Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 609 Intuition

"This... please let me explain!"

The moment he was caught red-handed, Naruto's mind went completely blank. He blurted out something instinctively, but immediately regretted it.

Explain? How do you explain it? What they just did... what else is that if not tracking? Are you going to tell Mikoto, "We were just conducting a social observation experiment"?

Zuo Yue stood to the side, her mind blank. She had experienced all sorts of situations since birth, but being caught by an elder grabbing her wrist in the act of doing something less than honorable was truly a first for her.

Her eyes were a little unfocused, and she didn't dare to look directly into Mikoto's eyes.

However, Mikoto didn't immediately retaliate. She stared at the two faces in front of her, her gaze sweeping back and forth between Naruto and Satsuki twice, her eyes narrowing slightly, before she spoke, her tone surprisingly devoid of the expected reproach.

"...But you don't look like any kind of perverts to me. Generally speaking, bad people or people with dark hearts will show fear when they are caught. Those malicious micro-expressions and facial features can't escape my eyes. Your faces now may show guilt, but I can't see any malice."

"...Sorry, we were really concerned about Sasuke, so..." Naruto had finally regained some of his speech and was trying to smooth things over, but he hadn't finished speaking.

"Don't speak yet." Mikoto raised a hand and decisively cut him off.

Her eyes remained fixed on him and Zuoyue, her gaze focused. "Let me think. Please be quiet for now."

Naruto and Satsuki immediately shut their mouths and stood there staring at each other. With their abilities, there were plenty of ways to get out of trouble of this magnitude, and they didn't even need to lift a finger; Satsuki could solve it with just a glance.

But they cannot.

Who is Mikoto Uchiha? In the original world, she was a respected elder to both of them. When Naruto was still in the Ninja Academy, after the Uchiha clan was massacred, Mikoto treated Naruto like her own son to the best of her ability.

Even if her personality changed in this world, her face was still the same face, and her presence was still the same presence. No matter what methods were used against her, neither of them would even entertain the thought, so they could only stand there obediently.

After a moment, Mikoto, who had been silently pondering, finally spoke again.

"You," she raised a finger, pointing at Satsuki, "what exactly is your relationship with Sasuke?"

"...Huh?" Satsuki let out a short, puzzled sound.

She had expected Mikoto to question them about why they were following Sasuke, but instead, after a long silence, she came up with this question. And the way the question was so tricky caught her completely off guard.

"It sounds strange," Mikoto said, unfazed by the "Ah," her face devoid of any joking tone. "But I just can't tell myself it's just a coincidence. You two listen to me, you two look like another version of Sasuke and Mai!"

The air fell silent for a full beat. Uchiha Mikoto, having spent only a day and met them only once, had pierced the bullseye of a truth that sounded far-fetched and that no normal person would ever consider.

"I had this idea when you came over for dinner yesterday."

Seeing that they didn't object, Mikoto continued, "But back then you were guests invited by Fugaku, so I held back. Now that we've run into each other here, let's make things clear to each other face to face."

"First of all, there's appearance. Although the genders are completely different, but," she raised her hand and pointed at Satsuki again, "you. If you walk down the street and tell people you're Sasuke's sister, not a single person will doubt you."

Then she turned her index finger to Naruto, her tone carrying an undeniable certainty, "You. You could tell anyone you're Mai's younger brother and it wouldn't sound out of place at all."

"...Why am I the younger brother?" Naruto subconsciously complained about a question with an extremely strange focus.

But Mikoto completely ignored his interruption and continued, "Of course! I immediately thought of a second possibility. People who look alike but are not related by blood are rare in the ninja world, but not entirely unheard of. Even though you two are always seen together, that further reduces the probability of a 'coincidence.' But what if? What if I'm overthinking it?"

"Then why...?"

"It's intuition!"

"……ha?"

"I believe in my own abilities." Uchiha Mikoto crossed her arms in front of her chest, her back straight, her slightly raised chin exuding a sense of self-righteous pride.

"The Uchiha clan's sensitivity to emotions is rarely wrong. This intuition is not something ethereal; it's a keen eye etched into their blood."

This was the first time Naruto had ever heard Mikoto Uchiha utter such arrogant lines.

In his world, Aunt Mikoto was always gentle and soft-spoken, never mentioning her clan. But in this world, she would stand tall and tell you, with an air of self-righteousness, – the pride of the Uchiha bloodline.

That's right. In this world, Mikoto Uchiha considers herself a member of the powerful Uchiha clan. She has an inherent arrogance, and ordinary people are simply beneath her notice.

Therefore, due to this arrogant personality, she had a very small social circle in the village. Apart from her good relationship with Jonin Minato Namikaze, and her own family and the future daughter-in-law she had long accepted, no one else was even in her sight. They didn't even have the right to give her a second glance.

And yesterday. That was the first time in her life she had felt this way.

Especially upon seeing this young girl who looked remarkably like herself, she couldn't help but feel an overwhelming sense of familiarity. The feeling came without reason, as if she had seen her somewhere long ago, or as if she knew from their first meeting that this person would have some profound connection with her.

Developing such strong feelings of affection for one stranger and for two strangers simultaneously was something that Uchiha Mikoto had never experienced before in her life's dictionary.

"Eliminate all the impossible options one by one." Mikoto slightly raised her chin, uttering her final judgment, word by word, "The one that remains, no matter how impossible, is the truth!"

"Alright, tell me the truth. Who are you two? What are your identities? What is your relationship with Mai and Sasuke? Don't try to fool me with low-level excuses like genjutsu and transformation techniques. Those things are useless against me."