After meeting the head and receiving their reward, Shisui and Kaida returned home. By now, it was almost nighttime.

  As soon as they ehe house, an e blur jumped toward them.

  “Big brother! I’ve been waiting for you guys for so long!” Naruto excimed as he unched himself at Kaida.

  “Hey, you might get hurt!” Shisui said, catg him mid-jump aly setting him down.

  “Why did you guys go out without waiting for me?” Naruto demanded, not giving them a moment's peabsp;

  “Aunt said you were out pying with your friends, so we decided to let you enjoy yourself with them. After all, they’re mubsp;more important than your brother, who just came back after so long,” Kaida said dramatically, feigning hurt.

  “Nooo! I didn’t know you guys were ing back! If I had, I wouldn’t have go. I’ve been waiting for you to return for so long!” Naruto hurriedly expined.

  “Hahaha, you should see your faaruto. He’s just teasing you! We know you were waiting for us,” Shisui said, ruffling Naruto’s hair.

  “Stop teasing my poor little boy,” Hae said as she ehe hall.

  “Okay, Aunt. Oh, Naruto, did you meet Kenta?” Kaida asked.

  “Oh! Yeah, he’s so big and cute! He doesn’t eve angry and even pyed with me!” Naruto replied excitedly.

  “Good. He’s going to live with us now, so make sure to be friends with him, okay?” Shisui said.

  “We’re already friends! He even shook my hand!” Naruto said proudly.

  “Good. Why don’t you go py with him some more?” Kaida suggested.

  “Okay!” Naruto shouted, running out to the backyard to py with Kenta.

  “Aunt, where is Yomi?” Kaida asked.

  “She went out to buy a mattress for Kenta,” Hae replied.

  “ht, I almost fot about that,” Kaida said.

  “Don’t worry. By the way, were you able to find someone for Kenta’s food?” Hae asked.

  “Yes, Mom, and it’s within the price range you gave us, so don’t worry,” Shisui replied.

  “The restaura dreed to our deal, and they’ll start delivering food from tomorrow,” Kaida added.

  “Good. That’s a relief—I was worried about that the most,” Hae said with a smile.

  “Since we have some time, Aunt, why don’t we discuss how to proceed with our business?” Kaida suggested.

  “Sure. I need something to do anyway; otherwise, I might fall asleep from exhaustion,” Shisui said.

  The three of them sat on the living room sofa, and Hae brought out some dots.

  “We aren’t having any issues with the bathhouse. Even though some smaller bathhouses have opened in the vilge, none of them match our prices or standards. Our revenue is still between 7–9 million Ryo, even after all these months,” Hae said, opening a map marked with locations of the new bathhouses.

  “Aunt, the bathhouse area looks way too big on this map,” Kaida remarked.

  “Oh! Yes, I bought some of the nearby properties around the bathhouse. I made a 10 million Ryo down payment and took a 30 million Ryo loan from the bank. All the nearby nd now belongs to us,” Hae expined.

  “Hmm, that’s great. With the bathhouse’s popurity, it’s a steal to get all that nd for just 40 million,” Shisui said.

  Normally, 40 million Ryo was an amount even a would think about thrice before spending. But the nd iion was vast—almost half the total nd owned by smaller s like the Kurama or Hatake s.

  When the Uchiha were forcibly relocated to the outskirts of the vilge, they were given an excess of nd as pensation. Sihe nd was oskirts, its price was already low, and because the Uchiha hadn’t used it for years, it was even cheaper. This allowed Hae to acquire so mud for just 40 million Ryo. sidering the size of the property, it was a deal worth taking.

  “Initially, I thought we’d have to wait a while before expanding the business further to pay off the loan. But with our current fihe loan is manageable, so we expand if we want,” Hae said.

  “So, Aunt, do you have any ideas for expansion?” Kaida asked.

  “Apart from some drink and food shops, perhaps a fashion outlet featuring clothes from other vilges might be a good idea. But even these won’t occupy more than 2% of the new area,” Hae said.

  “They’ll still bring i revenue,” Shisui said, refereng the ine from simir shops in the Uchiha distribsp;

  “True. But isn’t it wasteful to leave so mud unused?” Kaida asked.

  “You’ve got something pnned, don’t you?” Shisui said, reizing the tone in Kaida’s voibsp;

  With a big smile, Kaida went to the backyard and brought bae dirt.

  “Let’s assume this is all the nd we own,” Kaida said, spreading the dirt on the ground.

  Hae and Shisui nodded, letting him tinue.

  “We only occupy this much space for the bathhouse,” Kaida said, usih Release to form a small replica of the bathhouse in the dirt.

  “And since we pn to add a few shops, let’s assume there’ll be five. These will be structured around the bathhouse so that people ing and going use them,” he added. Five two-story shops formed around the bathhouse replibsp;

  “Now we have all this free space left. We need a new business pn for it,” Kaida said, gesturing at the remaining area.

  “When we were outside the vilge, I noticed something: wealthy people have too much money but very few sources of eai. That’s why the in Exams, where they see ninjas fighting, are so popur. So, I thought—what if there ce where they could watch such fights weekly, with guaranteed iy and drama?” Kaida expined.

  Usih Release, he created a rge replica of a stadium. It resembled a Roman coliseum but with modifications, including a fighting ptform and audience seating.

  “You want to host fights?” Hae asked.

  “Not fights, Aunt—just spars. Nothing brutal. These will be normal ninja spars, but with the added iive of earning money,” Kaida crified.

  “But…”

  “I know, Aunt. Don’t worry. We’ll e’s all legal, with betting monitored by the head and vilge higher-ups,” Kaida assured her.

  “I don’t know. Uhe bathhouse, this involves the is of many people. We’d need permission from several authorities even to sider something like this.”

  “But the ces of its success are almost certain, and the reve gees will dwarf our current ine,” Kaida argued.

  “And how will you find new ninjas to participate every week?” Shisui asked.

  “Money, brenin-level spars could earn 8–16 thousand Ryo. in-level spars could pay 20–30 thousand. For Jonin-level fights, we could offer 300–400 thousand Ryo, and for famous ninjas, the prize could go even higher,” Kaida expined.

  “You’ve really thought this through, huh?” Hae said, studying the stadium replica. After some time, she poio a ptform within the model.

  “And what’s this ptform for?” she asked.

  “Fights alone could get b over time. We’ll o add some drama and storytelling to keep the audiengaged,” Kaida said.