Ate Me Bankrupt

After Naruto finished speaking, he added with a resentful look, "And my dad, Minato Namikaze, completed four hundred S-rank Mission, but I haven't seen a single coin of that money."

Naruto then sighed, looking embarrassed, and said, "The S-rank Mission of the past would be at least Double S-rank Mission now, worth at least 10 billion Ryo, but I haven't seen a single penny. Hiruzen Sarutobi only gave me 3,000 Silver Taels a month. It's not even as good as now, where I get 5,000 ninja Silver Coin a month as a martyr's family member."

In Konoha today, almost every household uses Silver Coin because they are large-denomination Silver Coin and easy to carry.

Small denomination banknotes were called Silver Taels. Because Silver Taels had small denominations and were about the same size as Ryo, they were not easy to store, so they were gradually phased out by the villagers, except for some shop owners who used them to give customers change.

Even the Fat Water Squad wouldn't rob those Silver Taels, because they were worthless. They only targeted the large denomination Silver Coin were the common currency and had several names: Ryo, Ryo, Silver Banknote, Money Release, Ninja Blade.

There's no difference between Silver Coin and Silver Taels; the only difference is the denomination. The largest denomination of Silver Coin is ten thousand, while the largest denomination of Silver Taels is only one hundred. It's considered small change in the Shinobi World; children take Silver Taels to school.

Sasuke, seeing Naruto's resentful expression as he complained about Hiruzen Sarutobi, then covered his mouth and chuckled, saying seriously, "Big Idiot Naruto, you're a loser in Konoha, all you do is eat ramen Tenten, what do you need so much money for?"

Upon hearing this, Naruto said with a serious expression, "This is compensation money! My dad is the Fourth Hokage, why wouldn't I take it? I need to save money so I can buy a house and marry Sakura someday, hehehe."

Sasuke looked at Naruto's excited face with utter contempt and said with a disdainful expression, "You'd better stay away from us. You're just a loser who only knows how to play house. I'll definitely teach you a lesson next time."

Just then, Tsunade, Yugao, and Anko Mitarashi entered the Ninja Academy, watching Little Tomoki, Sasuke, Naruto, and the others emerge.

Tsunade said sternly, "What were you doing just now? I've been waiting for you at the school gate. You made me wait for so long. Tomoki, how are you going to make it up to your mother?"

Looking at Little Tomoki's serious Tsunade, Xiaoyushu's heart skipped a beat. He then hesitated before saying, "Mom, how about I play mahjong with you tonight?"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade burst into laughter, her golden eyebrows slightly raised, and said excitedly, "Remember! You're not allowed to catch the cannon, you have to let me win, hahahaha!"

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, even Naruto looked surprised, muttering, "Too dangerous, too dangerous!" He then exclaimed in alarm, "As expected of Konoha's Endurance Gambling King, playing mahjong with kids and not allowing them to win! This is just too dangerous!"

Even Sasuke looked panicked, then looked at Little Tomoki behind him and shook his head helplessly.

Sasuke, with a dark expression, then said, "Tomoki, just lay your cards on the table. That way you don't have to think, and you won't get called unfilial."

Tomoki nodded frantically upon hearing Sasuke's words, then said awkwardly, "I might as well just go to Dad's and get a wad of cash to give to Mom. That would save me all that trouble and brain cells, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's smile widened, and she burst into maniacal laughter, saying excitedly, "Tomoki, you're so adorable! Mommy loves good kids like you. Remember to always take the big ones. Last time you brought me a huge pile of Ryo, but they were all small Silver Taels. I counted them for ages, and there were only 1.2 million Ryo. That's far too little; it's just a tiny bit of change!"

Tsunade frequently gambled with Tomoki, ostensibly to Tomoki gambling skills so he could win big money at casinos. She would also have Tomoki play cards with her, taking two extra cards each Tsunade and winning all of Tomoki's money. She would then encourage Tomoki to steal Qingcheng's Sealing Scroll at night, claiming it was full of money.

Qingcheng noticed Little Tomoki's unusual behavior; Tenten staring at his Storage Scroll with a drooling look. So Qingcheng simply gave Little Tomoki the Storage Scroll containing his spare change, letting Tomoki play with it himself.

Tomoki then took all the loose change and gave it to Tsunade. Tsunade then saw a business opportunity and started gambling with Little Tomoki, winning back all the money she lost at the casino from Tomoki.

So when Tomoki was three years old, he already shouldered the heavy responsibility of raising his mother, becoming Tsunade's little cash cow.

Tomoki looked at Tsunade's ecstatic face, sighed again, and said helplessly, "What am I supposed to do with a mother who loves gambling? I need help urgently! I'm about to cry, I'm so tired."

Both Yugao and Anko Mitarashi looked embarrassed as they watched Tsunade's greedy behavior, and they both remarked, "Lady Tsunade is such a dutiful mother and mother, we're so envious!"

Anko Mitarashi said very seriously, "I have four children, but why are they so afraid of Qingcheng? They're four years old and still don't dare to steal anything."

Naruto's face twitched as he looked at the brutal family, his eyebrows furrowing in a frown. He then said awkwardly, "Luckily, my mom isn't like that. Seeing a mother like this for the first time, I feel like my hatred for Obito has lessened a bit. Why is that?"

Naruto scratched his head again, walked out of the school alone, and even after more than ten minutes, he still had a resentful look on his face. He muttered to himself, "My mom doesn't seem to be like that at all. She's a gentle, kind, and virtuous woman, definitely different from Tsunade."

Immediately afterward, Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha, eventually arriving at a bustling area. Naruto sighed again, looking embarrassed, and said, "Sigh! I feel so sorry for Tomoki. Next time, I'll treat him to a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen. That kid is truly remarkable; he started supporting his gambling-addicted mother at the age of three."

Looking at the crowded Ichiraku Ramen, Naruto smiled and said, "Uchiha Youji is so much fun. When he was three, he could eat seven bowls of ramen in a row, almost bankrupting me, hehehe."

Then Naruto remembered something and said with a serious face, "Brother Qingcheng also has another title, 'Ninjutsu Robbery Captain.' Any Ninjutsu he sets his sights on will be stolen from other ninja villages. He's also the First Person to Catch a Tailed Beast Barehanded. Even the Nine-Tails is afraid of Brother Qingcheng."