Chapter 91: Watermelon Juice—So Tasty
After racking up plenty of prestige, the bald director turned around with great satisfaction and walked toward the last hospital bed…
"This is Li Jiexuan, the three-year-old prodigy who recently became the talk of the entire ninja world—the one who killed the Kazekage!"
The moment those words were spoken, everyone cried out in shock.
They had heard the rumors before, but hearing the confirmation out loud was still astonishing!
A three-year-old child from Konoha had actually single-handedly killed the enemy commander—the Kazekage of the Sand Village!
"Well done for Konoha!" "Those damn Sand ninjas—this really lets us hold our heads high!" "Li Jiexuan, I love you, I want to have your children!"
Even a three-year-old wasn't spared…
Cold sweat broke out on the bald director's head as he sighed in regret. "Originally, he killed his opponent head-on, but because of a shameless sneak attack, he ended up permanently disabled!"
"Oh my heavens…"
The crowd sighed endlessly, grieving over how Li Jiexuan had ended up like this.
"But after dozens of days of research by our medical team," the bald director said, holding the pale red potion high, "we have finally developed the Supreme Edition of Cure-All!"
Everyone's gaze was drawn to that pale red potion. Its beautiful color looked just like watermelon juice…
"So far, we only have this single bottle of the Supreme Edition of Cure-All!" The bald director gently opened Li Jiexuan's mouth and fed the potion to him.
"Gulp, gulp…"
A miraculous scene unfolded!
Li Jiexuan stood up. Like a normal person, he rose from the hospital bed. This was a stand worth nationwide celebration, a stand that marked Konoha's rise!
"It's a miracle!" "Oh my god, I'm fainting…"
Everyone who witnessed the scene was stunned. With the two previous examples as proof, no one doubted the authenticity of the potion at all.
"How much do these medicines cost?!" "I want to buy one—I want to buy!" "Hurry, give me the medicine, give me the medicine!"
At that moment, the bald director stepped forward and smiled as he nodded. "The standard edition is ten thousand ryō per bottle, the deluxe edition is one hundred thousand ryō per bottle, and the Supreme Edition is currently out of stock. The pre-order price is one million ryō!"
Hearing the prices, the roaring crowd fell momentarily silent. The bald director froze, puzzled—was it too expensive?
"No—it's too cheap!"
Everyone present and watching went completely insane, waving stacks of cash and shouting, "Give me one bottle!" "One bottle? What are you buying that for—give me ten bottles each of the standard and deluxe editions!"
"Ten bottles is nothing! I'll buy everything!"
Suddenly, a small voice piped up, "If it's just for curing a cold, isn't ten thousand ryō a bit expensive?"
The moment that voice sounded, it was drowned out by the crowd, one insult after another. "Poor bastard—if you can't afford it, then shut up." "Didn't you hear the director say the cost alone is ten thousand ryō? They weren't even trying to make money. Do you have any conscience at all?!"
"They spent thirty million ryō just developing this medicine, and you still think ten thousand is expensive? You might as well go home and wait to die!"
In an instant, the man who complained about the price was condemned from all sides. A grown man was nearly cursed to tears…
The response to Cure-All was unprecedented. The crowd even surrounded the bald director, insisting on stuffing money into his hands.
"Director, you've worked so hard—look, you've even lost all your hair from exhaustion…"
He couldn't refuse it. Refusing would mean looking down on them! Honestly, who could he even reason with about this…
Seeing this scene, Senju Tobirama, watching from the other side of a television screen, couldn't help but freeze. Hadn't the thirty million ryō just been approved?
Were medical ninjas really this efficient now?
Instinctively, Senju Tobirama felt suspicious—but the standard and deluxe editions of Cure-All had already been delivered to him.
After testing their effects, they were even better than what was shown on television!
It seemed the whole affair was flawless. Yet as he watched Li Jiexuan on the screen—lively and energetic the moment Tobirama left—an inexplicable discomfort welled up in his heart…
He always felt that something about this entire situation was off!
But soon, Senju Tobirama slapped himself across the face!
"No, I can't be so narrow-minded again. Li Jiexuan is a good child. I can't keep harboring prejudice against him! Could it be that I'm not a good Hokage?" Senju Tobirama fell into deep self-reproach once more…
There was no doubt—Senju Tobirama was a good Hokage!
As for this Cure-All…
Of course there was something fishy!
To put it simply, the standard edition of Cure-All was just stamina potion diluted with water. The deluxe edition was the same thing—just using more stamina potion in the mix…
The dilution ratio was roughly: one bottle of stamina potion mixed into one hundred bottles of standard Cure-All, or ten bottles of deluxe Cure-All. That's right—this wasn't water mixed into medicine, but medicine mixed into water!
As for the Supreme Edition, the only bottle of life potion had already been drunk by Li Jiexuan—so there wasn't even a watered-down version left…
And that pale red potion?
Well—cold, refreshing watermelon juice really does taste great!
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