"Sis, our new home is so big. Cleaning it must be exhausting."
"Once I become a Chunin, my monthly allowance will be hundreds of thousands. We can hire a few maids to help you then."
At the dinner table, Luo Yu casually brought up the subject.
He had no ulterior motives. He simply felt bad for his sister.
Besides, ninjas enjoyed considerable social standing in this world.
As a ninja, hiring a few pretty maids was perfectly reasonable, wasn't it?
And their new home really was huge, not just on the inside.
The courtyard outside needed someone to maintain it too.
"No wasting money!"
"I cleaned the whole house, inside and out, this afternoon."
"I can finish tidying up the courtyard tomorrow morning."
"What do you want all those maids for?"
Luo Qingyu reacted strongly.
Her reasoning was simple: this was the happy little home she shared with her brother, and no other woman was allowed to get her hands on it!
Seeing how firm she was, Luo Yu gave a sheepish smile. "I was just saying. Don't take it seriously."
I miscalculated!
He hadn't expected his sister to be so capable.
She had given such a huge villa a thorough cleaning in just one afternoon.
It looked like he would have to buy a few more villas in the future. Then he would have a legitimate reason to hire pretty maids.
He was planning to buy more property in a big city anyway.
Keeping a few maids there behind his sister's back-the mere thought was thrilling.
Surely his sister couldn't meddle with every villa.
Lost in his pleasant fantasies, Luo Yu laughed with a piglike snort.
"By the way, does your White Zetsu friend need to eat?"
Luo Qingyu asked curiously.
Just then, Xiaofei's head emerged from the floor. "Thank you for your concern, honored elder sister."
"I already went outside to absorb nutrients from plants. That should keep me going for a long time."
The White Zetsu's sudden appearance startled Luo Yu.
Since the Mayfly Technique concealed its user's presence, he had forgotten Xiaofei was even around.
"Wait, you White Zetsu need nutrients too?" Luo Yu asked.
In the later part of Naruto, a hundred thousand White Zetsu had joined the fray.
If all hundred thousand needed to eat, wouldn't they strip the nearby woods bare?
"We originally survived on nutrients supplied by the God Tree."
"Since there's no God Tree here, we have to settle for the next best thing," Xiaofei explained.
The God Tree?
Doesn't that mean the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?
The connection immediately occurred to Luo Yu.
In the original story, Tobi had been able to control the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path after obtaining the Rinnegan.
Since Obito's Night of the Uchiha Massacre template would eventually unlock...
Wouldn't unlocking even later templates let me obtain the Rinnegan and summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path too?
Just imagining himself showing off with the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was thrilling.
Even more thrilling than keeping pretty maids behind his sister's back!
As Luo Yu silently pondered this, even the rice in his bowl tasted better.
After wolfing down dinner, Luo Yu immediately returned to a bedroom upstairs.
Watching his eager expression, Luo Qingyu looked resentful.
She had gone to all that trouble to dress up like this, yet her brother hadn't even spared her another glance before heading straight to his bedroom!
How could he!
Was the bedroom really that much fun?
When Luo Yu reached the villa's second floor, he found plenty of rooms.
He nodded in approval.
As expected of a Discounted Ninja Villa, it was impressively spacious.
With so many rooms, it could accommodate lots of people.
In the future, he could invite all the girls he knew over for a mixer or something.
That would be nice.
After indulging in his daydreams, Luo Yu picked a room and stepped inside.
Sure enough, the bed was already made, and the room was neatly arranged and spotless.
It was clearly his sister's handiwork.
Letting his fatigue melt away, he flopped onto the soft, luxurious bed.
Luo Yu began allocating the ten attribute points he had earned from defeating Zhao Hai.
Stamina: 70 (+50%) → 70 (+50%) Chakra: 42 (+100%) → 52 (+100%)
Even after allocating the points, Luo Yu had yet to reach Genin level according to the system.
He could tell because the system hadn't awarded him a Ninja Scroll, and Xiaofei's level was still Novice Rank Three.
But with the bonuses from Hashirama cells factored in, his actual stamina had risen to 105, and his chakra was 104.
Passing tomorrow's stat certification would be no problem at all.
Come to think of it, I've been grinding for attribute points ever since I got the Enraged Obito template.
Should I unwind a little tonight?
With that thought, Luo Yu quietly took out his phone and opened the browser.
Suddenly, it occurred to him that Xiaofei might be lurking anywhere in the villa, so he called out tentatively, "Xiaofei, are you there?"
As soon as he spoke, Xiaofei, who had merged into the villa, traveled along the walls to Luo Yu's room.
Then the wall rippled, and Xiaofei stepped out. "Lord Luo, did you need something?"
Seeing how quickly Xiaofei had come over, Luo Yu asked, "Um, can you clearly sense everything that happens inside the villa?"
Xiaofei confidently puffed out his chest. "Of course! Reconnaissance is my specialty."
"Even if a ninja sneaked in under cover of moonlight, they couldn't escape my detection."
Luo Yu was inwardly alarmed.
Oh, crap!
Does that mean I can't even indulge myself at night?
At that thought, Luo Yu gave him a kindly look. "Xiaofei, you don't need to stand guard at night. Go find a room and rest."
"We treat people well here. No night shifts."
"Lord Luo! You're so considerate of your subordinates!" Xiaofei grew teary-eyed.
Though he had neither eyes nor tears, he was deeply moved all the same.
"Rest assured, I'll monitor the entire villa twenty-four hours a day!"
"If I get too tired to keep going, I'll just take a quick nap inside the wall!"
With that, Xiaofei resolutely merged into the wall.
He looked determined to work himself from White Zetsu into Black Zetsu before giving up.
Faced with such dedication, Luo Yu sighed helplessly. "Looks like I won't be viewing any study material."
"I'll have to find some actual study material instead."
With that thought, he quietly opened the Ninja Inheritance Compendium on his phone.
It was an app developed by the Ninja Association.
It listed every ninja inheritance the Association had discovered so far.
Both the specific effects of each inheritance and the ways to obtain it were recorded in detail.
After all, upgrading ninjutsu inevitably involved dealing with all sorts of inheritance fragments.
Even taijutsu alone required a large number of Rock Lee inheritance fragments.
The Eight Gates and Lotus were both waiting for him.
This was a good opportunity to find out which Secret Realms those inheritance fragments came from.
Once he was certified as a Genin, he could make time for a trip.
And so, lying in bed and looking at his phone, Luo Yu gradually closed his eyes under the onslaught of dull information.
The next day.
After eating the delicious breakfast his sister had prepared, Luo Yu took a taxi early to the Ninja Association's Jiang Li Branch.
It was a magnificent building, surrounded by many other buildings affiliated with the Ninja Association.
Among them were the Ninja Mall and the Mission Gathering Hall.
He had assumed there wouldn't be many people at the Association so early in the morning.
But the moment he entered, Luo Yu had to join a long line.
There was no helping it. Every ninja in the city had to come here to handle official business, and Luo Yu's rank promotion was no exception.
As a result, the Ninja Association was packed with people at all hours.
Only Kage Level ninjas with special standing had dedicated staff to handle their affairs.
Everyone else had to wait their turn here.
While Luo Yu was waiting in line, President Bai suddenly emerged from a room farther inside. "Luo Yu, here for your Genin certification this early?"
"You don't need to line up with everyone else. I've already made the arrangements. Just go straight in."
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