Five or six days passed like that.
Konoha welcomed its first wave of guests.
The procession was enormous.
Even the Shinobi guards all wore expensive combat uniforms.
An exceptionally ornate palanquin stood at the center of the procession.
The guards surrounding it all wore Konoha's newly made Chakra Cloaks.
Tsunade and the rest of the Konoha High Command had all gathered to welcome them.
The person inside the palanquin was certainly no ordinary figure.
Meanwhile, an unexpected visitor arrived at Zhou Cheng's front gate.
He walked up and knocked.
Before long, the gate opened, and Itachi stepped out.
He looked the visitor up and down.
The man wore fine clothing and carried himself with distinction, an air of nobility faintly radiating from him.
"And you are?"
Itachi's tone was perfectly flat. At his level of strength, everyone looked the same to him.
One glance was enough to kill them instantly!
"Hello. Is this Mr. Zhou Cheng's home?"
Itachi merely nodded without answering.
"Wonderful. Please tell him an old acquaintance from the Land of Snow would like to see him!"
Itachi frowned. The Land of Snow?
Mr. Zhou Cheng had old acquaintances in the Land of Snow, too?
Still, he did not dwell on it. He nodded, asked the visitor to wait outside, and went to pass on the message.
Itachi had fully adjusted to life as a butler.
Besides, Zhou Cheng's household had few rules.
Zhou Cheng usually stayed at home, and aside from a few people he knew well, almost no strangers came looking for him.
As a result, Itachi's work was actually quite leisurely.
And he was perfectly happy with that.
He went to the heated room and found Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng had built this room recently to cope with the cold winter temperatures.
"Mr. Zhou Cheng,