Chapter 304: Short Knife
The muscular blacksmith Shitan asked about Ino's request.
"The chakra must have good conductivity and be easy to apply poison. It must be powerful when wielded. It must look good and be domineering." She listed seventeen or eighteen requirements in a row.
Shi Tan quickly waved his hand and signaled to stop. Your request is too much. I am just an ordinary blacksmith and I don’t have such high skills.
"How much is the guest's budget?" he asked at the critical moment.
Ino thought about it carefully.
The village's reimbursement will come later. Right now, she still needs to pay the bill herself. Ino calculated the money she had in her hand and said, "About 10 million taels. Of course, it doesn't matter if it's more. Give me some time. I'm sure I can get the money."
She doesn't really have much money, but she can rob!
What's the point of learning ninjutsu? Just to help the farmers in Konoha to grow crops?
The blacksmith Shi Tan was a very kind person. Seeing that Ino was young, he was worried that her weapon was too good and something might happen to her.
"Don't worry, there's no problem with Miss Yamanaka's strength." Dai Dao advised from the side.
"How's that for you?"
"Much better than me."
"Stronger than you?" Shi Tan was a little surprised. His sword skills were also very famous in the Iron Country. Although he was not as good as Admiral Mifune, he was also among the best among the generals under Mifune.
Ino had seen martial arts with a sword last time. Facing Scorpion's Hundred Machines Exercise, he was able to hold out for more than ten moves with a sword. His strength is really not weak. He is slightly weaker than Asuma, but stronger than the soy sauce Chunin.
The blacksmith nodded heavily: "I understand. Since you want a more domineering weapon, how about I use chakra metal to make a halberd for you?"
At first glance, it seemed like there was nothing wrong with it, but after thinking about it carefully, Ino felt that this thing didn't sound like a weapon used by ninjas, and it felt weird.
The words used by the Hokage were definitely different from those in the previous life, but this halberd could easily be ambiguous to her.
"Well, actually, a knife will do. A short knife, right?"
The first and second generation Hokage both used swords, but now all ninjas use kunai mainly for convenience. Carrying a long sword is really a hindrance when performing assassinations, kidnappings and other missions.
Kunai is very convenient when performing tasks, but on the battlefield, it is not as useful as a knife.
At least Ino felt that the kunai didn't work.
"Okay, since you're using it yourself, I still think the halberd is more domineering."
"No thanks, just a short knife."
Seven days later.
Ino obtained a short sword with chakra conduction properties, called "Autumn Water". Because of her friendship with the sword bearer, she asked for a friendship price of 15 million taels. It was not enough even if she emptied her family's assets. She took advantage of the dark and windy night, changed into Deidara's outfit, and robbed two temples in succession, only then did she pay the full amount.
The dagger is tied to the thigh and can be pulled out when needed, which is convenient and quick.
She tried it and found it very good.
Return to the village and seek reimbursement from Jiraiya.
The village is not rich now, so we reimbursed her 5 million taels first, and the remaining amount will be settled at the end of the year.
Jiraiya didn't hide it from her, and said it very clearly, everything will wait until the end of the year! After we defeat the Sand Village, we will have money! Even if we are poor, a big ninja village like the Sand Village will make us piss if we catch them.
Ino is not unreasonable. Once the war breaks out, everyone will need money.
The ninja village has the right to require ninjas to participate in the war unconditionally. At the same time, the ninja village also has the obligation to pay the ninjas. This is a corresponding relationship.
The Ninja Village is a standard military organization. They pay soldiers salaries, provide weapons, give rewards for victory and pensions for defeat. They are the same as feudal armies of any era.
Ninjas are more independent, you can't just say "I'll give you a reward if you win this war", that won't work.
Send Kakashi to kill a hostile ninja and give him a B-level mission. After completing the mission, the village as the client will have to pay him. It can be on credit first, but the money must be paid afterwards.
Obito was sent to blow up the Kannabi Bridge. He indeed never came back and had no immediate family members. The village could keep the reward and pension, but an A-rank mission must be recorded for him in the mission log.
A battle between ninja villages is made up of thousands of tasks. If the battle lasts for a long time, the number of tasks will be even greater.
This is how Jiraiya, Tsunade and their colleagues get many of their S-level missions. From digging holes to cut off food supplies to killing and arson, the missions are varied. This extremely inefficient operating mode is the means by which the ninja village commands the ninjas.
To put it simply, this is the ultimate embodiment of "salaries in place, the Four Emperors are useless."
You want me to do X, kill X, OK, you have to pay! The reason why Konoha Village can suppress the others is because they have money and can pay the ninjas for their missions in full, while Iwagakure and Sandagakure are beaten to the ground because they have no money, they are poor!
Otherwise, what impact would the bombing of the Kannabi Bridge have on the war situation? You said that the students of the ninja school can't tread water, that's understandable, but can't those Genin and Chunin who graduated many years ago also tread water? A bridge stopped them? What kind of river is this, a quicksand river? Hundreds of Iwagakure ninjas stood on the other side of the broken bridge, shouting: "We can't get through! The supplies are gone, and the bridge is broken!"
Isn't it funny? Ino can use ninjutsu to change the terrain. How many ninjas can be stopped by a broken bridge?
In a word, if the money is not enough, the Iwagakure ninjas don't want to fight anymore! The old and strong Third Tsuchikage wants to go to war, and he must convince the Daimyo of the Land of Earth. Without the Daimyo's support from the national finances, the Iwagakure Village simply cannot pay the mission fees for so many ninjas.
The same goes for Konoha. Once the war breaks out, Jiraiya is ready to "protect" the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
Ino still has a big picture view. She knows that Konoha is now full of internal conflicts. From the ninja clan to the civilian ninja, everyone wants to start a war to divert internal conflicts. External war is the best way. Now everyone needs money. It's the end of the year, so she is not in a hurry.
Jiraiya and the others were preparing to go to Sunagakure, and Ino had nothing to do, so in order to hide the Nine-Tails, she asked her cheap senior brother Minato for advice on sealing techniques.
Minato is famous in the ninja world for his Flying Thunder God Technique. In fact, his sealing techniques are also top-notch. He is extremely proficient in the Four Symbols and Five Elements Sealing Techniques. He also obtained many secret sealing techniques from the Uzumaki clan and has extremely rich knowledge in this area.
Ino can use the Five Elements Seal, but has never learned the Four Symbols. This time, in order to seal the Yin Nine-Tails, she came to him specifically to learn this sealing technique.
One of them teaches seriously and the other learns carefully.
Ino felt that if she wanted to reach the level of Namikaze Minato's sealing technique and skillfully superimpose the two Four Symbols Seals into a Bagua Seal to seal the Yin Nine-Tails, it would be quite difficult. The "seal" of 9 points was a bit low, and she would need to practice hard for a period of time.
(End of this chapter)
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