Eating with Family Is the Most Relaxing

Uchiha Izuna's funeral banquet was being held in a restaurant at the center of Wave Country Style Street.

This five-star hotel, invested in and built by the Wave Country Daimyo, was nearly as tall as the Hokage Building. It was the highest-class venue for banquets in all of Konoha, and even across the entire Fire Country, it ranked among the best.

At that moment, the hotel entrance was filled with funeral wreaths. Uchiha Gin had specially set up a large table beside them to receive guests and collect condolence money.

Dressed in black mourning clothes with a white flower pinned to his chest, he stood before the table and greeted the friends and relatives who had come to attend the funeral banquet.

Yet what truly surprised the arriving guests was the other person seated behind the table, responsible for recording the condolence gifts.

"Gin-san, please accept my condolences."

Sarutobi Sasuke, now past sixty, approached Uchiha Gin with the support of his clansmen. He took out the gift money he had prepared in advance and handed it to Senju Hi Shin, who was in charge of registration.

"Scratch, scratch, scratch~"

Expressionless, Senju Hi Shin resisted the nausea brought on by the money-counting PTSD she had developed in the past and carefully counted Sarutobi Sasuke's gift money.

"Sarutobi Sasuke, one million ryo."

"Sasuke, old pal, please come in! Please come in!"

Hearing that the amount was not too far from what he had expected, Uchiha Gin rubbed his hands together with a smile and invited him inside.

The moment Sarutobi Sasuke stepped through the hotel doors, he heard a vigorous voice calling out to him.

"Sasuke, over here!"

Turning around, he discovered that Shimura Kenichi and the others had already saved him a seat.

"Kenichi, you all came pretty early."

After sitting