The suddenly built house drew amazement.
For a time, the onlookers flooded in, admiring it inside.
Although there was nothing inside yet.
"It's missing a lot of things."
Takumi pinched his chin. "Like mirrors, scissors, and things like that."
"Leave this to me."
Kakashi volunteered. Mainly, there were too many people here, and he felt uncomfortable.
Then, Kakashi immediately fled the somewhat crowded house.
"It's still a bit small."
Yamato was squeezed uncomfortably and revealed a wry smile.
"There will definitely be a lot of people on opening day. That's normal."
Takumi wasn't crowded.
Mainly because Sakura and Ino were beside him acting as personal bodyguards, driving away other women who tried to put their dirty paws on Takumi.
"Everyone move aside! Don't you know you're crowding Takumi-kun!"
"Takumi-kun's body is very delicate! Not something you coarse folks can touch!"
"If you push any further, I won't be polite!"
"I'm talking about you! How dare you reach out! Take that!"
When it came to guarding their food, their combat effectiveness was still very strong.
Although the surrounding women also cursed fiercely, the two desperate girls didn't back down at all.
After all, behind them was their beloved Takumi.
"Alright everyone. Although I understand everyone's desire to look around, if this continues, no one will be able to."
Seeing the chaos around him, Takumi had to raise his voice. "If this goes on, some bad situations might occur."
"I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me. That would make me sad."
"So please, go outside and wait for a while."
His words seemed to carry magic.
The people around immediately stopped pushing forward and instead retreated.
"Listen to Takumi-kun!"
"We can't do things that make Takumi-kun sad!"
"Takumi-kun, I love you!"
"Get this heretic out of here! Takumi-kun belongs to all of us!"
"Everyone out! Listen to Takumi-kun, go out and wait!"
After a burst of chaos, the house became much quieter.
All the women and most of the men were swept out of the house, looking at the people inside from outside.
At this moment, besides Takumi, Sasori, and Yamato in the room,
There were also a few of the younger generation who had been squeezed into the corner and couldn't move.
Like Naruto, Lee, Shikamaru, Choji, etc.
Neji, being wise, simply hadn't come in.
After the commotion ended, he leisurely walked in.
He was a world apart from the other younger generation, who were gasping for breath as if they had been through a major battle.
"Damn it! Neji, you're too sneaky!"
Naruto couldn't help but point at Neji and shout. "You hid outside all by yourself!!"
"You were the ones too stupid."
Neji said calmly.
Shikamaru covered his face, looking too ashamed to show it.
He had also been caught off guard just now and couldn't dodge in time.
As a result, he was almost crushed into a meat patty.
Fortunately, Takumi spoke up in time, otherwise he might have been squeezed unconscious.
"Let's wait a bit for now."
Takumi said to Sasori. "Once the tools are brought over, we can officially open for business."
"You really intend to make me a barber?"
Sasori looked at Takumi. Although his expression hadn't changed, the surprise in his voice was very obvious.
"Having gone this far, do you think I'm joking?"
Takumi was even more surprised.
He had even built the house; how could it be a joke.
"You really have courage."
Sasori looked at Takumi and couldn't help but shake his head. "Sending those innocent civilians into my hands, I could kill them at any time."
"You won't."
Takumi said with a confident smile. "I won't let you do that."
"Besides, would doing that benefit you?"
"Even if you escape Konoha, where can you go?"
"Back to the Akatsuki? Will they still accept you? As a failure who has been captured, can they still trust you?"
"And moreover, do you really have a reason to fight so hard for the Akatsuki?"
Takumi's series of questions struck at the core of Sasori's inner thoughts.
Sasori was at a stage of confusion right now.
Takumi's words were exactly what he had been thinking about.
And, had the Akatsuki's compensation to him been enough?
"Stay here for a while first."
Takumi patted Sasori's shoulder. "Live a peaceful life for a while, then carefully think about where you want to go from here."
Yamato looked on from the side, not understanding the specific situation, so he naturally had no right to interrupt.
He had come out this time just as a builder, specially to build a house for Takumi.
Who the house was for and how it was used was none of his business.
Seeing Takumi and Sasori both fall silent, he wanted to bring up a topic.
But being unfamiliar with them both, he naturally couldn't find a suitable topic.
So, after several attempts to speak, he gave up on the idea of talking.
Konan, monitoring from outside, had an extremely grave expression.
Seeing Yamato use Wood Release earlier was already shocking enough.
She hadn't expected that Konoha's lost Wood Release still existed.
Although it hadn't demonstrated any powerful combat technique, Wood Release's creative power still shocked her very much.
'If one's Chakra was abundant enough, like a Tailed Beast's, they could probably directly create a small town.'
'In terms of creativity, Wood Release was truly uniquely endowed.'
Thinking of the vast forests surrounding Konoha, all the work of Hashirama, she couldn't help but marvel.
However, once everyone entered the house, she obviously couldn't continue monitoring.
Her line of sight was blocked; she couldn't see anything.
She also didn't dare get too close casually, afraid of being discovered by Sasori.
As for Takumi, she believed he had already discovered her arrival.
When she had infiltrated into Konoha before, she already knew how high Takumi's vigilance was.
And she had stood blatantly on the rooftop without trying to hide her figure at all.
Because things were very lively below at the time, no one was paying attention to the rooftops; she simply didn't need to worry about being seen.
But now, if she wanted to continue investigating Sasori's situation, she naturally needed to get a bit closer.
'Does Takumi really intend to make Sasori a barber?'
Konan still couldn't believe it in her heart. 'Takumi definitely has other ideas. He's definitely planning to use this to lull Sasori's mind, and then get information from him.'
She analyzed Takumi's thoughts, then felt her guess was probably correct.
But just guessing definitely wouldn't be enough to report back.
She still needed to gather enough intelligence before she could report back.
To see the situation inside the house, she had to descend to the ground.
However, her cloud-patterned robe was too conspicuous; she needed to disguise herself.
She didn't use Transformation Technique; that would be too easily detected as abnormal.
If she wanted to investigate secretly, it was best not to reveal her figure.
Using Chakra for camouflage was obviously not feasible in Konoha.
Because Konoha had the Byakugan.
Any abnormal Chakra Flow couldn't escape the Byakugan's observation.
Her disguise was simple.
Wiping off her eyeshadow, letting down her chignon, and letting her long hair fall behind her.
Then, taking off her cloud-patterned robe and changing into an ordinary long dress, she tried to reduce her presence as much as possible, hiding in the crowd and watching the situation in the room.
Then, she saw Takumi say a lot to Sasori and pat him on the shoulder.
She couldn't see Takumi's lips clearly, so she couldn't read what he said, nor could she capture any information from Sasori's expression.
This way, it was completely useless for reconnaissance.
'I have to find a way to get inside.'
Konan frowned in thought. But now that everyone was outside, she needed a suitable reason to enter.
But in a hurry, thinking of a suitable reason was obviously very difficult.
Especially since the area was full of women admiring Takumi.
If she rashly entered, she would probably be stopped by these women.
Just as Konan was at a loss,
Kakashi brought back some workers.
After all, installing mirrors and such required workers.
They weren't professionals; this kind of thing had to be left to the professionals.
"Thank you for your hard work, Kakashi-senpai."
Takumi expressed his thanks, then also expressed his gratitude to the workers. "Thank you all very much for coming to help. The payment will be given to you later."
"No need to be polite!"
The foreman type slapped his chest and said, "Being able to work for Konoha's hero is the most important thing for us."
"That's right!"
A middle-aged worker chimed in loudly. "If others find out I once worked for Takumi-kun, they'll definitely be jealous of me."
"Right, right, right!"
"Then at the dinner table, we can brag like crazy!"
"What bragging! We're telling the truth!"
The workers started cheering.
Takumi couldn't help but smile.
His continuous powerful achievements, along with his consistent humble attitude, had made his impression on the people of Konoha reach its peak.
If a Hokage election were held now, he was confident he would be directly elected with a high number of votes.
Although it was the Jonin who voted for the Hokage, not these civilians,
Takumi still had this confidence.
His efforts over this period of time had not been in vain.
"You really are popular."
Sasori said blandly. "But this is only temporary. The day you fail, their evaluation of you will plummet."
"Just like Konoha's White Fang back then. It was just one mission failure, yet the whole village boycotted him."
"In the end, he foolishly chose suicide. What an idiot."
Although Sasori's tone was bland, one could hear his hatred for Sakumo.
As his blood enemy, he had naturally gathered a lot of information about Sakumo.
Not being able to personally kill Sakumo and turn him into a human puppet had always been a great regret for Sasori.