With the Flying Thunder God Technique, Natsume could truly come and go as he pleased. No one could stop him.
After seeing Nonō and the bunch of brats off.
Natsume flashed back to Konoha in an instant.
In truth, he had three main objectives this time around.
First: to fulfill his promise to Nonō and rescue the orphans from the Orphanage.
Second: to set a trap and wipe out a batch of Root members, further weakening Konoha.
Third: to take another look around and see if he could bring back some more "souvenirs."
As for having just recruited a Byakugan-wielding shinobi from the Hyuga Clan and confirmed how powerful the Recruitment Card was, that was purely an unexpected bonus.
If Hyuga Fukagawa could really help him dig through the wall separating the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family from the rest of the clan, that would be ideal.
If he couldn't, it wouldn't be much of a loss.
It was only a move he'd made for the future. There was no need to care too much about it.
At that moment, what Natsume cared about most
was Konoha's fragrant, irresistibly tempting Vault!
Since he'd made the trip, he had to go take another look around the Vault and bring back some "souvenirs."
Besides,
he still had over 6,700 Gold Coins, and he was only 3,300 short of saving up 10,000.
Sure, once the Shipping Company got up and running,
he'd be able to sell jewelry again in less than a month and make himself a huge fortune.
But if he could take another look around Konoha's Vault, he might earn tens of millions tonight and save up the full 10,000 Gold Coins in one go!
Wouldn't that be great?
And so,
the second time around was easier.
Soon after returning to Konoha,