- Your body is now in the most convenient phase of formation and growth, when proper training can bring amazing results, but to achieve such results you need a special diet that nourishes your body with all the substances necessary for development and construction. Akamichi are much better at this than anyone else and have even developed a menu for genin and chunin that has everything you need.
- How much does it cost? - The little kunoichi asked with a dry mouth.
- You won't see such sums in the next five years," the mentor replied simply.
Hoshi thought it best not to pursue the topic.
- In fact, that's all - now I'll ask you to collect the rest of the meal and we'll go to buy you suitable clothes, - Nara summarized the conversation.
- Clothes? What's wrong with this one? - Asani spoke up and Hoshi nodded in agreement.
- Because you're going to be training pretty hard, and the regular pants and tank tops you have won't last long," Ryo said with a chuckle.
After making sure there were no other questions, the mentor quickly ran off and organized the packing of the leftovers from the feast, handing each girl a paper bag and leaving the restaurant and leading them towards the Konoha shopping center. It was only after a dozen minutes that Hoshi was able to digest all the news that had fallen on her and ask a legitimate question about the reason for such generosity.
- Ryo-nii-san, why are you investing so much in us? From what the older guys at the orphanage tell me, the vast majority of mentors don't do a hundredth of what they do for their team, let alone money.
- Because I can afford it, and if such small things will increase your chance of survival, why not do it? - the man simply replied. - It doesn't mean that I'm taking you on full maintenance, so in the future you'll have to buy your own weapons, clothes and equipment, so be careful with your money. Until we start doing missions of rank "C", clothes are on me, and then only food.
- Thank you," she mumbled, looking back at her partner and seeing her face as a reflection of her feelings.
Expecting at best indifference from others, the girl was touched to the core by such generosity for a simple orphan. Of course, all the orphanage children knew to whom they owed more or less acceptable conditions of existence and the absence of hungry mouths, and everyone from small to large liked to play with the occasional good shinobi, as well as to look at the simple tricks with chakra, but it was one thing to know in the general pile of people, and another thing - to feel personally. It's like the difference between heaven and earth.
- In addition, you should realize that for strong shinobi, students serve as proof of their ability to train and raise the next generation of Konoha fighters to their level, not just to demonstrate their personal strength and achievements. With your successes, you are demonstrating what I am already doing in the field of education. Perhaps the most obvious example would be the third Hokage, who held his post after World War II solely due to sannin, each of whom achieved eS-rank, providing Hiruzen with enormous political support simply by the mere fact of their existence. So if you do reach at least the level of tokubetsu jonin with very modest initial prospects, that would be a huge plus to my reputation and it would be in my interest to do my best to do so.
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