The Shopkeeper of Konoha

Aoto was still reeling on the fact that this thing could be used for poison. This was a total new discovery for him. In the original world, the sale of mad honey was banned quite early and the last thing he knew that in public domain there was only one known person left in the tribe who would go after collecting mad honey high up in the Himalayas.

"I would prefer that I am being paid by jar." Aoto replied. He didn't want this thing to depend on the margin of profitability. This thing was addictive and could kill a person if taken in huge dosage. He was sure that mad honey would not be able to outlive his usage and Aoto had a feeling that in later stages he would be able to come up with better medicines rather than this sub par mad honey.

The directors didn't question the decision of Aoto because they too could feel that this honey could only be used in specific purposes and even in case of poison not much of it is required.

"Excellent. The Konoha hospital is ready to pay 1000 ryo for one jar. I hope that amount is good for you." The Director said. He had quite a good friendship with Asuma and he wanted to maintain a cordial relationship with this interesting guy. Aoto stopped himself from jumping in joy. He was ecstatic hearing the first proposal.

He wanted to say yes right at that moment but he knew that if he showed his emotions, the future deals might be in jeopardy. He showed a very difficult face to the others and finally after much thinking he nodded to that. It was very amateurish for Aoto to show such expressions but he did that after considering his own age.

If he acted too professionally it might lead to other kinds of consequences so he acted according to his age and said yes to it.

"By the way, do you knowhow to collect mad honey?"

"My father taught me his when I young and in the past few years we have collected a lot since honey don't tend to go bad in time like other materials we have saved quite a lot in a secret bunker under the house. I can sell 20 more jars just like this of mad honey."

"That was quite a smart investment from your late father." The director said. Aoto had a sad face when he mentioned his late father. Somehow he felt pain for someone who he didn't meet even meet.

"Let's not dwell on the past things. Aoto are your happy with the deal? Tell me. I will rise up the money. I don't want my favorite kid to be scammed." Asuma said trying to lift the mood of Aoto.

"No.. No... Asuma-san I am fine with the deal. This is perfect for me. This thing was not accumulated by me anyway. If I want to sell more later, I will have to go out and find this honey." Aoto said. He tried to show his best face which could portray him as someone who was ready to face the world even though he had failed in the ninja academy.

All the people present in the room gave an appreciative nod. The director sent two men with a cart to Aoto's place in order to bring back 10 jars worth of mad honey and he also paid an upfront money of 10,000 ryo.

Aoto was very happy seeing such an amount in his hands. Though he was sure a part of it would be sucked away but he didn't care. At least there was a huge progress in his sale. Aoto led the two men to his shop and later took out the mad honey jars from the small warehouse at the back. The two men were ninjas and though they could take more weight than an average human, they brought a small cart with themselves so that they could take the mad honey jars back.

Aoto even talked with the two men as Asuma had left for his own work after the meeting. Aoto didn't mind that since a person like Asuma would be considerably busy. After Aoto gave away the jar, he decided not to open the shop immediately. It was because the system had already give him a notification after it deducted money from the money that he had sold.

"System, has there been an update?" Aoto asked as he was anticipating an update.

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The host has met the requirements to open the actual function of the system and now can get access to variety of things depending upon the effectiveness of the host.

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"You mean to say that until now I wasn't actually using the system?"

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Technically no. You just got access some of the function. Now the first level ahs been opened and you can use the resources of the first level which in comparison is very much pathetic to the higher levels.

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"You can say that in a much less condescending way."

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That is the truth.

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"Tch.. Whatever... Now tell me what are the functions of the first level?"

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It's been detected that the shop was primarily made for the sale of bread and the current production of bread sale is at subpar level. The system will allow for a lottery to summon a character from all realms and worlds both known and unknown to the hosts to help the host in his production of bread. The summoned character will have the choice to call for 2 other character from his own realm to help him in his endeavor.

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"Wait? What? Summon a character? From where? My old world? Are you crazy? If a character is summoned I will be questioned the next day. The sale of 'drugs' is already a red flag and now you want me to add someone who has no previous record in the village?"

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The host doesn't need to care about the small bits. The character summoned will come from outside the gates of Konoha and their information will be added to the records without any hitch. The host needs to have faith in the system.

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