In the courtyard of the patriarch's house, Shigeru was lying under a tree, crossing his legs leisurely. A dog was running around the courtyard, not resting for a moment.
At this point, more than a year has passed since the first mission to recover the lost supplies.
During this year, Shigeru was basically busy doing missions and practicing, and nothing else happened.
The Hagoromo clan also spent this year recovering and breeding frantically. In just over a year, a large number of newborns were born.
It is expected that as these children grow older and stronger, the strength of the Hagoromo clan will almost completely recover.
This is the basis of a wealthy clan.
If a small clan had experienced such a war, it would probably have collapsed and disappeared into the long river of history.
But as long as a wealthy clan like the Hagoromo clan still maintains its foundation, it will be able to recover over time.
"Woof woof!"
The dog that was having fun in the yard suddenly ran to Shigeru's side and wagged its tail.
After the dog helped him on his first mission, Shigeru originally wanted to return it, but when he found the Jonin's family member being murdered, the other party said that the family had never had this dog.
Therefore, Shigeru could only keep him by his side.
Whenever he goes on a mission, Shigeru takes this dog with him. The dog has a keen sense of smell and chakra, which really helps Shigeru a lot.
However, when he had no work to do at home, this dog's true nature was exposed. He had nowhere to vent his energy and used it all to demolish the house. Once, he even broke down the door.
If Shigeru hadn't stopped him, this dog would have been torn apart by his father.
"Ha… ha…" The dog stood next to Shigeru, sticking out his tongue and panting.
When Hagoromo Qianhan saw this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes: "What do you want? Aibo!"
That's right, Aibo is the name he gave to the dog.
"Woof, woof!"
Aibo immediately stuck out his tongue and licked his nose, and a bark flowed from the corner of his mouth: "Woof!"
After more than a year of getting along, Shigeru can also understand what Aibo means.
Looking up at the sky, Shigeru stood up from the ground: "That's right, it's time for lunch."
"Ha ha…"
Aibo who was beside him immediately smiled and wagged his tail.
Shigeru couldn't help but give him a lecture, "Eat, eat, eat, like a pig that only knows how to eat and doesn't know how to stop eating, you'll become so fat that you won't be able to accompany me on missions."
"Woof, woof?"
Aibo looked at Shigeru in confusion.
I have made great contributions to the Hagoromo clan. What's wrong with eating some food?
Looking into Aibo's eyes, Shigeru shook his head helplessly and walked towards the house.
Seeing this, Aibo hurriedly followed, tail wagging.
Now Shigeru is the only one left in the house.
His two younger brothers were already over six years old and old enough to go on missions, so they were given a genin-level escort mission and went out with the family ninjas.
In their previous world, at this age, they should have been playing happily in school, but it was the Warring States Period. The family did not raise idle people, even the patriarch's son was no exception. When they reached that age, everyone had to contribute to the family.
Fortunately, there was a jounin accompanying the two children on their mission and would look after the patriarch's children, so Shigeru wasn't too worried.
Entering the kitchen, Shigeru took out the bowls and chopsticks and began serving rice.
The house maid went to deliver lunch to the patriarch and will probably return after a while.
He was too impatient to wait for the maid to come back to serve him his food, so he served himself and Aibo the food and started eating.
"Bah, bah, bah…"
The dog bowl was placed on the ground and Aibo opened his big mouth and began to eat vigorously. He was even more boisterous than a pig.
Shigeru couldn't help but roll his eyes, then picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.
In this world without entertainment, without the entanglement of mobile phones, eating alone is always quick. In about five minutes, Shigeru finished lunch.
Of course, Aibo ate faster, eating a pot in one minute and two full pots in total. If he hadn't run out of food, Aibo would have continued eating.
After clearing the dishes, Shigeru spoke to Aibo who was lying on the floor, "Come on, let's go out to eat!"
"Wow…"
Aibo stood up and replied to Shigeru.
His thoughts were, I just ate, can't I sit down and rest after my lunch?
However, despite his objections to Shigeru's words, Aibo obediently followed him.
After walking out the door, Shigeru slowly walked towards the mission room.
It's been half a month since the last mission. During this half month, he has been staying at home to practice. Now it's time to go out to carry out the mission again. Otherwise, staying at home will have a bad impact.
After all, ninjas have to complete a certain amount of tasks every month. Since he saved the Hagoromo clan over a year ago and became the clan's hero, the clan members won't force him to complete the missions.
But as a young patriarch, he always has to set an example.
"Young Patriarch!"
"Young Patriarch."
Walking through the clan streets, although the clan members were no longer as enthusiastic as they were a year ago, they still greeted Shigeru respectfully.
Shigeru also responded politely to this. The clan members respected him and greeted him. He couldn't just keep a cold face and ignore the others. Wouldn't that be too pretentious?
Shigeru has never been a person who likes to be conceited.
Entering the mission room, Shigeru walked to the right as usual.
The person in charge was still the one-armed old man. When he saw Shigeru arrive, the person in charge smiled and said, "Young patriarch, do you want to take charge of the mission?"
Shigeru nodded, "Yes, let's see if there are any suitable tasks and I'll leave tomorrow morning."
It was already past noon, which was not a suitable time to go out on a mission, so Shigeru was ready to take on a mission and set off again tomorrow morning.
"Young Patriarch, the tasks are all here. You can see which one is suitable." The manager handed him the task book.
Shigeru flipped through page after page, choosing the tasks that seemed most suitable.
However, as soon as he found a good quest, a clan member came towards him from behind.
"Young Patriarch, the Patriarch is going to hold a clan meeting. Please go to the conference room as soon as possible." The clan member went to Shigeru to report.
"Clan meeting?"
Shigeru looked at the other party in confusion.
You know, the last clan meeting was held during the New Year to summarize the clan's year.
It's not the New Year, so what kind of clan meeting is being held? Has something important happened in the clan?
Translator's note
The dog's name was a modification of mine, since the author keeps referring to him as a dumb dog or stupid dog, I prefer to give him a name.
Also, the relationship between the protagonist and the dog has been greatly modified by me, the protagonist constantly mistreats the dog, with blows and threats, I don't know why the Chinese author intends this to be some kind of comedy, it doesn't make me laugh.
I hope you don't mind the changes I've made, I do everything to make the story more enjoyable.