Sudden Sea Monster Invasion! Only Seven Minutes Left to Fight!!

Arata Uchiha's cold reply suddenly made Mei Terumi realize that she had made a huge mistake:

She had underestimated the young leader whom busybodies hailed as Yogakure's First Hokage.

Of course, that did not mean she had initially placed Arata on a lower level in the negotiations...

"I am a failure. I hardly ever notice whether the sun is shining, because I have no time.

"My parents could not support me, and I was not well educated. Alone in the city, I searched for a future.

"I looked for many jobs, but none would hire me. Maybe nobody liked someone who was bad at talking, unwilling to socialize, and had not shown enough ability.

"I spent three whole days eating only two loaves of bread. Hunger kept me awake at night. Luckily, I had paid a month's rent in advance, so I could keep living in that dark basement without having to endure the abnormally cold winter wind outside.

"Finally, I found a job: night watchman at a hospital, guarding the morgue.

"The hospital was even colder at night than I had imagined. The corridor wall lamps were unlit, and everything was dim. I could only rely on the faint light spilling from the rooms to see where I was stepping.

"It smelled terrible there. From time to time, dead bodies would be delivered stuffed into body bags, and we would work together to carry them into the morgue.

"It was not a good job, but at least I could afford bread. I could also use my free time at night to study. After all, no one wanted to come to the morgue unless a corpse needed to be delivered or taken away for cremation. Of course, I still did not have enough money to buy books, nor could I