"Every year, 30% of the funding the Daimyo give the village is allocated to the medical system. Koharu Utatane is entirely responsible for that, and you're saying only about 2% of it actually goes toward medical care?"
Jiraiya's anger continued to rise uncontrollably.
Although he hated war more than anything, there wasn't a war going on right now. Even so, you couldn't let your guard down about the future just because there was no war!
2% of the funding went to the medical system. That wasn't 2% of the 30%; it was 2% of the total 30%!
No wonder the recovery rate of injured ninjas returning from missions in Konoha was so low and slow. So it was because there wasn't enough money!
Jiraiya clenched his fists and took a long time to digest the news before he could accept it.
"Where did that money go? Did Koharu Utatane swallow it?"
Jiraiya asked in a low voice.
"It's not exactly like that..."
"Within Konoha Village's fiscal expenditures, the medical system originally only accounted for 10%. After Princess Tsunade proposed establishing a medical department, Koharu Utatane fought repeatedly to get that amount adjusted to 30% of the total budget."
"Besides purchasing medical supplies and conducting medical experiments, most of that money was used to treat ninjas who suffered serious injuries on missions."
"After the war ended, the conflicts between villages weren't as severe as before. Danzo proposed reducing the medical system's funding allocation and giving it to his Root, but unfortunately, the proposal didn't pass..."
Homura Mitokado sounded somewhat guilty as he spoke.
"Koharu Utatane spent most of that money on training Medical Ninjas. Every year, she supplied the village with five hundred Medical Ninjas... You have to understand, training Medical Ninjas is very difficult..."
"Five hundred? With that money, Konoha