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Seeming to feel Uchiha Mikoto's gaze, Izumi instinctively ducked her head. This was just… meeting the parents so suddenly?
"Mother, this is all my business, it has nothing to do with Izumi." Seemingly sensing the change in the air, he quickly stepped between Izumi and Uchiha Mikoto, separating the two of them.
Although he was only five years old, Itachi had read many books, some of which recorded the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, something that existed even longer than the Ninshū.
Therefore, subconsciously, Itachi thought that Uchiha Mikoto was going to scold Izumi, so he quickly stepped between them.
"Ah? What's wrong?" Uchiha Mikoto, who was a bit confused by Itachi's sudden action, was completely baffled. What was her son talking about?
However, unbeknownst to Uchiha Mikoto, in Itachi's mind, her image had been associated with those mothers-in-law who persecuted their daughters-in-law in historical records.
"Greetings, Madam Mikoto, I'm Uchiha Izumi." Unlike Itachi's thoughts, Izumi directly introduced herself to Uchiha Mikoto.
"I know, hello, Uchiha Izumi, I'm Itachi-kun's mother, Uchiha Mikoto." In front of her future daughter-in-law, Uchiha Mikoto still had to maintain her image.
"Hello, is this the little brother Itachi-kun always talks about, Sasuke-kun?" Izumi saw that Uchiha Mikoto wasn't angry as she had imagined, but instead looked amicable.
Gathering her courage, she walked forward, came to Sasuke, and curiously asked.
"Yes, yes, this is Sasuke, my little brother, isn't he cute?" Speaking of Sasuke, Itachi immediately got rid of his previous timidity, walked to Uchiha Mikoto's side, and took Sasuke from her arms.
Sasuke, who had been sleeping, seemed to notice that he was being held by someone else, opened his eyes, saw Itachi, and immediately smiled.
"Ah, Sasuke really likes you more, huh." Uchiha Mikoto pouted like a little girl, she was actually jealous of her own son.
Ever since Sasuke was born, he had been closer to Itachi.
It was like his old mom didn't even exist.
"But… Itachi-kun, invite Izumi to our house for dinner tonight, I'll go prepare." Uchiha Mikoto directly took Sasuke from Itachi's arms, then glanced at Izumi, and turned to leave.
"Ah? Invite me to your house?" Izumi's face turned red when she heard Uchiha Mikoto's words.
This?
She was going to eat at Itachi-kun's house?
And Itachi-kun's family would be there?
"Yes, I'll go buy more dishes." Uchiha Mikoto patted Itachi, who was standing there dumbfounded, her eyes full of smiles.
Her son also had a girlfriend, this was great news.
She had to tell her husband!
After doing all this, Uchiha Mikoto was about to leave to buy groceries.
However, before she could go out, Shinji suddenly spoke.
"Wait, you still have something to do." Shinji suddenly stopped Uchiha Mikoto.
"What else is there?" Uchiha Mikoto turned her head with some confusion.
"You haven't given the reward." Shinji said calmly, pointing to the cash box on the counter.
This was related to his task, he couldn't be careless.
"Oh, oh, oh~ I almost forgot, I'm sorry, Shopkeeper Shinji." Uchiha Mikoto woke up as if from a dream, quickly walked to the cash box.
She reached into her bosom, took out something and placed it directly in the cash box. Judging from the way it was wrapped, it seemed to be very precious, it was even wrapped in silk.
"You're welcome, welcome back next time." Since he had received the payment, Shinji directly let Uchiha Mikoto leave.
After Uchiha Mikoto left, Shinji was about to see what he had received today, but he suddenly felt a resentful gaze.
He turned his head and saw Uchiha Itachi's resentful gaze, as if he was asking Shinji why he had betrayed him.
"Oh my, Itachi-kun, is there anything else?" Shinji looked at Itachi with a smirk, seemingly not feeling the slightest bit of guilt for what he had just done.
"Shopkeeper Shinji, you just…" Itachi saw Shinji's indifferent expression and subconsciously wanted to retort.
But he stopped just as he was about to speak.
Because.
He knew that Shinji in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person.
The one who had solved his heart knot was also him, and he was the one who could guide his brother, Shisui.
In fact, after enlightening Itachi, Shisui had told Itachi the source of all this, so he knew everything.
"Then… Itachi-kun, is there anything you want to ask today?" Shinji picked up the tea that had gone cold, and directly poured it out.
"Today… today, forget it, I'll come back another day." Itachi glanced at Izumi, who was still dazed, and sighed helplessly.
His girlfriend hadn't recovered from all this yet, so he would forget about it for today.
After all.
The biggest hurdle wasn't now, but the dinner tonight.
His father, Uchiha Fugaku, wasn't easy to talk to.
Therefore, Itachi just glanced at Shinji, then turned to leave.
"When you go to someone's house for the first time, what kind of things would you bring?" Shinji said intentionally.
Hearing Shinji's words, Izumi, who was still struggling, immediately reacted.
Right!
She was going to their house soon!
She had to quickly prepare some gifts to bring!
"Uh, may I ask." Seemingly gathering her courage, Izumi directly walked around Itachi and came to Shinji.
"Is there anything you want to ask? Miss Uchiha Izumi." Shinji saw that he was about to get business with just a few words.
"I want to ask… if it's the first time you go to someone's house… what kind of things should you bring?" Izumi asked timidly, although she was a very cheerful person, she was only cheerful in front of Itachi.
"If it's the first time you go to someone's house… what do Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto like?" Shinji smiled and poured Izumi another cup of tea.
Of course, Itachi wasn't a customer now, so Shinji didn't prepare tea for him.
"Yes, I want to know!" Uchiha Izumi asked nervously.
"If it's Fugaku of the Sharingan, he might want the continuation of the Uchiha clan's bloodline." Shinji smiled mischievously at Uchiha Izumi, his eyes seemed to have a hint of meaning.
"Ah?" Uchiha Izumi was only stunned for a moment before she immediately reacted. Children in this world mature early, they naturally understood what Shinji meant.
Itachi was the same, although they were both five-year-old children, they were still very self-aware.
"Of course, that's too early for you. You'd better focus on Itachi-kun's mother, Uchiha Mikoto." Shinji said with a smile.
"Itachi-kun's… mother?" Uchiha Izumi glanced at Itachi, who was deep in thought.
While Itachi lowered his head, he was thinking about what his parents liked.
It was only then that he realized that he didn't know anything about his parents' preferences?
Suddenly, a sense of self-blame began to emerge.
"If it's Uchiha Mikoto, it's much simpler. For example, Mikoto likes flowers, especially beautiful flowers." Shinji directly gave the answer.
"Flowers?" Uchiha Izumi began to think, what kind of flowers would be suitable to give to Uchiha Itachi's mother at this time of year.
"For example, carnations from the Ino clan's flower shop. This time of year is the best time for carnations, you can consider those."
Although Shinji's All-Purpose Shop was a distance from the Ino clan's flower shop, it was still early now, if she went to buy some, she could just buy the most vibrant flowers.
"Carnations?" Uchiha Izumi was already thinking about how many to choose.
"Carnations are usually 5, 6, 10, 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, etc., you can consider it yourself." Shinji didn't hide anything, he directly told her the most suitable numbers to give.
"Okay~ I understand, thank you, Shopkeeper Shinji." Uchiha Izumi had heard Itachi call Shinji that when she was with Itachi-kun.
"You're welcome, but… you'd better also bring some street wine, the one from the hotel your Uchiha clan runs." Shinji thought for a moment, he remembered that Uchiha Fugaku also liked to drink.
"Okay, I understand." Uchiha Izumi clenched her fists tightly, secretly cheering herself up.
"Okay, thank you for your patronage." Shinji narrowed his eyes, he would give her a perfect plan today.
He didn't know if Itachi, who had been single for so many years in the original story, would be able to solve his problem early this time.
But it didn't really matter to him.
"Thank you, how do I pay for this?" Uchiha Izumi had just seen Uchiha Mikoto's actions, so she naturally knew that she needed to pay here.
"Just follow our All-Purpose Shop's rules, whatever you like." Shinji smiled and pointed to the sign in the shop, this was the most suitable shop rule.
After all, Zhongli didn't have a concept of money, he was the embodiment of wealth, he didn't carry money when he went out, and he didn't have a concept of money.
"Since that's the case…" Uchiha Izumi seemed to have suddenly thought of something, she quickly ran out of the All-Purpose Shop, but quickly returned.
Not only that, but she was also holding a string of three-colored dumplings.
"This is my payment, is this okay?" Uchiha Izumi looked at Shinji expectantly.
"Of course, I'm very satisfied with this payment." Shinji smiled and took the three-colored dumplings from Uchiha Izumi, then politely thanked her.
"Then we'll go now, Shinji-nii." Uchiha Izumi had been taught by Shinji here, she happily waved goodbye to him.
Itachi did the same, he bowed respectfully before leaving.
"What good children they are." In the All-Purpose Shop, Shinji said with a sigh as he ate the three-colored dumplings.
[Ding]
[Congratulations, host, you have completed two transactions]
[Function 5: Earn 100 points for every 10 transactions completed, points can be exchanged for various items, current progress: 4/10]
Sure enough, as Shinji finished the three-colored dumplings and picked up Mikoto's payment, the system prompt came just in time.
Shinji didn't care about how Itachi and Izumi's meeting with the parents went.
After all, he wasn't the one meeting the parents.
Besides, Shinji had already told them the general strategy for meeting the parents in his previous life, whether they could grasp it or not was up to Izumi.
Of course, Shinji estimated that things should be almost done, because the number of times Itachi and Izumi went out together had increased visibly.
And the thoughtful Itachi even bought some tea leaves and sent them to Shinji.
But.
What Shinji wanted more now was to increase Zhongli's role-playing progress. After all, he had been in the Naruto world for a few days now, and his role-playing progress was still not enough.
Although he had Hawkeye as a temporary role-playing card as a backup, he still had to rely on his own strength, didn't he?
Therefore, Shinji planned to finish his current tasks first.
After all, he was only six transactions away from completing the task, and then he would know what the points rewarded by the system were useful for.
…
In the following days, Shinji continued to run his shop while listening to the famous performers and teasing his warbler, forming a stark contrast to the tense atmosphere in the Leaf.
December, snowflakes had covered the entire Leaf Village, leaving a snowy white scene in the Leaf.
The news of the Nine-Tailed Fox incident had already spread, and the three great ninja villages were extremely happy about the death of the Yellow Flash.
For a while, among the four great ninja villages, except for Kirigakure, which was still closed off to the outside world, the other three great ninja villages had all strengthened their exploration of Leaf intelligence.
At the same time, as if they had reached a consensus, a large number of ninjas were approaching the Leaf, both openly and secretly.
Although the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, had announced his return, the three great ninja villages still wanted to know how much strength the Leaf, led by Sarutobi Hiruzen, still had.
Therefore, the Leaf suddenly entered a state of alert, ninjas of all sizes began to move towards the border, preventing the invasion of Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Sunagakure.
From time to time, Shinji, sitting in the All-Purpose Shop, could feel ninjas moving at high speeds outside.
Shinji didn't pay any attention to them, because today.
Two months after Shinji came to the Naruto world, his task finally started to take shape.
Looking at the customer in front of him placing the payment in the cash box.
[Ding]
[Congratulations, host, you have completed one transaction]
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