Konoha's Hextech Ninja

As for the lower income, that's not a big problem.

In this damn world, there will never be a shortage of bandits and robbers.

In any village outside a small town, there are plenty of bandits to wipe out.

……

On the way back, at Maruhoshi Kosuke's request, the group made a special trip back via the 'Tanabasa Street' route.

In the town of Tanzaku, Maruhoshi Kosuke met with a local nobleman and sold the weapons and armor he had looted from the bandits at a low price, earning a considerable sum of money.

Including the mission reward, the cash captured, and so on, this mission earned a total of more than 400,000 taels of silver.

Yagami Yoruichi took 130,000, while the remainder was divided among Maruboshi Kosuke, Hatake Kakashi, and Uchiha Inahi.

Returning to Konoha, even though not much time had passed, Yagami Yoruichi still felt as if she had lived through another world.

When the squad disbanded, Kosuke Maruboshi looked at Yoruichi Yagami with a smile and said, "Yoruichi, remember to write mission reports. It's also your duty as the captain."

Upon hearing this, Yagami Yoruichi's face immediately fell.

Even after arriving in the ninja world, I still can't escape the fate of writing work summary reports.

"I understand. I'll report to the teacher tomorrow." Yagami Yoruichi waved her hand weakly and disappeared in a flash.

……

While Yagami Yoruichi was writing her mission report at home, Maruboshi Kosuke had already entered the village and found Tsunade in a casino.

Tsunade was dragged off the gambling table, in a very bad mood. She looked at Maruboshi Kosuke with an unfriendly expression and said, "I'm about to win big, so you'd better really have something important to say!"

"You'd be a fool to win!"

Maruboshi Kosuke thought to himself, then took out a scroll and handed it to Tsunade, saying, "Your student, and the other two children, all performed well in this mission. They are geniuses worth nurturing."

"You should talk to the old man about this. I only reluctantly accepted Yoruichi as my disciple because I lost a bet. As for the other two, they have nothing to do with me."

Despite her tough words, Tsunade unconsciously took Maruboshi Kosuke's mission log, opened it, glanced at it, and a hint of appreciation appeared in her eyes.

From Tsunade's perspective, the performances of Yagami Yoruichi and the others were quite immature; they could only be described as mediocre, without any major mistakes.

However, by the standards of ninja academy students, or even newly graduated genin, the three were elites among elites, and their performance was impeccable.

Especially Yoruichi Yagami, who was able to quickly overcome her psychological discomfort and adapt to the bloodshed of the ninja profession during her first mission.

This is something that most ninjas cannot do.

As Yagami Yoruichi's teacher, Tsunade couldn't help but feel a sense of pride: "This is a student I taught!"

When she said this, Tsunade completely forgot that apart from giving Yagami Yoruichi a lot of books, she hadn't really taught Yagami Yoruichi much.

Chapter 78 Tsunade, Stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside

"Yoruichi-kun, you're back!"

The next day, Kurenai Yuhi saw Yoruichi Yagami return to school and immediately showed a look of surprise and delight.

"Don't rush, this is just a shadow clone." Yagami Yoruichi quickly stopped Kurenai Yuhi from rushing forward and said, "My real body went to find the teacher and will be back at noon."

"Mmm!" Kurenai nodded her little head vigorously, her expression showing a hint of something she wanted to say but couldn't.

It seems like there's a lot to say, but I don't know where to begin.

It had only been two days since they parted, but to her it felt like a long time had passed.

"This mission is quite interesting. I'll tell you more about it at noon. Focus on the lesson first." Yagami Yoruichi said with a smile to Yuhi Kurenai, and took out the book on basic sealing techniques that she had obtained from Maruboshi Kosuke to start reading.

As for the theory classes?

Given the pace of the Ninja Academy's curriculum, Yoruichi Yagami could now use her Shadow Clone Technique to complete a semester's worth of courses in just one week.

The main reason she still uses shadow clones to attend classes every day is to keep Kurenai Yuhi company.

Nobuyuki Imai was already used to Yagami Yoruichi reading other books during class.

As long as Yoruichi Yagami maintains her top ranking in the grade, no one will care what she's actually studying.

This was both a privilege reserved for a genius and a significant elevation of Yagami Yoruichi's status as Tsunade's student.

Opening a book titled "Basic Introduction to Sealing Techniques," and looking at the densely packed, seemingly nonsensical symbols and formulas inside, Yagami Yoruichi had the strange feeling that she was about to grow a brain.

After watching for only a short while, painful memories of studying advanced mathematics all night before my final exams in college in my previous life flooded back.

"Now I understand why sealing techniques have such a high barrier to entry. With the level of basic education in the ninja world, starting with advanced mathematics right off the bat, how could it not be difficult?!"

Yagami Yoruichi mentally complained, resisting the urge to close the book, and painstakingly studied the basics of sealing techniques.

……

Meanwhile, Yagami Yoruichi's true form, estimating the time, arrived at the Senju clan's territory and knocked on the door of Tsunade's residence.

Tsunade often stays up late gambling and drinking, and always gets up very late.

Yoruichi Yagami deliberately went through her usual training first, and didn't arrive until almost noon.

Sure enough, when the door opened, Tsunade looked like she had just woken up, still yawning, and held out her hand to Yagami Yoruichi: "Where's the mission report? Give it to me?"

"Here it is." Yagami Yoruichi handed over the mission report she had rushed to finish the night before, and casually said, "The mission went smoothly. All the bandits have been wiped out, and there were no survivors."

"I've already heard a general outline from Kosuke; you did well." Tsunade nodded, and was about to close the door when she saw Yagami Yoruichi still standing there. She asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Teacher..." Yagami Yoruichi gritted his teeth and forced a smile, "What about our mission reward? You haven't forgotten, have you?"

"Didn't I already give you 50,000 taels? That's your payment." Tsunade showed no embarrassment whatsoever, saying matter-of-factly, "I haven't taken a cut of your payment as the team leader, which is already being very considerate! When are you going to learn to show some respect to your teacher?"

"As far as I know, a bandit suppression mission of this scale is usually classified as a B-level mission, and the reward should be over 300,000 taels, right?" Yagami Yoruichi's smile became even more 'bright': "But the mission letter that the teacher gave us only says 50,000 taels as a reward. That's a really steep cut!"

Tsunade blushed and shouted, "Shut up! You're still ninja academy students, you're not supposed to take on missions! Violating the rules is in trouble, don't you understand?!"

Yagami Yoruichi realized that Tsunade had no intention of returning the deducted 'commission', so she shook her head helplessly and said, "Alright, consider that money a tribute to the teacher. But next time, it would be best to deduct it only from my share, since my teammates also need money."

Compared to the benefits he received from Tsunade, the 'difference' of over 200,000 taels was really nothing.

If Tsunade were willing to sell student slots, she could charge millions or even tens of millions of taels of silver for each disciple as an "apprenticeship fee." There would be plenty of ninja clans willing to pay that money, and some would even be eager for Tsunade to accept them.

A mere two hundred thousand taels is not even a fraction of what it amounts to.

However, Tsunade never mentioned charging Yoruichi Yagami any apprenticeship fee. On the contrary, aside from being a little stubborn, she never skimped on the benefits she was entitled to give Yoruichi.

She will do her best to help Yagami Yoruichi if she makes a request.

For someone like Yagami Yoruichi, who came from humble beginnings and was an orphan, such a teacher was something she could only dream of.

After saying goodbye to Tsunade, Yagami Yoruichi turned and left, heading to the Ninja Academy.

"Hey kid, stop right there!"

Tsunade's voice came from behind.

Yagami Yoruichi turned around and saw a dark figure flying towards him, so he immediately reached out and grabbed it.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a deposit slip with 200,000 taels written on it.

"As the team leader, it's perfectly reasonable for me to take 50,000 taels. The rest, you can share with your team members," Tsunade said expressionlessly, then turned and closed the door.

Yagami Yoruichi was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on her face.

Originally, Yagami Yoruichi did not intend to actually get the money back; she was merely expressing her 'protest'.

Unexpectedly, Tsunade actually gave back the money she had already received.

"My teacher is indeed stubborn but soft-hearted."

Yagami Yoruichi shook her head slightly and put the deposit slip away.

Return it?

Given Tsunade's pride and ego, if Yoruichi Yagami were to actually do that, she would be close to death.

I'll find another opportunity to repay you later.

As for this money, Yagami Yoruichi certainly wouldn't pocket it. She would simply divide it according to the rules of the ninja team. Getting a few tens of thousands of ryo for herself would be a windfall.

In this way, his income from this mission would exceed 200,000 taels, and his financial situation would immediately improve significantly.

At least for the time being, there will be no shortage of money for daily training, ninja tool consumption, and so on.

They might even have enough money to improve their quality of life.

At this rate of earning money, Yoruichi Yagami could easily quit her part-time job at Ichiraku Ramen.

If they can take on a bandit suppression mission every two or three months, they will have plenty of funds.

But whether or not to do it, Yagami Yoruichi hasn't decided yet.

The income from working at Ichiraku Ramen wasn't high, but Yagami Yoruichi still remembered the care that Tate Ichiraku had given her over the past few months.

"Even if I were to quit, I would at least have to help the boss find another helper."

A thought flashed through Yagami Yoruichi's mind: "But we'll talk about that later. Right now, I'll go back to school and have dinner with the little girl."

Yoruichi Yagami hummed a little tune as she walked briskly toward the Ninja Academy.

Chapter 79 Water Release - Water Formation Wall

After school in the afternoon, at the Konoha training ground.

While Yagami Yoruichi's main body accompanied Yuhi Kurenai during her training, a shadow clone carrying a ninjutsu scroll walked alone to the riverbank.

This ninjutsu scroll is the 'Water Release: Water Wall' scroll that Tsunade gave to Yagami Yoruichi before she left Konoha to carry out her mission.

The principle behind this ninjutsu is to summon a wall of water to protect the body from enemy attacks.

There are two versions of ninjutsu. The original version requires five hand seals and only has one water wall in front of the body, which can only defend one direction.

The improved version by Tobirama Senju reduces the number of hand seals to two, and the water wall rotates 360 degrees to protect the body from all directions.

The scroll records both versions of hand seals, chakra circulation, and training methods.

"I remember in 'The Unburnable Legend,' that guy named Boro could cast a water barrier with just one 'End' seal?"

A scene flashed through Yagami Yoruichi's mind, but she quickly snapped back to reality and dismissed the thought.

Leaving aside the Water Release: Water Wall from the Boro version, which is the easiest to learn, the original version is still a ninjutsu with a difficulty level as high as B-rank. Even a Jonin would need a certain amount of time to learn it.