Chapter 15: It's Not a Love Letter, It's an Attitude

Chapter 15: It's Not a Love Letter, It's an Attitude

What a big catch!

After leaving Oda's house, Tobio Uchiha walked through the streets of Konoha, looking at the passersby with a thoughtful expression.

He didn't expect that kunoichi to have such a special identity.

From the Nara family!

Thinking about the information Oda had given him, Tobio smiled. Previously, when buying information, he always used money, but also resorted to threats and manipulations with his Sharingan. But now, with his ANBU identity, obtaining information had become much easier.

He needed to take advantage while Minato Namikaze was still alive and use his ANBU identity to do what he could. He didn't want to be expelled from ANBU when the Third Hokage came back to power.

When he opened the door to his house, Tobio saw a fat orange cat lying on his bed.

Hanging his ninja tool bag on the wall, he greeted the cat.

"Hello, chubby! Did you deliver the letter?"

"Yes," the cat replied in a female voice, lifting her eyes slightly before closing them again and purring. "That old Tsunade almost squashed me with a punch, but when I gave her the 100,000 ryō, she sent a reply with Shizune."

"And what else did she say?"

"She said Jiraiya wrote her 328 letters, with over two million words, before she started feeling something for him. One letter from you means nothing. Write 500 more letters and we'll see. Oh, and don't forget to put money in the letters, or her fists will come down on me."

The cat turned over and looked at the ceiling with a resigned expression.

"Tobio, I feel like you're making a useless effort. 500 letters, each with 100,000 ryō. That's 50 million. Do you know how many cans of cat food you could buy with that? I could learn a transformation technique and keep you company."

"You don't understand," Tobio sighed. The cat quickly got up and perched on his head, using his hair to sharpen her claws while saying indignantly.

"Then explain it to me. What's your purpose?"

"It's simple," Tobio explained. "Strangers know that the Senju and Uchiha clans have been enemies for a thousand years. When they hear that the Uchiha clan leader wants to marry the Senju clan leader, they'll think it's a joke. But when they discover that many Uchiha clan members support this idea, they'll have to consider it seriously. The will of the members can influence the clan leader."

"It doesn't matter if this letter is from the leader or not, as long as it looks like an initiative from the Uchiha clan, that's enough. Because it represents the will of some clan members. I don't like hawks, doves, or neutrals. So, I plan to be extreme and create a pro-divorce faction, aiming for the clan leader to divorce and marry the Senju clan leader, uniting the two clans and aiming for the Hokage position in the next generations."

"It doesn't matter if Tsunade and Fugaku Uchiha accept it or not. What matters is that by doing this, those who share my vision will support me. Also, love letters shouldn't stop. They represent my firm determination. If necessary, I'll accept missions to earn money and support Tsunade. If I were the elder of the Uchiha clan, these letters would bear my name."

"So..." The cat seemed to not fully understand, but seeing Tobio's seriousness, she spoke with a tone of surprise.

"You don't really want Fugaku Uchiha to divorce?"

"No, that's real. I don't just want him to divorce, I also want to sterilize him."

"Then why don't you challenge the elder and sign with your name?"

"I won't. Tsunade is a bit older. I prefer someone younger."

"But she looks quite young."

"Did you see her?"

"Yes, I even slept on her chest while she played."

The night was deep.

Dressed in black, Tobio left his house and headed to the Nara clan area, disappearing from the Uchiha zone with several jumps.

In the sick Uchiha clan, it was hard to gain support without extreme ideas. Especially from those conservative elders, who proposed things like "keep second place, aspire to third." They wasted the clan's hopes.

So, why not try his own idea?

Konoha had 51 years since its founding. The old generation was decreasing, and the new generation had lived with the Senju for 51 years without hatred.

Was he writing love letters to Tsunade?

No.

It was an attitude.

With a quick movement, Tobio crouched on the roof, closed his eyes, and located the position of the Nara ninja.

There?

After a moment, Tobio opened his eyes and looked toward the dark house. He murmured to himself.

"It's my first time invading a widow's house at night..."

Since he didn't make much noise entering, when he opened the door, he felt a slight sting in his neck.

"Who are you?"

Tobio raised his hands in surrender and said.

"It's me, the Uchiha you attacked."

"You...?"

Before she could finish, she felt a pain in her wrist, and the kunai fell to the floor.

"Nara Ryoko, you shouldn't put a kunai on someone's neck. It's dangerous."

Tobio massaged his neck and kicked the kunai away. In the darkness, he walked to the table, trying to light a candle.

"Don't light it!"

Nara Ryoko recognized him in the moonlight and quickly stopped him from lighting the candle, then stared at him, frowning.

"You silently entered my house in the middle of the night and blame me for using a kunai?"

"Come on, if I hadn't made noise entering, how would you have noticed me?"

Saying this, Tobio sat in a chair and looked at Ryoko's worried face.

"Don't overthink it. I came at night because coming during the day to a widow's house doesn't look good."

Ryoko glared at him angrily and retorted.

"And coming at night is better?"

"No one sees at night."

"What do you want?"

"Just to chat with you."

"We have nothing to talk about. Don't expect to get anything from me."

While they argued in low voices, a member of the Nara clan passed by Ryoko's yard. He looked at the dark house and then at the moon covered by clouds.

Since Ichiki left, he wondered if Ryoko, living alone, would be scared.

He should accompany her someday...

Huh?

Seeing the shadow in Ryoko's room, the person rubbed his eyes, incredulous.

Two shadows in Ryoko's house? Could it be that, due to longing for her husband, she's manipulating shadows to revive him?

To be continued...

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