After a day of training, Shisui returned home in the Uchiha Clan Compound with Zorua.
"Shisui, I'm starving." The moment Zorua got home, it flopped onto the floor and voiced the heartfelt cry of someone desperate for food.
To keep Zorua from having too much energy and going around pranking others, Shisui had trained it mercilessly.
Zorua did not have Riolu's stamina. It was now both exhausted and hungry.
"Have some premium quick food first." Shisui took out the specially made dog food he had bought from the Inuzuka Clan, poured it into a small bowl, and set it before Zorua.
Since Zorua was quite intelligent, Shisui worried that it might refuse if he called it dog food, so he used a different term.
In order to raise Zorua properly, Shisui had looked up plenty of information about foxes.
Raising a fox was actually quite simple, since foxes were omnivores and could eat meat, vegetables, fruits, and more.
Furthermore, as a Ninja Beast, the newborn Zorua was not as fragile as an ordinary fox and did not require so many precautions.
Based on its various nutritional needs, Shisui had personally arranged a diet for Zorua.
Zorua buried its head in the small bowl and started eating with relish.
Then Shisui began preparing dinner for himself and Zorua.
Although he was only cooking for a Ninja Beast, Shisui felt as if there was one more person in the house, making it livelier. There was more to do, yet he found himself in a better mood.
Knock, knock.
Not long after Shisui finished dinner, someone knocked on his door.
When Shisui opened it, he found a dovish elder of the Uchiha Clan standing outside, with two dovish Uchiha jonin behind him.
"Shisui, you just finished dinner, right?" Uchiha Kakyu greeted him with