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Chapter 273 Fugaku's Bachelor Party

On Friday evening, the setting sun bathed Konoha Village in orange-red hues.

"Vice Minister, why did you finish work so early today?" Yoshida Kazushima, holding a stack of recently completed project progress sheets, looked at Nishikawa Tetsu, who was taking off his hard hat, with some surprise.

This workaholic usually either sleeps at the construction site or doesn't go home until the moon is out and the stars are few.

"Today is a very important day, Ichijima."

Nishikawa Tetsu hung his helmet on the wall and patted the dust off his clothes.

"Tonight is Fugaku-senpai's last night as a bachelor. As his closest comrade-in-arms and best man, I must see him off on his final journey... no, I must accompany him through this very meaningful bachelor party."

Kazushima's lips twitched slightly: "Vice Minister, what you're saying sounds like sending someone to the execution ground?"

"Marriage is the grave of love, and a shackle for men. Of course, for Fugaku-senpai, it might be a sweet shackle." Nishikawa Tetsu shrugged. "Keep an eye on things at the construction site."

"Yes! Mission accomplished!" Ichishima wasn't envious of the vice-minister's early departure and bachelor party. What fun could a bachelor party be for the Uchiha?

……

The side courtyard of the Uchiha clan's residence, within the clan head's compound.

This place is usually where Fugaku handles clan affairs and drinks tea alone, but tonight, a large round table has been set up, filled with all sorts of delicious-looking dishes, seafood, and expensive-looking tea.

"so……"

Nishikawa Tetsu sat cross-legged at the table, looking at the Uchiha clan leader across from him, who was dressed in a dark yukata, sitting upright with a furrowed brow, and then at Namikaze Minato, who was holding up a black best man's suit to his body.

"This is the bachelor party you were talking about?"

Nishikawa Tetsu pointed to the abundant food on the table, arranged as if it were a sacrificial offering, and helplessly complained:

"No pleasant music, no beautiful geisha serving tea, not even ambient lighting? As expected of the Uchiha clan head, senior, your bachelor party is truly boring!"

"Shut up."

Fugaku gave him a cold glance, picked up his teacup, and took a sip.

"This is Uchiha clan territory, not a suitable place for a party. Besides, Mikoto and Kushina are in the main house in front, discussing tomorrow's details with the women. If it's too noisy here, she'll hear us."

"So you're afraid of your wife." Nishikawa Tetsu exposed him mercilessly.

"This isn't fear, it's respect!" Fugaku said, his face slightly flushed, trying to explain.

"Alright, alright, I'll respect that." Minato smiled and smoothed things over, handing the best man's suit to Nishikawa Tetsu. "Tetsu, you should try it on too. The Uchiha clan's personal tailor's skills are truly impeccable; the size is perfect, and the fabric is very comfortable."

Nishikawa Tetsu took the black best man's suit with gold patterns and unfolded it to take a look.

"Hey, this design is quite interesting. Besides the Konoha emblem, there's also half of an Uchiha fan pattern on the back? Senpai, are you planning to publicly announce at the wedding that we're marrying into the Uchiha clan?"

"That's a special mark for best men, signifying that you are close friends recognized by the Uchiha clan!"

Fugaku's forehead vein throbbed. "If you don't like it, tomorrow you can wear your suit to the wedding procession and see if those old-fashioned elders will kill you with their eyes!"

"Wear it! Of course I'll wear it!"

Nishikawa Tetsu quickly took off his coat, put on the best man's suit, and looked at himself in the mirror.

To be honest, the tailored cut, combined with his already good-looking face, really gave him the air of a wealthy young master.

"How about it? Minato, isn't he more handsome than you?" Nishikawa Tetsu admired himself in the mirror.

"Yes, yes, yes, Che is the most handsome." Minato smiled helplessly and poured himself a cup of tea.

The three of them sat down and the party began.

Fugaku's tense nerves relaxed slightly, and a hint of gentleness appeared on his perpetually stern face.

"In the blink of an eye..."

Fugaku looked at the tea swaying slightly in his cup, his voice low and tinged with emotion.

"I'm actually getting married."

"Yes." Minato also put down his teacup, his gaze becoming distant. "I still remember the scene a few years ago when we first formed Team 5 after graduating from the Ninja Academy."

"Don't even mention it." Nishikawa Tetsu put a piece of grilled meat into his mouth and mumbled, "Back then, my senior was practically the quintessential Uchiha. The stereotypes of the Uchiha were perfectly embodied in him. The way he looked at me and Minato was like he was looking at two burdens that would hold us back at any moment."

"I did that to keep you on your guard!" Fugaku retorted, his face flushing. "In a place like the Land of Rain, if I led the way in relaxing our guard, we would have died on the battlefield long ago!"

"Come on, you're just being tsundere."

Nishikawa Tetsu bluntly pointed out, "After the Fifth Squad's first encounter, my senior said to me in a muffled voice, 'The command just now wasn't bad!' Please, senior, would it kill you to speak a little louder when you praise someone?"

"Nishikawa Tetsu! Do you want to die?!" Fugaku, enraged, grabbed a chopstick and was about to throw it at him.

"Hahahaha!" Minato couldn't help but burst into laughter. "And that time we ate hot pot, I insisted it wasn't spicy, and my lips ended up swollen..."

"Minato Namikaze! Even you!"

A burst of long-lost laughter erupted from the side courtyard.

Without the clan leader's authority, without the burden of the Jonin class, and without the affairs of the construction site.

At this moment, they seemed to have returned to the age when they fought side by side in the mud of the Rain Country.

After the laughter and commotion subsided, the atmosphere gradually quieted down.

Fugaku raised his sake cup and looked at his two companions.

One is the "Yellow Flash," who is currently at the height of his power in Konoha, and the other is the "Black Reaper," who controls the economic and technological lifeline of Konoha.

He himself grew from a boy whose heart was filled only with the glory of his family into the Uchiha clan leader who tried to find a balance between his family and the village.

"Minato, Tetsu."

Fugaku's voice became solemn and sincere.

"Without you, the Uchiha clan might still be the one isolated by the entire village, and I might have long since lost my way in the pursuit of power."

"Tomorrow..." Fugaku took a deep breath, "Would you be willing to stand by my side?"

Minato's smile faded, he picked up his teacup, his eyes resolute.

"Of course, senior. We're Class 5, after all."

Nishikawa Tetsuya raised his glass and gently clinked it against Fugaku's.

"Don't worry, senior, we'll always be there to support you!"

"Cheers!"

Three cups clinked in the moonlight; this was the last night before Fugaku's wedding.

Meanwhile, in the main house not far away, Uchiha Mikoto, who was trying on a white kimono, heard the laughter coming from the side courtyard and a happy and relieved smile appeared on her face.

"It's so nice..." she murmured softly.