Red Nara

- No word to the lazy, haul that load yourself! Actually, the reward isn't that big of a problem, since I rarely leave the village and most bounty hunters or oinin of enemy villages would think a hundred times before trying to get me," I dismissed their concerns.

At least now I have the promotion in my pocket, the main task is to live up to it.

- Okay, we need to show this to everyone," I jumped to my feet after a brief silence, "get out, all of you, get out!

I locked the door with a key and put a security seal on it, leaving the trio of Ino-Shik-Cho and the ears of the chunin out of the way.

- The reception is canceled for today," I shouted to those waiting in the hallway and left for the shunshin.

Swinging over the fence in the clan quarter (Keiko was running the shop today) and wincing at the unpleasant sensation of overcoming the kekkai, I crossed the empty space of the training ground and ran into the hallway.

- Ma, come here!

Finding several sources of chakra in the kitchen, I hurried over there.

- Ryo-kun?

- Look! - I smirked, slapping the opened search book on the table in front of the original and a couple of clones busy cooking.

- What's this? - Frowning, Saya came closer and leaned over it, the copies at her sides.

Watching the expressions on their faces change from surprise to horror, I only had time to jump closer when the one on Ma's left grabbed her heart and started to fall on her tucked legs. Looks like the real one.

Surprised to see Saya hanging on my arm, I recognized that she had fainted and had a small heart attack, and immediately leveled the effects of it. Sighing, I carried her to the couch in the living room and went back for the book.

- Three to thirty million ryo!!!? - The clones died, exclaiming almost simultaneously.

It looked like they would have fainted, too, if the Kage Bunshin could do that.

- Well, thirty and thirty, as if anyone could get it," I snorted, picking up the quest book and slipping it into my cloak pocket.

- N-but that's a real sentence!

Taking off my glasses and lowering my mask, I looked reproachfully at both Saya and sighed:

- Well ma, I killed three not the weakest jonin in the last skirmish and captured two more almost single-handedly, and you're worrying about some stupid reward!

- For thirty million ryo, many of the strongest of the strong would not hesitate to start a hunt," one copy sobbed, and the other nodded in agreement.

- Actually, I'm also a sensor, so I can always avoid a fight if the odds aren't in my favor," he reminded them.

Pulling the copies to me, I wrapped my arms around them and stroked their backs soothingly.

- So far I've been the one who's had to worry more about your safety, and I'm a second-degree iryo-nin in addition to my survivability, so it's more likely that Sarutobi will be killed than me, so bring the original to consciousness, and I'll run to show the book to the others.

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