Naruto: My Unique System

Chapter 197

Chapter 197: Alcohol and Meat Won't Bring True Friends, but Can Quickly Bring Strangers Closer

"Kid! Kid! Don't go!"

On the commercial street, Tatsuma, carrying three golden kunai, heard the voice behind him and stopped. He looked at the sweaty stall owner and asked, "Is there anything else?"

The stall owner wiped the sweat from his forehead. It wasn't sweat from the heat or fatigue; it was from urgency. With a smile on his face, he said, "Kid, can Uncle buy back your kunais? I'll buy each kunai for ten thousand ryo, so it's a total of thirty thousand ryo. With that money, you could buy dozens of kunai at the ninja tool shop. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Tatsuma furrowed his brows, weighing the significantly heavier golden kunai in his hand compared to the regular ones. He said, "Uncle, do you think I'm foolish?"

"Ah?"

The stall owner felt something was amiss. Tatsuma continued, "A kunai forged from iron weighs less than 120 grams, while these golden kunai weigh around 200 grams. Three kunai amounts to 600 grams. Even if I melt them down and sell them as gold, with today's gold prices, I could easily sell them for over three hundred thousand ryo. And you're offering thirty thousand?"

Seeing that Tatsuma understood the gold market, the stall owner's expression turned ugly. He said, "But, kid, you only spent three thousand ryo and can get thirty thousand ryo. Isn't that already a lot? I can even refund your three thousand ryo and let you play for free."

"Uncle, I see you're not having an easy time running this stall. How about this? I'll round it down for you. Three hundred thousand ryo, and you buy back these three golden kunai. How does that sound?"

Tatsuma shrugged, smiling at the stall owner. The stall owner's face darkened, and he said, "Kid, don't be too greedy. Do you know how much three hundred thousand ryo is?"

"What's your plan then, sir?" Tatsuma detected a hint of threat in the stall owner's words, but he remained calm and unruffled, continuing to smile at the stall owner. With a stern face, the stall owner said, "Fifty thousand ryo. Take the money and leave."

As he spoke, several tall figures squeezed through the crowd. Tatsuma glanced at them briefly, then shifted his gaze back to the stall owner. "Sir, do you plan to continue running this stall in the future?"

"Huh?" The stall owner seemed puzzled but nodded nonetheless. Tatsuma continued, "I see. Do you know, not every student at Konoha's Academy comes from a wealthy background? If you're willing to keep going, I can introduce my classmates to come here and alleviate some of their financial pressures."

At Tatsuma's words, the stall owner's face paled. He understood what Tatsuma meant. Unlike the kids playing ninja games in the Daimyo's mansion, the person in front of him was a student at Konoha's Ninja Academy.

Tatsuma still didn't tell the truth. He wasn't a student at the Ninja Academy but a real ninja. However, revealing the truth might give others leverage against him.

"Little friend, you see, it's not easy for me to run this small business. If all the future ninja like you come here, I'll really go bankrupt. If I buy them back at the price you mentioned, can you keep it between us and not tell the other ninja?"

Seeing the stall owner suddenly become cautious, Tatsuma maintained his smile and said, "Sure, let's make it five hundred thousand ryo then."

At Tatsuma's words, the stall owner's expression turned mournful, and he said, "Little friend, five hundred thousand ryo is even more expensive than making the gold Kunai again. These three Kunai are worth at most three hundred and thirty thousand ryo."