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Chapter 72 - Chapter 72: Money.

As for fire release, after three years of training in nature transformation, its power had become quite considerable. If he continued to strengthen its nature transformation, the chakra consumption for casting techniques would increase, which wouldn't be beneficial in his current situation.

After all, he was still just a child. Although he could barely supply the consumption for three shadow clones, he should still aim to save as much as possible for future battles.

One shouldn't only consider instantaneous explosive power; endurance was also an important measure of combat capability.

Moreover, excessively relying on fire release would be disadvantageous for himself, as it was too easily countered by enemies. It was time to develop the nature transformation of a second attribute.

After much consideration, he had already made a decision on the nature transformation of the second attribute.

Originally, with his current fire attribute training, combining it with wind attribute would result in better synergy.

But he still thought that choosing lightning attribute as the second attribute was more prudent.

Firstly, it was the sequence of conflicts during the Third Great Ninja War: wind, followed by earth, then lightning and water. Also, one of the characteristics of lightning release was that it provided a certain advantage in speed.

As for wind release, although there was the reference of the 'Wind Release: Rasenshuriken' technique, the risks of using this technique were extremely high. Without Naruto's kind of recovery ability, it wasn't worth considering.

As for yin release, it was entrusted to the genjutsu clone, as there was a certain commonality in the practice of genjutsu. With regards to yang release, having gained this scroll recently, there would likely be progress.

Speaking of yang release, he couldn't help but lament his Uchiha lineage. Although he had successfully condensed yang-attribute chakra and could perform medical ninjutsu, the effects were always suboptimal.

On the other hand, regarding genjutsu related to mental power, the training progressed incredibly fast.

[It seems yang release isn't compatible with me!]

[However, precisely because of this, I need to increase my investment in this area in the future!]

As for other aspects, there was no need to make further adjustments. He himself would continue to perform tasks with Master Shigeyuki. Training would still focus on physical workouts and actual combat.

After arranging his future training plan, Toshiro didn't idle. He directly went to his parents' room.

He took out a relatively expensive wooden box from the cabinet inside the room and looked at the bankbook inside.

[Ninja training really does cost a lot of money!]

[Thinking back to when I first discovered this inheritance and thought that having six or seven million ryo would allow me to live worry-free in the future, it was really naive.]

When he first learned about this inheritance, Toshiro was quite confident, believing that it would easily support him until he graduated from the academy.

However, reality delivered a harsh slap.

The funds spent on medicinal baths over three years amounted to nearly 3 million ryo, and that was even with significant subsidies from the clan.

As for everyday items like ninja tools, equipment, and consumables like ointments and medicinal liquors, these costs weren't considered substantial.

The real significant expenditure lay in the area he previously didn't pay much attention to: food.

Take the last purchase of beef from the food store as an example. 20 pounds of beef cost nearly 3,000 ryo, an average of about 150 ryo per pound.

And that 20 pounds of beef only lasted two days. Each meal saw him consuming over three pounds of beef.

It was unavoidable. To support the chakra consumption of three shadow clones, he had to increase his food intake.

Otherwise, the consequences would be quite severe. Without rich nutritional supplements, generating large amounts of chakra would directly draw from the nutrients originally contained in his body, causing great obstacles to his growth and development.

At the same time, he also engaged in substantial physical training in areas such as strength, speed, and endurance. This invisibly increased his body's demand for nutrients.

After three years, the six or seven million ryo left by his parents had nearly been spent. Now, only about three hundred thousand remained, along with a bankbook that contained nearly one million ryo in survivor benefits, which hadn't been touched.

Since his birth, neither his mother nor the expenses over these years had withdrawn a penny from this bankbook.

The benefits paid out after his father's sacrifice and the monthly survivor benefits over the years totaled nearly a million ryo.

However, he didn't plan on touching the money, intending to save it for the future Third Great Ninja War. In any place, waging war always required money, and not just a small amount.

For example, shuriken cost 200 ryo each, kunai 800 ryo each, and explosive tags were 1500 ryo each.

To give a simple example, if both hands could throw four shuriken simultaneously, an attack wave of eight shuriken would cost 1600 ryo.

If the shuriken were replaced with kunai, costing 800 ryo each, one wave would cost 6400 ryo.

Adding explosive tags would make the figures even more exaggerated.

Although the village would provide some supplies, based on his experiences in his previous life, the supplies would never keep up with the consumption.

And that's at current prices. In wartime, inflation of combat-related supplies would be inevitable.

If he didn't make more preparations in advance, he might face situations on the battlefield where crucial resources like weapons, potions, or explosive tags ran out.

If he lost his life because of that, it would be an utter joke, and the face of a transmigrator would be completely lost.

[No matter the world or social status, making money is top priority!]

[By the way, I'm technically a member of the guard unit now, a person on the payroll. I wonder if there's any funding allowance?]

Thinking back to his previous life when he studied tirelessly at the library to prepare for exams in order to get into the system, only to fail ultimately.

Here, however, he effortlessly got a position. It's just the potential downsides of this position that were a bit concerning.

[Hmm, I should ask Master Shigeyuki about it tomorrow!]

[Also, tasks; I wonder what the pay for lower-ranked missions is like?]

[Moreover, I shouldn't just focus on ninja aspects. Should I perhaps publish some best-selling books? I remember Jiraiya made quite a bit from royalties!]