"Hiss."
After checking on High-ranking Dark Spirit's progress, Fuyuki's consciousness returned to his body. He suddenly remembered something: Uchiha Itachi had delayed him a little, and then he'd made a trip to the library, so he'd missed mealtime again.
He was screwed. He might not eat much, but he sure didn't want to go hungry!
At the thought, Fuyuki raised two fingers in a sword sign. "Daddy calling the little ones. Respond if you read me, ver!"
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"Let's have all-you-can-eat barbecue tonight. Help me haul back a cow. Don't skimp on the barbecue seasoning, and remember to buy fruit from the orchard next door. The money's in the second drawer of the desk in Sasuke's room. Take as much as you need, ver!"
High-ranking Dark Spirit: "K, ver!"
Sasuke was very rich. As for how Fuyuki knew where Sasuke kept his pocket money—
It all went back to the beginning of Kaguya's creation.
Simply put, whenever he had the chance, Fuyuki would sneak out to the shops near school to buy snacks for Hinata and the fox.
Wanting to compete with Fuyuki, Sasuke started buying snacks too. He bought more than Fuyuki, spent more than Fuyuki, and fed the fox faster than Fuyuki. Every time, he practically stuffed the blond fox until he was a little orange pig before letting him go.
Sakura and Ino were almost green with envy. Fuyuki taunted him, "Let's see how much money you've still got!"
Sasuke immediately slammed the table and declared that his desk drawer was full of pocket money and he wasn't afraid of the Hyuga Clan!
That was how Fuyuki found out where Sasuke kept his money.
Sasuke was probably going broke today.
After wiping down his body, which had turned red from soaking too long, Fuyuki got dressed and returned to his room. Natsumi had been waiting, kneeling in front of the table. A pot of tea sat on it alongside a messy assortment of snacks. "You don't have to work tonight, but you're being a little too brazen, aren't you? Reading Icha Icha Paradise in my room? Do you really think your young master's a kid?"
Natsumi didn't have to work that night. She only needed to wait until Fuyuki fell asleep, then she could go back and rest.
She was a maid, but really, she was more like a personal bodyguard. Ordinary maids took care of chores like laundry, cooking, and cleaning.
"Uh..."
Natsumi hurriedly waved her hands. "N-no, young master, please don't misunderstand. There are lots of kinds of Icha Icha Paradise. The one you read last time was a special edition, a bit like a bonus chapter. This one's a regular romance. It absolutely doesn't contain any weird ninja techniques. It's all normal romance."
"Doesn't sound useful anyway. You're not dating anyone," Fuyuki teased. "The Hyuga Clan arranges spouses for everyone. If you like someone, just tell the Clan Head. If you both agree, pick a date, get married, and have kids. What's the point of dating?"
To prevent their bloodline from leaving the clan, the Hyuga mostly married within their own ranks. From the moment they were born, Hyuga clan members could be assigned a wife or husband. If they weren't interested, the clan could find someone from a neighboring relative's family to marry into the clan.
Well, the Kaguya Clan was one such family. So if you saw a Hyuga with a herniated disc, don't be alarmed. They'd just reverted to an ancestor.
"I can't date anyone, which is why I long for it," Natsumi said helplessly. "And I just happened to catch the tail end of the war. A lot of the handsome men my age died. Now there are almost only girls my age in the clan. Sigh..."
The older clan members were too old, and the younger ones too young. Natsumi had no idea who she could choose.
She'd been born at the wrong time. The war had happened to break out then, and almost all the suitable marriage prospects had died.
"One hundred lilies make a single flower; a single flower gives birth to two; two give birth to three; three give birth to all things. Have you attained enlightenment, young lady?" Fuyuki raised an eyebrow.
Natsumi stared at him blankly, clearly having no idea what her young master had supposedly figured out.
After teasing the maid, Fuyuki got down to business. He took out a scroll nearly a meter tall and half a meter wide, then used Yin Release Chakra to draw a Cursed Seal on it, allowing others to summon the Summoned Beasts he created.
He wouldn't collect the chakra directly. He'd make a container specifically for storing chakra and put it at home, so all the chakra offered up to him would flow into it.
Fuyuki was looking forward to seeing whether some idiot would use an Elemental Spirit he'd created to attack him.
He really wanted to see the look of confusion on his enemy's face!
Fuyuki wasn't worried about the Elemental Spirits betraying him at all. No being weaker than its Summoner would dare betray its Summoner!
"Done!"
Fuyuki shook off the Yin Release Chakra on his hands and put away the scroll, the Cursed Seal now quickly drawn on it. "Natsumi, when you have time, help me spread a rumor: the Hyuga Clan was robbed, and a Summoning Scroll capable of contracting powerful Summoned Beasts was stolen. Remember to post a mission at the Hokage Office Building. We have to make the whole act convincing."
"I don't think that's a good idea," Natsumi said hesitantly. A thief breaking into the Byakugan clan? Even myths wouldn't dare tell a story like that!
Fuyuki opened the window and threw the scroll out into the street with all his might. "K, the Summoning Scroll's gone!"
Natsumi: "..."
Uh... the scroll really was gone now!
"All right, go get Hinata, Feifei, and Haruko. We'll have barbecue together."
Sensing that the ingredients had arrived, Fuyuki rubbed his empty stomach, climbed out the window into the courtyard, and brought his hands together. He summoned Earth and Fire-element Lesser Spirits, which built a barbecue grill and a Spirit Flame.
"I'm starving! Nothing matters more than food!" Fuyuki picked up the ingredients High-ranking Dark Spirit had prepared and started grilling.
There really was a whole cow here, since he'd taken Hinata's appetite into account.
Sasuke was paying, after all. One cow was nothing; the Uchiha Clan was wealthy and could easily afford one meal.
"Have a good day at school, young master Fuyuki, Hinata."
After Natsumi and Fei dropped the twins off at school, they went their separate ways. Fei went to report to the Clan Head that someone had stolen young master Fuyuki's Summoning Scroll, while Natsumi went to the Hokage Office Building to post a mission asking people to search for a scroll containing powerful Summoned Beasts.
It wouldn't be long before everyone knew that the Hyuga Clan had lost a Summoning Scroll.
"Huh? This is rare. You're actually both at school!" Inuzuka Kiba said in surprise, slumped over his desk. Akamaru, perched on his head, barked too. "Woof, woof, woof!"
"I'm not skipping school. I got permission to miss class because my father's making me take extra Taijutsu lessons. I'm not very good at it," Hinata hurriedly explained. She didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea.
A Hyuga clan member wasn't good at Taijutsu and had to miss class for extra lessons. It was a very convincing excuse, and Kiba had nothing to say.
"Hmm..."
Fuyuki stroked his chin, curiously eyeing Akamaru, who was perched on Inuzuka Kiba's head.
He remembered this dog. In the databook about Naruto, there was a particularly outrageous line about him: Akamaru was a Ninja Dog of the Inuzuka Clan. Once, Akamaru had attacked Kiba when he'd lost the will to fight, making him pull himself together again. Perhaps that was because Akamaru had the blood of the Inuzuka Clan flowing through his veins! Compared to mediocre people, Akamaru lived a much more glorious life.
Well, Fuyuki thought he understood something, but he also felt like he hadn't figured anything out at all.
"Bang!"
The door slammed violently. Sasuke walked to his seat with a dark expression, his eyes brimming with murderous intent. Without saying a word, he stared straight ahead, his arms held in front of himself, radiating an air that warned everyone to stay away.
"Holy crap, now that's the look!" Fuyuki marveled to himself as he watched Sasuke radiate killing intent.
Sasuke today really looked like the Uchiha Sasuke of the future.
Two-Tomoe beaten by Lee.
Three-Tomoe beaten by Naruto.
Mangekyo beaten by Killer B.
Eternal Mangekyo beaten by Madara.
Tomoe Rinnegan beaten by a whole bunch of people.
Amazing, bro!
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