Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Yoshiko lived on the second floor.

Fukuyama Sawa lived on the third and fourth floors, and even on the roof.

"Why is there only alcohol in the fridge? Has Xiao Nan gone astray too?" Bai Xing took out a frozen can of beer.

He sat down on the sofa and started drinking, then turned on the TV to watch a program.

"Speaking of which, shouldn't she have been off work long ago?" Bai Xing looked at the clock; it was 6:21 PM.

......

The bills—all the bills for today are laid out in Xiao Nan's store manager's office.

There were even documents sent by companies from the Land of Fire.

"Loss".

"Loss".

"Still losing money."

Xiao Nan lay on the table, no matter how she calculated it, this month was still a loss, just like last month.

If this continues, the shop will soon be unable to continue operating! She's going to have to file for bankruptcy.

She picked up the document the company had sent her; it read: "Due to the war and unrest within the Land of Fire, transportation costs have increased..."

all in all.

The problem is that you have to hire ninjas for transportation, otherwise they will rob you.

However, if every trip requires ninja escorts, the cost would be far too high.

Moreover, many official roads were blown to smithereens by the ninja battles, making it impossible for carriages to transport supplies.

"They were fine the month before last... but they quit after being robbed once. If all else fails, I can get some people from the Xiaoshang Association to escort them." Xiao Nan stared at the documents, muttering to herself.

Of course, this plan is unreasonable. The Akatsuki Merchant Guild of the Land of Rain is also tightening its belt, so offering free escorts is naturally out of the question.

But with no one transporting the supplies, the company's share of the profits from the partnership is decreasing.

From the previous year, annual income dropped from 15 million taels to 5 million taels.

This year is even worse; after more than six months, there's only 500,000 left...

"I guess the situation is the same in the Land of Thunder and the ancient Loulan Kingdom."

The Xiaoshang Association extended cooperation invitations to both the ancient Loulan Kingdom and the Thunder Kingdom.

The Land of Lightning has been in existence for three years.

The ancient kingdom of Loulan, two years.

The cooperation with the ancient kingdom of Loulan mainly involves selling Loulan products in Amegakure and other cities in the local land of rain.

Meanwhile, the Land of Thunder also sells products from the ancient Loulan Kingdom, earning commissions in the process.

In general, Akatsuki companies in the Land of Lightning have an average annual income of three million ryo of Lightning currency.

In the Land of Rain, there are also Rain Coins with an average annual income of around ten million taels.

But now that war has broken out, the distribution channels in the Land of Lightning are probably not working, and the sales operations within the Land of Rain are probably about the same.

Chapter 164 The Death of Konan

After closing the shop, she went to the market and bought some nearly spoiled lettuce. Then, staring at the fish basket, the owner gave Xiao Nan a speechless look.

In the end, Xiao Nan successfully spotted a fish in the fish basket and bought a cheap one to take home.

"I saved money again today!"

Despite being the vice president of the chamber of commerce, Xiao Nan is actually very frugal.

But in some aspects, she won't give up easily.

For example, even though hiring staff would lead to losses for the store, she hasn't given up on her two lovely employees.

"If all else fails, how about selling something else? How about some ramen? The economy is in a slump right now, and apart from food, it's really hard to do anything else."

As Xiao Nan opened the door, she pondered when to do it.

She seemed to hear sounds coming from inside the house.

"Thief?"

Xiao Nan immediately became a little nervous, and her hand holding the vegetable basket trembled slightly.

But next second.

"???"

I'm a ninja! What am I afraid of, a thief!

But fearing she might lose the shopping basket during the fight, she deliberately put it down, turned the lock, and pushed the door open to go inside.

"Come out! You foolish thief, daring to target my ninja home. It seems Konoha's security hasn't been very good lately!"

quiet--

Apart from the sounds of Xiao Nan and the television, there was no echo.

Xiao Nan froze, then cautiously went inside, only to find an open beer bottle and some peanuts on the living room table, along with a Japanese comedy show playing...

"Nobody's here. Looks like I forgot because I was busy. Ugh, what a mess. I'll go get the shopping basket from the door first."

Xiao Nan muttered to herself, trying her best to calm herself down as she walked towards the door.

Just a few steps away, a new Xiao Nan suddenly walked in, grabbed the vegetable basket, and slowly closed the door.

"The food was good today. There was even fish. Are you planning to make some fish soup?"

"Who are you."

Xiao Nan tried to steady her breathing and glanced at the balcony.

That was the only place to escape.

As for why they fled.

She hadn't noticed any signs of anyone leaving since she came in...

And then another unidentified person entered from outside.

This is enough to show that the person who entered her house was not an ordinary thief! But a professional ninja, and there were two or more of them!

The reason she was able to live in Konoha Village was because she adopted the identity of an ordinary person who gave up her ninja career and became an ordinary shopkeeper.

Once she uses ninjutsu and demonstrates Jonin-level strength, will Konoha Village still let her live easily? How many people will be monitoring her then, or even taking the opportunity to deal with her...?

"Me?" The 'Konan' in front, carrying a shopping basket, pointed to herself. The real Konan nodded, and then Shirahoshi, who was impersonating Konan, revealed her Mangekyou Sharingan: "I am you. Konan-kun~"

"not good!"

Upon seeing those eyes, Xiao Nan immediately turned around, and a paper shield appeared in front of her.

He used his paper-throwing technique to smash through the closed balcony glass, and his body began to turn into paper pieces...

"The Dance of Shikigami, a Logia-type Paper Release ability? You've developed it a bit too quickly, Konan." Shirahoshi smiled slightly.

Keep in mind that Konan is only fifteen years old this year, and she hasn't even reached the point where Obito turned evil yet, but she can already use this ability.

This is enough to show that his teaching was far superior to Jiraiya's.

......

"We must seek rescue! Now is not the time to hide our strength!"

After rushing out of her room, Xiao Nan looked around.

Before Konan could react, Konoha ninjas dressed in green armor and Konoha ninjas dressed as ANBU appeared all around her.

"It's an intruder!"

"No, I'm not an intruder! I'm the manager of [Akatsuki no Mushroom Delight] from the Akatsuki Trading Company!"

"It really does seem to be her." The captain of the Anbu stepped forward. "What happened? And why are you using such advanced ninjutsu?"

Konan was panting. Her Shikigami Dance couldn't be maintained for as long as in the later stages, so she tried to minimize the consumption of chakra.

After landing, Konan relaxed her guard and unleashed the extremely energy-consuming Paper Dance: "Someone broke into my house..."

Members of the Dark Guard approached from four directions and swiftly pierced Xiao Nan's body.

"puff!"

The blade pierced through Xiaonan's body at four angles.

The Konoha ninjas and Anbu ninjas around them were very indifferent, as if it were a perfectly normal thing.

"W-why..." Konan didn't understand. Even if her identity as a ninja was exposed, could it be that her years of cultivation in Konoha...

Just then, the ANBU member who had stabbed Konan spoke up, saying, "There's no reason why, it's just that you've been abandoned by the times."

......

In reality.

Shirahoshi immediately used illusion magic to control Konan, then went to her side, took out an agreement, and made her sign, affix her fingerprint, and stamp it.

"In this way, as long as Saya signs, the village shop, the company's share of the profits, and even this house will belong to Saya."

Bai Xing stepped forward and hugged the unconscious Xiao Nan. "Xiao Nan, you've worked so hard. You've been running this business for so long. But it's time for the Xiaoshang Association to come to an end."

"This amount of money is nothing compared to Loulan. It's not even as much as Shayu."

After subduing Konan with illusion magic, a slime clone was left behind to take Konan's form and complete the asset transfer of this business.

"Your work will be finished once I've completed the copy."

"I know the original body." The Shirahoshi clone, disguised as Konan, sat on the sofa, picked up the beer Shirahoshi was drinking from, found it empty, and went to the refrigerator to get another can.

"She's under a lot of pressure. She's even developed a drinking habit. You mustn't mistreat her, she's still calling you 'brother' no matter what."

"You don't need to tell me," Bai Xing retorted, then vanished using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

After drinking half a can, Bai Xing's clone glanced at the vegetable basket and gasped at the quality of the vegetables inside.