No one expected that after a preliminary match, all the support items of each ninja village were sold out.
From large banners to small standees and fans.
They are all sold out.
After finally finishing overtime, Xiaonan, who had already stepped out the door, had to come back with a puzzled look on his face to continue working overtime.
There is no time to even go to the "Ninja Girl" theme store, let alone go back to "Akatsuki".
In desperation, she had no choice but to contact Nagato.
"Pain, I..."
"You want to stay and work overtime, right?"
Before she finished her words, Nagato on the other side guessed what she was going to say next.
"How do you know?"
Xiaonan opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"Not surprising. The Chunin Exam in the Land of Water is a hot topic right now."
Even though he rarely left the village, he could understand the whole cause and effect through other people's words.
"There are jobs over there, so you can stay there and make good money."
"After all, this is a project sponsored by Miss Yu Yue. We cannot make things difficult for Miss Yu Yue."
Nagato paused.
"I'll buy you some Ninja Girl merchandise."
Xiaonan was stunned.
A blush appeared on Xiaonan's face.
“No, no…”
How come you know that too!?
The girl's usually indifferent expression almost cracked.
She thought she was hiding it well!
As a result, not only Miss Ugetsu, but even Nagato knew about it?
If this secretive hobby is discovered by colleagues, it can be described as "social death" in modern terms.
Quite socially dead.
Nagato didn't think there was anything wrong.
In fact, he had also watched "Ninja Girl" - but at first it was not because he liked it, but to understand the "trend".
There is little friction between countries and forces, so forces like them hiding in the dark don't have many "originally planned" orders to take.
Fortunately, the commission fees from Yu Yue Store are sufficient to make ends meet.
In his spare time, Nagato naturally began to learn about all kinds of news and fashion trends.
After all, this can really make money.
A living person can't really suffocate to death on a project.
We can't really rely solely on Konan and the Hidden Rain Village's income to support Akatsuki.
Since he couldn't make any money from the war, Nagato could only think of other ways.
Although these things had nothing to do with him, they could indeed make money, so they became the objects of his research.
At least we need to know why these things make so much money and are so popular.
Especially at this time when the income of Yuyin Village can not only support operations but also generate surplus.
That's right, unlike in the past when the Hidden Rain Village was supported by Akatsuki's money, the Hidden Rain Village is now a "formal force" that can cooperate with various merchants and other ninja villages. It has successfully turned losses into profits and can even feed back to Akatsuki's finances.
...This is really unexpected.
But this way, he also has time to get in touch with things that he never cared about in the past.
Then he also felt that "Ninja Girl" was really a good story.
Put aside those weird things that transform but don’t transform.
Isn’t the essence of this story the same as what they pursued in the past?
I want peace, I want a world where people don't have to cry.
Even if it means sacrificing one's life, it is worth it.
So Nagato was not surprised at all that Konan liked this book.
If you like something, shouldn’t you support it?
Since you support it, it is only natural to buy some peripheral products.
What's more, they are really rich now.
"That's also..."
Xiaonan is still very conflicted.
"It doesn't matter. You're doing this for the Hidden Rain Village as well."
Nagato consoled him considerately.
"Just focus on your work, and come back after you're done... no, you can come back after the Chunin Exams are over."
But then again.
The projects cooperating with Ugetsu Store and other ninja villages are really interesting and really make money.
After all, being a ninja is just about making money to support your family.
Who can resist money?
Logistics and escort.
As soon as the project is completed, it will start to generate profits.
And as time goes by and various activities emerge, the income is increasing.
After ending the call with Konan, Nagato leaned back.
It’s hard to believe that the entire Hidden Rain Village is supported by such a thin body.
But that's how it is...and the economic situation of the entire Hidden Rain Village is getting better and better.
Although the benefits of individual jobs are reduced.
But the total amount of work has increased, and with small profits but quick turnover, the income will not be much less than before.
In addition, the safety level has also been improved, and the survival rate and living standards of the ninjas have improved.
Thinking back on the experiences of the past few years, Nagato was filled with thoughts.
In fact, there were some objections at the beginning.
But as time went by and income increased, the voices of "how can a ninja do this kind of work" gradually became less and less.
The old school of ninjas are stubborn.
However, when seeing that their descendants and the entire family will benefit from it, there are still only a few people who want others to live a hard life together.
So there are voices of opposition, but they are getting fewer and fewer.
The opposition is also becoming less and less strong.
As for protesting... hey, it won't cost you any skin or flesh.
Let him talk.
Instead of having that controversial time gate, it would be better to do more work of escorting/transporting nobles and wealthy businessmen from the Rain Country to and from the Sand Village.
Easy and profitable.
Ever since various projects in the Sand Village were developed, the wealthy people in the Rain Country have been the most loyal customers.
Because it is much closer to the Sand Village than the Water Kingdom, their exchanges are more frequent.
For no other reason.
Just to bask in the sun.
The Rain Country is just as its name suggests. It is a place where it rains almost all year round and the sun is rarely seen.
And where is the Sand Village?
The desert.
There is almost no rain all year round, and there is only so much sunshine that it is annoying.
People living in the Sand Village think this is barren.
But for the people of the Rain Country, it is just right.
Add to that all the fancy entertainment options, and isn’t this the perfect place for a vacation and leisure?
I didn’t go there in the past because it was troublesome and dangerous, and there wasn’t much to do after I went there.
It's not worth risking your life just to get some sun.
Just take a trip or two while on business, or just go to the Fire Country.
But now it's different.
There are special transportation routes and ninjas taking turns to escort, which makes the journey safe and fast.
The things you buy can be delivered directly to your home by someone, so you don’t have to carry a lot of bags and can have fun however you want.
.
If you don’t go now, you’d be a fool.
Of course, these services do cost money.
But they can get such a complete service by spending this much money, isn’t it a good deal for them?
You know, in the past they couldn't get such happiness even if they spent twice as much money.
So people think it's money well spent.
This is especially true for businessmen.
You can go out and enjoy a sunbath, and also buy some goods to sell.
Not only do you not spend money, you can also make money.
Is there anything happier in the world than this?
Therefore, although the Rain Country is not big, it has more tourists than the Water Country, one of the five major countries.
As a local ninja village, the Hidden Rain Village naturally benefited from it. Not only did it get out of poverty, but it also became slightly wealthy.
To be honest, this is not only contrary to Konan and Nagato's original plan, but also completely different.
But they couldn't refuse.
Over time, it will just happen naturally.
The plan is of course still the same plan.
However, Nagato and Konan both felt that they could be flexible in terms of the means of execution.
Naturally, he became less and less concerned about the ideas and methods of his companion who called himself "Ah Fei".
After all, compared to what they have now.
Ah Fei and Black Zetsu, who have been busy for so many years but have achieved nothing, seem hopeless no matter how you look at it.
When it was just Nagato and Konan, they would sometimes wonder - maybe they were just under an illusion, otherwise why would they have trusted these two people?
Moreover, he had trusted them for so long, spending money and providing the venue for the two of them to perform their activities.
As a result, a lot of money was spent and a lot of work was done, but after so many years, nothing has been achieved.
If it weren't for the fact that both sides still had a common goal for the time being, and that those two men were indeed somewhat evil and breaking up might cause a big mess, Nagato and Konan would have really thought about parting ways.
Fortunately, in recent times, they may have realized that their approach has no future and have become a lot more honest.
Konan and Nagato also breathed a sigh of relief.
——Just spend some money.
Their financial situation is pretty good now, so they can just consider this money as money to help them get out of trouble.
As long as they don't get into trouble like in the past, they will just treat it as that...something of an investment that shares the risk.
If the other party can really find an extra way, they won’t lose out, right?
With this thought in mind, Nagato felt that he was not so at a disadvantage.
Thinking of this, the red-haired young man opened his eyes.
If this is not the case, why would these two people, as well as the Hidan they recruited, not dare to do any work and still live off the foundation left by Yahiko?
No, we still have to find a way to assign them more work.
It's one thing to let them figure out another way out, but money has to be made.
Xiao is not so rich that he can afford to eat for free.
After a day and a night of rest, the candidates participating in this Chunin Exam finally recovered their spirits.
It’s called rest, but actually it’s mainly just sleeping.
Of course, there are also people who recover quickly and wake up early.
But they were also very considerate. Even if they woke up first, they would tiptoe around to do their own things without disturbing others.
And those who wake up early won't be idle.
There were quite a lot of projects prepared for them on the ship.
There is a special training ground for those who want to practice.
There are also study rooms for those who need to study, where they can read books and scrolls - there certainly wouldn't be any family secrets or forbidden techniques in such a place.
However, there are still descriptions of some common ninjutsu and ninja tools, which are enough for candidates to review and learn new things here.
If you don't want to.
Or if you just want to relax and relieve the fatigue caused by the preliminary round, that's fine too.
There is a 24-hour restaurant, massage room, game room and all kinds of entertainment facilities produced by Yuyue Store on the ship.
It doesn't matter whether you prefer to catch dolls or spin gashapon toys.
If you don’t like these, there are also syrup and dream packs to choose from.
In addition, various fishing gears are also provided on board, so that candidates can enjoy sea fishing - of course , there is no 100% guaranteed service such as "underwater fishing" for the sea fishing projects for candidates.
That will be charged separately.
The preparatory group can provide some welfare programs to the candidates to commend their excellent performance in the preliminary rounds.
But it doesn’t mean they have to take part in paid projects.
But even if there were only these, it had already made the candidates and the audience overjoyed.
The candidates were surprised because they didn't expect to receive such benefits when taking the Chunin Exam.
After all, according to the inhumanity of the Hidden Mist Village at the beginning,
Germany's arrangement, they thought they were going to suffer from the beginning to the end.
It is said that there is no harm without comparison.
But happiness is the same.
Compared with the hard work of kicking doors and preliminary rounds before, the life now is like living in heaven.
The awakened ninjas immediately began their exploration.
Some people felt uneasy and went straight to the study room and training room.
Some people just go to play the gashapon machine and go sea fishing.
In short, no one is idle.
The only thing I am dissatisfied with is that the training room is of average quality and can only be used to practice the use of ninja tools.
Don’t even think about any powerful secret techniques or ninjutsu.
The situation in the study room is similar.
They are all basic books, so basic that they seem to be emphasizing something.
But some review is better than no review, so those who come to study also start reading seriously.
As for choosing to eat, drink and have fun.
Let’s not talk about it. I’m naturally very happy.
The ninjas were happy, and the audience was also happy watching - they had never imagined that one day they would be able to watch others eat, drink and have fun with relish.
When the candidates in the "Mirage Technique" have something to gain, they can be more excited than the candidates themselves.
"Bait! The fish is on the hook!"
"Alas, when fishing you can't just pull the rod up straight away. You have to play with the fish first. Once the fish is tired, you can pull it up."
There are people who give advice on fishing.
"Ah! How can he put chili on seafood!"
"That's right, stir-frying peppers and scallops together will make them taste delicious!"
"But, but... this red one looks really appetizing."
"What seafood are you looking at? Look over there! They can actually make their own milk tea!"
Some viewers also focus on eating and drinking.
People looked in the direction he pointed and saw a table in the corner of the restaurant.
There are various small bowls with lids on the table.
There are labels on it saying "Pearls", "Taro Balls", "Jongdong", "Red Beans", etc.
Next to these small bowls are two barrel-shaped containers.
One says 'milk tea' and the other says 'coconut milk'.
Combined with the empty cups and bowls on the side... this is a complete self-service performance!
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You can actually make it yourself! In this way, you can just put whatever you want in it, right? "
It is difficult to satisfy everyone, and people naturally have different preferences for milk tea.
Some people prefer pure milk tea, while others prefer the various small ingredients in it.
Those who are particularly fanatical about it would like two-thirds of the drink to be filled with small ingredients.
It’s a pity that the milk tea bought in the store is already prepared with toppings. If they like toppings, they can only buy a few more cups to enjoy.
They are nothing like these candidates, who do everything manually. Can't they just put in whatever they like and as much as they want?
I'm so envious, they want it too.
Also, watching the candidates study and train regularly, I couldn't help but want to learn something and watch something.
It’s magical, really too magical.
How can you want to learn something just by looking at others?
The reason they come here is not to study but to have fun.
hateful.
In short, this simple version of "outdoor live broadcast" in the Ninja World immediately captured the hearts of people who had never experienced it before.
Happiness is real happiness.
After all, milk tea and snacks are also available here.
Don't be too excited when you eat and watch.
But it is really strange.
People really never imagined that one day they would feel happy and excited watching others eating, drinking and having fun.
It’s obvious that you can’t eat it or play with it, right?
But I know it in my heart, but I can't take my eyes away.
And the more I watched, the more I wanted to watch, and I even forgot the passage of time.
When it was time for lunch break, people realized that the whole morning had passed.
"What have I done?"
"The morning is over so quickly?"
The audience was shocked.
They never felt that the time gate could pass so quickly.
I never thought that I could spend a morning in this way.
There were other things that surprised the audience:
"I'm not even hungry yet."
I feel like I haven’t digested the breakfast I just had yet.
The security ninja who heard this: "..."
Of course you are not hungry, because your hands and mouth have not stopped all morning.
Sometimes I drink milk tea, sometimes I eat coconut milk jelly.
And from time to time, I would touch a couple of cookies or some snacks.
.
It would be strange if you felt hungry after eating like this intermittently for the whole morning.
However, since most of the plating arrangements that Ms. Ugetsu recommended do not have individual packaging, and the empty containers will be immediately collected to maintain their appearance, it doesn’t seem strange that people don’t realize this?
The ninja thought for two seconds and gave up on such a complicated question.
Who cares? They made the money anyway.
The more guests spend, the happier they are.
The guests who felt hungry went to eat - most of them chose the same dishes as the candidates.
Whether it tastes good or not, they seem to be eating it very happily.
Of course, it should be accompanied by a cup of milk tea.
that is……
“Why can’t we make our own milk tea here!”
"I want triple sugar, triple pearls, triple red beans, and taro balls!"
Ninja in charge of milk tea:?
Mr. Guest, would you like to listen to what you are saying?
Let’s not talk about triple sugar for now.
Triple times the amount of pearls, triple times the amount of red beans and taro balls... This cup of yours is not milk tea at all, it's porridge.
I can make it for you, but you can't drink it, so you can only mix it with food.
But as a store owner, I certainly can’t say that.
So the ninja in charge just gave a friendly smile that he had been trained to give:
"We will report the customers' opinions to our superiors. Please place your order first. Thank you."
Although the guests had this idea, most of them just talked about it.
After all, there are so many people, and it is unlikely that they can be allowed to dig by themselves.
Let’s not talk about the problem of people, and just talk about this ‘random addition’. If the person in front is ruthless and adds everything, then the people behind will have nothing, right?
However, even if you know it is impossible to achieve, you still have to make the request.
Anyway, it doesn’t cost anything to make a request.
Some people also tried the "spicy fried seafood", which is considered a "heretical way" by many people.
Some people still cannot accept it and think that it wastes the freshness of the seafood.
But some people also feel that the door to a new world has been opened.
I was attracted by the stimulating taste that was both fresh and spicy, and I fell in love with it ever since.
After having a good meal and a few drinks, it’s time to go back and continue watching the live broadcast.
Because it wasn't an intense battle, the audience was also very relaxed.
If you are energetic, continue watching.
Just sleep for a while - it's just some leisurely and entertaining activities anyway. Even if you sleep for a while, you won't beat your chest and stamp your feet in regret for missing a crucial battle.
In short, this "leisure trip" was very satisfying for both the candidates and the audience.
When the audience didn't understand why they were enjoying the show so much, the ninja was also puzzled.
Like the audience, they feel that they can only be happy if they participate in eating, drinking and having fun themselves.
No matter how much fun or how happy others are eating, that is not your own feeling. How can you feel happy and satisfied?
"Well, of course it's because humans are capable of empathy."
“Although it doesn’t mean that everyone has the same joys and sorrows, people will have the same feelings on some common projects.”
“Laughing at a funny joke and feeling sad when seeing a tragedy happen… that’s empathy.”
Seeing the ninjas' confused looks, Ugetsu gave them a simple lesson.
"The candidates are happy and smile because of the projects and facilities prepared on the ship. This happiness can infect people who have the same judgment as them, and then..."
Plus, the entertainment options in this world are so poor...
Look at the happiness that people in this world had before.
Yu Yue was almost in tears.
Although everyone says, "You can't imagine the happiness of rich people, and it's the same in any world," even the simplest and most basic happiness of eating, drinking and having fun cannot be guaranteed.
Yu Yue was really about to cry.
"And what?"
Noticing that Yu Yue hadn't finished speaking and hadn't heard any follow-up for a long time, a ninja couldn't help but ask a question.
"In addition, people have limited time and money in their lifetime. In addition, it is not convenient for people to travel because of work and long distances. It is not realistic for most people to try out all the projects they find interesting. People naturally think that 'I have seen and heard it, so I have played it.'"
This is what is called "cloud gaming".
Compared to listening to others, seeing with your own eyes is a more real way to be infected by other people's emotions, which naturally makes it easier to attract people's attention.
The ninjas didn't quite understand.
"Isn't this just deceiving yourself?"
Ugetsu frowned.
"How is this self-deception? This is an effective trade-off."
"Think about it, you only have 24 hours in a day. If you plan to travel, you can't go to the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hidden Sand Village, and then the Hidden Leaf Village, right?"
"In this case, if you can know the situation of the three ninja villages in advance through the mirage technique, wouldn't it be easier for you to choose the one you want to go to the most?" Yu Yue said confidently, "And while helping you eliminate the other two ninja villages that you are not so interested in, it can also give you a basic understanding of the other two ninja villages."
"Even if you haven't been there, you've seen its scenery and know some of its interesting places, right?"
"Even if you don't have a full 24 hours to go out and play, you can still use these to experience the fun of other ninja villages and the happiness you can have when playing there, right?"
This is how you make money... No, this is how you provide happiness to people.
"But is it true that there are people who don't even have time to go out and play?"
A ninja working in another village spoke weakly.
However, as soon as he said this, he was met with death stares from many ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village.
The part-time ninja from another village was choked back by the murderous gaze before he could finish his words.
Because he was aware of one thing very clearly.
If he continues talking, he might not see the sun tomorrow.
Seeing that the ninja from the other village did not continue speaking, the ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village withdrew their gazes and showed a thoughtful expression.
As they have been working under high pressure and terror, they can understand this feeling.
When people are busy, they really don’t have time to have fun.
But no matter how busy people are, it doesn't mean they have no need to have fun.
If they could have this kind of entertainment on weekdays...they would probably like it very much.
"Anyway, that's it."
Ugetsu certainly noticed this little problem with the door between the Hidden Mist Village and the ninjas from the outer villages, but she didn't care.
"But this is just for occasional viewing. What the audience really cares about is the Chunin Exams... How are the candidates preparing for the exams?"
"The medical ninja on board reported that all candidates have recovered and are ready to start."
Immediately, a ninja from the Hidden Mist Village reported the situation of the candidates on the ship.
" Um."
Ugetsu nodded.
"Then let's get ready and let them go to the island."
——Whether the real-person chicken-eating project can be successful depends on the performance of the candidates this time.
But please don't let her down. !