The next morning, sunlight streamed through the thin mist into Mizuno Ichito's courtyard.
As Mizuno Ichito was deep in a sweet dream, a sudden shout broke the silence.
"Is anyone home?"
Mizuno Ichito groggily opened the courtyard gate to see a young man standing outside. He was dressed in black Ninja attire, wearing a cat-faced mask with two horizontal stripes, and holding a box.
"Hello, Ninja-sama, how may I help you?"
Mizuno Ichito observed the mysterious visitor. The mask covered most of the Ninja's face, revealing only one deep, black eye. The other eye was covered by an eye patch, but a clear sense of sadness was still discernible.
"I am very sorry. Your parents valiantly sacrificed themselves in last night's riot to cover their comrades. This is your parents'遺物 and compensation. Please keep them safe!"
The Ninja spoke in a heavy tone, handing the box to Mizuno Ichito. Hearing this terrible news, Mizuno Ichito's heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.
He finally remembered the system's prompt when it activated: 'Ding dong, congratulations Host, your parents have passed away, meeting the activation conditions for the 'Ninja World Auxiliary System'. Please choose whether to activate it.'
Although these two individuals were not his parents in the spiritual sense, at this moment, the original body's pain made him feel an unprecedented sorrow and loss.
Tears instantly welled up, and Mizuno Ichito dazedly reached out to take the box. The Ninja gently placed the box in Mizuno Ichito's hands, then pulled out a stack of banknotes from his 懷中 and placed them on the box. With a flash, his figure disappeared into the morning mist.
Mizuno Ichito slowly walked into the house, placing the 遺物 and compensation on the table. After transmigrating to this world, he deeply understood that a Ninja's life was as fragile as a candle in the wind.
At this moment, perhaps due to the influence of the original owner, the sorrow in his body was like a dark, winter day, leaving him unsettled for a long time.
After a few days of rest, Mizuno Ichito's mood finally gradually calmed down. Only now did he realize that all the emotions he was experiencing were his own; the original body's soul had completely merged into his own after his parents' passing.
"Now, I can be considered someone with deceased parents and a house."
Mizuno Ichito's total assets included a house as fixed assets, and cash. The compensation, plus the private money left by Mizuno Ichiro, totaled over 600,000 ryo. This wealth gave him an unprecedented sense of security and freedom.
After all, Naruto's monthly living expenses were several thousand. What was the exact amount again...? Never mind, I won't think about it.
However, with Ōtsutsuki Ichiraku's signature ramen priced at 60 ryo per bowl, three bowls a day, for 30 days a month, the annual expenditure would be 60 × 3 × 30 × 12, which equals 64,800 ryo. This meant that even if he ate ramen for every meal, it would be enough to sustain him for ten years.
In the original theatrical release, in the years following the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack, although the external situation of Konoha Village was tense, there were no large-scale wars or deaths.
This allowed Mizuno Ichito to spend six years of peaceful study at the Ninja Academy. After graduation, a Ninja could earn six thousand ryo for even the lowest-level mission. As a transmigrator like Mizuno Ichito, after six years of growth, the author might even write him into a Kage-level or even Super Kage-level strong person. With such a status, at least an S-rank mission worth millions of ryo would be fitting.
Additionally, as an orphan, Mizuno Ichito would receive several thousand ryo in living subsidies each month. So, this was not a bloody, life-and-death shonen anime at all, but rather a relaxed, stress-free slice-of-life anime where one could just coast along.
Mizuno Ichito's parents were Konoha Ninja who sacrificed themselves for the Village during the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack. Although he was a legitimate descendant of Konoha, if he were targeted by someone with ill intentions, robbed, or stolen from...
"I must remain vigilant at all times and not let anyone covet my wealth."
As someone who plans for the worst, Mizuno Ichito still carefully considered all the impossible accidents.
Just like the wealth of Uchiha Sasuke and Konoha's crown prince, Naruto. Naruto was born into the Fourth Hokage's family and should have enjoyed endless glory and wealth. However, cruel fate made him bear the wrath of the entire Village from birth, and the inheritance of his parents, who died fighting for the Village, was directly confiscated by the Village.
As for Uchiha Sasuke, he personally witnessed his beloved brother kill his parents, and his proud Uchiha clan suffered a catastrophic demise. After that, the entire family's wealth seemed to consist only of a single house, with everything else also confiscated by the Village.
Thinking of this, Mizuno Ichito knew that before he could enjoy a leisurely life, he had to start learning and training. In the Ninja World, money was not all-powerful; true happiness and security came only from one's own strong power.
In this world of Ninja, strength is everything. From school, the little kids already started the game of campus bullying, so in this world, knowing a group of people, becoming an ordinary member among them, and building relationships are equally important.
In short, on the surface, he needed to find some allies who could help him, and in Ninjutsu, he had to appear very ordinary to avoid attracting the attention of Danzo and others. Whether in the novels he read or the Naruto anime, Danzo was a genuine stain, the kind that couldn't be washed clean even if flushed under a faucet for ten thousand years. That old schemer always seemed to covet geniuses, and once he set his sights on you, he would endlessly use various disgusting methods to deal with you.
Thinking of Danzo, Mizuno Ichito couldn't help but shiver. He quickly took out the Chakra training scroll from the storage cabinet and began to practice diligently.