I established the Kua Kua Cult in Naruto

Chapter 195 The project closing report often determines whether the client will renew the contract.

Regarding this mission, Chenma was still very motivated and was not irritated by the need to travel as soon as he joined the job.

After all, this trip was to ask for money from the Fire Country Daimyo. Now that Konoha cannot pay wages, they can only ask Party A for payment, and Tatsuma is also one of the people who are owed wages.

Being a ninja is obviously a high-paying profession, but Tatsuma is short of money most of the time. In the early stage, it was because he did not accept task commissions frequently.

When Jiraiya was leading the team, it was mainly about training, and the task was just to check and accept phased learning results. Later, Jiraiya was busy and stopped leading the team, and Tatsuma had no chance to go on missions.

Then the war broke out, and all the village's resources were devoted to the war. Not only Tatsuma and Minato had no income, but almost all the ninjas participating in the war had their income suspended.

Recording the number of approved tasks completed on the battlefield cannot be settled on the spot. After all, there are too many people participating. Once the tasks are distributed in real time, there will not be a small number of people who need to coordinate the operation.

In addition, various large-scale transactions for purchasing war preparation materials have long exhausted the village's savings. The allocations from the daimyo are also used for the war and cannot be misappropriated at will.

At this time, the war was over, and the war funds allocated by the daimyo could be converted into remuneration for the ninjas who participated in the war, but this money was far from enough.

And the money will be given priority to the families of the deceased ninjas as pensions, followed by subsidies for the injured who are seriously injured and cannot restore their original strength, or even continue to be ninjas.

Then came the settlement of the arrears in the purchase of war resources, and then the expenditure on medical care, education, post-war counseling, health and other projects. Finally, it was time for the surviving ninjas to receive their rewards.

The only money left in the village is only enough to provide pensions and retirement subsidies, and the remaining money needs to be claimed from the daimyo.

Of course, it is not difficult for Konoha to ask the Fire Country Daimyo for this money. After all, Konoha won the battle, and it was a big victory.

Coupled with Konoha's effective control, the war did not spread to the Fire Country. Setting up the battlefield on the territory of other countries was indeed diplomatically unjust.

But within the Fire Nation, it is a "good thing" because it saves a lot of money for reconstruction and subsidies. In a way, it helps the Fire Nation save money.

In today's exchange of letters between Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Fire Country Daimyo, the Fire Country Daimyo was very satisfied with Sarutobi Hiruzen's various measures and Konoha's performance in this war.

This time, going to Daming Mansion to request funding actually had another meaning, which was to report the results in person.

Tatsuma was not sure whether this was the daimyo's idea or Sarutobi Hiruzen's wish, but no matter which one, it would not affect the issuance of the money, and if the face-to-face report could satisfy the daimyo, maybe he could get another big one with a wave of his hand. An allocation was made.

Naturally, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not go to the Daming Mansion after waiting for Tatsuma to join the job, but such an important contact and meeting event required time to prepare.

It can only be said to be a coincidence. If Chenma had not completed all the training and passed the examination so quickly, he would not have needed to travel even for two days at night.

Back home, Tatsuma and Uzumaki Mito told them that they needed to go to Damingfu. After all, they had told Uzumaki Mito before that they would stay in Konoha, but they had to leave again soon, so they still needed to tell them. .

There must be a way to travel. Although Mito Uzumaki is not Tatsuma's parent or blood relative, Tatsuma sees Mito Uzumaki's love and care for him, and he will naturally treat Mito Uzumaki like his elders. A grandma.

Uzumaki Mito was not an ignorant person, so he just gave a few instructions and stopped asking for details.

The next day, in the Hokage's office, watching Tatsuma skillfully seal the scrolls containing documents into the scrolls, Sarutobi Hiruzen also smiled and said:

"It's a pity that Sakumo's talent in sealing is average. He needs to prepare a lot of things every time he travels. Now that you are here, we can travel lightly."

"I only have a few strengths. I still need to learn from Sakumo-sama in many aspects before I can share your worries like him."

Tatsuma remained humble, and Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and shook his head when Tatsuma mentioned Hatake Sakumo. Hatake Sakumo was indeed stronger than Tatsuma in many aspects.

But Tatsuma is stronger than Sakumo in many aspects. There is no problem with Sakumo's strength, but he is still too weak in the administrative aspect. He is a sharp knife, not a good assistant.

Tatsuma checked all the things he was going to carry, then looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and said, "Hokage-sama, everything is ready. When do you think we will set off?"

"Let's do it now. When it gets brighter, my trip will inevitably attract some attention. It would be bad if it is over-interpreted by interested people."

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a nice puff of smoke from his pipe, then poured the slightly burning tobacco in the pipe onto the ashtray, stood up, picked up the hat representing Hokage and put it on.

Tatsuma nodded, put the scroll behind him, put the mask on the side back on, picked up the beige windbreaker that Hiruzen Sarutobi brought to the Hokage's office, and the two of them walked out of the Hokage's office.

In an instant, four figures appeared in the corridor. One of them was wearing a beige cloak similar to the one in Tatsuma's hand, and an ape mask with blue stripes and a red nose. His code name was Mandrill, and he was one of the ANBU squad leaders.

The three ANBU in black windbreakers beside him were his squad members.

The number of ANBU is very small, with only about 70 official members, four divisions, and sixteen classes. However, this number is not limited. Tatsuma, for example, does not belong to any of the sixteen classes.

Among the sixteen classes, four classes are the root, or the official members of the root. Of course, these are all formal members.

Roots has its own talent training base and its own talent pool, and the same is true for ANBU. There are many ANBU or Roots non-staff personnel inside and outside the village, or personnel to be activated.

For example, during the previous war, Danzo activated a large number of informal root personnel, and those people also had the same rights as ANBU ninjas when acting.

Moreover, many ANBU members will be allowed to cultivate their own secret lines. These secret lines do not know that their leader is an ANBU ninja, and they are not even sure whether he is a Konoha ninja.

This is the process of cultivating the secret line. At the same time, it is also the process of identifying some ninjas who are easy to be incited to rebel for the village. Even after the ANBU ninja retires from the ANBU, the secret line will not be taken back.

Perhaps the village would ask for a backup copy of the contact information and method of issuing orders, but retired ANBU ninjas were also allowed to dispatch their own secret lines when necessary.

It is precisely because of the ANBU's privileges and code of conduct that a team of less than a hundred people has the power to monitor and clean up the village and even key threats within and outside the Land of Fire.

Tatsuma's original authority was just that of an ordinary ANBU member, but today Hiruzen Sarutobi gave him a beige cloak, which was an unwritten promotion for him.

Of course, it might just be during this mission. After all, as the Hokage's guard, he needs to have the right to dispatch the ANBU who are also sent to protect the Hokage. It is obviously not appropriate for an ordinary member to order a squad leader.

After Tatsuma saw the four ANBU ninjas, he nodded, and then put on his beige windbreaker and gave a few gestures. The four ANBU ninjas also followed in hiding again.

Immediately, Tatsuma was also slightly ahead of Sarutobi Hiruzen, quickly left the Hokage Building, quickly calculated a route with the lowest probability of being discovered at this point in time, and began to lead the way.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was also happy to accept Tatsuma's arrangements, and even every step he took landed on the place where Tatsuma had stepped before.

Among his peers, Tatsuma's speed and accomplishments in Shun can be said to be second only to Minato, but for Anbu and Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, it can almost be said to be a walking speed.

However, it was impossible for Sarutobi Hiruzen to complain that Tatsuma was not fast enough. After all, this was an ANBU that he personally approved for promotion, and Tatsuma's speed was not fast enough only for other ANBU ninjas and Hokage.

With Tatsuma's speed, it only takes less than a day to get from Konoha to the Fire Country Damingfu. He will set off this morning and arrive at Damingfu after some rest tomorrow morning. The time is also controlled just right.

Of course, this is if there is no accident. If there is an accident, the little time left may not be enough.

Tatsuma did not choose to go through the village gate. After all, there would be people coming and going there even in the early morning. Since Sarutobi Hiruzen said that he did not want the news of leaving the village to be known to too many people, he took the safest way.

Arriving at a wall, Tatsuma quickly came to the wall, formed a seal with his hands, and then placed his hands on the wall. The hidden spell on the wall was activated. Tatsuma felt the ANBU logo engraved on his left shoulder inside his sleeve. Faint fever.

After just one second, the sealing technique on the wall gate receded, and a crack appeared in the wall. Tatsuma pushed it open, and a hidden door was also opened.

He turned around and gave the gesture, and four ANBU hidden around him appeared. Mandrill and two members quickly left from the secret door. After checking, they reported the gesture to Tatsuma inside the door.

Tatsuma nodded and said to Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Hokage-sama, please."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and walked out of the secret door. The last ANBU followed closely beside Sarutobi Hiruzen. After all four people walked out, Tatsuma finally walked out and closed the secret door again.

There was no need to form another seal, a spell appeared on the wall, and then disappeared. Seeing this, Tatsuma once again gave the order to hide and follow.

Such an order is actually faster to use words, but unless special circumstances arise, this most "standard" approach must be followed.

Setting off again, Tatsuma would use the art of perception every few kilometers to sense the surrounding situation. Until the afternoon, there were no accidents.

Just when Tatsuma felt that this trip was quite peaceful, another perception made him discover something different. About five kilometers ahead of their original route, several chakra reactions appeared. .

Tatsuma frowned, thinking about whether to change the route or send someone to investigate. At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to have understood Tatsuma's troubles and said with a smile:

"Let's go and have a look. If it's a ninja from another village, it will just reduce some workload for the village."

This is contrary to the ANBU's code of conduct, but Hiruzen Sarutobi has the full right to command the ANBU, so Tatsuma nodded and replied: "Yes, Hokage."