Chapter 47: Chapter 47: The Business of Explosive Tags
"The quality of explosive tags varies greatly depending on the skill level of the maker and the time and effort invested."
It was a sunny day.
The sun shone brightly outside the shop.
The students inside were chatting and enjoying their rare afternoon tea time.
Tenten was explaining to Sasuke. When she talked about her favorite things, the black-haired girl with an ancient style seemed to have a bright light in her eyes.
She took out some different explosive tags and explained, "Like the one on the far left, this is my practice work. The selling price on weekdays is just the cost price. It's only for practice, not to deceive anyone."
"But the most expensive explosive tags can reach tens of thousands of ryo!"
"I don't know how many years it will take me to reach that level of explosive tag craftsmanship."
Speaking of the most powerful but rare explosive tags on the market, Tenten showed a yearning look on her face and explained some of her simpler ideas for making explosive tags.
As for those regular, even high-end explosive tags, they were still a bit out of reach for her at the moment.
Sasuke noticed the price again.
He pondered, "Explosive tags are so expensive. Are they really practical for ninjas?"
"I don't know. They should be... practical! Anyway, I think ninjas basically have a few regular explosive tags in reserve."
Tenten shared what she knew about the market, "Just like you, Sasuke, you also need to buy some explosive tags for training. I think when ninjas perform missions, using the explosive tags they carry should save a lot of [physical energy]. Moreover, they're easy to carry, simple to use, and can have various applications."
In short, if they weren't too expensive, according to Tenten's understanding, it wouldn't be impossible for ninjas to carry a large number of explosive tags with them.
Sasuke's mind began to wander, considering whether his family had ever ventured into this side business.
And...
Does he have the ability to pursue this side business now?
After this idea came up, Sasuke put it on his daily plan, ready to see if he could contact people or things related to the Uchiha.
He continued to chat with Tenten, discussing various ninja tools and the daily life at the ninja academy, but he had already started thinking about how to start one or two side businesses.
As one of the founders of the Hidden Leaf Village, according to Sasuke's current understanding of his family, they had smoothly transitioned away from relying solely on mission rewards decades ago.
The salary from the police force was just one of the sources of income.
The entire economic system within the family was cyclical.
If the entire family had not disappeared overnight, many things could have been picked up directly and passed on slowly.
Now, because of him, the last orphan, it seems that the family's business is not impossible to revive.
It's just about judging the risk and... capability.
Making explosive tags...
Can he do it?
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A week later.
Sasuke picked an auspicious day and left the village without disturbing anyone along the way. He regained his freedom by following the correct plan.
Standing outside the empty city that had become a ruin, Sasuke turned and looked in the direction of Konoha, and the first narration information belonging to this village appeared in front of him.
[Hidden Leaf Village, one of the five great ninja villages, was jointly established by the two most powerful clans in the ninja world, the Senju and the Uchiha. It was once the strongest ninja village in the ninja world and was built 58 years ago.]
[List of members of the core group of Hidden Leaf Village: Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, Torifu Akimichi, Kagami Uchiha (deceased)]
[Hidden Leaf Village administrative system: Anbu, Administration, Medical, Education, Analysis Class, Konoha Police Department (disbanded)]
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"It turns out that if you take this village as a whole, you can see a lot of things." Sasuke temporarily blocked this narration, but he made a note of it in his heart, "If I go abroad in the future, I must try to stand outside and take a good look at this country."
"Host, you have to go back today; you may have to hurry up to do something."
The system rarely reminded him at this time.
Although it was an auspicious day, and Sasuke knew the correct way to enter and exit the village, so he would not be discovered, the time he could stay outside was always limited.
He still had to hurry up to do the work later.
After hearing the reminder, Sasuke did not linger too much on the village without the Uchiha and stepped directly into this seemingly deserted empty city.
He could get a line that originally belonged to the Uchiha here, and even if he was no longer in Hidden Leaf Village in the future, he could equip himself with various ninja weapons.
But this time, after contacting the Ninja Cat Clan, Sasuke wanted to see if he could do some extra side jobs.
After all, he is now a member of the productive forces.
Although the direction of production has nothing to do with food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
With the Sharingan, Sasuke easily found the creatures he wanted to see in the ruins as if he had turned on a radar.
Two raccoon cats, one fat and one thin, appeared in front of him, and one of them had the word "Ninja" on its forehead.
"Little Sasuke? Why are you here? It's easy to get into danger if you go out of the village at your age," the raccoon cat with the word on its forehead asked.
The other cat was also a little surprised: "Do you have any difficulties, little Sasuke?"
Soon, he restrained his distracting thoughts and said lightly, "I want to see the Cat Granny, just like the Uchiha before. And... I have some questions that I want to get answers to."
"Please, Hina."
As he spoke, he took out some gifts. It would be a shame to visit someone without bringing some gifts. It's not very nice.
"Seeing the Cat Granny?" Hina said, "I heard that something big happened in Konoha some time ago. Is it true..."
"Don't mention topics that will make little Sasuke unhappy."
Another ninja cat spoke and led Sasuke directly to the destination, where he met an old fat lady with cat ears.
"It's little Sasuke! How have you been recently?"
It seems that every creature here is older than Sasuke, and the address is in the manner of an elder.
After Sasuke greeted politely as an elder, he did not immediately talk about the arms business but talked about the disappearance of the Uchiha.
"Cat Granny, it's been a while since the Uchiha incident. You should know what happened in our village!"
Listening to Sasuke's question, Cat Granny sighed softly: "Of course I know. Your brother killed the clan members. He has now been listed as a traitor by Konoha and is on the wanted list."
Sasuke asked again, "Do you know why he killed the entire clan?"
Cat Granny shook her head: "I don't know. That child is very polite. I watched him grow up. He has always been very kind. I didn't expect him to fall to this point..."
"He left me alone and said that he would wait until I awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan before going to find him. And now, I am the only one left in Uchiha."
Sasuke said.
Grandma Cat noticed something and asked, "So are you really going to go find him in the future?"
Sasuke looked calm: "I have no reason not to go. You should know that there are no cowards in Uchiha."
"But now there are only two of you left in Uchiha. If the brothers kill each other again..."
Grandma Cat said that out of the preference of an elder, she did not want things to develop to that point.
Sasuke just shook his head slightly and said, "This is not a question of whether I want to or not. Blood debts must be paid with blood, and if this matter cannot be resolved, I can't face the dead clansmen.
"My life is life, and their lives are also lives."
Having said that, Granny Cat had nothing to say but hoped that time could heal the pain in the heart of the child in front of her, so as to avoid the tragedy she did not want to see.
Sasuke then asked for some information about Itachi, especially about the clan members, or about the village, but unfortunately, he did not get much useful information.
He then talked about business again, took out his special "explosive tag" and said: "Don't worry! Granny Cat, I will not die easily before graduating from the Ninja Academy."
"It's just that I am the only one left in the family. If I want to avoid being like other ruins, it will cost a lot of money, so I want to do some side business."
As he said, he introduced the finished product of the explosive tag he made now, which is two or three times better than the regular explosive tag.
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