Making Money

A week later, the doll finally dug out the space for the bedroom and isolation room, and Shiro also completed the renovation of the bedroom, successfully incorporating it into the Magic Barrier system.

Unfortunately, the isolation ward was only half-built when Shiro ran out of money.

He underestimated the money-devouring power of his own crazy schemes. After setting up the outer Magic Barrier, Shiro's savings were already largely depleted, and with the addition of the bedroom and isolation room, they were almost gone.

It's only because Shiro has been collecting materials from time to time over the years that we've managed to keep going until now; otherwise, we wouldn't even have been able to build half of the isolation room.

With no other option, Shiro had to suspend the construction of the Workshop and go find some money first, otherwise he wouldn't even have the money to repair the dolls.

The fastest and most sustainable way for ninjas to make money is through missions, especially bounty missions from the Black Market.

Of course, there are also some shady tricks that Shiro uses to make quick money, but those can only be done once in a short period of time, so Shiro won't do them unless there are big clients.

Therefore, the primary task remains the Black Market.

This is where the advantage of Shiro's location becomes apparent: the area is chaotic, resulting in numerous Black Market and making it convenient to accept missions.

Therefore, after arriving in a small town, Shiro simply wandered around and found the location of the Exchange.

Shiro didn't bother with any other disguises, just wore the smiley face mask and walked straight in. The sentries didn't stop him either, since the difference between a ninja and an ordinary person is quite easy to spot, especially without deliberate disguise.

After Shiro entered the Exchange, he found that it was similar to the mission posting room in Konoha, except that there was only an old man handing over missions.

There weren't many tables, just a few bulletin boards for posting bounty notices.

Shiro glanced at the list and saw that it contained large bounties, targeting the Five Kage and the Daimyo, with very high prices. There were also bounties for some renowned ninjas.

However, none of this concerns Shiro, and he can't do it anyway.

Shiro's arrival did not attract much attention, partly due to the small number of people present, but also Noble Phantasm that Shiro Projection before entering.

The Secret of Pedigree (Secret of Pedigree)

Japanese: しの(シークレットオブペディグリー)

Grade: C

Type: Against Father (Self)

Noble Phantasm Range: 0 Maximum Targets: 1

Secret of Pedigree

Description of effect: The helmet was a gift from Mother Morgan, along with the words "Never take it off."

It can conceal some information about Mordred. It cannot hide general information such as stats and class skills, but it can completely hide important information such as her true name, Noble Phantasm, and unique skills.

In this state, the "Clarent Blood Arthur (Clarente Blood Arthur)" cannot be activated. The Status information will only be released by removing the helmet when the helmet and armor are in the same set.

In other words, the Status information will remain hidden when the armor is removed and no weapon is being carried. When the helmet is deactivated, it will split into two parts and become one with the armor.

However, when unleashing the full power of "Clarent," the helmet must be removed. Although the helmet and the armor, which were also gifts from her mother, have no other effects, they provide relatively high defense against Magecraft and external interference, and can also offer some protection against poison.

The effects of this Noble Phantasm have changed somewhat in this world; its true name is now hidden, and its Noble Phantasm and inherent skills have become vague impressions.

In other words, although they could see Shiro's image, they were unable to record it by any means, and even their recollections in their minds were vague.

Once they discovered this, they didn't invest much more time in observing it.

In their view, this was clearly the result of Ninjutsu, and no matter how you look at it, it wouldn't have any effect and would only offend people. Only someone with nothing better to do would continue to pay attention to it.

Furthermore, Shiro modified the appearance of the Noble Phantasm so that it could be hidden under his mask; otherwise, wearing a helmet would have been too conspicuous.

Shiro was happy that no one was bothering him. Although it felt good to show off and slap someone in the face, he had more important things to do, so he went straight to the old man.

Are there still bounty lists?

Upon hearing Shiro's slightly childish voice, the old man smiled with a hint of surprise.

"Little friend, the mask is cute, but this isn't a place for you."

"Smack!"

Shiro didn't say anything, but slammed the headband he had drawn with a horizontal Forehead Protector on the table.

The Forehead Protector was something Shiro had already drawn. When he was training outside, he would act under the name of Konoha missing-nin, which would be quite intimidating.

Of course, he wasn't really defecting. When he returned to the village, he would apply for a new Forehead Protector. It wasn't hard to apply for one; he could just make up any reason.

At the same time, he didn't have any strong sense of honor for the village, so he drew that horizontal line without any pressure.

Upon seeing this, the old man opposite him stopped smiling. He had enough discernment to tell that the Forehead Protector hadn't been casually torn off.

Each ninja village leaves some markings on their Forehead Protector, and some experts in this field can even identify a ninja's identity by looking at their Forehead Protector.

The old man certainly couldn't do that, but he could still distinguish between genuine and fake.

Furthermore, there are only a few possibilities for someone to have this Forehead Protector: they killed Konoha ninja, they killed Konoha missing-nin, or they were indeed Konoha missing-nin.

And the least probable one is finding it.

Of course, he wasn't that stupid. He could still sense the effects of the Ninjutsu (Noble Phantasm) on Shiro. Anyone with a brain could tell that this was no ordinary person.

The most likely explanation is that he really was a missing-nin. And missing-nin from major ninja villages like this are generally the strongest, because the weaker ones are already dead.

Therefore, he tactfully took out a stack of wanted posters from under the table and handed them to Shiro.

This is why Shiro wore a smiling mask; it suggests Shiro's not particularly ruthless, which is why he said that. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made such a joke. His predecessor, a complete idiot, was killed for joking with a ninja who came to accept a mission.

He won't repeat the same mistakes. Anyone who's still in this line of work at his age isn't simple.

After receiving the roster, Shiro put away his Forehead Protector and went to the side to slowly look at it.

He has certain requirements for the tasks. First, he prioritizes tasks that pay a lot of money and are fast, that is, tasks with bounties on heads. He also looks at tasks involving robbery and theft.

However, such tasks are rare and difficult, and are not within Shiro's consideration.

Unless it's something Shiro wants, he'll accept the mission to gather information, but of course, the mission will definitely not be completed.

Anyway, there's no real loss. Failure is failure, it's no big deal. That's the best thing about Black Market. You can take any task you want. They only care about the result. Whether you fail or not doesn't matter. You're not the only one taking the task.