Konoha's Hextech Ninja

For Hiruzen Sarutobi to regain power from Danzo Shimura was a huge decision.

The fact that she was able to remove Shimura Danzo from power could be considered as having barely achieved her expectations.

Tsunade's anger subsided slightly, and she asked Hiruzen Sarutobi, "I've heard that there's a Kusanagi sword in Root?"

In the ninja world, the term "Kusanagi sword" does not refer to a specific sword, but rather to all sword-type weapons that have reached a certain level.

Those weapons that can earn this title are basically among the top weapons in the ninja world.

Hiruzen Sarutobi understood and immediately said, "The Root has two Kusanagi swords. One of them has already been given to Orochimaru, and the other will be given to Yoruichi as compensation for Danzo's violation of the rules this time."

A Kusanagi sword is extremely valuable, and it could even be said that it is priceless and unavailable.

But in the eyes of high-ranking officials like the Hokage, it's nothing special.

At least Hiruzen Sarutobi believed that his summoning beast Enma, transformed into the 'Golden Cudgel', was stronger than the Kusanagi Sword, or at least more suitable for him.

Tsunade didn't care about a Kusanagi sword; she only brought it up to make Danzo Shimura bleed more.

"That's settled then. I hope you keep your word." Tsunade, satisfied with the reply, got up and left the Hokage's office.

Looking at the mess in the office, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face twitched a few times. He instructed Kosuke Maruhoshi, "Kosuke, could you please go to the Anbu and get a few people to help me clean up? Also, have Haru take a team to take over Root."

As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly wrote out an order and handed it to Kosuke Maruboshi's shadow clone: ​​"Give this document to Haru; he'll understand once he reads it."

Chapter 88 [Demon Slayer], Collect the Three-Piece Tear Set!

Kill a minion and gain 20 gold.

Kill a minion and gain 17 gold.

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

Kill a super minion and earn 90 gold.

At the final mission objective's camp, Yagami Yoruichi stood amidst a pile of corpses, looking at the system notification.

"A wandering ninja, considered a super minion? 90 gold coins, not bad, much better than a regular minion. It's a pity it wasn't classified as a hero, otherwise it could have doubled."

Yagami Yoruichi felt a little regretful, but she didn't dwell on it.

The strength of a wandering ninja is ultimately still very weak.

They are also not commonly seen among mountain bandits and robbers.

If they were official ninjas from the five major ninja villages, or even some smaller ninja villages, their strength would be even greater, and they might be classified as 'hero units' by the system.

Stopping thinking about these trivial matters, Yagami Yoruichi opened the system shop and saw that she had enough gold coins. She immediately chose to synthesize the [Demon Sect].

During the mission, Yagami Yoruichi had already stacked her third [Tears of the Goddess]. Once the [Demon Crest] was combined, it immediately transformed into the evolved equipment [Demon Cutter].

【魔切：+35攻击力、1000查克拉上限、15技能急速。‘敬畏’：被动，获得相当于2%查克拉上限的攻击力。‘冲击’：攻击会对英雄造成相当于1.2%查克拉上限的攻击特效，伤害型技能会对英雄造成相当于3%查克拉上限的额外物理伤害。】

With the [Magic Cutter] added to her equipment slot, Yoruichi Yagami's stats began to surge once again.

However, perhaps due to the inherent characteristics of the Rui Tian Di template itself, the cyclical bonuses of various attributes require a process to fully materialize, so Yagami Yoruichi's attribute improvement speed is not particularly fast.

But it is constantly improving almost every moment.

Yoruichi Yagami had a similar experience before.

When the first piece of equipment, [Seraph's Embrace], was synthesized, the attribute growth did not take long.

However, it took more than a month to synthesize the second piece of equipment, "Doomsday Winter," before its attributes were maximized.

Based on this pattern, the further into the game you go, the more time it takes to maximize the bonuses from attribute cycles.

However, even though the attribute cycle has only just begun and the bonus has not yet reached its maximum, just by equipping the [Magic Cutter], Yagami Yoruichi's stats have already skyrocketed.

Physical constitution, chakra limit, and spell power have all seen significant improvements.

In terms of sheer numbers, Yagami Yoruichi is definitely among the top tier of Jonin.

Once the potential of the attribute cycle is fully realized and the attributes are upgraded to the extreme, it may be possible to step into the threshold of the Shadow level.

Even if it doesn't reach that level, the difference won't be too much. Once you collect the fourth piece of equipment, it will definitely be enough.

At that time, whether she wants to take revenge on Danzo Shimura or do something else, Yoruichi Yagami will have enough confidence to not have to consider too many external factors.

Suppressing her excitement, Yagami Yoruichi closed the system interface.

Kakashi Hatake and his team had finished cleaning up the battlefield and collected all the valuable spoils of war.

"This band of bandits is a bit poor," Yagami Yoichi said, glancing at the 'weapons' scattered all over the ground.

These things are more like farm tools than weapons.

Even hoes and shovels have appeared.

The only weapons they had were a few cheap machetes, a wooden bow and arrows.

As for armor, there was none.

After running this lap, Yagami Yoruichi realized that only a few people had achieved such a fruitful result as the first bandit-suppression mission.

Most ordinary mountain bandits and robbers don't actually have much wealth.

In order to maintain their military strength, they have to invest most of their money in weapons, and their quality of life may not even be comparable to that of slightly wealthier civilians.

Unless one is truly desperate to survive, few people would be willing to take the risk of living such a precarious existence.

"More than a dozen groups of bandits, totaling more than 300 people, with a total fortune of only a few hundred thousand taels. Including the mission reward, it's probably around two million taels."

The 'financial manager' Maruhoshi Kosuke quickly reported a rough estimate of the income: "Of course, the exact figure may fluctuate, and we'll know once we've processed these gains. But in my experience, the fluctuation won't be too large, and it won't exceed 100,000 taels."

"Let's deduct the cost of ninja tools and explosive tags from this budget first," Yagami Yoruichi said. "The main reason we used so many ninja tools was the ambush on the Root ninjas. The cost was much less when dealing with the bandits later. We probably used up about 100,000 ryo worth of ninja tools."

Some fixed teams reimburse the cost of ninja tools and explosive tags used during missions from the team's total income.

As for temporary teams, since they are not familiar enough with each other, in order to prevent someone from deliberately wasting money to buy new ninja tools, they usually divide the money normally and then each person is responsible for their own ninja tool consumption.

After all, ninja tools like kunai and shuriken can usually be used for several more battles if they can be recovered after the battle and are not too badly damaged.

Replacing it with a new one would also be a considerable expense.

This problem certainly doesn't exist in Yagami Yoruichi's team.

Maruboshi Kosuke has carried out quite a few S-rank missions, so he doesn't lack money for ninja tools at all.

Kakashi Hatake and Inaho Uchiha were both very proud geniuses who disdained to covet such a small advantage.

Yagami Yoruichi simply chose to use the team's funds to reimburse the ninja tools consumed during the mission, and then divide the remaining money among themselves.

This can be considered a small perk for Kakashi Hatake and Inaho Uchiha.

This amount of money for ninja tools is indeed just a small 'perk' compared to the total amount each person receives.

None of them had any objections.

After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, cut off the left ear of each bandit as proof of completing the mission, and put all the valuables into the sealing scroll.

After completing all this, the group quickly left, heading straight for a city called 'Dingyuan'.

This is the city where the local lord resides.

All of these dozen or so bandit suppression missions were carried out within the territory of this nobleman.

"The hot springs here are very famous. You can find a hotel to soak in the hot springs and rest for a while. I'll come and meet up with you after I've finished taking care of these things."

Maruhoshi Kosuke said something and immediately disappeared into the crowd.

Yagami Yoruichi didn't go looking for them. She discussed it with Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Inahisa, and the three of them checked into a hot spring inn.

……

Inside the hot spring pool, Yagami Yoruichi leaned against the edge, feeling the warm water flowing over his body, as if all his fatigue had been washed away by the hot spring.

"After working so hard for so long, I can finally relax a bit."

Yagami Yoru lay half-reclined, casually chatting with Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha Inahi.

Not long after, Kosuke Maruboshi arrived.

Maruboshi Kosuke has excellent perception abilities, so he was able to easily find the three of them, Yagami Yoruichi and the others, even when they weren't deliberately hiding.

Since it concerned their wallets, Yagami Yoruichi couldn't help but ask, "Kosuke-senpai, is everything going smoothly?"

"It went very smoothly. With the mission reward, the total income this time is 205 million taels." Maruhoshi Kosuke's words reassured the group.

Although neither Kakashi Hatake nor Inahi Uchiha were there for the money.

Even Yoruichi Yagami's main goal wasn't money, but rather to hone herself as much as possible while racking up system rewards.

But who wouldn't want to earn more money?

The profession of ninja involves living on the edge of a knife every day, not for any dream, but for the simplest and most realistic thing: money.

Only a very few outliers, such as Senju Nawaki and Uzumaki Naruto, would constantly talk about their dreams.

"After reimbursing the cost of ninja tools, it will amount to approximately 1.9 million taels."

Yoruichi Yagami did the calculations and immediately shook her head, saying, "It's much less than expected."

“That last mission must have been specially chosen by your teacher.” Maruhoshi Kosuke, being experienced, immediately pointed out the reason: “For a regular bandit suppression mission, the income is normal. Last time, the income was much higher.”

"That should be it." Yagami Yoru nodded, feeling a surge of gratitude.

Although Tsunade usually appears distant, cold, and even somewhat fierce.

But when it comes to actually doing things, he still cares a lot about his student!

After I get back this time, I'll try my best to perform and strive to become Tsunade's true disciple!

Although students can also benefit from the teacher's status and identity, they are ultimately not as close as the disciples who inherit the mantle.

“It’s not easy to divide 1.9 million taels. How about we take out 100,000 taels and spend it all together to enjoy ourselves?” Yagami Yoruichi suggested. “As for the remaining 1.8 million taels, Kosuke-senpai and I will each take 600,000 taels, and Kakashi and Inahisa will each take 300,000 taels.”

Yagami Yoruichi is the captain, while Maruboshi Kosuke is responsible for 'selling the stolen goods' to increase the team's income; it's only natural that he gets an extra share.

None of them objected to this allocation method.

"Spend 100,000 ryo to enjoy yourself?" Maruboshi Kosuke hesitated for a moment, then advised, "You can't touch the three forbidden ninja rules!"

When the Three Prohibitions of Ninjas are mentioned, Yagami Yoruichi can't help but think of the 'Three Ninjas of Gambling, Prostitution, and Drugs'.

Of course, the so-called three prohibitions are not "pornography, gambling, and drugs", but rather "alcohol, money, and women".