This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

Chapter 397 Fooling Children? Attracting Investment!

"Knock knock knock".

A crisp knock sounded, and before Nishikawa Tetsu could say "Come in," the door was opened.

"Brother Che! I'm here!"

Nishikawa Tetsu reluctantly put down his pen and looked up.

Kana Uzumaki was as lively as ever, carrying a food box in her hand.

Following behind her was Shizune, who was holding Tuntun and looked apologetic.

"Kana, why aren't you following Kushina on missions? What are you doing here?" Nishikawa Tetsu leaned back in his chair and turned his stiff neck.

"Oh dear, we just came back from outside the village yesterday. Kushina-neechan said we've been working hard lately, so we should rest well these next couple of days."

Kana ran to Nishikawa Tetsu's large desk, placed the food box heavily next to the pile of documents, and opened it like a treasure.

"Brother Che, look! These are the limited edition three-color dumplings and matcha daifuku that I queued up early this morning to buy! I brought you a special set, aren't you touched?"

Nishikawa Tetsu looked at the box of sweet pastries and his eye twitched. It was okay to eat this once in a while, but so many would be too cloying. He wasn't Red Bean.

But seeing Kana blinking her eyes with anticipation, he still managed a touched smile.

"I'm so touched, so incredibly touched. But Kana, my brother's very busy right now. If you and Shizune don't have anything urgent to discuss..."

"Something's wrong!"

Kana clearly didn't understand Nishikawa Tetsu's implied message to get rid of her. She pulled up a chair, rested her chin on her hands, and leaned on the desk.

"Brother Che, the prize money for the Chunin Exams has been distributed by the Daimyo! With Shizune's share, it's a huge sum! We're discussing how to spend it. You're so smart, could you give us some investment advice?"

"Investment advice?"

Nishikawa Tetsu raised an eyebrow. This little girl has really grown up. Before, she would spend all her allowance immediately without any awareness of saving money. Now she's actually thinking about investing.

What are you looking to invest in?

Shizune whispered from the side, "Lady Tsunade said that we should lend her the money to try and win back her losses at the casino, and we'll split the winnings with her. But given Lady Tsunade's luck, I don't think it's very reliable."

"Is that considered unreliable? That's like throwing good money after bad!"

Nishikawa Tetsu directly exposed Tsunade's utterly untrustworthy promise.

He thought for a moment and took out a business planning map of the new Konoha district.

"If you really want to invest, instead of buying those fancy things, why not invest in the Konoha Express project?"

"Konoha Express?" Kana asked curiously as she leaned closer.

"That's right, as you all know, Minato is perfecting the Flying Lightning Formation technique. Once this technology is mature, Konoha will establish a super-fast logistics system covering the entire ninja world."

"Whether it's sending confidential scrolls, fresh seafood, or even people, it can all arrive in a short time."

"Minato has almost fully developed this technique."

Nishikawa Tetsu pointed to several logistics nodes on the blueprint, his voice like a devil's whisper, enticing people to invest.

"This is absolutely the most profitable business in the future ninja world. If you invest your current bonuses, in a few years, the dividends alone will be enough for you to eat daifuku every day until you're sick of it."

"This project hasn't even started soliciting investment yet, so if you invest now, it's like getting shares in an early-stage investment."

Chanel listened, completely bewildered.

Although she didn't quite understand what logistics systems or profit sharing meant, she truly took to heart the phrase "eat daifuku until you're sick of it."

"Okay! I voted!" Kana's little face was full of excitement, as if countless daifuku were already waving to her.

Shizune listened to the project and felt that it was at least more reliable than giving it to Tsunade to gamble, so she also invested.

Nishikawa Tetsu nodded in satisfaction. Although the two girls' prize money combined was only a few hundred thousand, which was nothing compared to projects that were worth hundreds of millions, every little bit counted, and this was real initial capital.

Moreover, this is also cultivating financial awareness among Konoha's new generation.

He signed a simple letter of intent to invest and handed it to Kana and Shizune, but in his mind he had already begun to sketch out a grand blueprint for the future of Konoha's rapid development.

He can foresee that once the Konoha Express Delivery service is fully rolled out, it will completely overturn the existing mission system in the ninja world and may even replace many traditional ninja jobs.

The Flying Thunder Formation technique requires an extremely high level of spatial perception talent, making it one in ten thousand.

However, given the sheer size of the ninja world, as long as Konoha is willing to invest money and provide adequate salaries and benefits, they can recruit from across the entire ninja world or even train their own, and eventually build a sizable Flying Lightning Formation team.

This team will monopolize the highest-end logistics market in the entire ninja world, whether it's the transmission of confidential intelligence, the allocation of emergency medical supplies, or even the instant transfer of VIP clients.

Of course, the high-end market is only the top of the pyramid. What can truly bring huge cash flow and jobs is the vast lower-tier market.

Nishikawa Tetsu's thoughts even drifted to "Expansion Plan for Konoha Express Regular Delivery Business".

Ordinary cross-border trade logistics, same-city express delivery, and even late-night barbecue delivery all require a large number of people.

Those genin, or taijutsu-type ninjas who are good at body-flicking techniques and can run fast, are more than capable of doing these errand-running jobs.

"We could even rate them based on speed and punctuality, upgrading them from bronze-level deliverymen all the way to king-level express delivery. Wouldn't that be much more interesting than weeding and picking up trash every day?" Nishikawa Tetsu thought to himself.

However, this service is a double-edged sword for the mission system of Konoha and even the entire ninja world.

The benefits are obvious: it greatly improves the efficiency of resource circulation, breaks geographical restrictions, and also creates a terrifying tax revenue and monopoly position for Konoha.

It can free up a large number of low-level combatants from tedious tasks and allow them to devote themselves to more important production and training.

But the downsides are also very real.

Once the logistics system becomes highly commercialized and efficient, the demand for traditional C-level and D-level escort and errand services will plummet.

"The genin have fewer practice missions to take on now..."

Nishikawa Tetsu touched his chin.

"At that time, Konoha's Speedster can assign missions to the genin."

"But that's not something I need to worry about. Let the Hokage deal with that, hahaha!"