After more than a year of writing, Hao Shuai had finally come to understand one thing: he could forget about getting rich through writing.
The real reason wasn't that his work was unpopular. It was that one crucial thing was missing: the ninja world had no copyright protection laws!
Without any so-called copyright protection, piracy ran rampant.
Those despicable pirates would change the title and the protagonist's name, then publish the book outright. Sometimes they couldn't even be bothered to change the names~~
The result was obvious. Hao Shuai's books had become popular, but he'd gotten little out of it. His royalties were next to nothing.
Now he finally understood why Jiraiya, the author of the wildly popular Icha Icha Paradise, had lived such a miserable life—he'd even swindled money from Naruto.
And so, Hao Shuai's second writing career ended in failure.
Hao Shuai's retirement from writing might not have bothered him, but it was a hardship for countless players with Kirin Arms, like Kakashi.
So whenever Kakashi, that impotent man, saw Hao Shuai, he'd come over and pester him to tell stories about Imperial Uncle.
But Hao Shuai would have to be an idiot to tell stories about Liu Bei to another grown man.
If he was going to tell those stories, he'd tell them to little girls like Hinata!
With Tazuna, an ordinary civilian, in the group, they couldn't travel very fast.
Naruto, who was leaving the village for the first time, walked at the very front. He looked all around, finding everything outside the village completely new and exciting.
Sakura Haruno and Sasuke followed behind Naruto. They were curious too, but at least they remembered that they were on a mission and stayed alert.
Along the way, seeing that Hao Shuai was ignoring him, Kakashi gave