On the huge floor-to-ceiling window, there were two invisible hands pressed against it.
"Mmph—mmph!"
After a long muffled groan, Temari collapsed weakly onto the floor.
A few minutes later, Temari panted heavily and asked, "E-enough, right? I'm going back."
"Enough? How could it be? Stop joking, Lady Temari, I've only just gotten into the mood."
Uchiha Yoichi said with a smile. When Temari had just recovered some strength, he had already used Ōmononushi no kami to restore himself. He was now at his peak.
Ever since he gave Yamanaka Ino that promise a few days ago, Uchiha Yoichi had been in a bad mood. He had originally planned to play and then leave, be a textbook scumbag.
But Lady Ino was too naive, she really treated Uchiha Yoichi as someone she could rely on. If he just patted his ass and walked away like that, Yamanaka Ino would probably be so devastated she'd fall apart.
Uchiha Yoichi did want to be more heartless now, but he'd developed a bit of feeling for Yamanaka Ino too, and didn't really want to hurt her.
So this unspeakable anger could only be vented on Temari. Anyway, this woman, just like her husband, was full of hostility toward him. Uchiha Yoichi didn't need to be polite with Temari—he'd just do whatever felt good to him.
Uchiha Yoichi slapped Temari's rear and ordered, "Get up, Lady Temari. Get on the bed."
"A-again?"
Temari's face changed. Seeing Uchiha Yoichi still standing there, viciously erect, she couldn't help but feel a surge of fear. She really couldn't go on.
"Don't—don't use the back… I'm begging you!"
Feeling the pain behind her, Temari hated the man before her to death, but still forced herself to speak in a pleading tone and beg for mercy.
If this kept up, she really wouldn't be able to take it; it might even affect her normal life.
"Stop saying pointless things, Lady Temari. The premise of me keeping my promise is that you obey the terms…"
Uchiha Yoichi cut Temari off, then yanked her onto the bed. Just as he was about to act on a new idea, two voices sounded from downstairs.
Ding dong! Ding dong!
"Who is it this time…"
Uchiha Yoichi's mood got even worse. Someone always interrupted at the crucial moment. He immediately pulled up the surveillance; the image and sound from the first-floor front entrance appeared on the TV in the room.
"Weird, is the boss not here?"
"He should be. We just asked around earlier, no one came out, and the door's locked from the inside. If he went out, he should've locked it from the outside, right…"
Hearing that familiar voice, Temari's face changed as she turned her head. On the monitor she saw a familiar face—her son, Nara Shikatai.
"Shikatai—why is Shikatai here?"
Temari asked in a bit of panic. She was afraid her son would find out about her, and started struggling.
But how could Uchiha Yoichi possibly let Temari get up? His hands clamped down on her waist, pinning her to the bed as he said, "Calm down, Lady Temari. Your son probably isn't here for you. Otherwise, he'd be rushing up here right now instead of politely ringing the bell."
"But if you don't behave, I can't guarantee what your son Nara Shikatai will end up seeing…"
Hearing Uchiha Yoichi's words, Temari calmed down, but when she heard that last bit of threat, her face twisted with disgust and anger as she cursed, "Bastard, you're such a bastard…"
"You've still got the strength to curse, Lady Temari. Let's see just how much strength you've got left today!"
Pa pa...
Temari let out a muffled moan and hastily buried her face in the blanket. She didn't want to make that kind of sound in front of her son Nara Shikatai.
Those shamefully wretched sounds…
Even while Uchiha Yoichi was thrusting into Temari, he still used a Command Spell Clone to send a clone downstairs in his place.
At the same time, everything happening on the first floor was displayed on the surveillance feed. Temari was too ashamed to look at her son, but she still couldn't help being curious why Shikatai had come here.
Uchiha Yoichi's Command Spell Clone stepped onto the first floor and directly opened the pharmacy door, pretending to be seeing Uzumaki Boruto, Nara Shikatai, and Yamanaka Ijin for the first time. He asked, "Three little kids? You're not here to buy Secret Medicine, are you? What business do you have with me?"
"What's that supposed to mean, old man? Why can't we be here to buy Secret Medicine? And what kind of Secret Medicine do you even sell?"
Uzumaki Boruto folded his arms and asked. Nara Shikatai quickly tugged on Uzumaki Boruto's sleeve, then said, "Hello, I'm Nara Shikatai, he's Uzumaki Boruto, and this is Yamanaka Ijin. We just wanted to ask you about something."
"Uzumaki… and Yamanaka? You wouldn't happen to be family of the Seventh Generation Hokage and Ino, would you?"
Uchiha Yoichi put on an act of thinking for a moment, then stepped aside to let them in. After serving three cups of tea, he continued asking, "Alright, talk. What brings you here?"
"To buy secret medicine!"
Uzumaki Boruto downed his tea, then raised his hand and spoke up directly.
Uchiha Yoichi said in an even tone, "The cheapest goes for a million ryo. Even Konoha Village can't afford to buy many. You kids can forget it. Don't beat around the bush, just tell me what your real purpose is."
Nara Shikatai could tell at a glance that Uchiha Yoichi was a very calm man. Trying to circle around to fish for information wouldn't work well on someone like him, so he got straight to the point: "Manager, we heard that Aunt Ino is your friend, but Ijin recently noticed Aunt Ino acting a bit strange. Have you noticed anything?"
"Strange? In what way?"
Uchiha Yoichi feigned confusion and asked, "About a month ago, Ms. Ino was in a bit of a bad mood, seemed to be related to her family. She'd often come drink at the shop next door to mine. I gave her a lot of advice too, but lately I hardly see her."
"Advice? What kind of advice?"
"Family stuff. I'm not telling you. If you want to know, you can go ask Ino..."
"But..."
"Casually revealing other people's business is not what a friend should do."
Upstairs, Lady Temari, kneeling on the bed and rocking back and forth, heard this and silently cursed Uchiha Yoichi in her heart. A bastard like him, what 'friends' could he possibly have? That Ino woman must've been tricked too!
But as her mind wandered, the thrusting from behind made Temari fail to hold back a soft moan; and the bedroom door on the third floor was still wide open. The sound carried straight down to the first floor. Though very faint, it was still clear enough to be heard by ninja.
Uzumaki Boruto was the least able to hold back and directly asked, "Hey, old man, do you have guests upstairs?"
"Mm. Which is why I can't give you too much time. If there's nothing else..."
Nara Shikatai spoke up, "Manager, if you know anything more, please tell us. This has to do with Ijin..."
Uchiha Yoichi cut Nara Shikatai off, then glanced at the time and went on, "Alright, if you came only for this, then there's nothing more for us to talk about. Grown‑ups' troubles aren't something you can solve. Go home."
"Oh, right. As the son of a friend, it's our first time meeting, so I'll give you a little present."
With that, Uchiha Yoichi took out a small bottle. Inside was a Soldier Pill. He held it out in front of Yamanaka Ijin and said, "A Recovery Pill. It can restore a person's stamina in a very short time. It'll also quickly restore you ninja's Chakra."
"If I remember correctly, Jonin Sakura Uchiha bought one to test, and it could restore a Jonin's entire Chakra supply within one or two minutes. Take it, Ijin‑kun."
Yamanaka Ijin pointed at himself in disbelief and asked, "Eh, it's for me?"
Uchiha Yoichi said, "Yeah. It might save your life on a mission someday. If you're not sure about it, you can ask your mom, Ino, when you get home."
"Th‑then… okay..."
Yamanaka Ijin accepted it, and soon after, the three of them were politely shown out of the pharmacy by Uchiha Yoichi.
Only after they'd left did Yamanaka Ijin come back to his senses, staring at the pill bottle in his hand. Why had he just accepted that medicine?
"Hey, Ijin, why'd you take his medicine?"
Uzumaki Boruto asked in dissatisfaction. The three of them went together, so why was only Yamanaka Ijin given something?
"I already took it. You want me to go return it or what..."
Yamanaka Ijin shot back. He didn't like Uzumaki Boruto's tone.
"What are you two arguing about? Besides, I doubt that shopkeeper gave Ijin the secret medicine for nothing," Nara Shikatai said as he separated the two and began analyzing.
"It's the first time Ijin's accepted some stranger's secret medicine, so of course he'll be uneasy. And that boss just now also told Ijin to ask Aunt Ino about it when he goes back. If Ijin really does that because he's worried about the pill, then today's operation will definitely be exposed..."
Hearing this, Uzumaki Boruto clapped his hands and said, "So that's it! That guy's trying to use this to pass a message to Aunt Ino? That's so sneaky!"
"It's not really sneaky. That pill's probably fine. Even if Ijin doesn't ask, that boss will likely mention it next time he sees Aunt Ino anyway. We got a bit impulsive and shouldn't have gone straight to him like that."
Nara Shikatai scratched his head as he spoke. What a troublesome mess. He kind of regretted coming here; if his mom found out, he'd definitely get an earful when he got home.
"We need to find an adult to help us. Otherwise, doing anything with just the three of us is way too hard!"
Uzumaki Boruto folded his arms behind his head and said, "An adult? Who'd help us? And some of those adults aren't even as capable as we are."
Nara Shikatai rubbed his temples and said, "It's about status. Adults are completely different from us that way—they're more convincing."
"If it's like that, I do have someone in mind. If we go to her, we don't have to worry about our families finding out either..."
Thinking of a candidate, Uzumaki Boruto couldn't help shivering. "But she's a pain. A huge pain..."