izuna couldn't wait to ask, and Senju Itama, who was tied up at the side, also raised his head and looked around curiously.

"Here, this is your cousin's cooking. Come and try it."

Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows, put the dish in his hand on the table, turned around and went back to serve other dishes.

Hearing his greeting, Uchiha Izuna stopped arguing with Senju Itama and sat down at the dining table quickly.

His eyes lit up as he looked at the delicious food on the table. His saliva couldn't stop flowing. He couldn't wait any longer and reached out to grab the greasy sweet and sour pork tenderloin.

"Go wash your hands first!"

Uchiha Gin, who was carrying a stack of bowls and chopsticks and a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes again, saw the boy's impatient behavior and scolded him out loud.

"understood"

After being scolded, Izuna stopped extending her hand and whispered with her mouth pursed.

After washing his hands, Izumi didn't care about etiquette. The previous battle had consumed a lot of his energy, so he immediately picked up the bowl and started eating.

"This meat is sour and sweet and delicious!"

With her mouth full of sweet and sour pork, Izumi's eyes lit up and she wanted to swallow the entire bowl.

"Guru Guru~"

Looking at Uchiha Izuna who was eating with oil dripping from his mouth, the tied-up Senju Itama swallowed secretly.

He hadn't eaten or drunk anything for several days. When he smelled the aroma wafting from the table, his stomach rumbled and he lowered his head in grievance.

"Hey, cousin, whose tableware is this? Have you invited anyone else?"

After swallowing the food in his mouth with difficulty, Uchiha Izuna saw a set of bowls and chopsticks on the table and asked curiously.

After finishing the dish, Uchiha Gin, wearing an apron, walked out of the kitchen and walked straight to Senju Itama who was sitting on the ground with his head down.

With a hissing sound, the rope on Senju Itama's hand broke.

After regaining his freedom, he looked at Uchiha Gin in disbelief. He saw him pat his head gently and said,

"Why are you just standing there? Go eat too."

"why?"

Confused, Senju Itama moved his stiff hands and asked warily.

"Just eat when I tell you to. Why would you ask so many questions?"

Uchiha Gin slapped his puzzled little head, then lifted him to the dining table and shoved the chopsticks into his hand.

Senju Itama, whose eyes were filled with tears from the pain, looked at the delicious food on the table and was reluctant to eat. Uchiha Gin picked up the chopsticks and stuffed a piece of tender fish into his dazed mouth.

As his saliva flowed, the taste of the braised fish entered his taste buds. In an instant, tears flowed down his cheeks. Then he buried his head in the bowl, shoveling rice while talking,

"You damn Uchiha, don't hit my head again!" It seemed as if the tears that just shed were caused by Uchiha Gin's beating.

What followed was a competition between the two kids to grab food. In the end, the older and stronger Uchiha Izuna won without any suspense.

He took the last piece of sweet and sour pork and mocked the defeated Senju Itama with an evil and arrogant look on his face.
"That's it? That's it?"

The farce was over, Uchiha Izuna was lying on the sofa comfortably, stroking her bulging belly, while Senju Itama was tactful enough to help Uchiha Gin clean up the dishes.
"You are quite discerning boy! Your brother must be very happy to have a brother like you."

Seeing that Senju Itama actually took the initiative to help him clean up after dinner, Uchiha Gin praised him.

After being praised by Uchiha Gin, a strange smile appeared on Senju Itama's little face, and he squinted his eyes and looked provocatively at Uchiha Izuna who was lying dead on the sofa.

()

Seeing the tea-like performance of Senju Itama, Uchiha Izuna was so angry that his teeth itched.

"This little bz!"

"Brother, who is this little devil?"

Uchiha Izuna, who couldn't stand such humiliation, immediately declared his sovereignty and deliberately asked Uchiha Gin loudly.

Hearing Uchiha Izuna's question, Senju Itama, who was holding the bowl and chopsticks, froze and his face became depressed. Uchiha Gin, who was standing by, patted his shoulder, signaling him not to care, and then said,
"This kid is an orphan I met during a mission. He has a bad temper, but he has good talent. I captured him and plan to train him as my confidant."

During the turbulent Warring States Period, there were homeless orphans everywhere. A few lucky ones were able to be taken in by a family and become slaves doing odd jobs.

But most of them were unlucky. They either starved to death on the streets or became cannon fodder in wars. The worst were caught for human experiments, with miserable results.

"Oh."

After hearing Uchiha Gin's explanation, Izunai didn't ask any more questions. After all, he was just an orphan from another tribe and was not worthy of the attention of the clan leader's son.

Uchiha Gin's explanation made Senju Itama, who was still cleaning up, feel relieved. The other party did not reveal his identity, but at the same time, a big question arose in his mind: why did this guy want to protect himself so much?

After dinner, during the chat time, Uchiha Gin sat on the sofa and asked Uchiha Izuna who was still picking his teeth,
"Has anything happened in the tribe recently?"

"No, everyone has been training actively recently, and father said that the battle will begin again soon."

Uchiha Izuna, who did not fully understand the meaning of war, said this easily.

"Is the decisive battle about to begin?"

After hearing this, Uchiha Gin touched his chin thoughtfully.

"But there is still something strange."

Uchiha Izuna suddenly spoke, and his expression did not look good.

"what happened?"

Looking at the other party's ugly expression, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but ask curiously.

"My brother has been acting mysterious lately."

Uchiha Izuna said in an uncertain tone,

"It's like she's in love. She sneaks out every day and is so happy when she comes back."

"Ahem, ahem, how can you be sure that you are in love?"

Uchiha Izuna's guess was so funny that I almost choked to death on my saliva.

"Uchiha Suihua from the village secretly went out at night and stayed in the woods with Uchiha Tiedan from the patrol team for a long time. When she came back, she was all smiles. Later, the two of them got married."

Uchiha Izuna said seriously,

"I've seen that smile, it's exactly the same as my brother's smile now!"

"Puff~" Uchiha Gin, who had just taken a sip of water and was about to calm down, sprayed out all the water he had drunk.

The water column hit Senju Itama, who was watching the show nearby, without hesitation. He wiped his mouth at the other party's resentful look and patted Uchiha Izuna's head.
"You are still young and you are not a good person. You peeped at other people's dates. Who else would know about this?"

"Humph, I've reported this to my father, and he told me to keep an eye on my brother when I have time to see who he's secretly dating."

Touching his little head that was hurt by being slapped, Uchiha Izuna said with a look of being entrusted with an important task.

It seems that the two enemies, Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, have already known each other, so the founding of Konoha is not far away, and the days for me to safely fish in peace will soon come!
Just as he was fantasizing about his good future, there was a rapid knock on the door.

Uchiha Gin stood up alertly, signaled to Senju Itama to retreat into the inner room, and then opened the door.

A strange Uchiha stood at the door, with cold eyes and a haggard face, like a lifeless corpse.

"Uchiha Gin, the clan leader has given an order."

The sound coming out of his mouth was as hoarse as sandpaper.

Uchiha Gin frowned, not understanding what his cousin was up to, but nodded in acceptance.

"In the next few days, you will go to the dungeon."

This one sentence made Uchiha Gin's hair stand on end and his pupils tremble.

"To take up the post, report for duty tomorrow."

Can this person speak without breathing heavily?

(End of this chapter)