Ino searched Tayuya's memories.
The cun hua of Otogakure's Ninjutsu was to use a flute to control three idiots to 'didi da ren' (a type of delivery service, but here it implies beating people up).
Ino looked it over and over, but there really wasn't anything remarkable.
However, Tayuya's Genjutsu, Demonic Flute: Phantom Sound Chains, was a B-rank Genjutsu and very valuable. Ino extracted all the methods, secrets, and experience of using this technique from her memory. She could practice this technique later.
She briefly looked at the Four Violet Flames Formation that Tayuya had mastered. She now somewhat looked down on this kind of Ninjutsu; it was too low-level. Tsunade knew the Four Red Yang Formation, and she could learn that advanced version later.
After implanting stronger mental suggestions into Tayuya's mind, Ino transformed into a silver light and returned to Konoha Village.
A quarter of an hour later, the cun hua of Otogakure stood up, feeling dazed.
Had she fainted earlier? She was a little confused.
"Hmm?" She suddenly noticed that she had an additional sealing scroll in her hand, marked with the character "Sound."
She carefully opened the scroll.
White smoke dispersed, and Tayuya saw a half-mechanical, half-flesh corpse, its back covered in dense red tumors, and a giant, vibrant flower growing from its neck.
Although it had no head, she was all too familiar with this large body; wasn't this Jirobo?
The petals of the giant flower opened, and countless stamens looked at her like eyes.
She was not a fragile girl and had blood on her hands, but at this moment, she still felt immense mental pressure. She asked, "Is that you, fatso? Didn't you die?…"
The giant flower on Jirobo's neck seemed to hear something, swaying gently, as if nodding like a human.
Tayuya "…"
She felt a little creeped out!
There were instructions for use within the sealing scroll. She could use her flute to control this Jirobo, who no longer looked very human.
Tayuya kept flipping through and found more writing further on.
"I am Orochimaru. I am not dead, but hiding in a secret place to recover from my injuries. I cannot show my face right now. I need you to help me get some money. Once I recover, the Hidden Sound Village will be yours!"
After reading this passage, Tayuya snorted. The strong suggestion in her mind, combined with Orochimaru's past authority, made her believe that "Orochimaru" turning Jirobo into this monstrous state was, firstly, a threat, and secondly, a form of surveillance.
This was indeed very much like Orochimaru's style of doing things.
Learning that Orochimaru was not dead and could continue to torment her, she didn't feel much anger; instead, she felt a little joy. How wonderful, how truly wonderful! Lord Orochimaru is still alive!
She took out her transverse flute and rudely yelled, "Dead fatso, come here! Let me see how much power you still have!"
Ino was very happy to have passed a small problem to Orochimaru.
Tsunade's problem, the First Hokage's problem, Orochimaru's problem—the recent issues weren't major, but accumulating them, she also gained two 'problem points.'
She planned to increase her'Spirit' from 9 to 10, but she still needed to save up for a while.
Seeing the two 'problem points' sitting there, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to resist using them immediately, so she could only distract herself by causing trouble.
She remembered the saying, 'When entrusted by others, be loyal to their affairs.' Since she had agreed to the housing matter, she had to see it through.
Find tenants!
Those impoverished commoners wouldn't do. The old Uchiha Clan compound was desolate, a veritable haunted house, and no one wanted to live there. This required a specific type of tenant.
Seeing Sasuke sweating profusely as he diligently practiced swordsmanship in the training ground, Ino transformed into Sasuke and went to the homes of Sasuke's fangirls to find people.
"You see, my house is quite big, isn't it?"
"Now I plan to rent out all the vacant rooms in my house. Do you have any interest? The location is a bit remote, but the rent is truly not expensive, only thirty-eight thousand a month."
The fangirls were excited. Even a fool understood the principle of 'the closer to the water, the sooner one sees the moon.' What more was there to say? Rent, rent, rent! Not renting meant not being a Konoha person!
Ino treated everyone equally, not even sparing Sakura.
"You wouldn't want other seductive hussies to take on the Uchiha surname, would you?"
Sakura immediately went all out, renting the courtyard closest to Sasuke.
It was truly close; they were only separated by a wall, but it was also truly expensive.
The rent alone was fifty thousand ryo a month. It was only because everyone had been frantically doing missions recently, spurred on by Ino, and she, clinging to Naruto and Sasuke's strong coattails, had completed many missions and saved some money. Otherwise, she wouldn't even be able to afford the rent.
Thirty-eight thousand per family. Ino rented out twelve families in one go. Adding Sakura's fifty thousand ryo, that was a monthly income of...
She handed two hundred thousand ryo to Sasuke and stated that he would receive this amount every month from now on.
Sasuke was astonished, thinking, 'My old broken-down houses can be rented for so much money?' Impressive!
He then signed a full power of attorney with Ino, completely washing his hands of the housing matter.
With the full power of attorney, Ino completely unleashed her abilities.
Is just rent enough?
This is just the beginning.
"You wouldn't want your home's furnishings to be old-fashioned and then be scorned by Sasuke, would you?"
"You wouldn't want the courtyard you're renting to be dilapidated and then be disliked by Sasuke, would you?"
"You wouldn't want your house to be exactly like those of other seductive hussies, lacking individuality, and then be ignored by Sasuke, would you?"
"Magnificent furniture, neatly arranged courtyards, uniquely styled homes—Cross Guild can provide all these things! Beautiful ladies, come sign the renovation agreement!"
Ino sent Karin out to negotiate with each family.
The project grew larger and larger, and many families began to find it difficult to afford.
While some families might have seen it as a rare opportunity, hoping to use their daughters to ensnare Uchiha Sasuke and then recruit him into their family to incorporate the Bloodline Limit of the Sharingan, most families were just ordinary civilian Ninja with no such grand ambitions.
Ino was demanding too much money, so they discussed it with their daughters, saying, "Look, we can do things like building furniture and painting ourselves. We can also do some of the courtyard leveling ourselves. There's no need to hire outsiders for everything."
More than ten families moved into the old Uchiha Clan compound with their daughters. Now, every bit they could save was a gain.
The Uchiha Clan compound was quite desolate and lacked everything. They needed to eat and have essential living supplies. Moving in now also stimulated some business opportunities.
Ino timely proposed the [Old House Renovation Plan] and the [Large-Scale Development Plan for the Naka River and its Surrounding Land] to the Village.
She was a Chunin, had proven her abilities in public, and had the right to make suggestions to the Village's higher-ups. Moreover, she was also Tsunade's disciple and the heir to Ino–Shika–Choji, giving her even greater implicit influence.
Jiraiya decided to come and see for himself. Being cooped up in the office all day, he felt like he was growing mold.
When he came to see, ah! The scene was truly lively! So many beautiful girls...
The Uchiha Clan compound, which had been like wasteland, now had over ten families, making it dozens of people. Adding the carpenters and masons from Cross Guild, it was bustling with people, looking very lively.
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