In the blink of an eye, nine days had passed. There was only one day left before he would depart for the Rain Country battlefield.
These past two days, he had not been assigned any menial tasks. Sarutobi Hiruzen had specifically given him two days off.
Ryun had informed him about going to the Rain Country to participate in the war. Orochimaru had even personally written a letter to Sarutobi Hiruzen, approving his transfer.
For a young warrior like Ryun, who was willing to join the battle and unafraid of sacrifice, Sarutobi Hiruzen held him in high regard.
He specifically ordered someone to take Ryun to the weapons depot to select combat equipment. He even patted Ryun on the shoulder and generously told him to take whatever he wanted.
After all, Ryun was going to risk his life in the Rain Country. Equipment, weapons, and ninja tools still needed to be provided.
They couldn't expect him to prepare everything himself. Konoha wasn't so poor that it couldn't even provide these things…
Soon, accompanied by a chunin, Ryun went to the supply depot to pick out the equipment he needed for battle.
Shuriken, kunai, and a number of explosive tags… Ryun originally wanted to take away an entire large box, but the chunin accompanying him sternly stopped his 'misbehavior'.
"You can take at most ten!"
"Huh? What? The Third Hokage said I could take whatever I wanted. Didn't you hear him?" Ryun frowned, his expression unfriendly.
"I heard him. The Hokage says that to everyone. And he said you could pick the equipment and tools you want, but the quantity must follow the standard genin allocation."
The chunin spoke expressionlessly.
"Genin can take a maximum of ten explosive tags, chunin thirty, and jonin have no limit as long as the mission requires it."
"What?"
Ryun's eyes widened. Immediately, he cursed Sarutobi Hiruzen's ancestors eighteen generations back in his heart.
That old man put on a generous front, but this was all he offered?
He had originally planned to take advantage of Konoha's resources, but now it seemed impossible.
After taking the small throwing weapons and explosive tags, Ryun picked out an oversized shuriken weighing several dozen pounds, as well as a foldable large shuriken.
"Do you even know how to use these things?" the chunin couldn't help asking.
"Never used them… but I want to try…" Ryun replied casually.
"These tools require storage sealing techniques to carry on your body and summon when needed. Carrying them around is cumbersome. I don't recommend genin use them…" The chunin rolled his eyes and complained.
"How do you know I don't know storage sealing techniques?" Ryun glanced at him.
"You're just a newly graduated genin brat. What do you know about sealing techniques? Stop fooling around." The chunin snapped coldly.
"Since you said that, I'm definitely taking them now…"
Ryun's words made the chunin pause for a moment. After recovering, he immediately became furious. "You…"
"Me what me? Stop bossing me around. Trying to teach me what to do? The Hokage himself told me to take whatever I want. Who do you think you are, just some useless chunin?"
Ryun slapped away the finger pointing at him.
"Brat, today I'll teach you how to respect your seniors!" The chunin actually attacked!
He wanted to teach this brat a lesson.
Half a minute later.
The chunin was lying on the ground, spitting blood.
"Next time, remember not to attack your juniors so easily, got it? Senior…" Ryun squatted beside him, grinning.
The chunin clutched his stomach, his face full of pain, unable to speak for the moment.
Ryun ignored him and continued selecting equipment.
On one of the metal racks, he reached out and took a brand-new beige stab-proof soft armor. Normally, genin absolutely wouldn't be allowed to take this kind of equipment, but Ryun had Sarutobi Hiruzen's special permission. He thought the soft armor looked good, so he casually took the smallest size.
"Huh? They even have soldier pills… Nice, nice!"
Seeing a large bottle of soldier pills, Ryun's eyes lit up. These things could be considered strategic supplies.
Ryun resisted the urge to seal the entire bottle away. If the whole bottle went missing, Konoha would definitely track him down…
Besides, he had money, so he naturally wouldn't stoop to petty theft.
He casually grabbed a handful from the bottle, taking ten pills before stopping. After all, he still had to go through inspection later. He couldn't take as much as he wanted.
One pill could quickly restore chakra and was incredibly filling… Most importantly, soldier pills were made from expensive medicinal ingredients like ginseng and deer antler, so they were very pricey…
Finally, he grabbed a small dagger and left the supply depot satisfied.
"Wait, I need to record what you took." A duty chunin stopped him. This was part of his job.
Ryun nodded and handed over his items for inspection.
"These things are at jonin-level allocation. You're still just a genin, right?" The duty chunin frowned.
"Special permission from the Hokage. Got a problem?" Ryun said flatly.
"Really?"
The duty chunin looked skeptical, clearly not believing him.
"Get over here and talk, or I'll beat you up again!"
Ryun shouted in a certain direction.
Soon, a chunin staggered over.
"Special permission from the Hokage?"
"Uh… The Hokage did say he could take whatever he wanted, so he probably agreed…" The chunin glanced at Ryun warily and told the duty chunin the truth.
"Fine… I'll record these under your name and report it to Konoha." The duty chunin nodded, then looked at Ryun.
"Go ahead and record it. You can even check with the Hokage if you want."
The duty chunin's sluggishness made Ryun impatient.
If it weren't for the fact that some combat supplies were hard to buy outside, he wouldn't have bothered coming here to get them…
After leaving the supply department, Ryun sealed all the equipment into a storage scroll.
Then, lightly equipped, he went to Yunkā Flower Shop.
These past two days, he had spent most of his time at the flower shop with his mother. Kushina had also taken two days off to stay with Ryun. After all, once he went to the Rain Country battlefield, it wouldn't be easy to come back.
"Son, you're here? Perfect, Kushina's here too. Get the cards out, let's play Dou Dizhu again…"
Asuka eagerly set up a small table, and Kushina quickly brought out small stools and cards.
Ever since Ryun taught the two women how to play Dou Dizhu, they had fallen in love with this 'game'. But recently, Asuka had been losing a lot, with most of her money going to the two kids…
So whenever she had free time, she wanted to 'get revenge', barely paying attention to business anymore…
"Mom, I need to tell you something…" Ryun said while dealing the cards.
"What?" Asuka asked absentmindedly while picking up her cards.
"I'm leaving the village tomorrow for a long mission. It might take many days before I come back."
Hearing this, Asuka immediately frowned and put down her cards.
"What mission?"
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