The Shopkeeper of Konoha

The system just advised Aoto to wait while he persisted in asking questions regarding the new feature that will be made available to him. Aoto found this a little frustrating, but he realized he would need to cut costs.

This brought to mind another facility that the village sadly lacked. a reliable banking system. Although there were money lending companies in the village, they lacked suitable organizational structures, and even if the community had a banking system, would it ever be a good bank?

Aoto would dearly desire to start a bank, but he was confident that if he ever brought up the subject, he would have to deal with even more issues than the current Hokage. Due to the size of the industry, he would have to deal with the daimyo of the nation.

But with this he could more rich than these people could even begin to imagine.

"I will have to start building the bank here." Aoto pondered, but he would need appropriate assistance for this, and he already knew where to look. The Palicos would need a considerable amount of money to purchase, thus it would take some time. Those clans must be taking steps to save money in order to allow many shinobi in the clan to purchase them.

He therefore had a brief window of opportunity to introduce his next great idea. He went looking for Asuma first, but after asking around, he learned that Asuma was on a mission and wasn't in the the village.

He was therefore limited to knocking on Hokage's door. The guards and the Anbu had long since heard about Aoto, and when he arrived at the office, they acted rather respectfully toward him. The Anbu knew about the new summoning animals, and the fact that someone could even sell them indicated that they were a benefactor to Konoha and would always be respected.

Particularly now, when Konoha is the focus of other villages' attention following the Kyuubi invasion. Soon after being allowed inside, Aoto noticed the Hokage lurking behind a pile of paperwork. He was really busy and was now working through a few documents.

"Aoto, you are here. Sorry have been a little busy." As he signed one document and set it to the side, Hiruzen said.

"No. I apologize for disturbing you during this hectic time." Added Aoto.

"Hahaha.. Every Hokage has to go through it. This document handling was one of the reason I gave up the position...." Hiruzen spoke as his expression began to wane. In addition to losing Minato and Kushina in the Kyuubi attack, he also lost his wife, who was caring for Kushina when she was pregnant. Aoto was also aware of it but chose to remain silent. There will always be conflict as long as individuals are of different power.

The weak preyed upon the strong. That's how things are now and always will be. That was the way nature operated. The death of people was just the aftermath. Obito wouldn't have been able to make much of an impact on Konoha by himself if he didn't have the power.

But he single handedly almost destroyed Konoha.

"Uhh.. Hokage... I came here to help me in one regard." As Aoto wanted to change the subject and discuss the reason he arrived at his workplace, he said.

"Sure .. Tell me.." Hiruzen spoke as he inhaled.

Aoto removed a stack of scrawled-up papers and set them on the table. It appeared to be an unkempt book. Hiruzen became interested in it and began to turn the pages one by one. It took him a good 15 minutes of reading before he finally understood what this book was all about.

His eyes flitted between Aoto and the text. He gave him a horrified stare. This was a monster rather than brilliance. The book provided in-depth details about the human body. He knew this because his won wife was a renowned medical ninja, he dabbled on it very vaguely and had some idea Even though there were numerous blanks and the specifics weren't as clear, whatever he wrote was groundbreaking. Probably could be termed in the same league as Tsunade's contribution to medical facility.

"Aoto.. This.. This is amazing.. Konoha would like to buy the book." Hiruzen was honest in his speech. He was prepared to pay for this book regardless of how much it cost. Aoto, though, gave a headshake and stated.

"Hokage.. It's not as great as you think. You have seen the blanks.. I need to fill them up and the reason I came here is because I need a dead body to conduct my experiments." The suggestion was made directly by Aoto.

"A corpse.. You.. You want to conduct more research?" Hiruzen could comprehend Aoto's desire for a dead body. The pages have a lot of blank space. Simply nodding his head, Aoto. Hiruzen puffed another smoke and let go of it.

"Good.. Konoha will send you three bodies by the night. And after your book is ready, Konoha would like to buy the book." Hiruzen spoken.

"No.." Once more, Aoto declined.

"No..?" Hiruzen gazed at Aoto, hoping for a suitable response.

"I want to sell 100 books of mine at first and Konoha can do whatever it wants with my books." Added Aoto.

"100 books?" Hiruzen didn't understand. He first believed that Aoto would propose his demands, so what was up with the sale of 100 books?

"Hokage, you're forgetting that I work as a businessman and that all I want to do is make sales. If you really want to pay me, open a medical school. I may carry out additional research and write other books about the human body and the medical industry in the future. Additionally, even if this book of mine appears fine, it has flaws and I am certain that there are errors. I'll carry on my research into human bodies along with my business."

Hiruzen could easily see the confidence in the eyes of Aoto when he said that. This boy surely was ambitious.