Three days later, as soon as his ability refreshed, Uchiha Yoichi left the village.
His luck wasn't too bad; he used the "Stealing" ability three times. Twice, he unexpectedly acquired a physique that absorbs natural energy, while one unlucky attempt got him a smelly sock.
The enhancement from the two physiques greatly improved Uchiha Yoichi's perception, absorption, and control over natural energy.
During his first absorption of natural energy, Uchiha Yoichi found the power overpowering, constantly trying to erode his body. He could only use his chakra to balance it to prevent natural energy erosion.
But after stealing the physique that absorbs natural energy twice more, his control and affinity with natural energy increased significantly, and now he could freely control its absorption.
He speculated that if he could steal the natural energy absorption physique five times, he'd essentially achieve perfect mastery over natural energy, akin to the ancestor of his clan six hundred years ago.
As for this month's refreshed ability, it added a bit of anticipation for Uchiha Yoichi.
[Lucky Draw]: Every day, you can randomly refresh an item.
The ability description is just one sentence; it should be similar to a random draw.
After leaving the village, Uchiha Yoichi tried using this lucky draw ability.
[Ability Activation Successful, Congratulations on drawing a Salmon Set Meal, would you like to claim it?]
"Alright, alright, bring me this one then!"
Uchiha Yoichi's mouth twitched; he should have known that the ability has infinite highs and infinite lows.
It can draw out a two-dimensional foil weapon just as it can draw a pile of poop, with no item limitations, you could draw almost anything, all depends on personal luck.
Salmon set meal… it's not bad, at least it's not poop.
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In the following period, Uchiha Yoichi didn't rush back to the Land of Rivers but stopped by the Uchiha Pharmaceutical Factory when passing through the Land of Fire.
Now, the pharmaceutical factory has signed contracts with thirteen medicinal material suppliers. The Uchiha clan allows them to raise prices appropriately every three years, but the medicinal materials must be supplied to Uchiha first.
This contract is signed for thirty years, essentially monopolizing the future business of medicinal material suppliers from the Land of Fire and surrounding small countries.
As for those medicinal material suppliers, seeing a long-term stable business in hand, of course, they willingly sign it.
Once they sign the trade contract, if they regret it later, they must consider if there's a Uchiha kunai hard at their heads.
"Mr. Yoichi, the stored medicinal materials are now enough for the factory to run continuously for four months, and after three months, another batch will be delivered. If production is too high but cannot be sold…"
"Don't worry, it will definitely be sold, Mr. Toshiki."
Uchiha Yoichi wasn't worried at all, he said to Uchiha Toshiki: "These are recommended by Tsunade, remember to catch some key points when advertising: top-tier Medical Saint in the Ninja World, who spent five years researching painstakingly to come up with these supplements.
Who recommended these meds? Medical Saint, number one in medical level in the Ninja World, hearing this would you be tempted?"
Uchiha Toshiki thought for a moment, just the name Tsunade itself is pretty convincing, plus five years and painstaking research, he was indeed tempted: "I might really buy it; just for the sake of Tsunade's name, I must buy and try it."
"Those merchant nobles and officials think the same as you do. After all, Tsunade hasn't even taken any surgeries in the past two years. You can release another message saying the Medical Saint Tsunade has exhausted all her efforts to research these three medicines."
Uchiha Yoichi taught Uchiha Toshiki a few tricks, essentially fully utilizing Tsunade's reputation; after all, the name of the Medical Saint, even hostile ninja villages respect her skills.
Tsunade, in her current state, would not look at advertisements, and these medicines aren't aimed at ninjas at all; they will strategically avoid ninjas when marketing.
Uchiha Yoichi stayed in the pharmaceutical factory for about twenty days, taking it easy, until the time was almost up to head towards the Underground Gold Exchange in the Land of Wind.
As for the items drawn in these ten days or so, Uchiha Yoichi found them rather amusing.
[Immortal Bean], [Zisha Clay Teapot], [Half-smoked and discarded cigarette], [Turtle Sage's Sunglasses], [300 kilograms of Sea King Beast Belly Meat], [Three kilograms of sunflower seeds], [Saiyan Battle Suit Manufacturing Manual], [Three kilograms of crucian carp], [Hollowed Tortoise Shell] …
Among the items drawn in these almost twenty days, only [Immortal Bean] and [Saiyan Battle Suit Manufacturing Manual] were outstanding luck.
[300 kilograms of Sea King Beast Belly Meat] was okay too, can be cooked to taste when I get back.
After extracting these three items, Uchiha Yoichi carefully stored them away; as for the other items, they will disappear along with the next ability refresh.
No value in extraction.
Uchiha Yoichi wasn't expecting much; drawing one Immortal Bean was already hard to come by. As long as a person isn't dead, consuming an Immortal Bean would revive them energetically, equivalent to a second life.
He didn't rush while traveling, and now he was sure the intelligence on the death of the Third Generation Kazekage was acquired, finding Sasori's trace would be icing on the cake, but missing it wouldn't matter.
Other six intelligence-gathering task teams fruitlessly worked for a month; upon receiving the task, they should have realized that the intelligence of a village's Kage wouldn't be easy to glean.
Four days later.
Uchiha Yoichi arrived at the Underground Gold Exchange in the Land of Wind, and the time coincidentally marked a month.
The old man at the exchange turned around after seeing Uchiha Yoichi, placed a scroll on the table, and chuckled saying: "Perfect timing, it's indeed a stroke of luck, that genius puppet master you were looking into happened to place a commission with us.
About half a month ago, he was spotted in the Land of Crafts, though now his whereabouts are uncertain, this is from our probing and tracing his tracks from half a month ago."
Upon receiving it, Uchiha Yoichi asked: "What commission did he place?"
"We don't disclose the commissioner's information; the only thing I can tell you is that the genius puppet master is looking for someone."
The old man at the Underground Gold Exchange said, after observing Uchiha Yoichi: "Would you like to become a bounty hunter? Recently there's a high-value bounty, worth eighty million ryos, attracting plenty of bounty hunters."
Eighty million ryos, almost equivalent to two elite Jonin known worldwide; Uchiha Yoichi curiously asked: "What is the commission that has such a high bounty?"
"It is also a bounty hunter, but that bastard had a brain lapse and killed the commissioner; now our primary task is to find and kill him to restore reputation."
"I don't have time, find someone else!"