As Uchiha Fugaku held Namikaze Minato in his arms and loudly declared his feelings,the entire scene fell into a stunned silence.
Only the sound of people stifling laughter could be heard—yet no one could be seen.
At that moment, Minato's mind went completely blank, incapable of forming a single thought.
The once carefree and outgoing teenager had died of secondhand embarrassment on the spot.
The same went for Uchiha Fugaku, whose thoughts were shattered by the sudden turn of events.
He hadn't even let go of Minato yet.
"You guys..."
Finally, a voice broke the silence.
It came from one of the Uchiha youths, whose eyes were bulging as if they were about to fall to the ground.
"Holy crap, Fugaku, let go of me!!"
Minato snapped back to reality and immediately wriggled out of Fugaku's embrace.
Fugaku didn't even realize he was gone—his brain had completely crashed.
"Namikaze Minato just confessed to Fugaku?"
"This is..."
Gradually, the other Uchiha youths processed what had happened.
They looked at Minato and Fugaku with complex expressions.
One was the village's genius, the other, Uchiha's prodigy.
How... how did these two end up together?
No, how could they even possibly be together??
Minato quickly came to his senses and rushed toward Fugaku, both hands raised, speaking rapidly:
"No, Fugaku, let me explain—"
Fugaku finally snapped out of his daze.
Seeing Minato waving his hands as he approached, he felt a chill run down his spine and instinctively backed away.
"No, stay back."
"Minato, this can't happen. I like women. Not men."
Fear consumed Fugaku's heart. That blond hair looked like the Grim Reaper's scythe; those hands like tentacles from the depths of hell.
Terrifying.
"Uh, Fugaku, I wasn't... I didn't... Just hear me out."
"I..."
Minato suddenly couldn't get the words out.
It was just too humiliating.
"Minato, I never expected you to think of me this way. That kind of thinking is dangerous, you know?"
"And what about Kushina? How could you do this to her?"
The mention of Kushina exploded in Minato's head like a nuclear bomb.
That's right. He'd been too focused on the bet.
If Kushina found out about this... even if he didn't die, he'd be skinned alive.
He suddenly remembered what happened not long ago when she caught him sneaking into the women's bathhouse... Oh god.
"Fugaku, listen to me..."
"No, I'm not listening. Minato, I can't believe you're this kind of person."
"It was a bet! With Gekko Chizan! I don't actually like you!"
Fugaku flinched again.
A bet?
He was used as a bet?
Damn Namikaze Minato—what did he take him for?
He stole his first hug... and confessed to him?!
All because of some stupid bet?!
In that instant, fury exploded in Fugaku's chest.
"Heh... hehehe, I thought we were friends, and you used me as a wager?"
"Minato, say no more. Draw your blade."
"Today, I'm going to show you the price of using an Uchiha as a bet."
"Don't worry. After I beat you to a pulp, I'll go beat the crap out of that bastard Gekko Chizan too. He won't get away either."
In a flash, the red three-tomoe Sharingan appeared in his eyes.
Fugaku's previously calm aura instantly turned as sharp as an unsheathed sword.
The blade's edge pointed directly at Namikaze Minato.
"No, Fugaku! I really didn't mean to!"
"Hey hey hey?! Don't take this seriously!"
Uchiha Fugaku had already drawn the long blade from his back and charged at Minato.
"Die, Minato!"
"I'll teach you what it means to mock an Uchiha!"
"Fire Style: Jutsu That Can't Even Burn People! (Fireball Jutsu!)"
A massive fireball erupted, its searing heat blasting straight toward Minato.
"I dodge! Fugaku! I swear I didn't do it on purpose!"
"Agh!"
Minato barely activated the Body Flicker Technique to evade the fireball, still trying to explain himself.
But the rage-fueled Fugaku wasn't listening to anything.
If fire didn't work, then he'd just cut him down with a sword!
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Namikaze Minato ran for his life, and Uchiha Fugaku chased after him with blade in hand.
One fled, the other pursued.
The two of them were now playing a deadly game of tag throughout the village.
Meanwhile, Gekko Chizan was laughing so hard he was practically rolling on the ground, joined by Chōmei in hysterics.
[Ding! Host has triggered the event "Namikaze Minato confesses to Uchiha Fugaku." Reward: +5 Ninjutsu.]
[Ding! Host has triggered the event "Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku play tag." Reward: +5 Genjutsu.]
Hahaha! Rewards received! Gekko Chizan laughed even harder.
"Oh right, there's still one thing I forgot to do."
Watching the two figures run off, Gekko Chizan suddenly remembered he still hadn't prepared for one key part.
The next second, Gekko Chizan instantly activated Flying Thunder God and teleported to the center of the village.
Thanks to Transparent Release, no one could detect him at all.
He darted through the streets, quickly searching for someone.
Soon, he spotted his target near the mission hall.
That head of red hair was impossible to miss.
It was none other than the future Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Namikaze Minato's wife, the "Red-Hot Habanero" of Konoha—Uzumaki Kushina.
"Yo, Kushina."
"Hm? Chizan, hey there. What's up? You here to grab a mission too?"
Because of Minato, Kushina was fairly friendly toward Gekko Chizan.
"No, I'm not here for a mission. I came to find you."
Hearing that he was here specifically for her, Kushina looked a little surprised.
"Huh? Me? What's going on?"
Gekko Chizan's eyes suddenly turned red as he slumped in guilt and shouted:
"Kushina, I swear I didn't mean to..."
"I just made a bet with Minato—if I found a sensei, he'd owe me a favor."
"So I jokingly told him to go confess to Uchiha Fugaku... and he actually did it."
"It was just a joke, but he hugged Fugaku..."
At this point, Gekko Chizan noticed Kushina's aura shifting—from calm to violent.
Even her red hair had begun to float.
"I know I messed up, that's why I came to apologize in person."
"Minato and Kushina are meant for each other, but because of my dumb prank, now Minato and Fugaku are literally chasing each other around the village..."
"I'm sorry! I was wrong!"
"I never imagined... that Minato and Fugaku had that kind of thing going on!"
With that, Gekko Chizan bowed a full 90 degrees, his posture sincerely remorseful.
Well... it would've been more convincing if he weren't smirking while bowing.
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