Mei Terumi's eyes widened suddenly as she asked, "What did you say?"
She almost swore, but she managed to hold it back to maintain her elegant image.
For a family token, the Hidden Mist Village almost sold her, the Mizukage, to the Game Merchant for money, and now someone actually dropped one from a Hell-level dungeon?
"Inferior version?"
"That's right. Compared to the family token sold at the auction, this one requires twenty silver material hearts to activate."
Mei Terumi rubbed her throbbing head, remaining silent.
Her long hair, which had covered most of her face, was now pulled back, revealing her beautiful and delicate features, though they were currently clouded with worry.
Fortunately,
the activation requirement for the inferior version of the family token was double that of the regular version; just the difficulty of activating it was terrifying.
Mei Terumi took a deep breath, calmed her emotions, and asked, "Who dropped the token? Can we buy it?"
If they could buy it, that would be a good thing.
It would be best if it was a rogue player, but if a faction dropped the token, they would definitely be unwilling to let go.
"It's Asuma," Chojuro said, lowering his head.
"Then there's no need to contact him. How many more materials do we need?"
Mei Terumi sighed. She had previously met the leader of the Wood Leaf Village forces and knew his Pay attention to of the Reincarnation Game was no less than anyone else's.
He would absolutely not give up such an opportunity to create a family.
Chojuro said, "We still need two more silver materials to activate the family token and establish a family."
Mei Terumi narrowed her eyes and said, "Give the assault team five more days. If they still can't drop enough materials, we'll buy them from the Merchant at a high price."
If they couldn't establish a family as quickly as possible, the auctioned family token would lose its advantage.
That damned Game Merchant.
He was trying to use this method to make people who bought family tokens spend money to establish families quickly.
But they simply couldn't resist. Having invested a large amount of funds early on, the loss would be too great if they gave up now or fell behind others.
On the other side,
Fang Yi's carriage had already arrived outside the city walls of Wood Leaf Village.
At the open gate, two spirited ninja sat at the registration desk, waiting for outsiders to enter the village.
"Thanks to the Chunin Exams, many generous nobles have come."
"That's right. That noble just gave you a tip, didn't he? Treat me to some grilled meat after work, Kotetsu."
Izumo Kamizuki tilted his head slightly, tidying the hair that covered half his face.
He looked enviously and jealously at Kotetsu, whose nose bridge was wrapped in a bandage. He was clearly more handsome, yet this guy received more tips.
Indeed, even nobles had flaws; they simply lacked taste.
As they chatted,
they suddenly saw a strangely shaped carriage slowly approaching from a distance, stopping steadily by the roadside.
The horses pulling the carriage were even more robust and tall than the daimyo who had arrived two days prior. Just looking at them made them feel invaluable, not the kind of species that ninja, who relied on mission requests, could afford.
The horses seemed to have a spiritual quality, stomping their hooves.
What was even stranger was that there was no coachman, yet the horses were unusually obedient, as if they had undergone very professional training.
Although there wasn't the grand entourage and numerous samurai guards like a daimyo, it was low-key luxury.
This instantly made the two guards at the gate perk up.
They quickly sat up straight.
Izumo Kamizuki respectfully said, "Sir, you need to register to enter the village."
"Fang Yi, noble of the Land of Fire, Game Merchant."
Fang Yi lifted the carriage curtain and politely nodded slightly to the two.
If he wished, ordinary people couldn't see Ah Fu at all.
For troublesome matters like registration, Ah Fu directly activated his invisibility mode. As a world consciousness, he could instantly transform into a void state and attach himself to his master.
"Welcome, esteemed noble sir."
Kotetsu quickly interjected, "Our Konoha Hidden Village is the strongest village. If you have any requests in the future, you can find us to solve them for you. All ninja are at your command at any time."
In their eyes, nobles were walking gold mines; any casual mission request could bring a large income to the village.
However, a noble who was also a Merchant?
This made Kotetsu feel a bit strange. Those haughty nobles usually left their businesses to samurai and Merchants to manage; he hadn't expected a noble to be willing to personally oversee them.
No wonder he was so approachable when talking to them.
If only all nobles were like this.
Although they received many tips, they also received many disdainful looks during this period. Most nobles were generous, but equally difficult to get along with.
Fang Yi asked curiously, "Can I even hire the Hokage?"
He wondered what would happen if he offered a commission to hire Sarutobi Hiruzen to assassinate Pain.
Izumo Kamizuki looked troubled and said, "Theoretically, you can indeed hire the Hokage, but because the village needs the Hokage to defend against external enemies, the Hokage generally does not accept commissions."
You just praised me for being polite, and now you're giving me a difficult problem, aren't you?
"I was just asking casually, you don't need to mind."
Fang Yi smiled and casually pulled out two thumb-sized gold nuggets, placing them in their hands.
Feeling the heavy weight and seeing the gleaming golden color,
the two security brothers' eyes went straight. To give out gold so casually, even a daimyo wasn't this generous. Who exactly was this guy?
Watching Fang Yi's receding back, the two exchanged glances, unable to suppress their envy and jealousy.
Damn nobles.
Soon, other ninja came to relieve them.
It was a Byakugan branch family girl with a forehead protector and an Inuzuka clan member with face paint.
Kiba Inuzuka showed his gleaming white teeth and laughed, "You two, the Hokage has assigned us to temporarily take over the gate guard duty."
The branch family girl nodded, adding, "Most of the nobles have already arrived. Next will be people from various ninja villages, so sensory-type ninja like us will be needed."
Matters involving other ninja villages were always very serious.
After all, although peace was maintained on the surface, the system of the Ninja World dictated that they could not get along peacefully with each other.
Normally, there was a barrier squad, and foreign ninja were strictly prohibited from entering.
But now, during the Chunin Exams, they had to prevent any ill-intentioned individuals from sneaking into the village.
"Wait, who is he?"
Kiba Inuzuka sat at the registration desk with a normal expression, not noticing anything unusual.
However, the branch family girl, who was a member of the fourth squad of the Wood Leaf Village forces in the Reincarnation Game, suddenly changed her expression, pointing to a line of text in the registration book.
Fang Yi, noble of the Land of Fire, Game Merchant.
Kotetsu glanced at it and explained, "A noble who just entered the village. He had documents proving his noble status, and we didn't sense any Chakra fluctuations in him. Is there a problem?"
"Game Merchant…"
The branch family girl's expression became serious. She said, "Kiba Inuzuka, you and Izumo Kamizuki stay here and guard. Kotetsu, come with me to the Hokage Building to report immediately."
It would be fine if it was a false alarm, but if it was true, then it would be troublesome.
The Game Merchant had actually come to Wood Leaf Village!
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