"Mito-san, how about we just forget it."

Renya looked at Uzumaki Mito’s serious expression and shook his head so hard it was almost like a rattling drum.

What a joke — marriage was impossible, absolutely impossible in this lifetime...

In his view, marriage had a hundred harms and not a single benefit!

With that time, it would be better to lie at home basking in the sun, and occasionally invite his good friend Danzō out for a trip.

Wasn’t that far more interesting than getting married and having children?

Hadn’t Senju Tobirama reached such an old age without choosing to marry? 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Oh right, there were also Shimura Danzō and Nara Motoha.

At first, Renya felt a little strange being alone while people his age were already married with children.

But seeing that his good friend was also single, that strange feeling naturally disappeared.

"How can we forget it?" Uzumaki Mito said sternly, her face serious. "Marriage is an important matter. You’re not young anymore. If you don’t find someone soon, there won’t be any chances left."

When she was Renya’s age, her granddaughter was almost born.

"Isn’t uncle also still un—"

Renya tried to bring up Senju Tobirama as a shield like before, but before he could finish, Uzumaki Mito interrupted him unhappily.

"Don’t mention Tobirama to me. His life is already ruined."

She had arranged marriage meetings for Tobirama countless times, yet he delayed and brushed them off with all kinds of excuses.

As he kept delaying, he grew older. What young girl would still be willing to marry him?

And so, Senju Tobirama’s marriage matter was quietly brushed aside.

Precisely because of Tobirama’s example, Uzumaki Mito was determined to quickly arrange a partner for Renya.

The kid was already thirty-four this year. Thirty-five next year, thirty-six the year after. If he kept dragging things out, he would become a forty- or fifty-year-old old man.

At that point, he would definitely end up like Tobirama, unable to find a suitable partner...

"Have you taken a liking to any girl? Auntie will go propose on your behalf."

Uzumaki Mito skipped the stage of getting acquainted entirely and jumped straight to proposing marriage.

Renya: "???"

Wait — wasn’t this progress way too fast?

He didn’t even have someone he liked yet. How was Mito-san already going to propose?

"This kind of thing isn’t fast. If you keep delaying, the girl will marry someone else."

Although this kid excelled in every aspect, no young girl would wait forever.

"But... I don’t have anyone I like..." Renya said weakly, seeing that Uzumaki Mito had completely made up her mind.

"Hahaha, feelings can be cultivated." Senju Hashirama, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly laughed loudly. "Once you spend enough time together, feelings will naturally develop."

Renya: "..."

Don’t be fooled by Hashirama-san’s thick brows and innocent appearance — his heart was dark inside.

He was definitely taking revenge for getting beaten up by him back in the Warring States period!

"Hehehe..." Senju Hashirama noticed Renya staring at him and laughed honestly.

Actually, he didn’t want to speak either, but Mito kept signaling him with her eyes.

If he pretended to stay silent now, he’d be sleeping in the living room tonight.

"Your Hashirama-san is right. Don’t worry about whether you like her or not first. Just find a girl you find acceptable, and after marriage you can slowly cultivate feelings."

Normally, Uzumaki Mito would never say something like this. But facing Renya, a firm non-marriage advocate, if she didn’t push like this, he would probably remain a lifelong bachelor like Tobirama!

"Have you taken a liking to any girl?" Uzumaki Mito stared at Renya, her tone softening. "If not, Auntie will arrange one for you."

Seeing how determined she was to arrange a partner for him, Renya was completely stunned.

He never expected that even in his thirties, he would still be pressured into marriage by elders.

And this time, bringing up Tobirama didn’t work at all. Mito-san simply refused to fall for it.

If he had known, he wouldn’t have come inside.

"Auntie, Danzō isn’t married either..."

"I know. I’ll have Tsunade call him over right now. Today we’ll settle both of your lifelong marriage matters!"

Renya: "..."

His original intention was only to bring up his good friend so Mito-san would realize he wasn’t the only unmarried person in the village — this kind of thing should be taken slowly.

He never expected to accidentally drag his good friend down with him.

Sorry, Danzō. I really didn’t mean it!

At this moment, Shimura Danzō, who had just returned home, suddenly felt an ominous premonition.

"It can’t be that Renya caused trouble for me again, right?"

In his experience, whenever he had this bad feeling, it was usually related to Renya.

This time was no exception...

"Danzō-san, my grandma is looking for you."

At that moment, Tsunade’s voice came from outside the house.

Shimura Danzō opened the door and asked in confusion, "Tsunade, why is Mito-sama looking for me?"

Seeing his bewildered expression, Tsunade hesitated, then finally said only one sentence.

"You’ll understand when you get there. Renya-sensei is also at my house."

Shimura Danzō: "..."

His guess was correct — that ominous feeling was indeed caused by his good friend Renya.

However, he wasn’t too worried.

Since it was at the First Hokage’s residence, it was probably about their time-travel incident to the Warring States era...

Anyway, he hadn’t participated in beating anyone. That was all Renya’s doing.

The First Hokage probably wouldn’t beat him like Tobirama-sensei did.

He was probably just going there as a witness.

At this moment, Shimura Danzō still believed it was about the Warring States incident, completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation.

Senju Hashirama Residence.

As soon as Danzō entered the house, he saw Uzumaki Mito’s serious expression and his good friend looking utterly miserable.

This only strengthened his assumption.

"Danzō, you’re here." Uzumaki Mito raised her head and smiled. "Do you think Renya’s behavior is correct?"

She assumed Tsunade had already explained the reason on the way, so she directly asked his opinion about the two grown men refusing to marry.

Meanwhile, Danzō assumed Mito-sama was referring to Renya going back to the Warring States era and beating up their elders.

Renya’s rebellious and disrespectful behavior was obviously wrong!

"Mito-sama, I think Renya is at fault!" Shimura Danzō declared righteously.

Renya, who had expected his good friend to defend him: "???"

Wait?!

He stared at Danzō in disbelief. Was this really the same good friend he knew?

How could a body with thirty-six-degree warmth speak such cold words?

Most importantly — you’re not married either!!!

He’d been betrayed. Truly betrayed.

Good friend, if you’re being threatened, blink twice.

Uzumaki Mito’s smile widened upon hearing this, and she nodded in satisfaction.

"It’s good that Danzō has such awareness. In that case, I’ll immediately arrange partners for both of you."

Shimura Danzō: "???"

What partners? Where did partners come from? Who wanted partners?

Wait — weren’t they talking about the Warring States incident?

What did that have to do with partners?!