Naruto: The dungeon I developed went viral throughout the entire ninja world.

Chapter 30: The entire ninja world is live-streaming the debt collection; where did my compensation

The wind stopped, and the atmosphere on Fire Shadow Rock became even more solemn.

Hiruzen Sarutobi clutched his chest, the blood from earlier staining his divine robes. What angered him even more was that he finally noticed there was another live broadcast on the screen, and he almost vomited blood again.

The secret agents tried to help him up, but he pushed them away.

Especially during the most difficult times, he must not fall under the watchful eyes of the entire ninja world, and at the very least, he cannot be stumped by a seven-year-old child.

"Naruto."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, panting, tried to regain his dignity as Hokage.

"You're tired."

"Grandpa will pretend he didn't hear what you just said."

"What you just said is a slander against the Hokage and a malicious speculation about the village's management."

"Come back with me, and I'll explain everything to you about your parents slowly."

It's the same old routine again.

They brush off all the sharp conflicts by saying that you are too young or that you don't understand.

Naruto looked at the old man in front of him.

"explain?"

Naruto fiddled with the kunai in his hand.

"No explanation is needed. As the saying goes, even brothers need to keep clear accounts. Now, all I need to do is settle the accounts."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a scroll.

This scroll was a gift from Manager Roy a while ago, and it was free.

Naruto didn't believe Roy was that kind, but at least what Naruto wanted was there.

Even if it meant making a deal with the devil, Naruto would accept it.

It contains all the S-class classified accounts of Konoha over the past seven years, and of course, these are the parts concerning Minato Namikaze's legacy.

"Since you say you're doing this for my own good and to protect me..."

The scroll is unrolled.

It rolled down the edge of the Hokage Rock, all the way down to the nose of the Third Hokage statue below, and continued to fall.

Dense text, red seal.

"What is this?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyelids twitched.

"bill."

Naruto pointed to the very top of the scroll.

The sound traveled through the sky and reached every corner of the ninja world.

Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha.

"The hero of the Third Shinobi World War, the Yellow Flash."

"Completed 39 S-level missions and 323 A-level missions in his career."

"Killed more than fifty enemy country's Jonin."

"Accumulated mission rewards, bounties, and special wartime allowances."

Naruto read out an astonishing number.

"A total of 320 million taels."

When this number was announced, almost everyone on the streets of Konoha gasped in shock.

Three hundred million taels.

For ordinary villagers, this is an unimaginable astronomical figure, enough to buy half a commercial street.

"Kushina Uzumaki, the previous Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

"Princess of the Uzumaki Clan".

"He owns three properties inherited from the Senju clan, several scrolls of sealing techniques from the Uzumaki clan, and a special allowance as a Jinchūriki."

"Estimated value is impossible to calculate."

Naruto looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose face was ashen, and continued.

"This money is their inheritance. I am their only son."

"According to Konoha's laws, I should inherit these things."

Naruto took a step forward, looking aggressive.

"Where's the money?"

Two words: simple and direct.

Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth.

"That money... the village will hold it for you temporarily..."

"custody?"

Naruto smiled wryly.

"Where is it stored? In my expired milk? Or in my moldy bread?"

Naruto pointed down the mountain, towards the apartment buildings that looked like a slum.

"My monthly living expenses are five hundred taels."

Five hundred taels.

"I can't even afford a few bowls of Ichiraku Ramen."

"Is this what you mean by safekeeping?"

"Of the three hundred million taels of inheritance, I haven't even seen a fraction of it. How can you be so shameless?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's forehead was covered in sweat.

He meant that the money was used for the village's post-war reconstruction and for compensation for the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage.

But I really can't bring myself to say it. Misappropriation is misappropriation, it's a done deal, there's no way to fake it.

He was also corrupt and took advantage of the fact that orphans and widows had no one to protect them.

If it's for the village's sake, why not make it public? Why make Naruto live like a beggar?

"besides."

Naruto gave the Third Hokage no chance to catch his breath.

"Pension for orphans of martyrs".

"According to regulations, the village should provide a monthly pension of 3,000 taels of silver to the children of martyrs who have lost both parents until they reach adulthood."

"I've never seen this money before."

"Where did you go?"

Naruto stared into Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.

"Did you eat it?"

"Or was it eaten by your old buddy Danzo?"

"Or perhaps..."

Naruto looked around at the Anbu.

"Have they become ninja tools in your hands? Or the clothes you wear?"

The Anbu members lowered their heads in shame, unable to look at Naruto.

Because their salaries may indeed contain the child's hard-earned money.

"That's enough!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi roared; he simply couldn't take it anymore.

This public auditing of accounts was worse than killing him.

"The village's finances are very complicated! It's not something a little kid like you could understand!"

"I don't understand finance."

Naruto coldly interrupted him.

"But I know common sense. Taking someone else's money and not returning it is stealing."

"Bullying orphans and seizing their inheritance is robbery."

"As the Hokage, to lead the way in doing this kind of thing is shameless."

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt dizzy and disoriented.

A lifetime of illustrious fame, a hero of stoicism, a doctor, the strongest Hokage.

All those accolades seemed to vanish into thin air at that moment.

"There's one last question."

Naruto put away the scroll; he didn't want to talk about money anymore, it was just a number.

The next question is the core issue.

"You said you hid my background to protect me, to prevent assassins from Iwagakure and Kumogakure from finding me."

Naruto stared coldly at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Then why... does the whole village know I'm a nine-tailed fox demon?"

Upon hearing this question, Hiruzen Sarutobi was completely stunned.

This is the Achilles' heel, the biggest loophole in the entire logical chain.

"If it's for secrecy, why not keep the fox demon's identity a secret as well?"

"If it's for safety, why expose the location of this deadly weapon to everyone?"

"Do you know how I've spent these past seven years?"

Naruto pointed to his chest.

"Every time I walk down the street, everyone stares at my belly."

"They don't know whose son I am, but they know that the Nine-Tails is sealed inside."

"Does the assassin want to kill the Fourth Hokage's son, or capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki? Clearly, the latter is more valuable, isn't it?"

Naruto pressed forward, while Hiruzen Sarutobi retreated step by step until he had nowhere left to go.

"Your so-called protection is just labeling me a fox demon."

"Make the villagers hate me, and send spies to watch me."

"You've left me isolated and helpless, with no one left to rely on."

Naruto stopped and looked at the old Hokage.

"Is this your Will of Fire?"

The entire ninja world was in an uproar on the Sky Live broadcast room.

If the previous scenes only evoked sympathy and anger, then the current audit process has directly crossed everyone's bottom line.

Ninjas are human too; they need to eat and support their families.

They risked their lives to complete the missions, all so that their families could have a better life.

It's so that after I die, my children will have some security.

Now, what did they see? The Kage of the largest village in the ninja world swallowed the inheritance of his top general and abused the orphans of fallen soldiers.

This was even more chilling than the fighting on the battlefield, and the barrage of comments exploded like an avalanche.

[Kazekage Rasa] "Good heavens. Three hundred million ryo? So this is how Konoha makes up for its fiscal deficit? I'm still panning for gold to support the village, and you're just eating up the entire village?"

[Raikage A] "Shameless! I may have a bad temper, but I never withhold my subordinates' compensation! Hiruzen Sarutobi, you don't deserve to be a Kage!"

[Tsuchikage Onoki] "Tsk tsk tsk. Is this the prosperity of Konoha? They've drained the blood of heroes to fatten the flesh of the higher-ups. Minato Namikaze was truly blind."

【Mei Terumi】"Even the money for baby formula? Is this what you call a stoic hero? I think he's a beast."

Immediately afterwards, the screen was flooded with two words.

Regardless of national borders or whether they are friend or foe.

All the ninjas and civilians stood on the side of the exploited orphans.

[Give me my money back! Give me my money back! Give me my money back!]

The dense barrage of bullet comments was like a series of death warrants.

The villagers of Konoha felt utterly ashamed looking at the sky.

Their Hokage was condemned by the whole world as a corrupt official.

They themselves became accomplices to the corrupt officials.

When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent; everyone is a sinner.

"Sandaime-sama..."

An ANBU member removed his mask, looking at the hunched figure on the Hokage Rock with eyes filled with disappointment.

"How could you do such a thing..."

On the Hokage Rock, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the screen full of "Pay back the money" and felt his blood pressure rise.

"I……"

He still couldn't muster the courage to say it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi knelt on the ground, supporting himself with his hands, panting heavily.

At that moment, Shinobu died, and the strongest Hokage also died.

All that's left is a corrupt official who has lost all his reputation and is abandoned by everyone.

Naruto looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi in front of him without the slightest pity.

"Remember to pay back the money. If you're short even a penny, I'll tear down a piece of the Hokage Rock."