“We were ambushed on the way to the village and the attackers knew things that they should not if they came from another village.” I said as I placed the scroll with the bodies on the desk.
“I need details, what exactly did they know that they shouldn’t have?” the old man asked seriously.
“First was that they clearly knew about my beasts to a degree. Second was that they both knew about and planned to utilize my sensei’s phobia against her. Finally they were only ever trying to capture us which made little sense unless they knew something only the village should, the reason we were summoned to the village.” i said honestly and he had a grave expression.
“Is this true?” he asked my sensei and she nodded.
“The matter of your new forbidden level jutsu will have to wait as I investigate this matter but we WILL be discussing it.” he said and I was dismissed after being told to write a report.
Shizune and my sensei were told to stay though which i didn’t really mind all that much. After spending an hour or so filling out the report i turned it in and left the building to go check in with my family since at this time Naruto should be in the academy. Nobody even batted an eye as I flickered across the rooftops to my house and when I arrived I was a bit disappointed to see that my parents were out on a mission. They had left a note on the dinning room table for me should I have come back while they were gone. Technically I didn’t have to live with them anymore since I had graduated but I didn’t have my own place yet.-
I was saving up for a parcel of land at the edge of the village near the mountain at the back of the village. The clans owned most of that but there were a few pieces that could be bought due to how inhospitable they were. The piece I had my eye on was a sandy and rocky area near the base of the mountain that nothing grew in. The reason I wanted it was because it had a surprisingly dense amount of natural energy yet with no plantlife I was certain that there was treasure there.-
If I was lucky it would be some sort of natural energy conductive chakra metal but more likely it was just a particularly powerful underground plant. While the first option was the best for me since I really should get myself a weapon the second was still good as a plant like that was bound to have powerful medicinal effects. Anyways the land cost a staggering one hundred million ryo(the currency of this world) due to the clans hiking up the price to stop people from buying it. I was making serious money by gambling like I did but even after nearly half a year of the stuff I had only twenty million ryo to my name.-
Certainly not a small amount by any means and if I wanted another property I could definitely afford it but I unfortunately had my heart set on that one place. Oddly there wasn’t any sort of banking system in this world so I literally carried my wealth on me in a scroll at all times. It was one of the reason banditry was so popular despite shinobi regularly killing them in fact. Hit a single rich merchant as he is moving a large amount of money and you are practically set for life.-
The same was true of nobles and clans as they had their own treasuries that held vast amounts of wealth at any given moment and as a result were juicy but dangerous targets. With wealth and authority came greater and greater security in place to protect those things. Lets take the Uchiha treasury for example. Despite all but two of the clan being dead nobody tries to rip it off as there are so many traps, seals and failsafe’s in place that you may as well just slit your throat to save you the time as it was almost suicide to attempt.-
Leaving my house I headed to my most popular eating spot, Ichiraku Ramen. Teuchi the owner and operator of the place had a masterful menu that was both nutritious and delicious. Pushing aside the curtain to the shop I found that there was only a single person here at the moment.
A middle aged man with spikey long white hair and red shinobi outfit, Jiraiya of the leaf sannin.
“I hadn’t expected that this would be how we met. My usual order old man.” I said taking a seat next to him while placing my order.
“I’m afraid you have me at a loss as I have no idea who you are kid.” Jiraiya said honestly.
“Kenzo Mizuyama, student of Tsunade Senju.” I introduced myself and his eyes widened along side his smile.
“You don’t say, well as luck would have it I happen to be in the village to meet your sensei after hearing she was coming.” Jiraiya said with a wide smile.
“She should still be debriefing with the Hokage so if you hurry you may catch her. You probably already know but bring sake if you can. she has a taste for the sweet cherry blossom kind at the moment.” I said with a smile.
“Thanks for the tip kid!” he said excitedly as he rushed off after downing the last of his bowl of ramen.
It was an open secret that the man was pining after my sensei and if he shared so much in common with me like she says then I don’t mind helping him with that goal a bit. If nothing else it would serve as a source of entertainment to watch. You can blame Naruto for that since the guys love of pranks rubbed off on me a little.-
Teuchi brought me my standard six bowls of spicy seafood ramen with extra shrimp and I happily dug in. I chatted with the man about what I had been up to since I left while also getting the run down of how Naruto was doing as well as any interesting things that happened in the village. The yellow haired brat had been getting in trouble a lot for pranks all over the village but was otherwise hale and hearty which was good to hear. I was worried he’d slack off without me here to keep him on track but that didn’t seem to be the case.-
There was one interesting that had happened in the village while I was gone that Teuchi spoke of. Apparently there was a beast merchant in the village who had shown up a couple months ago to sell beasts to shinobi that she had collected across the lands. This wasn’t a new thing by any means as these sort of people regularly visited the various villages since summoning animals were always in demand but had short supply.