Unexpected Incident
The next day after the accident, early in the morning.
Noisy sounds arose outside the courtyard.
"Are you sure you saw correctly?"
"You must be dreaming!"
"I told them..."
"Kusabi..."
Lin Ke crawled out of bed, using his shadow to roll up the bedding on the tatami and stuff it into the closet. He glanced out the window.
Waraji was pulling another hat-wearing youth, standing outside the residence, secretly peering inside. They seemed to be discussing something, their voices getting softer and softer until they were practically whispering in each other's ears.
"Haa~ah," he yawned, instructing his shadow to keep an eye on them, and got up to wash his face.
He figured Momochi Zabuza's unique appearance was recognized by Kado's subordinates? These were minor issues. Of all his information, the most easily exposed was his shadow-related ability, as he used it so frequently.
Secondly, there was Rashomon. Every time he faced a powerful opponent, he always summoned it before fighting, making it a public secret. Unfortunately, his plan to establish a dream-fulfilling company had essentially failed.
The village elders, including the Third Hokage, agreed to let him use this special Summoning Jutsu, but their overall attitude was that they didn't want him to abuse it.
Publicly summoning the dead for anyone was considered abuse.
In simple terms, he could use it for himself, but using the technique to make money was frowned upon. It wasn't a matter of politics or adult considerations, but purely a moral standard.
Tampering with life and death was inherently evil in the Naruto World's moral code. If Danzo abused the technique to profit the village, the two Advisors and the Hokage wouldn't say much, but it wouldn't be good for a new generation of Hokage candidates to be morally tainted.
The Third Hokage, in his own selfish way, didn't want Lin Ke to lose his reverence for death or follow in Orochimaru's footsteps by abusing the technique.
He was quite surprised that the two advisors, who seemed annoying in the manga, were so good to him.
After washing up and going downstairs, Waraji and the hat-wearing youth were gone. TateDera was busy in the courtyard.
This old man, nearly sixty years old, still worked so efficiently, without any hesitation, wanting to finish early and go home. He started working in the courtyard before dawn.
Waraji had come by in the morning but hadn't appeared since. Normally, he would deliver meals to everyone.
At first, TateDera didn't pay much attention, thinking he was too busy to deliver the food and even used his own money to buy meals from the town.
Then, around 3 PM, when his work was done and it was time for the inspection agreed upon with Waraji yesterday, the latter still hadn't appeared. The old man became a little anxious.
By dusk, he finally couldn't sit still and prepared to ask the employer, Kusabi, what was going on.
"Leave it to me," Lin Ke volunteered. Temari looked at him slightly strangely but said nothing.
He quickly arrived at the strange building, not seeing a single person. He had a rough idea of what had happened. He entered the strange building, first floor, second floor, third floor...
All the way to the top floor, he saw Kusabi lying on the ground, reeking of alcohol, fast asleep.
The shadow went forward and nudged him. After a few seconds, he groggily woke up, not even opening his eyes, and muttered, "Get out, all of you get out, everything here is mine!"
It seems things have become strange.
Lin Ke glanced at the messy room and, without wasting words, formed a hand seal and cast a Genjutsu.
Soon, he learned the truth from the drunken Kusabi: Kusabi's subordinates, or rather, the remnants of the Kado Corps, had been terrified during the battle with the Konoha ninjas. They obeyed his orders because he had money. They were already scared by the arrival of the Konoha ninjas, and the appearance of someone resembling Momochi Zabuza was the last straw.
Waraji went back and told his accomplices, and they collectively prepared to run away. But Kusabi's money was spent, and he planned to become a local tyrant and make money as a gangster near the town. He strongly opposed his subordinates running away.
Unfortunately, not only was his opposition ineffective, but they also robbed him.
It was a case of the wicked getting their due. Before he could start being a bully in the Land of Waves, his subordinates rebelled and ran away out of fear.
As for TateDera? That was an accident. Kusabi himself was confused. He went to Tanzaku Street for a good time after getting the money and casually agreed to it while bragging to his gambling and drinking buddies. He didn't expect anyone to actually come.
Lin Ke pondered for a moment and suddenly felt this was an opportunity.
Besides Kado's money, his goal in coming to the Land of Waves was to test the Underworld Swamp.
A Ninjutsu that was considered ominous definitely couldn't be tested in the village. Whether it was for intelligence reasons or to avoid ruining his good-boy image, he had to be careful.
He had long been thinking about whether to set up a base in the Land of Rivers. Many experiments and Jutsu developments were not suitable for the village, but that country was too chaotic.
Now it seemed that the Land of Waves was a good place, and Kusabi, this human trash, was perfect as an experimental subject.
No ninjas, very close to Konoha Village, an island...
Lin Ke thought, already having made a decision in his heart, and formed hand seals, releasing—
Rashomon.
... One hour later.
"Sigh~" TateDera sat under the eaves, sighing and thinking, how could he have run so far to work just because of a baffling gambling buddy?
What if he doesn't receive the final payment? Just the deposit would only offset the cost of hiring Konoha ninjas. He would have run all this way for nothing, wasting two days.
Was it easy for him at his age? "Tap," a footstep landed.
TateDera subconsciously looked over, and his expression gradually relaxed after meeting a pair of scarlet Sharingan.
Lin Ke took out his waist pouch, counted out the mission's reward and the remuneration Kusabi should have paid TateDera, placed it in his hand, and then looked up and said, "Thank you, Uncle Fugaku."
Uchiha Fugaku nodded and disappeared on the spot.
"..." The old man mumbled something, stood up, and dazedly went back to his room with the money.
[Kusabi really knows how to spend money, two million ryo, spent down to only a little over a hundred thousand ryo in a few months...]
Lin Ke shook his head. He actually had to pay tens of thousands of ryo out of his own pocket to give TateDera the money just now. Thinking about it was ridiculous. He came here hoping to get extra income, but he didn't expect to be spending money instead.
The subsequent investment in the base is also a large sum of money.
Research on the Five Elements Sealing, medical research, all kinds of medical equipment, power systems, and the like are indispensable. Ninjutsu experiments are even more troublesome, and he might even lack some experimental materials.
The Land of Waves is a poor and remote place. Many things have to be purchased from the Land of Fire and transported here at a cost.
Take it slowly.
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