Chapter 376: End of the Sports Festival

Chapter 376: End of the Sports Festival

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Soon, it's the last day of the Konoha Grand Sports Festival.

After the rewards and medal distribution ceremony, the sports festival came to a close with a motivational speech from the Hokage and the Mizukage.

Rasa left early since he had some matters to attend to in the Sand Village. The rewards for solo and team play events were rewarded separately. The first-place winners were rewarded with a lump sum of 150,000 Ryo each, together with a vacation trip to a resort in the Land of waves. The Second-place winners were rewarded with a sum of 75,000 Ryo and a trip to the resort in the Land of Waves. The third-place winners were rewarded with a sum of 30,000 Ryo and a trip to the resort in the Land of Waves. Additionally, the first place was also allowed to ask for anything within certain limits from their respective Kages.

The reward was sponsored by the Vishkar Corporation in one of their resorts in Land of Waves. As a co-owner of the corporation, Mei unhesitatingly held the event.

"Mei, will it be alright?" Tsunade asks with concern as she hands over the prize to the winners.

Over the span of 7 days, around 200 events were held. The Vishkar corporation sponsored the entire event. The entire cost of the events, including the prizes, amounts to a whopping 3 billion Ryo. The carnival held at the end of each day was also arranged by the Vishkar Corporation. This sum was equivalent to the entire earnings of Konoha in a month.

"It's alright!" Mei shakes her head.

"According to the initial estimates, the company already made a profit of 1 billion Ryo from this event."

"Well" Tsunade gulps her saliva as she imagines the huge amount of money.

'That's a lot of money I can spend on gambling!' Slight drool leaks from Tsunade's mouth.

Ahem

'I am respected Hokage. How can I think of such a thing but still such a vast sum of money? I should have asked some from Izuna.'

Mei notices Tsunade's expression and chuckles slightly.

"Tsunade-san, I forgot to mention this, but you are also a part-owner of the company."

"I I am" This revelation flabbergasts Tsunade.

"Yeah! The Diceroll casinos and gambling dens are under your ownership." A smile appears on Mei's face.

"Wait! The Diceroll cassino isn't that the recent most popular casino? And I am its owner, you say?" Tsunade's eyes widen even further.

"So so all this time I I was giving money to myself." Tsunade turns around and tears leak from her eyes.

"Could this even be called gambling, if I take money from myself only to give it to myself?" Tsunade clenches her fists as Izuna's face appears in her mind.

Izuna has an evil grin on his face as he points his finger at Tsunade and laughs.

"Izuna, you better be prepared the next time I meet you!" She clenches her fists.

Pfft Haha

Mei and Shizune burst out in a peal of laughter.

"That Izuna! He is really evil. To think of such an ingenious plan to make Tsunade-sama quit gambling." Shizune wipes a drop of tear from the corner of her eyes as she barely holds her laughter.

"Damn you damn you Izuna!" Tsunade angrily mutters.

"Oh I forgot to give you something!"

"Authority Level: Tier three Administrator,"

"Administration Privileges are access to all funds of Okane bank, a protective Fuinjutsu barrier, a"

"I don't want to hear all of that, just give me a hundred thousand no, five hundred thousand Ryo." Tsunade shakes her card in excitement.

""

Mei and Shizune speechlessly stare at her.

"Then I will let you figure out the rest of the functions of this card on your own."

After the closing ceremony, the Jounins of Kirigakure and Sunagakure leave for their respective village.

"Now it's time for the cleanup." Kakashi, Might Guy, and the rest of the Jounins helplessly stare at each other.

"Who will take the responsibility?"

All of them stare at each other. Each of their genin and chunnin teams have won one award or another and thus are exempted from the cleaning duty.

"Let's draw lots," Kurenai suggests.

"The same as usual!"

Kakashi and one of the Hyuga and Uchiha clan members nod their heads.

"Using your Dojutsu or genjutsu is forbidden!" The rest of the jounins stare daggers at them.

During the previous few cleaning duties, the Uchiha and Hyuga clan members cheated with their eyes. Even the Nara clan members manipulated their lots by using their shadows, leaving the cleaning task to other shinobis.

All of them draw lots and wait for the result. After tallying the result, Kakashi stares at his lot.

"In the end, I still won."

The rest of the group stare daggers at him.

"How can we believe that you didn't cheat?"

"Well, will you guys believe me if I said I didn't cheat?"

"NO!" A collective response almost deafens his ears.

"All right! I will help you guys with the cleaning." Kakashi shakes his head.

'I really didn't cheat. I was just lucky, as usual.'

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A few kilometers from Konoha,

The members of the Akatsuki gather on top of a hill.

"Most of the shinobis at the border retreated to Konoha, so it wasn't an issue to infiltrate the Land of Fire." Kisame looks around.

"It's about time for some explosions." Deidra pats an explosive sparrow.

"This is the moment when the defenses of Konoha are at their lowest. They just concluded their annual festival and the rest of the villages have already departed from Konoha. We will strike them down when their guard is lower and capture the Nine-tails and One-tails." Pain calmly stares in the direction of Konoha.