A Great Deal: Getting Paid for Doing Nothing!

"Danzo, Jingyi Hyuga is someone Lady Mito and Tsunade think highly of."

The Third Hokage did not know what Shimura Danzō was planning, but he needed to warn him first. Don't cause trouble, or it would be bad for everyone.

"You want to sacrifice me for a kid suffering from Byakugan degeneration?"

Shimura Danzō slammed the table angrily. "I just don't want to see him in the village. As long as he leaves the village, I won't keep targeting him."

The Third Hokage did not believe a single word Shimura Danzō said.

Shimura Danzō was trying every possible way to get Jingyi out of the village. He definitely meant no good.

The Third Hokage frowned and fell silent without responding.

Shimura Danzō pressed further. "Sarutobi, don't forget that he is ultimately a member of the Hyuga Clan. The Caged Bird Seal still binds him. As long as the Hyuga Clan exists, a sword will always hang over his head."

"Can you guarantee that when Jingyi Hyuga becomes a second Tsunade, the Hyuga Clan won't go back on their word?"

Half a person was still only half a person. As long as the Caged Bird Seal remained unbroken, the Hyuga Branch Family would forever be controlled by the main family.

After saying that, Shimura Danzō stared at the Third Hokage, waiting for his answer.

The Third Hokage drank his sake in silence and did not speak for a long time.

The only sounds in the little tavern were wine being poured and swallowed.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, the entire flask of sake was emptied. The Third Hokage, his face slightly flushed, rose and walked toward the door.

"The New Year is approaching. The people at the Border Camp need to be rotated. The Elder Council needs to take the lead on this matter."

The Third Hokage was only willing to go along with the flow, but for Shimura Danzō, he had already gotten the result he wanted.

That night, Shimura Danzō paid a visit to Mitokado Homura's home.

The next day, a document concerning the rotation of the Border Camp was placed on the Third Hokage's desk. The next step was to select a group of ninja to head to the Border Camp and replace those whose deployment periods had ended.

Medical ninja were also included in the rotation lineup.

That was why Jingyi's name appeared on the roster.

Jingyi knew nothing about it until someone from the Hokage Office Building came to notify him to prepare for departure.

"So, a group of ninja at the Border Camp have completed their deployment period, and the village will select another group to replace them. I'm on the rotation list?"

Is someone trying to mess with me, or was I really picked?

"I'm not sure about that either. Please make your preparations as soon as possible. You'll be leaving in three days."

The staff from the Hokage Office Building were only responsible for notifying the person involved. They knew nothing about anything else.

After seeing the staff member off, Jingyi headed toward the break room.

A stove was burning in the break room, making the cramped space pleasantly warm. In such freezing weather, staying indoors somewhere warm made people sleepy.

Sure enough, Tsunade was sprawled over the table, sleeping groggily.

"Stop sleeping. Help me take a look at this."

Jingyi gave Tsunade a push.

After waking from her nap, Tsunade instinctively wiped the corner of her mouth. Only after confirming she had not drooled did she pick up the notice from the table.

"Border rotation?"

Perhaps because she had just woken up and was still a little muddled, Tsunade studied it carefully for a while. Then she suddenly looked irritated and vigorously scratched her hair.

"How did I get picked? What a pain. I thought I could have a peaceful New Year."

Still grumpy from waking up, Tsunade's mood worsened, and she immediately cursed.

But when she looked further down, she realized that this was not her name at all.

"You got picked?"

"What else?" Jingyi said speechlessly. "I always thought people with fixed jobs in the village weren't included."

"How could that be?"

Tsunade put down the notice, raised both hands, and stretched as she explained, "As long as you're a ninja of the village, there'll be times when you get picked. After all, nobody wants to go guard the Border Camp, carrying out boring tasks every day without being able to go home."

"When our team had just disbanded the year before last, that unlucky bastard Jiraiya got picked."

Thinking of it, Tsunade grinned with malicious delight.

So I hadn't been picked because someone was deliberately targeting me?

"Just go without worry. Medical ninja have plenty of freedom. You don't need to carry out all sorts of patrol missions. You only need to treat the wounded when there are any. The rest of the time is yours, and your salary keeps coming during your deployment."

"Put that way, being stationed at the border sounds pretty good?"

Working at the hospital, he had to see patients every day. At the Border Camp, unless a battle broke out, medical ninja would have so much free time they could grow bored out of their minds.

Tsunade shrugged. "As long as you don't find it boring enough to go crazy, then it really is pretty good. You get paid for doing nothing."

"Do the other ninja get the same treatment?" Jingyi asked curiously.

Tsunade curled her lip. "Do you think that's possible? If everyone got that kind of treatment, the village would have gone bankrupt long ago. Only ninja in special professions get those benefits—medical ninja and sealing ninja."

Medical ninja and sealing ninja were both specialized and scarce, which was why their treatment and benefits were so good.

Ordinary ninja did not receive such treatment.

"I'll head back and pack first, so I don't arrive at the camp with nothing."

He could leave other things behind, but he had to bring plenty of seasonings. When he had nothing to do, he could cook himself something tasty. As for ingredients, he could simply find them locally.

As long as he was within the Land of Fire, there would be no shortage of forests or game.

That was one of the advantages of abundant resources.

If this were the Land of Wind, hunting? He would be lucky to catch lizards in the desert.

Jingyi did not tell Kushina that he would be leaving the village to guard the border. Otherwise, the little girl would definitely be reluctant to let him go.

Three days passed in a flash. Fully prepared, Jingyi arrived at the training ground to assemble.

The ninja heading to the Border Camp would gather at the training ground before leaving the village together.

The border camps were not built very large. Their purpose was to guard against sudden enemy attacks. As soon as there was any disturbance along the border, the camps could immediately send word back through various means, giving the village time to prepare.

Therefore, there were not many ninja stationed at the Border Camp.

Each camp only had a few dozen people.

Jingyi was the only medical ninja among this group.

Several ninja who knew one another gathered together to chat.

"I promised my wife I'd spend a lively New Year with her, but my luck was terrible, and now I have to go guard the border."

"Don't mention it. I was just getting ready to propose to my girlfriend when the notice arrived."

"Hahaha! Let's hope that when you come back, your girlfriend is still your girlfriend."

"Get lost, get lost, get lost!!"

"By the way, who's the camp's medical ninja? Let's get acquainted first, so we'll know who to ask for help if anything happens later."

Whether in the village or at a camp, medical ninja were the kind of people everyone needed to treat well.

So far out at the Border Camp, getting injured without treatment could cost someone their life.

There had been people in the past who offended the camp's medical ninja. When they were injured, the medical ninja deliberately delayed treatment, and their lives ended right there.