Chapter 37 Each other
"There is indeed one more very important thing."
Then, Sarutobi Hiruzen talked to Jiraiya about Konan.
Jiraiya looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen in disbelief.
"Teacher, are you serious? You want me to buy something from my disciple, and at the lowest price? I am one of the three great ninjas of Konoha, and you don't want to save face?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's old face turned red.
"Ahem, there's nothing we can do about it. You know, Jiraiya. The village is...poor. Even the Land of Fire can't afford to stock up too many Exploding Talismans that cost one thousand taels each."
Zilai looked up at the sky in silence.
Can he say no?
No! If the Ninja World War breaks out again, these are all things that can save the lives of my fellow villagers.
"Okay, then after I find Tsunade, I'll go to the Land of Rain again. How many more Exploding Talismans does the village plan to buy?"
“That depends on the price.”
Jiraiya said narcissistically: "Given the relationship between Xiaonan and me as a master and disciple, I am afraid that Xiaonan will not want this money."
"In that case, the village will not give you any money. Just take as much as you can from your disciples."
Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's shameless face, Jiraiya was stunned.
"Sarutobi-sensei, if I had your thick skin, Tsunade would have been pregnant with her third child this year, and the name 'Naruto' wouldn't even be used by Minato's child."
Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed his nose in embarrassment.
"Same here, what you said is quite shameless."
Jiraiya bowed and said, "Thank you very much. I am still a little inferior to you, Master."
"Where."
"Stop!" Jiraiya directly interrupted the nonsense that Sarutobi Hiruzen was about to say.
"Let's get down to business. Even if Xiaonan really doesn't care about my money, as his teacher, it's not right for me not to give it to him, right?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen took out a scroll that he had prepared long ago and handed it over.
"This scroll contains 500 million taels. The village previously purchased it at 1,000 taels per scroll. You can buy as much as you can out of the 500 million taels."
At present, there is no ninja village in the entire ninja world that is not afraid of Konan.
Sarutobi Hiruzen calculated it in the Hokage's office.
There are 31,536,000 seconds in a year.
Xiaonan is twenty-three years old this year.
That is 725,328,000 seconds.
One hundred billion divided by the number of seconds Xiaonan has lived in the past twenty-three years.
Even if Xiaonan doesn't eat, drink or sleep every day, and only makes detonating talismans for these twenty-three years, he can make one hundred and thirty-eight detonating talismans per second.
This is just the result of calculation after learning that Xiaonan has 100 billion detonating tags.
Who knows how many detonating talismans Xiaonan has?
She can easily give her man 100 billion detonating talismans, so who would believe her if she said she didn't have any more?
……
Uchiha clan land
In a forest, Sasuke looked back at Fugaku who was standing behind him.
Ever since my brother became the clan leader, my father has taught me how to practice more often.
This made Sasuke very happy. He was actually hiding a secret that only his mother knew. This time, he must give his father a surprise.
Fugaku folded his arms and nodded slightly.
Uchiha Throwing has always been the basic skill that an excellent Uchiha ninja must master.
"let's start."
Sasuke flipped his palms and three shurikens appeared in each hand, which he threw hard at the target on the tree not far away.
As expected, all hit the bull's eye.
There wasn't much surprise on Fugaku's face.
Sasuke's talent is still inferior to Itachi's.
At this moment, Sasuke turned his head, and in his eyes there was a pair of single-magatama Sharingan.
Sasuke tried to look stern, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his face.
When Fugaku saw Sasuke's eyes, his eyes widened.
"what?!"
Fugaku couldn't hold back his serious face for a moment. He walked quickly to Sasuke and stared into his eyes for a while.
Six years old!
His second son awakened the Sharingan at the age of six!
You can't really blame him for being too excited.
Is there anyone in the clan who has awakened those eyes at the age of six?
"As expected of me..."
Sasuke was still waiting for Fugaku's praise with a proud look on his face, but who knew that Fugaku would only say half of the words and not say the remaining two words...
Sasuke looked at Fugaku with expectant anticipation.
Father, please keep talking. Please continue talking.
Fugaku looked distressed.
When he said this, he thought of Itachi...
The originally excited mood was somewhat dampened by the guilt that quietly rose in my heart.
He decided that he still couldn't put too much pressure on Sasuke.
I'd better wait until I get back to my room before I can enjoy myself secretly.
So, he swallowed the last two words back.
The expression on Fugaku's face returned to calm.
"Not bad, keep up the good work. That's all for today's training, let's go back and eat first."
Sasuke was like a dog who wasn't patted on the head by his owner. He had a lost look on his face, said "oh" without interest, and followed Fugaku slowly, step by step.
Wait until you get home.
Fugaku sat at the dining table, glanced at Mikoto, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Such a big thing, you didn't even tell me."
Mikoto looked at the uncontrollable smile on Fugaku's face and explained, "Sasuke wanted to give you a surprise, so he begged me to keep it a secret from you."
Fugaku glanced at Sasuke who was begging for praise, then looked at Mikoto.
Just as a smile appeared on Sasuke's face, Fugaku asked, "Did you awaken your Sharingan because you saw your own death on the live broadcast?"
The smile disappeared from Sasuke's face.
Why does this food suddenly not smell good anymore?
Mikoto didn't want to pay any attention to Fugaku and rolled her eyes at him.
After they finished eating, Mikoto stopped Sasuke who wanted to go out to continue training.
Mikoto stuffed the banknotes in her hand into Sasuke's hand and said, "Sasuke, we're out of katsuobushi and tomatoes at home. Go buy some."
Sasuke looked confused.
"Why doesn't Mom go by herself?"
Every time, it is my mother who goes to the street to buy vegetables by herself.
Mikoto's expression froze for a moment.
"Mom doesn't want to go out anymore and just wants to stay at home. From now on, the task of buying groceries will be left to you, Sasuke."
Should she tell Sasuke that she was afraid of others calling her 'Sister Mikoto'?
Even if she didn't scream, she couldn't accept the strange looks from others.
Sasuke patted his chest and accepted the task.
"Leave it to me!"
Not long after Sasuke walked out of the house, he met two radical Uchiha clan members.
In the past, they would basically ignore children like Sasuke in the clan, even though Sasuke was the son of the clan leader.
But after the live broadcast, they saw Sasuke's future strength.
Uchiha has always respected the strong.
Of course, Uchiha Itachi, the traitorous clan leader who favors the village, does not count.
The two clan members smiled, "Good afternoon, Sasuke-chan."
Sasuke waved and also greeted.
"good afternoon!"
Looking at Sasuke's back running away, a smile appeared on the face of one of the tribesmen.
"As expected, little Sasuke is still well-behaved."
Another member of the tribe murmured, "Sasuke, you must surpass that Itachi guy as soon as possible."
It’s actually quite interesting to say that among most members of the Uchiha clan, few recognize Uchiha Itachi as the clan leader.
But they all recognized Sasuke.
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