Looking at the smile on his father’s face, Hatake Shibu’s expression grew increasingly stiff.
This time, he might really be in trouble.
Shibu glanced around at his surroundings before suddenly snatching the money box from Uchiha Obito and preparing to run.
But then he realized something was wrong.
His field of vision was getting higher and higher.
At the same time, the things around him didn’t seem to be moving at all.
What was going on?
He turned his head and saw Hatake Sakumo holding him up by the collar, looking at him with a broad smile.
“Still thinking about running? Where exactly do you think you’re going?”
“This is stolen money, Shibu!”
“Since you wanted to play, you have to accept losing.”
“Come with me to the Anbu.”
Sakumo then snatched the money box from Shibu’s hands and started walking forward with him.
As they passed by, he said to Uchiha Obito,
“As for you, Uchiha boy, I’ll let you off since you didn’t know what was going on.”
“Sell all this herbal tea for free. Consider it your way of making amends!”
Some time later, Hatake Shibu was inside the Hokage Building.
“So, you’re saying that you created this technique yourself?”
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the report in his hands detailing exactly how Shibu had committed his “crime.”
Shibu had honestly explained everything to Sakumo.
After all, this was the shinobi world.
There was no such thing as humanitarian consideration for criminals.
Even though Shibu was the son of someone influential, if he refused to speak, the Yamanaka Clan could always lend a hand.
“Yes!”
Faced with Hiruzen’s question, Shibu even raised his head somewhat proudly.
Although the system had completed the actual development process, the idea had come from him!
“How is it? This technique is pretty impressive, right?”
Looking at the smug Shibu, Hiruzen’s face was covered in black lines.
Being able to develop a ninjutsu at such a young age was practically unheard of in the shinobi world.
But Hiruzen had spent the entire previous night thinking about it and still couldn’t figure out what practical use this technique had.
Sakumo punched Shibu on the head.
“You little bastard! Just admit your mistake properly!”
If you were going to apologize, at least act like you were actually sorry.
Why did he look so proud when talking about what he had done?
Shibu rubbed the large bump already swelling on his head.
Hiruzen smiled kindly. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
“To possess this level of talent at your age proves that you’re indeed a genius.”
“How about this? We’ll record this technique in the Scroll of Seals, and we’ll consider this matter settled.”
Although Hiruzen felt that the technique itself wasn’t particularly useful, it could probably be used to annoy their enemies.
Perhaps they could have their spies learn it in the future.
Then they could cause trouble in other shinobi villages.
And Konoha could make some money selling herbal tea while they were at it.
That wasn’t an insignificant source of income, either.
For the sake of money, Hiruzen decided to let Shibu off this time.
Seeing the somewhat lecherous smile on Hiruzen’s face, Shibu shuddered.
He immediately understood what the old fox was thinking.
So it’s a case of officials being allowed to set fires while ordinary people aren’t even allowed to light lamps.
These old bastards really are shameless.
I’d better stay away from them in the future.
Just when Shibu thought everything had worked out perfectly, however, Sakumo suddenly objected to Hiruzen’s proposal.
“Hokage-sama, I don’t think that’s appropriate.”
“Shibu is the kind of child who’ll climb onto the roof and tear it apart if you don’t beat him for three days.”
“He needs to be taught a lesson.”
Sakumo clearly understood his son’s personality.
If he didn’t teach him a proper lesson, Shibu would simply do it again next time.
Deep down, Sakumo also disliked Shibu’s method of making money.
Shibu rubbed the back of his head.
For the first time, he wondered whether choosing such a father had been a mistake.
What a great father I have.
The Hokage already said it was fine, and you still want to push your own son into the fire.
Hiruzen was stunned.
I’ve already given you my word, and you’re refusing it?
If you want me to continue punishing him, then don’t bring up the fact that he’s your son!
You want to maintain your reputation while also demanding punishment?
Hiruzen grumbled inwardly for a few moments before rummaging through a pile of applications beside him.
“Since you insist, I’ll give this child a small punishment.”
“But don’t be too angry with him. It’s nothing more than a child’s prank.”
He then pulled out one of the applications.
It was from the Konoha Elderly Care Home.
They were short on caregivers, and training new staff would take some time, so they had requested that Hiruzen issue a mission allowing some genin to come over and help.
Konoha had many low-level missions that were actually issued by the village itself.
But even those missions required payment.
For thousands of years, completing a mission meant receiving payment. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
That principle wasn’t going to change.
So even village-issued missions required funding.
As a result, such tasks had to go through an application process.
“The Konoha Elderly Care Home is short-staffed at the moment.”
“You can go there and help out.”
“As for the duration… how about one week?”
Although this was called a mission and a punishment, it was actually closer to a reward.
The people living in Konoha’s Elderly Care Home were all former elite shinobi.
Although they no longer possessed great strength and some of them could barely even stand, their experience and knowledge of ninjutsu had not disappeared.
As long as Shibu could seize the opportunity, he could receive valuable knowledge and guidance from these retired shinobi.
Sakumo naturally understood this.
He glanced at Hiruzen with a hint of gratitude before turning toward Shibu with a serious expression.
“Did you hear that, brat?”
“From now on, you have to go there and help out every day after school.”
“Yes~!”
Shibu answered listlessly.
Just thinking about spending an entire week at the elderly care home made him feel miserable.
Afterward, he had his ninjutsu recorded in the Scroll of Seals.
The Scroll of Seals didn’t only contain forbidden techniques.
It also contained a great number of ordinary ninjutsu.
In fact, apart from certain clan-exclusive secret techniques, almost every ninjutsu possessed by Konoha could be found within it.
So perhaps it should really have been called the Konoha Encyclopedia of Ninjutsu rather than the Scroll of Seals.
Some time later, Hatake Shibu appeared outside the Hokage Building.
He looked himself over.
Hatake Sakumo had truly stripped him clean.
All the money he had earned during this period had been confiscated.
Even his pocket money had been taken away.
The thought made Shibu furious.
He reached into his clothes and pulled out a small notebook.
He prepared to record everything that had happened today.
Year XX of the Konoha Calendar, XX Month, XX Day.
Today, Hatake Sakumo caught me without showing the slightest bit of fatherly affection.
That old fox Hiruzen Sarutobi stole my fortune.
I’ll remember this grudge!!