I, Uchiha: Split Konoha

Chapter 8 Red Bean, you still underestimate your own worth.

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Surrounded by towering trees, a young girl dressed in a fishnet outfit had her short, dark purple hair tied up in a small flower at the back of her head. Despite being only twelve years old, she was playing with a kunai in her hand, and a faint, bloodthirsty smile was on her face.

"Heh, Night, I didn't expect you to become Orochimaru's student as well. It seems you're not just someone with a pretty face."

The still-naive Mitarashi Anko deliberately imitated Orochimaru, even feigning a bloodthirsty look, especially sticking out her cute tongue to lick her kunai in a threatening manner, which made Uchiha Yoru smile.

"Red Bean, is your tongue burning?"

Uchiha Yoru's words instantly shattered the hard-won atmosphere, and Anko, with her playful and carefree personality, immediately looked suspicious and asked, "Tongue hot? What does that mean?"

Seeing Anko's innocent and confused expression, Uchiha Yoru narrowed his eyes, pointed to his mouth and whispered, "My mouth is rather cold, you might as well come to me to cool it down, it's better than kunai."

After the teasing remark, Hongdou was taken aback for a moment, then a smile appeared on her face. However, this time the smile had a hint of danger in it, and this time it was not a deliberate pretense.

"Hehe, 'Night,' you're right. Maybe next time I can ask you to cool me down in front of Red."

After speaking with a dangerous smile, Anko immediately switched to another expression and sneered, "Although Orochimaru-sensei put me on your team, I won't protect you during missions."

Mitarashi Anko, a student of Orochimaru, one of the Legendary Sannin, graduated from the academy at the age of ten and became a Chunin at the age of twelve. She can be considered a genius girl, so naturally she looks down on Uchiha Yoru, who was promoted to Chunin at the age of fourteen.

"Hehe, Red Bean, don't be so heartless."

At this moment, Mitarashi Anko squinted at the person in front of her, who was the most outstanding in appearance in her class during her school days, and also her best friend's boyfriend, Uchiha Yoru. She was secretly calculating in her heart. Uchiha Yoru was the kind of person who wouldn't act until he saw a clear benefit. She knew very well how Yuhi Kurenai had managed to win him over.

"Uchiha Yoru, stop trying to bluff your way out of this. You went to great lengths to get to the front lines and even became Orochimaru's student. What exactly are you up to?"

At this moment, Mitarashi Anko gave her a sizing look. Although her personality was somewhat eccentric, she still had the wariness expected of a ninja.

Seeing Anko's expression, Uchiha Yoru shrugged and shook his head with a helpless look. "Anko, you're so cold-blooded. Don't you miss your old classmate at all?"

"I'm heartless? I don't know who was bribed with a gold necklace to sell their body back then."

What the hell!

Upon hearing Anko's bombshell revelation, Uchiha Yoru's eyes widened. He shrugged, annoyed, and said, "Anko, for the sake of our old classmate relationship, I'll give you a chance to make a fortune this time: 100,000!"

With his two index fingers forming a cross, Uchiha Yoru licked his lips, revealing a smug look, as if to say, "Look at me, pretty good, huh?"

"Now the Third Hokage has regained power in the village, but everyone knows that once the unrest is quelled, the Fifth Hokage will be elected sooner or later, and this Fifth Hokage..."

At this point, Uchiha Yoru stopped talking, but gave Anko a knowing look, and Anko's mind immediately started working.

"You, Uchiha Yoru, you're approaching Orochimaru-sensei on orders from the Uchiha clan!"

Facing Anko's fiercely protective gaze, Uchiha Yoru shook his head irritably and said, "You're mistaken. I'm an apprentice ordered to approach Orochimaru, you know what I mean!"

When he said the last three words, he raised an eyebrow, and immediately Hongdou showed an angry expression, slamming the kunai in her hand into the wooden stake beneath her.

"One hundred thousand! You think you can complete the deal with just one hundred thousand? You're Hong's boyfriend, and Hong is my dearest and most beloved best friend! No way!"

Seeing the resolute disdain in Anko's eyes, Uchiha Yoru sneered, "Anko, don't talk nonsense. What 'Anko's boyfriend'? You should add the word 'ex' before it."

Ex-boyfriend? Hongdou was stunned. Her plan to blackmail him had fallen through? But then her mind raced and she suddenly remembered something. A smile slowly crept onto her lips.

"You're her boyfriend, right? Looks like you're not so bad. You know that the Uchiha's identity is sensitive these days, and you even know to break up with Kurenai."

In this ninja world, precocity is normal, especially since they've been on the battlefield for years. Those without brains would have long since died in the cold earth. As for the protagonist! He's completely out of the picture.

He put the kunai into his weapon pouch. At that moment, Mitarashi Anko walked over and looked at him with an arrogant expression.

"Three hundred thousand! I'll pretend to let you get close to success, and when you complete the family's mission, we'll split the profits."

Good heavens! Seeing Mitarashi Anko's outrageous demands, Uchiha Yoru's eyes widened, and he refused without hesitation, saying, "Impossible! The clan only gave me 300,000 ryo after completing this mission. So I've worked so hard and haven't gotten a single penny?"

Seeing Uchiha Yoru's resolute refusal, Anko's lips slowly curled into a sly smile, revealing that she had finally figured out the other party's bottom line.

"Oh, it's 300,000. Well, that's exactly 200,000 for me and 100,000 for you. How about it or not?"

At this moment, Mitarashi Anko revealed an arrogant expression that seemed to say, "Are you in or not? If you don't, you won't get a single penny."

"150,000! Let's split it equally!"

"Hmph! Enough nonsense, or you won't get a single penny."

"good!"

While Uchiha Yoru looked pained, Mitarashi Anko wore a triumphant smile.

However, despite her annoyed and troubled expression, Uchiha Yoru secretly thought to herself, "Girl, you're not bad, but you've underestimated your current worth."

Just based on your status as Orochimaru's teacher, that's enough to double your score. Tsk tsk, you still have the mindset of a ninja tool.

Both harbored their own secrets. One smiled outwardly, while the other smiled inwardly. Anko could get 200,000 without doing almost anything, while Uchiha Yoru could directly pocket 1 million from the clan. Tsk tsk, the 200,000 provided by the clan would be enough.

At this time, Anko was only a Chunin, and the rewards for missions during the war were already low, so she was naturally a little short of money. As for Orochimaru? Not to mention, research funding is a money-burning machine. To say that Orochimaru didn't have to worry about funds would be nonsense.

After all, in the original work, even the Akatsuki team once bowed down to become mercenaries to raise funds.

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