The Days of Being the Richest Man in the Ninja World

[V2] - Chapter 98. Tobirama's Departure

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As the man currently taking care of the household, Senju Tobirama naturally understood what tens of billions represented.

You have to know, back in the old days of the ninja world, even a few hundred million could drive ninjas to risk everything and even cause a war between villages. Although the economy was better now, and both income and spending levels had risen, tens of billions was still a huge sum.

Thinking about it since his resurrection...

There weren't many people left in the Senju clan. At home, there was one idiot and one fool to take care of. He himself had been dead for several years, and the village pension had long stopped being issued.

He couldn't possibly shamelessly ask the village to keep paying him a pension, right?!

Even if the village was willing, as the former Second Hokage of Konoha, he just didn't have the face to ask for it~

So, it's easy to imagine.

His granddaughter was addicted to gambling, his big brother was a complete idiot, and he even had to help raise that fool for his big brother. It wasn't exactly easy for him, Senju Tobirama!

As for Uchiha Madara… he originally didn't want to bother. After all, that guy was the evil Uchiha!

But if he didn't keep an eye on him, and something went wrong later, wouldn't he and his brother have to clean up the mess?

And besides, back when Madara left the Uchiha clan, with his pride, even if he returned to Konoha, that evil Uchiha would never go back to the Uchiha clan.

So, what else could he do?

Under his idiot brother's pleading, he could only agree to let that fool stay—and in doing so, he could also monitor that evil guy.

But what he truly never expected… was that most of the Senju clan's territory had been sold off by Tsunade, leaving barely enough space to survive!

What a spendthrift granddaughter!

No wonder, after returning, he couldn't find the wealth accumulated by the Senju clan over generations—turns out it was already gone?!

What the hell was he even looking for then?!

"Actually, the village could cover this cost. If that's really not possible, I can also talk to Yuto and have him front the money. And I believe that if Second Hokage-sama spoke up, Danzo-sama and Third Hokage-sama would also be willing to pitch in. There's no need to go this far!"

"Forget it! Let's not trouble the village." Upon hearing the Fourth's words, Senju Tobirama sighed and shook his head, glancing down at a contract in his hand. "This will do!" Then, with anger on his face and gritting his teeth, he said, "Just looking at those two guys pisses me off! Let them fend for themselves here! I'm done with them!"

Moreover—

Uchiha Yuto was still an Uchiha. Even though he'd been kicked out of the clan long ago, Tobirama still couldn't bring himself to borrow money from a younger-generation Uchiha!

"I accept this commission! I'll do my best to assist in the research on traveling to the alternate ninja world. I'm also a bit curious about that world myself!"

As he spoke, he signed his name directly.

Then—

He handed the second copy of the contract to the Fourth Hokage, keeping one for himself. "Once I finish packing, I'll head to the lab!"

"No need to rush!" Minato, seeing that the Second Hokage had finally agreed to work off the debt, could only nod helplessly and smile, saying, "You can go after this year."

"Forget it! I'm worried that if I stay here any longer… with those two idiots around, even if I use Flying Thunder God and Shadow Clone Jutsu, I'll never be able to finish delivering all the takeout and packages across the ninja world!"

Senju Tobirama waved his hand and turned to leave without hesitation, cool and decisive.

He was already satisfied to receive this assignment.

After the damage assessment: 3.675 billion… he had almost thought he'd really have to deliver takeout using Flying Thunder God just to pay it off.

Although the Fourth Hokage had said the village could repay the debt—after all, he was the Second Hokage and had made indelible contributions to Konoha—even if it was tens of billions, it wouldn't be a problem. But precisely because he was the Second Hokage, he refused.

Embezzling public funds and accepting bribes were serious crimes!

Mitokado Homura had fallen from grace due to his greed in old age—embezzling and accepting bribes back then led to his current fate.

And let's not forget, you can still find this stuff online!

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi was suspected of misusing public funds…

If he agreed to it, the reputation the Senju clan had built up for generations would be ruined!

Besides, back in Orochimaru's black-hearted factory, he did research to make money to support his idiot brother's internet habits. Doing research now to pay off a debt wasn't a big deal.

"Sigh~" Minato let out a long sigh, looking at the desolate figure of the departing Second Hokage. In the end, he shook his head, carefully put away the contract in his hands, and muttered to himself, "Second Hokage-sama really has it tough…"

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"Tobirama! Tobirama! Please have some tea!"

"Hmph! Stupid Senju Tobirama… it's just a few dozen billion!"

"Enough! Stop bragging! With the way you are, not even a delivery company would hire you! So arrogant—you'd probably get penalized by bad reviews before you could even earn anything! Even if you were doing S-rank missions at one million apiece, you'd still need to do several hundred of them!" Senju Tobirama let out a cold, disdainful laugh, looking at one with a darkened face and the other with a bootlicking one, and said, "The matter has been settled! I'm leaving in a few days! You two just keep doing whatever you're doing! I'm done dealing with you!"

If he could go to the alternate ninja world, he would've left long ago.

It's better not to have this idiot big brother!

As those words fell—

Aside from Uchiha Madara letting out a cold snort, Senju Hashirama was immediately stunned. "Tobirama, you… you're leaving? Is it because of me? How about… Madara and I go deliver takeout to repay the debt instead!"

"This debt has already been handled." Senju Tobirama sighed and looked at his idiot brother's worried face. Deep down, he still felt a bit softhearted. "Most of the clan's land has been sold by Tsunade." At this, he looked around in confusion. "Where is Tsunade?"

"Oh~ Tsunade? She said the ninja world is so big, she wants to go explore it. She suddenly packed her bags and left last night, said she won't be back anytime soon! Thinking she's still young, I agreed!"

"…"

This girl…

She was definitely spoiled rotten by this idiot big brother and sister-in-law!

The corner of Senju Tobirama's mouth twitched, but he didn't say more and continued, "I'll be helping the Five Great Ninja Villages with an experiment as a way to pay off the debt. As for when I'll return… I'm not sure for now. The only livable space left is this small house…"

Before he could finish—

"Oh, so that's all it is? You scared me!" Senju Hashirama instantly let out a breath of relief, patting his chest and directly interrupting Tobirama's words with a cheerful smile, "I thought you didn't want your big brother anymore and wanted to leave!"

Then he put on a serious expression. "Tobirama, go ahead without worries! Don't worry, I can take care of myself!"

"…"

This idiot.

Looking at his big brother, who couldn't wait for him to leave, Tobirama's eye twitched. But after thinking about it, he let it go. After all, he was leaving. He grumbled, "Patch up this broken house properly later with Wood Release—it'll at least keep out wind and rain. Just live your life properly! Don't starve to death!"

"Don't worry! I'm the God of the Ninja World! I'm a grown man! How could I possibly starve to death?"

"If it were just you, I wouldn't be worried, but…" Tobirama snorted coldly and glanced at the sinister Uchiha Madara beside him, then said with disdain, "With this guy around, I'm not so sure anymore!"

"Stupid Senju Tobirama, what did you just say?"

"Whatever. I'm packing and leaving now!"

Very soon—

Under Uchiha Madara's fierce glare and Senju Hashirama's cheerful smile, Senju Tobirama finished packing. In the end, after giving one last reminder, he turned and left.

Next, he needed to focus on… the research into how to reach the alternate ninja world.

Meanwhile—

Seeing that Senju Tobirama had already left, Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara snapped out of it. Scratching their heads as they looked around at the ruins, Hashirama said, "Madara, let's rebuild it."

"This is all your fault, you idiot! You're the one who's dumb but still won't admit it!"

"Hey hey, Madara! This only happened because you wouldn't join the team!"

"Pah! This is all your fault, Hashirama!"

"Damn it! I was this close to winning!"

However—

Just as the two were about to start rebuilding the ruins, for no reason at all… they started fighting again.

As for the rebuilding of the ruins—

The two of them seemed to have… completely forgotten!