No matter how much Shingetsu resisted or protested, August fifteenth arrived right on schedule. On her birthday, every prominent faction in the Shinobi World came to visit.
The four Kage who stood at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World rushed to Konoha, arriving from all corners of the world within a single week.
As for the factions nowhere near as powerful as the five great bullies, they had set out even earlier to ensure they arrived on time, terrified of missing their chance to suck up.
The Kage traveling overland had it relatively easy, but Mustache had a miserable time. By the time he finally reached Konoha, he was panting like a dog, utterly exhausted, without a single attendant behind him.
He had run straight across the sea without so much as a boat to ride in. To arrive on time, he had run for several days and nights without sleep or rest. He looked so battered and bedraggled that he was nearly mistaken for a beggar when he entered Konoha!
There was no helping it. Kirigakure's large ships had either been burned or smashed by Byakuren, or seized by Konoha. Channeling chakra into his feet and running straight there was his fastest option.
Compared with the imposing entourages of Ishikawa, Reto, and A, Mustache looked downright shabby. When he ran into his sworn enemy, Mu, the man took several open and veiled jabs at him, infuriating him so much that he nearly exploded on the spot-in the literal sense!
When it came to gifts, however, Hozuki Gengetsu had nothing to fear.
As far as he was concerned, girls naturally liked pretty jewelry.
To find gifts for Uchiha Shingetsu, he had dispatched scores of Mist Ninja overnight, sending them into the sea to search for pearls and coral. He had