Medicinal Cuisine (Part 2)

And so, they played from noon until night. Uchiha Izuna grinned. "Shikaku, I told you your character was no good. You've ruined your luck! How many rounds did you lose me?"

Shikaku Nara's face was covered in paper strips. He smiled bitterly. "Sigh, the Hokage is right. My lousy luck... forget it, forget it. None of you have had dinner yet, so I'll have someone prepare some medicinal cuisine."

With that, Shikaku Nara pulled off more than thirty paper strips and went to the back kitchen to instruct the servants to cook.

Inoichi Yamanaka and Choza Akimichi held back their laughter. What bad luck? Shikaku Nara had clearly been calculating furiously in his head, figuring out how to let Uchiha Izuna win.

But neither of them dared say it aloud. Couldn't they see Uchiha Izuna was in a good mood?

About half an hour later.

Shikaku Nara came over carrying the medicinal dishes, and everyone cleared the table together.

The Nara Clan had always dealt in medicinal herbs, so they were exceptionally skilled in dietary therapy.

Having heard that Uchiha Izuna was deficient in blood and vital energy and had depleted kidney energy, Shikaku Nara had specially prepared turtle soup and other dishes to replenish his blood and vitality.

Inoichi Yamanaka and Choza Akimichi frowned. What did this mean? Kidney tonics? Then they looked at Uchiha Izuna together, their brows lifting as though they had discovered some secret. Each lowered his head and stifled a laugh.

"Hokage, hurry and try it. Our family's medicinal cuisine is quite authentic. Any one of these bowls would cost over a hundred thousand ryo outside," Shikaku Nara introduced.

He was not lying. The Nara Clan's herbs were all well-aged. Those shops outside that advertised medicinal cuisine only used herbs they grew themselves.

Not only