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Illegal child labor??
When Hao Shuai heard this reason from the Third Hokage, he nearly cursed right in front of him!
What the hell did he mean, illegal~~? What the hell did he mean, child labor!!
Well~~
Hao Shuai had indeed followed Master Roshi's example, having his students deliver milk and doing other odd jobs to earn some extra cash.
What could he do? He was short on money!
Actually, it wasn't that he had no money to spend. More precisely, he had no money he could legitimately bring out in the open.
The gold Hao Shuai had sold after settling in Konoha could be explained as a family inheritance. If he sold any more gold, there'd be no explaining it away. Then the Anbu or Root would come looking for a little chat.
He'd thought ten million ryo would be enough to last until the Third Hokage kicked the bucket.
Who knew money could disappear so fast!
The ten million ryo had gone first toward buying a big house, which cost several million. Renovations and furniture cost another few million, and what remained went toward food, clothes, and other expenses.
For an ordinary person, that would've been more than enough to live on.
But Hao Shuai was Hao Shuai. Used to enjoying the finer things, he always had to buy the most expensive and best food, drink, and supplies. Naturally, the money couldn't last when he spent it like that.
So, desperate for cash, Hao Shuai had decided to follow Master Roshi's example. He knew it wouldn't last long. Setting the other students aside, people like Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, and Shikamaru Nara were children from Konoha's great clans. There was no way they'd keep working for him for free.
Hao Shuai had thought the Third Hokage would