The classroom was a complete mess, filled with wailing and shouting.
Naruto, meanwhile, was riding high with a bulging wallet. He had no interest in anything else.
After the farce that followed school, it was almost seven in the evening by the time the two left the Ninja Academy.
Naruto had already told Aunt Ichiraku and Hongle the previous night that these three days would bring peak customer traffic, urging them to hire a few more part-time helpers today.
But since the Ichiraku House's business directly affected his growth in strength, Naruto headed into the Small Grove and used the Transformation Technique for a slight disguise before taking Sasuke straight back to the Ichiraku House.
Although Naruto had done his best to estimate today's business, he was still dumbstruck when they arrived.
The crowd outside the Ichiraku House could only be described as a sea of people. It looked like everyone had turned out for mass COVID testing.
"Damn, if this keeps up... we'll have to expand the shop, won't we?"
Seeing the scene, Naruto realized that if they kept operating out of Ichiraku's tiny restaurant, they would lose huge numbers of customers to the long queues.
And what were customers? Silver Taels, that was what!
Even Sasuke was surprised by the sight. "There are so many people today."
"Heh, I'm really starting to look forward to our profit share at the end of the month."
Without explaining further, Naruto immediately pulled Sasuke toward the kitchen at Ichiraku's back entrance.
Aunt Ichiraku was drenched in sweat in the kitchen. Her face lit up when she saw her two saviors, Naruto and Sasuke, arrive.
"We're swamped with advance orders."
Although Aunt Ichiraku could not call Naruto Little Master in public, her tone was still deeply respectful.
"Got it. Sasuke, time to