The next day.
After yesterday's deal with Orochimaru, Tokiju got up early again.
After getting out of bed, Tokiju headed straight to the hidden basement in his room, planning to replace the Shadow Clone controlling Sigurd.
Once he reached the basement, Tokiju raised a hand, and a small, glowing orb appeared at once, lighting up the dim underground space.
After lighting up the room, Tokiju ignored the Shadow Clone sitting cross-legged and first checked the sealing barrier.
Tokiju had dug this basement himself without alerting anyone along the way. Even Uchiha Hikari, the person closest to him, didn't know about it.
Of course, by "didn't know," he meant she didn't know the basement existed.
As for Sigurd, Tokiju had already come clean to the people in this household, and they knew he was using a Shadow Clone to control him.
They simply didn't know where Tokiju had hidden the Shadow Clone.
After reinforcing the barrier, Tokiju formed Hand Seals and created a Shadow Clone.
Tokiju nodded at the clone and said, "I'll leave it to you from here."
The Shadow Clone shrugged and complained, "Why don't you control Sigurd yourself?"
Tokiju shrugged too and retorted, "Fine, I'll control him this time. You can go out and do whatever you want!"
The Shadow Clone waved a hand at once. "Forget it. I think controlling Sigurd is more interesting."
Tokiju actually thought controlling Sigurd was more interesting, too.
Running a business all over the Ninja World as Sigurd every day felt like playing a first-person business simulation game. It was a lot of fun.
The Shadow Clone's retort was just one of Tokiju's habits. When faced with something troublesome or repetitive, he'd instinctively argue back.
He didn't actually object. It was more like arguing for the sake of arguing, without any other