It wasn't strange that Gekko Chizan and Chōmei were surprised, because when they had come to Kusagakure before, there truly hadn't been this many people.
"No, something feels off. Could it be that none of these people were in the village before?"
"But this many people leaving the village at the same time? How is that possible?"
Although his heart was full of shock, seeing that they had already reached the northern part of the village, Gekko Chizan could only temporarily suppress his doubts. He found a crossroads that looked decent enough and slowly came to a stop.
After adjusting his mindset, he prepared to start working.
"Everyone, it seems you all already know my identity as a wandering pharmacist, so I won't say much."
"This old man here has some medicines that can strengthen the body and bones and increase chakra circulation. One hundred thousand ryō per pill, no bargaining."
"Friends who need them can come to me to purchase."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gekko Chizan walked to the side and waited for the victims to come forward to buy medicine.
Although there were many people watching, no one stepped forward immediately. After all, many of them had come just to watch the excitement after hearing the news.
After waiting for a while, only a single ninja slowly stepped forward.
This ninja had seen his own gate guard ninja take the pill earlier at the entrance, and he himself was a sensory-type ninja. The flow of chakra in a person's body could not lie.
He had also made a huge decision to give it a try, because the first person to eat the grape always got the sweetest one.
"Give me one."
"This is one hundred thousand ryō."
Gekko Chizan laughed secretly in his heart. Couldn't hold back anymore, huh? Hahaha. With this, the sales channel was open.
"Alright, but little guy, this old man hopes you'll take it on the spot. After all, so many people are watching you."
"You should set an example for them, hmph hmph. This old man's medicine is very good!"
"But remember, you must swallow it whole. Do not chew it. Otherwise, if anything happens, this old man will not take responsibility."
"Of course, since this old man is a pharmacist, treating illnesses is not a problem, but the price then would be hard to say."
Looking at Gekko Chizan's smiling face, the ninja swallowed a mouthful of saliva. That old geezer's smile was really creepy.
The ninja took the pill and swallowed it in one gulp without thinking. He was also very curious about what the pill's effect would be.
Not only him, everyone around stared at him without blinking.
They saw the young ninja close his eyes after swallowing the pill and begin to sense the condition inside his body.
You really wouldn't know until you tried it — one bite was shocking. Not only was his body absorbing the medicinal effect, the chakra inside him actually began to circulate, and there was even a faint trend of strengthening.
This kind of effect, one hundred thousand ryō? Worth it!
"Old sir, give me five more! Will there be any effect if I eat this all at once?"
See? He took the bait, didn't he?
Gekko Chizan shook his head and said regretfully,
"It's not that this old man doesn't want to sell to you. Even eating one of these pills takes a full day to digest. If you eat five at once, are you throwing your body away? Throwing your life away? Medicine has three parts poison — you can't take it recklessly."
Hearing this explanation, the young ninja's face darkened. Such good stuff — he really wanted to eat more.
But soon he reacted. One pill took a day to digest. If he bought five and saved them to eat later, wouldn't that work?
"No problem, old sir. One today, one tomorrow. Five days, five pills. That's fine, right?"
"Here, this is five hundred thousand ryō. Quick, quick, give me five pills."
The young ninja's behavior shocked everyone around. Many of the Kusagakure ninjas recognized him as a member of the sensory unit.
Someone who could sense chakra was so excited after taking the pill — this medicine really had to be good!
For a moment, the ninjas waiting for the result could no longer hold back and stepped forward one after another.
"Old man, here's five hundred thousand. I want five too."
"Three hundred thousand, three pills!"
"I'll just take one. Here's one hundred thousand."
All at once, the scene became a bit uncontrollable. Gekko Chizan wore a smile at the corner of his mouth, extremely pleased by the sight in front of him.
Wasn't this exactly what he wanted?
However, his pills were very limited. If everyone bought ten or eight at a time, how would he harm more people?
"Everyone, everyone, it's not that I don't want to sell to you. It's mainly that the quantity of these pills is limited."
"And the effect lasts a very long time. How about a maximum of two pills per person, so more people can buy them, right?"
If he didn't limit purchases, Gekko Chizan was afraid that before he could harm many people, his pills would be gone.
Hearing his words, not only were these people not disappointed, they actually began looking around for others to help buy on their behalf.
The villagers were the first choice. After all, to ordinary people, these pills only strengthened the body, but to ninjas, increasing chakra circulation — that was a huge help.
Seeing that the scene was still chaotic, Gekko Chizan spoke again.
"Also, could everyone please stop crowding around me? Can we form a line?"
"This way it'll be more efficient."
The ninjas who were burying their heads trying to squeeze in immediately reacted and quickly began organizing themselves into a queue.
Soon, a line that stretched beyond sight appeared in front of Gekko Chizan.
The pill sales officially began.
"Chizan, not bad. Sell more, sell more — hey, hey, hey, the two pills he took will probably make him have diarrhea for a whole week!"
"Ahahaha, that guy is done for. I can feel that scale powder — it induces vomiting!"
Before Gekko Chizan could speak, Chōmei couldn't hold back. Watching more and more people buy the pills, he was about to die laughing.
Every single one of those pills contained his scale powder, each more potent than the last.
"Serves them right for spreading rumors about me!"
"I've still got several hundred pills left. Enough to ruin them!"
Watching more and more people line up, Gekko Chizan felt indescribably refreshed.
Since this was revenge, this was how it should feel — take the enemy's money and leave them with a pile of disasters!
Truly killing both body and heart!
But very soon, an unexpected situation occurred.
"Ah!!! My head! My head hurts so much!"
"This medicine — this medicine is poisonous!"
A ninja who had just swallowed a pill hadn't even walked a few steps before suddenly clutching his head and collapsing straight onto the ground, his whole body curling up like a shrimp.
This sudden scene shocked everyone present. Those who had eaten the pill turned pale with terror, while those who hadn't bought one yet rapidly retreated, staring at Gekko Chizan with guarded expressions.
"Old man, what's going on!"
"Why did it turn out like this after eating it?"
Gekko Chizan was also a bit dumbfounded. How could something go wrong? The scale powder was supposed to merge into their bodies only after the pill completely dissolved. How could it erupt right after being swallowed?
The others who had eaten the pills were frightened, but after thoroughly checking themselves and finding no problems, the three sides just stared at each other for a moment.