The scene had reached a rather delicate stage. chinatsu felt an overwhelming sense of déjà vu, as if she had seen something similar countless times in her previous life specifically in those overly dramatic romance dramas that always aired on television.
chinatsu considered herself terrible at comforting people, but the sense of familiarity was so strong that it dragged countless blurry memories from the depths of her mind. She even questioned why she still remembered such embarrassing scenes.
With no other choice, chinatsu took a deep breath and completely gave up resisting. It was as if a third-rate romance drama scriptwriter had possessed her body. Every word she spoke sounded like dialogue ripped straight from one of those melodramatic shows. Yet somehow, each sentence landed with astonishing accuracy, leaving Yugito completely stunned.
It had to be said that although those television drama clichés were terrible, they were surprisingly effective at times. chinatsu didn't know what Yugito was thinking, but she knew that even she felt embarrassed listening to herself speak.
Finally, chinatsu clutched her chest and secretly sighed in relief.
At that moment, Naruto and Sasuke happened to walk out of the Uchiha compound and witnessed the entire scene.
"Oh, right! Sasuke, this is exactly how chinatsu-nee comforted you when you cried before!" Naruto suddenly pointed at Sasuke as if he had just discovered a shocking truth.
Sasuke's brain instantly went into overdrive.
He desperately searched his memories for the image Naruto described, but found absolutely nothing. Whether he truly forgot or subconsciously buried the memory was unknown.
"The thief crying 'stop thief'! You're the one who used to throw tantrums and cry all the time when you were little!"
"Huh? There's no way I'm remembering it wrong!"
Bang!!!
Their foreheads collided instantly.
The sound echoed throughout the courtyard while sparks seemed to flash between their eyes.
Fortunately, chinatsu wasn't paying attention to them at the moment. Otherwise, both Naruto and Sasuke would have received a loving fist from their elder sister.
These two little brats really had no idea how troublesome they had been growing up.
Sasuke went without saying. Ever since the Uchiha Clan Massacre, his obsession with strength and revenge had always worried chinatsu.
As for Naruto, being treated as the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki by much of Konoha had given him plenty of emotional baggage as well.
The Yugito standing before chinatsu accepted the tissue she handed over and wiped away the tears on her face.
Now that she finally knew the truth about what happened all those years ago, she had regained her composure... more or less.
"Um... I understand now. What happened back then wasn't your fault. We were enemies at the time. If you hadn't escaped from Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage would have definitely imprisoned you."
"Kumogakure prison...?"
chinatsu subconsciously imagined the scene.
Back then, she had been a young girl who couldn't even protect herself from powerful shinobi. Meanwhile, Kumogakure was famous throughout the shinobi world for producing towering muscle-bound monsters.
A small girl being thrown into a prison full of giant Cloud shinobi...
"Nope! Absolutely not!"
chinatsu violently shook her head and immediately cut off the dangerous train of thought.
She knew if she continued imagining it, something horrible would definitely emerge from her brain.
"Um... Chinatsu-sama... Clan Head..."
"Huh? Just call me Chinatsu."
"Then... Chinatsu... can we be friends from now on? Not as shinobi from different villages, not as a Jinchūriki and a missing-nin, but simply as people?"
Yugito suddenly stepped forward and grabbed both of Chinatsu's hands.
The unexpected enthusiasm completely caught chinatsu off guard.
Normally, after everything was explained, people would reconcile and move on with their lives.
But Chinatsu's charm was simply unfair.
Her appearance alone was enough to leave a deep impression on anyone who met her. Combined with her natural kindness beneath her cold exterior and the dramatic speech she had just delivered, the effect was devastating.
Who could resist that?
Probably nobody with functioning eyes.
Especially not Yugito, who had just endured thirty minutes of emotional damage from Chinatsu's accidental romance-drama performance.
Looking at Chinatsu's face now, Yugito's mind was filled with only one thought:
Cute.
Far too cute.
Yugito's personality collapsing? (×)
Yugito revealing hidden layers of her personality? (✓)
"Yugito?"
"Just call me Yugito."
"Oh, Yugito, your nose is bleeding."
"..."
Yugito's face instantly turned bright red.
Covering her nose with both hands, she hurriedly stepped backward.
"I-I have to go! I still need to report to the Hokage that I've officially arrived in Konoha. Right! That's why I'm here! I'm Kumogakure's diplomatic representative, and I'll be staying for a while. Please take care of me!"
After saying that in one breath, Yugito turned around and fled from the Uchiha compound as if escaping from a battlefield.
Inside her mind, however, she was screaming endlessly.
What am I doing?!
Yugito's thoughts were in complete chaos.
What if Chinatsu misunderstood and thought she was some kind of weirdo who got nosebleeds from looking at pretty girls?
That would be too embarrassing!
Watching Yugito disappear into the distance, chinatsu slowly turned toward the Akatsuki members with a confused expression.
"Why did she suddenly get a nosebleed?"
"I believe the answer lies with you, Miss chinatsu."
Konan folded her arms and calmly responded.
"Beauty is subjective, but objectively speaking, your appearance is exceptional enough to affect people."
"Huh? What? Looking at my face caused a nosebleed? Come on, this isn't some manga or romance novel."
chinatsu looked completely unconvinced.
The Akatsuki members exchanged speechless glances.
Their leader truly had zero awareness of her own appearance.
The reason none of them reacted that way anymore was because they had either spent too much time around her, been affected by Kotoamatsukami, or witnessed her terrifying strength firsthand.
After seeing someone casually dismantle Pain, recruit Nagato, and nearly capture Obito Uchiha, a pretty face naturally became less shocking.
Nosebleed?
Being punched in the face by reality was more accurate.
Still unconvinced, chinatsu pointed directly at Hidan.
"Hidan. Tell me honestly. What kind of image do I have in your eyes? Would someone really get a nosebleed just from looking at me?"
Before she even finished speaking, Hidan immediately stood at attention.
Taking a deep breath, he shouted loudly:
" chinatsu-sama is the incarnation of Lord Jashin's divine will! chinatsu-sama is my faith! My god! If chinatsu-sama tells me to go east, I will never go west. If chinatsu-sama tells me to sacrifice myself, I will immediately "
"Alright! Alright! Stop right there!"
chinatsu hurriedly interrupted him.
The speech was far too embarrassing.
Embarrassing enough to make her skin crawl.
At that moment, chinatsu finally realized that perhaps she had gone slightly overboard when she used Kotoamatsukami on Hidan.
Then another thought suddenly appeared in her mind.
Wait a minute.
When exactly did I become the incarnation of Jashin-sama?
I definitely never added that setting to my character profile!
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