After experiencing the mystery of pure chakra, Tamura Hiroshi smiled, raising a hand to cover the upper half of his face. His left eye peeked out from between his fingers, and his laughter grew louder and louder.
"Hahaha..."
After enduring for so long, the time for me, Tamura Hiroshi... no, Tamura Hiten, to rise has finally come. The name my parents gave me really wasn't wrong.
At this moment, I, Tamura Hiten, report for duty!
Starting today, I'm going to work everyone to death using the most efficient, the most scientific... no, the most ninja studies method, or else get worked to death by everyone!
"Little Hiroshi, did you eat a dead rat? What are you ghost-laughing about?"
Just as Tamura Hiten was wild with laughter and daydreaming about the future, a Roar of the Lioness came from upstairs, startling Tamura Hiroshi into a shiver.
"Sorry for the trouble, Aunt Ruth, I just saw an exciting plot in a novel and couldn't help it. I'll pay attention next time."
Tamura Hiroshi hurriedly replied, then closed the window tightly.
For now, he still needed to lay low and develop, avoiding reckless behavior and keeping a low profile. The name Tamura Hiten was too flamboyant; he would temporarily use the name Tamura Hiroshi.
Calming down, Tamura Hiroshi's mind connected to the Fragmented Jade Piece with a thought, consuming the Power of Destiny to boost his comprehension, thereby practicing the Chakra Refinement Technique and finding ways to comprehend and refine it.
A ninja's chakra differed from the internal energy, true Qi, and other systems in his past-life novels; it lacked a storage space like a Dantian and was only refined when used.
The method of refinement was to first fuse spiritual power with bodily life force to form something similar to stamina, and then convert it into chakra. Furthermore, the ratio of spiritual power to bodily life force strictly had to be one-to-one.
Of course, special chakras were exceptions, such as the Dojutsu Power of the Sharingan, where the spiritual proportion inside was bound to be much larger.
Tamura Hiroshi currently had no Kekkei Genkai, nor any Yin-Yang Release, only a Lightning Release, leaving him with no choice but to honestly perform a one-to-one fusion.
Fortunately, perhaps due to living two lives, his spiritual power was much stronger than that of his peers, which made his chakra refinement speed faster and his efficiency higher. His chakra control was also very strong, allowing him to master Chakra Refinement Technique and Water Walking and tree-climbing much earlier.
Now he needed to refine the Chakra Refinement Technique he had learned and see just how large the enhancement magnitude of that comprehension cheat could be.
Leaving aside Tamura Hiroshi, who was here cultivating and exploring the effects of his Golden Finger, in the Raikage Office on the other side, Third Raikage looked over his disciple's archive data and then at that box of Erotic Novels, his face inevitably twisting and turning ferocious.
Dodai at the side looked at his nose and his heart, minimizing his own presence as much as possible.
As for Yozuki A, he had long since run off who knows where; in any case, he would not appear before his father today.
"Is it too late for the old man to regret this now?"
After his face twisted for a good while, Third Raikage covered his face, feeling that his reputation in his old age was about to be ruined.
No wonder that brat had made him agree to take him on as a disciple before informing him of these things; he really knew how to scheme.
Dodai still remained silent. This kind of matter could only be figured out by Lord Raikage himself; there was nothing he could say.
"Is it really that profitable?"
After a long while, Third Raikage's emotions calmed down slightly. Looking at those Erotic Novels, he truly couldn't understand how such filthy items could make so much money.
Seeing Third Raikage's mood settle, Dodai finally spoke in reply, "According to the sales survey of those books, his books cover an extremely wide range, with people of all ages—men, women, old, and young—finding things they like.
And he is quite prolific, basically writing one hundred thousand words a month per book, priced at ten thousand ryo each. Because he is the highest-level author of the publishing house, his revenue-sharing ratio with the publishing house is nine to one, allowing him to obtain ninety percent of the profits.
According to current investigations, at least seventy percent of the ninjas in our Kumogakure are fans of his books, at least thirty percent of ordinary villagers are fans, and other ninja villages should be about the same. There are also citizens of major cities, and even some powerful nobles purchase them.
Preliminarily estimated, the fortune he has accumulated by now should be around two billion, and these are sustainable incomes. Even those written early on have had sales in the past two years, bringing him a steady stream of income.
If he maintains this prolific speed, in a few more years, his income will surpass the village's revenue."
Dodai was also quite surprised by this. Previously, he only knew that those few great authors made a lot of money, after all, he himself had to contribute one hundred and twenty thousand ryo to this every year, purchasing the books published each month.
But after having people specially investigate this time, he discovered it was even more exaggerated than he had imagined. Although they only surveyed within the village, extrapolating from this, sales in other places were bound to not be low, especially over in Konoha.
After all, many titles of the characters in that author's books were tied to the ninja clans over in Konoha, so there would definitely be a stronger sense of immersion and attraction there, and sales would naturally be better.
"Is he really making that much money?"
Third Raikage was greatly astonished. He naturally knew the village's revenue, but he genuinely didn't expect one person's income to surpass the village.
"People's inner pressure is very heavy nowadays, especially for us ninjas who live alongside slaughter; the pressure is even greater. They always have to find some way to soothe the dark side within their hearts."
Dodai provided an explanation. In any case, after reading those Erotic Novels, his own mind had become much clearer, especially entering a special state of lacking desires after every read, which made it very suitable for pondering problems.
"He's only ten years old this year, and five years ago he was just five. How did he write this kind of book?"
He still found it utterly incomprehensible; it was far too abnormal.
Dodai couldn't understand it either, but he did have some guesses.
"Perhaps he learned it in Konoha. We have intelligence indicating that the Third Hokage of Konoha seems to have rumors of using secret techniques to peep into bathhouses.
Also, the Third Hokage's disciple Jiraiya frequently goes to peep into bathhouses as well, being chased all over the streets by countless women multiple times, and even causing conflicts with the Uchiha Clan who manage the Police Department, making a huge commotion.
According to the intelligence we investigated, after he came to our village, when he was six and seven, he relied on his young age to constantly soak in the women's bathhouses, while also working part-time in Kabukicho. Perhaps he used that to gather material.
He is also very diligent and studious at school, frequently visiting the Academy Library to borrow and read books, mostly perusing historical texts, especially records regarding major ninja villages and ninja clans."
That was the only way to analyze it now, and moreover, these things had traces to follow and could be strung together.
It was extremely reasonable!
Yet Third Raikage listened with twitching skin, his heart filled with even greater regret.
Should he just go over right now and clean up the sect to prevent his reputation from being ruined in his old age in the future?
After hesitating for quite a while, he finally gritted his teeth and gave an order.
"Classify his intelligence in this regard as top secret for the village, with a level equivalent to the secrets of the two Tailed Beasts.
Mn, he seems to have been bitterly practicing swordsmanship; arrange for Fukai to be his team-leader jonin."
That brat had great potential, was great at making money, and was of huge benefit to the village. For the sake of the village, his own reputation didn't count for much; this was the awareness and breadth of mind of a Kage!
Of course, if it could avoid being exposed, that would naturally be best. That way, he could have the best of both worlds.
The confidentiality work had to be done well, and at the same time, he needed to find a trusted person to lead that kid. His own eldest nephew was quite suitable.
His eldest nephew was a very perfect ninja, excellent in ninjutsu, bloodline, ability, and character, and was even designated as one of the candidates for the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki.
At the same time, Fukai was also skilled in swordsmanship, making him very suitable to teach that brat—at least teaching the basic parts would not be a problem.
That way, he wouldn't have to show his face and make contact, avoiding being seen through.
This master-disciple relationship had to be kept secret, lest his reputation really be ruined one day in the future, at which point he would definitely become the laughingstock of the entire ninja world.
He didn't have Hiruzen Sarutobi's thick skin.
"Think of a method for today's matter to give the outside world a reasonable explanation. That fellow Shimura Danzō is not so easily fooled."
Shifting his thoughts to Shimura Danzō, Third Raikage did not have a shallow impression of that man; he was a very tricky and ruthless character.
"The matter of the one billion ryo will probably be difficult to keep secret and might even have already leaked. However, we can just make an issue out of this point; the few spies we identified earlier can be eliminated."
Dodai had a plan in mind. This wasn't a difficult task for him; after all, this was Kumogakure, not Shimura Danzō's Konoha.
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