Inside the barbecue restaurant.
Obito's mouth was stuffed almost to the brim, yet he kept on talking, making it impossible to hear what he was saying.
Rin Nohara said helplessly: "Eat slowly, no one is fighting you for it. You and Shindai are the same; every time you two eat together, it's always like this!"
Obito swallowed the barbecue in his mouth with difficulty and asked: "Shindai, did you strike it rich recently? You're usually quite stingy."
Shindai retorted: "That's slander! Everyone in Konoha knows how generous I am!"
Uchiha Hikari suddenly interjected: "It's because the Hokage can reimburse the expenses."
Obito and Rin Nohara suddenly realized: "Oh~ So that's how it is~ No wonder!"
Shindai, with a dark face, whispered to Uchiha Hikari: "Why did you have to expose me?"
Uchiha Hikari said concisely: "You asked, so I answered."
"You shouldn't have answered a question like that! I've lost all face!"
Shindai coughed and said to Obito and Rin Nohara: "But this is still my treat. After all, Lord Minato isn't reimbursing you two; you are just basking in my glory!"
Obito looked at Shindai with contempt and said: "Yeah, right, right. As for whose 'glory' we're basking in, Rin and I can't tell at all, alright?"
After Uchiha Hikari mentioned the reimbursement, Obito and Rin Nohara realized it must be because of Uchiha Hikari. After all, why would Minato Namikaze reimburse Shindai for no reason?
Shindai depressedly stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth. If he had known, he wouldn't have treated them to dinner!
So noisy!
Uchiha Hikari turned her gaze toward Obito and asked: "Are all members of the Uchiha Clan like you in personality now?"
"Huh?"
Obito was stunned, not understanding why Uchiha Hikari would ask this.
Obito looked at Shindai, and Shindai shrugged: "Why are you looking at me? I didn't ask."
Obito replied: "Like me... not really, but most of the clansmen are quite good."
"Is that so? That is indeed quite good."
A faint, imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Uchiha Hikari's mouth.
At this moment, inside the Hokage Office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku found Minato Namikaze.
"Minato (Fourth Hokage), we found the information."
Minato Namikaze immediately asked: "How is it? Can you confirm her identity?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and said: "It should be confirmed. In the Sengoku period, during the time when Uchiha Tajima led the Uchiha Clan, a very powerful child appeared. She killed many members of other Ninja clans on the battlefield and was eventually sealed by the joint efforts of the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan. The location of the seal is the current Kannabi Bridge.
Since Shindai broke the seal at Kannabi Bridge, and it was a double seal, there should be no mistake. Ashita Natsu is most likely the person who was sealed by the joint efforts of the Senju Clan and the Sarutobi Clan back then."
Minato Namikaze's expression suddenly became serious: "No wonder Kushina found traces of the Land of Whirlpools Sealing Techniques on the double seal Shindai gave her. As a distant blood relative of the Uzumaki Clan, the Senju Clan's Sealing Techniques have similarities."
Uchiha Fugaku said: "I also found out why she is so hostile to the Uchiha Clan. She activated the Mangekyo Sharingan because her parents died during the war, and at the same time, the awakened pupil technique was quite powerful, so she was cultivated as a weapon by other Uchiha clansmen.
Moreover, the Uchiha at that time also transplanted the pupil techniques of the deceased clansmen who possessed the Mangekyo Sharingan into her body to enhance her strength, so... her strength is indeed very powerful."
Minato Namikaze let out a long breath.
Then everything matches.
No wonder Uchiha Hikari said that day that she was a being used as a weapon.
Uchiha Fugaku said to Minato Namikaze with a solemn expression: "Fourth Hokage, there were not a few clansmen who activated the Mangekyo Sharingan back then, and the reason she could be used as a weapon is entirely because of the pupil technique awakened by her Mangekyo Sharingan. Her pupil technique... is too powerful!"
Minato Namikaze asked curiously: "Then what is her pupil technique?"
Uchiha Fugaku replied: "Because so far, only she has awakened this pupil technique, and it is very powerful, so there is a special record in the Uchiha Clan's archives.
The name of the pupil technique she awakened is 'Eight Thousand Spears', which can impose a seal on the opponent. Through the seal, one can ignore distance and control the person's spirit and Chakra.
At that time, the Uchiha Clan used her ability to transfer others' Chakra to Uchiha combatants to enhance their combat capabilities, making them invincible on the battlefield, or to control the spirits of enemy Ninjas to help the Uchiha fight."
Hearing Uchiha Fugaku describe the ability of Uchiha Hikari's pupil technique, Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi were very shocked.
Hiruzen Sarutobi worried: "Ashita Natsu's pupil technique is quite dangerous, especially controlling other people's spirits. Minato, I think we need to take measures. Now Ashita Natsu's attitude is unclear, if..."
Minato Namikaze pondered for a moment and said: "Sandaime, I think we can give Ashita Natsu a chance. She has been living in Shindai's house for the past half month, and I can meet her at dinner every day. I can feel that she is not that kind of extreme person.
Otherwise, the Uchiha back then did such things to her, yet she chose to give the Uchiha Clan a chance, wanting to observe whether the current Uchiha is still the Uchiha of the past. That is to say, Ashita Natsu herself is still kind.
Also... I can judge that Ashita Natsu will not harm Konoha because of Shindai."
"Shindai?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Uchiha Fugaku were very confused. Judging that Uchiha Hikari would not harm Konoha because of Shindai? It feels a bit rash.
Minato Namikaze smiled and said: "Admittedly, Ashita Natsu's pupil technique is very dangerous, but this ability can also help Konoha. It depends on how the ability is used. You cannot define her as a dangerous person because of one ability.
I said before that Ashita Natsu listens to Shindai very much, and that child Shindai is optimistic and cheerful, very easy to infect the people around him. Therefore, I let her stay with Shindai, hoping to resolve the hatred in her heart through Shindai.
And now, the results have begun to show. When I first met her, I also felt that she was very dangerous, but now, I can clearly feel that her mentality is changing. From time to time, I can see the smile on her face, which is no different from an ordinary child.
So, I believe Shindai can do it. Sandaime, you can go to Shindai to confirm. Now Ashita Natsu is with Shindai every day, always following Shindai."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe and nodded: "Since you say so, Minato, then I will go and take a look later."
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