Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 507 Kurama and Shukaku

[Cover story, one of the future Konoha villages after Yua's death:]

Sasuke and Boruto, having returned to the future, immediately found Naruto, who had become the Fifth Hokage. After telling Naruto about their experiences, Naruto thought for a long time and asked Sasuke and Boruto: So... didn't you two ask the Third Hokage how to develop our current village?

Sasuke stood there stunned for a long time, then replied expressionlessly: I forgot.

Naruto: ...

……

In theory, a caravan escort mission should not be limited to a mere C-level.

During wartime, the worst mission to escort a caravan was a B-rank, because there were always wandering ninjas who would attack the caravan and plunder its supplies.

However, it was also mentioned that this occurred during wartime.

At this stage...

Now that Yuya has organized the joint conference, anyone who dares to attack Konoha's escort mission will have their head hung on a stake and make headlines in the ninja world within three days.

Moreover, this applies to all five major ninja villages.

Yua was the first Kage in the entire ninja world to propose that being a ninja is far more important than a mission.

At first, many people scoffed at Youya's ideas.

Many people believe that the mission is the most important thing. You value ninjas more than the mission itself, and you even emphasize that if the mission details do not match the actual situation, they can immediately abandon the mission without any punishment. Isn't this obviously encouraging these ninjas to abandon the mission?

How can this be allowed?!

Don't ninjas grow back after being cut down?

Why take it so seriously?

Hmph, since you don't need any missions, then we won't assign any missions to your Konoha Village!

Later, Yuya developed Konoha Village and didn't care about their mission quotas at all. Moreover, the village developed better and better, which puzzled many people.

Later, people from other villages came to Konoha to study mathematics, capital, and economics. After learning about these subjects, they went back and did some accounting with their respective Kage.

Simply put, the profits a ninja can generate in their lifetime are definitely comparable to those of a mere S-rank mission.

Yes, even an S-rank mission can't compare to a genin.

How much reward can an S-level mission offer?

One million taels? At most, ten million taels.

A genin who works in Konoha for his entire life, even if it's just doing mortar work, can participate in the construction of ten buildings in his lifetime. Once a building is completed, it's worth far more than a mere ten million taels of silver.

Moreover, as long as a genin is alive, he needs to eat, which creates demand. Demand creates jobs, jobs bring social stability, and social stability allows more people to undertake engineering projects, especially large-scale ones.

So, who is being insulted by a mere ten million taels?

A genin would never be associated with an S-rank mission in their entire life. If they were tricked, for example, an ordinary genin would be eating hot pot and singing in the village, and then some guy who likes to climb stairs and carry rice would destroy the village. How much money would that cost?!

Once they understood this, the other major ninja villages immediately followed suit.

Suddenly, the positions of the daimyo of various countries became awkward.

This is also why the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was in such a hurry to create the Twelve Guardian Ninjas more than a decade ago.

It's because they felt that Konoha Village was likely to get out of control.

This made the daimyo of the Land of Fire feel very insecure.

Yuya scoffed at this, not bothering to care about the Fire Country Daimyo's thoughts. He only needed to develop his own village; he knew he wouldn't live to see a complete falling out with the Fire Country anyway, so there was no need to rush.

The mission system upon which ninjas depended for survival was completely changed, and many people thought things would spiral out of control, but in the end, they discovered...

seem……

It didn't get any worse?

Although ninjas do not prioritize completing missions, but rather their own safety.

But to be honest...

If the task can be completed, who would be so bored as to refuse it?

Wouldn't that be going against money?

Furthermore, after the mission system was reformed, because ninjas might refuse mission requests, mission rewards are now paid in half upfront, with the remaining half paid upon completion.

Furthermore, if a ninja abandons a mission, half of the money initially given will be returned.

This is a fantastic opportunity for many businessmen.

As a result, even more people started posting tasks.

With the environment stabilizing, escort missions that were previously B-level or even A-level have been downgraded to C-level, making the costs for merchants even lower.

This made the businessmen feel incredibly happy.

What else is there to say? We wholeheartedly support the Third Hokage's reforms!

That's just the kind of businessmen we're all made of.

To summarize, this is the general mission system. Yuya's reforms did not lead Konoha into the decline many had hoped for. On the contrary, the number of missions in Konoha has increased. Now, the mission hall in Konoha is extremely busy every day, and the most common phrase is: "Dear, the number of ninjas in our village is limited. You can go to other villages to post missions."

Then many people said they weren't in a hurry and could wait.

In fact, this situation is not unique to Konoha Village.

This is basically the case for the five great ninja villages.

After all, these five villages have the largest number of ninjas.

Kakashi's team won't be able to accept C-rank missions right away this time.

He needs to consult with You Ya.

This was also the first time that Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata had such close contact with Yua.

Previously, You Ya would give speeches on the stage while they listened below.

How should I put it? It feels very strange.

"You don't want to take on the task of finding the cat or dog? Would you like to take on a more difficult task instead... Sure."

Yuya nodded and stamped the invitation that Kakashi handed over.

Naruto immediately showed an excited expression.

This is a mission that will allow us to leave the village.

Children are always full of curiosity about the outside world.

After You Ya stamped the document, he told the others to get lost.

Naruto was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night.

Kushina and Minato Namikaze didn't have any objections to this.

They didn't think there was any danger.

There really is danger. Do you think Kakashi, the White Fang of Konoha, is a pushover?

Sure enough, there was no danger along the way.

The caravan also bought sleeper tickets for Kakashi and the others on the train, which made the children very excited. Although Sasuke didn't show it on his face, he was in a very good mood after leaving Konoha and seeing the new scenery.

The journey was uneventful, and helping to move the goods at the end completed the task.

Since it was a rare opportunity to come out, and none of the children from Sunagakure had ever been there before, Kakashi let them go and explore the village.

So, on a street in Sunagakure.

Naruto ran into Gaara, who didn't have dark circles under his eyes.

Nine-Tailed Rabbids were instantly startled: "You stinky raccoon?!"

Shukaku roared in fury, "You damned, stinking fox!"

(End of this chapter)