"Finally, I can get my first payment."
The enthusiasm Asuma Sarutobi had worn away from boredom returned.
"Mm."
Kurenai Yuhi nodded lightly.
The payment needed to be divided among the team.
She looked at Kiyoshi, who was walking over with their jonin leader.
Kiyoshi probably won't be so short on money now, right?
Honestly, when Kiyoshi had asked her to advance him three months' worth of tutoring fees, he had nearly emptied her little savings.
After bidding the shop owner farewell, they headed into the mission building to turn in their mission.
"Here's your payment."
The staff handling work in the building quickly counted the reward and distributed it among them.
Missions were essentially paid daily. As long as you completed one, you could collect the money that same day—there was no such thing as delayed payment.
"A little over a thousand ryo..."
Kiyoshi put the money into his pocket.
Today's job had been watching a shop, so there had been little to do and the pay was decent. Unfortunately, there wasn't work every day.
There would probably be several days without any missions.
An ordinary D-rank mission paid between five thousand and fifty thousand ryo.
Watching a shop only paid around five thousand ryo, and that money had to be split among everyone.
Otherwise, if each person got five thousand ryo, a team of three plus their jonin leader would require twenty thousand ryo.
That did not even include the village's cut, which was charged as a platform fee.
D-rank missions were small jobs like finding lost pets, looking after children, or helping farmers harvest crops in the fields. Who would be willing to spend that much money?
Five thousand ryo per mission was already considered quite costly.
"Kurenai, want to go to BBQ Q? My treat."
Asuma Sarutobi