That night, the starry sky glittered as moonlight spilled across the forest.
"Lord Neji, I'd like to purchase ten Lesser Flesh-Repair Pills and two Intermediate Flesh-Repair Pills." A ninja wearing a cat-faced mask, seemingly an Anbu ninja, called quietly outside Neji Hyuga's small courtyard.
No matter when someone came to Neji Hyuga's courtyard, there would always be someone—or a ninja beast—to receive them.
Some ninja from prominent clans, or those who knew that Neji Hyuga sold Flesh-Repair Pills here, occasionally came during the day. But more often, unknown ninjas quietly arrived at night.
They usually disguised themselves as Root or Anbu members to conduct their transactions.
"Moo Moo... here are your ten Lesser Flesh-Repair Pills and two Intermediate Flesh-Repair Pills." A buffalo five meters tall and seven meters long, with skin as dark and glossy as black steel, terrifyingly powerful muscles, and a pair of huge horns with a small pouch hanging from one of them, spoke in a voice as gentle as a refined lady's.
Moo Moo walked up to the disguised Anbu ninja and flicked her horn, sending the pouch flying toward him.
"Thank you, Miss Moo Moo."
After thanking her, the Anbu ninja opened the pouch and counted its contents. Once he confirmed there was no problem, he directly placed a sealing scroll containing fifteen million ryo at Moo Moo's feet.
Moo Moo gently tapped the sealing scroll with her clean black hoof. With a pop, the sealing scroll released three large chests. Moo Moo kicked open the lids with her hoof, carefully checked the amount with her black bovine eyes, then closed the chests and sealed them back into the sealing scroll with her hoof.
"Miss Moo Moo's sealing technique with her hooves is truly something I never tire of watching," the Anbu ninja sighed.
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