Seeing Renya’s resentful gaze, Shimura Danzō finally realized the seriousness of the situation a little too late.
He had never expected that Mito-sama summoned him not to discuss Renya beating elders in the Warring States era tiline, but to talk about marriage arrangents.
Thinking back to what he had said earlier, he wished he could slap himself several tis.
"Mito-sama, you misunderstood—"
"Hm?" Uzumaki Mito suddenly raised her voice before he could finish.
Danzō imdiately shut his mouth, on the verge of tears as he looked toward Renya.
He really didn’t know! Tsunade hadn’t explained anything clearly on the way here. Who could have imagined they were being summoned to have partners arranged for them?!
"You may leave now. I’ll first pick a few suitable girls for you. When the ti cos, I’ll arrange etings for you."
Uzumaki Mito gave them no chance to explain and simply waved her hand, dismissing them.
If she let them stay any longer, they would definitely change their minds. Better to finalize everything before they fully reacted.
Though unwilling, Renya and Danzō could only leave dejectedly.
Tsunade watched their departing backs and silently sighed.
Sorry, Renya-sensei and Danzō-san.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to warn Danzō—her grandmother had secretly instructed her not to tell Shimura Danzō.
If he had known, he wouldn’t have co at all.
"What the hell were you thinking?!" Renya asked with a dark expression.
He never expected his good friend of so many years to stab him in the back over sothing like this.
"I didn’t do it on purpose! I thought Mito-sama called because of the Warring States tiline..." Shimura Danzō said weakly.
If he had known Uzumaki Mito planned to arrange a partner for him, even beating him to death wouldn’t have made him co, much less agree with her earlier remarks.
Now look what happened—one small mistake, and both his and his good friend’s entire futures had been dragged into this ss.
"What do we do now?"
"How about... we go out and lie low for a while?"
"I think that works. Worst case, we just travel to another tiline again!"
Just as the two were preparing to run away, they ran into Uchiha Kagami and the others at the entrance of Konoha.
"Where are you two going?" Hiruzen asked with a half-smile.
He had been ordered by the First Hokage-sama and Mito-sama to guard the village entrance and prevent certain people from running away.
Sure enough, he had barely arrived when two little mice appeared.
Seeing Renya and Danzō’s pale faces gave Hiruzen a satisfying sense of revenge.
Hmph. Who told you two to go traveling without bringing along?
Now karma has caught up with you!
"You two shouldn’t think about sneaking out," Koharu said with a smile.
Unwilling to marry won they didn’t like, these two grown n were even trying to elope together.
It seed the two of them were true love after all!
Although she had always secretly shipped them, she also knew that n with n wasn’t proper!
Renya and Danzō were already in their thirties. They couldn’t keep fooling around together forever—they naturally needed to find partners, marry, and have children.
If they truly couldn’t let go of each other, they could always secretly hang out behind their partners’ backs...
But they definitely couldn’t continue acting so openly like now.
After all, once they had families, they would need to restrain themselves. Otherwise, the influence would be bad.
"Mito-sama said that until your lifelong matters are settled, don’t even think about secretly leaving the village," Mitokado Homura adjusted his glasses and relayed Uzumaki Mito’s instructions.
Renya and Shimura Danzō: "..."
The older generation really was wiser—their plans had been predicted long ago.
It seed sneaking out of the village wouldn’t work. They would have to think of another thod.
If it truly ca to it, they could tell Mito-san that the real reason they didn’t like won was... an issue with their orientation.
Renya was truly going all out just to avoid marriage—even coming up with sothing like this.
This excuse was far too explosive. It absolutely couldn’t be used unless there was no other option.
Although it could serve as a reason to avoid marriage, saying it aloud would completely destroy his reputation.
Especially—how would all these forr classmates look at him afterward?
Right. He could first let his good friend Danzō use the excuse to test Mito-san’s reaction.
If it worked, he could imitate it later. If not, he could think of another plan.
As for tricking Danzō into claiming he was more interested in n than won—even if it ruined his good friend’s reputation—Renya felt no guilt at all.
If Danzō hadn’t acted like such an actor earlier, would things have developed this far?
What was wrong with letting him make a small sacrifice?
eting Renya’s gaze, Danzō subconsciously shivered. That bad premonition returned again.
Based on his understanding of his good friend, this guy was definitely plotting sothing involving him again.
"You two shouldn’t stand around here," Uchiha Kagami joked. "Since you have ti now, go back and dress yourselves up. Maybe in a few days you’ll be eting your blind date. Make yourselves look handso and leave a good impression."
Renya and Danzō: "..."
It seed sneaking out of the village was impossible.
Renya actually could have used Flying Thunder God to escape, but once he realized Mito-san was completely serious, running away lost its aning.
Avoidance alone couldn’t solve anything. Better to et the girls first and then find a way to refuse later.
He could simply say he wasn’t interested. Mito-san couldn’t possibly force him into a relationship, right?
If necessary, he could have Danzō speak first and claim he actually liked n...
Once it succeeded, he would imdiately copy the strategy!
As for how to trick his good friend into saying sothing like that—Renya found it extrely easy.
He only needed a little guidance to make the other willingly say it himself.
"Danzō, why don’t you want to get married?"
In Renya’s view, his good friend probably avoided marriage because he had always pursued power and never had ti to think about relationships.
But now that he had already beco Hokage, he should logically have considered marriage long ago—yet he had never shown any intention of doing so.
Shimura Danzō glanced at him sideways. Instead of answering imdiately, he asked back,
"What about you? Why don’t you get married?"
"I’m not interested in won. Otherwise, I would’ve married when I was younger," Renya said.
All these years, he had never t a woman he liked. In fact, he barely knew any won at all.
The only female he was familiar with was Utatane Koharu from their old squad.
Shimura Danzō’s eyes flickered, and he subconsciously nodded.
"I’m the sa... not interested in won."
The two parted at the crossroads and returned to their respective hos.
...
Senju Tobirama’s residence.
"Kid, I heard your aunt is arranging partners for you."
Senju Tobirama rarely left the laboratory, yet upon seeing Renya enter the courtyard, he spoke with clear schadenfreude.
Back then, he had been relentlessly pressured into marriage by his sister-in-law. Seeing Renya now reminded him of his past self.
Renya: "..."
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