As a transmigrator, Zhang Miao had wisdom and courage that did not match his age, so he knew what he could say and what he could not say.
For example, it was okay to tell Fugaku and Hiruzen about Obito and Madara since they were Konoha's mortal enemies.
However, Orochimaru was different.
As one of the "Legendary Sannin", Orochimaru made great contributions to Konoha in the Third War. His reputation in the village was second only to the Hokage, and most Ninjas had to call him "Orochimaru-sama!"
If not for Hiruzen personally pushing Minato to the position of the Fourth Hokage, it was highly likely that Orochimaru would be the one sitting in that position.
Most importantly, Orochimaru's meticulous thinking was famous in the Naruto World, so Zhang Miao did not want to get into trouble just because of a single sentence.
After all, it was not a good thing to be remembered by such a dangerous person.
Zhang Miao thought about it very thoroughly, but he forgot about Hiruzen's sharpness. Although he did not reveal anything, because of his abnormal behavior, Hiruzen still became suspicious of Orochimaru.
In other words, regardless of whether Zhang Miao intentionally said it or not, he still stepped on the "snake's tail".
Of course, at this time, he still did not know this. After coming out of the Hokage's office, he muttered with a depressed face.
"Damn, I originally thought that by letting, Wuy become a ninja, I would be able to make some money. I didn't expect that before I could earn this money, I would first owe a big debt. To think that I even boasted to the Uncle Teuchi that I would give him a surprise. Now I have to think of another way!"
Of course, Zhang Miao was talking about making money, and there were only two ways to make money in Konoha, either to be a ninja, or a businessman.
The reward for a ninja's mission was very high, but it was related to the level of the mission. Although high-level missions gave a lot of money, the risk was also very high. And the opposite is true for the low-level missions.
Ordinary D-rank missions were usually required a ninja to do some petty tasks like cutting down grasses or searching for missing pets. The reward was usually around 500 to 5000 ryos.
A large bowl of ramen from Ichiraku cost 100 ryos. So completing low-level missions was only enough to buy a few bowls. Why would someone do this kind of mission?
Zhang Miao did not know what others were thinking, it was impossible to him to do anyway.
The reward for a C-rank mission was around 5,000 to 50,000, ryos, but most of them were escort missions, which could not be completed in less than 10 days. The reward was not much worse than a D-rank mission.
When it came to the B -rank mission, the reward became more generous, about 50,000 to 500,000 ryos. But these missions were usually some kind of intelligence-gathering or combat missions, and the higher the reward, the more dangerous the mission would be.
Even the B-rank mission was already difficult to complete, let alone the missions above it.
Zhang Miao's current strength was equivalent to Konoha's Special Jonin, similar to Gekko Hayate in the original work. With such strength, Zhang Miao felt that it was better to keep a low profile.
Zhang Miao couldn't do high-level missions, and he didn't want to do low-level missions, which showed one thing: doing ninja missions was is not his style!
Zhang Miao suddenly sighed in realization.
"Well, if it really doesn't work, I can only resume my old business!"
Zhang Miao was talking about selling wood sculptures to make money.
There were some villagers who can do sculpting in Konoha, but their skill were miserable.
After all, their scuplting of the Hokages looked like some humanoid apes!
Of course,
This situation was not impossible to understand. After all, the Konoha was a Ninja Village, and almost all the things sold in the village were for the ninjas. Naturally, no one would study some non-combat skills like wood sculpting religiously.
Another thing was that the Uchiha clan, who was now rejected by the entire village, was in a state of "all-out revenge against Konoha's society".
For more than half a year, the Police Force which were consisted of the members of the clan spontaneously took up the responsibility of "Konoha's street cleaners", cleaning up the stalls around the street, including the ones belonged to the wood sculptors.
Since now he had no competitors, and the other shop owner wouldn't sell low-profit goods like wood sculptures, Zhang Miao had an idea to resume his old business.
"With Fugaku behind my back, if I set up my own stall, the Police Force won't disturb me. And with my craftsmanship, making some money is definitely not a problem. Anyway, let's get things through after this!"
After making up his mind, Zhang Miao quickened his pace and soon arrived at the Academy. But looking at the familiar gate in front of him, he was worried again.
"I beat up a teacher yesterday. If I go now, am I walking straight into their trap? But if I don't go inside, how can I find Ying's sister? Sigh, sorry for the trouble!"
Just as Zhang Miao was in a dilemma, a familiar voice suddenly came to his ears.
"Eh? Ryunosuke, why are you here? Are you here to find Itachi?"
Hearing this voice, Zhang Miao immediately turned his head. When he saw who it was, he blinked his eyes in surprise.
"Izumi? Shouldn't you be in class right now?"
At this time, the person who was talking to Zhang Miao was none other than Izumi. Seeing Zhang Miao's surprised look, she immediately laughed.
"Hehe, we had a Kunai-throwing class just now. Now the class is over. Oh right, Itachi is still around the class. Do you need me to call him?"
"No need!"
As soon as Izumi finished speaking, Zhang Miao shook his head helplessly.
"This time, I'm here to find a girl, but Itachi is blind guy. He can't tell the difference between girls at all, so he can't help me with this!"
"Hahaha... Itachi is not like what you said. Hehehehe..."
Hearing Zhang Miao's words, Izumi immediately covered her mouth and laughed. She seemed to have thought of something.
"By the way, Ryunosuke, l have already found someone that fits your criteria from before!"
"You found someone?"
Hearing Izumi's words, Zhang Miao was stunned at first, then grabbed her shoulders.
"You said you found her? Who is she? What does she look like? What is her name? Where does she live?"
"Uh..."
Izumi seemed to be a little confused by Zhang Miao's series of questions. After a while, she raised her finger and pointed to the woods on their left.
"I saw her practicing with her sword just now. You just have to go there and you will see her!"
"Great! Izumi, thank you!"
Thinking that the target he was looking for was right in front of him, Zhang Miao suddenly became a little excited. He hugged Izumi and tiptoed to kiss the little girl's cheek twice. Then he ran away.
After a while, Izumi finally reacted and her little face turned red.