Naruto's civilian cannon fodder starts with the three-body technique

Chapter 28: Powerful Money Escape
"Master Qufang, if the blades are reimbursed and the amount deducted from the spoils of war is not enough, then it won't be enough."

Umino Sasuke looked calculating and worried, but he dug a small trap in his words.

"How can it not be enough? Although ordinary Sand Ninjas don't have any valuable loot, there are three Sand Ninja puppeteers here, and their puppets are very valuable."

Akimichi Torifō acted like a man of great insight, teaching his ignorant subordinates. He spoke with a bold and generous air, then laughed heartily and said, "If it's not enough, then according to the rules, all captured items will be considered losses."

Aburame Zhiwei, who was standing by, quickly tugged at Akimichi Torifo's clothes and whispered, "Captain, you should clean up the battlefield first before making any decisions."

"Yes, let's clean up the battlefield first."

Akimichi Torifō finally realized that he seemed to have spoken too confidently, but unfortunately, the bold words had been spoken and it was difficult to take them back.

"Don, come here quickly and report the bill for the loss of blades."

Umino Sasuke waved his hand and called Tekudo over.

So, a group of Konoha ninjas began to clean up the battlefield. The work was relatively simple and quick. They just used sealing scrolls to collect the useful ninja corpses and recover the usable blades. At the same time, they roughly compared the accounts to see if there was any way out.

The purpose of comparing the accounts is to prevent the reported losses from being too outrageous, such as reporting the loss of 100 detonating talismans when only one was used.

"What? You said you just used 150 Exploding Talismans?"

Akimichi Toribo jumped up on the spot and said, "You just said that only a little bit of the blade was damaged."

Is this a little bit?
He just opened his mouth and asked for hundreds of detonating talismans. It is customary to increase the reimbursement a little, but it can't be too outrageous, right?
The price of detonating talismans has now increased by more than double compared to usual. You can’t buy one without four thousand taels.

One hundred and fifty detonating talismans, which is more than six hundred thousand taels.

This is almost as much as the reward for an S-level mission in peacetime.

"Master Toribo, look at the explosion effect. I really didn't report it too much."

Umino Sasuke pointed at the location of the trap that Tekudo had set up earlier, looking extremely distressed.

"Do you think I'm ignorant? These are only about eighty or ninety detonating talismans at most."

"Look over there! I used some more detonating talismans and exploded two Fuma shurikens. Those two Fuma shurikens were custom-made by the Kingdom of Craftsmen. They cost fifty thousand taels each. That's way too expensive. I guess I'll have to live on coarse food for the time being."

"Well, yes."

Akimichi Torifon nodded. According to this statement, the loss was only increased by about 30%, which was not too outrageous. If it were other ninja disciples, it would be common to report two or three times more. It was still acceptable.

There is no problem with the loss reimbursement ratio, but the base number is really a bit large.

Umino Sasuke hurried to remedy the situation, and continued to report: "The tools used by Tekudo, Tenren Ranman, those blades can basically be recovered, so I won't report it."

"Yes, Not Bad."

Akimichi Torifo nodded, expressing his satisfaction. Looking at all these various blades, they were all fine products, and there were so many of them. Even if they were recycled, the maintenance and repair costs would be at least tens of thousands of taels, and they were not reimbursed. Well, this subordinate was very sensible.

But before Akimichi Torifo could be happy, Umino Sasuke reported again: "Look at those two iron prison doors, they are broken into scrap copper and rotten iron. It seems that they can only be recast. I will only charge a repair fee. Please name your price."

"How about I just reimburse you for an S-rank mission?"

"That's daring."

"That's wishful thinking. Forget it. There's no need to report it anymore. All the spoils will be given to you. All the merit points for this mission of blocking the Sand Ninja will also be yours. Let you make some money back." Akimichi Toribo looked at the two iron prison doors. The raw steel materials alone were more than one million taels. Taking into account the production cost and the sealing talisman on it, it would take at least several million taels to get it down.

The reward for an S-level mission is only over one million taels.

These two iron prison doors alone are worth several S-level mission merit points. How can I get them reimbursed?

The victory of this war was entirely built with money.

Even if all the mission merit points were counted together, they would not be able to make up for the loss of these two doors.

"Sasuke, take it easy from now on. I know this is all for the village, but it's not a good idea for you to keep subsidizing the village like this. Manpower will eventually run out. When you have a wife and children and become the head of a household, you'll realize how expensive food and fuel are. Oh, forget it, forget it. I won't nag you anymore."

Akimichi Torifon looked at Umino Sasuke, who possessed an extremely strong Will of Fire, with a bit of sympathy. He patiently instructed him, and finally said comfortingly, "Although your losses this time are great, it's not completely without gain. The intelligence that Kagejiro and the others brought back this time is invaluable. When the merit points for this intelligence mission come in, we'll split them in half, in addition to Shinnosuke and the others' share. This way, you can at least make some money back."

"Master Toribo is so generous! But just give me 30%."

Seeing that the distribution was so fair, Umino Sasuke did not dare to be too greedy.

It's not that he doesn't want more, it's just that the intelligence mission merit points are too difficult to get. He can only get 30%, and that's because he has the support of his superior, Akimichi Torifo. Otherwise, he would be lucky to get 10%.

"Okay, then 30%."

Akimichi Torifō nodded, and his understanding of Umino Sasuke's interpersonal relationships reached a new level, and he valued this subordinate even more.

There are many ninjas who possess the will of fire, but it is rare to find ninjas who possess the will of fire and are also worldly-wise.

If they have good combat capabilities, they will be the key targets for winning over.

"I would also like to thank you, Lord Torifan, for your support."

Umino Sasuke continued to compliment his leader, saying that serving his leader well would allow him to come here more often in the future, so that the Sand Ninjas would not choose his defense area to break through.

At the end of the compliments, Umino Sasuke even took out two bags of homemade dried fish and secretly stuffed them into Akimichi Torifong's hands.

"Huff! Huff!" Akimichi Torifon quickly sniffed twice, and his eyes suddenly lit up. In addition to the salty taste, there was also a curry flavor, and it was a secret flavor.

In Konoha Village, this thing is not very valuable, but if it is on the front line, it is a rare commodity.

Under the attack of food diplomacy, Akimichi Torifon immediately fell and promised that if he encountered injustice in the future, he would just mention his name, acting like a big brother who wanted to protect his younger brother.

"Captain, your water bats haven't been reported yet."

Tekudo, who was standing by, looked depressed as if his wife had died. Seeing that the two were talking happily, he came over with a small notebook in his hand and interrupted to give a reminder.

"Yes, my water bat."

Only then did Umino Sasuke remember that his summoning beast, the water bat, was cut into two pieces by the hedgehog-head with a casual knife, and fell into the river and was washed away.

At this moment, a large group of black parasites flew over, and a blue-black object could be faintly seen inside. It was the two parts of the water bat's corpse.

Obviously.

Aburame Zhiwei had been paying close attention to the entire process of blocking the enemy. Before cleaning up the battlefield, she had already used parasitic insects to fish the water bat's corpse out of the river.

(End of this chapter)