Chapter 413: Too Coincidental
The awakening of the Uchiha clan's Mangekyou Sharingan seemed to happen like a relay race. They had just lost Kagami's pair, only to immediately gain Kazuki's pair.
There was indeed a blood relationship between Kagami and Kazuki. Fugaku's father was Kagami's older brother, so Kazuki and Kagami were a 'grand-nephew and great-uncle' pair.
However, Kagami died of natural causes, so the stimulation Kazuki received wasn't that great. Since the stimulation wasn't enough, the clash between Sage Masahiko and the Sage of Six Paths made up for it, inadvertently causing Uchiha Kazuki to awaken his eyes. Thus, Masahiko said he had 'great luck'.
This was Masahiko's first time seeing his triangular Mangekyou Sharingan, and he didn't know what abilities they would have; it was impossible to know for the time being.
Having just awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, he couldn't control them properly yet and would need a long period of time to familiarize himself.
"Are you awake yet? If you're awake, come over here and dig out Kagami's eyeballs for me."
Uchiha Kazuki swayed slightly and said, "I'm sorry, Senior. I'm still a bit dizzy and need to rest. Since nothing is wrong, I'll go back and sleep first."
Masahiko: "..."
The room quieted down, leaving only Masahiko quietly facing Kagami's corpse.
After a long silence, Masahiko sighed deeply: "What hasn't Great Ancestor seen before? Isn't it just digging out eyeballs? A piece of cake!"
...
After nearly half an hour of arduous struggle, Masahiko harvested a pair of Mangekyou Sharingan and carefully stored them in a sealing scroll.
Now wasn't a good time for an eye transplant...
He placed Kagami's corpse into the Eight Trigrams Space. After standing dumbfounded for a moment, Masahiko flickered out of the Uchiha compound.
Although it was already early morning, the streets of Konoha were completely empty.
"So many mental impacts earlier... it probably made the ninjas sleep until noon, civilians... until night, and children until tomorrow. Great Ancestor is truly considerate of his juniors, letting them toil less and sleep more..."
After setting up a memorial archway for his own virtues, Masahiko flashed away and appeared at Kushina's house.
"Kushina, Minato, are you two awake? I'm opening the door to come in!"
Just as he reached out to push the door, it was opened. Kushina's face showed slight weariness: "Great-grandfather, please keep your voice down. Tsukika fussed all night, and we just managed to coax her to sleep."
Masahiko was startled and immediately realized: "Tsukika just fell asleep? Minato took you two to hide outside?"
"Hide outside..." Kushina muttered, her spirits lifting: "Minato wasn't having a nightmare? Did something really happen in Konoha earlier?"
"I really sensed danger, Kushina," Minato walked up from behind, looking helpless.
Masahiko chuckled. He figured Minato sensed the danger and flashed them out, only to be misunderstood by Kushina as an illusion and wrongfully accused.
Kushina breathed a sigh of relief, but then anger flared on her face: "Then did you solve the enemy, Great-grandfather? Which bastard made us suffer the cold wind on a desolate mountain for half an hour!"
Masahiko was shocked: "You didn't let the little princess catch a cold, did you?"
Kushina smiled: "Don't worry. Fortunately, when Minato carried Naruto out, he wrapped him in his blanket! So it really was an attack. No wonder Naruto slept so soundly."
Masahiko blinked: "I remember... Naruto sleeps naked, right?"
...
Normally, children don't have as much energy as adults and will sleep longer. But brats are different; they have plenty of vigor.
Naruto woke up before noon and was currently huddled under his blanket, shivering...
Scientific research indicates that standing outside naked in the cold for half an hour in late autumn is very likely to cause a cold, and a fever...
"Achoo!"
Kushina's face was enveloped in a maternal glow at this moment: "Naruto, come, drink a cup of hot water. Don't worry about the Ninja Academy, you have a day off today."
"A day off?" Naruto shivered, took the hot water, and downed it in one gulp: "It's so cold..."
Masahiko applied a medical ninjutsu: "I told you to wear clothes when sleeping. Not to mention, you're a restless sleeper and always kick off the blanket. Now you've caught a cold from the freezing weather, right?"
"Ah..."
A moment later, Masahiko withdrew his hands: "Medical ninjutsu has an average effect on curing colds. But with your strong physique, Naruto, lying in bed for a day should just about cure you."
"G-got it... Great Ancestor."
Kushina looked caring: "Naruto, it's noon. What would you like to eat?"
Naruto felt a bit moved. Since getting a younger sister, his mother hadn't cared for him like this in a long time. "I want to eat... ramen, Ichiraku Ramen!"
Kushina paused: "Then you sleep a bit longer, Naruto. I'll wake you up when I get the ramen back!"
"Ah..."
Masahiko followed Kushina out of the bedroom, laughing and shaking his head: "Naruto... is truly miserable."
Kushina smiled awkwardly: "I didn't have a choice at the time, did I? That was the only blanket he had, and Tsukika is too small..."
"Couldn't you have Minato come back and fetch one?"
"Minato did come back once, but then he immediately returned. He muttered something about danger and not having time to grab one... At the time, I just... Sigh... It's my fault. Great-grandfather, Naruto wants to eat Ichiraku Ramen. Could you help think of a way?" Kushina looked guilty.
The corner of Masahiko's mouth curled up: "You're not wrong, you did very well. Girls are meant to be spoiled. If that brat Naruto gets a little cold, so be it. What's there to be afraid of from a cold!"
"Shh... keep your voice down."
"Heh." Masahiko chuckled softly, shifting his gaze into his Eight Trigrams Space: "Ramen, ramen... The ingredients aren't complete, and the shops won't be open right now since no one is awake. I'll go to the Ichiraku Ramen shop and get some."
Kushina nodded: "Get a bit more, let's all have ramen for lunch."
...
At the entrance of the Ichiraku Ramen shop, Masahiko narrowed his eyes slightly: "It's actually open?"
Walking into the ramen shop, Teuchi, with his chrysanthemum-like wrinkled face, immediately welcomed him: "What would the customer like to eat? Oh? You are Great Ancestor Masahiko Uzumaki..."
Expressionless, Masahiko glanced around the empty shop: "No one in the shop?"
Teuchi paused: "You came at the perfect time, I just opened. Our whole family went out of the village to purchase ingredients last night, and we only just got back half an hour ago. Speaking of which, I don't know why, but Konoha Village seems especially quiet today..."
Masahiko blinked: "Purchasing ingredients? Give me four bowls of Miso Chashu Ramen, supersize three of them. To go!"
"Right away!"
Teuchi went to the back kitchen to busy himself, while Masahiko found a seat and sat down.
"Teuchi... Back when I was worrying about Nawaki and Mikoto, he coincidentally appeared before me, leading me to fund the opening of his ramen shop. And then..." With his Yin attribute at level ten and his memories fully awakened, Masahiko recalled the various times Teuchi had given him a 'fright'.
"I don't blame myself for suspecting him; it's really a bit too coincidental. It's the same this time."
"But if he really had a problem, he should have closed the shop this time and pretended to be sleeping at home..."
Masahiko struggled internally for a long time until Teuchi brought the four packed portions of ramen to him: "Take care."
Masahiko nodded, took the ramen, frowned, and walked towards the exit. Suddenly, he paused, turned his head, and asked: "Why didn't you ask me for the ramen money?"
Teuchi froze, his face blooming into a chrysanthemum-like smile: "It is my honor for Great Ancestor to eat the ramen I make. You don't need to pay!"
Masahiko half-closed his eyes, turned, and left: "Here it is again. It's too coincidental..."
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