Minato and Kushina's wedding had begun.
Jiraiya, Hiruzen, and Sarutobi Biwako, as elders to Minato and Kushina, began to officiate the wedding.
First was the Purification Ceremony; all guests stood up to receive the purification vows.
After the purification was complete, the Offering Ceremony began.
This involved offering delicacies to the gods, a ritual to express respect to the deities.
Minato and Kushina took the food from Hiruzen and Sarutobi Biwako and offered it before the gods' spirit tablets.
Next was the recitation of the prayer; Jiraiya recited the prayer before the spirit tablets, and all guests stood to pray, offering their best wishes for Minato and Kushina's marriage.
After that came the Vow Cup Ceremony.
Jiraiya offered sacred wine to Minato and Kushina, and the two exchanged cups before the gods, vowing to be husband and wife.
Minato smiled and handed his cup to Kushina: "From here on out, please take care of me in our future life, Kushina."
After taking it, Kushina handed her cup to Minato and said with a smile: "Mm, please take care of me too, Minato."
Minato and Kushina drank the wine in their cups in one gulp.
The guests applauded and cheered in unison: "Happy wedding!"
The wedding ceremony was more or less over, and the guests could begin dining.
Shendai picked up his chopsticks and began to stuff his face.
"I haven't eaten since this morning; I'm starving!"
Pakura, immersed in the beauty of the wedding, heard Shendai's muttering and rolled her eyes speechlessly.
At such a touching moment, this killjoy only knew how to eat.
After the wedding, Shendai and Pakura had originally planned to go home.
Jiraiya appeared and blocked their path, saying to Pakura with a chuckle: "Can I borrow this brat for a moment?"
Shendai said unhappily: "Brat?"
Jiraiya, needing a favor from Shendai, immediately changed his tune: "Uh... little handsome guy."
Pakura agreed: "Fine, then I'll head home first."
Shendai nodded: "Mm, I'll talk to Lord Jiraiya for a bit and then head home."
After Pakura left, Jiraiya and Shendai arrived in an empty alleyway.
Shendai knew exactly what Jiraiya wanted from him: "It's already done, but... are you sure you want to inspect the goods here?"
Jiraiya thought of an unpleasant experience and shivered: "Follow me to a secret place."
After arriving at a small grove, Jiraiya said to Shendai impatiently: "Hurry up and show me."
Shendai took out a scroll and summoned the puppet.
It was as busty and curvy as always, with a sexy figure.
However...
"Hm? Didn't you say you would make one based on Tsunade? Why isn't it?"
Shendai took out another scroll and summoned an old-fashioned camera.
Shendai grinned: "Lord Jiraiya, do you remember? You promised me earlier that you would grant me one request. My request is just for you to take a photo with this puppet."
Jiraiya frowned: "Take a photo? Is it that simple?"
Shendai nodded: "It's that simple! After the photo is taken, I will replace the face with Lady Tsunade's, and then you can take it with you, Lord Jiraiya."
Jiraiya felt a bit uneasy, as if there were a conspiracy, but it was just a photo—what kind of conspiracy could there be?
Jiraiya agreed: "Fine, let's do it."
"Put your arm around her shoulder, pose like you're about to kiss the puppet's face—yes, yes, just like that, hold it."
Shendai pressed the shutter, the flash went off, and the photo was taken.
Shendai checked the film. Perfect~
"Now I'll just swap it out."
Shendai removed the face directly, then summoned the prepared face of Tsunade from the scroll and replaced it.
Jiraiya looked at the puppet with great satisfaction: "Amazing, absolutely amazing! It's exactly the same! This is a work of art!"
Shendai warned: "Make sure you don't let Lady Tsunade find out. Even if she does, you can't sell me out... Wait, no, she'll definitely guess it was me the moment she sees it. Anyway, Lord Jiraiya, find a good excuse yourself. You are not allowed to sell me out, or I will blacklist you!"
Jiraiya retorted: "Can you not get caught? Rest assured, I will be very careful!"
Shendai handed the puppet to Jiraiya: "Handover complete. That's it, I'm heading home now."
Shendai received the 1.2 million ryo investment from Jiraiya and Hiruzen the next day. Jiraiya's puppet was finished, so the puppet for Hiruzen would have to wait.
Money was hard to come by, so Shendai planned to visit Kannabi Bridge in a few days to look for the treasure.
After returning from Kannabi Bridge, Shendai would prepare to make the puppet for Hiruzen.
While walking home, Shendai suddenly stopped.
Frowning, Shendai remembered something.
When Kannabi Bridge was destroyed, Shendai had noticed a place that seemed to have special patterns, which had caught his attention.
However, these patterns were quickly buried by rubble, but Shendai had remembered them.
Shendai immediately took out paper and a pen and drew the pattern.
"It looks like... a Sealing Technique? Today... never mind, I'll ask Sister Kushina tomorrow. If it really is a Sealing Technique, maybe the treasure is inside this seal."
Today was Minato and Kushina's wedding day, so it wouldn't be good to disturb their sweet time together.
The next day at noon.
Shendai arrived at the house of Minato next door.
Because they had just gotten married, Minato planned to spend some quality time with Kushina, so he had asked Hiruzen to help out for a few days and had taken some time off.
Shendai raised his eyebrows at Minato and Kushina: "Lord Minato, Sister Kushina, was yesterday fun?"
Minato said with a smile: "Of course. This was the most important moment for me and Kushina, so of course it was happy."
Kushina hugged Minato's arm and said sweetly: "That's right~"
Shendai curled his lip. How pathetic of him; he shouldn't have opened his mouth to ask, only to be fed a mouthful of dog food.
Shendai took out the scroll with the drawing of the suspected Sealing Technique and handed it to Kushina: "Sister Kushina, you are proficient in Sealing Techniques. Help me take a look—is this a Sealing Technique?"
Kushina took the scroll and began to read it. After one glance, she let out an "Oh?" and sat on the sofa to examine it carefully.
Seeing Kushina's reaction, Shendai felt it must be correct; this special pattern was nine times out of ten a Sealing Technique.
After looking for a while, Kushina said to Shendai: "This is indeed a Sealing Technique. In it, I can even see traces of our Land of Whirlpools' Sealing Techniques, and furthermore, this is a double seal."
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