Chapter 70 Retiring in Peacetime (19) The bottom of the class, your eyes...
If Sasuke had experience with Susanoo, making a farming tool wouldn't be a problem for him, but the key is that he didn't.
But people's potential is brought out under pressure. Uchiha Sasuke really gradually understood the principle of the chakra scalpel. He discovered that its principle had something in common with the use of Chidori. Both involved the transformation of chakra form. However, compared to Chidori, chakra creation is a higher level of use in terms of form transformation.
If Chidori only requires concentrating chakra at a single point for precise piercing, while allowing it to explode randomly elsewhere, then creating something with chakra must maintain overall integrity and stability.
Indra demonstrated it to Sasuke Uchiha. He raised his hand and conjured a purplish-red katana. Indra deliberately slowed down the construction process so that Sasuke Uchiha could see it clearly. In order to prolong the construction process and add more unnecessary decorations, he also added many unnecessary decorations.
Soon, the chakra katana was completed. It was a pure light body, seemingly made for showing off skills. The hilt was decorated with intricate and exquisite relief patterns, with translucent epiphyllum flowers blooming on it and pale purple vines hanging down below.
Sasuke Uchiha watched the entire process with his Sharingan, clearly seeing the whole construction.
Seeing Indra's nonchalant attitude, Sasuke Uchiha, who was already competitive, was naturally unwilling to be outdone. He immediately began to ponder and try based on the information about the chakra scalpel that had appeared in his mind and his experience learning Chidori.
After slashing away the chakra-formed katana, Indra watched as the purple chakra in Sasuke's hand dissipated several times when its size exceeded 5 centimeters. He pondered for a moment and said, "You seem to have learned a bit. So, how about trying lines next? Don't try to do the overall construction like me first. You haven't reached that level yet."
Sasuke Uchiha's chakra color is somewhat similar to Indra's, and even more so to Indra's previous life. Both are purple, a deep purple. Indra's previous chakra was a blue lotus color, but after becoming a little sage, his chakra color became a light and ethereal vine purple. He also turned into a white-haired, silver-eyed man, as if a large spoonful of white paint had been added to his chakra without any expense.
They're all the colors of flowers.
The Uchiha were all very beautiful, and Senma told him that Madara Uchiha also had the reputation of being the "Rose of the Battlefield" (in secret).
On the surface, everyone calls Uchiha Madara: Battlefield Asura.
Behind their backs, people called Uchiha Madara: Battlefield Rose.
There are still too many audacious people in the ninja world.
Senju was lost in thought, and just like that, he completely handed over the students he had just taken in to his younger brother to teach.
The younger brother's power belongs to him, and his students belong to the younger brother.
By the time Senju Takeshi came to his senses, Uchiha Sasuke was already holding a small purple hoe in his hand.
Oh my god, what an adorable mini hoe! It's practically a toy.
Uchiha Sasuke, holding the small hoe he had almost exhausted his chakra to finally succeed after many attempts, was not even happy when he saw Senju Takeru walk over and gently poke his chakra hoe with a finger.
Indra suddenly remembered something: "Wait! Brother—"
With a snap, Sasuke Uchiha's little hoe shattered like a bubble, just like his illusion. Sasuke Uchiha's eyes rolled back and he fainted.
"Ah." Senju Take also uttered a short syllable, his expressionless face revealing a helplessness that Indra could see with his naked eye.
"—The form he created is still very fragile." Indra slowly added the second half of the sentence, "It seems that his chakra was overused, and his mental state is not very good either. He must have been on edge for a long time. The Uchiha often do this, which easily leads to internal exhaustion."
The two of them squatted down together, looking at Uchiha Sasuke lying unconscious on the ground.
Senju Takeshi reached out and touched the child's cheek with the back of his fingers. Although he had already treated him once, Uchiha Sasuke still had insufficient blood and qi, and his face was cool.
Feeling the warmth, even in his sleep, Sasuke Uchiha, who had been frowning, instinctively rubbed his face against the source of warmth, grasping it with both hands, and his sleeping face relaxed.
Senju Takeshi was like a passing cat owner whose hand had been entrusted to him by an adorable stray cat. He didn't say anything, but his movements became incredibly gentle. Then, he looked at Indra with an almost radiant expression, his eyes sparkling.
Indra paused for a few seconds, then took Senju Takeya's other hand and rested his chin on it. "I can do this too!"
Thousand Hand Bamboo remained motionless, as if sealed away, staring blankly at Indra.
The brown-haired man, whose physical form was created through illusion, blushed with embarrassment, but still stared stubbornly at Senju Takeya with his dark eyes. "Is it that strange?"
“No.” Senju Take’s gaze softened as well. “It’s just that Indra has never acted like this since he grew up, so I’m very surprised.”
That being said, Indra rarely acted spoiled before he grew up. He was a very precocious child and always worried that he might be a burden to his loved ones. It was only after he became a tiny little creature that he began to show his clingy nature.
Sensitive, suspicious, jealous, xenophobic... This is the typical male-centric Indra, yet his personality and conduct are extremely self-disciplined. His self-control and self-regulation are terrifyingly strong, and no matter how intense his negative emotions are, they cannot truly engulf or control him.
Thousand-handed Bamboo, who had been one with Indra, was fully aware of all of Indra's struggles, hatreds, and darkness—all the good and all the bad—which together constituted the complete Indra.
—His wish was to possess all of his brother's love, yet he was willing to restrain his younger brother for his brother's sake. Even though he was a sexist, he was an angel in himself.
The Wood Release user's gaze pierced straight through the illusion and landed on Indra's true form.
The brown-haired man's face turned completely red, like a ripe tomato. He buried his face in his brother's hands in despair. The pure white fairy in the illusion was so shy that she hugged herself into a ball. Everything presented by the illusion was based on Indra's own behavior. This realism was also a major reason why Indra's illusions were difficult to see through.
“Indra, don’t worry.” Senju Take also earnestly promised, “No matter what, you will always be my most adorable little brother.”
Indra: Elder brother—
“However…” Senju Takeya’s tone began to sound somewhat ethereal, “Indra.”
"Brother?"
"I feel like I'm sealed away," Senju Takeya said solemnly. "I can't move. Save me."
With both of his hands held by the Uchiha, Senju Takeru didn't dare to move an inch. His attitude and expression were too serious, as if he had really been sealed away.
“Brother, you really are—” After closing his eyes and sighing, Indra turned to look at Uchiha Sasuke, “He does need to be settled temporarily.”
Indra then released Senju Takeya and personally carried Uchiha Sasuke to the tatami mats inside the shrine, successfully breaking the seal and rescuing his elder brother.
Senju Takeya looked at Uchiha Sasuke's bangs that had naturally spread across his face as he lay down, and said, "This child looks like his mother."
“Itachi and Sasuke both look like Mikoto.” Indra nodded.
Senju Takeshi thought for a moment and then began to braid the sideburns of the sleeping Uchiha Sasuke.
Indra was only puzzled for a moment before realizing that because Sasuke resembled Mikoto, Senju Takeshi wanted to see how much of a girl the child could resemble. This wasn't surprising, considering that Itachi had also dressed as a woman.
When Itachi was 16, he wore a women's yukata at the summer festival. On that day, on that night, with that fireworks display, countless boys and girls were captivated. Even today, many boys who saw Itachi still cannot forget that fleeting glimpse of the Uchiha girl.
The women's yukata that Itachi wore that day was the work of Senju Takeya and Uchiha Ogi.
Generally speaking, Itachi's yukata was prepared by Mikoto, but the yukata for the summer festival when he was 16 years old was prepared by Senju Takeya and Uchiha Osaka. Neither of them had any specific understanding of yukatas, and they felt that they were just a single piece of kimono. In their view, men's and women's yukatas were exactly the same, so they only cared about making it look good, and the result was a beautiful women's yukata.
As soon as Mikoto got her hands on the yukata, she realized something was wrong.
Not wanting to disappoint her two older brothers, Itachi put on the clothes, styled her hair with matching makeup, and wore hair accessories.
And so the beautiful legend of Itachi was preserved.
It was only at this moment that Indra belatedly realized that his feather robe seemed somewhat...neutral?
Well, my brother is right. We Uchiha are naturally good-looking, it would be a shame if we didn't dress well.
Thinking this, Indra, wanting Senju Takeru to have fun as well, put a genjutsu on Uchiha Sasuke's head, making him have long hair. "His clothes got dirty when he fell on the ground, I'll go buy him a new set."
Thousand Hand Bamboo nodded as well.
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When Uchiha Sasuke woke up, it was already dusk. He woke up groggily and looked down to see the white kimono he was wearing, and his long black hair fell down in front of him as he moved.
Has he been sleeping for years? How come his hair has grown so long?
As for the braided sideburns, Sasuke Uchiha instinctively guessed that it must have been done by the Senju, probably because he had nothing better to do.
Because he had rested so well, Uchiha Sasuke felt as if it were yesterday. There were no mirrors around, so he didn't know exactly what he looked like. He sensed his own condition and found that although his chakra had only recovered a little, it seemed to be more concentrated than before. So Uchiha Sasuke got up and went out to try to find Senju Takeya and Indra.
Leaving the room, Uchiha Sasuke put on the wooden clogs placed under the eaves and walked out.
The wind rustled the leaves, and the faded vermilion torii gate seemed to regain its former vibrant and solemn color under the twilight. Uchiha Sasuke hadn't calmly appreciated the scenery like this in a long time, and for a moment he was lost in thought. He recalled the scene before his clansmen were killed by that evil man, and the scene when his parents were still alive.
"Sasuke! Is Sasuke here?!"
An unusually noisy sound pierced through the torii gate, arriving before the person even appeared. Soon, the person shouting in this solemn setting came into view of Uchiha Sasuke. It was obvious who it was without even thinking. Uchiha Sasuke recalled the power the other person had displayed as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and then thought of his own powerlessness at the time. This made him not want to pay any attention to the other person at all.
Naruto Uzumaki, who had just entered the area, stared blankly at the aloof and detached 'girl' before him, whose appearance was filled with a sense of brokenness. The 'girl' had waist-length black hair and skin as smooth as jade. Her sideburns were each braided into a loose three-strand braid, tied up near her shoulders and decorated with small purple four-petaled flowers. She was as beautiful as a quiet painting.
The 'girl' clearly didn't like him, the intruder. She glanced at him, then coldly looked away and turned to walk into the shrine.
"Wait! Hey! Have you seen that cocky, pretentious boy who always tries to act cool?" Naruto Uzumaki snapped out of his daze and quickly went over to ask, "The kind who walks with a limp!"
Sasuke Uchiha, a cocky boy who loves to act cool, glanced at Naruto Uzumaki upon hearing this. He saw the blond boy blushing and avoiding his gaze. Although the boy still looked silly, it reminded Sasuke of what Takeya Senju and Indra had said.
Love and bonds...
If that power is real, it might not be impossible to give it a try, provided that the two of them didn't lie to him. After all, given how much Naruto values friendship, he might be able to meet the requirements of the power of the mind.
As Sasuke Uchiha thought to himself, his mood improved a little. He reluctantly gave Naruto Uzumaki, this clueless goofball who didn't recognize him at all, a smile while inwardly making a sarcastic remark.
Uchiha Sasuke: You loser, are you blind? :)
Naruto was instantly struck in the heart. He clearly liked Sakura! Why was his heart pounding uncontrollably for the black-haired girl in front of him?!
Could it be that he's actually a womanizer?!
—No, I don't want that kind of thing!
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Author's note: Pure coconut cake beauty, kid.
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