"The sales point closest to Icha Icha Paradise is in the Land of Wind, deep in the desert. If you want it, go buy it there yourself."
If Kakashi would rather run all the way to the Land of Wind to buy it, Genya did not care.
After all, he had received generous dividends from the real estate project.
He had plenty of money!
How "generous"!
Besides, Konoha's ninja could not easily travel to other villages. Kakashi was often occupied with missions, so it was impossible for him to be away for long.
Other than from Genya, Kakashi could hardly buy Icha Icha Paradise anywhere.
Kakashi suppressed the rage about to erupt and forced out a stiff smile. "Twenty thousand ryo per copy!"
"I refuse." Genya took a sip of hot tea, showing him no courtesy at all.
"Fine. Just you wait!" Kakashi gritted his teeth, turned, and left.
Less than five minutes later.
Kakashi returned and handed Genya a thick stack of cash.
Compared with money—
Kakashi still felt that the latest volume of Icha Icha Paradise was more important! Still, fifty thousand ryo made his heart ache terribly.
"Let's work together again if we get the chance." Genya was also surprised. Kakashi had actually spent that much money on a copy of Icha Icha Paradise?
"What generosity!"
Grinning, Genya handed the Icha Icha Paradise in his hand to Kakashi.
Kakashi took the book and gripped it tightly, unable to put it down. Then he vanished from the place in an instant.
Kakashi's residence.
On the bed.
He stared intently at the thrilling plot, so moved by the contents that he tightly clutched a tissue in his hand.
It was too good!
"Hm?" Just as Kakashi was about to take the next step, he froze.
Genya had torn out the most exciting part. What he had sold Kakashi was an incomplete book!
"Ah!!!"
"Uchiha Genya, you petty little bastard!" Kakashi wailed, pounding his head.
Itachi's room.
Fugaku and Mikoto looked at the Icha Icha Paradise beneath his pillow.
They exchanged a glance.
It seemed... Itachi had grown up?
Weapons Shop and Going Out
The Icha Icha Paradise incident had finally come to an end.
After deducting the cost of buying Icha Icha Paradise, Genya estimated that he had made over twenty thousand ryo. It was a modest profit.
Of course, he could not price Icha Icha Paradise at one hundred thousand or two hundred thousand ryo.
Kakashi was not an idiot.
He would not spend that much money to buy it.
Setting the price at fifty thousand ryo per copy was actually quite reasonable and something Kakashi could accept.
Teaching Kakashi a lesson had put Genya in a much better mood.
Besides that—
Fugaku and Mikoto had also discovered that Itachi had hidden Icha Icha Paradise beneath his pillow.
Although he had desperately defended himself using Genya's explanation—
Fugaku and Mikoto still did not believe him.
The way they looked at Itachi seemed to carry a faint implication of, "You've grown up."
Empty District.
Weapons shop.
"Hello, Granny. I'll be heading out soon, so I came to buy some ninja tools."
Genya looked at Granny Cat ahead of him and spoke politely with a smile.
Granny Cat's weapons shop was where the Uchiha clan specially ordered custom ninja tools.
"Genya, are you planning to go out and train again?" Granny Cat took a deep pull from her pipe, then slowly exhaled pale smoke.
Little cats of all colors lay around her, some playing and some sleeping, utterly adorable.
"Yes." Genya nodded, then said that he planned to train outside and push his Sage Body to Level 3.
"Bring out the highest-quality ninja tools you have!"
If a craftsman wished to do good work—
He must first sharpen his tools.
High-quality ninja tools—
Could increase Genya's strength.
He had just made a killing off Kakashi yesterday. Now was the time to splurge!
"Of course I have them..." Granny Cat paused before adding, "But it'll cost extra!"
Granny Cat liked Genya, this polite young man.
But business was business.
One matter was one matter.
No merchant ever complained about having too much money!
"No problem!" Genya patted his bulging wallet to show that he could afford it.
Genya suddenly asked, "By the way, Granny, is the mask I ordered before finished?"
When Genya went out to train, he would use Wood Release, one of his trump cards, and wear a mask to avoid exposing his identity.
His mask had been destroyed during his previous trip, so he had ordered another one.
"We're very efficient here!" Granny Cat took a mask from a cabinet beside her and handed it to Genya.
It was a Black Cat Mask. It looked sharp and imposing, carrying a certain intimidating air!
"Thank you, Granny."
"Goodbye!" After filling his ninja tool bag and paying, Genya left Konoha.
Over the past two years—
Genya had relied on going out to train and devouring the chakra of ninja from other countries and rogue ninja to raise his three Kekkei Genkai to Level 2 so quickly.
Even his Sage Body was only a little short of reaching Level 3.
Genya's destination this time was a village near the northeastern border of the Land of Fire.
Rogue ninja often came there to rob and plunder.
Eliminating them would not only let him absorb chakra to upgrade his Kekkei Genkai, but also preserve the stability of the area.
It was killing two birds with one stone!
After leaving the village, Genya picked up speed and darted through forests and mountains toward his destination.
In less than a day—
Genya reached a border village and found the smell of blood there especially strong.
"Who are you!? What are you doing here?" The moment Genya arrived, villagers holding sickles and hoes surrounded him.
"I'm just passing through. I mean no harm." Genya waved a hand, signaling that they did not need to be nervous.
Seeing that Genya did not look like a bad person—
And that he was only a child—
The villagers lowered their guard slightly.
Genya frowned and asked.
"Grandpa, what happened here?"
There were bloodstains on the ground.
Some villagers were also burying corpses.
A sorrowful atmosphere filled the surroundings.
Something must have happened here before!
"Kid, don't concern yourself with it." An old man sighed.
In the end—
After Genya questioned them repeatedly, the villagers told him what had happened.
A group of rogue ninja lived in the nearby mountains. There were around a dozen of them, and they often came down to terrorize the surrounding villages.
A day earlier—
The rogue ninja had come to the village, killed several villagers, and stolen quite a bit of money.
"Didn't you ask the Hidden Leaf Village for help?" Genya asked with a grave expression.
"How could we afford it..." the old man answered bitterly.
The villagers relied on farming to make a living.
They often did not even have enough food to eat.
They simply had no spare money to hire ninja.
The rogue ninja in the mountains had calculated that precisely.
That was why they committed evil without restraint.
After learning what had happened—
Genya walked out of the village, put on the Black Cat Mask, and used the Body Flicker Technique to race toward the mountain.
These ninja bullied the weak with their strength, filling Genya with anger!
They had gone too far!
Soon, Genya arrived on the mountain.
After observing their numbers and possible escape routes, he immediately made his move!
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"
A surging mass of flames burst from Genya's mouth. The scorching fire instantly set the rogue ninja's wooden house ablaze!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
More than a dozen figures leaped out of the burning wooden house.
Some of them still had flames clinging to their bodies.
The moment they landed.
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