Red Nara

At seventy-two years old, Hiruzen was able to give the younger (in terms of body) Orochimaru, as well as his two puppet hokages, a head start. The same goes for Danzo and Oonoki. The rest of the old guys weren't so lucky. But, now we can be sure that most of our veterans will live to be a hundred years old if they take care of their health.

There's a huge amount of health in all the people here, and if you develop your chakra source and don't choose the path of shinobi, it's quite realistic to live more than a hundred years. That's not an unsubstantiated statement, but a fact. I'm not talking about Uzumaki and Senju, who simply can't be considered normal representatives of humanity, but about monks.

Yes, yes, ordinary monks who live and train in monasteries. The hidden villages may not like to mention the ninshu path, especially without any contact with them, but a book I'd recently read about one of these monasteries claimed that many monks easily lived to be a hundred and ten years old, and especially gifted monks even more.

Of course, it could be simple propaganda, but the monastery, located near the capital of Ho no Kuni, is led by a hundred and twenty-eight-year-old abbot. This is a well-known fact. Of course, most shinobi can't achieve such a result, but I hope, with my help, the life span of Nara's elders will increase significantly.

Yao might not be able to start another family, but the younger ones might be able to hook up with clanless kunoichi who want a better life and make babies, increasing the strength of the clan. I'll be happy to have the support of satisfied veterans, and I'll be able to make some big plans in the near future.

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- Hmm?

As I tilted my head in puzzlement, I saw the rare sight of a resentful Kushina.

- What's wrong with her? - I asked Mito.

- Kushi-chan is in mourning - her best friend is getting married," the older Uzumaki grinned, enlightening me without lowering her voice, "but she wasn't invited to this party.

- How could she! - The girl immediately jumped at the teasing, clenching her fists crisply.

She seemed to jump out of her chair and start smashing everything around her.

- The best friend is Uchiha Mikoto? - I said, calmly sipping my tea from my mug.

- Yes!" the little thing glared at me from beneath the hair covering her face.

- Then I can see why it didn't happen," I nodded thoughtfully, hiding a smile.

- What? You know why I didn't get an invitation? - The jinchuriki jumped to her feet.

- Ara-ra, hasn't Kushina-chan figured it out yet? - I grinned and raised my palm warningly.

A moment later, the kunoichi's face slammed into it, and she was instantly beside me. A moment too late and we would have collided head-on. Sighing, I shook my head - sometimes that little one was so easy to predict!

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