"Lady Shingetsu, I-I can give you money!"
Faced with the intimidating presence of Shingetsu and Madara Uchiha behind her, business owner Uchiha Kazuma weighed his options and finally decided to pay his way out of trouble. With an aching heart, he pulled out a hefty sum of hush money, hoping to buy her silence. But after a moment's thought, Shingetsu suddenly smiled.
Reflected in Kazuma's eyes, that sweet, adorable smile looked positively demonic. Sure enough, Shingetsu not only snatched the hush money from his hands but also made an outrageous demand:
"I don't just want your money. I want your shop, too."
Shingetsu's brazen declaration had barely left her lips when a heavy thud sounded. Uchiha Kazuma dropped to his knees, clutched his head in despair, and wailed:
"No!!!"
Shingetsu ignored him. She carefully counted the licensing fee in her hands, nodded in satisfaction once she confirmed the amount, and gingerly tucked the bills into her wallet. Then she patted Uchiha Kazuma on the shoulder and switched into smooth-talking mode.
"Kazuma, there's no future in just making dolls."
Kazuma looked up in confusion. Shingetsu cleared her throat and continued:
"I have an idea. We could make a set of cards with famous shinobi printed on them, then design a game where people battle using those cards."
"We'll call it Gwent-Three Kingdoms-no, we'll call it Konoha Cards!"
Although Shingetsu had only casually offered a few sentences, the business-minded Kazuma was already deep in thought. He keenly sensed an enormous business opportunity, and his eyes immediately lit up:
"A card game? Konoha Cards? That sounds promising!"
Shingetsu nodded. In the past, whenever Madara and Hōkaku were both away, Tōka had secretly tried to teach her the Senju Clan's ancestral gambling techniques. That was when she had discovered how pitifully few forms of