#33 - Chapter 33 Earning 5,000 taels from Sakura
Naruto was silent for a moment, then took out three soldier pills from his ninja pouch and placed them in the boy's hand.
“Eat one a day.”
With that, Naruto patted the boy's head and turned to continue leaving with Tsunami.
The little boy looked at the three black pills in his hand, tilting his head in confusion.
‘Aren't these mud balls?’
......
“Naruto, what did you give that child?”
“Soldier pills.”
“Soldier pills?”
Wave Country didn't have any ninjas, and Tsunami didn't recognize soldier pills.
“A type of pill where eating one is enough to replace a meal,” Naruto explained.
Normally, ninjas could go without eating for a day by eating three.
That little boy's body wasn't fully developed and his digestion was low, so one pill a day should be enough.
“I see, Naruto is truly a kind person~”
Saying this, Tsunami lowered her head with some dejection, “It's a pity our family's capabilities are limited, we can't help so many impoverished people.”
Although Tazuna's family wasn't wealthy, it could be seen that they weren't poor from the fact that they could spend money to hire ninjas and buy materials to build a bridge.
If they tried their best, they could allow a few more families to have enough to eat.
But... if you help, you can't just help a few families!
If you help one person, another person will remember you! If you help one family, another family will remember you!
If you help two families, the people of a village will remember you. If you help a village, the people of a country will remember you!
There are so many people in a country that Tazuna and his family can't save them all.
As for why no one was targeting Naruto for helping the little boy, it was mainly because Naruto was a foreigner!
The people of this country had been bullied by Gato for too long, so they didn't dare to casually cause trouble for foreigners, fearing they might accidentally provoke Gato's people.
Of course, it's not that everyone was afraid of foreigners.
The little boy who didn't have many thoughts, and some criminals, didn't care about foreigners or locals.
Back at Tazuna's house,
Sasuke was standing at the door with his arms crossed, trying to look cool.
Inari was nowhere to be seen.
But it seemed like nothing happened today.
Seeing Naruto return, Sasuke went back to continue his training without saying a word.
He had been guarding here mainly to guard against enemies, but now that Naruto was back, there was no need to worry about that.
Tsunami went to cook, and Naruto, having nothing to do, stayed to watch Sasuke train.
Before long, Kakashi and the others returned safely.
The light was bad at night, and the risk of building the bridge was too great, so for safety's sake, Tazuna had to give up working at night.
“Tree climbing?”
Kakashi was a little surprised to see Sasuke doing tree-climbing training.
Did Naruto teach Sasuke?
Or was it a training method left behind by the Uchiha clan?
Given the Uchiha clan's former status, it wasn't surprising that they had mastered this not-so-advanced training method.
“Naruto, would you like to do some training?” Kakashi suddenly asked, looking at Naruto.
“What training?” Naruto turned his head to look at Kakashi and asked.
“The training Sasuke is doing, it can improve a ninja's control over chakra,” Kakashi said.
Naruto didn't say anything, walked straight to the top of a tree, and then walked back down.
Kakashi: “......”
“Impressive~” Kakashi said with a smile, narrowing his eyes, not asking when Naruto had learned it.
It didn't matter whether Naruto learned it from Sasuke or from somewhere else.
With Naruto's genius, he might have learned this basic training method just by looking at it once!
“Kakashi-sensei, what is the training that Sasuke and Naruto are doing?” Sakura couldn't help but ask curiously from the side.
“A training that gathers chakra at the feet to train a ninja's control over chakra,” Kakashi said. “Sakura, you can learn it from Sasuke and the others, it will improve your strength to some extent.”
“I see!”
After hearing this, Sakura glanced at Sasuke, who was training, and decided on Naruto. “Naruto, can you teach me the training?”
Naruto looked at Sakura's sincere eyes and held out five fingers. “Five thousand ryo.”
“Five thousand ryo?” Sakura was taken aback, confused.
“I charged Sasuke five thousand ryo to teach him this training method. In order to treat everyone equally, I also have to charge you five thousand ryo,” Naruto said indifferently.
“......”
What a fair treatment!
Sakura rolled her eyes, then obediently took out her wallet, counted out five thousand ryo, and gave it to Naruto.
Naruto received the money, counted it, and put it away. “Let's go.”
A few minutes later,
Sakura stood at the waist of the tree, looking at Sasuke who was still sprinting madly, and a trace of worry arose in her heart.
Sasuke-kun won't hate me, right?
Should I act a little?
In terms of chakra control, Sakura's talent is indeed unmatched by very few.
But this talent seemed a bit ordinary and mediocre in the face of bloodlines.
Moreover, Sakura's chakra attribute talent doesn't seem to be very good, and she is destined to only take the path of a medical ninja in the future.
......
The next day,
Naruto and Sasuke followed Tazuna to the bridge construction site early in the morning.
The two surrounded Tazuna, watching Tazuna and his other worker move materials, start the machines, and gradually build the bridge.
“Looking at this progress, it won't be completed in less than two months.”
After a day, Naruto roughly estimated the construction progress of the bridge.
Earning 10,000 ryo in a month, divided equally among four people is 2,500 ryo per person... not even as much as earning from my last ninjutsu class.
“Sasuke, have you seen any suspicious signs?” Naruto asked.
Sasuke shook his head. “Everything is normal.”
Seeing that Tazuna was about to end today's work, Naruto knew that Zabuza probably wouldn't come today.
But if he doesn't come today, then the probability of Zabuza coming tomorrow is very high.
Now that Zabuza isn't injured, the reason he stopped for two days without taking action makes one suspect that he isn't gathering more intelligence and looking for an opportunity to strike!
With the ability of a Jonin, two days should be more than enough.
“Tazuna, I might not be able to come tomorrow!”
After Tazuna finished his work, Naruto and Sasuke were about to leave.
They saw another worker on the bridge saying goodbye to Tazuna.
“Even you are leaving... why?”
“I'm sorry, Tazuna, I also want to continue helping you. But Gato may have already set his sights on us... we can't afford to hire ninjas for protection, I'm sorry!”
Tazuna looked at the apologetic look of his old friend, feeling both resentment and heartache, but in the end, it could only turn into a sigh.
“Alas, go then.”
“Thank you, Tazuna!”
Naruto and Sasuke watched as the only remaining worker on the bridge resigned, feeling a little dejected.
The construction period will be extended again!
