"Kakashi, you don't need to be concerned about this kind of thing. The First Generation Hokage established the village to protect the future, not for you to think about politics."
Hatake Sakumo saw the six or seven-year-old Kakashi starting to think about these things, and he wasn't sure whether to be happy or amused.
The atmosphere in the village has already led six or seven-year-old children to consider politics, which is too much of a failure.
"Everyone living in the village is a companion. Whoever you want to interact with, go ahead and interact. You don't need to think too much on my behalf. If you think Uchiha Yoichi is a friend you can confide in, then interact with him in your way."
"Don't overthink, Kakashi. I might be gone for quite some time on this mission, but I'll give you the money..."
Halfway through, Hatake Sakumo suddenly realized that Kakashi had more money than he did. Having completed just two tasks, he earned over 30 million ryo, as gained from the task where others couldn't complain.
The money is still with Kakashi, and the reason Sakumo didn't take it back is that he trusts Kakashi enough to abstain from the three ninja prohibitions.
"I'll take good care of myself, don't worry, Father."
Kakashi didn't say anything like "good luck with the task" because, in his impression, his father never failed a task, and this time should be no exception.
After Hatake Sakumo left, Kakashi tidied up a bit and prepared to look for Uchiha Yoichi.
Now there are rules on the number of people in a task squad in the village; although he's a bit young, he's already a Chunin. Without a task squad, he can't even accept C-Class tasks, and D-Class tasks, aside from looking good on his resume, don't really serve Kakashi.
After returning, Kakashi tried joining a task squad, but after completing a task, he withdrew.
The reason was a difference in working style, and the new squadmates weren't very friendly to Kakashi, the young genius.
To them, twelve or thirteen-year-old Genin, having a six-year-old Chunin in the squad made them seem especially useless. Moreover, they didn't want to listen to Kakashi, but due to the ninja rank, they had no choice, and such a squad atmosphere could not last long.
Most importantly, Uchiha Yoichi did not treat him like a child, making Kakashi feel that teaming with Uchiha Yoichi was much better than other task squads in the village.
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"Jonin Ikemoto, are these the three types of medicine I wanted?"
Uchiha Yoichi entered Ikemoto's office and saw three small pills on the table.
"Mr. Yoichi, yes, these are the ones. These two pills are health products, and this one is that... health pill you mentioned."
Ikemoto recalled the name, found it odd sounding, but since he didn't name it, he didn't care too much.
"Due to significantly reduced costs, these two health products need to be taken for a long time to be effective. As for this one..., hehe, it takes effect in about ten minutes after consumption..."
At the end, Ikemoto's face showed an inexplicable smile, as if he had tried it himself.
Uchiha Yoichi picked up the medicine nearby, examined it carefully, and there were details of the medicinal materials, production process, and the cost of the ingredients.
According to Ikemoto's recorded list of ingredients, the cost of the first two health products only came to thirty ryo because each pill was only four grams, not weighing much, and didn't even cost the price of a bowl of ramen.
However, the cost of the last type of pill was higher, about ninety ryo each.
Still, it was quite cheap, mass procurement could save a lot of money; plus, the cost of health products is less than half a bowl of ramen.
By then, the price of health products would increase fivefold, to one hundred fifty ryo per pill, and the health pill price would quadruple, then rounded up to four hundred ryo per pill.
It might be a bit expensive for ordinary people, but this stuff targets wealthy individuals from the outset.
There will also be a civilian version, with health product costs reduced to ten ryo per pill, then sold at thirty ryo per pill, the price of half a bowl of ramen, making it affordable, and eating regularly will be somewhat beneficial to the body.
Uchiha Yoichi quickly thought about the Uchiha Health Medicine Association's pricing for medicines, but there was still a challenge in how to market the medicines.
"Jonin Ikemoto, I'm very satisfied with these three types of medicine. Here's the payment, please take it."
After taking the payment out from the sealing scroll, Uchiha Yoichi pushed the money box over.
As for warning Ikemoto not to leak the medicine formula, Uchiha Yoichi didn't mention it because any ordinary ninja who isn't mentally unbalanced wouldn't want to offend the Uchiha.
As for others possibly counterfeiting? Apart from those in the Great Ninja Village, Uchiha Yoichi wasn't really afraid of them counterfeiting.
The initial purpose of the pharmaceutical business, aside from making money for himself, was to establish a Uchiha welfare system; if anyone wanted to sabotage this, even before Uchiha Yoichi intervened, those benefiting Uchiha Clan Members would actively eliminate the individual.
"Thank you, Mr. Yoichi. If you need anything in the future, feel free to come to me."
After keeping the money box, Ikemoto smiled at Uchiha Yoichi and said, while he's not someone who loves money, earning a sizeable amount during his leisure time to improve his family's life wasn't bad.
"There will definitely be cooperation opportunities in the future."
Uchiha Yoichi suddenly thought of something and asked, "Jonin Ikemoto, does Tsunade have a good reputation among ordinary people?"
"Lady Tsunade?"
Jonin Ikemoto was momentarily stunned and then replied, "I don't know much about ordinary people, but a lot of nobles from the Land of Fire often send people to Lady Tsunade. Some diseases difficult to treat would definitely be cured once in Lady Tsunade's hands…"
"However, Lady Tsunade seems to have taken fewer surgical cases in recent years, occasionally treating some aristocratic businessmen."
Uchiha Yoichi nodded in understanding; the ordinary people he referred to were those wealthy nobles, and it appears Tsunade, as the Medical Saint, is quite renowned among the noble businessmen in the Land of Fire.
Jonin Ikemoto further added, "By the way, Lady Tsunade treated a noble who came from the Land of Hot Water today and should still be in the hospital.... Recently Lady Tsunade seems to be treating more people again, and I wonder if there's a chance to watch Lady Tsunade perform surgery. One could learn quite a lot of useful medical knowledge by her side…"
"Is that so? Thank you for informing me, Jonin Ikemoto."
After speaking, Uchiha Yoichi took the medicine information and left, heading towards the top floor of Konoha Hospital as per Ikemoto's directions.
Upon arriving at the office where Tsunade usually stayed, Uchiha Yoichi knocked on the door. Initially, there was no response from within, so he knocked harder with more force until an abruptly awakened voice responded from inside.
"Who, who's there? Come in!"