"Ding, host, please choose quickly. Stop thinking about random things."
Perhaps sensing Minato's mischievous thoughts, the system urged him again.
"Do I even need to choose? It's something I decided long ago. Of course, it's the Sage Body development progress. You're not very bright, are you?"
Minato retorted slightly.
System: ...
"Ding, congratulations to Mikoto Uchiha for synchronizing with the Sage Body development progress. Transferring now."
"Mmm-hmm..."
At this moment, Minato and Mikoto were in intimate contact, and a very comfortable sensation spread from where they were connected.
At this moment, Mikoto Uchiha's constitution underwent a complete change.
Her entire body's vitality began to increase drastically. Not only that, but a massive amount of vitality surged into her eyes.
Her originally slightly nearsighted eyes recovered, becoming even clearer than before.
At the same time, a surge of pupil power emerged from nowhere, as if appearing out of thin air, and flooded into Mikoto's eyes.
Then, Mikoto's Mangekyo Sharingan began to spin rapidly.
Of course, her body's transformation was happening simultaneously.
Time passed slowly. Half an hour later, the pupils of Mikoto's spinning Mangekyo Sharingan contracted, and then a pattern emerged from the center pupil—three flames connected end to end.
They were exactly the same as the three flames on the outside, just a size smaller.
Thus, Mikoto's original three flames had now become six flames.
After the transformation of the Mangekyo Sharingan was complete, Mikoto's Sage Body transformation finished at the same time.
"System, what's going on? Why did Mikoto's Mangekyo Sharingan change? Could it be that the Mangekyo Sharingan evolved into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan?"
Minato looked at the eyes in Mikoto's sockets with shock.
"Ding, congratulations host, correct answer. This is a special benefit rewarded by the system, only available for the partner's first time."
The system answered again, giving Minato a huge surprise.
He really didn't expect this. Not only did Mikoto get the Sage Body, but she even got the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.
Then in the future, could they merge into the Rinnegan? No one could say for sure.
Hmm, wait, the system might know.
"Ding, Mikoto Uchiha's Eternal Mangekyo can evolve into the Rinnegan. However, it requires time, and that time will not be short—at least twenty years."
The system was very considerate. Perhaps sensing Minato's guess, it answered directly.
"Hehe, it doesn't matter. As long as it can evolve, twenty years is twenty years. It's not like we can't wait."
Minato was delighted. He didn't expect the surprise to come so suddenly. System, I like you.
System: ...
"Minato, you... this—"
Mikoto felt the tremendous changes happening in her body and looked at Minato in shock. Such an inconceivable thing was truly beyond her comprehension.
"Ahem, just know that this is a benefit of becoming my woman. I can't explain this situation either."
Minato couldn't reveal the existence of the system, so he could only tell Mikoto this.
"Hee hee, I understand. I'll keep the secret. No wonder you were so impatient today. It turns out there was such a big benefit for me. You probably decided to take me today because you sensed my eyesight was deteriorating."
Mikoto was also intelligent and understood Minato's thoughts.
"As expected of my Mikoto, so smart. Let's have a loving friendly match."
"No, don't move. It hurts."
"Mikoto, you're lying. With your body's transformation, it definitely doesn't hurt now."
"We're running out of time. It's almost mealtime."
"It's okay. I'll be faster this time."
...
When Minato and Mikoto arrived at the barbecue restaurant, they found that all six members of Team Minato and Team Mikoto were present.
"Minato, what did you and Sister Mikoto have to talk about for so long? You're late."
Kushina scolded Minato. They were half an hour later than the agreed time. If they hadn't arrived soon, she wouldn't have been able to resist going to look for them.
"Ahem, this is a very important matter. It's not suitable for you to know."
Minato coughed awkwardly and then began to bluff mysteriously.
Hearing this, Mikoto beside him rolled her eyes hard. What a lie, completely unconvincing.
But somehow, the others actually believed it and didn't ask further.
"Choza, let's start our 9th Meat Snatching Battle."
"Ahhhh! I'm fired up! Bring it on, Kushina! I absolutely won't lose to you again!"
"You said that the previous eight times, but when have you ever won?"
"Damn it! Don't look down on people! Watch my Invincible Meat Grabbing Technique!"
Sure enough, wherever Kushina and Choza were, there was joy.
Every time these two gathered for a meal, they had to have a meat snatching battle. They wouldn't stop until they fought tooth and nail.
"The Chunin Exams are coming up recently. Are you going to participate, Kushina? Nom..."
After stuffing a piece of grilled meat into his mouth, Choza asked Kushina, who was fighting him for the meat.
"Chunin Exams? Haven't heard of it."
Kushina knocked away Choza's chopsticks as he tried to take the opportunity to snatch some meat, and stuffed a fragrant piece of grilled meat into her own mouth.
"You haven't been promoted to Chunin yet either, right? Lord Third Hokage came to find us a while ago. He said it wasn't right for our ninja rank to remain Genin forever."
"It just so happens that a Chunin Exam is going to be held recently, so he told us to participate and raise our ninja rank."
Shikaku explained from the side.
Although they had all become capable ninjas who could hold their own, their rank was indeed still Genin. Because of Minato's negligence, they were all still Genin now.
They hadn't signed up either. After all, the Third Hokage hadn't stopped them from taking high-level missions.
So, the matter of promoting to Chunin had never been brought up.
Until a while ago, when the Third Hokage assigned them a mission.
The client required ninjas of at least Chunin rank and didn't want any Genin tagging along. That was when they realized that Shikaku and the others were still only Genin rank.
In the end, they managed to convince the client that Shikaku and the others possessed strength above Chunin level, and that they had just forgotten to raise their rank because they were doing too many missions.
Coincidentally, a new Chunin Exam was approaching, so Hiruzen Sarutobi planned for them to participate and get their ranks raised.
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