Shihōin Chun Zai watched his father return to his room looking glum and found it rather strange. They were already back in the village, so why did he still look like that?
"Father, didn't you go to chat with the clan leader? Did something happen?"
"It's none of your business! Go to bed!"
With his hands behind his back, Shihōin Harumoto snapped at him irritably.
Shihōin Chun Zai opened his mouth, speechless. Not knowing what to say, he could only return to his room in frustration and go to bed.
Weighed down by his thoughts, Shihōin Harumoto lay down to rest but could not fall asleep for a long time.
Naraku had given him such a tremendous surprise on this trip back to the village that he probably would not be able to calm down anytime soon.
Meanwhile, Shihōin Naraku felt rather helpless in his own room.
He had put a great deal of effort into persuading Chun Yuan to accept his ideas.
That would do. What Shihōin Naraku feared was that Shihōin Harumoto would learn about the Hokage candidate matter from someone else, then act on his own and disrupt Naraku's plans.
"Next up is the third ten-pull!"
A quiet night was just right for the Lottery!
Having saved up enough for a ten-pull, Shihōin Naraku spoke directly. "System, start the Lottery!"
[Ding! Start the third ten-pull Lottery reward draw?]
"Start!"
As his words fell, the familiar wheel appeared in his mind. Its pointer spun rapidly, sweeping past rewards that were enough to drive anyone wild!
Even though he was already familiar with this sight, Shihōin Naraku still felt a little nervous.
His strength already stood among the best in the Shinobi World. Apart from a handful of people, with his knowledge of the plot, Shihōin Naraku