In the evening, Tobirama had put down his research and started cooking at home.
After a busy day, the old father, Senju Butsuma, returned home. At the same time, the eldest sister-in-law's voice sounded again.
"Tobirama, I want spicy food, give me more chili!"
Senju Butsuma had just changed his shoes and walked into the room when he heard his eldest daughter-in-law chattering about something.
She seemed very happy ordering her second son around and seemed to find it very interesting.
Maybe it was Tobirama's previous sin that was her fault?
Forget it, she is a pregnant woman now, the treasure of the whole family. Just bear with it, Tobirama.
The old father sat on the chair in Senju Butsuma's room. After a busy day, the fatigue accumulated in his body was slowly being relieved.
"Tobirama, I want to eat fish again. Can you please make another fish?"
Senju Tobirama was chopping in the kitchen, as diligently as a woodpecker, constantly using the kitchen knife to chop on the chopping board, making the whole kitchen clink.
After hearing the voice coming from my sister-in-law's room, I took a deep breath.
He walked out of the kitchen and quickly wiped his hands hard on his apron.
He walked into the living room, saw his father, and nodded.
"Sorry, father, I have to go out for a while."
With a whoosh, Tobirama used the Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Replacement Technique) to run out to buy fish.
Brother, you bastard, why haven't you come back to serve your wife today?
Senju Butsuma seemed to hear Tobirama's resentful mumblings as he left.
He couldn't help but chuckle softly.
After thinking about it, he stood up, stretched his waist, and walked into the kitchen.
"Is there anything else you want to eat?"
When Uzumaki Mito heard her father-in-law's voice, she ran out and smiled embarrassedly.
"Actually, there's not that much I want to eat. These are all I have, Father."
It's okay to torture Tobirama, but if her father is also troubled, she will not be able to live with her conscience.
Seeing Uzumaki Mito's lively appearance, Butsuma's eyes looked a little dazed.
His ex-wife was also so youthful and charming when she was young.
pity...
An inexplicable touch stimulated Senju Butsuma's heart.
Hashirama was not only his son now but also Uzumaki Mito's husband, a big brother, and a soon-to-be father.
He has his own ideas. He wants to better protect his brothers, his children, and even his Senju Butsuma.
At the beginning, I was not able to do all these and even almost lost Kawarama and Itama.
And his own life.
If it were Hashirama and Tobirama, would it be really different?
After choking for a while, Senju Butsuma continued cutting vegetables while turning his head away.
Seeing that her father-in-law, who was always serious, seemed to have tears in his eyes, although she was very curious, Uzumaki Mito wisely did not say much and went back to her room obediently.
Soon, Tobirama returned home with a fresh live fish.
He precisely cut open the fish's belly, reached in, pulled out the internal organs, and cleaned the insides.
Then, Tobirama scraped the scales.
As he was doing this, he looked at his father's Senju Butsuma and asked intentionally or unintentionally.
"Father, has my brother been acting a little weird lately?"
The figure of his father, Senju Butsuma, stiffened for a moment. Tobirama was a smart child since he was young.
The fact that he asked this question doesn't mean that he just knew about this matter.
It means that he already knew about it and wanted to see how he or Hashirama planned to solve the problem.
Tobirama asked this question because he definitely didn't want to see any dispute, or even a more serious break in their relationship, between him, Senju Butsuma, and his elder brother, Senju Hashirama.
"He's normal, absolutely normal.
He has been doing it, and I also want to do it, but I don't dare to do it, and I think it's something that I can't do successfully."
Butsuma raised his head and looked at the sky outside through the kitchen window.
"Maybe he can really do it."
Hearing his father's words, Tobirama felt more relieved.
Sure enough, it was with the tacit approval of his father that the eldest brother was able to start looking for more like-minded members of the family and start to strengthen his own voice.
"Yes, maybe Big Brother can succeed.
By then, he will definitely make you, father, a grandfather who can hold grandchildren before Uchiha Tajima and many other family patriarchs."
Hearing Tobirama say this, a smile appeared on Butsuma's face.
This means that he has defeated Uchiha Tajima again.
This diluted a lot of the sadness that had originally been caused by the replacement of the old with the new, the passage of time, and one's own aging.
Maybe I really should step down.
When the right time comes, I will pass the position of clan leader to Hashirama.
The atmosphere at home suddenly became more lively.
The eldest sister-in-law, Uzumaki Mito, also came out of the room with food and came to the living room. While she kept shoveling food into her mouth, she asked Senju Butsuma about the brothers' childhood.
The father and son, Senju Butsuma and Senju Tobirama, brought the dishes to the table without waiting for their eldest brother Hashirama and his younger brothers to return home.
The eldest sister-in-law is now the baby of the family. It is most important to tell her to eat well and stay healthy.
After finishing the meal and waiting for a long time, the eldest brother Hashirama and his two younger brothers still hadn't returned.
"I'll go and take a look."
Logically speaking, the two younger brothers should have returned earlier since they did not have as much training as before.
And my eldest brother doesn't have anything serious to do outside all day.
Even if he wanted to chat with those tribesmen who were willing to follow him, there was no need for him to stay away so late at night, right?
Tobirama quickly started searching within the family and then learned the location of his eldest brother and two younger brothers from the clan members.
After he found where his elder brother Hashirama and his younger brothers were, he heard the crazy shouting coming from inside, and Tobirama's dead fish eyes suddenly became ferocious.
An inexplicable pressure began to slowly emerge from him.
He walked inside step by step, and the noise became louder and louder, mixed with a strong, pungent smell that hit him in the face.
Ninjas who have been living on the edge of a knife for a long time are under great psychological pressure.
So they need to release this pressure in time.
In such an era, the only places where ninjas can vent their emotions are places where they eat, drink and have fun.
Tobirama had always known that there was such a place in the family.
But this was also the first time he walked into such a place to look for his brother.
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