Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 3 Decision

In the open kitchen, Uchiha Mika was clearing away the dishes when she noticed Uchiha Toshiro sitting on the living room sofa after coming out of the study. She didn't pay him much attention, simply focusing on her chores.

About ten minutes later, Uchiha Mika, having finished her chores, came to the living room. Seeing the child sitting seriously on the sofa, she immediately sat down next to him and picked him up, placing him on her lap.

Our male protagonist, on the other hand, wore a look of utter despair. After all, he was a "mature" man with the mental age of thirty. Being teased and played with like a child by a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl on his lap—where could he put his old face?!

After a fruitless struggle, he could only give up helplessly. In the girl's eyes, his frustrated expression of being violated and powerless to resist was too "cute," and coupled with his chubby cheeks, it gave him an adorable look.

Reluctantly accepting reality, he could only put on a stern face and straddle Meixiang's lap in a horse-riding posture before uttering the words he had been preparing for a long time.

"Mika-nee, I've decided that I want to become a ninja from now on."

"Become a ninja?" Uchiha Mika was momentarily stunned as she looked at the little boy sitting on her lap.

"Yes, to become a ninja!"

After stating the answer again in a firm tone, he looked directly into the girl's eyes.

After hearing the little boy answer her affirmatively and look directly at her with his dark eyes, Uchiha Mika abandoned her intention to tease the little boy.

Through those bright black eyes, she seemed to sense the earnestness and determination of the little boy sitting on her lap.

"Can you tell me why you want to become a ninja? You know, ninja training is incredibly tough. And after becoming a ninja, injuries, bloodshed, pain, and sorrow are all commonplace during missions."

"I want to know why my parents, grandparents, and everyone else all ended up becoming ninjas. I'm also curious about the supernatural energy called chakra. What is it about it that makes each Uchiha relentlessly pursue it?"

"At the same time, I also want to become stronger. Because I want to know what the view from higher places is like!"

Listening to the words of the child named Uchiha Toshiro in her arms, Uchiha Mika was both surprised and felt that it made sense.

The unexpected thing was the little boy's answer: he didn't want to become Hokage, nor did he want to protect everyone or the village.

"His parents and relatives are all ninjas, so he wanted to become a ninja himself. He was also curious about the power of ninjas, and ultimately wanted to see the view from a higher vantage point! That answer is so Uchiha-esque!"

"I never expected to hear such an answer from a four-year-old!" the girl thought to herself.

"Becoming a ninja will be tough for you, Toshiro! In just one more month, the clan's pre-training for children on chakra cultivation and basic taijutsu, including shuriken throwing, will begin, so you won't have to wait too long~"

There was no obstruction; for the Uchiha, becoming a ninja was an ancient tradition. The four-year-old child was now old enough to learn how to cultivate chakra.

A faint sadness welled up in her heart. "Perhaps this is the fate of the Uchiha," the girl murmured.

The word "fate" is widely circulated among ninjas. Countless ninjas, amidst endless missions and slaughter, experience a profound sense of helplessness!

Hearing that his aunt didn't intend to stop him from becoming a ninja, Uchiha Toshiro took out a yellowed piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.

"A medicinal bath?" Looking at the contents of the paper, she suddenly realized that the preparations were quite thorough!

This is a medicinal bath recipe passed down through generations of the Uchiha clan. Every Uchiha parent prepares it for their child if the family's circumstances allow, provided the child aspires to become a ninja.

Once a week, soaking for one to two hours each time. This is combined with appropriate exercise and stretching. This is one of the reasons why Uchiha clan children have a high success rate in refining chakra.

Training a ninja is an extremely precious and difficult undertaking. Among ordinary children, perhaps only one in ten or even dozens will be able to cultivate chakra.

In large, medium, and small clans, only one in several children can successfully refine chakra. The longer a clan has a history of using chakra, the higher the success rate of its children refining chakra.

The prescription in Uchiha Toshiro's possession can increase the success rate of children refining chakra, making it extremely valuable.

"In that case, Toshiro, come with me." Uchiha Mika put the child down from her lap, took his little hand, and walked towards the bedroom.

He pushed open the door and entered the bedroom. He took out a dark wooden box from the drawer under the bedside table.

Upon opening it, I found two bankbooks and some valuable items such as property deeds. I took out the bankbooks.

"Toshiro, this is the inheritance left to you by your older sister and brother-in-law, that is, your parents. The other passbook is the village's pension receipt."

"Since you've decided to become a ninja, then you must make the necessary preparations. This passbook contains over six million taels of silver."

"The cost of the medicinal herbs for a single medicinal bath, assuming minimal market fluctuations, is approximately 50,000 taels. It's done once a week. The duration varies from one to three years, depending on each family's financial situation. So, over three years, the total cost would be around 7.8 million taels. This is slightly insufficient, but obtaining the herbs from the clan would offer certain discounts and subsidies, making it more than enough."

"As for living expenses and daily training costs, you can receive 3000 taels of silver from the village each month. Your family also provides a subsidy of 1000 taels. That's more than enough to cover the expenses of a child like you."

Uchiha Toshiro stared in astonishment, his mouth agape. He knew ninja training was expensive, but he hadn't expected it to be this costly.

Seeing Toshiro's surprised expression, Mika Uchiha chuckled.

"Now you know how powerful I am, right?" she said, pinching his cheek.

Uchiha Toshiro was incredibly grateful that he was born into a relatively wealthy ninja family, and that the melodramatic plot of adults bullying children after their deaths did not occur.

"Thank you, Sister Mika."

This "thank you" is both a thank you to Uchiha Mika for her meticulous care of the original owner these past few days, and a thank you for her honesty.

"Hmm, don't get too excited yet! Whether we can successfully extract chakra is still unknown!"

Mika Uchiha readily accepted the little boy's gratitude. However, seeing the smile on his lips, she couldn't help but tease him.

(End of this chapter)