Kairen turned his head and looked at Minato's squad, standing right beside Kushina.
Obito patted Kairen on the shoulder: "Kairen!"
Minato, Kakashi and the others also greeted him.
"Since you're here, just find a seat! All the dishes are served, and the drinks are unlimited."
Obito said energetically: "I'm going to eat your Senju family into poverty!"
"If you've got the ability, try!"
They slowly entered the Senju home and sat at the same table with Jiraiya and the others.
"Mm~"
Kairen put the two baby panda cubs down and pointed at them: "I'm going to entertain the guests. You two guard the entrance. When important guests arrive, remember to greet them with a smile!"
"Mm~"
Wolon and Fenchu lay on the ground, their thick dark circles staring at Kairen with a look that said he was an idiot.
"Watch my Panda Temptation Technique!"
Kairen instantly conjured two bamboo shoots bigger than them: "This is your reward. Remember — smile!"
"Mm~"
The two baby pandas immediately nodded, hugging the huge bamboo shoots tightly.
Kairen went to Kushina's table, spotted Anko's seat and squeezed beside her, suggesting she learn Orochimaru's snake tongue.
Anko was happily eating a meatball. Suddenly she noticed Kairen's figure, raised her little nose and snorted.
"Hmph!"
Then she turned away, pretending not to see Kairen.
Orochimaru saw it, chuckled, and taught Anko: "Little Anko, you can't be rude to the main family~"
If you hate someone, you should soak him in formalin and then castrate him so he can contribute to science.
Anko listened to Orochimaru the most. She let out an "Oh," turned back to look at Kairen, but still had that disgusted expression.
Her eyes rolled, and she suddenly asked: "That tri-color dango shop on Village Street suddenly closed — did you do it?!"
Kairen thought about it. His shadow clone, to save Anko's figure in the future, had directly bought the shop and turned it into a public toilet.
It was indeed his doing — but how could he admit it? He instantly denied three times: "It wasn't me! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!"
Anko snorted, picked up a sweet sushi and happily ate it while mumbling: "Moku Kairen, don't think that closing my dango shop means I won't eat desserts."
Kairen was a little worried — girls who love sweets end up with cavities — then relaxed again. He had no medical record showing diabetes.
"Mm~"
Kairen heard Wolon and Fenchu's call and instantly appeared outside the door.
The two baby pandas were blocking the Uchiha clan's path, holding bamboo shoots full of bite marks and blocking them.
Whimpering, indicating — no bamboo shoot, no entry.
"Move! Move!"
Kairen pushed the two baby pandas aside and saw clearly — the arriving Uchiha were Fugaku's family and two elders.
"Kairen-kun!"
"Kairen!"
"Ah! Fugaku-kun, Itachi, good evening!"
After greeting Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi, Kairen smiled at the Uchihas: "Thank you so much for your Uchiha clan today!"
The Uchiha great elder smiled: "Kairen friend, you're too polite. It was just a small matter. Compared to that, Kairen little friend has helped our Uchiha family a lot."
Kairen smiled and humbly responded a bit.
His gaze then turned toward Mikoto. When their eyes met, she immediately lowered her head.
Kairen scratched his hair. He had clearly exposed his Sharingan in front of Mikoto. Why didn't she say anything? Could it be because she cared for a little lover?
After finishing the adults' hypocrisy, Kairen led the Uchiha people into the banquet.
Tsunade also came out and cheerfully chatted with Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
Not long after, Wolon and Fenchu blocked three more people.
Kairen came out and recognized them — the Ino-Shika-Cho squad, and the strongest version of it.
Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, Akimichi Dingza.
Kairen rubbed his chin and thought — these three clans were Sarutobi's vassals, the Third Hokage's most loyal supporters.
And today Tsunade and Nara Shige were competing for the position of Hokage's assistant. Logically, they were political enemies — so why would Nara Shikaku come here?
Nara Shikaku handed a gift list to Kairen. Kairen looked down — many precious medicinal herbs, worth roughly 3 million ryō.
He thought to himself, the Nara family sure has guts.
Kairen looked at Shikaku again — one doesn't punch a smiling face, especially when the person is giving you money.
Nara Shikaku smiled and said: "Kairen-kun, this is just a small token. I hope Kairen-kun won't be too harsh on the Nara family."
This generous gift was entirely Shikaku's personal wealth — not using a penny from the clan.
After all, the Nara family still supported the Third Hokage. Switching sides to the Fourth's potential successor mainly harmed relations with the Sarutobi family.
So Shikaku sent this gift. Not for any other reason — just because he saw the situation clearly.
Now the village's power struggle had split into two factions: one led by the Third Hokage, the ninja clan alliance. The other — the suddenly rising Tsunade faction.
The pillar of that faction was Kairen's strength — enough to destroy the entire village alone.
And he possessed the Wood Release, growing at terrifying speed — as if the First Hokage's spirit possessed him.
Compared with the aging Third Hokage, Shikaku believed Kairen was the better bet.
But the Nara family wasn't governed by him alone. Yet a smart man doesn't wait passively. Even if he had to step on two boats — betting both sides was safest.
"Kairen-kun, this is our little token!"
Beside him, Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza presented their own gift lists.
Kairen looked — all heavy gifts.
But then he returned all three of them.
Nara Shikaku held the returned list, disappointed: "Kairen-kun, this—"
Kairen said: "Thank you for the gesture. Don't worry — I'll remember."
These worldly gifts meant nothing. If he wanted, he could buy out the entire Land of Fire.
He didn't care for anything from Ino-Shika-Cho, the Akimichi partial Multi-Size Technique he already mastered — the only thing he fancied was Yamanaka Ino.
Yamanaka Ino was not an ordinary flirt. In Kairen's previous life, his hard drive was full of her yoga pictures.
Half her hair covering one eye, seductive gaze, wearing a crop top.
His heart heated up, and he asked Yamanaka Inoichi: "Has your daughter been born yet?"
Yamanaka Inoichi looked confused, but politely replied: "I just got married recently. My wife and I don't have a child yet!"
Kairen shook his head, thinking he was truly a beast — the man hadn't even finished yet, and he was already thinking about it.
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