This ninja in Naruto is unscientific

"I should have applied to be an ambassador!"

Hearing Shikaku's wails, Nishikawa Tetsu picked up his teacup and slowly delivered the final blow.

"You can ask Haiyi if he's willing to switch with you."

"He's in Iwagakure, handling embassy matters, accompanying Onoki to inspect the railway, and chasing up payments for the project. I heard that the first thing the Tsuchikage says to him now is, 'Can you give me a discount?'"

Shikaku remained silent for a moment.

"Then forget it."

Blind dates are only occasionally a nightmare, but dealing with Onoki is a nightmare every day.

Minato smiled and shook his head, then unfolded the node planning diagram on the table.

"Alright, let's get down to business. The list that Lu Shou sent is here; take a look."

Upon hearing about work, Lu Jiu finally sat up straight on the sofa and dragged his chair to the table.

On the map, several major granaries and armories of the Land of Fire have been circled, with nearby towns and roads marked next to them.

Nishikawa Tetsu put down his teacup, picked up his pen, and gestured between two places.

"These two places aren't far apart, so we can send someone to check them out first to see if we can share a handover point. Don't spread them out too much in the first batch; let's figure out the manpower and rotation arrangements first."

"We still need to confirm with the people in Daming Prefecture." Shikaku looked down at the list. "Who will escort the goods from the armory, and who will pick them up when they arrive? We can't keep having the caster standing there waiting for them to find someone every time."

Minato nodded and wrote it down on the paper.

The three of them discussed the map for a while. By the time Nishikawa Tetsu picked up his teacup again, the tea inside had gone cold.

"Okay, that's all for today. You can handle the site selection. I'll go back and have Kazushima estimate the initial investment based on this list."

He carefully put away the paper filled with annotations and stood up.

"As for the investment requests from those families, Minister Xiaochun has already taken them over. At least there's one thing I don't have to worry about."

Shikaku looked up and glanced at him.

"No wonder you had time to come over for tea today; it turns out you handed over your troubles."

"That's called a reasonable division of labor!"

Nishikawa Tetsu replied confidently, then took the documents and left the office.

Upon returning to the Ministry of Finance, he handed over the preliminary list of key nodes to Ichijima, and then began to review the materials and quotations sent by the research institute.

Before I knew it, it was time to get off work.

……

The following afternoon.

Ministry of Finance, Vice Minister's Office.

Just as Nishikawa Tetsu finished reviewing the draft budget prepared by Ichishima, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in."

Ichijima pushed open the door and walked in.

"Vice Minister, Minister Koharu requests your presence. Clan Chief Hiashi Hyuga is also there."

Nishikawa Tetsu put down the documents in his hand.

"When did Chief Rizu arrive?"

"I arrived in the afternoon and have been talking with the minister for a while," Ichishima replied. "The minister was at the Hokage Building all morning, and when he came back, he asked me to prepare materials for the meeting. He even specially asked someone to invite the head of the Hiashi clan."

It seems there's progress on the share allocation.

Nishikawa Tetsu closed the draft budget and stood up to straighten his clothes.

"Okay, I'll be right there."

……

Ministry of Finance, Minister's Office.

When Nishikawa Tetsu pushed open the door, Hyuga Hiashi was sitting on the sofa to the side, with an open file folder on the coffee table next to him.

Minister Koharu sat behind her desk, with a messy draft of the share allocation spread out in front of her.

However, the previously empty space now has several lines of red annotations.

"You're here? Please have a seat."

Xiaochun pointed to the chair opposite the Japanese football team.

"I've already discussed the arrangements for the remaining shares of Speedrunner with Hiruzen and En. Since Clan Chief Hiashi Hyuga is here today, I'd like you to join us."

"Minister Xiaochun, you've worked hard."

Nishikawa Tetsu sat down obediently, his smile as sweet as could be.

Hiashi Hyuga glanced at him.

Earlier in this kid's office, before I could even finish speaking, I was shut down by the statement that we would not accept large-scale external financing for the time being.

This kid didn't look like this back then.

"The parts that have already been determined will remain unchanged."

Xiaochun picked up her pen and tapped the empty area on the sketch.

"Of the remaining 28%, 12% will be allocated this time to accept investments from families within the village. Each family can subscribe to a maximum of 3%."

Three percent?

Nishikawa Tetsu subconsciously looked at Hiashi.

This is quite a far cry from the 20% he had previously asked for.

Hiashi noticed his gaze, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and showed no change in expression.

Clearly, Minister Xiaochun had already spoken with him before he arrived.

"What about the remaining sixteen percent?" Nishikawa Tetsu asked.

"Keep it for now."

Xiaochun answered very decisively.

"The company hasn't officially started yet; we haven't even decided how many nodes we'll add or how many people we'll hire."

"We'll talk about it when we expand the scale later and need to bring in new investment and talent. We have to leave ourselves some room for maneuver."

Nishikawa Tetsuya paused for a moment, then touched his nose.

It really is.

He was so focused on dividing the cake so that no one would object that he forgot there was no need to divide it all at once.

"Furthermore, participation in investment is one thing, but participation in investment is another."

Xiaochun put down her pen and looked at the two of them.

"Accounts that should be made public must be made public, and dividends that are due must be received according to the agreement. However, who is responsible for scheduling, who can enter the transmission site, and who manages the technical personnel must all be done in accordance with the company's bylaws."

"Just because someone invested money doesn't mean their goods will always be ahead of others."

Nishikawa Tetsu nodded repeatedly.

If the Hyuga says they have shares and should give them away first, and the Uchiha says they also have shares and should give them away first, then the Ino-Shika-Cho trio can join in the fun.

From now on, Konoha Express will be free to do nothing but move boxes for those families every day!

"The Hyuga family can accept this arrangement."

Hijiri finally put down his teacup and began to speak.

Nishikawa Tetsu looked at him with some surprise.

So satisfying?

Riji met his gaze, his tone calm.

"However, I have one more request."