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Chapter 74 -76 : Kushina Triggers an Entry ; Kakashi Gets Disliked
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23 Dec 2025
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"Finally getting our first payment."
Sarutobi Asuma's enthusiasm, dulled by boredom, flared back to life.
"Mm."
Yūhi Kurenai nodded lightly.
The reward would be split among the team.
She glanced at Raizen, who was walking over with their team leader.
She thought to herself that Raizen shouldn't be short on money anymore.
To be honest, when Raizen had asked her to advance three months of tutoring fees, it had nearly emptied her little savings.
After saying goodbye to the shop owner, the four headed to the mission building to turn in the task.
"Here's your reward."
The staff quickly counted the payment and distributed it.
D-rank missions paid on the same day—no delays.
"A little over a thousand ryō…"
Raizen pocketed the money.
Today's shop-watching mission had been light and paid well, but such easy tasks weren't available every day.
There would likely be several days without missions.
A typical D-rank mission paid between 5,000 and 50,000 ryō.
Helping at a shop paid around 5,000 ryō total, which had to be divided among the team.
Otherwise, one person would get 5,000 ryō, and with three genin plus the jōnin leader, it would total 20,000 ryō.
That didn't even account for the village's cut for administrative fees.
D-rank missions were things like finding lost pets, babysitting, or helping farmers harvest crops. Who would pay that much?
Five thousand ryō was already on the high end.
"Red, want to go to Yakiniku Q? My treat."
Sarutobi Asuma ran over to Kurenai, wanting to celebrate their first mission.
"Raizen, you coming?"
Kurenai turned to him.
"I'll pass."
Raizen shook his head.
Going to Yakiniku Q would cost at least two or three hundred ryō—for just one meal.
A hardworking genin like Rock Lee had recorded doing 20 D-rank and 11 C-rank missions in his first year as a genin, earning about 110,000 ryō total.
That had to cover living expenses, daily ninja supplies, and more.
Raizen naturally wanted to save wherever possible. He still had many things he needed to buy.
His ninja pouch only contained two kunai, three shuriken, and the ninja sword sealed in his scroll. He didn't even have soldier pills or smoke bombs, let alone other tools.
"Then I won't go either."
Kurenai shook her head.
"Huh? Why?"
Sarutobi Asuma scratched his head.
Raizen not going was one thing—but why was Kurenai skipping too?
Was it too cold today?
…
Ten days passed.
During that time, Raizen completed one more D-rank mission.
The rest of the time he spent training at home.
"Finally mastered it."
Raizen gathered chakra in his chest, converted it to Fire Release chakra, and let it surge up his throat.
Boom!
A roughly two-meter-long oval fireball erupted from his mouth, radiating intense heat.
"Now I can participate in the Chūnin Exams."
Raizen thought to himself.
[Entry: Apprentice Fire Release Ninja (White)]
[Requirement: Successfully use a Fire Release ninjutsu once.]
[Progress: (Completed).]
[Effect: Your talent in Fire Release nature transformation increases by 10%.]
[Note: Can be upgraded later.]
The entry had appeared shortly after he began training in Fire Release.
It was from mastering "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."
At first, progress had been only 1%. Now, after this period of practice, it had reached completion.
The entry panel's completion rules were somewhat random. Sometimes it granted a new entry directly; other times, it required persistent effort to meet the conditions.
Raizen theorized that abstract achievements were instantly fulfilled, while training and practice-based ones required a progress bar.
The only consistent pattern was that mastering the basics of a nature transformation granted a corresponding entry.
Additionally, once enough progress was made on an entry, an upgrade path would appear.
The judgment criteria were a bit strange, seeming to depend on overall completion.
For example, when he completed "Reading Absorption" and "Basic Memory," no prerequisite like "Early Graduation" was required to upgrade to "Gifted Top Student."
But for "Apprentice Lightning Release Ninja," the upgrade path had appeared immediately after merging "Strong Physique."
"Requirements for upgrade path one met. Proceed with upgrade?"
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