bookbashuk Chapter 46 About the Concubine
Chapter 46 About the Concubine
The dilapidated Nansha city gate looked particularly weathered, the cracks in the city wall had not been fully repaired, and a faint sense of melancholy permeated the air.
Uchiha Mitsunori stood in front of the city gate, his fingers unconsciously adjusting his collar, his gaze occasionally sweeping towards the city, appearing somewhat anxious.
Mei Terumi stood to the side, arms crossed, looking at him with disdain: "Why are you so nervous? You were so arrogant just now!"
Uchiha Mitsunori glanced at her and said in a low voice, "What do you know... Huiyi is usually not angry, but when she gets angry, she's quite scary."
Just as Terumi Mei was about to retort, a clear female voice suddenly came from the crowd: "Mitsumine!"
With her long, red hair as dazzling as flames, Huiyi whirlwinds through the crowd as she rushes towards them.
The seventeen-year-old girl had a slender figure, her fair cheeks flushed from running, and her red eyes were filled with joy.
Uchiha Mitsunori instinctively opened his arms, but at the last moment he remembered something and his movements froze in mid-air.
Huiyi keenly noticed his unusual behavior and gradually slowed her pace.
She stopped a step away, her gaze sweeping over Mei Terumi beside Mitsumine, and tilted her head slightly: "Welcome back. And this is...?"
The surroundings instantly fell silent. Uchiha Mitsunori's throat tightened, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Mei Terumi stood up straight, meeting Megumi's probing gaze without flinching.
Uchiha Mitsunori swallowed hard, his voice slightly hoarse: "This is Terumi Mei, a friend I met in Kirigakure...."
Huiyi's smile froze on her face. The surrounding noise seemed to suddenly fade away, leaving only a suffocating silence.
The next second... "Uchiha Mitsumine! You... come here!"
She grabbed his left hand and pulled him aside.
"Hey...hey...hey! Huiyi, slow down!"
Uchiha Mitsunori smiled somewhat awkwardly. The dignified Uchiha genius Jonin looked like a child who had made a mistake.
Mei Terumi stood still, watching the two arguing quietly not far away.
The expressions of anger and helplessness that Uzumaki Megumi displayed, and the frantic explanations of Uchiha Mitsunori, were all clearly reflected in her eyes.
Strangely, she wasn't as angry as I'd imagined; instead, she seemed strangely...relaxed.
A few minutes later, the two returned.
Huiyi's eyes were a little red, but her expression had calmed down.
She walked up to Mei Terumi and extended her hand: "Let's get to know each other again. I'm Megumi Uzumaki, this idiot's girlfriend."
Terumi Mei paused for a moment, then grasped her hand, a faint, wicked smile playing on her lips: "My name is Terumi Mei. Don't worry, I'm not interested in being your 'first wife.' He said I should be your 'second wife'!"
A dangerous glint flashed in Huiyi's eyes, and she chuckled, "First wife? Is that how he introduces me?"
She took his hand, asserting her dominance, and said, "This is what you meant by... friend?"
Uchiha Mitsumine waved his hands repeatedly, "It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"
Huiyi Uzumaki took Mei Terumi's arm with one hand and held his right hand with the other: "Alright, let's go home first... As for you... I'll punish you tonight."
As the sun set, the shadows of the three young people were stretched long.
Walking into Nansha City, traces of war can still be seen on the streets.
The collapsed houses have not been fully repaired, and occasionally ninjas wrapped in bandages can be seen hurrying by.
Uchiha Mitsunori's expression gradually turned serious: "How are those children doing now?"
Due to the urgency of the war, the Konoha leadership forced many young children to graduate early.
These children, who should have been learning shuriken throwing in school, were instead sent to the most brutal battlefield, the Hidden Mist.
Huiyi paused slightly, her expression darkening: "She's out of danger, but... the disability... the psychological trauma will be hard to erase in the short term."
A shadow crossed Mei Terumi's dark eyes, for she was from Kirigakure, belonging to the side that invaded the Land of Fire.
Uchiha Mitsunaga clenched his fists silently and said in a low voice, "The war is over. I will take you back to Konoha tomorrow."
Megumi Uzumaki nodded: "Okay! I understand."
Uchiha Mitsunori raised his head, his eyes regaining their light: "Psychic trauma can be healed with genjutsu, but as for the disability... we need to research cloning technology, which requires a lot of money, but I'll find a way!"
Huiyi Uzumaki paused for a moment, then smiled gently: "You're still the same as ever, always thinking about solving everyone's problems."
Mei Terumi stood to the side, quietly watching Mitsumine's profile.
The setting sun gilded his handsome features, and a resolute flame danced in his dark eyes. This usually jovial guy had this side to him too.
After night had completely fallen, they arrived at the makeshift medical station.
On the innermost bed, a black-haired boy lay quietly.
His right sleeve was empty, and his dark eyes stared at the top of the tent, his gaze as vacant as a stagnant pool.
"Sanji..." Megumi called softly, but the boy did not respond.
Uchiha Mitsunori knelt beside the bed and gently touched the boy's forehead: "Does it hurt?"
The boy slowly shook his head, his voice hoarse: "It doesn't hurt... but I can't be a ninja anymore."
Uchiha Mitsunori's hands trembled slightly, and the three tomoe in his red eyes slowly rotated.
"Sharingan, Genjutsu, and Mind Healing."
The boy's eyes gradually focused, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, as if he had seen something beautiful.
The light from the oil lamp danced in his dark eyes, like a rekindled flame of life.
Huiyi stood in the doorway, her fingers tightly gripping the hem of her dress. Mei Terumi noticed tears glistening in her ruby-like eyes.
"This technique... can only provide temporary relief; true healing will take time..."
When I left the clinic, the night sky was already filled with stars.
The ruins of Nansha City looked particularly desolate under the moonlight, but they also inexplicably carried a kind of hope for rebirth.
"We'll set off back to Konoha first thing tomorrow morning. Emi, you're in charge of arranging the transfer of the wounded. Mei Terumi... come with me to buy some medicinal herbs."
Suddenly, Uzumaki Megumi reached out and grabbed Uchiha Mitsumine's right hand: "Don't think you can get away with this! We'll settle the score about the 'concubine' matter when we get back!"
"Huiyi! Don't be angry!" Uchiha Mitsumine forcibly hugged her.
As Mei Terumi watched them playfully bickering, the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.
The night breeze ruffled her long, reddish-brown hair, carrying the freshness unique to early spring. Perhaps, going to Konoha with this man wasn't such a bad thing.