Guang ignored the boss, turned his face to Naruto, and unconsciously touched Hair Tie with his fingers.
"...noisy."
She whispered, her voice vague, but she had no intention of taking off Hair Tie.
The sunlight slanted in from the door and shone on the silvery red spots in her hair, reflecting the light slightly.
Naruto smiled, said nothing, and touched his pocket. Fortunately, he had left some money for himself before.
After counting out a few, I turned around and went to the counter to pay.
The boss was frightened and did not dare to accept it. Only after Naruto insisted did he take the coin with trembling hands.
The two walked out of the store and returned to the street of Kusagakure.
Guang walked half a step away from him, and the silver plum blossoms on her Hair Tie swayed gently in her hair as she walked.
"Gone."
Naruto said, his voice returned to its usual calmness.
"Go back and teach you Flying Thunder God."
"Hmm."
Guang responded, raising his hand to tuck a strand of hair that had been blown to his face by the wind behind his ear, and brushed the cool silver jewelry with his fingertips again.
After returning to Office, Naruto began to recruit people.
Several people who had been summoned arrived one after another.
Sasuke, Rock Lee, Neji, Shikamaru.
Also coming with them was Asuma, who habitually held an unlit cigarette in his mouth and looked at the young man behind the desk with complicated eyes.
"Lord Hokage."
Asuma spoke with some emotion in his tone.
He looked at the high-spirited young man in front of him. The passage of time and the weight of responsibility seemed to reshape this man at an alarming speed.
What made him secretly frightened even more was the thunderous tactics Naruto showed during this trip.
Including the journey to Land of Grass, it took less than a day to truly control this village.
"Asuma teacher."
Naruto raised his head, glanced at everyone, and went straight to the topic without any unnecessary pleasantries.
"There is a task for you to perform."
His finger clicked on a few locations on the spread out Kusagakure simple map.
"You lead Sasuke, Rock Lee, Neji, and a reliable Chunin team to raid the Mansion homes of Kusagakure, several Elder, and all the registered senior officials and their close relatives."
Asuma was slightly startled. The word "property confiscation" flashed through his mind, making him hesitate subconsciously.
He was born in the Sarutobi Clan, and he also understands what this kind of move means.
"This...Lord Hokage, is it..."
He tried to find a more euphemistic way of saying it.
Naruto seemed to see through his concerns, raised his voice Teuchi and cut off his unspoken words, his voice steady but unquestionable. "Teacher Asuma, look at this village."
"The high-level officials are drunk and dreaming, but they want to sacrifice the village's Ninja whenever something happens. The defense is ineffective and the people's livelihood is in decline.
Every bit of their wealth is soaked in the blood and sweat of the common people and the bottom Ninja of this village.
We are not plundering, we are letting them spit out what they swallowed, take it from the people, and use it for the people."
Asuma looked at the deep calm in Naruto's blue eyes, and remembered the scene he saw when he entered the village, and the last trace of hesitation disappeared.
He straightened his back, took off the unlit cigarette and held it in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "Yes! I promise to complete the mission!"
"Neji."
Naruto looked at Young Naruto from the Hyuga Clan.
"Your Byakugan is the key. Those Secret Chambers, mezzanines, underground secret compartments, as well as the property hidden with Chakra or ordinary mechanisms, must be found, leaving nothing behind."
Neji nodded slightly.
"Understood."
"Sasuke, Rock Lee, are responsible for alerting and responding to possible resistance.
Remember the principle: control is the priority. Unless the other party threatens the execution of the mission or the safety of our personnel, there is no need to take heavy action.
Our purpose is not to kill, but to collect."
Naruto explained, his eyes especially paused for a moment on Rock Lee who was eager to try.
"Don't worry Naruto! I will use the power of youth to complete the task perfectly! I will never harm innocent people!"
Rock Lee gave a thumbs up, and a bright light flashed through his teeth.
Sasuke just said "hmm" lightly to express his understanding.
Asuma took the order and was about to turn around and leave with a few people, but Naruto spoke again, "Shikamaru, please stay here."
Shikamaru scratched his hair and stopped.
Others filed out, leaving only Naruto and Shikamaru inside Office.
Naruto walked up to Shikamaru and lowered his voice so that only two people could hear. "Shikamaru, you are mainly responsible for registering the property collected this time. Remember to remember it carefully, one by one, clearly, without any 'missing'."
Shikamaru, who grew up with Naruto, understood the implication of Naruto almost instantly.
The so-called "don't leave any gaps", on the other hand, means "making up for the missing parts".
The amount of Elder's embezzled money will be reflected in the account books, making the amount of their greed even more astonishing and shocking.
In this way, when these accounts need to be made public in the future, the people of Kusagakure will see not only the corruption of high-level officials, but also the cruel plundering that breaks the bones and sucks out the marrow.
Anger and hatred will have precise and huge numbers as targets, and the foundation of the old rulers will be completely burned in the flames of public opinion.
Shikamaru nodded.
"I understand. The accounts must be 'exhaustive', and the origin and estimated value of every transaction will be 'recorded'."
Naruto patted his shoulder with satisfaction.
"Thank you for your hard work. This task is tedious and energy-consuming. Once you have finished checking and making an inventory, go find a place to eat something decent and have a good rest."
Shikamaru heard this, but his brows wrinkled slightly, with a slight hesitation and embarrassment on his face. He scratched the back of his head. "Isn't this... not good? I just finished ransacking someone else's house and turned around..."
Naruto was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing and turned over angrily. Byakugan said, "What are you thinking about? Those are stolen funds that will be confiscated for the future construction of the village. I'll treat you."
As he spoke, he naturally turned his head and waved to Uchiha Hikari, who had been standing quietly in the shadow by the window.
Guang seemed to have anticipated his move, and had already taken out his wallet when Naruto spoke.
Shikamaru showed no expression on his face, but in fact his heart was already ringing with alarm bells.
Isn't that Naruto's wallet?
Guang walked up to Naruto and handed the wallet over. Naruto took it, opened it skillfully and took out a wad of money.
"Take it."
"I understand, then thank you Lord Hokage."
"Don't be poor here. You didn't call me Hokage when you were working just now. Now you call me Hokage."
Shikamaru put the money away with a smile, then turned and left.
Seeing Shikamaru leaving, Naruto rearranged his wallet and handed it to Guang.
Because I expected to fight and didn't want to take out a wad of money from Ninja Tool Pouch.
He kept part of his money at home, and divided the rest into two wallets and gave them to Guang and Karin. He only kept a dozen or twenty 10,000 taels of banknotes with him and used them for shopping just now.
Guang put his wallet away again, and then watched Naruto sitting at the table and writing a few words on a blank piece of paper.
"The poem says: The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes.
Right or wrong, success or failure turns into nothing.
The green hills are still there, and the sunset turns red several times.
The white-haired fisherman on the Nagisa River is used to watching the autumn moon and spring breeze.
Happy reunion over a pot of wine.
Many things in ancient and modern times are all discussed in a joke."
"What are you..."
"Get ready to make some money."
Naruto smiled, Romance of the Three Kingdoms wrote this thing, it couldn't fit more closely with the current unification war.