After Hitomi left to check on Ichiro's ribs, Kenshin decided to start implementing his plan. He took a shower, then invited Kasumi and Natsumi to his room, since out of his four wives, they were the only ones not pregnant at the moment.
Hearing the call of their beloved husband, Kasumi and Natsumi were overjoyed and both hurried to his room, bumping into each other near the door.
"What are you forgetting near Kenshin's room?!" Kasumi asked in a displeased tone.
"Me?! You're the one forgetting something in his room?!" Natsumi shot back. She didn't know what to say to such impudence, in her opinion.
"Pffft." Kasumi snorted, pushed her rival aside, flitted into the room, instantly climbed onto the bed with Kenshin, and laid her head on his chest.
"Kenshin, why did you call her? Isn't one of me enough?" Kasumi purred coquettishly, glancing at her rival's stunned face out of the corner of her eye.
"Kasumi, stop it. You know I love you both equally; there's no need to compete." Kenshin said, and slapped Kasumi on her firm ass. "Natsumi, girl, come to me." he said with a smile, turning his head.
Natsumi literally blossomed before his eyes, regained her composure, gracefully walked to the bed, then in one motion pulled off her tank top and shorts, ending up completely naked, and climbed into the embrace of her beloved husband.
Kenshin smiled and immediately caressed the beautiful naked girl. To his luck, Kasumi apparently had no intention of yielding to her rival in anything, so for the next two hours they both drained him dry time after time, after which they all fell into a deep sleep together.
Waking up a few hours later, Kenshin saw an utterly heartwarming sight before him. Kasumi and Natsumi, who were usually like cat and dog, lay blissfully embraced and whimpered sweetly in their sleep. Kasumi lay on her longtime rival, nuzzling into her neck and unconsciously kissing it.
"Mmf, I love you so much..." Kasumi whispered through her sleep, kissing Natsumi's tender neck.
"I love you too..." Natsumi purred, thinking it was Kenshin. The dreams didn't let her notice that the voice was feminine, and the beauty embraced her rival, pressing her to herself.
Both girls unexpectedly opened their eyes and stared at each other, then shot a glance at Kenshin, who was barely holding back laughter. They blushed deeply, and Natsumi was about to push her rival away, but Kenshin pressed against both of them and whispered:
"No need to fight. Love and affection suit you much better than discontent and quarrels." he said, and kissed both at the corners of their lips.
"Okay..." both beauties whispered, exchanging a glance that agreed on a truce. This was the first time Kenshin had slept with both of them at once, and for each, this experience was utterly special, contributing to some rapprochement between the two irreconcilable rivals.
Hearing their tender chirping, Kenshin smiled contentedly and kissed both again, then finally let them take a more comfortable position on both sides of his broad chest.
All his wives, for some mysterious reason, adored sleeping with him, laying their head on his chest. It seemed that just the scent of his body put them in a state of serenity and helped them fall asleep faster. Kenshin was completely fine with this heightened interest from them, and almost every night he called one of his beauties to him if she wasn't in the late stages of pregnancy.
"Kasumi, dear. Remember how you told me about the underground market where they sell captured shinobi?" Kenshin asked after a short rest in the embrace of the two beauties.
"Mm? I haven't been there myself; I only know that clans or very rich people often buy slaves there to train their offspring..." Kasumi murmured thoughtfully, trying to recall more details.
"Interesting... And what does the Hokage or Daimyo think about all this?" Kenshin asked. Something as exotic as slavery barely fit in his head.
"Officially, it's forbidden, but all these slaves are outside the law anyway. They're either rogue ninja or shinobi from other countries, so no one cares, plus it brings huge profits." Kasumi replied. She didn't understand why Kenshin suddenly showed such keen interest in the topic, but she was happy to answer any question.
"How strong are the slaves they sell there, and what's their price?"
"As far as I know, they've never sold anyone stronger than a weak Jonin there, but that's extremely rare. Mostly they sell Genin, and occasionally Chunin. Prices depend on many factors, but on average, a Genin costs from 100 to 250 thousand Ryo. The one bought for my exam cost 180 thousand." Kasumi said enthusiastically. She liked being useful to Kenshin, and she periodically glanced contentedly at the silent Natsumi, who couldn't boast such extensive and useful knowledge.
"And what was this exam about?" Kenshin asked with interest. This aspect of her biography greatly surprised him, as he'd never heard about it.
"Khm... I had to fight this captured Genin and kill him... I knew they'd save me if necessary, but it was still very scary..." Kasumi whispered, pressing even closer to Kenshin.
"Wow... Does everyone in the Nara clan go through such an exam?" he asked, stroking the beauty's back. In the big picture, he didn't care that she had killed some captured Genin back then, because he knew that in the vast majority of cases, such slaves were far from good people, but rogue ninja.
"No, not everyone. Only descendants of the main family and elders. It's very valuable experience because many die in their first life-or-death battles, morally unprepared to kill another person." Kasumi said with a sigh. She vividly remembered what she felt when she pierced that Genin's throat. At first she didn't want to fight him at all, but they promised him freedom if he killed her, and young Kasumi had to defend her life, then take his.
"And now the most important question: do they sell strong kunoichi there?"