The former Kohl Gang, now Hogg United, could only launder about twenty to thirty thousand dollars a month through that used motorcycle shop and a few other businesses.
This amount was also consistent with the Kohl Gang's income.
Simmons Sparleta was ambitious. Bars typically had large cash flows that were difficult to trace, making them a traditional method of money laundering, second only to casinos and nightclubs.
The freight company, on the other hand, served as an excellent transit point for laundering, suitable for handling luxury goods of dubious origin.
More sophisticated methods were beyond the capabilities of ordinary gangs.
These included casinos, as well as low-buy, high-sell real estate investments, luxury goods trading, and inflated movie box office figures.
The only person in Gotham who had successfully engaged in all these money laundering methods, grown powerful, and remained unscathed was Penguin. Any money he laundered was absolutely spotless.
With the freight company, the bar, and the newly acquired businesses in the streets and communities, they could digest a large portion of the several million dollars.
The rest would be handled by Penguin.
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"Very good. While the tracking efficiency was a bit low, you at least dealt with the rogue ninja within the time I allotted. Your current issues lie in intelligence gathering and environmental perception."
In an izakaya in a small town on the eastern side of the Land of Wind, Fukami Senran sipped sake while instructing Qingshui and his two companions who sat opposite him.
"Generally speaking, for intelligence reconnaissance in the Ninja World, Kekkei Genkai are the best, like Konoha's Byakugan. However, we in Sand Hidden don't have such Kekkei Genkai, so we have to settle for the next best thing and focus on Ninjutsu."
"Baki, the village has an Earth Release: Earth Perception Technique that allows you to perceive ground vibrations using Chakra, or you can actively apply low-frequency vibrations to the ground with Earth Release to detect moving objects and Chakra from a distance. This would suit you well."
"Additionally, there's also a Wind Sight Technique. Its principle is similar to the Earth Perception Technique; both were Ninjutsu developed by the Second Kazekage. It allows you to perceive Chakra within a small range by sensing airflow, or you can actively release Wind Release to perceive. However, the drawback is that active release makes you easily detectable by enemies and susceptible to interference from some Ninjutsu."
"All three of you have wind-natured Chakra, so you can try to learn it. But for Qingshui and Pakura, I still recommend contracting a Summoning Beast with some sensory abilities, especially Qingshui. While your special Puppet can protect you in close combat, a Summoning Beast with some close-range combat capability would be an excellent supplement for you."
Qingshui and his two companions sat on the sofa opposite, taking notes of Fukami Senran's words.
A month had passed since they were assigned to this squad.
In just one month, Qingshui had completed nine B-rank missions and four C-rank missions with the team, having largely completed the team's initial adjustment period.
After returning to Sand Village from a mission, Fukami Senran went to submit the mission report, while Qingshui went to the building next to the Puppet base.
This place had been temporarily set up for Chiyo's experimental training class for Medical Ninja.
He was here to see Jianxue.
When Qingshui saw Jianxue, she was calmly inserting a Senbon into the spine of a lizard without batting an eye.
"What is it?"
Jianxue deftly pulled out the Senbon, her expression unchanged even as blood splattered onto her face.
"Um... I wanted to ask what I should learn if I want to study Medical Ninjutsu," Qingshui said with an awkward smile, watching Jianxue place her glowing green hand on the lizard's neck.
"You want to transfer to the Medical Corps?"
"No, I just want to learn more skills, to get a basic understanding of Medical Ninjutsu. That way, if an emergency arises on the battlefield, I'll have another way to protect myself."
"I see..."
Jianxue removed her hand and examined the lizard.
"The bone setting failed again. This Mystical Palm Technique is really hard to learn."
The poor little lizard was tossed aside. Jianxue opened a cabinet under the table and pulled out a stack of books.
"The prerequisite for becoming a Medical Ninja is to be a qualified doctor. Human anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology must all be covered. You need to master diagnostic and emergency skills. These books are essential."
Qingshui twitched his lips.
Convincing someone to study medicine is like cursing them to be struck by lightning.
If Medical Ninjutsu didn't have irreplaceable value in other worlds and genuinely offered a means of self-preservation, Qingshui wouldn't have been willing to study medicine.
After all, studying medicine couldn't save Sand Hidden.
"So, have you read all these books?"
"To be precise, I've memorized them," Jianxue sighed, thinking for a few seconds before taking out a piece of paper and scribbling on it.
"If you just want to get started with Medical Ninjutsu and enhance your survival on the battlefield, you can consider techniques like hemostasis. Combined with suturing, emergency bandages, and medication, you can treat minor injuries in a short time without affecting combat ability. Even if you're severely wounded, it can extend the golden hour for treatment."
"This is the book list. The first line should be the introductory books you're looking for. If you want to develop further in Medical Ninjutsu, you can read these, as Elder Chiyo recommended them to us. However, the village's medical system has just been established and is still in its trial phase. Elder Chiyo is also very busy, and the only person capable of teaching us is Sister Suzuna, so if you want to learn Medical Ninjutsu, you might not find anyone to teach you."
After all, Sand Village wasn't Konoha.
Konoha had Tsunade, the Ninja World's foremost medical master, the legacy of the Senju Clan, and a wealth of data from the Second Hokage's extensive human experimentation logs, making it significantly less difficult.
In the current Ninja World, the only person capable of compiling and collecting all Medical Ninjutsu, establishing a complete Medical Ninja system, and making it a profession on par with Puppet Masters, was Tsunade.
Sand Village was actually quite good in this regard, second only to Konoha.
The development and creation of Human Puppets inherently required human experimentation—this was the most indispensable part of establishing a relatively complete Medical Ninjutsu foundation.
Furthermore, most Puppet Masters in Sand Village were also skilled in poisons. Medicine and poison were inseparable, and their foundation in pharmacology also surpassed other ninja villages.
While Sand Village's Medical Ninjutsu foundation, especially in advanced Medical Ninjutsu, was somewhat inferior to Konoha's, it also had its unique strengths. What it lacked was an all-rounder super Medical Ninja like Tsunade who could integrate a new system.
Although Chiyo was indeed at the top level of Medical Ninjutsu in the Ninja World, there was still a certain gap compared to Tsunade, who might only appear once every few centuries.
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