Konoha's Hextech Ninja

Yagami Yoruichi immediately laid out the tactics: "Take advantage of the moment, while most of the bandits are still asleep, and finish them off as quickly as possible. Kakashi, you use Earth Release: Earth Wall to block the exit, and Kosuke and I will cover it with Water Release: Water Release. We'll try to take care of all the bandits. If any escapees get through, the two of you will have to deal with them."

Chapter 76: Gold Coins Galore!

Earth Escape - Earth Current Wall!

A stone wall rose from the ground, sealing off the entrance to the bandits' camp.

Yagami Yoruichi mobilized all her chakra, injecting more than two thousand points of chakra at once, and gathering them into a single ninjutsu.

Water Release: Water Chaos Waves!

A terrifying torrent cascaded down the mountainside, crashing into the camp.

The simple wooden houses and watchtowers were destroyed almost instantly.

The bandits, still fast asleep, had no time to react before being swept into the torrent.

Screams and cries for help rose and fell.

However, amidst the torrent created by chakra, these mountain bandits, who were merely stronger ordinary people, were completely unable to escape on their own.

After struggling for a moment, it was swept away by the underwater current and disappeared from the surface of the water.

Yoruichi Yagami's Water Release technique covered most of the platform, but a few peripheral areas remained untouched.

Seeing this, Maruhoshi Kosuke also quickly began to form hand seals.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

A torrent, no less powerful than Yoruichi Yagami's, and perhaps even larger, swept down from the mountaintop, creating a massive waterfall that submerged the entire platform.

Kakashi Hatake and Inaho Uchiha were both prepared to finish off the bandits, but after waiting for a long time, not a single one of the bandits managed to escape.

Kill a minion and gain 20 gold.

Kill a minion and gain 17 gold.

[Assist in killing a minion and earn 6 gold.]

System notifications rang out one after another, and a semi-transparent interface automatically appeared in front of Yagami Yoruichi's eyes, with densely packed system notifications flooding the screen.

Yoruichi Yagami suppressed her excitement and tried her best to maintain a calm expression.

Killing enemies really does drop gold coins!

Although these bandits were classified as 'minions' rather than 'heroes,' resulting in very low gold coin income, they still saved Yoruichi Yagami a lot of time accumulating gold coins!

A minion costs 17-20 gold, which is roughly equivalent to the amount of gold Hextech gives out in a day.

Of course, in addition to giving out coins, the [Red Packet] Hextech also grants Yoruichi Yagami a small amount of extra attributes that cannot be obtained by killing minions.

As for 'assist kills', this is a unique mechanism in the ARAM mode. As long as an enemy minion dies around you, even if you didn't kill it yourself, you will receive six coins.

It's obvious that these are the gold coins contributed by the bandits who died under Maruboshi Kosuke's 'Great Waterfall Technique'.

After a quick glance at the system records, it was found that the number of bandits killed by Yagami Yoruichi and Maruboshi Kosuke was roughly the same, each accounting for about half.

There were a total of more than sixty bandits, which was consistent with Maruhoshi Kosuke's estimate. Together, they contributed more than seven hundred gold coins to Yagami Yoruichi, which greatly accelerated the synthesis progress of [Doomsday Winter].

"That's enough to buy a giant belt." Yagami Yoruichi opened the shop and bought the [Giant Belt], putting it into her equipment slot.

[Giant's Belt: Constitution +350.]

With the added bonus from the Giant Belt, Yoruichi Yagami's constitution attribute increased to 1892 points, nearly double the minimum threshold for Jonin.

"Hmm?" Maruboshi Kosuke suddenly sensed something and glanced thoughtfully at Yagami Yoruichi: "Has this kid's physical abilities gotten stronger again? Or am I sensing something wrong?"

Maruhoshi Kosuke was puzzled, but he didn't ask. He just glanced at the water gradually dissipating on the platform below and said to Yagami Yoruichi, "Based on my senses, there shouldn't be any survivors."

"Let's go see if there's anything of value," Yagami Yoruichi called out, and then leaped off the cliff.

That's a height of more than ten stories; an ordinary person would definitely fall to their death.

However, for ninjas, the use of chakra makes it easy to land safely without even getting injured.

The ground was covered in mud after being washed away by the flood.

The bodies of many bandits who had suffocated to death were scattered and piled up in the mud, their faces still bearing the marks of endless despair and fear.

Yagami Yoruichi felt slightly uncomfortable, after all, it was his first time killing someone.

But as she recalled the actions of these bandits as recorded in the mission manual, Yagami Yoruichi's emotions gradually calmed down.

There should be no psychological burden when killing those who deserve to be killed!

However, despite their heinous crimes, these bandits still didn't enjoy a good quality of life in this godforsaken world, even though they committed evil deeds.

Those dilapidated wooden houses had long since collapsed under the impact of the flood, making it difficult to loot any valuables.

After searching for a long time, the four of them finally managed to gather some items that were still somewhat valuable.

"These bills haven't been soaked yet; they can still be used after drying." Maruhoshi Kosuke pulled out a pile of banknotes from somewhere. It looked like a lot, but after counting them, he found that it only amounted to a little over 100,000 taels.

“These weapons and armor are worth some money, but transporting them back is a hassle, and cashing them out is also difficult.” Yagami Yoruichi pointed to the weapons and armor that she, Hatake Kakashi, and Uchiha Inahi had looted.

None of the three had experience in handling such matters, so they couldn't help but look at Maruboshi Kosuke.

“These things can be sold to nobles at a discount. The weapons aren’t worth much, but these armors are quite valuable. If we sell them as a package to minor nobles who urgently need to expand their forces, I estimate we can get 300,000 taels back without any problem.”

Maruhoshi Kosuke stroked his beard, took out a sealing scroll, and said, "Here's what we'll do with these. Once they're sold, we'll split the profits with you."

Putting extra "profits" into their own pockets during missions is almost an unspoken rule among ninjas when carrying out missions.

The village will not conduct very strict reviews of this.

After all, being a ninja is a profession that involves living on the edge, all for the sake of earning more money.

Although Kosuke Maruboshi is old-fashioned, he follows the 'custom' of ninjas in this respect.

“Then I’ll leave it to Uncle Kosuke. I’m not quite sure about the rules here. This batch of goods is divided into five parts. Uncle Kosuke, you can take two parts, and we can each take one part, okay?” Yagami Yoruichi asked tentatively.

According to Yagami Yoruichi, it is only right to charge a fee for someone helping to provide a channel for 'selling stolen goods'.

Even if Yagami Yoruichi were to receive an extra 20%, she would still worry that Maruboshi Kosuke would find it too little.

“Generally speaking, depending on the difficulty of selling it, a channel fee of 10% to 30% is considered reasonable.” Maruhoshi Kosuke was generous with his guidance, briefly explaining to the three how to sell various kinds of ‘stolen goods’: “For example, weapons and armor used by ordinary people are mostly sold to nobles. If it’s a ninjutsu scroll, it must be traded privately with ninjas you trust. If it involves fixed assets such as land, the most common way is to sell it to wealthy merchants with connections, and so on.”

After a brief explanation, Maruhoshi Kosuke introduced the income distribution method for ninja teams: "In a typical ninja team, the captain takes a larger share of both the reward and any extra income, but it won't be too much. The remaining portion is distributed among the team members according to their contributions or split equally. In this case, I personally suggest that splitting it equally is better."

Chapter 77 Tsunade: This is a student I taught!

Kakashi Hatake and Inaho Uchiha basically just went through the motions and didn't do much.

If the distribution is based on contributions, they obviously won't get much money; it's a complete waste of time.

Based on this, Kosuke Maruhoshi proposed the 'equal division'.

This "equal division" is the result of deducting Yagami Yoruichi's "extra share as captain" and Maruboshi Kosuke's "share from the disposal of stolen goods," with the remaining portion being divided equally.

This would be a loss for Maruboshi Kosuke and Yagami Yoruichi, but as a Konoha elder, Maruboshi Kosuke naturally wouldn't care about that.

Yagami Yoruichi wanted to build her own team, so she wouldn't haggle over such petty gains. She simply nodded and said, "Then let's split it equally."

Neither Kakashi Hatake nor Inahi Uchiha said anything.

Yagami Yoru had communicated with them beforehand, and if everything went smoothly this time, he would often team up with them to carry out missions before graduating and becoming a formal ninja.

We can make up for it by putting in more effort then.

With their pride, they wouldn't allow themselves to remain a burden forever.

While the group was discussing, Maruboshi Kosuke had already completed the last hand seal.

A huge pile of weapons and armor on the ground was instantly collected and sealed inside the sealing scroll.

"This thing is quite convenient." Yagami Yoichi glanced at the sealing scroll in Maruboshi Kosuke's hand.

While this thing doesn't offer much help in combat, it involves spatial and temporal abilities at a very high level.

“The sealing scroll itself isn’t expensive; you can buy one for a few hundred thousand taels. The difficulty lies in using it, which requires a certain foundation in sealing techniques.” Maruhoshi Kosuke said to Yagami Yoruichi with a smile, “If you’re interested, I’ll find you some books when we get back so you can learn the basics of sealing techniques first.”

"Sealing technique?" Yagami Yoru felt a chill run down his spine when he heard that he had to read and study.

Despite using Shadow Clone Jutsu to learn a small portion of the huge pile of medical books that Tsunade threw at him, Yoruichi Yagami has only managed to learn a fraction of them, and it seems like he'll never finish.

Sealing techniques seem to have a much higher barrier to entry than medical ninjutsu, and they must be extremely difficult to learn.

However, in the Naruto fan community, there has always been a saying that sealing techniques are the 'underlying code' of the Naruto world.

It is also a system that does not belong to the Otsutsuki clan, yet can contend with them.

Yagami Yoruichi was naturally very interested in this system and immediately said, "Then I'll trouble you, senior. I will learn it diligently."

According to the original work, sealing techniques seem to be very dependent on talent.

The requirements are even higher than those for medical ninjutsu.

Yoruichi Yagami wasn't sure if she had any talent for sealing techniques, but it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

Anyway, with shadow clones, even if I learn more, I won't be too busy.

"I'm just a little over a thousand gold coins short of crafting [Doomsday Winter]. Once that's done, the stats will increase, which will allow me to create more Shadow Clones. If I don't continue with missions, it will take about two months to craft [Red Packet] Hextech. But if I do more missions, one or two more bandit-hunting missions of this scale should be enough to collect the required amount."

Yagami Yoruichi was secretly planning when to ask Tsunade for a few more bandit-suppression missions.

If an ordinary person without chakra is classified as a 'minion' by the system.

Could it be assumed that ninjas and samurai with chakra would be judged as 'heroes' by the system?

Killing a minion will only net you a maximum of twenty gold coins.

But if you kill a 'hero', you're guaranteed at least a hundred gold coins.

Killing twenty or thirty enemy ninjas is enough to collect a complete set of equipment. This efficiency in accumulating equipment is much faster than foolishly waiting for Hextech to give out money.

However, ninja battles are ultimately risky.

Even though Yagami Yoruichi is quite strong, it would be difficult for her to escape safely if she encountered a Jonin-level opponent.

Although Yagami Yoruichi also possesses the strength of a Jonin, in battles between ninjas, factors such as ability counters and intelligence can all become key factors influencing the outcome.

There are many powerful ninjas in history who were killed by enemies weaker than themselves!

Compared to the high risks of fighting ninjas, the missions of eliminating bandits and robbers are simpler, safer, and can even bring in some extra money.