Konoha's task master

"Boom, boom, boom."

Sarutobi Hiruzen sat up straight, his face quickly returned to calm, revealing his majesty as the Hokage, and he spoke softly.

"Please come in..."

Aoyama Reiko pushed open the door and entered.

On the other hand, Yakumo turned into the alleyway home and suddenly saw Chen Yu, the housekeeper of the Daming Palace in Tsing Yi, standing in front of the door with a bright smile on his face.

Just like a dozen days ago...

"Yakumo-sama..."

Chenyu took two steps forward and greeted him respectfully. Barring the situation of exposing his position, he could only rely on luck and wait here from morning to night just to see Yakumo.

This feeling of being clearly arranged...

It’s very annoying…

Chenyu is just a little boy, Yakumo can be destroyed with a flip of a finger, but the real difficulty is the daimyo Shinichi behind him.

Yakumo can also kill the daimyo with his sword, but the backhand left by Shinichi may very well lead to the death of Reiko Aoyama, Masako Mori, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara.

He couldn't afford to gamble...and couldn't gamble.

"Brother Shinichi, why didn't you come?" Yakumo said with a smile.

When he asked the question, Chen Yu's expression became more respectful, and he even subconsciously took half a step back, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead, and he spoke tentatively.

"The adults dare not come..."

"Why?"

"I'm afraid you might just draw your sword and chop him."

"He guessed really accurately." Yakumo thought to himself.

"How could it be... Brother Shinichi and I have a relationship similar to that of real brothers, are you afraid that you are deliberately trying to sow our brotherhood?" Yakumo said with a smile as he narrowed his eyes.

"Young man...don't dare." Chen Yu looked a little frightened and subconsciously moved away from Yakumo.

"Where's the letter?" Yakumo asked.

Chenyu respectfully took out the gold-lacquered letter from his arms. The surface of the letter was stamped with the family emblem.

"Yakumo, I'm so relieved to see you well..."

"I received a little courtesy, but all I did was offer condolences..."

"I heard that you are in an enemy country...my heart..."

"Now I pray day and night to meet Yakumo again..."

"...a bunch of nonsense." Yakumo threw the ball into the trash can nearby.

"Where's the small gift?" Yakumo spread his hands. This small gift is the compensation given by Shinichi after taking advantage of Yakumo to eliminate the resentment or murderous intention in Yakumo's heart.

Chenyu took out the storage scroll from his arms and carefully placed it in Yakumo's hand.

"One hundred million taels, coins of the Kingdom of Fire."

Yakumo was suddenly shocked.

"Sent...!"

"This is too much..."

Yakumo forced himself to stay calm and calmly put the scroll into his arms.

The number of jounin in the underground black market is about 20 million. The elite jounin may be more expensive but it will not exceed 35 million. As for the kage of each village, the number ranges from 50 million to 80 million...that is to say

One hundred million taels is really a sky-high price, and the wealth of Daming Mansion is evident.

"not enough…"

The price of 100 million taels cannot offset the daimyo's plot against him. His and Aoyama Reiko's lives were much more expensive than this.

"The daimyo has given instructions. If you have any requests, you can make them."

"I also want an excellent chakra short blade, about thirty centimeters long." Yakumo said.

Purple Fire was shattered in the battle between Ye Yue and Tian Xin, and now he needs a handy short blade.

"I will truthfully report my name."

"Then let's go." Yakumo waved his hand.

"Huh...goodbye, Yakumo-sama."

"You seem relieved...?" Yakumo asked.

Chen Yu was slightly stunned and immediately spoke.

"Daimyo, he said that there is a 53% chance that I will die during this trip, and a 45% chance that I will be seriously injured, so I have been worried that Master Yakumo will draw a knife and beat me up." Chenyu paused.

He stopped and replied respectfully.

"Why did he say that...?"

Yakumo asked curiously.

"My lord said... you have anger, hatred, and resentment in your heart, and you always have to vent it... so I was sent to be your punching bag." Chen Yu's posture was very respectful, even when he mentioned that he was a punching bag, his expression was

Nothing has changed.

"Aren't you afraid of death?" Yakumo asked.

"My life belongs to the daimyo." Chenyu said respectfully.

Yakumo could sense that he wasn't lying, but he didn't expect that Shinichi would have such loyal subordinates.

"I do have anger, resentment, and hatred, so in the future I will beat him personally to vent my anger."

He is a person with a clear sense of grudges and will not vent his anger on others because of resentment and emotions. Since Shinichi is plotting against him, he will definitely pay the price in the future!

Most importantly...he doesn't bother throwing punches at the weak.

"What else did he say?" Yakumo continued to ask. Shinichi was far more interesting than he thought, so he didn't mind taking a closer look.

"My lord also said... I can't lie to you, and I must respect you as much as I treat him. He also said... if you didn't beat me up, then his beating would not be able to escape... and he also said that you are very interesting."

"You can leave...remember to tell him...you are not allowed to find anything for me to do in the next year...otherwise I might not be able to help but kill him." Yakumo chuckled softly.

Chenyu left quickly with striding strides. Looking at the background, it seemed as if he was running for his life, but Yakumo didn't believe what a simple person the butler of the Daming Palace could be.

Of course, this has nothing to do with him. All he wants is stability... This is not about pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger or trying to be a righteous man. His true destiny is to be a salted fish.

Living under the conditions of ensuring his own safety, nothing can stimulate his fighting spirit except the mission.

"Meow..." The milk ball jumped towards Yakumo from the wall, but Yakumo dodged it deftly. After all, the injuries on his arms had not healed yet.

"Ouch——!!"

After the milk ball fell to the ground, he let out an angry growl and silently walked towards Yakumo's new sofa in the living room.

"Don't tear down the house...I brought you a gift."

Yakumo quickly stepped forward to stop the milk ball and took out Saikawa Castle's specialty, milk herbal tea, from the storage scroll.

Half a minute later, Yakumo was stroking the cat with one hand, while Milk Ball was drinking milk herbal tea from a large bucket with a straw. Yakumo had tasted it and it tasted very similar to pearl milk tea, but had a special fragrance.

However, there were no pearls in it and they were sold in barrels. He suspected that the fragrance of the milk tea was somehow related to the wooden barrels.

"Bah Liu...Bah Liu...Bah Liu..."

As we all know...Yakumo is very poor...so all the expenses for the two of them in Saikawa Castle were borne by Reiko Aoyama.

"Keep your voice down when you drink." Yakumo patted the round butt of the milk ball. I really don't know what Masako Mori took him to eat when he was not at home... He has gained weight again.

"Ugh...!"

After Yakumo separated into a shadow clone to clean up, he lay quietly on the sofa and took out the storage scroll that Chen Yu gave him from his arms.

The expression on his face gradually changes...

From calm to smiling... to a little crazy laughing.

"Hahahahahaha!!"

"It's posted! It's posted!"

"Ahem...hahahahaha!"

Yakumo coughed violently...his face turned red with excitement.

"One hundred million taels is not a lot in the scroll."

From now on…

…He’s also a billionaire!