The goddess of manufacturing who travels through the ninja world

Bankicho, you can roughly guess the characteristics of this place just by listening to its name. Thanks to its unique geographical environment, a large number of ironwood trees grow nearby. Therefore, most of the villagers in Banmu Town rely on selling ironwood trees as their main means of livelihood.

Iron pear wood is hard, resistant to corrosion and wear, and is not easy to burn. In the world of Naruto with a large number of wooden houses, it is the first choice for construction wood.

In this way, Banki Town should be relatively wealthy, but in fact it is very poor, so poor that one would think that the word "poor" was specially created for this place.

Because the Fire Country is a country that never lacks wood.

The continuous forest occupies almost three-quarters of the entire land of the Fire Country, and tall trees can be seen everywhere. In this case, if the citizens of the Fire Country need wood, they usually get it locally and there is no need at all. I went far away to Banmucho to buy it.

In addition, due to the impact of the war, the entire Fire Country's economy has fallen into depression, and no one will come to Banmu Town to buy wood.

Even though the quality of the wood produced in Banki Town is better than that of other places, how can one become rich without a source of customers?

As for selling it out, it is even more unrealistic. Transporting wood is not a simple matter, especially when the price of the wood itself is not high. The high transportation costs will prohibit all businesses.

I have to complain about this. It is obvious that there is even a TV refrigerator in the Naruto world, but its transportation method is still very primitive, driven by human and animal power. Such abnormal technological development has to be said to be a miracle.

But today, in Banmu Town, which had not seen outsiders come for a long time, a new face suddenly appeared.

"Looks like it's here."

Qiao Qiannuo was walking on the village road of Banmu Town, and there were piles of logs everywhere around him. It seems that no one has treated it for a long time. Most of the wood surfaces are covered with thick moss, and many of them have begun to show traces, which are obviously caused by long-term exposure to wind and rain.

Even if the iron pear wood is extremely resistant to corrosion, it will not last long if it is left in the open air and exposed to the wind and sun without any preservative treatment.

Along the way, Qiao Qiannuo felt strange about the scene in Banmu Town.

It's been a while since he came to Naruto World, and it's not like he has never seen a village poorer than Banmu Town. But those villages are poor, but the spirit of the people is not bad at all.

People will rejoice because the Fire Nation has won the war, and will work hard for economic recovery.

No matter how poor they are, they can still see the hope of life.

But what about Banki Town?

Occasionally I see people, they are all in rags, their faces are sallow, they are just lying down somewhere as if they are waiting to die.

As for the workmen, there are very few people to see them, and even if they are there, they are just knocking around without any enthusiasm for work.

After roughly looking around, I found that Banki Town, which occupies a small area, could not see any vitality at all, and there was a scene of decay everywhere.

But although it is strange, Qiao Qiannuo will not put too much thought into it.

He is not a kind person who would help the poor when he sees them.

The reason why I came here is just to confirm a question.

I remember that he once asked Sonoko where she was from, and at that time Sonoko named Bankicho.

This also confirmed Kakashi's investigation.

When the Anbu of Konoha were investigating Sonoko's identity, they found out that a girl named Sonoko in Banmu Town was missing. According to the official report, she was attacked by a vicious wolf and her body was not found.

It was only found that the appearance of the missing girl did not match Sonoko herself.

But considering that Sonoko is the experimental subject of Orochimaru's corpse reincarnation, and she was abducted by the Two-Headed Man, whose psychic beasts happen to be two giant white wolves, then it can be determined that the missing girl from Sanki Town is... It's the garden.

He had always suspected that Kakashi lied that day and that the ANBU did not send Sonoko home at all.

But after searching for so many days in Konoha, he still couldn't find any trace of Sonoko. He was afraid that he might have guessed wrong, so he came to Banki Town to make sure.

I happened to pass by a pile of wood, and the thick logs fell together one by one, arranged in a pyramid.

Maybe it had been left unattended for a long time, but a lot of mushrooms had grown on the logs, both red and green. The bright colors made people give up the idea of ​​picking the mushrooms for cooking at just one glance.

Behind the pile of logs, an old man lay lazily on an old recliner, shaking from time to time, making the overburdened recliner creak, as if it would fall apart at any time.

Qiao Qiannuo walked forward and frowned before he asked.

This old man was extremely slovenly, his body was dirty and messy, and he hadn't taken a shower for an unknown amount of time. As he approached, he immediately smelled a sour smell.

Qiao Qiannuo hurriedly took a few steps back, keeping a few meters away to avoid being invaded by the stench.

The sound caused by this action was not too loud, but in the eerily quiet Banki Town, it seemed particularly clear.

The strange thing is that this old man didn't notice the outsider's arrival and never opened his eyes to take a look. If it weren't for the rising and falling chest and the shaking of the recliner, Qiao Qiannuo would have thought he was a dead person.

Then he shouted: "Old man, please excuse me."

At this sound, the old man finally reacted and turned his decadent eyes.

Who is this!

The old man's eyes looked a little confused, and he didn't seem to react much.

Banmu Town is such a big place, with more than a hundred households, and anyone who is from the village will look familiar to them even if they can't recognize them by name.

But what appeared in front of him was a new face, and the clothes were clean and tidy, with no trace of being from Sanki Town.

In this way, he is an outsider.

Outsiders! Haven't seen him for a long time.

Hey outsider?

His sluggish nerves finally came to his senses. The old man's eyes widened suddenly, he straightened up and looked at Qiao Qiannuo carefully with greedy eyes, like a hungry wolf seeing a lone fat sheep.

Seeing that the old man seemed to be getting up, Qiao Qiannuo hurriedly stopped him: "Old man, just lie down. I have a question."

The smell is really not something that most people can resist, and I don’t know that the old man himself can bear it.

The old man didn't seem to hear Qiao Qiannuo's words clearly. He stood up in a hurry and stepped forward: "Guest, do you want to buy wood?"

As he spoke, he patted the rotten logs beside him and said: "The best iron pear wood was just cut down a few days ago. The wood is hard and fine. It is the first choice for building houses or for household use, and the price is also very good." It’s fair, and I guarantee you’ll be satisfied.”

Qiao Qiannuo couldn't help but take a few steps back, keeping a safe distance, and then glanced at the pile of logs, looking at the bright mushrooms on it, and twitched the corners of his mouth unnaturally a few times.

God damn, I just cut them down a few days ago. I'm afraid they have been piled here for at least a year.

But he didn't want to buy wood, so why did he care about it? He just shook his head and said: "Old man, I don't want to buy wood, I just came to ask something."

Don't buy wood

The old man seemed to have heard something like a bolt from the blue. He was completely stunned and just kept mumbling to himself.

"Don't buy wood, don't buy wood, don't buy"

Then, the old man went crazy and yelled crazily: "How can you not buy wood? How dare you not buy wood. Aren't you an outsider? Aren't outsiders here just to buy wood?"

With that said, he rushed towards Qiao Qiannuo with his teeth and claws bared.

Damn it, this old man is overreacting! Are you still prepared to buy and sell by force?

Qiao Qiannuo felt unhappy, so he directed a burst of chakra out, and two clay hands appeared under the old man's feet, gently grabbing his feet.

The old man's legs were restricted, and he couldn't control his body and fell forward. Fortunately, another muddy hand came out and gently dragged his body to prevent him from falling.

But the old man didn't notice anything unusual at all. He just kept crawling on the ground with a ferocious look on his face and kept talking: "Buy wood, you must buy it!"

But being held by the mud hands, no matter how hard the old man tried, he couldn't climb up. How could his thin body break free from the shackles of the mud hands? It seemed that all his strength had been exhausted. The old man finally stopped struggling. In the end, he burst into tears: "Please Please, have mercy on me and buy some wood! I can hardly live anymore."

The desperate cries make people feel sad when they hear them.

Before you know it, the clay hand returns to the earth.

Suddenly, there was a soft click, and a small stack of banknotes fell in front of the old man.

"Old man, I don't want to buy wood, I just want to ask something."

The old man's eyes suddenly widened and he stared at the banknotes, fearing that he might be mistaken. He even rubbed his eyes.

It's money, that's right.

"Money! Money!"

The old man hurriedly climbed forward, picked up the money, and held it in front of his eyes. His expression looked very obsessed, and he laughed out loud: "Haha, it's money, it's real money."

During the whole process, he didn't even look at Qiao Qiannuo.

Qiao Qiannuo was a little unhappy and asked in a low tone: "Old man, did you hear what I said?"

The old man looked at Qiao Qiannuo with confused eyes, then looked at the money in his hand. He suddenly became excited and hurriedly put the money into his arms. It’s like I’m afraid that the money will fly away in the next second.

"Guest, please ask, as long as I know, I will tell you."

"There is a little girl about ten years old named Yuanzi."