Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 115 Poverty Limits My Imagination

Everyone: ...

Facing the gazes of the crowd, Aokiji stuck out his neck and shouted, "Nonsense! The original mission was only a B-rank. You're not planning to hire us with B-rank pay, are you? What a joke, you bastard! Pay me according to the S-rank mission standards!"

Tsunade sighed, rubbing her forehead, utterly speechless. In a way, she had indeed misunderstood Aokiji...

Kin'emon said in a deep voice, "How much money do you want?"

He had a vague feeling that he would bleed heavily this time.

Aokiji feigned profundity, raised a finger, and remained silent, creating an image of someone who was difficult to talk to.

The minimum reward for an S-level mission is over a million taels.

Aokiji is going to make a killing.

For an S-level mission, he's asking for a whopping ten million taels of silver.

Anyway, these male escorts don't seem like good people. If Aokiji doesn't rip them off, he'll be letting down the women who were deceived by them.

Kin'emon looked at Aokiji's raised finger and guessed the approximate price. His face turned ashen: "Sir, you are taking advantage of my misfortune."

Indeed, Aokiji's actions were tantamount to taking advantage of the situation and profiting from the chaos. As Konoha ninjas, Tsunade and the others felt that it was somewhat unethical.

Aokiji knew what his teammates were thinking when they looked at him, and he waved his arms vigorously like a breaststroke: "You three know my personality. I can compromise on anything else, but not on money. Now that an opportunity is in front of me, how can I let it go?"

"I've heard that the ninjas of Konoha are known for their chivalrous and righteous conduct," Kin'emon explained, appealing to both emotion and reason.

Aokiji picked at his nails, looking relaxed: "I have no interest in listening to your babbling. If you don't want to, you can find someone else. But if that prince ends up missing an arm or a bone, I won't be responsible."

"You..." Faced with the threat, Kin'emon had no choice but to compromise. Saving lives was the priority. He gritted his teeth and said, "You're ruthless."

"Thank you for the compliment. Oh, by the way, I need you to write a check now, so you don't go back on your word later," Aokiji said cleverly.

Checks already exist in this era.

Kin'emon's face turned ashen. He pulled out his checkbook, wrote something with his hand, and with a "snap," tore off a check with the amount written on it, throwing it at the other person: "One hundred million taels it is. Are you satisfied now?"

"That's right, that's right, just one hundred million... uh..." Aokiji's eyes widened in disbelief, his lips trembling: "One hundred million taels?"

Kin'emon, thinking that the other party was not satisfied and was pushing his luck, was furious: "Uchiha Aokiji, don't push your luck!"

"Well……"

Aokiji was dumbfounded.

All I want is ten million taels.

What's going on with 100 million taels?

Not only was Aokiji dumbfounded, but Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya, who were standing nearby, were also dumbfounded.

One hundred million taels of silver? The three of them had never seen so much money in all their missions over the years.

"I really can't do anything with you. One hundred million taels it is. I'll give you one hundred million taels to help you restore your kingdom." Qingzhi suppressed his excitement and poked the other party with his hand: "You guys have hit the jackpot."

Having said that, he took the check and carefully stuffed it into his pocket. With this money, he could begin his journey of learning immortal arts.

Of course, he couldn't take all the money; he had to give some to Orochimaru and the others. However, the remaining money was enough for him to enroll in a Sage Mode training course.

(P.S.: One hundred million taels seems like a lot, but it's actually not that much. In the movie "Animal Riot on Crescent Moon Island," the fat prince casually wrote a check for 10 billion taels to buy the entire circus to please his son. This shows that a mere one hundred million taels really isn't much.)

Upon receiving the benefit, Aokiji's sullen face immediately turned into a smile, and he rubbed his hands together. The dramatic change in his expression made everyone feel ashamed.

"Let's go, let's hurry up and rescue that guy." Aokiji swung his arm, full of enthusiasm.

He then checked the enemy intelligence again to confirm the enemy's approximate strength. Aokiji was slightly relieved, as the mission was still under his control.

Besides the chance to make a lot of money, this rescue mission also has another important aspect. Coincidentally, the location in Wano Country coincides with the mission location that Elder Itachi specifically instructed him to visit.

………………

Wano Country, a six-pointed star altar.

"Dokai, sir, Momonosuke has been brought back."

A respectful voice came from behind him. Dokai turned around and saw a disheveled young man, Momonosuke.

However, he was no longer the dashing man he once was; he was now tattered and worse than a beggar.

Before he arrived, he was subjected to inhumane treatment, including but not limited to being forced to have sex with pigs in heat.

"Please let me go, I just want to live a normal life."

Tortured beyond recognition, Momonosuke pleaded desperately, "I have absolutely no intention of restoring the country."

Dokai grinned slightly, revealing a chilling smile: "That won't do; we must nip it in the bud."

Their clan had been slaves to Momonosuke's family for generations, suffering endless oppression, until one day a man emerged to lead a rebellion against tyranny. This young man was Dokai, but unfortunately, he failed. Just when he was in despair, Madara Uchiha appeared and used his invincible power to help him overthrow the tyranny. From then on, he became the most loyal follower of the Uchiha clan.

He was elected king because of his outstanding performance during the rebellion.

The first thing Dokai did after becoming "King" was to immediately purge the family power represented by Momonosuke, killing everyone regardless of age or gender. He wanted to repay the humiliation he had suffered tenfold, a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold.

During the cleansing process, Momonosuke, who had just been born, was escorted out by the remnants of the previous dynasty.

All these years he has been relentlessly pursuing Momonosuke, not only to torment and kill him, but more importantly, to find something from him, and that thing is now in his hands.

He placed the necklace he had stolen from Momonosuke on the altar, then casually picked up a spiked mace and struck Momonosuke hard on the forehead.

With this scream, his brains were knocked out, and a large amount of blood flowed down from Momonosuke's head, pooling together along the groove in the ground.

Dokai gazed silently at the altar, seemingly anticipating something.

Several seconds later, nothing happened. Dokai frowned, guessing that it might be because there wasn't too much blood loss. He picked up his spiked club and whipped Momonosuke's corpse several times, but there was still no reaction.

"As expected, legends are just legends..."

Kai swung the spiked club in his hand, flicking away the blood that stained it.

He has already received God's favor; he doesn't need things of this caliber.

Dokai glanced at the lifeless Momonosuke on the ground, found him an eyesore, kicked the corpse away, and sneered, "Wasting my time..."

On his way back, his subordinate rushed towards him, panting, "It's terrible, Lord Dokai! Someone has rebelled!"

Upon hearing this, Dokai laughed heartily: "Remnants of the previous dynasty, huh? Well done, it saves me the trouble of killing them one by one later."

P.S.: I haven't been feeling really into it lately. I was originally planning to post three updates a day, but I guess I was overthinking it. Sorry for breaking my promise.

Lately, I've been feeling increasingly tired of writing. I feel like I need to find a novel and study it thoroughly from beginning to end to figure out how to write a novel properly...

(End of this chapter)