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

Chapter 989 Fortunately, Mito's advance dowry was quite generous.

"I'm not that kind of person."

Seeing the undisguised disgust on Uchiha Gintoki's face, the red-haired girl, her confidence shattered, selectively forgot the terrifying chakra aura emanating from the curly-haired man before her. She stood with her hands on her hips, her proud figure erect, her dirty face filled with resentment, "I'm not just some random lucky charm!"

"Stay away from me when you speak, your smell is a bit strong."

To everyone's surprise, Uchiha Gin not only showed no interest in her whatsoever, but also covered his nose and took a half-step back, his tone even more disgusted than before.

"Don't talk nonsense, I don't smell like anything!"

The red-haired girl froze upon hearing this, immediately raising her arm to sniff left and right until a distinctive sour stench from a trash can filled her nostrils. Then, her face flushed red, she pursed her lips, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground.

"Fine, a stronger smell is fine. You are Uzumaki Kana, right?"

"Who are you?"

Upon hearing the other person accurately call out her real name, Kana Uzumaki's expression changed. Her bare feet suddenly exerted force to pull back, her eyes filled with suspicion and vigilance. Ever since she began wandering with the princess, she had never mentioned her real name to anyone in order to better conceal her identity.

The surviving members of her tribe might still remember her, but how did this black curly-haired woman, who doesn't look like a whirlpool at all, know that?

"Looks like I didn't make a mistake."

Uchiha Gin nodded, but did not answer Yuzuriha Kana's question.

If the other party hadn't suddenly unleashed a massive amount of chakra, nearly blinding him, this search might have continued for quite some time.

After speaking, Uchiha Gin glanced at the scattered human parts around him, his face full of strangeness. He never expected that this seemingly silly and cute maid, who looked just like her master, would not only take care of Shana Uzumaki's daily life, but also shoulder the responsibility of being a bodyguard.

The ability to single-handedly eliminate a grass ninja squad is a feat that many experienced Jonin cannot achieve, such as the white-haired guy who died halfway through the fight due to lack of chakra.

Silently cursing a certain 50/50 player, Uchiha Gin turned his gaze to the wary Uzumaki Kana in the distance. "If you still want to see your princess, you'd better get to me right now..."

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His original intention was to get the smelly Kana Uzumaki to clean herself up quickly so he could take her back to reunite with Shana Uzumaki. However, it was clear that she had inherited the impulsive nature of the Uzumaki clan and hadn't developed the good habit of listening to the end of a conversation. "Thump!"

'

Looking at the red-haired girl who was facing away from him in the standard orZ pose, Uchiha Gin slapped his face hard. "Using your butt to shove someone, do you think that's polite?"

"Please enjoy, but please don't harm the princess!"

With her head buried in the ground, Kanae Uzumaki's face was deathly still. For Princess Shana, she was willing to sacrifice everything. The thought that the princess she had sworn to take care of might be suffering inhuman torture at this moment made her tears well up.

"Take it away, it stinks!"

This was the first time Gintoki had encountered this type of Uchiha, and he could only sigh and facepalm, watching as the other person stuck out his big butt and swayed it back and forth in front of him.

Without a second thought, he thought, "It'll have no smell if I wash it clean with water."

"Bang!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Uchiha Gin kicked her, sending the red-haired, swaying woman sprawling to the ground. "Huh?! That was so rough..."

After getting a mouthful of foul-smelling mud, Kana Uzumaki rolled around on the ground several times before stopping. Once the dizziness subsided, she got up and rubbed her sore bottom. A strange sensation, a mix of pain and tingling, seemed to have turned on some kind of switch within her. Her gaze towards Gin Uchiha became strange. This man was good-looking; she wasn't losing out either way.

"Your eyes look dangerous right now."

Feeling uneasy under his gaze, Uchiha Gin suddenly shuddered and instinctively took a half step back. Could he have encountered a masochist?

"You're so rude, I'm so..."

"Water Release: Water Chaos Waves!"

Seeing the dazed Kana Uzumaki closing in on him step by step, Gin Uchiha decisively spat out a jet of water to wash away the stench and, at the same time, to help this masochistic, infatuated woman wake up.

"Wow!"

Seeing that the washing was almost complete, Uchiha Silver slightly raised his fingers, and the golden light of the Flying Thunder God Technique flashed by.

Kana, who was stunned by the burst of water, felt a sudden dizziness, and a violent feeling of nausea from weightlessness instantly surged into her heart. "Drip~"

"Thump!"

Fortunately, this feeling didn't last long. Before she could vomit all the food waste in her stomach, Kanae Uzumaki, sitting on the soft carpet, felt herself in a warm place. She opened her eyes in a daze and was surprised to find that she was in a remote part of the Grass Country just a second ago, but now she was in a luxuriously decorated hotel room. The heart-shaped bed in the center looked very comfortable to sleep in.

"here it is?"

"Land of Fire"

Gin glanced at the soaking wet Thunder Maid, picked up the sweet tea he had left on the table before leaving, tilted his head back, and gulped it down. The tea was still warm.

What a wonderful story of saving a foolish woman with warm tea.

Uchiha Gin smacked his lips, narrowing his eyes as he enjoyed a moment of relaxation after a hard day's work.

"The Land of Fire? How is that possible? We were just here..."

Suddenly in an unfamiliar environment, after a brief moment of confusion, Uzumaki Kana stared in disbelief at Uchiha Gin, who was sipping tea. Her red eyes darted around, trying to find a flaw in her illusion.

"That's right!"

After scanning the area, she found no flaws, but instead spotted a close-fitting garment that looked very familiar to her.

A pair of white panties with a brown bear printed on them.

Although it looked wrinkled and dirty, with a small hole worn out in the crotch area, Kana Uzumaki recognized the origin of these panties based on this distinctive feature.

"Where did you hide Her Highness the Princess?!"

She grabbed the dirty panties and stared intently at Uchiha Gin, who was drinking his after-cop tea.

Her mission in life is to protect the princess. If anything happens to Shana Uzumaki, she can only atone with her death.

"Where is she hiding? She's probably rolling her eyes in frustration by now, all pregnant!"

Uchiha Gin stroked his chin, calculating the time. He figured that Uzumaki Shana, who had been with Tsunade, should have eaten and drunk her fill by now, and would probably need to lean against a wall to get back.

"Damn it! This kind of... extreme insult should have been borne by me!"

Unexpectedly, the princess he had protected for so many years still couldn't escape the fate of becoming a cream puff. With a face full of resentment, Uzumaki Kana tightly clutched her battle-damaged panties. Her true thoughts, which were almost exposed, made Uchiha Gin roll his eyes. "Don't worry, you'll get yours later."

"ha?"

Upon hearing this, Kana Uzumaki's sorrowful eyes instantly sharpened, her gaze piercing Uchiha Gin's legs as he drank tea. She unconsciously licked her lips, "So I'm going to eat too?"

"Um...why don't you take a good shower first?"

Having never experienced being spied on before, Uchiha Gin quickly closed his legs and stood up awkwardly. "Hey! Don't go! If I could choose, could I choose you?"

"Sorry, I only serve regular customers here."

"Don't be nervous, practice makes perfect!"

With her tongue licking, Uzumaki Kana took the initiative, smiling as she blocked Uchiha Gin's path. She was a sucker for good looks and had a very discerning palate; short, poor, and ugly guys like the Grass Ninja from before simply didn't catch her eye.

"A tonic!"

Clang!

"So full~ So full~"

"Lady Tsunade, what are you laughing at with that receipt?"

"Mute, I'm going to play a couple of games later. You go to sleep first tonight."

Just at this critical moment, the door to the room suddenly burst open, and Shana Uzumaki, one hand against the wall and the other clutching her stomach, was the first to squeeze in, followed by a puzzled Shizune and a slyly grinning Tsunade. "Hmm?"

Upon seeing Uchiha Gin struggling on the ground, clutching his waistband, and dragging behind him a red-haired woman with a lewd grin, the three women's expressions froze. "So, Lord Gin really went to do this kind of thing!"

After a brief moment of confusion, Shizune stared with wide, curious eyes, revealing an expression of "I knew it."

"Hmph~ All men are the same!"

Tsunade snorted coldly, shifting her competitive gaze away from the unfamiliar, thunderous woman grabbing Uchiha's silver trouser leg, and subtly curling her lip.

I must have been starving lately. From now on, no matter whether I win or lose, I must make sure I have enough money for food. If I really can't, I'll just give it to Jingyin for safekeeping.

"What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and save me!"

Upon seeing the three women burst in, Uchiha Gin cried out frantically for help, as if he had seen saviors. "Hehehe~ Even if you scream your lungs out, no one will come to save you~"

"Hehe, you've even started a storyline. Sorry, my performance fee is quite high."

Tsunade thought that Uchiha Gin was immersing herself in some kind of special service. Already annoyed by her defeat in some special skills, she had no intention of cooperating at all and pulled Shizune, whose eyes were wide open, to leave.

"Huh? You're not leaving? You're going to watch the live broadcast?"

As she left, she casually tugged at Shana, who was standing there speechless for a long time. After all, her distant relative looked about the same age as Shizune, and it was really inappropriate for her to stay and watch the movie.

"Kana...Kana?"

Despite Tsunade's attempts to persuade her to leave, Shana remained unmoved. Instead, she stared wide-eyed at the red-haired, thunderous woman who was forcefully dragging Uchiha Gin away, her expression incredulous. "Hmm?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Uzumaki Kana, who was still lost in the image of Uchiha Yin, instantly snapped out of her reverie. She abruptly looked up at Uzumaki Shana, who was cradling her round belly not far away, and exclaimed, "Princess!"

"Huh? You know me?"

That "princess" left Tsunade completely bewildered. Was she also part of the script?

That's right, at this very moment, there are two people in this room who hold the title of princess.

"Princess-sama!"

"Kana!"

"Phew...you scared me."

Tsunade, filled with doubt, finally breathed a sigh of relief when Shana Uzumaki, with her protruding belly, rushed over and hugged the unfamiliar Great Thunder Woman. She had almost thought that she had become an important part of the play as well.

"Princess, I've been looking for you for so long! Are you alright? What happened to your stomach...?"

'

After a long separation, the master and servant embraced and cried for a while. Then, wiping away her tears, Kana Uzumaki lowered her gaze. "Oh, this... *hiccup*... I just ate eighty pineapple buns!"

'

"Red bean paste, a secret Marseille flavor!"

After Shana explained the whole story, Kana Uzumaki, now dressed in a slightly tight-fitting shrine maiden outfit, knelt down in front of Gin Uchiha once again in a 0rz pose, this time in the right direction.

"Get up. Please control your wild imagination in the future."

Uchiha Gin, with one hand covering his waistband, waved his hand with a complicated expression.

"She's the female maid?"

Ignoring the other's ridiculously revealing outfit, Tsunade looked Uzumaki Kana up and down after she finished washing up, her face full of curiosity. "That's right, Kana is nominally my maid, but she's also a good friend I've grown up with since childhood."

Shana Uzumaki, whose height barely reached that of Kanae Uzumaki in the Uzumaki Kanae route, introduced herself to everyone with a serious expression, "Growing up together...?"

Comparing the two figures side-by-side, Tsunade had a hesitant expression, saying that while they did grow taller together, not everyone is bigger.

"Oh, right! Kana, where's Father's keepsake?!"

Remembering that the token that could prove her identity had always been kept on Kana, Shana urged impatiently, "The token? Please wait a moment, I'll find it for you right away."

Kana got up and ran towards the smelly beggar's clothes not far away. Her full breasts, accentuated by the open-crotch shrine maiden outfit, swayed rhythmically up and down and side to side. "Huh? Where's the stuff? I clearly remember it being in this pocket!"

"what?"

After searching for a long time, Shana, who was full of expectations, was met with terrible news. The token was not only a proof of her identity, but also a keepsake left to her by her father!

"Look carefully again. Did you put the sealing bead in some dirty place again?"

"Uh—I'll go look for it."

Anxious and sweating profusely, Xiang Nai heard this and instinctively touched her lower abdomen. She immediately got up to go to the toilet to search.

"I'm sorry, without a token, I still cannot confirm your identity."

Tsunade shook her head, her expression slightly somber. Although she was certain the two were Uzumaki orphans, orphans were not all equal; the treatment of ordinary Uzumaki clan members was certainly not as good as that of the clan leader's orphans. Uchiha Gin, who was enjoying his tea brewed by Shizune, suddenly asked, his tone inexplicably serious, "The sealing bead you mentioned, it's not a large, black pearl, is it?"

"Huh? How did you know? That's a secret treasure passed down from Grandfather to Father!"

If it's a secret treasure, then it's definitely it.

Uchiha Gin nodded thoughtfully, and under the expectant gazes of Kana and Shana, rummaged through the pouch on his back.

After most of the day, he finally pulled out a large black pearl. "Is this it? I found it when I rescued her."

"Wow! Yes, yes, thank you so much, benefactor! Please enjoy yourself tonight!"

"Speaking of which, I haven't asked you yet, how did you find her so quickly?"

Seeing Uzumaki Kana holding the black pearl with tears of gratitude, Tsunade turned her attention back to Uchiha Gin. Her beautiful brown eyes were full of doubt. According to Shana, the two got separated in the heart of the Land of Grass. Tanabata Castle is hundreds of kilometers away from the Land of Grass. How did Uchiha Gin manage to find a missing person in the time it takes to eat a meal?

"Your second uncle and I are close, honest, and devoted friends."

"What necessary connection is there between this and your search for someone?"

Upon hearing Uchiha Gin mention the fallen Senju Tobirama, Tsunade's eyes suddenly dimmed, and she frowned slightly. "So, everything he knows, I also know. You understand now, right?"