The celebration continued until that afternoon.
If Chiken hadn't gone onstage and forcibly shut off the music, a certain DJ might have kept spinning records all night.
"Everyone in Konoha, see you tonight—" Before Shin could finish, the old man confiscated the microphone from his hand.
He could only purse his lips in displeasure before walking off the stage with a broad smile and an arrogant swagger.
Chiken's eye twitched. His brat's mouth had clearly formed the words, Just you wait.
However, for the greater good, he decided to save their long-overdue father-son showdown for that night.
Having made up his mind, he picked up the microphone and faced the audience members, who were still slumped in their seats below.
He announced directly, "Uchiha Commercial Street is officially open. Please enter in an orderly manner. Thank you for your cooperation."
Then, with a mysterious smile, he added, "Everything is twenty percent off today, and there are plenty of mysterious shops waiting for you to discover them~"
The crowd began streaming into the Shopping Street.
Even those too exhausted to move forced themselves to perk up upon hearing about the discounts and headed toward the Shopping Street.
The layout of the Shopping Street was extremely simple. At the entrance stood a palm-shaped crater with special significance.
Various shops lined both sides of the street.
The dining area and the entertainment and leisure area were both located in the center.
Overall, it was not all that different from Konoha's architectural style.
Looking utterly drained, Nawaki weakly suggested, "Sis, let's go home. I can't even move anymore."
"No, I'm going to gamble the Uchiha into bankruptcy!"
"Sis, don't tell me you just want to gamble?"
"How could that be? Do I look like that kind of person?"
Completely limp, Nawaki could only roll his eyes to indicate that yes, she absolutely did.
The title of Konoha's Fat Sheep had followed Tsunade since childhood.
"Come on, come on."
Tsunade ignored Nawaki's look.
Then she grabbed him by the collar and strode toward the Shopping Street.
After dancing for so long, she still had that much strength.
Her stamina truly was extraordinary.
Over on the Hyuga side.
Hiashi energetically took Hizashi and Nao by the hands.
"Father, aren't you really coming with us?"
"No. What good stuff could that Old Geezer possibly come up with?" Meitoku maintained his disdainful attitude.
Spend money at a Uchiha place? Not happening.
"Dear, aren't the three items at home quite useful?" Sakura narrowed her eyes. "You watch that television every day, don't you?"
"I... I was merely curious about how such a tiny disc could play images."
Meitoku claimed that he was only purely curious about the discs Shin had sent over afterward.
In any case, he would never admit that he watched them every day.
"Dear, which three people swore brotherhood in the Peach Garden?"
"It's Liu Guan Zhang, of course. Didn't that start halfway through the second episode?"
"..." X4
All four of them were defeated by his stubborn refusal to admit it.
Meitoku hurriedly retorted, "No, listen to me..."
"I was just curious, that's all..." X4
Before he could finish, the entire Hyuga clan head's family chimed in with the explanation.
With a dark expression, Meitoku had no choice but to agree to go in and take a look.
"Let's be clear: we can't buy anything..."
He even swore, "I, Hyuga Meitoku, would rather jump off the Hokage Rock and die outside than spend a single penny!"
And so, the Hyuga clan head's family also entered the Shopping Street.
Inside the Shopping Street.
Outside the Uchiha Maid Café, a white-haired man was leering into the shop.
"Wow, isn't that Xiaomei? Why is she working at an Uchiha shop too?"
"This uniform, these stockings..."
"Slurp..." As he spoke, the lecherous white-haired man reached up to wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth.
Not long after the Third Hokage and several Konoha higher-ups entered the Shopping Street, he instructed the Uchiha clansmen who had come to receive them to leave first.
He intended to lead the higher-ups around for a casual stroll.
"???" Before long, they all noticed the man's lecherous behavior.
"Ahem..."
"Don't bother me, I'm busy~"
"Xiaomei really is big~ No, she's really fair..."
The Third Hokage had tried to draw the man's attention away, but he hadn't expected the fellow to ignore him outright.
He could only speak again. "My friend, what are you doing?"
"Looking at long legs. Say, uncle, you and I are fellow travelers. There's no need to come over and greet me specially, right?"
The Third Hokage inwardly exclaimed, Well, damn.
This man actually had the audacity to slander the current Hokage in broad daylight.
He raised his hand and flicked the lecherous man hard on the forehead.
"Ow, uncle, what are you—" The lecherous man quickly turned around in pain. "Oh, so it's you, Sensei~"
Clearly, he knew the Third Hokage.
"Little Jiraiya, are those long legs nice to look at?"
This lecherous white-haired man was Jiraiya, the future renowned original author of the Make-Out Paradise series.
Even Uchiha Sasuke, the last Uchiha of the future, inheritor of Acting Skill, lifelong enemy of the Ōtsutsuki, and known in the martial world as Uchiha Sasuke, had been fortunate enough to read those books.
"Sensei, I'm just gathering material. Blame the Uchiha for buying out the copyrights to my future books. I have to hurry up and write them now."
The Third Hokage immediately decided that he didn't believe a word of it.
He had just been talking about what was big and what was fair. Did Jiraiya really think he was that inexperienced?
Saying such things in front of so many Konoha higher-ups made him feel like he had completely lost face this time.
"Don't you want to go see Orochimaru? Sigh, ever since he went to the Uchiha to serve as some kind of consultant, he hasn't come to see this old man even once..."
"And Tsunade... forget it. It would be best if she never came looking for this old man again."
Jiraiya pursed his lips. "Tch, who wants to see those two..."
"I just returned to the village after completing a mission and ran into such a huge event. Of course I had to come here and check things out first~"
In his eyes, his teammates were naturally nowhere near as pretty as young ladies.
"You brat... Hm?"
The Third Hokage had originally intended to properly lecture this disciple of his, who had been incorrigibly mischievous since childhood.
However, when he spotted another disciple passing by, he abandoned that plan. "Isn't that Orochimaru?"
After greeting the higher-ups, he practically dragged Jiraiya over to Orochimaru.
"Hello, Sensei. Isn't that Jiraiya?" Upon noticing them, Orochimaru lazily said, "How did Sensei end up dragging you here personally?"
Obviously sleep-deprived, he had two enormous dark circles under his eyes.
"Pfft... Orochimaru, what kind of new look is this?"
"Don't mind me. I'm going home to sleep." Orochimaru did not particularly care about Jiraiya's teasing.
After being jolted awake by DJ Shin's music earlier, the adorable Orochimaru had lost interest in everything except sleeping.
He intended to go home and sleep, and he also felt that the Uchiha place was utterly unfriendly to sleep.
"Orochimaru, you've worked hard." The Third Hokage reached out and patted Orochimaru's shoulder in consolation.
"It's fine, Sensei. I volunteered to work overtime. Shin's research is truly fascinating."
"..." X2
Both the Third Hokage and Jiraiya fell silent.
They shared the same question in their hearts.
Did anyone really volunteer to work overtime?
"The equipment in the research institute is far too complete..." As Orochimaru spoke, his tone gradually became excited. "Those concepts have truly opened my eyes."
He dragged the two of them into a lengthy discussion.
He went on and on about things like the Big Bang theory and evolution.
"Although I have no idea what you're talking about, it somehow sounds amazing," Jiraiya complained helplessly.
Seeing this, the adorable Orochimaru naturally proceeded to give the academic failure a thorough explanation.
This, however, left the Third Hokage standing beside them in considerable embarrassment.
Wanting to ask questions too, he finally asked worriedly after a long while, "Orochimaru, weren't you going home to sleep?"
"Not anymore. I just thought of a new idea. I'm going back to the research institute to test it."
The Third Hokage and Jiraiya stared blankly at Orochimaru, who had two dark circles under his eyes yet seemed exceptionally energetic.
Both of them wondered inwardly whether it was not that the Uchiha were inhuman, but that this man was trying to become an immortal.
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