Soon, the five-year plan Gengetsu had drawn up for Konoha was announced throughout the village.
The huge bulletin board outside the Mission Assembly Hall was covered with brand-new policy documents.
Ordinary Konoha ninja had little interest in most of the broader measures in the plan, such as urban redevelopment, business tax cuts, and school textbook reforms.
But when their eyes fell on the section concerning reforms to ninja compensation, every Konoha ninja suddenly became very interested.
Especially the ordinary civilian ninja without clan backing!
By now, the bulletin board was surrounded by an impenetrable crowd.
Hundreds of civilian genin and chunin crowded at the front, craning their necks and staring fixedly at the words on the notice, their breathing growing heavy.
Among the crowd, two civilian ninja who knew each other could not help discussing it excitedly.
"Am I reading this right?! It says that, besides the usual monetary payment, completing missions will also earn us extra mission points..."
"And these points... can actually be exchanged directly for ninjutsu at the Hokage Building?!"
A civilian chunin with a buzz cut asked excitedly.
His companion beside him was also staring fixedly at the notice as he said, his face flushed:
"It's true! This is a supreme order issued personally by the Fifth Hokage. There's absolutely no way it's fake!"
The buzz-cut chunin sucked in a breath and, following his companion's pointing finger, read out the exchange rules word by word:
"One D-rank mission earns 10 points! Once you save up 1,000 points, you can exchange them for a D-rank ninjutsu!"
"10,000 points can be exchanged for a C-rank ninjutsu! And 100,000 points can even be exchanged directly for a powerful B-rank ninjutsu!!"
Boom!
As those lines were read aloud, the civilian ninja around them erupted!
"My god! A hundred thousand points