One obvious option was to organize a comfortable prison that could only be accessed through a portal seal, but that was a poor solution. Besides, sooner or later I would have to explain where the children came from, not to mention the fact that having a complete family is a rather important factor in raising children.
The most suitable option, especially with my reputation as a womanizer, would be to take a couple more concubines, making the most beautiful captives an offer they can't refuse and backing it up with a few fuin of the appropriate type, which would immediately solve a lot of problems and surprise no one in particular.
However, given my recent marriage, I am afraid to imagine how my women would react to this. Of course, there is still the option of accepting Shenesu's offer and impregnating several widows, but I'm not crazy enough to mess up the place where I live. It's a dilemma that will have to be resolved very soon, because there's no better way to prevent a woman from participating in war than pregnancy. Hmm.
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I looked at my wristwatch and sighed — the women were taking an unreasonably long time, and all I had to do was take my wives shopping while my grandmother looked after the child. Well, maybe we could stop by one of the Akamichi restaurants, but that's no reason to take twenty minutes to get ready when I was ready in five and waiting for them outside.
"Ryo!" a familiar voice suddenly called out, and I turned in that direction.
"Shikaku? Hey," I waved to my brother in greeting.
"What are you doing?" he asked, coming closer.
"Just waiting for my beauties," I grunted a little annoyingly, "it's been fifteen minutes already, what did you want?"
"Yes, just something to show you," he grinned and pulled a small book from the inside pocket of his vest, 'one of our shinobi recently brought it back as a trophy from the nukenin of Kaminari no Kuni.
"The Cloud Search Book,' I raised an eyebrow in surprise, "why would I want that?
Shikaku opened the book, flipped through a few pages, and practically shoved a color photograph in my face. I recognized myself, looking very pleased, as if begging for a lemon or a brick, dressed in official clan attire.
"Don't you recognize anyone?" My cousin's voice was dripping with sarcasm.
But I didn't pay any attention to that, snatching the book from Bingo's hands and reading the information under the photo, which was obviously taken during the final exam for chunin.
"Mizu no Seirei" (Water Spirit).
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