Shan Nan Must Have Accumulated Great Virtue in His Past Life! The Electronic Wooden Fish Was Going Wild!

The several boxes of belongings Kushina had packed up were swiftly transported back under Yamanaka Kei's Flying Thunder God Technique.

After reactivating the protective Barrier around the Senju Old Residence.

The two of them headed toward the Commercial Street hand in hand, just as they had when they came.

Yamanaka Kei told Kushina about the breakfast shop plan he had been considering as they walked.

As expected, she gave it her enthusiastic support.

She even said that among the dozen or so shops Grandma Mito had left her, several tenants had decided not to renew their leases due to the recent instability in the ninja world. They would be perfect for opening a breakfast shop.

Naturally, Yamanaka Kei would not refuse Kushina's goodwill.

In any case, whenever he partnered with the family to open a business, they would settle the profit distribution in advance.

He could simply give Kushina a larger share when the time came.

Still, to avoid certain dishes failing to suit the Naruto World.

He needed to find people to try them out beforehand.

"Let's invite some friends over to our place for lunch the day after tomorrow and have them try the dishes for the shop. Is there anyone you want to invite?"

After considering it, Yamanaka Kei set the date for the day after tomorrow.

Although the Memory Palace in his mind contained quite a few breakfast recipes, most of them had come from various self-media platforms.

He had little hands-on experience making them.

Preparing in advance, finding ingredients, then testing and adjusting them after actually making them.

Would take at least a full day.

Besides, he still had to go to the Scroll Chamber tomorrow morning to choose the two Ninjutsu the Third Hokage Old Man had promised him.

If he did not want to rush, the day after tomorrow was the only option.

"Um... you'll definitely invite Big Brother Inoichi and the others. Mo Li, Yoshino, and Qiao En will probably come too, right? Will you invite Minato? I still kind of want to meet Honoka, hehe~ Actually, I wanted to invite Mikoto too, but I'm worried she'll be unhappy if everyone else comes in pairs..."

"With Tsunade, that old unmarried woman, around, what are you worried about?"

"That's true! Hehe~ Tsunade-sama has made a great contribution!"

"You called Tsunade Paw Patrol? Do single dogs have no human rights?"

"Of course not~"

Kushina blushed and lightly punched Yamanaka Kei twice.

Back at Ninja School, she had heard Yamanaka Kei tell the story of Paw Patrol's great accomplishments. At the time, she had often imagined raising a ninja hound.

She had only said that out of habit just now. She had not meant to tease Tsunade-sama.

"Oh, right. Should we invite your three disciples? They really miss you."

"Fuck! How did I forget such useful free labor!"

"??? Those obedient, well-behaved disciples, and all you can think of is making them work?"

"Shan Nan must have accumulated virtue and done good deeds in his past life. His wooden fish was going wild—shouldn't his disciples be a little more obedient?"

Yamanaka Kei raised his brows smugly.

Though he had been tapping an Electronic Wooden Fish, did that stop all his disciples from being little angels?

Compared to Orochimaru, Obito, Nagato, and the rest, who excelled at the ninja world's traditional craft of 'killing their master.'

His disciples were absolutely here to repay his kindness.

He really should not have forgotten the Three Little Ones earlier.

From now on, whenever there was something that could 'strengthen the bond between master and disciples,' he would definitely think of them first.

Three Little Ones: ???

Kushina was so amused by Yamanaka Kei's smug expression that she could barely stop laughing.

Meanwhile, Yamanaka Kei had already begun planning the next steps.

After all, they were hosting quite a few people the day after tomorrow, including the big eater Akimichi Choza and his wife.

A whole group was coming eagerly to taste the food. He could not exactly send them home hungry!

There were simply too many and too varied breakfast dishes in his head.

Even if he only picked some of them to make, he and Kushina alone would definitely not be able to keep up.

He could not possibly use the Shadow Clone Technique or the Mind Transfer Puppet Clone Technique just to cook, could he?

Wouldn't that exhaust him to death?

So...

Might Guy was strong and had excellent endurance. He would definitely be great at kneading dough.

Shiranui Genma was skilled with ninja tools, so he should not be bad with a kitchen knife or rolling pin either.

Yuhi Kurenai was clever and dexterous. It would be a waste not to have those little hands make Buns!

As evening fell over the Commercial Street, many shops had already begun preparing to close.

Yamanaka Kei took Kushina straight to Sanmi Residence.

He had started this Sanmi Residence with Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Choza, and Nara Shikaku back when he was in his fourth year at Ninja School.

Yamanaka Inoichi had funded the shop's lease, Akimichi Choza had used his family connections to provide all kinds of ingredients, and Nara Shikaku had been responsible for obtaining the spices that were extremely rare in the ninja world, as well as premium Venison.

The three of them took sixty percent of the profits, while Yamanaka Kei provided the recipes and handled operations and management, taking forty percent.

During the first few years after graduating from Ninja School, Yamanaka Kei had been busy with missions.

So he hired Yoshino, a senior from one year above him, to manage the place on his behalf.

In the blink of an eye, many years had passed.

"Yoshino-nee, help me prepare a few things. Just have them delivered to my house before noon tomorrow."

Yamanaka Kei lifted the curtain at the entrance of Sanmi Residence. Seeing Nara Yoshino standing before the counter in a crimson cheongsam and refined makeup, he directly handed her the list he had prepared.

Perhaps because she had not yet given birth to Shikamaru, or perhaps because of her years of work experience.

Though Nara Yoshino was still married to Shikaku, her clothing and makeup no longer resembled the homey, virtuous wife from the original story. She looked more refined and more capable.

"High-gluten flour, sweet potato starch, rice flour, yeast..."

Nara Yoshino glanced over the list and nodded slightly.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Yoshino-nee. We'll be going now."

"Go on, go on. Go have a proper date with Kushina and stop interrupting my business."

Nara Yoshino waved them away impatiently.

Watching Yamanaka Kei leave hand in hand with Kushina, who had been peeking in curiously from outside, she looked thoughtfully at the list in her hand once more.

"Phew~ Kei, why are you running so fast?"

Kushina had been dragged into jogging for some distance. She blinked her large eyes, utterly confused.

"Shikaku isn't the only one afraid of trouble. So am I!"

"Huh?"

"Yoshino-nee is very smart. Believe it or not, she can guess a lot just from that list."

"What trouble is that?"

Kushina wore a dazed little expression.

"Yoshino-nee said long ago that she wanted to expand the business. If she finds out we're opening a breakfast shop, what do you think her reaction will be?"

"Um... she'll want to run it?"

"Correct."

"Then what's the trouble?"

"She should be the one to convince Shikaku about that. I don't want Shikaku complaining to me. That guy doesn't dare argue with Yoshino-nee..."

Yamanaka Kei sighed and explained the situation between Shikaku and Yoshino.

Since the two got married last year, Shikaku had complained endlessly about the Sanmi Residence, which brought in money by the bucketful.

All because Nara Yoshino, as the wife of the Nara Clan head.

Had actually refused to help him manage the Nara Clan's medicinal herb and livestock industries.

Instead, she left early and returned late every day, focusing entirely on Sanmi Residence, saying that this was her own career.

What could Yamanaka Kei do?

He just wanted to pad his little treasury. What had he done wrong?

If they added another breakfast shop now.

And Nara Yoshino continued managing it, anyone could imagine how sour Nara Shikaku's face would become!

"Does Big Brother Shikaku have that little standing at home?"

"..."

Yamanaka Kei truly had no way to respond to that.

Could he say.

That after everything he had done, Nara Shikaku's standing at home had become even lower than in the original story?

Well, all he could say was that Nara Yoshino truly deserved to be the woman who had both generations of Konoha's military strategists wrapped around her finger.

Terrifying indeed!