Six days later.
Inside the laboratory, Shindai looked at the six brand new puppets, filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Shindai puffed out his chest and looked at Uchiha Hikari beside him: "Ashita Natsu, I now permit you to praise me! Go all out!"
Uchiha Hikari rolled her eyes at Shindai.
This past week, she had only been watching Shindai make puppets out of boredom, just to pass the time.
However, as she watched, Shindai began to order her around to work.
The puppet manufacturing was originally expected to be completed in a week, but with Uchiha Hikari's help, it was finished in five and a half days.
Seeing Uchiha Hikari not speak, Shindai asked confusedly: "Hm? Why aren't you praising me?"
Uchiha Hikari not cursing him was already good enough: "What's there to praise? I don't think this is something worth praising. Since it's finished, you don't have to come here anymore, right?"
Shindai shook his head: "Not exactly, I still have to come. But I've seen the shop the Sandaime is preparing to rent to me. It's quite large inside, with a room about the same size as this one, which can be used as a workshop for making puppets. After Lord Orochimaru's Scientific Research Department is established, if I need to do research, I'll go there."
Uchiha Hikari scorned: "More research? Research what? How to make your lewd puppets even more lewd?"
Shindai said helplessly: "Can you not look at my puppets with prejudiced eyes? How are my puppets lewd? This is called pleasing to the eye! As goods for sale, they definitely need to be good-looking to sell, right?"
Uchiha Hikari's gaze shifted to the chests of the three female puppets, and she let out an annoyed 'hmph'.
When Shindai noticed Uchiha Hikari's gaze, he immediately understood, smiling slyly, and nudged Uchiha Hikari: "Oh, so it's jealousy. You're still young, maybe you'll grow more in the future. If not, it's fine, some people like flat chests. No need to be too anxious."
Uchiha Hikari's forehead instantly bulged with veins, and she delivered an elbow strike directly to Shindai's chest.
"Cough!"
Shindai's eyes almost popped out: "You, how could you hit your boss!"
Uchiha Hikari frowned: "What do you mean you're my boss?!"
Shindai explained: "I'm planning to hire you as the shop manager! If I'm not your boss, what else could I be? After the shop opens, I'll only stay in the shop for a few days and then I'll continue my research. I won't have time to look after the shop, so I'm planning to let you be the shop manager and help me look after it. Anyway, you have nothing to do, right? I'll pay you a salary then.
There's also an employee, my junior Kabuto, the bespectacled kid from the handicraft shop. I told him a long time ago that when I open a shop, I'd have him come help."
Uchiha Hikari wondered: "Didn't you say you ran out of money? How will you research puppets?"
Shindai sighed: "Not puppets, but preparations. There's a big crisis in the future, I need to prepare for a rainy day! Perhaps Kushina has already conceived, it's possible, there's not much time left."
Uchiha Hikari asked confused: "A big crisis? What crisis?"
Shindai didn't elaborate, only saying: "I'm just guessing. Don't worry, your salary will definitely be high! You won't be shortchanged, but it will have to be owed first, until the puppets are sold."
Uchiha Hikari imagined herself sitting in the shop, helping Shindai sell these lewd puppets...
Uchiha Hikari flatly refused: "I don't want to!"
"Don't be like that, Ashita Natsu, you're idle anyway. I beg you, please!"
"No!"
Shindai directly clung to Uchiha Hikari, begging her to be his shop manager.
....
The next day.
Shindai placed his puppets in the shop, displaying them in glass cabinets, and then, after hanging up the signboard he had made long ago, it was officially open for business.
Shindais Dream House
And on opening day, Shindai naturally invited everyone he could.
However, some people didn't come, such as Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kakashi, and so on.
Orochimaru simply felt it was embarrassing and a waste of his time, so he didn't come. Minato Namikaze was very busy and could only come after work. Hiruzen Sarutobi was currently in a meeting at the Hokage Building.
As for Kakashi, he was still out on a mission.
At the shop entrance.
Pakura, Uchiha Hikari, Uzumaki Kushina, Obito, Rin Nohara, and Yakushi Kabuto stood rooted to the spot, staring dumbfounded at the poster displayed at the shop entrance.
On the poster, Jiraiya was embracing a puppet, making a kissing gesture.
That's right, this poster was specially taken by Shindai when he handed the finished puppet to Jiraiya that day.
At that time, Shindai already had an idea: to make Jiraiya his brand ambassador.
On the poster, there were several large words.
Puppets strictly selected by Jiraiya, one of the Leafs Sannin! Jiraiya used them and said they were good!
Pakura and the others felt their scalps tingle.
They truly wondered what kind of expression Jiraiya would have when he returned to Konoha.
They completely didn't understand what Shindai was thinking. When opening a shop like this, he should be more low-key. Why be so high-profile?
Shindai walked out of the shop entrance with a brilliant smile: "Oh, why are you all standing outside? Come on, come in! Today is the first day of business, everyone please show your support."
But no one moved a step.
Because there were many people standing around watching the commotion, mainly because the poster Shindai had put up at the entrance was too appealing.
Pakura and Uzumaki Kushina asked Shindai with dark expressions: "The shop you mentioned opening, is it this kind of shop?"
"Uh-huh, let me tell you, today is my opening day, and there are so many people around, so you can't hit me!"
Shindai knew very well that Pakura and Uzumaki Kushina definitely wanted to hit him right now.
But the shop was already open, the deed was done. Heh, they couldn't do anything about him!
Although standing outside the shop, Obito still saw the three beautiful maria no. 1 puppets in the glass cabinet inside, and his eyes were glued to them.
Rin Nohara looked at Shindai speechlessly. She had long heard of Shindai's 'dream', but she never expected Shindai to actually fulfill his 'dream'.
Yakushi Kabuto was already thinking about how to refuse Shindai later. Working here, he felt like his integrity would drop all over the floor.
Uchiha Hikari looked at Shindai with a calm expression, as she had already known.
Under Shindai's persistent invitation, Pakura and the others lowered their heads, afraid of being recognized, and were forced to enter Shindai's shop.
Although they felt embarrassed, Obito and Yakushi Kabuto's gazes occasionally darted towards the three maria no. 1 puppets that Shindai had made, as they were indeed very beautiful.
As Pakura and the others entered, many onlookers also entered the shop. They also wanted to see what this Puppet Shop opened by Shindai was all about.
Shindai's smile never faded as he saw so many people enter, because these people who came to see might all be his future customers.
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