"A year's worth of food? This..."
Upon hearing this, the grain store owner assumed that Yakushi Nonō had some kind of grievance.
He's now extremely afraid of neglecting his big client, Yakushi Nonō.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, rubbed his hands together, and said ingratiatingly:
"It's all my fault. Please don't take it to heart that I wasn't respectful enough to Nonō in the past."
As an apology, I'd like to send you an extra small bag of rice, which I'll include with this week's food rations. Is that alright?
Yakushi Nonō was so shocked by the news that she didn't know what to do.
Did they make up for her previous debts and place a year's worth of grain purchases? Or was it an advance payment?
She doesn't have that much money!
Needless to say, the nannies at the orphanage were also there.
Recently, they've all started digging up wild vegetables to mix into their porridge, just to save some food.
Seeing those sensible children happily drinking their porridge always Nonō feel a pang of heartache.
However, the village's subsidies to the orphanage had stopped, and her income from medical treatment was barely enough to make ends meet.
When she was at her most helpless, who would pre-order so much food for the orphanage?
While I was still wondering, the grain store owner had already efficiently arranged for his employees to load the grain onto the cart.
After confirming that everything was accounted for, they had the workers take it towards the orphanage.
Next, a specially made receipt was handed over for Yakushi Nonō to sign.
Yakushi Nonō looked at the signed receipt, about to ask who had been so kind.
But I was suddenly drawn to an inconspicuous graffiti on it.
The graffiti was in the bottom right corner of the receipt, completely inconspicuous.
The image depicts a bent arm under a raindrop, next to a grain of rice, and a black worm with a long nose crawling on the rice.
Yakushi Nonō burst out laughing.
She knew who this mysterious person was.
You little rascal, you're really good at being mischievous!
With a smile on her lips, she quickly signed her name and politely said goodbye to the grain store owner.
Just as Yakushi Nonō was about to leave, she was stopped by the owners of the clothing store, the vegetable store, and the butcher shop.
The arrangements are the same as those for grain stores.
Someone placed huge orders for these shops using the orphanage's name!
As long as they have a receipt signed and confirmed by Yakushi Nonō, they can receive the pre-deposited silver notes from the Konoha Mission Management Office!
These receipts all have that particular graffiti on them.
Yakushi Nonō signed one form after another, her vision seemingly shrouded in mist, conjuring up the image of that confident, sunny young man.
Mukai, that brat, really wasn't bragging.
So he still cared about me, and about the orphanage!
The burden on her shoulders seemed to have lightened considerably.
It seems like Sunagakure is also participating in the Chunin Tournament this time?
It's been almost two years, has that brat grown any taller?
Achoo!
Mukai, who was building a hand-cranked generator in his hotel room, suddenly sneezed.
Could he have caught a cold? He's been in excellent health since he transmigrated!
He used his internal vision to check himself and found nothing wrong, so he and Scorpion fastened the last buckle together.
"Come on, Shisō, you're the strongest among us, you try turning this generator!"
It contains Chakra Metal, plus some iron ingots purchased from the Konoha ninja tool shop.
In his hotel room, Mukai conjured up this hand-cranked generator by hand.
Unlike the large generator at the Oasis Puppet Workshop,
The generator in front of us is only the size of a water tank.
Although it's small, it has a gearbox inside!
Shisō tried it; the hand-cranking force was enormous, and he needed to exert a lot of effort to get it moving.
As he vigorously shook his hands, the cutting coil inside began to spin rapidly, driven by the gears.
The current flows into the connected supercapacitor through these circular rotations.
Due to the limitations of conversion efficiency, it took Shisō a full hour to fully charge a supercapacitor.
Shisō stopped to wipe his sweat and catch his breath. Scorpion, standing beside him, said with some concern:
"This is a bit inefficient. We're starting the Chunin Ninja Exams the day after tomorrow."
"You can't even fully charge a few supercapacitors in a day, won't that affect your performance?"
Mukai handed Shisō Cang a glass of water:
"You've worked hard, Shisō. Just treat it as strength training. Take a break when you're tired, don't overwork yourself."
This makeshift, hand-built generator was only for emergency use.
The existing supercapacitors are sufficient to handle this Chunin Ninja Exams.
Don't forget, I also have the improved version of the Zealot Mecha, the super cool Hierarch Mecha.
"When fighting in mechs, I can also take on the role of Taijutsu ninja!"
Scorpion scoffed, ignoring Mukai's boasting.
Fortunately, we had Shisō, a master of Taijutsu, so we treated the hand-cranked generator as a form of exercise.
Otherwise, with so many supercapacitors depleted, Mukai's own Chakra would be almost completely empty, which he couldn't rest easy about.
However, the mention of mecha put Scorpion at ease.
Indeed, with the aid of the mechs, all three of them are extremely powerful!
It was just a Chunin Ninja Exams, and he had already decided to leave the supercapacitor used for the drive to Mukai.
His improved Mountain God Mecha boasts both formidable attack and defense capabilities.
However, the weight has also increased significantly, and without a supercapacitor drive, it can basically only output power while stationary.
He can still win by using the new Crow and Black Ant, which are covered in weapons, and by employing the skills of a puppeteer!
Mukai, who is currently drawing up improved blueprints, has already distributed his savings to those orphanages where they could benefit.
With such ample supplies, Yakushi Nonō's orphanage should be able to cope much better.
He can't directly contact Yakushi Nonō in Konoha right now, so he can only use this indirect approach.
Danzo, that old scoundrel, has been keeping an eye on the orphanage.
The tragedy that befell Kabuto Yakushi and Yakushi Nonō was entirely his doing.
I hope that in this timeline, I can help her!
The other celebrities in Konoha are all Mukai don't know each other, so there's no need for them to fawn over each other.
Before you have fame and ability, so-called connections are just fleeting clouds.
With a way to charge their devices, Mukai and the others hardly ever went out before the Chunin Ninja Exams.
Every day, he and Scorpion discussed puppet modification and methods for subsequent desert management near the oasis in their hotel room.
Following Mukai's advice, Shisō used his violent Chakra to break through the restrictions in his meridians.
Relying on his own formidable physical abilities, Shisō used the Seven Heavens Breathing Method in conjunction with Mukai's guidance,
A beggar's version of the Eight Gates Released Formation was discovered.
It can now reliably open the Gate of Life and is at the level to open the fourth gate.
Opening the fourth gate of the Eight Gates Released Formation, the Gate of Pain, is not so simple.
Mukai and his team don't have any medical-nin right now, and he doesn't want Shisō to be cool for a moment and then get banned for hundreds of episodes.
However, even without using this Gate of Pain with its serious long-term effects,
Using the first four active ingredients of the Seven Heavens Breathing Method, combined with Shisō's opening of the first three gates, it's already terrifyingly powerful!
Without overloading the supercapacitor, Mukai is no match for Shisō.
Fortunately, as the team's strategist, coupled with his established authority,
This captain's position is very secure.
The rate at which his Chakra was generated finally surpassed the rate at which that special consciousness absorbed it.
Finally, I don't have to feel completely drained every day anymore.
Previously, every little bit of Chakra generated by my body each day would be absorbed by this bottomless pit of consciousness.
If it weren't for the increasingly regular rhythm of his consciousness, and his perpetually dark circles under his eyes, he would have thought he was cosplaying Gaara.
Even Pakura secretly asked him if he had picked up some unhealthy trade.
She whispered a reminder to him that it could be very bad for his health.
His body is only ten years old, ten years old!
He's still just a child, Teacher Pakura!
It's very rude of you to give instructions to a child with such a mocking expression, you know?
The crucial point is that he can't explain it yet!
I'm so angry!
Amidst all the hustle and bustle, the highly anticipated Joint Chunin Ninja Exams finally began.