Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 99 Hiruzen Sarutobi's Vigilance

If Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't want to go to work, no one can stop him.

He was in a bad mood, so he simply left the Hokage's office building and went to Ning Yuan, who was handing out flyers.

"Hyuga Neiyuan, what are you doing?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.

"Hokage-sama?" Ning Yuan's eyes lit up when he saw the Third Hokage, and he quickly handed over a flyer: "Kurenai and I have formed a duo, and we're planning to take on gigs to make some money!"

"Making money by taking orders?" Hiruzen Sarutobi had already seen the flyer, but he still took it, glanced at it, and asked, "Why are you thinking about this now? At your age, you should be studying at the Ninja Academy!"

"It won't affect my studies, and we only take orders on Saturdays and Sundays!" Ning Yuan laughed. "Since we're just idling around anyway, we might as well make some money."

"Making money?" The third generation was taken aback. "Are you short of money?"

Kurenai Yuhi is a Jonin, and Toki Hyuga is a Chunin, both of whom are active Chunin with plenty of work.

Both families must be well-off.

"We're really short of them!" Ning Yuan nodded. "I learned medical ninjutsu, didn't I?"

"Hmm!" Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. He had also heard that Ning Yuan didn't pay attention in his medical ninjutsu class at all and even brought his girlfriend along.

During class, the two of them would either sleep or draw grids on paper and play a game invented by Ningyuan called something like Gomoku.

To be honest, this Gomoku game is quite fun.

However, Ning Yuan's talent in medical ninjutsu is too strong. Even if he doesn't know anything about herbs, his extremely powerful healing chakra is enough for him to have a place in the world of medical ninjutsu.

Therefore, when Hiruzen Sarutobi planned to assign him to the front lines of battle in the future, he used Hiruzen Sarutobi's poor medical performance as an excuse.

They didn't even intend to let him do reconnaissance; they'd rather find a way to kill him on the battlefield.

The method is also very simple: just tell Danzo about Hyuga Neon's talent, and Danzo will take action.

But what does his learning of medical ninjutsu have to do with his lack of money?

"After learning medical ninjutsu, I treated Aunt Hezi and prescribed some medicine, but it was too expensive for Uncle Zhen Hong to afford. So I thought I'd work with Hong to ease some of the burden on Uncle Zhen Hong!"

"Is that so?" Hiruzen Sarutobi blinked; he really didn't know.

He couldn't possibly know about this without his wife's knowledge, but with your attitude in class, what kind of medicine can you prescribe?

It's not like we just use whatever herbs are expensive according to the pharmacopoeia, is it? Treating illnesses isn't that simple.

"Is there a problem with what I'm doing?" Ning Yuan asked Hiruzen Sarutobi curiously.

Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment, realizing that this actually seemed to be acceptable, since there was no rule in Konoha prohibiting reserve ninjas from dancing.

Because no one had ever done this before.

Moreover, Ning Yuan did this because he wanted to ease the burden on his family. This behavior should not only not be condemned, but should be encouraged instead.

But they are ninjas, so it's obviously not appropriate for them to dance in front of so many people.

Not to mention the risk of revealing your appearance, what if you two kids run around outside without anyone watching you? What if you encounter ninjas from other villages? What if you are recruited as spies?

Eh?

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought to himself, "Wait a minute, this is a good thing!"

Not only will his death not be my fault, but if he's been identified as a spy, I'll have a good reason to deal with him, and maybe even use this incident to expand my influence to the Hyuga clan.

Not to mention that he spent a lot of time dancing, so where would he find the time to learn medical ninjutsu or improve his strength?

The thought flashed through his mind, and Hiruzen Sarutobi made a decision in the blink of an eye.

"Of course, no problem!" Hiruzen Sarutobi reached out and patted Ning Yuan's head. "I'm so happy that you're thinking of Shinku like this!"

"That's good!" Ning Yuan nodded excitedly, then said, "I'll continue handing out flyers!"

"Alright, alright!" Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, then watched as Ning Yuan dashed off to a wealthy businessman who had come to Konoha to issue a mission.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was standing very close and overheard some of the things.

This wealthy merchant sells grain and came to Konoha to hire ninjas to escort his caravan. Ning Yuan offered to dance for them after they reached their destination.

The wealthy businessman didn't understand why people needed to dance; he believed that exorcising evil spirits required hiring a shrine maiden to perform the dance.

Ning Yuan said that dancing could attract the attention of a large number of people, and then wealthy merchants would no longer need to go to great lengths to find customers for their grain, because customers would come to their door on their own because of the dancing.

These words not only made the wealthy merchant nod repeatedly in agreement, but even Hiruzen Sarutobi himself felt that they made some sense.

Goods are never in short supply; the only problem is selling them. In this era, sales not only require visiting door-to-door but also attending various celebrations and gatherings, precisely because these places have many people and are good for selling goods.

If dance has the power to attract crowds, why not give it a try!

The merchant said their goods would arrive at their destination in seven days, while Ningyuan said that seven days later was Saturday, and he could accept orders then.

The two parties discussed the price. Since they hadn't tried it yet and didn't know how effective it would be, the merchant was unwilling to spend too much money. Ning Yuan said that this was an art form that the people of the ninja world had never seen before, and even just watching out of curiosity could attract many people.

The two eventually agreed to hire Ningyuan and Xirihong for a performance costing 15 taels of silver, lasting a total of 2 hours.

"Ah, this..." Hiruzen Sarutobi, who witnessed the entire transaction between the two, was dumbfounded.

What's going on? Two hours of dancing for 150,000?

You only got 30 taels for this escort mission over seven days!

Moreover, the escort mission employed a total of 4 ninjas, including a Chunin, which is equivalent to one Chunin and three Genin. They only earned 30 taels in 7 days.

The village takes 30% of the 300,000 taels, so the village only receives 210,000 taels in total.

As for Ning Yuan and Yuhi Kurenai, they were just reserve ninjas, yet they were able to earn 15 ryo in 2 hours without the village taking a cut.

Because this wasn't a job I received through the village!

Seeing Ning Yuan finish the negotiations and the wealthy businessman leave, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly approached him: "Ning Yuan, what happened to that person?"

"Why? Why?" Ning Yuan blinked and asked.

"That's 15 taels! You just gave it to him like that?" Hiruzen Sarutobi thought for a moment, then frowned and said, "You didn't use an illusion on him, did you?"

"How could that be!" Ning Yuan immediately shook his head: "Isn't it a strict order in the village not to use ninjutsu on civilians? How could I possibly violate it?"

"Then why was he willing to spend so much money? That's 15 taels!"

Ning Yuan shrugged: "Because art is priceless!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was bewildered.

"Besides, the only people who dance in the Land of Fire now are the shrine maidens, and they cost much more than I do!"

"Ah, this..." Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback, as if he understood.

In the Land of Fire, dance, as an art form, has never been made available to commoners. It has always been exclusively reserved for nobles and shrines, and dances are only used for rituals and ceremonies.

Ritual dances were performed by dance troupes owned by nobles; commoners couldn't see them even if they wanted to.

While commoners can see the ritual dances, it's very expensive to invite shrine maidens to dance in the village, as shrine maidens have a high status and can only be seen during various festivals and celebrations.

In short, dance is considered a high art form in the Land of Fire.

Now a dance troupe is offering to dance for you for 15 yuan. How could that wealthy businessman possibly refuse?

Of course, the main reason was that Ning Yuan was handing out flyers at the entrance of the Hokage's office building, while the Hokage himself was standing right next to him.

What will this wealthy businessman think? This child's actions must have someone supporting him!

Who else could it be but the Hokage himself?

Why would the Hokage do this? It's obvious he's dissatisfied with the pay and wants to raise it!

But they were afraid of not agreeing to a direct price increase, so they came up with another way.

They could have just robbed it, but instead they gave you a child to perform for them.

"Looking at it this way, dancing seems to make more money than doing missions," Hiruzen Sarutobi mused, stroking his chin.

It's at least more profitable than C-level and D-level missions. Instead of taking on those jobs that pay tens of thousands of dollars and take twenty days, it's better to let these ninjas dance!

but.

Thinking about the appearance and manners of his own ninjas, he guessed that not many of them could dance.

Moreover, Konoha is a ninja village after all. If they make their ninjas dance instead of carrying out missions, wouldn't they be laughed at by the other ninja villages?

Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't afford to lose face like that.

And most importantly...

Ninjutsu can be blocked, genjutsu can be blocked, taijutsu and even swordsmanship can be blocked.

However, dance techniques cannot be suppressed, especially since ninjas learn taijutsu from a young age, and they can probably learn those dance moves with just a glance.

If the ninjas discover they can earn money by dancing, why would they bother with completing missions?

The ninjas have all gone dancing, and none of them are short of money. Why would they need me, the Hokage, anymore?

Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face darkened: "Wait, we can't let him dance?"

No, he just agreed, right there in front of the Hokage's office building. There are so many people coming and going here, they must have heard it.

Moreover, Ning Yuan said that he was dancing to treat He Zi's illness. Can you say that he shouldn't earn money to treat his family member's illness?

He's not Danzo, how could he possibly say something like that?

What should we do then?

Once they see Ning Yuan making money by dancing, some ninjas will definitely be tempted, but unfortunately, Konoha Village doesn't have a rule against ninjas dancing.

"Currently determined? He can manage the ninjas who are on the payroll, but he can't manage the non-payroll ninjas of the various clans!"

Unless making ninjas dance is unprofitable, or completing missions earns more money than dancing?

How could I possibly ask him to pay?

Besides, he couldn't afford it. No matter how rich Konoha was, it wasn't as rich as the merchants who were all over the Land of Fire!

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was scratching his head, unable to think of a good way to prevent this potential problem in the future!

Of course he couldn't understand it, after all, the entertainment industry is a pillar industry in some modern countries, with an annual output value of hundreds of billions of yuan!

In smaller countries, such as South Korea, the entertainment industry accounts for as much as 15% of GDP!

Such a large industry cannot be banned by Hiruzen Sarutobi with a simple snap of his fingers.

Unless he directly orders that ninjas are forbidden from singing and dancing, thus nipping the entertainment industry in the bud.

But so what if the order is given? The Hokage doesn't have the authority to mobilize all the ninjas in the entire village. Show this order to the Uchiha clan and see if they dare to mess with you.

Besides, the two kids singing and dancing right now are only five years old. You're going to all this trouble just to stop two kids from singing and dancing. Are you sure you're okay with that?

"It probably won't be like I imagine. It's just dancing. Maybe the wealthy businessman from earlier was just a coincidence!" After thinking for a moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi beckoned over and called over an Anbu member.

"Hokage-sama!"

"Hmm!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "I order you to follow Ning Yuan on Saturday and Sunday, protecting him while recording his every transaction, who he meets, and the amount of money involved!"

"Yes!" The ANBU nodded and then disappeared, but his gaze remained fixed on Ning Yuan.

Today is Saturday, so his mission has already begun.

"Phew, I hope my prediction is wrong!" Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, then returned to the Hokage's office building.

He has a lot to do every day and really doesn't want to put his energy into a child's singing and dancing.

(End of this chapter)