Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 653 Undercurrent
There was a slap in the face, but this time the action was much faster, but within two minutes, the steaming ramen was brought up. There were two servings, besides Lei Luo's bowl, there was also Shengshu's bowl.

Noticing that Shengshu didn't open his mouth, but handed the ramen to the other party with ease, as if there was a tacit understanding between the two, Lei Luo couldn't help asking curiously: "Shengshu, have you always come here to eat before?"

Sucking in the last noodle in one gulp, Sheng Shu took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, breathed out a warm breath with a face full of comfort, and when he heard Lei Luo's question, he turned his head and replied with a smile:

"Hokage-sama doesn't know. I discovered this store half a year ago. The owner's craftsmanship and character are quite good, so I often come here for lunch and dinner."

Seeing Naoshu boasting about himself in front of Lei Luo, the smile on his face seemed to be a little more pervasive, and he interjected a few words: "Shangshu has been praised, as long as you like Yile Ramen, then I will do it with your hands." It's enough."

"I would be very embarrassed to praise me in person like this."

Looking at Shuda's modest and proud face, Lei Luo couldn't help becoming a bit interested in the owner of the small ramen shop, and immediately asked: "Shouda, Naoki said that he discovered this place half a year ago, that is, Say, were you one of the victims of the May [-] Incident?"

Hearing Lei Luo take the initiative to bring up this question, he carefully glanced at Hokage-sama's face with his hands, and saw that his expression was as calm as if he was just asking casually, he nodded after thinking for a while and replied:

"Yes, Hokage-sama, the original storefront was destroyed during the battle on May [-]th. The current storefront was rebuilt by me after using up all of my family's savings."

Hearing this, Lei Luo frowned slightly and asked, "I remember that all property losses caused by the May [-] incident were all borne by the village finance and real estate developers. Didn't you receive subsidies?"

Although Lei Luo's tone was very calm, Hand Da obviously sensed some unusual meaning from it. He hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but look at the rope tree beside him.

After getting a look of "you just tell the truth", he turned his head and looked at Lei Luo. He pursed his lips with a tangled face, and found that Lei Luo's eyes were gradually becoming impatient, so he had to bite the bullet and say:

"Master Hokage, although the village finance department gave compensation to us small businessmen who were injured, the amount was only 5 taels. This amount of money is obviously not enough to do business in Konoha, where every inch of land is precious."

"Of course, I won't complain about the village. After all, it was the terrorist Uchiha Madara who caused all of this. Having this compensation proves that the village still cares about us civilians. I am very satisfied."

5 taels is equivalent to 50 yen. In the currency system of the world of Hokage, its purchasing power is equivalent to 50 yen in Lei Luo's previous life. If converted into RMB, it is about 3 yuan.

In today's Muye Village, due to the rapid development of all walks of life, the more than 3 yuan is only enough to buy one or two square meters of residential buildings, which has to be the center of the village.

Therefore, there is definitely a problem with the compensation received by hand.

Almost immediately, Lei Luo thought that there might be corruption among his subordinates, which made him lose the mood to eat immediately, and only felt a flame bursting out of his heart.

Taking a deep breath, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart. In order not to scare the hand, Lei Luo forced a smile, and asked in a gentle tone as much as possible:

"Hand, do you remember exactly where you were and who you got the 5 taels from?"

Perhaps it was because of the many years of opening the store that the ability to use hands to observe words and expressions has been honed to perfection. Therefore, at this moment, when facing Lei Luo's seemingly calm gaze, he only felt a thump in his heart, secretly thinking that it was not good.

"Lord Hokage..."

With a bitter look on his face, he hesitated for a long time but did not answer.

If he had a choice, he would not be willing to get involved in the internal disputes of the ninja adults at all, and put himself in danger.

There is a problem with the compensation, which I realized very early on, but when it comes to all matters related to disaster compensation, it is just a new policy implemented by the village in recent years, which was never mentioned before.

To put it simply, it is good to have it, and it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t. After all, although Muye Village has never been attacked, it is still strictly a military base here, and any unexpected situation is possible.

In contrast, Konoha is much better than other places in the ninja world.

What he said before the fight was indeed true, and he was satisfied with getting the 5 taels. Therefore, even though he knew that the amount of money was a bit wrong, as mentioned in the policy, the village finance was responsible for the loss of civilians. It hasn't been fully implemented, but it still doesn't have any stalking ideas.

If you use four words to summarize the purpose of hand beating, it is to protect yourself wisely.

After all, no matter what kind of problems arise within Konoha's management, it is also the matter of the ninjas, the matter of the big shots, who dare to question the results of the village's finances when they hit a mere civilian?He doesn't want to live anymore?
Unexpectedly, just today, at the moment Hokage-sama came here, he wanted to make a familiar face in front of Hokage-sama, so he eagerly stepped forward to chat with him, but inadvertently slipped his mouth, exposing the fact that the amount of compensation is not enough matter.

Hokage-sama's temperament, he knows all about it, but he has heard about it, so now he only feels 1 regrets in his heart, regretting that he said something he shouldn't have said.

If there is a financial problem in the village, Hokage-sama will definitely deal with a group of people. If the outside world, such as those unlucky ninja families, know that it was his hand that exposed the problem in front of Hokage-sama, then...

Anger, resentment, revenge, attack, and even assassination... These follow-ups are completely predictable.

However, he is a small owner of a ramen shop, an unarmed civilian, what can he do to protect himself in this situation?
With a thud, he swallowed, noticing that Hokage-sama's eyes were getting colder, he hit his hand and realized that he couldn't avoid it, but the remaining fluke mentality made him stammer and say:

"Master Hokage, I...I can tell you the truth, but, but I hope you can..."

"Protect you?" Lai Luo was silent for a moment, then raised his head, stared at Handi seriously, and said word by word, "Don't worry, today's conversation will involve everyone except you and me." , no one will know, I promise."

Sheng Shu looked at Lei Luo sadly, and wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth.

(End of this chapter)