Distributing Rewards

After arranging the patrol teams, Yichen first inquired about the condition of the wounded, and then began to summarize the spoils of the operation.

First, there were the ninja corpses, including two Jonin and five Chunin. As for the Genin, although more than a dozen were killed in this First Shinobi War, there was no need to collect them. In addition, many ninjas who had been following and spying on us along the way were also dealt with, including several Chunin.

Next came the spoils, which was Yichen and his team's biggest gain. Many wandering ninjas carried valuables, and quite a few of the ninjas killed this time were carrying good items.

Putting everything else aside, the silver alone amounts to over 7 million taels. Furthermore, Yichen Kunai care for weapons like the kunai; he already has plenty of those in his team.

On the contrary, there was something that surprised Yichen. This was something that a Chunin always carried with him, and Yichen happened to recognize it: Chakra Metal, a piece of Chakra Metal that had not yet been forged into a weapon.

This is a really good item; just this one piece is worth tens of thousands of Contribution Points. As for buying it with silver, you simply can't get it.

Chakra weapons are rare items in the Ninja World. So far, Yichen has not come into contact with many Chakra weapons. The only one that can be confirmed is the long sword of his former teammate, Little Stone, from the Team 18.

Others Yichen had come into contact with likely possessed similar weapons, but Yichen was unaware of this.

The Chakra Metal in Yichen's hand was enough to forge a long sword about the size of a Little Stone.

My darling.

This item is useful to Yichen, but not very helpful. It can be used as a reward; it can be given to any subordinate who makes a great contribution in the future.

Next came the biggest gain of the trip: four Ninjutsu Scroll. Aside from the time Nagato gave them to him, this was the first time Yichen had acquired so many Ninjutsu.

Of the four Ninjutsu, one was a C-rank Wind Release, belonging to the Jonin specializing Jonin Ninjutsu. Another was a C-rank Sword Technique, belonging to the Jonin Taijutsu. The third was a C-rank Lightning Release, which was actually obtained from a Genin. But what Yichen the most was that a Chunin also contributed a Genjutsu.

Yichen didn't have everyone copy down the Ninjutsu, because everyone contributed differently in this First Shinobi War, and it wouldn't be fair to those who contributed the most. Instead, he collected them and distributed them uniformly. This was because Yichen now had too many people under him, unlike the previous four-person teams.

The four-person team is basically bound by life and death; increasing the strength of their teammates also increases their own chances of survival—it's a win-win situation.

However, Yichen now has too many subordinates, so there aren't many opportunities for them to fight together, and resources are limited, so they need to compete.

Aside from these, no one paid any attention to the other gains. The wandering ninjas lived far worse lives than ninjas like Yichen who had ninja villages to rely on.

After taking stock of the spoils, Yichen carefully reviewed the details of the battle and then awarded prizes based on everyone's performance.

While they were still resting, Yichen immediately announced the rewards.

First, each team is required to complete at least one C-rank mission, with several outstanding teams receiving multiple C-rank mission records.

Among them, the one that performed the best, besides the Team 7, directly recorded one B-rank Mission. The Team 7, on the other hand, recorded one B-rank Mission and one Level 1 mission.

It's worth mentioning that Yichen is now the team leader and doesn't need to record this type of task, so this task only counts as the three of them.

Yichen's reward will be distributed separately by the village based on his performance in major missions.

As the team leader, Yichen could theoretically record many missions for his subordinates, but in reality, the number of such mission records is affected by Yichen's performance.

For example, if Yichen hands over two Jonin corpses this time, the village will directly undertake two A-rank mission. In other words, in addition to the regular mission quota promised by the village, Yichen can issue two more A-rank mission.

Unfortunately, the corpses of Chunin are not very valuable, and there will be no extra mission rewards after handing them over to the village. However, there will be a small amount of Contribution Points.

Let's do some math. This time, Yichen handed over two Jonin corpses and received two extra A-rank mission quotas, but he was also given two B-rank Mission and nearly twenty C-rank mission at once.

Judging from the rewards, Yichen made a fortune. However, this was because Yichen himself Jonin his life to kill both Jonin. It was originally Yichen's own mission.

If none of the attackers Jonin, then Yichen would have to either advance some of his mission credits or use a portion of the spoils as rewards for everyone. It would be a way of exchanging loot for mission records.

However, Yichen had gained a lot this time, so he was generous and promised that each team could exchange the Contribution Points from a C-rank mission for a C-rank Ninjutsu.

If someone redeems the item, Yichen will make a clear note in the task log to avoid double counting of Contribution Points. The Contribution Points saved for the village will also be counted in Yichen's overall large-scale task.

Furthermore, Yichen explained that several outstanding teams could choose one of his C-rank Ninjutsu for free. This placed high demands on the Yichen Jonin Captain and was what frustrated Yichen the most. Although he was a Jonin Ninjutsu, he didn't know many Ninjutsu. He was too young, his missions weren't numerous, and the number of Ninjutsu he could acquire was too limited.

This also highlights the awkward situation of a team leader who lacks both strength and experience; in such circumstances, many people are unwilling to stay in the team for an extended period.

After the rewards were announced, no one immediately went to Yichen to redeem them. Yichen's suggestions were based on the team, so everyone had to discuss with their teammates before making a decision.

The first person to come looking for Yichen was Shinohara. Shinohara's team had performed poorly before, and had received two C-rank mission. They could only exchange one mission contribution for one C-rank Ninjutsu.

Shinohara exchanged for the C-rank Wind Release. Their team happened to have a Genin who had mastered Wind Release transformations. However, this Genin hadn't accumulated enough Contribution Points to exchange for the Ninjutsu.

Shinohara Chen was somewhat surprised. Yichen was quite lucky. Once his subordinate learned C-rank Wind Release, his strength would definitely improve significantly. Although he couldn't be directly compared to Chunin, his destructive power would definitely be above that of Chunin.

The second person to come to find Yichen was Meikou. Meikou's team performed well, mainly because Meikou Ninjutsu- type Chunin. In the previous defensive battle, his role was far superior to that of Taijutsu -type ninja. In addition, when finishing off the enemies whose formation was disrupted by Yichen's Water Style: Raging Waves, Meikou happened to use Ninjutsu to take down a Chunin, so the reward was relatively high.

The Meikou Squad has one chance to exchange items and one chance to receive a free Ninjutsu.

Meikou first exchanged for the C-rank Sword Technique, which of course wasn't for her own use; two of her subordinates used swords. Then she asked Yichen if he had C-rank Fire Style Jutsu.

Yichen looked surprised and said, "You're practicing Fire Release? You've successfully developed your second attribute?"

Meikou glared at Yichen: "What's with that expression? Can't I develop a second attribute?"

Yichen scratched his head awkwardly and quickly said, "Yes, of course."

With that, Yichen took out two C-rank Fire Style Jutsu Ninjutsu, Great Fireball Jutsu and Fire Whip Jutsu, and handed them to Meikou, saying, "They're both for you."

Meikou glared at Yichen: "I don't need your generosity, I'll only pick one."

Yichen chuckled awkwardly and said, "I'm also developing Fire Release, but progress is slow. If you have time, could you give me some pointers? Consider another Fire Release as payment."

Upon hearing this, Meikou first stared wide-eyed at Yichen with an expression as if he were looking at a monster, then silently turned and left with the two scrolls in hand.

Yichen touched the back of his head, feeling somewhat reluctant.

But another squad leader arrived, and Yichen had no time to reflect.

Before long, apart from Fu and the other two, all the other team leaders exchanged Ninjutsu with Yichen.

Except for one team that wanted to exchange for a set of C-level Taijutsu, Yichen couldn't provide and the other team exchanged for a set of sword techniques instead, all the other teams got what they wanted.

Watching his subordinates gather in small teams, discussing the Ninjutsu they had just acquired, Yichen sighed helplessly. Being a team leader was too difficult.

After a night's rest, the team set off again. This time, everyone's morale was much higher than before. Firstly, they had obtained the Ninjutsu they wanted, which would improve the team's strength. Secondly, although their captain was young, he had managed to take down two Jonin, so his strength seemed quite good, which greatly increased everyone's safety.

The caravan members were even happier than Yichen's subordinates. Yesterday, they had witnessed Ninjutsu duel between Jonin, and the wide-range Ninjutsu they had witnessed had terrified them.

However, the fact that their ninjas managed to defeat such a powerful enemy with zero casualties filled them with confidence in their ninjas.

After the battle in the canyon, Yichen and his group were no longer bothered by many Awakening Eyes. After clearing out seven or eight Genin and lower along the way, the caravan finally arrived at its destination.

Yichen first handed over the huge caravan to the Akatsuki Organization. The number of people the Akatsuki Organization sent this time surprised Yichen. There were a total of 120 people, not counting the ninjas stationed at the border Supply Station.

The Akatsuki Organization seems to be growing faster than I expected.

However, these are not Yichen should be considering right now; what he needs to do now is build Supply Station.

In Yichen's plan, the Supply Station is a circular area composed of three concentric circles.

The smallest radius of the circle is approximately 6 meters. Yichen plans to build a closed core structure within this 6-meter area.

The core building is surrounded by a barrier— the Five Elements Barrier. The Five Elements Sealing Jutsu Barrier is Yichen's forte, Yichen the Five Elements are the most proficient of all sealing and barrier-type Ninjutsu.

The Five Elements Barrier is similar to the Purple Fire Formation, and is an A-rank Defense Barrier. Its advantage is that it can be maintained Chunin five Chunin of different attributes. Moreover, the Chakra consumed to maintain the barrier is not much.

No matter what happens, only Iwa ninja are allowed to enter the entire core building, which is the last line of defense for the Supply Station. The core building is divided into two parts: above ground and underground.

The above-ground area is the normal office area, which does not include living quarters. The underground area is a warehouse, and there are two warehouses: one is a military weapons warehouse, and the other is a warehouse for living supplies.

Both warehouses are surrounded by Defense Barrier, requiring different hand seals to open. Every Chunin Captain knows the hand seal to open the living quarters warehouse, but only Yichen and his three subordinates from the Team 7 know the hand seal to open the military warehouse.