Ya didn't believe it: "Really? I haven't heard any news at all."
Shino was silent for a moment and replied: "They don't seem to have noticed me..."
He has no sense of presence on weekdays and is easily ignored, but this time it worked wonders.
He walked upright behind the two casino managers, and no one noticed him from beginning to end!
Shino was right behind them and listened to the entire conversation between the two.
"They are lying to us. In fact, they know where Tsunade-sama is. But they thought we were here to steal business from them, so they didn't tell us," Shino said.
Jiraiya frowned. It didn't feel good to be teased.
"These guys..." Jiraiya finally chose not to go looking for trouble with these people.
He has such a personality and doesn't like to take very drastic and violent measures.
But one of his old friends, Orochimaru, who was also among the Sannin, didn't think so.
In a certain casino, there are already corpses scattered everywhere and blood flowing all over the ground.
The casino owner shivered and hid in the cabinet in his office, praying that he would not be discovered.
With the sound of "ta-da" footsteps, Orochimaru and four of his subordinates slowly walked into the office.
He walked to a large chair and sat down, and said in a cat-and-mouse tone: "Don't be afraid, we are all very decent people."
"I just want to know the whereabouts of a distinguished guest in your casino. I'm sure you won't refuse, right?"
Among the four sound ninjas, the conjoined brothers Sakon and Ukon immediately stepped forward and pulled out the boss hiding in the cabinet.
A smile that was several times uglier than crying appeared on the boss's face: "I am willing, I am willing to say anything!"
After Itachi and Kisame were captured, they were immediately sent to the half-disabled Konoha Prison, under the special supervision of Morino Hiki.
Taking this opportunity, Morino Ihiki reported to Naruto: "Konoha Prison is seriously damaged and requires a large amount of money for repairs."
"I thought, since everything is like this, maybe we can build a big prison again."
Although the original Konoha Prison was heavily guarded, it could only hold some less powerful criminals.
"Then where were those powerful ninjas imprisoned in the past?" Naruto asked another question instead.
It was an isolated island prison with cliffs and cliffs, surrounded by the sea.
It is a specially built prison entrusted by various countries to the Kusakunin Village, and the Kusakunin Village sends ninjas to administer it.
The current warden is named "Wuwei".
Talking about Oni Lantern Castle, Morino Ihiki gave a high degree of approval: "It is heavily guarded there, and few ninjas escape. If Konoha wants to build a new prison, I think it can imitate the pattern of Oni Lantern Castle."
Naruto nodded: "People like Itachi are indeed not suitable to stay in prisons established by other countries. It's time for us in Konoha to have a new prison."
It is conceivable that Konoha will capture more hostile ninjas in the future, and it is impossible to send them all to Ghost Lantern Castle.
Especially ninjas with powerful bloodstains like Uchiha Itachi must be firmly controlled by him and others.
"The place to build the new prison should be placed in the middle of the sea between the Country of Fire and the Country of Waves."
Naruto recalled the news he heard during the mission to the Land of Waves.
Fishermen said that there is a very dangerous sea area near the country of waves. There are three huge whirlpools there, and any ship approaching will be crushed.
But it happened that the middle of the sea was calm and calm, and there was even a small island in it.
It's just that since ancient times, only a handful of lucky people have been able to avoid the three major whirlpools and enter the island, and even fewer people can come back.
Naruto felt that it was obviously a good place.
He mentioned this proposal to the two Konoha elders, but what they received was a firm rejection.
"How much manpower and material resources would it take to build a prison in such a place?" Mito Kabuto retorted.
After going to bed, Xiaochun also joined in: "Yes, the village doesn't have any extra funds that can be spent like this."
Naruto originally thought that these two elders were deliberately trying to shirk the situation.
Unexpectedly, when Xiaochun went to bed, he took out a ledger from his arms and threw it over.
When he opened the account book and took a look, he realized that what the two elders said was true.
The huge Konoha looks extremely majestic, but there really aren't many generous financial funds to spend.
"Why is the village's income so low?" Naruto asked his own question.
"Daimyo's allocations are also limited." Mito Monen explained: "The government of the Fire Country also needs money, and Konoha cannot ask the daimyo to allocate funds without limit."
This is the truth of the matter.
As the most powerful armed group in the Land of Fire, Konoha mainly relies on two types of financial sources.
The first one is the mission that the ninjas go out to take on, and the second one is the financial allocation given by the daimyo.
This rule was set by the first Hokage Senju Hashirama when he founded Konoha Village.
From then on it became a golden rule, a sacred and inviolable rule of heaven.
No one has ever thought of changing this policy and situation.
Naruto closed the ledger and threw it back.
He solemnly said: "This situation must change. In the future, Konoha must not rely solely on the rewards obtained from taking on missions and the funding from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire."
Mito Monoyan shook his head: "You are just wasting your energy on useless work."
"The village doesn't need that much money. Ninjas just need to train their combat skills well."
"Making money is what businessmen need to consider!"
In a sense, the world of ninjas is still very primitive.
In some very large cities in the outside world, various civilian technology products have begun to enter thousands of households.
In Konoha, the most technological artifacts you can see are just telephone poles all over the ground.
In the longer term, many other ninja villages have begun to develop various advanced things, integrating technology and ninjutsu.
In the future Cloud Hidden Village, a chakra cannon that can shatter the moon with one shot has even been developed.
If Kishimoto hadn't made an emergency cheat and installed a scientific ninja tool for Konoha, I'm afraid the title of the largest country in the ninja world would have been transferred to Kumogakure.
"I will figure out a solution for the money problem myself." After Naruto left these words, he left here immediately.
Whether it is developing chakra armor, building a new prison, or conducting other research, the issue of money is definitely the most important thing.
Although this is not shown in the original work, when it becomes a real world, this kind of situation where a penny stumps a heroic man is inevitable.
"Go and invite the representatives from the Country of Waves, as well as the boss of the Chamber of Commerce, Soichiro Ando." Naruto said to Shikamaru.
This boss Ando is the boss of the chamber of commerce that he went on with Team 7 and Team 8 during the previous mission to the Land of Waves.
To really solve the huge funding gap, we still have to rely on the power of business!