The Time Shamu Was Away

Shamu's Space-Time.

It was only some time after he left that Naruto and Sasuke learned Shamu would be gone for a long time this time.

Minato and Itachi, who had helped keep it secret, naturally received a thorough scolding.

Naruto, in particular, made a huge fuss like a child.

But the matter had already been decided, and Naruto and Sasuke could do nothing about it.

As time passed.

A month after Shamu left, every country began comprehensively raising benefits for shinobi.

Although the Land of Wind was financially strapped, it still gritted its teeth and distributed money to every shinobi who had not retired.

Originally, there was no such thing as retirement for shinobi. They generally retired when they could no longer work or simply no longer wished to.

Once they stopped accepting missions, they were considered retired.

But now, with monthly evaluations in place, only those who passed could receive the money.

Naturally, only Chunin and above were assessed.

There were simply too many Genin, and their abilities varied wildly, so the amount distributed to them was also very small.

Starting from Chunin, the monthly payment was enough to support an entire household.

Thus, after the first month's payments were issued, every shinobi village held large-scale Chunin Exams in the second month.

More than ten times as many people registered as before.

There were also far more people seeking promotion from Chunin to Special Jonin, as well as those applying for Jonin evaluations.

As long as a household had one Genin, no one in it would starve.

With one Chunin, they could live an ordinary life.

There were fewer missions now, and everyone wanted a stipend.

In this way, after several months of development, the status of shinobi began to rise steadily.

The higher a shinobi's rank, the more