But Ōnoki was no longer all that anxious about an heir, because he had taken on a very talented disciple.
If the boy had not been so mischievous, he would have brought him along.
But Ōnoki was truly afraid that he would cause trouble, so he had not brought him with him.
"The first act is over. What's the second? I'm starting to look forward to it." Ōnoki took a sip of tea and said with a cheerful smile.
"Don't be impatient, Tsuchikage. Isn't it being introduced right now?"
The atmosphere in the venue had already been stirred up quite nicely, and Xinyu spoke at just the right moment. "The first group's performance was surely pleasing to the eye, but the second group's act is somewhat different. They will be bringing you an instrumental performance."
"The performers are from the Land of Fire, so everyone can look forward to it a little."
"Now, please welcome the second group of performers to the stage."
Amid the audience's cheers, the second group took the stage. They held all kinds of instruments from the Land of Fire, all of them rather ancient.
Torikaze, however, had little interest in them, because the sounds of those instruments were simply too ordinary.
Even when they were played as a complete piece, the result was unremarkable.
Yet the villagers still liked them well enough. After all, very few people still studied these somewhat ancient instruments.
It was a matter of preserving tradition, after all, so they had quite a few supporters in Konoha as well.
But their luck was not particularly good. Their act was not especially passionate or eye-catching to begin with, yet they had drawn such an early performance slot.
That truly gave them no advantage.
The Kage on the viewing platform were all rather