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

Outside the cake shop,

With two dark circles under his dead fish eyes, Uchiha Gin absentmindedly repaired the spiderweb-like cracks in the French windows, holding a wide yellow duct tape. His face, swollen like a pig's head, was full of helplessness and regret.
"Ah~"

I was careless. I've been living comfortably in the village for too long and forgot to activate my super-sensory abilities. Otherwise, I wouldn't have failed to notice Mito's arrival.

"Guest! Please be careful, otherwise the broken glass may injure passersby."

The young shop assistant supervising the work looked furious, her bright almond-shaped eyes wide with rage, wishing she could tear this bastard who had vandalized her shop to pieces.

"Okay, okay~"

After all, the glass was indeed broken because of him. Feeling guilty, Uchiha Gin nodded as he sped up his work, quickly covering the entire floor-to-ceiling window with a dense layer of yellow tape.

Inside the shop, sunlight filtered through the gaps in the tape, casting dappled reflections. Three figures of different ages sat around a table.
"Phew~ Konoha's pastries are still the best."

Having thoroughly dealt with Uchiha Gin, Mito Uzumaki savored her afternoon tea with a refreshed air. Across from her, Nono sat upright, looking slightly restrained, her large eyes, hidden behind her glasses, curiously observing the domineering, mature woman before her.
"Little guy, you've been staring at me for so long, is there something you want to ask me?"

Sensing Nonou's gaze, Mito Uzumaki propped her chin on her hand, tilted her head, her smooth red hair falling to her temples, and her deep eyes were filled with amusement.
"May I ask who you are?"

"Oh? Didn't A-Yin tell you who I am?"

Mito Uzumaki's scrutinizing gaze was calm, yet it made Nono feel immense pressure, as if she were facing not a beautiful woman, but a terrifying, abyssal beast.
"Actually, I'm not very familiar with Uncle Yin. We've only known each other for about seven or eight years."

Overwhelmed by a sense of crisis, Nonou's expression tightened, and she immediately severed ties with Uchiha Gin, her serious attempt to distance herself from him making Uzumaki Mito chuckle and break the tense atmosphere in the shop.
"Haha, don't be nervous. Let me introduce myself. I'm Mito Uzumaki, Gintoki's girlfriend. You must be the Yakushi Nonou he always mentions, right?"

girlfriend! ?

Upon hearing this, Nonou was struck dumb, her eyes widening in disbelief.
If the red-haired woman in front of you is Uncle Yin's girlfriend, then what about Sister Banzi and Sister Guang?
"you you."

"Don't be surprised. I'm just like those two guys, except I rarely come to Konoha. It's always Gin who comes to me on his own initiative."

Seeing the bespectacled girl's wide-eyed shock, Mito Uzumaki instantly guessed what she was thinking. She then shook her head slightly, her tone calm and composed, displaying the demeanor of a mature woman.

But her words shocked the emotionally naive Nono. She had already thought that Uchiha Gin was enjoying the blessings of having two women, but she never expected that he had someone else outside.

If there's a third, then wouldn't there possibly be a fourth, a fifth, and a sixth?
Ah! Uncle Yin is actually a pervert!

Stimulated by the shocking secret, the girl fell into a state of wild thoughts. Her innocent eyes behind her glasses turned into spiral-shaped circles under the influence of her rapidly racing brain.
Just as Nono was about to faint from exhaustion due to her head spinning, a clear child's voice suddenly rang out beside her, pulling her back to reality from her reverie.

"Five ants~ Five ants~ This cake is so delicious!"

The speaker was a round-faced little girl, about six or seven years old, with long red hair in the same color scheme as Mito Uzumaki.

Her chubby little face, already round like a steamed bun, became even rounder with the cake filling, making her look incredibly cute.

"Grandma, I want more!"

After savoring the strawberry cake she had just eaten, the little girl glanced at the empty plate in front of her, picked up her little fork, pouted her cream-covered lips, and excitedly shouted,

"You've already eaten too much on the way."

Upon hearing the rather aged-sounding title "Grandma," Mito Uzumaki's delicate brows furrowed slightly, a hint of danger flashing in her eyes.
"But they still have lots of delicious food left."

The little girl pouted, reluctantly putting down her fork. She had only eaten half the street's worth of food; there was still half a street's worth to try.
"You'll have plenty of time after you enroll."

"Okay, I know."

Under pressure from her great-aunt, the little girl had no choice but to give in. She looked longingly at the exquisite cakes displayed in the shop window, her saliva dripping uncontrollably from her mouth.

Seeing this, Nono's heart softened. She seemed to see herself back when she was still a homeless person, standing outside a cake shop window, drooling over the beautiful cakes. She then pushed her untouched cake towards them.
"If you don't mind, this is mine."

"Thank you, bespectacled lady!"

"Uh"

A blur flashed by, and before Nono could react, the cake was already in the other person's mouth.
Looking at the little girl resting her chin on her hand with a blissful expression, Nonou couldn't help but smile gently. Mito, who had witnessed everything, nodded slightly.
"As expected of the child that A-Yin praised."

"Huh? What did Uncle Yin say about me?"

Nonou clenched her little hands, both nervous and expectant.

He said you'll definitely be a good mom someday.

"what?"

Creak~
Just then, Uchiha Gin, having finished the reinforcement work, pushed open the door and entered. His face, which had already recovered from the swelling, was full of sighs. He muttered to himself as he complained to Uzumaki Mito.
"Phew, finally done. Mito, could you please not waste your chakra so recklessly next time? Even if you don't hurt anyone, you might damage the flowers and plants."

"Uncle Yin is a big pervert!"

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by a startled scream from Nono, whose face was filled with shame and indignation.

"what?"

Suddenly labeled a hentai, he scratched his head in confusion, his eyes full of questions as he looked at Mito.

"It's nothing, I just repeated your assessment of her verbatim."

"Uh, you've definitely taken things out of context, haven't you?"

With a helpless sigh, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but roll his eyes at the smirking Mito, then softly explained to the blushing girl,

"Nonoyu, don't listen to her nonsense. She loves to twist the truth."

"Won't I be a good mom in the future?"

"."

Looking at the girl whose face was flushed but whose eyes were serious, a weary Uchiha Gin slapped his forehead, speechless.

I'm tired. Let the ninja world be destroyed!

The red-haired little girl, still chewing on a Nonou cake, saw Uchiha Gin and immediately swallowed the entire mouthful of sweets in a few bites, then greeted him energetically.

"Gurgle! Hello, Grandpa Silver~"

"Hey~ Cuihua, have you gained weight again?"

He reached out and ruffled the girl's round, red head; the pleasant feel of it eased some of the weariness in Uchiha Gin's heart.

"Don't call people by their nicknames anymore!"

The little girl resisted strongly, shaking off Uchiha Gin's large hand. Her round face was filled with resentment, showing that she harbored deep prejudice against the nickname "Cuihua."

"Okay, Cuihua, I understand, Kushina~" Looking at the young, blood-red hot pepper who was baring her teeth like a female beast, Uchiha Gin, the one who gave her that nickname, smiled and nodded. Under the other's predatory gaze, she casually pulled out a chair and sat down.

"Mito, are you here to take Kushina on vacation?"

Do you think I have that much free time?

Mito picked up the cup of black tea on the table, took a small sip, and watched the deep red ripples in the cup. She gently shook her head.

"It was Mika who asked me to bring her here."

"Meixiang? Give it to her?"

Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow in confusion.
Mika Uzumaki is the daughter of Hanamichi Uzumaki and the current princess of the Land of Whirlpools. While her strength isn't as terrifying as her predecessor, Mito, she is still at the level of an elite Jonin.

However, compared to her strength, she was more talented in governing the country. She and her father were one scholar and the other a warrior, making them capable assistants to the female daimyo of Mito.

"Yes, Mika is planning to have Kushina come to Konoha as an exchange student."

"Huh? Meixiang is willing to let her daughter leave home so far away?"

Kushina is Mika's only child, her precious little darling. How could she bear to abandon her?

"Would you be willing to give her up? Meixiang would love to send her out so that this little one wouldn't disturb their time together."

Mito subtly curled her lip, revealing the truth behind Kushina's decision to study abroad.

"Uh, I understand."

Gin Uchiha glanced at Kushina, who was brimming with energy and seemingly inexhaustible, and nodded heavily.
With such a large third wheel around, it's practically impossible for the couple to have a second child.

"So who are you planning to have take care of her? It's not me again, is it?"

Having grown accustomed to taking care of children, Uchiha Gin asked with a sigh,
"Don't worry, old man, you don't need to trouble yourself. Meixiang has already written to that rascal Miluo in advance. He happens to be a teacher at the school, so it will be more convenient for him to take care of him."

"Humiro, I hope this time Kushina can cure his slovenly habit."

Uchiha Gin nodded in agreement; Uzumaki Miro's uncle was indeed the best person to take care of him.
"That's what I think too, Gin."

Suddenly, Uchiha Gin noticed Mito give him a very subtle wink. Understanding immediately, he turned to look at Nono, who was chatting with Kushina.
"Nonou, could you please take Kushina around Konoha?"

"Put it on me!"

Nonou, naturally gifted with a leader among children, quickly built a good relationship with Kushina in just a few words. When faced with the task assigned by Uchiha Gin, she readily agreed.
"Alright, you can use these funds. If it's not enough, you can pay for it first and then get reimbursed by me tomorrow."

In the end, Nono retrieved the banknotes she had hidden in the airport and, with the gluttonous Kushina whose eyes were shining, headed towards Konoha's most famous food street.

Through the gaps in the floor-to-ceiling windows covered in yellow tape, after watching the two children's figures completely disappear, Uchiha Silver Mask, with an unusually gentle expression, softly spoke to Uzumaki Mito, known as the "Iron-Fisted Queen," before him.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mito."

"If you don't work hard, your life will be hard."

Mito, however, completely shed her previous aloof queenly demeanor, pouting her full red lips like a wronged little wife, looking at her man with resentment in her eyes.
"You promised to visit me once a week, but you've broken your promise again."

"I heard you went to the Land of Water, so I didn't go last week."

Faced with Mito's questioning, Uchiha Gin scratched his curly hair and explained,
"Oh! You actually planted a spy next to me, are you afraid I'll check up on you all the time?"

Mito raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. Her whereabouts were always kept secret; apart from a few high-ranking officials in the Land of Whirlpools, only five people knew about them.

"Don't misunderstand, this message came from Fubuki's side."

Uchiha Gin hurriedly waved his hands, trying to clear his name, but his attempts only made things worse. Mito's eyes sharpened instantly, and her aura became extremely unstable.

"Ah! You Uchiha Gin, you've actually been secretly hooking up with that big thunder girl! Believe me or not, I'll massacre Kirigakure tomorrow and turn the whole village into a bloody mist village!"

"No, listen to my trick?"

This sentence sounds so familiar; it seems like he just said it not long ago.

“We really are just pen pals. She just writes to her sister occasionally to ask for advice on the problems she encountered after her transformation.”

With a clear conscience, Uchiha Gin looked serene, his sincerity evident in his eyes.

Because the Land of Waves Trading Company, a mobile phone developer, only built network base stations within the Land of Fire, the mobile phones could only be used normally within the Land of Fire.
The Land of Water, separated by the sea, still relies on traditional letter writing to communicate with the people of the Land of Fire.
Fortunately, the mission systems in various countries have been quite competitive lately, making even simple delivery missions highly sought after.

Some competitive ninjas, in an effort to increase their success rate in accepting missions, desperately shortened the completion time, squeezing out delivery missions that originally took two or three days into twelve hours, greatly increasing the timeliness of information gathering.
"So you're still using that alias called Uzumaki Saitama?"

"It's time to change to a pen name."

Saitama's alias, Gin Uchiha, will not be used for the time being. He will only use it to communicate with the Fubuki sisters, answering their questions and openly extracting some confidential information about the Land of Water.
"I'll trust you this once, but if I find out your second brother is dishonest, the consequences... heh heh~"

Mito Uzumaki scrutinized Gin Uchiha for a while, finding his eyes relatively clear and not seeming to be lying. She then nodded slightly and issued a threat.
"Our Uchiha Bank stands upright and honest; we would never do such a despicable thing!"

What does the girl that Saitama Uzumaki flirted with have to do with Gin Uchiha?

"Since you correspond with them, you must know about the secret contact between Iwagakure and Kirigakure, right?"

"what?"

Uchiha Gin was taken aback upon hearing this. Besides questions about Tatsumaki, Fubuki's letter mostly contained indirect inquiries about his preferences.

Unless he probes indirectly, most of the other party's messages are just meaningless drivel.

"Hehe, it seems your relationship isn't as close as I thought~"

Raising an eyebrow smugly, Mito's previous worries vanished. They really weren't going to share such confidential information; they were just ordinary pen pals after all.

"Stop making fun of me, let's get down to business."

Awkwardly scratching his face, Uchiha Gin was even more curious about what kind of tricks that little potato Onoki was up to. Weren't Iwagakure and Kirigakure sworn enemies?

Mito picked up her warm cup of black tea again and took a small sip, leaving an alluring lip print on the rim of the white cup. A glint of light flickered in her beautiful, smiling eyes.

"The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, secretly contacted the Hozuki clan of Kirigakure, promising to help them overthrow Tatsumaki's bloody rule and restore the position of Mizukage to its rightful place. The price was to open up a trade route for Iwagakure that belonged to the Land of Earth."

"Holy crap, give me a minute, I'm writing a letter."

Seeing Uchiha Gin pull out paper and pen from who-knows-where, Mito couldn't help but roll her eyes in exasperation.

"Don't panic, your pen pal is fine. These days, Kirigakure is only inhabited by the surname Karatachi." (End of Chapter)