The Solution

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In Takigakure, Shizuki urgently needed funds to buy ships and had no choice but to ask Houka for help.

After repeatedly trying to refuse, Houka finally could not put him off any longer. With great reluctance, he agreed and took out Konoha Fried Chicken's dividends to buy ships for Shizuki.

There were no outstanding shipyards in the Land of Waterfalls, so they had to go to the Land of Iron to buy ships.

The Land of Iron had a long coastline and abundant iron mines, so it had numerous docks, with merchants constantly coming and going.

After obtaining a large sum of money and spending another two days doting on his son Shibuki, Shizuki personally set off with his trusted subordinates for the Land of Iron to purchase ships.

Having lost his fortune, Houka could neither eat nor sleep for several days, utterly miserable.

Obito was the same.

Ever since he had helped an old lady cross the street and been taken back to her home for a proper "thank-you," Obito had been utterly distracted, wearing the tragic expression of someone who had been intimately involved with a dozen burly men in succession.

Houka asked him about it, but he would not say anything.

Houka had no choice but to suspect that Obito had truly strung that old lady along in order to continue the Uchiha bloodline, doing something as foolish as selling his soul and cheapening his body.

But it was Obito's own body, and Houka felt too embarrassed to interfere.

Meanwhile, after witnessing Haku's Ice Style, Deidara resolutely stepped forward to defend his art, using Explosion Release against Haku's Ice Style.

Although Haku felt this was not quite right, he had trained for many years and also wanted to prove himself—or rather,