Tsunade's Poverty-Stricken Smile

Tsunade's Poverty-Stricken Smile

It appeared just like that?

Tsunade looked at the suddenly appearing Shen Mo, then seemed to realize something as she stared at the Badge in her hand.

"This Badge itself has a tracking function, but it's only useful when activated," Shen Mo explained, doing his best to maintain the elegant smile of a mysterious merchant.

Then Hikari, who was cradled in his palm, suddenly began struggling lightly. She leaped from Shen Mo's hand and desperately shook the water from her fur, angrily meowing at him.

He had actually taken her to bathe while she wasn't paying attention.

Her master is too mean, meow!

"Don't get dirty again, Hikari." Shen Mo helplessly waved his hand.

Magic from Harry Potter—Freshen Up.

In an instant, Hikari returned to her adorable, fluffy state.

Only then was she satisfied. She climbed up Shen Mo's trouser leg to his shoulder, licked his neck, and seemed to have forgiven him.

"Is this cat called Hikari?" Tsunade's attention was slightly drawn to Hikari.

After all, she was unbelievably cute.

"Yes, Hikari. She's a bit mischievous."

Shen Mo lovingly reached out and rubbed Hikari's little head, earning a comfortable meow in return.

Tsunade looked at Shen Mo in his unguarded state.

It seemed she had gained a new understanding of him.

Although he claimed to be a mysterious merchant from another world, he unexpectedly had a great fondness for small animals.

"All right, Miss Tsunade." Shen Mo used Freshen Up on himself as well, then smiled at Tsunade. "May I ask how many groups of Level 2 Chests you would like this time, Miss Tsunade?"

"I can only buy Level 2 Chests?" Tsunade crossed her arms, seemingly somewhat dissatisfied.

"You're already a Junior Member, so you can't purchase Level 1 Chests anymore. Besides, you must first buy fifty groups of Level 2 Chests before you can proceed to purchase Level 3 Chests," Shen Mo explained.

These were the rules he had established.

But once the rules were spoken, they had to be followed.

As he had said before.

He couldn't let anyone know that he was the real boss.

"That's so troublesome." Tsunade furrowed her brows, but as expected, she didn't take it out on Shen Mo, the hired worker.

"So, how many groups would you like to buy, Miss Tsunade?" Shen Mo asked again.

Then he saw Tsunade hold up a palm.

"Five groups?" Shen Mo felt a little disappointed.

He had been doing big business these past two days. Five groups was far too few.

"Five," Tsunade quietly corrected him.

"..." Shen Mo's face was full of astonishment.

How many?

Five?

I spent tens of thousands of Trading Points using Phantom Shift to get to Konoha, and this is only a business deal for five Chests?

"What's with that look?" Tsunade said righteously. "Who told you to sell your Chests so expensively?"

"But our Chests are absolutely worth the price."

Shen Mo didn't know what expression he should wear. Tsunade was still this poor even after returning to Konoha. What had she come back for?

He decided to give Tsunade a little stimulation.

"Miss Tsunade, if you fail to reach a certain transaction amount within a certain period, your membership status may be revoked. At that point, you'll have to start purchasing from Level 1 Chests again. More importantly, you may not be able to contact me again."

After saying this, a dangerous glint suddenly appeared in Tsunade's eyes.

"What I mean is, I might be in other worlds." Shen Mo spread his hands, his face full of helplessness.

"Hmph, bring me the Chests!" Tsunade gritted her teeth and said viciously.

If the Shen Mo standing before her was the one who had established these ridiculous rules, she would definitely punch him first and ask questions later.

Shen Mo didn't notice the danger at all.

He lightly waved the staff in his hand.

Five Level 2 Chests appeared before them.

Of course, the money was taken as well.

Although the business deal involving five Chests wasn't enough to make a loss, compared to the business Shen Mo had conducted over the past two days, it was truly insignificant.

Twenty-one million Trading Points. That was the number of Trading Points Shen Mo possessed at present.

The four ruling families in that town, along with some small and medium-sized merchants, had brought him profits of more than twenty million Trading Points. The twenty-one million he now had left was after purchasing the Door without a Room and Hikari.

Compared to the Legendary Sannin and the Senju Princess before him.

Shen Mo realized.

His initial guess might have been somewhat off.

It was certainly true that most ninjas weren't poor, but ninjas pursued individual strength. Most of them didn't have a particularly strong desire for wealth. The truly wealthy were still the powerful nobles and merchants among ordinary people.

However, that didn't mean ninjas had no value as trading partners.

Aside from wealth.

Ninjutsu, knowledge, experience, and even vitality all had considerable value as well.

Moreover...

The corners of Shen Mo's mouth curled into an imperceptible smile.

After realizing the importance of wealth, what methods would those exceptionally talented ninjas use to obtain the capital for trade?

He was looking forward to it.

At this moment.

Tsunade was staring at the five Chests before her, and there seemed to be a hint of nervousness in her expression.

Although they were only Level 2 Chests.

They could still contain something good.

She reached out her hand.

Just as she was about to touch one, she suddenly pulled it back.

"Shizune, you open them."

"Eh?" Shizune was startled.

"Stop fussing. Your luck should at least be better than mine."

Tsunade stepped aside, rarely admitting that she had terrible luck at gambling.

"But didn't Lady Tsunade open..." Shizune looked at Tsunade's expression and obediently shut her mouth. Now it was her turn to feel nervous.

Shen Mo merely stood to the side with a cheerful smile and said nothing.

The nervousness and anticipation of opening Chests were also part of their charm.

In the end, Shizune closed her eyes and opened the first Chest.

Inside was a bottle filled with bright-red potion.

"Another Healing Potion?" Tsunade recognized it at a glance.

"Isn't this an item from a Level 1 Chest?" Shizune glared at Shen Mo with wide, angry eyes. "Can a Chest worth five hundred thousand taels really contain a product from a Level 1 Chest?"

Although the Healing Potion was a good item.

This was far too poor a deal.

Even someone with a personality like Shizune's felt so cheated that she wanted to cry.

"Of course it isn't the same." Shen Mo smiled slightly. "Because this is from the Medical Series, it naturally contains all kinds of potions. However, the effects of a potion obtained from a Level 2 Chest are ten times stronger than those of a potion from a Level 1 Chest. In other words, this Chest was profitable—we aren't unscrupulous merchants!"

He delivered the last sentence with absolute conviction.

There was no helping it. The system had set the restriction.

For a trade to be converted into Trading Points, the traded item's value had to be at least one-fifth of the other item's value.

A Level 2 Chest costing five hundred thousand taels was equivalent to thirty thousand Trading Points.

The cheapest item inside had to be worth at least six thousand Trading Points.

"Shizune, your luck really is pretty good." Tsunade happily took the Healing Potion in her hands, her face full of a poverty-stricken smile. "We should be able to swindle quite a bit of money out of the old man with this."