'Indeed… exactly like Kushina-senpai back then.'
"Then there's no problem," The one in charge of registration, Uzuki Yugao, stamped both of their forms, then assigned them a room, right next to Uchiha Kage's little ANBU cabin.
The Uzumaki clan was a rare bloodline. In the past, this alone would have been a matter worthy of reporting to the Hokage.
But now, Uzuki Yugao couldn't bring herself to feel that way at all.
Because after Gekko Hayate woke up, Yugao had already realized the truth.
There was no way the Third Hokage could be completely unrelated to the hospital drugging and comatizing Gekko Hayate.
Even though she told all this to the newly-awakened Hayate, the naive Hayate still refuted her.
What was supposed to be a happy reunion after a long time turned into another argument about the Hokage the moment he woke up.
Uzuki Yugao was in a bad mood because of it.
The Hokage is old. He might do even more foolish things in the future. And with Hayate being so blindly loyal, maybe one day...
They wouldn't be lucky enough again to have a wound just five centimeters away from the heart.
Such good luck.
"Did Hayate-senpai wake up?", After helping Samui and Karin complete their ANBU registration, Uchiha Kage casually asked.
"Mm, he's doing great now. He's already rejoined ANBU and is taking orders from the Hokage again,".Even though he died once, Gekko Hayate only reflected on a few surface-level things, like how he shouldn't have clashed head-on with a powerful rogue ninja like Uchiha Itachi.
But in other matters, he was still as defenseless as before.
Uzuki Yugao didn't know how to persuade this childhood friend of hers.
However...
"But I feel like the Hokage's been acting strangely lately. We'd better be more cautious when carrying out missions."
Hayate couldn't be convinced anymore. Yugao at least wanted to make sure this "younger brother" of hers wouldn't be as naive.
"Yugao-neesan, it's better not to say such things to others. The Hokage wouldn't be happy if he heard."
Although Kurenai had gone a bit overboard earlier, it was true that the Third Hokage's recent actions had made some people in the village dissatisfied.
It might be possible to use this in the future to bring ANBU under his own command.
Uchiha Kage was scheming how to control Konoha from the shadows, and dump all the blame for bad deeds on those two old fossils, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo.
"I'm only saying it to you."
'Sure enough, this clever little brother isn't as rigid as Hayate.'
'And he even knows how to protect me...'
Looking at Uchiha Kage, who showed concern for her, Uzuki Yugao couldn't help but smile.
"Hmph," Samui, who was standing to the side, watched the cozy scene between the 'siblings' that looked more like lovers and couldn't help but let out a heavy cold snort.
'This shameless brat Uchiha Kage, he only knows how to put on an act in front of others.'
———
"You'll live in this room from now on. Here, you only need to follow my orders. You can ignore any other commands,"
He brought Karin into the room next door.
While settling the girl in, Uchiha Kage explained how things worked in Konoha.
Of course, the main reason for giving Karin her own room was to avoid her overhearing adult noises at such a young age.
"You don't need to worry about anything. If something comes up, just go next door and look for Miss Lily. She'll help you."
"Yes..."
A room of her own, where she didn't have to follow anyone else's orders, and she could live in a peaceful, prosperous ninja village.
As Karin looked around the room, little pearls of tears rolled down her cheeks again.
Ever since her mom died, no one had cared about her like this.
"From now on, I'll only listen to you, big brother!", Wiping her tears, Karin looked seriously at the Uchiha boy in front of her.
"But, what's the relationship between that big sister and big brother?"
'Lovers? But it doesn't quite feel like that.'
Karin glanced curiously at the blonde female ninja who'd been staring coldly at Uchiha Kage since earlier.
'But that big sister sure is pretty. Even just her figure completely outclasses my own tiny "bean sprout" body.'
"She's my slave. If she dares not help you when you need something, I'll spank her,".Speaking of what happened during the Chūnin Exams, he should properly punish that disobedient slave girl, at least feed her a meal of braised pork with carrots.
'She actually dared to use the Lightning Release Chakra Mode she learned from me to try and assassinate me? She really needs to be disciplined.'
"Slave..."
'So that's the kind of relationship?'
A flicker of surprise passed through Karin's eyes, then turned into anticipation.
"Then can Karin be big brother's slave too?"
He saved her, and treated her so well, Karin felt that becoming his slave might be the only way she could barely repay a little of what he'd done for her.
"No. You're still too young."
'At least wait three more years.'
'Speaking of which, Karin's personality is a bit strange too.'
'At first glance, she seems like Hinata. But the moment she speaks, it is totally different.'
'Shouldn't a normal person be repulsed when hearing words like "slave"?'
'Why is this girl getting more and more excited the more she hears?'
'But once she starts following me, she probably won't end up as extreme as in the original story, right?'
———
After settling the disappointed little Karin in the next room, Uchiha Kage finally turned back and walked into the "love nest" that belonged to him and Samui.
But as soon as they entered the room and the door closed, Samui couldn't help but tremble a bit.
Even though she could act tough and ignore him outside, the moment they were alone inside, she would remember all the things he'd done to her. Just thinking of those humiliating scenes made her legs tremble slightly.
But her mouth was still as stubborn as ever.
"Hmph! And you talk about us from Kumogakure, but you just tricked another little girl yourself," Thinking about how that little girl earlier had practically stars in her eyes for Uchiha Kage, Samui couldn't help but snort again.
"And you even tricked her into being so loyal to you."
"I didn't trick her. Her loyalty is a normal reaction. I saved her, unlike certain people who just received my favor and immediately turned around and tried to kill me," Uchiha Kage sat at the edge of the bed, wearing a "you hurt me" expression as he looked at the tall, blonde kunoichi who still stood there with a cold face.
Samui was standing with arms crossed, unintentionally showing a defensive posture.
But that pose only made her... "dangerous weapons" even more absurdly menacing.
"I said before, all the jutsu you taught me, I'll use to kill—"
Samui's cold and arrogant words were only halfway out before she realized she had fallen for his trap again.
"I already told you, I wasn't trying to kill you earlier!"
'He actually baited me on purpose. This guy is shameless.'
"You already exposed yourself, and you're still trying to deny it?"
"You..."
Looking at Uchiha Kage sitting at the bed's edge, watching her with those mocking, wicked eyes, Samui couldn't keep her frosty expression any longer.
"So what if I wanted to kill you? Didn't you say you didn't care?"
SHING!
Samui drew the ninja blade from her back and pointed its gleaming tip directly at Uchiha Kage's forehead.
"Not caring is not the same as not being angry."
Uchiha Kage crushed Samui's last bit of hope with a single inequality.
And at the same time, he reached out with two fingers and pinched the blade of her sword.
Zzzzz!
The intense current of Lightning Release chakra burst from Uchiha Kage's fingertips, instantly surging across the pale blade and enveloping the blonde kunoichi.
"Guh..."
Clang!
Samui, electrocuted into numbness, could no longer hold her sword. The blade dropped to the floor. And her body involuntarily fell to her knees, a muffled cry of pain escaping her lips.
"So weak. You can't even handle this level of Lightning Release?"
Uchiha Kage lifted her chin with his fingers, forcing her furious, icy eyes to meet his.
'Yes, that look!'
Uchiha Kage loved this look on Samui's face the most. Anger, humiliation, helplessness... but still burning with a spirit of resistance. That unwilling, unyielding glare.
That look always gave him way more attack speed.
Sometimes, he liked it even better when she stared at him with even more murderous eyes, then humiliated herself even more as she knelt before him and opened her mouth...
"Kill me… just kill me…"
Samui hated her own weakness. She was an elite jonin from the Hidden Cloud, yet she couldn't even counter two of this guy's fingers.
This humiliation from the power gap hurt more than the humiliation of him playing with her body.
"Do you know why you're so weak?"
Uchiha Kage's finger slid down from Samui's chin…
And landed on her chest.
"Because right here... your hatred for me isn't strong enough."
"Not enough… hatred?"
Samui wanted nothing more than to bite this boy into pieces and devour him alive.
And that wasn't enough?
"If you want to get stronger, then hate me even more. Hate me with everything you have, and live on in filth and humiliation."
Letting go of Samui, Uchiha Kage sat back down at the edge of the bed.
Then he looked at the kunoichi's cold face, overflowing with killing intent.
"So now... kneel."
"I..."
"I already taught you last time, didn't I? After kneeling... what comes next?"
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