Seeking a Way to Make Money

While Chentian was resting, Might Guy had already finished warming up and gone off to run laps around Konoha.

Though Guy was only fourteen this year, he had been a chunin for quite some time.

If he went all out, his combat strength might even surpass Kakashi's by a notch.

By Chentian's estimate, he was absolutely not far from becoming a jonin!

These thoughts flashed through Chentian's mind.

Once his stamina had recovered, he dusted off his clothes and headed toward Minato's home.

The sun was already setting, and evening had arrived. It was time for Chentian to go home.

Otherwise, Kushina would definitely teach him why flowers were so red!

Training Ground Four was already located on the outskirts of Konoha, far from the central district.

Coupled with how late it was, Chentian found that there was no one else around.

"Tsk, tsk. Going by novel tropes, shouldn't I run into an assassination attempt right about now?"

He glanced around at the forests on both sides, his little eyes filled with anticipation.

That was protagonist treatment. He wanted to experience it too.

"Tap! Tap! Tap! ..."

A string of footsteps fell as Chentian moved farther and farther away from the training ground.

After another dozen meters or so, he would completely leave the forest.

Chentian, who had remained on guard the whole time, was filled with disappointment.

"Am I really not some kind of protagonist?"

Even after Chentian returned home, he had not encountered any danger, leaving him disappointed for quite a while.

A leisurely voice drifted from the forest Chentian had left behind. "Are all Konoha children this vigilant?"

"Xiaotian, the Ninja Academy starts in a few days. Minato and I have already enrolled you."

Kushina delivered the announcement just as he picked up his rice bowl.

"Okay, got it!"

Seeing Chentian looking like a frostbitten eggplant, Minato could not help but laugh and immediately rubbed salt in the wound.

"Xiaotian, now that the war is over, you have to attend the Ninja Academy for a full six years before you can graduate!"

Looking at Minato's barely restrained smile, Chentian was completely helpless. After replying perfunctorily a few times, he returned to his bedroom.

"Going to the Ninja Academy now has to be a joke, right? Kakashi and the others have all graduated, Uchiha Itachi is only three years old, so what am I supposed to do at the academy?"

With that thought, Chentian lay there like a corpse, his eyes utterly lifeless.

Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others were all older than him and had already graduated because of the war. The Konoha Twelve had not even been born yet.

During this period, the only famous character from the original story was Uchiha Itachi, but he was only three years old and still wore crotchless pants!

That meant every one of Chentian's classmates would be cannon fodder!

"Fuck me!" The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Finally, Chentian could not help swearing.

"Without those geniuses, with nothing but cannon fodder, what damn cards am I supposed to pick up?"

But there was no helping it. Konoha's rules could not possibly be changed so easily for one person, especially while the Third Hokage was in office.

Besides, Minato and Kushina also wanted Chentian to attend school, so he could only obey.

"No!" Chentian sprang to his feet with a kip-up, rubbing his chin as he muttered, "The Nine-Tails Night is only two years away. I can't just watch Minato and Kushina die. I have to think of something!"

"Fighting! Fighting! Without a war, and unable to leave Konoha, where am I supposed to find fights?"

"Smack!" Suddenly, Chentian slapped his palm and said excitedly, "Got it! Sleep, sleep!"

With that, Chentian went to sleep with a satisfied smile on his face.

Before long, he entered a dream.

In the dream, Chentian held huge stacks of cash and held Konoha's first martial arts tournament in Konoha Plaza!

The first-place prize was a full ten million, enough to buy one-third of Sarutobi Asuma's head.

To win that prize money and the title of Konoha's strongest, ninjas throughout Konoha rushed to sign up.

Even the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, could not resist joining the tournament.

Chentian basked in the sun while collecting attributes, as golden cards rained down and buried him.

By the time the finals arrived, Chentian was already invincible in the ninja world. He took on Sarutobi Hiruzen and Minato at once and knocked them both out of the ring!

In the quiet room, Chentian wore a blissful smile as he dreamed, drool streaming from the corner of his mouth.

Early the next morning, Chentian ran out to inspect Konoha before he even had time to eat breakfast.