The news that the Loulan Descendants had relocated to Konoha spread quickly throughout the ninja world.
Many people envied these Loulan Descendants.
After all...
Under current circumstances, obtaining residency in Konoha had become extremely difficult.
Many Loulan Descendants who had originally chosen to leave midway also came to Konoha, hoping to settle there just like Sāra and Yako.
Unfortunately, most of them couldn't even enter the Hidden Leaf Village, let alone establish residency...
Even when Sāra personally made their case, Mirai Uchiha refused to agree.
Everyone should bear the consequences of their own choices.
These people had already received sufficient money and lived comfortable lives. If they were allowed to settle in Konoha too, how would other Loulan Descendants feel?
Seeing Mirai's determination, Sāra stopped bringing up these matters and instead focused on studying ninja-related knowledge starting from chakra refinement.
With this, the matter regarding the Loulan Kingdom finally reached its conclusion.
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In Konoha village.
The Hokage's Office.
Seeing Minato Namikaze sitting properly in the Hokage seat, spaced out and lost in thought, Mirai Uchiha couldn't help but twitch her eyebrow.
Seriously...
Must it always be this same scene every time I come?
You really don't suffer from procrastination at all?
How do you even manage that? I'm seriously curious—tell me!
Minato also noticed Mirai and gave his signature smile: "Mirai, long time no see."
Mirai waved her hand casually and sat down somewhere: "Minato, aren't you bored staying in this office all day?"
Minato smiled slightly: "Becoming Hokage has always been my dream. I truly enjoy serving others."
"And..." Minato scratched his head somewhat sheepishly, "recently I've been going home too frequently, so Kushina and Naruto complained a bit."
"They're complaining about what exactly?" Mirai asked curiously.
"They want me to stay put in the office instead of constantly running back home. They say they've completely lost their personal space."
"..."
For once, Mirai didn't know what to say.
Thinking back to the original story where even someone with Naruto's physique got completely worn out by the Hokage work,
and Boruto became rebellious due to lack of quality time with Naruto,
even she established a "beautiful secretary group" to help handle affairs.
But here was Minato, having his wife and child actually complain about losing their personal space...
If he had that kind of talent, he could write novels until readers were sick of them.
"By the way," Minato Namikaze suddenly said. "A few days ago, Pakura from Sunagakure said that the One-Tail Jinchuriki has rampaged. They want to know what you suggest doing."
"The One-Tail Jinchuriki has rampaged?"
Mirai Uchiha's mind instantly pictured Gaara, and a faint smirk crossed his face. "Then I'll go handle this personally."
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Land of Wind
Sunagakure
Mirai Uchiha stepped through the spatial portal created by Otsutsuki Teleportation and casually scanned the surrounding conditions.
Compared to the past, Sunagakure had completely transformed into something different.
The old sand-brick houses had been replaced with modern high-rise buildings. The streets had become wide, clean asphalt roads.
When the wind blew, it no longer carried clouds of dust directly into people's faces.
Within a radius of dozens of miles around Sunagakure, lush greenery flourished, and dense vegetation surrounded the entire village.
"Not bad at all. It's developing quite nicely."
Mirai Uchiha couldn't help but nod approvingly.
To plan and create this vegetation around Sunagakure had taken considerable effort from him.
Fortunately, the results now seemed pretty good.
With a thought, Mirai Uchiha appeared on one of Sunagakure's streets.
Compared to Konoha, there were far fewer shops lining the streets here—occasionally, he saw only a few scattered places for eating or lodging.
Mostly, though, they were travel agencies.
Unfortunately, Sunagakure was located in the desert, so its resources were relatively scarce.
To boost the economy, tourism became the best choice.
As he wandered about, Mirai Uchiha suddenly noticed a commotion drawing his attention.
A group of people had gathered, pointing fingers at a boy wearing a tattered green robe.
"That monster killed many of our fellow villagers!"
"Honestly, such an unstable Jinchuriki should be locked away. Lady Pakura should do something about this."
"Rasa was a total hypocrite—his son must be no better."
"Exactly..."
The boy being insulted had bright red short hair, dark circles under his eyes, and no eyebrows.
Facing the overwhelming hostility, the boy simply kept his head lowered, silently shedding tears while tightly clutching a threadbare teddy bear whose stuffing was hanging out.
Seeing this scene, Mirai Uchiha walked straight to the boy's side.
"Hey! Don't get close to him—he's dangerous!"
"Stay back, or you'll die!"
"Monsters don't deserve sympathy—they only bring misfortune."
"Shut up!" Mirai Uchiha glanced back at the crowd. "Beat it."
Startled, the crowd scattered reluctantly.
The boy tilted his head up, tears filling his eyes as he looked at Mirai Uchiha. The bright red "love" character on his forehead was clearly visible.
"You... you're not scared of me?"
"Fear is for the weak," Mirai Uchiha smiled. "It's always others who fear me."
"But... but..." The pitiful look in the boy's eyes suddenly turned icy cold. "Everyone who wasn't afraid of me is dead!"
A pile of sand shot toward Mirai Uchiha at an incredible speed.
Mirai casually waved his hand, instantly dispersing all the sand.
Then, Mirai extended his hand toward the boy.
Seeing this, the boy didn't even think about dodging as he stood there motionless.
It'll just be blocked by my sand anyway...
Just as the boy was thinking this, Mirai's hand easily pierced through the sand wall in front of him. He snapped his fingers and gave the boy's forehead a sharp flick.
Smack!
A crisp sound rang out, and the boy's eyes instantly widened.
That feeling just now...
Pain!
He finally felt pain!
So he really could feel pain.
He wasn't a monster!
No!
Excitedly, the boy blurted out, "You! Who exactly are you?"
Mirai replied calmly, "Before asking someone else's name, you should introduce yourself first."
"I'm Gaara!" the boy said quickly. "That's my name!"
"How did you do that just now?"
"Um... could you please do it again?"
Looking at the excited Gaara, Mirai couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
Did this guy just awaken some weird quirk?
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