Chapter 23
Too stimulating! Way too stimulating!
As an ANBU, Yūgao Uzuki shouldn't be feeling this kind of emotion during a mission.
But who could possibly stay calm in a situation like this?
By the riverbank, Sakyo was clearly getting worked up.
The reason she couldn't marry was simple: marrying would mean taking another family name, which would signify the complete end of the Uchiha clan.
The Uchiha bloodline would then belong to someone else's surname.
So, marriage was absolutely impossible for Sakyo.
Her only option was to flip tradition—find a man willing to take her name, becoming Uchiha himself.
She had never thought Naruto would be willing.
But now, seeing his reaction…
Thinking of the possible outcome made Sakyo's breathing quicken. Nervously, she asked, "Naruto… are you really willing to take the Uchiha name?"
She admitted it—she liked Naruto. If the person who would help rebuild the Uchiha clan was Naruto, she would definitely be happy.
Naruto looked at her in complete confusion. "Huh? What?"
"Aren't I already Uzumaki?"
Sakyo's face froze. Frustrated, she said, "Then why did you just say you wanted to marry me?"
Naruto still didn't get it. "What? I only asked if you wanted to marry me."
Now Sakyo was desperate. She shot back, "Then are you willing to marry me?"
"Uh… isn't this… a bit too fast?"
"And does it have to be me marrying you? Why can't you marry me?"
Naruto scratched his head, carefully watching Sakyo's reaction.
Sure enough, her expression turned cold. She snapped at him, "Uzumaki Naruto! Don't mess with me!"
"I don't need you to understand!"
Seeing Sakyo getting more and more agitated, Naruto hurried to explain, "What I mean is—you marry me, I keep my Uzumaki name, you keep your Uchiha name."
"At worst, our kids can take your name. What's the big deal?"
Sakyo was completely thrown off. She stared at him with her mouth open. "Huh?"
"You can do it like that?"
In this world's tradition, a woman follows her husband's family—taking his name.
To Sakyo, the reverse should apply. So she couldn't marry—she could only "take" a husband.
But what kind of nonsense was Naruto suggesting?
Could it really work that way?
Naruto nodded. "Of course. Why not?"
In Naruto's previous life—forget abroad—even in his home country, women didn't change their surnames after marriage.
As for the kids' surname, Naruto didn't care that much. Uchiha? As long as they were his blood, who cared?
Sakyo looked at him hesitantly, still unsure. "If we really did it that way… you'd be okay with our children having the Uchiha name?"
Naruto had absolutely no problem with it.
Different world, different mindset—he could easily accept things others found unthinkable.
Sakyo let out a small breath of relief. She asked again to confirm, "Really?"
Naruto nodded solemnly. "Of course it's real. When have I ever lied to you?"
"Speaking of which… you want to have babies with me?"
Sakyo: "???!"
"No!!!"
Naruto: "Oh? I'm disappointed…"
Sakyo: "Uh… I mean not now!"
Naruto: "Then tomorrow?"
Sakyo: "????"
Naruto: "Fine… how about next week?"
The moment those words left his mouth, the atmosphere turned weird again…
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