#138 - Chapter 138: The Inhuman Prince Maya
Yueman laughed heartily, not taking Naruto's vague answer to heart.
He wasn't a narrow-minded person. More than dwelling on others' offenses and gains, he cared more about whether he was happy in the present moment!
Moreover, influenced by his father, he had always disliked war and conflict. Forgiving others' rudeness and offenses was a state of mind a superior should possess!
Besides, he was so rich, he barely had enough time to enjoy life, so how could he have the energy to quarrel with others?
"You're called Naruto, right? I see they all listen to you, so I suppose you're the captain of this squad. That means you're a Jonin, right? Truly promising at such a young age!"
Yueman inexplicably began to praise Naruto, then, without a word, he took out a check and wrote seven zeros on it.
"Take it, this is extra pay for you all!"
"......"
Looking at the check extended in front of him, Naruto hesitated for a moment before taking it.
He didn't really care about the money, it was just that this Prince of the Moon Country was really good at handling people!
As the saying goes, one shouldn't hit a smiling face. Naruto wasn't the type to hold grudges either.
Seeing Naruto accept the check, Yueman smiled happily, then said to Naruto and the others, "We still want to stroll around Konoha Village and buy some things before setting off. Do you want to come along?"
From the moment Yueman and the others arrived, the mission had already begun.
Naruto naturally had no reason not to follow.
He nodded to Tsunade, then led Karin and the others to follow Yueman and Yueguang.
Downstairs, a Moon Country team that was resting had been waiting for a long time.
As the Prince of the Moon Country, he naturally couldn't travel with just his son!
Looking at this large team, Hinata and Ino, who were executing an S-rank mission for the first time, were both a little surprised.
"As expected of a country's prince, even more impressive than the nobles and wealthy merchants I protected before! But alas..."
Ino glanced at Yueman's greasy face and potbelly, and was a little disappointed. "It's a pity he's not handsome enough, and his son looks so old."
"If he were handsome enough, would you really go with him?" Naruto glanced at Ino and asked.
Ino's face flushed red. "Don't think of me as a superficial woman. How could I go with someone just because a man is good-looking?!"
"Heh."
Naruto sneered, not saying anything more.
But he clearly didn't believe Ino's words.
Ino wanted to argue further, but Naruto was unwilling to listen anymore.
He instructed the others to take their positions in the guard formation of a ninja squad, escorting the team towards the outskirts of Konoha Village.
Along the way, Prince Yueman bought whatever he saw, and all kinds of edible gifts filled box after box! Simply inhumanly extravagant!
Sometimes, if he ate something delicious, he would even buy the chef's entire family and have them move to the Moon Country to live!
Naruto could only internally lament the vast difference between the common people and the elite!
After leaving Konoha Village, the length of the escort team was even greater than before.
Naruto roughly estimated that the entire team had grown by about five meters.
That's two carriages worth of gifts!
Now their escort mission was even heavier!
Naruto quietly activated his Observation Haki, staying close to the vehicle where Prince Yueman was.
That way, even if the convoy was longer, he could ensure the safety of the team.
Of course, also the safety of his subordinates!
Karin, Hinata, and Ino were all very obedient types.
During missions, they basically wouldn't disobey any of his decisions!
If he told them to go east, they would go east, and if he told them to go west, they would go west!
Such performance had also earned Naruto's approval. If he were still a ninja, such a team could be maintained forever, so he didn't want them to be in any danger!
After leaving Konoha Village, the team didn't head directly towards the Moon Country.
According to Yueman, his father had told him to travel around the countries, and now there were still some places he hadn't been to, so he planned to go to them one by one.
Naruto didn't care about the distance, he just considered it a world tour.
The mission passed day by day,
Along the way, they encountered many attacks.
Among them were bandits, and also ninjas!
He didn't know if it was because Yueman was too ostentatious, or if there was another reason that he was being targeted.
In short, the entire journey wasn't very harmonious!
If it weren't for Naruto and the others, this Yueman might not have been able to return to the Moon Country!
"Naruto-kun is indeed very powerful, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"
Yueman sat in the carriage, very satisfied with his judgment of people, then he wrote another check and handed it to Naruto.
"Are you interested in coming to my Moon Country to work?"
When there were many enemies, Naruto used the Eight Trigrams Palms technique.
Such a large-scale and dazzling attack immediately attracted Yueman's attention.
He wasn't entirely concerned with Naruto's power, he was concerned with the gorgeousness of Naruto's moves, he wanted to carry them with him!
Naruto glanced at the check - one billion!!
This check was more than the Snow Country's annual tax revenue!
But Naruto still chose to refuse.
"Sorry, the education I received since childhood doesn't support me doing this." Naruto said expressionlessly.
"Alright ~"
Yueman could see Naruto's firm intention to refuse, and didn't force it, directly tearing the check up and throwing it into the trash can next to him.
"What a pity, I really do like you."
"......"
Just when Naruto was suspecting Yueman's sexual orientation, Yueman said again, "I think if I took you to perform for Maya, she would definitely be willing to come back to my side."
"Perform..."
Naruto didn't have the habit of eavesdropping on other people's thoughts all the time, so he didn't know the reason why Yueman wanted to buy him before.
Originally, he thought Yueman wanted to win him over because of his strength, but now it seemed that he was treating him as a performing monkey!
"Who is Maya?"
Ino asked curiously from the side.
"Maya is my wife, but she has left me." Yueman sighed.
"Why?"
Ino guessed, "Could it be because she disliked that you were too fat?"
"That's too rude!" Xiaoguang took his eyes away from the game and looked at Ino.
"It's okay."
Yueman smiled, comforted Xiaoguang, and then explained to Ino, "Actually, I wasn't so fat before, it's just that Maya's departure made me very lonely, and I could only rely on eating to alleviate this pain."
"I can't tell that you're still a passionate prince." Ino said in surprise.
"Of course, Maya is the only wife I'll ever have in my life!" Yueman said with a serious expression.
"But you still flirt with girls."
