The keywords "B-rank Mission" and "Maximum Reward" combined explain the weight of the figure "150,000 ryo" from a Ninja's perspective—you should know that when a Genin team takes a D-rank mission, the minimum reward is 500 ryo. Depending on the mission's difficulty, the most exhausting, difficult, and troublesome missions might reach 10,000 ryo... But in reality, up until now, no Ninja has ever truly seen such a thing as a "Maximum Reward," and some Ninjas even tell jokes like this—
"No matter the rank of the mission, the probability of seeing a maximum reward is lower than the probability of the Sage of Six Paths suddenly appearing before you."
And a B-rank Mission, especially one whose difficulty has reached the limit of B-rank... is almost no different from an A-rank Mission... "How is there so much? It all sold out in just half a day... Are sunscreen masks really that easy to sell?"
...Ino said, "Of course! Nana, Kana, and I just set up on the street, and before we even shouted, customers started coming. We were surrounded three layers deep... Honestly, collecting money was exhausting."
Mrs. Yamanaka let out a giggle and covered her mouth, saying, "I see, I see... My little one must be exhausted. Look at all that sweat on your face... Go take a bath and change your clothes. Once you're comfortable, you can tell Mommy all about it..." Dotingly wiping the sweat from Ino's face, Mrs. Yamanaka urged her to go bathe.
"Mm..."
Feeling uncomfortable being wrapped in sweat... Ino independently filled the bathtub with water and heated it until it was scalding hot, reaching a temperature that was just right once she sat in—a temperature that wouldn't burn the skin but could steam open the pores and relax the whole body.
The water was gathered by Ino's corresponding meridians, combining the water nature of two meridians. In a single breath, it became a large water sphere of half a cubic meter.
For heating, she used Azure Flame directly... Just a flicker of Azure Flame, and the temperature was perfect... "How do they say it? Ninjutsu changes life, and Chakra changes the world?" Ino hummed proudly. She had practiced this "filling" and "heating" trick many times—at first, she couldn't grasp the amount of water, and when she put a water sphere into the tub, it was either too much or too little. The heat for the water was either too long or too long, and she even needed to manually cool it down... But now, she was a "skilled worker" through practice, and everything was just right.
"I'm going to take a bath, feeling so good, putting in bath salts and making bubbles..."
Humming a modified version of "I Love Bathing," Ino took off her clothes, leaving only a close-fitting white one-piece undergarment. With a hop of her bare feet, she splashed into the water.
Splash—
Splashes of water scattered onto the walls, ceiling, and floor, making a mess everywhere.
Letting the buoyancy of the bathwater support her body and limbs, allowing them to spread out freely, Ino's body was half-suspended in the water. Resting her head on the wooden pillow on the side of the tub, she closed her eyes comfortably... It wasn't until she heard her mother calling from outside, "Are you done yet? Did you fall into the tub while bathing?" that she finally got out—even though the nap just now was very comfortable, but... that pillow part, next time she should have someone wrap it in a layer of leather and insert some sponge padding; it was a bit hard.
She dried herself with an oversized bath towel, dried her hair as well, and then casually opened the wardrobe in the bathroom.
The wardrobe was divided into two parts. One part was for Inoichi Yamanaka and Nobuko Yamanaka, with several bathrobes hanging there, both cotton and silk, and some with lace edges... The two of them shared their robes after bathing, not really distinguishing between men's and women's styles. The remaining small portion was reserved for Ino, with several T-shirts hanging, both long-sleeved and short-sleeved styles, as well as one-piece undergarments, separate camisoles, panties, and so on... Ino picked out a loose light blue T-shirt to wear; the half-sleeves reached her wrists, while the hem reached her calves.
The loose T-shirt made her look even smaller and incredibly cute.
"Mommy, I'm done washing..."
Ino walked out of the bathroom barefoot.
"Come here... Mommy will dry your hair for you..." Mrs. Yamanaka beckoned Ino over. Ino sat down next to Mrs. Yamanaka, curled her knees, hugged her legs, and let Mrs. Yamanaka tend to her hair.
Nobuko Yamanaka spread her left fingers, combing through Ino's hair like a comb to expose the roots. With her other hand, she held a hairdryer that hummed as it blew. Once the roots were half-dry, she moved down the hair shaft to the ends. After drying the near-silver blonde hair until it was soft and fluffy, she tied it loosely with a hair tie.
Mrs. Yamanaka said, "This hair is so lovely..."
Drying the hair took quite a bit of time. Just as they finished, Inoichi Yamanaka returned. Upon entering the house, he saw the heartwarming scene of the mother and daughter sitting together, the hairdryer set aside, and his wife having just finished tying their daughter's hair.
Inoichi Yamanaka praised them as soon as he spoke, "Oh, Princess Ino is so beautiful. Mommy's skill is truly great; just a casual tie and she's a little beauty... Well, she's pretty to begin with, otherwise, even if Mommy tied it into a flower, it wouldn't look good..."
He praised one without forgetting the other, complimenting both his wife's skill and his daughter's looks, never favoring one over the other!
Mrs. Yamanaka couldn't help but laugh and asked him, "Something happened again today? Look at the time, it's already past eight..."
"No, nothing happened today, and I didn't work overtime. I just walked with Shikaku for a while—sigh, you know his family—"
"Mm... Inoichi, what would you like to eat tonight? It just so happens I haven't cooked yet. Ino just came back, took a bath, and I just finished drying her hair..."
"Ino, how was business today?" Hearing his wife mention this, Inoichi Yamanaka asked with great interest—he was quite concerned about Ino's business. After all, the 20,000 ryo of startup capital was his money.
Ino gave a "hmpf," lifted her chin, and said proudly, "Of course it was very, very, very, very good!"
To express the degree of how "good" business was today, Ino used four "verys" in a row... Inoichi Yamanaka inexplicably relaxed... "How much did you make? Tell Daddy all about it..."
Inoichi Yamanaka inquired enthusiastically.
Ino gave Inoichi Yamanaka a heads-up, "Daddy, why don't you calm down first? Once you're calm, I'll tell you?"
"Go ahead, I'm calm."
"150,000 ryo—150,000 ryo!"
One hundred and fifty... thousand.
Inoichi Yamanaka was shocked... "Cough, 150,000... it's not that much..." Inoichi Yamanaka hid his shocked expression, his tone deliberately nonchalant.
Ino:...Is this "no big deal" expression for real? Please, put away that shocked expression you had just now!
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