Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 206 A Day in the Life of the Yamato Squad

Sakura waited at the entrance of Konoha First People's Hospital.

Naruto, biting his finger and trembling, looked at Sakura and said, "Sakura-chan, how about we call it a day? You know this world isn't our Konoha Village... There's no need to stay here and wait... What if... what if..."

Sakura glanced at Naruto, snorted, and said, "If you're scared, you can just leave."

Naruto immediately patted his chest and said, "How could I be afraid? Why should I be afraid? I..."

When Sakura gave him a death stare, Naruto chickened out. He lowered his head and said helplessly, "You saw the way Tsunade looked at me in this world just now. I was definitely going to get beaten up..."

Sakura: "You deserve it."

Naruto was helpless, but he really didn't dare to leave like that.

For Naruto during his teenage years, if he had to choose between being disliked by Sakura and being beaten by Tsunade, he would undoubtedly choose to be beaten by Tsunade.

They're teenagers after all.

Yamato and Sai exchanged a glance and then shook their heads helplessly.

In fact, Yamato would not object to contacting Tsunade in this world.

To be honest, he has now automatically changed his mission from hunting down the centipede to investigating Konoha Village in this world.

The purpose, of course, was to explain this in detail when they returned to their world and reported back to Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage.

What defines an excellent working person? This is it. (Leans back tactically)

I waited for several hours, from morning until afternoon.

After completing three surgeries, giving a lecture to review the relevant procedures, and instructing the attending physicians at the hospital on how to handle similar situations in the future, Tsunade took a shower at the hospital and prepared to go home.

As soon as she entered the hall, she saw the pink-haired girl from among the children she had met that morning run over and look at Tsunade with wide eyes:

"Lady Tsunade! Excuse me, do you still accept apprentices?!"

Sakura knew that this Tsunade was not the Tsunade from her world.

Although she had become Tsunade's disciple, the Hokage's duties were too demanding. She could only meet him about once a week, and each meeting usually lasted no more than two hours.

This led Sakura to often learn medical knowledge from books on her own.

While it's not impossible, having a doctor to teach you would definitely make things much easier.

In their world, there were basically no ninjas more skilled than Tsunade, and even the few medical ninjas comparable to Tsunade were not from Konoha.

Therefore, Sakura has never been able to find a suitable teacher to answer all her questions.

Until now...

Sakura was actually prepared to be rejected.

To her surprise, Tsunade looked her up and down and then said, "You want to learn medicine?"

Sakura nodded quickly.

Tsuna pointed to a corner on the first floor: "The internship registration address is over there. If you really want to learn, go there to register, but..."

Tsunade looked Sakura up and down again, then shook her head: "You probably won't last much longer."

Tsunade's words were actually quite blunt.

But that's something Tsunade should say.

As I've said before, there are many jobs in Konoha that can be done carelessly. Even in the factory, if you occasionally slack off and break a piece of metal, it's just that part that's scrapped. And the factory has a daily scrap quota, so as long as you don't exceed that quota, it doesn't really matter.

But hospitals are different.

Once you enter the hospital and change into a doctor's uniform, you need to start being on edge.

Internal medicine is manageable, but if it's surgery, even an iron man couldn't withstand several surgeries in a row.

This is not physical exhaustion, but mental torment.

Many interns couldn't take it and gave up.

And look at Sakura's delicate skin...

Tsunade didn't think she could handle it, so she figured it was better to lay things out first.

Of course, she didn't know that this Sakura came from another world; she thought she was a little girl from her own world who admired her.

In fact, Tsunade held a very high status among the women in the village.

This has nothing to do with her being You Ya's wife; it's purely because she earned the praise by pulling villagers back from the brink of death with her own hands.

After saying that to Sakura, Tsunade left immediately.

It's still early, and she has time to pick up her child from school.

Sakura pursed her lips, turned to Yamato, and said, "Yamato-sensei, I think... we should split up, right?"

Yamato looked at Sakura with some surprise: "Are you really planning to study here? But... what if the spatial passage reopens..."

"I'll rejoin the team then! In the meantime..." Sakura looked at Yamato earnestly, "I'll learn as much as I can."

Naruto's eyes turned to hearts as he looked at Sakura's earnest expression: "Sakura-chan! I support you!"

Yamato had no choice but to wave his hand and agree.

To Yuya's surprise, the first person to find a job in his village was actually Sakura...

Yes, Yuya certainly wouldn't let the Yamato team dawdle in the village.

He had his own selfish reasons for letting Fugaku lead the Owa squad.

That is naturally...

They forced their squad to go to Konoha Village.

Some people might ask, wasn't Fugaku Uchiha supposed to take care of them? Why force them to go to the village?

So let's see what happened on the first night.

Fugaku Uchiha, along with Yamato, Naruto, and Sai, arrived at the Uchiha clan's territory.

Sakura has already signed up for an internship at Konoha First People's Hospital. The job includes room and board, but there will be no salary for the first three months. Sakura doesn't think there's anything wrong with that, but this is actually why they can't recruit enough interns.

It's not that you won't get any salary for these three months; it's just that you'll receive it all when you officially start working after the three months are up.

Does this sound familiar? Yes, Youya simply uses a military-style management system.

These three months are for selection, or rather, for you to have a better understanding of the situation.

If you can pull through, it means you're suited to be a doctor; if you can't...

If interns can't handle it, won't they be even more overwhelmed when they officially become doctors?

You should change jobs as soon as possible. It's true that Konoha is short of doctors, but Yua's standard is to have none but the wrong one.

Therefore, Sakura has moved to the interns' private dormitory. Because there are few people, each intern has their own dormitory room, and there are actually many vacant rooms. Indeed, not many people come to the hospital to be interns.

With Sakura having a place to stay, Naruto and the others could only wait until nightfall to arrive at the Uchiha clan compound with Fugaku Uchiha.

So here's the question: Fugaku Uchiha still lives with his parents—after all, he's not married yet.

He couldn't let Naruto stay in his own house, much less let Naruto and the others stay in the Uchiha clan chief's house, so he had no choice but to vacate one of the Uchiha clan's empty rooms.

As mentioned before, the current Uchiha clan's strategy is to make the innermost part of the area magnificent and opulent, while the area closer to the eastern part of Konoha's inner city becomes increasingly dilapidated.

This put Fugaku in a somewhat awkward position.

He actually felt quite apologetic, as the environment wasn't very good.

The three members of the Yamato Squad could only live in dilapidated houses on the outskirts—those vacant houses left by people who had moved out of the inner city.

These houses were moved out before the Uchiha clan's internal renovation, so there was definitely no running water or electricity. Even the toilets were the dry toilets. If you don't know what a dry toilet is, here's a simple explanation: it's a large vat with two wooden planks on top.

If Naruto and the others hadn't spent time in Konoha's inner city, they probably wouldn't have any objections.

But to put it bluntly, even the public restrooms in the inner city...

All of these are in a better environment than the houses surrounding the Uchiha clan.

Because no one is managing it, it has become overgrown with weeds.

After spending the night there, Naruto was starving the very next morning.

Fugaku, however, felt that as the host, he should invite Yamato and the other two to eat with him.

However, there were no extra bowls, chopsticks, or cushions at home, which made Yamato and the other two feel very awkward. In the end, Fugaku simply gave them some money and told them to go out to eat.

After this treatment, Yamato looked at Naruto and Sai very seriously, indicating that they should no longer bother Fugaku Uchiha.

Naruto and Sai nodded repeatedly. They just didn't want to disturb them; it was definitely not that they disliked the environment.

Then they ran into a problem, since they were newcomers and didn't know where they could find work...

Fugaku was quite enthusiastic, mainly because he felt he hadn't been a good host and wanted to make amends, so he took Yamato and the other two to the job market.

I've said it many times before, Konoha is so short-handed it's like a ghost. The current situation is that even if there really are ghosts in Konoha, I have to drag them over to work for me.

So Yamato and his two companions went to the job market and took a look around. Actually, they had just entered when seven or eight people surrounded them, shouting:

"Brother? Looking for a job? My construction site desperately needs a skilled worker like you! Daily pay, at least three thousand taels a day, and if you're diligent and capable, six thousand taels isn't out of the question, brother!"

"Accommodation? Accommodation? 24-hour hot water, TV, only 200 taels a day, 2000 taels a month..."

"Can you drive? Do you have a driver's license? We happen to need a driver. The minimum salary is 80,000 taels a month, and with hard work, 200,000 to 300,000 taels a month is not impossible!"

That's bullshit. In reality, when they're hiring, you just need to listen to the minimum wage they offer.

A salary of 6,000 taels a day? If that's really the case, how can they not find anyone?

I'm afraid that three thousand taels is nonsense, but if you get two meals and a few bottles of water, and they say that these will be deducted from your salary, you'll be grateful if you get two thousand taels a day.

It can only be said that the wisdom of these people at the lower levels is never used for the right purposes.

However, Yamato didn't know that he was about to randomly pick someone when Fugaku stopped him.

Fugaku glanced around at the people around him and calmly said, "Those three are ninjas."

With a whoosh, the surrounding crowd dispersed and turned to call out to others.

Yamato looked puzzled, while Fugaku waved his hand helplessly: "Don't worry about it, you'll get used to it."

Yamato felt he still needed to ask, "Is what those people said... true?"

It's good to understand now so I can go back and report to the Hokage.

Fugaku glanced at Yamato: "It's true, and you should be able to get the highest salary if you go, but..."

Fugaku led the three to the innermost part, opened an iron gate, pointed to the various booths inside, and said, "Go outside. Those are jobs for ordinary people. You're doing the work of dozens of people and only getting paid for three. There's no need for that."

This... is the place you should be.

Yamato stared in disbelief at the empty booths and the Konoha ninjas wearing headbands coming and going. He instantly understood...

here……

It's a place where Konoha ninjas are introduced to jobs.

"Oh, right, your temporary headbands have been approved. Remember to pick them up from the Hokage's office building later. They're your own headbands..."

Fugaku shook his head: "Let's not bring it out. That's an outdated model of ours."

Naruto touched his bald forehead; he was actually quite unaccustomed to it.

but……

Looking at the dazzling array of booths in front of him, Naruto decided that he should find a job to make a living first.

Fugaku brought over a staff member in a suit and then introduced Yamato and his group to the staff member.

The staff member gave a very formulaic smile: "Okay, then please follow me."

The three of them were led to a form-filling area, where the staff member smiled and began to explain:

"Please fill in your name and age here, and your ninja rank here... Please specify whether it is beginner, intermediate, or advanced."

Yamato looked confused: "What do you mean?"

Fugaku slapped his forehead, grabbed Yamato, and asked, "Where do you guys go, Jonin don't have ranks?"

"What level?"

Fugaku gave a brief explanation, and Yamato remained silent for a moment before finally speaking up, "Why make such a distinction?"

Fugaku sighed and facepalmed. "Of course it's because they treat each other differently. If a high-ranking Jonin gets the same salary and benefits as a junior Jonin, they're bound to be unhappy..."

Yamato's lips twitched; he hadn't even considered this question...

but……

He thought about how some Jonin, whose strength was far inferior to his, received the same treatment as him...

To be honest, I do feel a bit awkward.

However, to say I'm dissatisfied... that's really not the case.

"No rank means you're a beginner, just like me..." Fugaku glanced at Yamato. To be fair, Yamato wasn't actually that old; he just looked rather...

Well, to put it mildly, she looks older.

Konoha's Jonin system requires candidates to serve for ten years before being promoted to the next rank.

Therefore, Fugaku will have to wait another seven years before he is eligible to be promoted to the rank of Chunin.

However, given his strength, there shouldn't be any problem. If he endures another 17 years, he will definitely become a high-ranking Jonin. At that time, he will only be thirty-eight or thirty-nine years old, which is not very old.

After filling in the information, you need to specify the chakra attribute and ninjutsu classification.

"What kind of escape technique are you best at?" Fugaku asked.

"Oh, Wood Release," Yamato replied.

Fugaku nodded and looked at the person taking notes: "Wood Release."

Then he abruptly turned his head to look at Yamato, and the movement was so abrupt that a "click" could be heard...

"Wood Release?!"

Fugaku looked at Yamato in surprise.

Yamato was actually quite used to this kind of gaze, because...

"Is it the First Hokage's... Wood Release technique?"

Yamato sighed helplessly...

See, it's always like this...

……

He painstakingly explained that his Wood Release and the First Hokage's Wood Release were only of the same kind. If the First Hokage was a towering tree, his Wood Release was at most roadside weeds.

Of course, this was actually a self-deprecating way of putting it, but Fugaku could accept it.

If we're talking about the most unacceptable type of ninjutsu within the Uchiha clan, then it's Wood Release.

The reasons are not explained in detail here.

After Yamato finished explaining, Naruto and Sai came over to fill out the forms.

"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and, well, I'm a genin..."

Because of the incident during the Chunin Exams, and because Naruto was training with Jiraiya outside and couldn't return for the later Chunin Exams, he remained a Genin.

"As for ninjutsu... Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, I'd say."

"How heavy?" Fugaku asked, intrigued. "What's the maximum number that can be divided into?"

Fugaku was certainly aware of Tobirama Senju's Multiple Shadow Clone Techniques, but because each clone required a separate chakra clone to be distributed to, and the senses were shared after the clones disappeared, the more clones there were, the greater the torment.

Basically, twenty or thirty clones are enough to describe how heavy it is.

"Well, the most I've ever done... was a thousand, I guess," Naruto answered truthfully.

Fugaku looked at Naruto in shock once again.

Then, looking down at the levels he had just recorded, he asked, "Are you sure? A thousand?"

Yamato, who was standing nearby, vouched for Naruto, saying that Naruto was indeed not a liar.

Fugaku looked at the genin he had just filled in, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Are all the genin there... at your level?"

Naruto scratched his head, looking puzzled.

Next up is Sai.

"As for ninjutsu... Super Beast Imitation Drawing," Sai said.

Fugaku was a little confused. What kind of ninjutsu was this? He'd never even heard of it before!

So Sai immediately gave Fugaku a demonstration of what it means for a paintbrush to come to life.

Fugaku remained silent for a moment, then wrote down the details.

"Okay, the information is filled out. Wait a moment. If anyone is interested in your information, they will come to find you."

Believe me, they pay you way more than those other places that want to drag you out to do manual labor.

No sooner had Fugaku finished speaking than a group of people rushed over...

Then a group of people crowded to the doorway, shouting loudly:

A thousand shadow clones?! Who is this person?! Our Electric Power Research Institute desperately needs this kind of talent!

I'll pay one million a month! One million taels!

"Bullshit! Do you want to treat him like a dog?! Come work in our research department! Easy work, high pay! We'll offer 800,000 a month!"

"You two get out of here! Do you think I don't know one wants him to patrol every power station in Konoha, and the other wants him to clean all the test tubes in the research department by himself?! Come work for us! Our equipment and logistics department needs someone like you the most! We'll offer you a million!"

"Wood Release! Where are the Wood Release ninjas?! Come to our construction engineering department! We'll offer 800,000 taels!"

"Get out of here, you engineering department guys! Don't try to poach our workers from the office! Come work for our bridge and track department! What we need most on the front lines are people who can use Wood Release!"

The noisy group went crazy after seeing Naruto and Yamato's information.

Fugaku watched silently from the side and shook his head helplessly.

While it's true that Konoha is short-handed... it shouldn't be to this extent...

He's almost become one of the zombies in that recently released movie...

The final argument was completely ended by one person...

"Which of you is Mr. Sai?! I'll offer ten million taels! Just make her move!"

A boy wearing a headscarf, holding a drawing of a girl with a curvaceous figure, a cat tail, and two cat ears on her head...

He looked to be about seven or eight years old as he shouted loudly.

The price he offered and the things he asked for left everyone speechless.

Including Sai and Fugaku who had been standing by his side the whole time...

(End of this chapter)