Chapter 424: Uchiha Jin

"Duy-senpai, don't be restrained."

"Calling you here through the Hokage this time is actually for the sake of the Eight Inner Gates."

"I exchanged my mission rewards directly for the Eight Inner Gates, and after some investigation, I found that among the practitioners from the Second Hokage's era, you are the only one who is still a ninja."

"So this time, for practicing the Eight Inner Gates, I naturally invited you."

"For the next period of time, Duy-senpai, just stay in the Uchiha clan grounds."

"During the period of my training, it will all count as your mission time, and the mission bonus will be settled as a B-rank mission."

"Considering Duy-senpai has a family, the money will be settled once a month."

"Tentatively, three hundred thousand ryo per month!"

"Any problems?"

Uchiha Jin smiled broadly.

For someone like Might Duy, he certainly couldn't say something stupid like "I want to win you over" the first time they met.

Everything had to be done step by step.

Might Duy was just a civilian, and a relatively simple, guileless, and slightly self-deprecating civilian at that.

It was better not to let him know about the filth of the high-ups.

Otherwise.

Might Guy's kind of simplicity—"whoever is Hokage, I support"—was something he couldn't judge right from wrong.

As for Might Duy.

He was an escapist!

Perhaps he could feel right from wrong, but a weak civilian like him wanted to hide and live his own little life.

But this was the true mindset of a commoner.

Therefore.

If it were an ordinary civilian ninja, giving them ninjutsu, ninja tools, and resources would be enough.

But for someone like Might Duy, it could only be done slowly, step by step.

First, bestow favors.

Practicing the Eight Inner Gates was not a short-term job.

At the very least, three to five months; at most, several years was normal.

Three hundred thousand ryo per month.

For a B-rank mission, this was a starting price, but it didn't need to be split among a squad, nor did the village take a cut.

According to Might Duy's situation, he found it hard to even find a squad for C-rank missions.

Even if he found a ninja squad, calculating based on the highest reward of two hundred thousand ryo for a C-rank mission...

The village took one-tenth, which was twenty thousand ryo.

The remaining one hundred and eighty thousand ryo had to be split among four squad members.

And the captain took the lion's share.

Calculating it this way, for a C-rank mission, Duy would get at most thirty or forty thousand ryo.

You have to know.

For Might Duy, C-rank missions were not easy to come by.

Usually, he took the most D-rank missions—jobs like finding cats and dogs—which started at five hundred ryo and capped at ten thousand ryo.

How much could he earn in a month if he worked himself to death?

Therefore.

The reward Uchiha Jin gave, while looking mediocre on the surface, was a sky-high price for Might Duy.

Bestow favors first, then cultivate feelings.

Then slowly cultivate bonds; for someone like Might Duy, sincerity was the greatest killer move!

Although the methods were dirty, those who achieve great things are all like this.

In short.

Not intentionally screwing Might Duy over and letting him live a good life was Uchiha Jin's greatest kindness.

After all, no matter what.

It was better than Might Duy's current bitter life, right?

The facts were indeed so.

Hearing Uchiha Jin's words, Might Duy was instantly stunned.

The Eight Inner Gates Formation?!

If it were anything else, he would be self-deprecating, but when it came to this, his waist didn't ache and his legs didn't hurt.

After all, this could be considered the only thing he could bring to the table!

Especially the money!

As he grew older, he knew the importance of money very well.

Even if he didn't consider himself, he had to consider his son, Guy!

Three hundred thousand ryo per month was not a small amount.

Perhaps he knew in his heart that this amount was a bit strange.

There's no such thing as a free lunch in the world.

He understood all of this!

But he had no choice.

Even if he knew there was a pit ahead, he chose to jump in.

Not for himself, but for his son!

You have to know that Might Guy was currently at the age where he was growing.

Not to mention that Guy practiced the Eight Inner Gates, a taijutsu that consumed the body's energy.

He had the special medicinal bath formula!

When Tobirama Senju gathered these people to practice back then, he naturally distributed the special formula.

But the problem was.

He had no money and couldn't afford it!

Even in Might Duy's current situation, being able to ensure Might Guy had three meals a day, with meat in every meal, was already quite good.

Yes.

There were countless forests on the edge of the Hidden Leaf, and indeed countless wild beasts, but he couldn't go hunting.

Because these forests were the private property of various ninja clans.

They could only be used by ninja academy students for trials and training; real ninjas were not allowed to hunt privately without permission.

To truly hunt and get wild beast meat, one had to enter the depths of the Forest of Death. ===== CHAPTER 425 =====

To truly hunt and obtain wild beast meat, one must enter the depths of the Forest of Death.