Itachi curiously asked, "Where to, Father?"
"Time travel!"
"Time travel?"
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Itachi looked incredulous and asked, "Father, when you say time travel... do you mean traversing through time? Is something like that even possible?"
"Of course it is. And time travel doesn't necessarily mean going back to the past or future; it could also mean opening up a new timeline to a parallel universe... You don't need to understand that; it's something I've only recently discovered."
Uchiha Yoichi was sitting on the train, smiling as he spoke to Uchiha Itachi. The train's destination was Uchiha Yoichi's home, but only members of the Uchiha Yoichi family could activate it to reach the endpoint.
While it was a bit far from the center of Konoha City, the train was fast, covering over 20 kilometers in less than twenty minutes.
Uchiha Yoichi said, "If you want to go, just come with me when the time comes. I see you've been quite bored at school lately, so maybe once we return, you can go straight to a ninja internship."
"Really, thank you, Father."
Uchiha Itachi said with a smile. He had long wanted to graduate from the Ninja Academy, but being the son of the Hokage, it wasn't appropriate for him to break the rules, so he had to learn slowly at the academy.
However, both his skills and the knowledge he had gained far exceeded those of his peers; what he lacked now was experience.
"It's okay, you're twelve now too. It's about time you graduated early..."
Uchiha Yoichi waved his hand as he spoke. He was a bit curious to see what kind of reaction the current Itachi would have if he encountered the Itachi from the clan's downfall—would he agree with the clan-destroying Itachi's ideas?
After returning home, he happened to see Kushina in the courtyard, so Uchiha Yoichi approached with a smile, while Uchiha Itachi, seeing this, prepared to return to his own room.
Currently, Kushina had also moved in. Although getting her to move in was quite the ordeal, as it took Uchiha Yoichi a lot of effort just to placate the other wives, Kushina herself was also quite reluctant, but she agreed for Uchiha Ayane's sake.
"Hmph~!"
Seeing Uchiha Yoichi walking over, Kushina snorted coldly and turned away while holding the child.
However, Uchiha Yoichi directly scooped Kushina and her daughter into his embrace, causing Kushina to hum in protest and hurriedly say, "Put me down quickly, what if someone sees..."
"No one's going to see. It's been half a year since you moved in, and yet you still keep a cold face. When Ayane grows up, she'll surely ask questions!"
Kushina, hearing this, bared her teeth and said, "Then I'll definitely tell Ayane what a bastard her father is for doing such terrible things!"
"Including what happened at the Waterfall of Truth..."
At this, Kushina's face turned red with shame and anger as she punched him, "What nonsense are you spouting in front of our daughter!"
Kushina no longer held onto her anger in her heart, but she was still sulking. Once Uchiha Ayane grows up and becomes sensible, she certainly wouldn't continue being at odds with Uchiha Yoichi.
Their relationship at night was quite harmonious, sometimes lasting all night long.
Although she was his now, Yoichi couldn't help but feel agitated whenever he thought of how Kushina used to be someone else's wife.
"Tonight you can stay with Minami, and I won't say anything more."
"Bastard, don't even think about it, it's impossible!"
"Then I'll bring Minami over to see you; Minami will definitely listen to me."
"You..." Kushina puffed out her cheeks in anger at his words, but she was helpless in the face of Yoichi's shamelessness and could only helplessly retort, "You'll see, I'll correct Minami's misguided ideas sooner or later."
"Yet in bed, you're the one who begs for mercy, how could you possibly correct Minami..."
"You bastard!"
Kushina, flush with embarrassment and anger, was about to strike Uchiha Yoichi. After teasing each other in the courtyard for a while, Mikota came back.
As the sky darkened, it was nearly time for dinner.
Tsunade walked in with a smiling face, carrying Yoko. Anyone could tell that Tsunade was in a good mood; she must have had some good fortune.
However, Uchiha Yoko shook off the grip Tsunade had on her collar and bounded over to Uchiha Yoichi, hugging his leg with a face full of grievance, saying, "Dad, Mom took my money again. Once she lost everything, she took the money I won!"
"You liar..."
Upon hearing this, Tsunade quickly stepped forward, trying to pull Yoko back and cover her mouth.
However, Uchiha Yoichi was quicker, immediately lifting Yoko into his arms, then scrutinizingly asked, "Tsunade, did you take Yoko to the casino again?"
"...We just passed by, it wasn't on purpose..."
Tsunade, looking guilty, glanced around as if the wall paintings were extremely interesting, but her guilty expression gave her away before she even spoke.
Compared to her natural bad luck at the gambling table, Yoko's luck was like Ebisu's, winning with every bet.
Even the most skilled casino cheaters would often lose to Yoko, ending up losing all their chips to her.
Ever since Tsunade discovered her daughter's talent, she would often secretly take Yoko to the casino.
"And you even took your daughter's money... Hand it over!"
Uchiha Yoichi gestured with his hand. Tsunade pouted reluctantly, but with Shiro and Kimimaro also coming back from outside, she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of the younger ones, so she begrudgingly handed over the winnings to Uchiha Yoichi.
When Yoko received the money, a wide smile spread across her face. She then carefully tucked it away in her clothes, ignoring Tsunade's threatening looks.