Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha lacks motivation.

Chapter 1001 He's Different, He's a Good Family Man

"Grandpa?

"Mikoto-chan!"

What sparks of filial piety will fly when the grandfather and grandson, separated by death, reunite?

"grandfather?"

Mikoto tremblingly released her small hand from Fugaku's neck, her beautiful eyes, which had turned scarlet at some point, filled with tears.

"My little Mikoto—Grandpa misses you so much."

Uchiha Ryuzaki, who had already shed his disguise, also had tears in his eyes. Mikoto was his beloved granddaughter whom he had raised since she was a child. Now that she had grown up, married, and had children, he, as her grandfather, could not openly officiate at her wedding. He felt nothing but guilt in his heart.

"Grandpa, I want to—"

Seeing the old man's trembling, withered hand reaching out to her, Uchiha Mikoto's expression suddenly turned cold as tears welled in her eyes just a moment ago. "—You! Are! Dead!"

Amidst the deeply moved gazes of Uchiha Tajima and Uchiha Izuna, a powerful, blue-light-filled fist unleashed its irresistible force.

The force of the attack crashed directly into Uchiha Lucha's tearful old face.

"Bang!"

Even though Uchiha Lucha's strength far surpassed that of ordinary people, when faced with this touching scene of a long-awaited reunion, he let down his guard and bravely accepted his granddaughter's iron fist, overflowing with filial piety.

Thump thump!

And so, trailing a trail of flames, Uchiha Ryōzashi was sent flying backward, crashing through four or five high walls before finally coming to a stop inside the last courtyard wall.

"Thump!"

Uchiha Gin, who was about to cause a ruckus at his nephew's new house, hadn't even reached the gate of the clan head's mansion when a familiar head popped out of the wall beside him, almost scaring him out of his hand with the pepper spray.

"Huh? You are—Lu Cha, the prison guard?"

Uchiha Gin squatted down with a look of surprise on his face, blew the dust off his head, and could vaguely see the former friend's demeanor on the other's bloodied and mangled old face.

"Hmph! You dare impersonate my grandfather? You're asking for death!"

Standing in the courtyard, Uchiha Mikoto, pregnant, snorted disdainfully. Behind her stood three generations of the Uchiha Tajima family, trembling with fear. The whole scene was indescribably harmonious and loving.

"Tsk tsk tsk~ Fugaku is going to have a good life from now on."

Seeing this through the crack in the outer wall, Uchiha Gin hesitated for a few seconds before pouring the carefully prepared chili water onto the corner of the wall.

Sigh—since you're already enjoying good fortune, then don't suffer anymore.

Seeing that Uchiha Lucha was about to die, Uchiha Tajima immediately nudged his eldest son beside him, "Huh!?"

Startled, Izuna turned around and, after receiving his father's signal, immediately swung his gun and kicked Fugaku, who was standing there dumbfounded.

"You idiot, shut your wife up!"

Clutching his backside, the current Uchiha clan leader stumbled a few steps and lost his balance, falling to his knees with a thud before the raging Mikoto.

"Mikoto, no, my dear wife, that really is your grandfather!"

"Huh? They're not the people you're looking for?"

Mikoto frowned slightly as she looked at her husband kneeling in front of her. She had thought these people were hired by Fugaku to cause trouble in the bridal chamber.

"How could I possibly have the guts?"

Fugaku chuckled awkwardly, got up, went to the wall, and used both hands and feet to pull out Uchiha Ryōzashi, who was embedded in the wall with his buttocks facing inward.

"Huh? My eldest cousin?"

Having finally rescued Uchiha Ryōza, who had become his grandfather, Fugaku saw a familiar handsome face outside the hole in the wall.

"Oh, what a coincidence."

Uchiha Gin waved to his nephew with a smile, "I'm just passing by, you guys keep making a fuss."

In order to prove themselves, the Uchiha Tajima father and son had no choice but to stop concealing their hidden auras, which ultimately resolved a seemingly happy ending of grandfatherly love and filial piety.

"Ah—this—Grandpa, I'm so sorry, I had no idea you were still alive!"

Upon learning that she had almost killed her own grandfather, Mikoto, filled with remorse, shook the half-dead Uchiha Ryuzashi, overwhelmed with self-reproach.

It spread in my heart.

"No—pfft!"

"Stop shaking him. If you keep shaking him like this, Lu Cha might really be going to die in prison."

Uchiha Gin, who was squatting to the side, looked at Mikoto's hands, which still had the blue light lingering, and gave her a serious suggestion.

"Uh—Grandpa, I'm sorry, I got a little excited."

As if waking from a dream, Mikoto quickly dispersed the monstrous chakra that was wrapped around her hands, which allowed Uchiha Roza, who was wandering in the Sanzu River, to find his way home.

"Honey, you're so naughty, you kept this from me for so long."

In front of her grandfather, Mikoto transformed back into a dutiful and obedient granddaughter, gently shaking Fugaku's stiff arm in a sweet and gentle voice. Her tender and lovely demeanor showed no trace of the fierceness she had displayed just moments before when she punched her husband and grandfather.

"I don't want to hide it from you, but this is a rule set by Grandpa."

Fugaku forced a smile and passed the buck to Uchiha Tajima, who was drinking tea nearby.

"Pfft! Cough cough cough—this was all Gin's idea."

Having witnessed Mikoto's powerful aura, Tajima subconsciously looked away and then passed the buck to Uchiha Gin, who was adding sugar to his teacup.

"Grandpa Silver————"

"Actually, my older cousin secretly authorized me to do all of this."

Faced with Mikoto Uchiha's resentful look, Gin Uchiha remained calm and composed, once again pinning the blame on the only person who wasn't present.

"Damn it, honey, you can't be a cunning clan leader like Lord Madara, you know?"

Upon learning the "truth," Mikoto pouted and raised her hand to gently pat her husband's chest, but Fugaku, whose face had turned pale, dodged her. "Don't worry, I know when and how much force to use."

Mikoto rolled her eyes at her trembling husband and subtly dispersed a wisp of blue light from her palm.

"This kid's in for a treat."

Upon witnessing this scene, Uchiha Tajima and the others echoed the sentiments expressed by Uchiha Gin earlier, their eyes filled with clear sympathy.

The mere wedding of the Uchiha clan leader could not dispel the shadow of war hanging over the ninja world. Just as Fugaku and Mikoto were preparing beautiful little dresses for their unborn daughter, a threat loomed on the border of the Land of Wind...

The Iwa ninja army in the region suffered an attack that they never expected.

The instigator of all this was the Sand Village, which went completely mad because it couldn't find its own Kage. The strong and well-equipped Sand ninjas inflicted heavy losses on the Iwa ninjas in just one night.

Iwagakure Command Post, *snap*!

"I'll ask you one more time, when will the military supplies from the Land of Waves Trading Company arrive?"

Slowly withdrawing his swollen, red hand, Onoki, prematurely aged by the immense pressure, coldly questioned the trembling quartermaster before him, "Reporting...reporting to Lord Tsuchikage, the Land of Waves Trading Company and..."

Sensing the chilling killing intent, the quartermaster knew his life was in danger, and his face turned deathly pale.

"What's wrong with them? If they don't deliver on time, do they even want to do business with Iwagakure anymore?"

Onoki looked at the quartermaster who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, his anger almost overflowing from his eyes. He had paid a large deposit in advance, but now he hadn't even received half a kunai.

Knowing that he would die whether he spoke or not, the quartermaster decided to throw caution to the wind and blurted out the news he had just received: "They said they're raising prices; one kunai... 500,000."

"boom!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a beam of light several meters high engulfed him completely, and the diligent Iwa ninja quartermaster who had worked for many years vanished from the face of the earth.

"Teacher, please calm down!"

Taking advantage of Onoki's weakened state after ejaculating, Komurasaki quickly stepped forward after confirming that everything was safe. "Calm down, how can I calm down, Komurasaki? I'm furious right now!"

With bloodshot eyes, Onoki glared fiercely at his disciple. He was almost going crazy. Iwagakure was now at its wit's end. The last bit of money they had squeezed from the village's veterans had been handed over to the Land of Waves Trading Company, all for this final dance.

However, the Wave Country Merchant Guild, which has always maintained a good reputation, unexpectedly raised prices at this critical juncture, which caught the confident Onoki completely off guard.

"Teacher, I'll go teach those unscrupulous merchants a lesson right now!"

Even the taciturn Han stepped forward, wanting to share Onoki's burdens.

"Go, make them realize the gap between themselves and the great powers."

Now that things have come to this, all we can do is flex our muscles and use our strength to deter those who dare to take advantage of our misfortune.

"yes!"

Han Xinran accepted the order and left the Iwa ninja command post alone with full confidence.

"Hmph! Just because I'm not showing my teeth doesn't mean I'm some kind of pushover!"

Onoki snorted coldly, his eyes filled with pleasure, as if he could already see the scene of the representatives of the Wave Country Merchant Guild kneeling and begging for mercy.

"Report!!!"

About half an hour later, a group of Iwa ninja rushed into the tent carrying a stretcher. "What happened?"

Looking at the tall, charred figure on the stretcher, Onoki's eyes widened. "Reporting to Lord Tsuchikage, Lord Han has been thrown back."

The Iwa ninja who discovered Han reported the truth.

"Cough cough cough... Teacher, the Land of Waves Merchant Guild has no sense of martial ethics. They actually set up several chakra cannons on their merchant ships."

The man, whose body was covered in black soot, was still conscious and managed to answer.

"Chakra cannons, like the kind from Kumogakure?"

Onoki's expression was unpredictable. A few years ago, the Hidden Cloud Village somehow acquired a chakra cannon, which stole the show at the Daimyo's military parade in the Land of Lightning and even became a trending topic in the ninja world.

"It is that kind, but smaller than the one in Cloud Village."

Recalling the scene of being blasted away by the energy beam, Han's dark face instantly turned pale. He had been careless; he hadn't expected the Wave Country Merchant Guild to possess such a weapon of mass destruction. If he hadn't transformed in advance, he would probably be carrying back a charred corpse by now.

"No wonder those brainless black guys could pull out such high-tech gadgets, they must have paid for them."

Onoki, who instantly figured out the truth, clenched his fists with gritted teeth. He had been craving that cannon for a long time, but Kumogakure had never revealed its origin.

"Report! The Sand Village army is pressing in, led by the 'Human Puppet Cultivator'."

"Teacher, what should we do now?"

Hearing the messenger's voice, Yukari turned to look at Onoki, whose face was ashen. "Give it to them!"

"ha?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zi instinctively covered her buttocks. "I didn't mean for you to give them this. I meant for you to pay the balance to the Wave Country Merchant Guild."

After giving his disciple, who had misunderstood, a disapproving glare, Onoki weighed the pros and cons and ultimately chose to compromise with the Wave Country Trading Company.

"But we're out of money!"

"If you don't have money, go and get me a loan! I remember your credit history is pretty clean, and with your status as a Tailed Beast Knight, you should be able to get a decent amount."

"Huh? I was keeping this as proof of funds for applying for a dowry!"

Xiao Zi was naturally extremely unwilling to be taken advantage of; at his age, he was still single and was counting on Zheng Xin to find a wife.

"Don't worry, as long as we win this war, I'll personally tailor a matchmaking event just for you. If you can't find a partner, I'll make up for it!"

In order to persuade his disciple, Onoki did not hesitate to use his beauty as a weapon.

"Okay, teacher, I believe you!"

Blinded by her boyfriend, Xiao Zi hesitated for only three seconds before accepting the condition, "Why are you back again?"

Just as Onoki breathed a sigh of relief, he frowned as he looked at Komurasaki who had returned, wondering if the kid had suddenly awakened.

"Teacher, Han's identity card is also quite clean."

Pointing to her fellow disciple lying on the stretcher, Xiao Zi, true to her loyalty, pulled him into the water as well.

"The more good, the better!"

"Ahem...I have a girlfriend!"

Seeing his profile about to turn black, Han shouted with all his might, "But I don't have one, teacher. Since Han already has a girlfriend, please give me one of the female guests that are prepared for him."

"Purple...you...ga~"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zi, whom he had known for many years and who called himself his elder brother, turned out to be this kind of person. Overwhelmed with anger, Han Xin's injury flared up, and he fainted without taking a breath.

Seeing this, Xiao Zi showed no shame whatsoever. Instead, she rubbed her hands together excitedly, "He's unconscious? Perfect, saves him from not cooperating when we scan his face."

During the war, Sunagakure, which had been overwhelming Iwagakure with its devastating force, suddenly discovered that the enemy was gradually gaining the ability to resist. The equipment they were using had also changed from the unreliable Takigakure-made equipment to the durable Madein-Hami equipment.

"Strange, where did the Iwa ninja get the money to buy equipment?"

Holding the captured steel kunai in his hand, Xiu blinked with a puzzled look on his face. "Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse, Xiu. Don't underestimate any major ninja village."

Using his magnetic release, he pulled the kunai from Xiu's hand to his front. The sinister look in his eyes intensified. Such high-grade material must be expensive.

"But I don't believe they have any more money to burn."

Glancing at Rasa behind him, who had two huge dark circles under his eyes, the confident guy waved his hand and said, "Continue the attack until they admit that they were the ones who killed the Third Hokage."

"Uh...you really want something to happen to your aunt?"

Xiu frowned upon hearing this. He didn't believe that the powerful Wind Shadow would die from assassination. "Xiu, the village cannot be without a shadow for even a day."

After giving Xiu a deep look, whoever already had ambitions to take over the position sneered and reminded him, "Damn it, even at a time like this, you're still thinking about the position of Fengying."

"You dare say you don't care?"

"I'm thinking about lemons!"

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"Men are truly ugly and pragmatic creatures, don't you think, Carol?"

Sitting to the side, Yecang seemed to have gotten used to the two arguing, rolling her eyes as much as the bare skin on her back.

The petite girl who was called upon smiled shyly, her delicate face full of agreement. As she spoke, she turned to look at Luo Sha, who stood a short distance away, seemingly detached and unconcerned. Her eyes sparkled with admiration. "That's right, look at Luo Sha. He's different. He doesn't crave power at all. He'll definitely be a good man who takes care of his family, loves his wife, and cherishes his children in the future!"

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