The celebration ran on until the afternoon. If it weren't for Kazushi stepping onstage and cutting the music off, a few DJs might've kept spinning tunes until dawn.
"People of Konoha, meet us tonight—"
Before he could finish, Shen snatched the microphone from his hand. With no choice left, he pouted at his dad to show his annoyance before heading offstage.
Kazushi twitched slightly. His brat's earlier lip-reading had clearly said *just wait*, but for the sake of peace, he decided to have a long-overdue father-and-son talk later that night.
With that thought in mind, he grabbed the mic and announced to the audience still lounging in their seats: "The Uchiha Commercial Street officially opens today! Please enter in an orderly manner. Thank you for your cooperation!"
"Oh right," Kazushi added with a mysterious grin. "Everything's eighty percent off today, and there are plenty of secret shops waiting for everyone onsite to discover."
Crowds poured into the commercial street in waves. Even those too worn out to stand straight suddenly forced themselves upright upon hearing about the discounts.
The layout of the commercial street was extremely simple. Right at the entrance stood a palm-shaped pit filled with special meaning. Along both sides were rows of various shops, while the central area housed the food courts and leisure zones. Overall, its architectural style didn't differ much from the rest of Konoha.
"Sis, let's go home already. I can barely stand anymore," Nawaki weakly suggested to Tsunade, looking completely drained.
"No way! I'm gonna bankrupt the Uchihas!"
"You didn't come here just to gamble, did you, sis?"
"Of course not! Do I look like that kind of person?"
Nawaki could only roll his eyes helplessly, clearly expressing what everyone was thinking. After all, her nickname *Konoha's Lucky Loser* had followed her since childhood.
"Come on, come on!"
Ignoring his expression entirely, Tsunade grabbed Nawaki by the arm and dragged him into the commercial street. Considering how long she'd been hopping around already, her strength really wasn't normal.
Meanwhile, among the Hyugas, Hiashi energetically pulled along Nisai and Nayou.
"Father, won't you really come with us?"
"Nope. What decent stuff could that old guy offer?"
Meide remained unimpressed. Did he actually think Meide would spend a single coin at any place related to the Uchihas? No way in hell.
"Sweetheart, aren't the big three appliances at home working just fine already? You're glued to the TV every day anyway."
"I… I just wanted to figure out how these tiny little discs manage to run for hours—that's all!"
Regarding the discs Shen had delivered later, Meide insisted it was pure curiosity—definitely not because he watched them daily, or so he claimed.
"By the way, honey, who were the Peach Garden Brothers?"
"It's Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei! We covered it halfway through Episode 2!"
"…"
Four people sighed simultaneously, giving up on arguing further with his stubborn denial.
Realizing their attitude, Meide quickly tried to explain: "Wait, let me—"
"Just pure curiosity!" x4
Before he even finished speaking, the entire Hyuga family had already chimed in together.
Meide Hyuga reluctantly agreed to go inside with a gloomy expression. "Let's get one thing straight—we're not buying anything! I, Meide Hyuga, would rather jump off Kage Rock and die outside than spend a single penny!"
And so the Hyuga family stepped into the Commercial Street.
Outside the Uchiha Maid Café stood a white-haired man, leering at the interior.
"Whoa, isn't that Xiao Mei? Why is she working here at an Uchiha shop? And this outfit—those stockings..."
The white-haired perv gave a quick wipe to the drool at the corner of his mouth while muttering.
"???"
Not long after, the Third Hokage and several Konoha elders entered the Commercial Street. After dismissing the Uchiha clan members who had come to greet them, they began wandering casually when the Third caught sight of the man's indecent behavior.
"Hem-hem," the Third coughed.
"Don't disturb me, I'm busy! So Xiao Mei really does have big ones... No wait, I meant fair skin."
The Third tried to distract him, but the man completely ignored him. He cleared his throat again. "Sir, may I ask what you're doing here?"
"What does it look like? Checking out some nice legs! Sir, we're all pervs here—you don't need to introduce yourself specially."
The Third inwardly groaned. This guy actually called him out like that in public! Without hesitation, he flicked the perverted man on the forehead.
"Ow! Old man, why did—oh wait, it's Teacher!"
The man winced in pain as he turned around, immediately recognizing the Third.
"It seems those thighs really got your attention, huh?" the Third asked dryly.
Turns out, this white-haired creep was none other than Jiraiya, better known as Ero Sennin—the future legendary author of the Make Out Paradise series.
"Teacher, I'm just doing research, alright? It's their fault for buying out my book copyrights at Uchiha. I've gotta hurry up and write the next volume now."
The Third thought to himself, 'Yeah right!' Didn't he just earlier mumble something about "big ones" and "fair skin"? Did he think the Third was naïve? Saying such things in front of so many Konoha leaders—he felt deeply embarrassed this time.
"You don't want to go see Orochimaru first? Man, he hasn't even dropped by since becoming an advisor over at Uchiha. What about Tsunade? Pfft, forget her—better off if she never shows up anyway."
"Tch, who wants to see those two? I just got back from a mission and ran into such a huge event—I definitely need to enjoy the show first," Jiraiya grumbled, clearly way more interested in checking out cute girls than catching up with old teammates.
"You little brat, hey! Isn't that Orochimaru over there?"
The Third had originally intended to scold this mischievous disciple who'd been trouble since childhood, but spotting another one of his students passing by changed his mind. After nodding to the other officials, he dragged Jiraiya toward Orochimaru.
"Greetings, Teacher. Oh, isn't this Jiraiya too? Is Teacher dragging you along this time?" Orochimaru lazily remarked upon noticing the newcomers, his dark circles revealing a serious lack of sleep.
"Pfft! Orochimaru, what new style is this?"
"Just drop it. I'm going home to sleep."
"Orochimaru paid little heed to Jiraiya's teasing. Our Snake Uncle, having just been woken up by Shen's music, had no interest in anything other than sleep. As he headed home, he muttered that the Uchiha compound was definitely no place to get any decent sleep.
"The Third Hokage patted Orochimaru's shoulder in sympathy. Inwardly, he thought, 'These Uchiha sure don't know how to treat people properly! My beloved disciple hasn't even lasted half a year here and already looks so worn out like this?'
"It's fine, sensei. Actually, I volunteered for overtime because Shen's research is truly fascinating."
The Third and Jiraiya both fell speechless, sharing the same doubt: seriously, who actually volunteers for overtime?
"The lab's equipment is absolutely complete, and their concepts are completely eye-opening!" Orochimaru's tone grew excited as he drew the two into long conversations about theories like the Big Bang and Evolution.
"I don't get any of this, but it sure sounds fancy," Jiraiya muttered with exasperation.
Of course, our beloved Snake Uncle eagerly explained everything to this underachieving student, much to the Third's growing discomfort. After waiting patiently for quite some time, the Third finally voiced his concern: "Aren't you supposed to go home and rest now?"
"Nope, not anymore. Just now I got an idea, and I want to test it out at the lab right away."
Orochimaru, with dark circles under his eyes yet sparkling with excitement, left both the Third and Jiraiya standing there stunned in the wind. They couldn't help wondering—could it be that the Uchiha weren't being unreasonable after all... but this man was simply chasing immortality?
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