13. Scamming the Hokage

A/N:- If you are here for a genius MC who is perfect in everything, then this story ain't for you. My MC's are never perfect. All of them have their flaws since I write them in such a way. MC's action may seem childish to you as a reader, but try to put yourself in MC's shoe and understand the situation. Yes, MC will make lots of mistakes since he is a human and humans aren't perfect being. This is my answer to people who are complaining about the idiotic nature of MC.

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Name: Hiruzen Sarutobi

Race: Human

Age: 49 years,11 months

Class: Kage

Combat Strength: Peak Kage

Bloodline: - Sarutobi Clan (Grants +50 chakra)

Strength: 76 Vitality: 73 Agility: 102 Dexterity: 63 Endurance: 78 Resilience: 69 Stamina: 103 Chakra: 225

Hidden Stat: Intelligence: 76 Spirit: 88 Wisdom: 65 Plot Armor: 34

Proficiency: Fire Release: 10/10 Wind Release: 9/10 Lightning Release: 7/10 Water Release: 7/10 Earth Release: 8/10 Yin Release: 5/10 Yang Release: 5/10

Title: - God of Shinobi (Adds +20 agility, +20 endurance, +10 Resilience, +30 Stamina, +50 chakra) Inheritor of Will of Fire (Adds + 25 Intelligence, + 30 Spirit) Third Hokage (Adds +30 wisdom, + 34 plot Armor) The Professor (Adds +10 intelligence, +10 wisdom)

Special Skill: - Flame Control (Bloodline Skill: Increase the proficiency of Fire Release by +3) Wind Control (Bloodline Skill: Increase the proficiency of Wind Release by +3) Perfect Chakra control (Increase the proficiency of all elements by +2) Combat Expert (Adds +30 dexterity) Fuinjutsu Master (Adds + 20 intelligence)

Akio stares at the long list of stats and almost jumps in fear.

'Damn! This grandpa is even more monstrous than I thought. Three of his stats are over 100 and the rest are close. Also, what's with these ridiculous amounts of stats and buffs from the titles.'

Akio questions system.

[Note: When a person has reached a certain threshold of strength and proved it to the world through a title; the laws of the world acknowledge him and grant him strength as a reward for standing out.]

The monotonous voice of System clears his doubt.

"Oh!"

Akio nods in understanding.

'No wonder! Hiruzen made a name for himself during the first and the second shinobi war. He fought a bloody battle against different nations and proved his strength to the world.'

Akio continues to scroll through the stats as his expression turns weird.

"Plot Armor!"

"There is such a ridiculous thing too!"

[It's the privilege of every Main character and a powerful side character.]

Akio hurriedly turns to the system.

"System! Do I have Plot Armor too?"

"…"

Silence! Only silence greets him.

"Oye system! Answer me! Do I have Plot Armor?"

Akio panics at the silence of the system.

[You have a system. Why do you need Plot Armor?]

The system answers him.

"Damn it! That doesn't answer my question."

[Due to continuous abuse of the System, the system is entering Sleep mode in

3…

2…

1…]

While Akio is mentally bickering with the system; Hiruzen tests the strength of the trench knives.

"Not bad!"

He nods his head in satisfaction.

"I will buy these knives!"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Akio nods and searches for the bill of the knives.

"I can't find any!"

He helplessly shakes his head and picks up the knives.

'Since the system calls itself a weapon system, it should be able to search for the description of the knives.'

Ding…

[The user has unlocked the new scanning function of the system.]

'That's convenient!'

Akio brings the knives in front of his eyes and scans them.

[Brass Knuckles Trench Knives

Material: Meteorite Chakra Iron Ore

Quality: A-Grade (Shinobi World Level)

System Rating: F-Grade

Description: A pair of knives especially crafted as a gift for Ajuka Sarutobi by Kazuya Nakamura to congratulate him on his promotion to a chunnin.

However, Kazuya Nakamura was unable to pass the weapon because of his untimely death.

Current Cost: 150,000 Ryo]

'Damn!'

Akio clutches the hilt of knives as his eyes redden.

'So, it was a gift from father!'

Haah…

He quickly calms his emotions and walks towards the counter.

"How much does it cost?"

Hiruzen asks him.

"300,000 Ryo!"

Akio replies with a blank face.

Huh?!

Hiruzen raises an eyebrow as he stares at the knives.

"Are you sure that's the price?"

"Yes!" Akio nods at Hiruzen.

"These knives are made of the rare Meteorite Chakra iron ore from the Land of Silence. After the Land of Silence cut its ties with the rest of the world during the Second Shinobi War, the procurement of this material has become very difficult.

The market price of these knives is as high as 250,000 Ryo per knife. They can easily sell for 1 million Ryo in an auction."

Akio states this as a matter of fact.

"Very well!"

Hiruzen summons a scroll to pay the money.

Meanwhile, Akio is having an internal fight with the system.

[You can't sell the items at a higher price than the one assigned by the system.]

"System! Do you even know the basic rules of the business? Also, these knives have a sentimental meaning to me. Look at the pain my heart has to suffer before I sell these knives!"

Akio points out.

[Checking Host's heartbeat:

Heart rate: 60 bpm. The heart rate of the host is fine. The System can't detect any abnormality.]

"…"

"System! You can't judge such things with pure numbers. My emotions aren't that cheap."

Akio retorts.

[Then are they cheap enough to be sold for 300,000 Ryo?]

System makes a comeback.

Tch…

"Fine, you win! If you allow me to sell it for 300,000 Ryo, then I will spend 50 points to check my credit score." Akio proposes.

[-_-]

System enters a thinking pose and finally agrees.

[Fine! The system will allow it but only this time.]

Hehe…

Akio laughs in his heart.

'Too easy! The system is too easy!! If I can do it once, then I can do it twice too. Also, this Hiruzen he needs to be scammed.'

Akio chuckles inside but has a serious expression outside.

Hiruzen performs the transaction and transfers the stack of Ryo to Akio.

"It was a pleasure to do business with you!"

Akio has a pleasant smile.

Meanwhile,

Inside the house,

Ajuka and Kaori end their conversation.

"Ajuka-kun! Have you really made your mind?" Kaori asks him.

"Yes!" Ajuka nods his head in resolve.

"Then, I can only wish you luck!"

Both of them walk out of the house and enter the shop.

Hmm…

Ajuka frowns as he notices Hiruzen in the shop. Hiruzen frowns as he notices Ajuka in the shop. Kaori frowns as she notices the pair of trench knives and the stack of Ryo on the table.

System frowns as it thinks that Akio has duped it somehow. Only Akio merrily counts the stack of Ryo and whistles.

"It's time to say farewell, Kaori-san, Akio-kun!"

Ajuka nods his head and walks out of the shop, ignoring Hiruzen.

He walks past Hiruzen without even batting him an eye. A deadly silence engulfs the shop as Hiruzen and Kaori glare at Ajuka and Akio.

'What?!'

Akio raises his head and notices the stare of Hiruzen and Kaori.

'Why does their gaze feel similar to the time when I am caught red-handed during a mischief and the teacher summons my parents for a Parents Teacher Meeting?'

"I am on my way to meet my younger brother Asuma after his graduation ceremony to congratulate him!" Ajuka remarks and flickers away before Hiruzen could open his mouth.

Sigh…

Hiruzen sighs helplessly like a teacher who has failed to convince the parents of the mischievous student. He slowly picks up the scroll and stores the chakra trench knives in it.

Whoosh…

Hiruzen disappears from his position.

'Fast! So fast! I can't see him move, even with my peak human reflexes. Is this the power of a hundred agility stat?'

Akio stares at the space with wide eyes.

Ahem…

Kaori clears her throat to get his attention.

"Ye… yes, mom!"

Akio slowly turns around and gulps his saliva as the angry gaze of his mother reflects in his eyes.

"Those knives! Why did you sell them to the Hokage-Sama when they were meant as a gift for your big brother Ajuka?"

"M… mom! I can explain. I really didn't know about them. Hokage-sama was interested in them; so, I sold them to him." He tries to appease his mother.

"So, you mean to say that you forgot to read the manual I gave to you about the weapons list!"

Kaori raises an eyebrow.

'Crap! I totally forgot about that.'

Back then, he considered shop management as a boring job.

Akio panics in his mind, but he quickly replies.

"Mom! Hokage-sama bought them as a gift for Asuma to congratulate him on starting his Shinobi Carrer."

"Is that so?!"

Huhu…

Akio rigorously nods his head.

"Alright! Keep up the hard work. I will make some hot coffee for you!"

Phew…

Akio wipes the cold sweat from his forehead.

'That was a close call! Mom isn't as easy to fool as the system!'

"Now! Now! It's time to reap the rewards of my hard work."

System: [-_-]

He opens the shop menu with excitement.