How about selling high-yield crops, and training in how to cultivate them, to the rest of the Elemental Nations through AMITY? Maybe turn it into an all-pay auction for the next unclaimed summon scroll, bids to be evaluated based on how much they contribute to long-term regional political stability. Akatsuki could maybe actually be trusted as arbitrators, since they've got a genuine interest in such stability, and so little to gain by stealing a scroll.
We learn TH for 12 hours a day, but I don't think we spend all that time with Haruhisa in direct lessons. Rather, I think some portion of those 12 hours are expected to be "homework", practicing what you've learned today and reviewing what you've learned so that it sinks in in time for your next lesson. These 12 hours are meant to represent a "full time" commitment, because the few hours left in the day are likely to be filled up by food and chores and such. You're saddled with enough work to monopolize your time without interfering with your ability to keep up your day-to-day life.
Not to mention, Noburi is also going to be Acting Clan Head of the Goketsu Clan.
Maybe he shouldn't, actually, then? That's one load off his shoulders. Give it to Mari or one of the Leaf adoptees.
- Man who tried to God-Tree the world
Mari loathes leadership and doesn't trust herself with it. As for the adoptees... Haru is the only one who's shown leadership skills or initiative. That's partly why we adopted him. And he's also been training socials under Mari for the last year or so.
Edits in bold.
I do plan to go gold-mining if the QMs get back to me about this with a "yes". Am planning on poking them more this cycle if I haven't heard back by tomorrow.
@Sir Stompy, signal-boosting this. Any interest in floating this idea to our IC planners?
Sure, that seems fine. As long as Mari is still holding his strings.
Fine with me. I'll put it in the next round of edits.
I'm going to fourth this as well. I forgot that these are both part-time commitments, and taking a third option here actually sounds pretty viable.
They're very much not both part-time commitments.
Taking 50% of days off is what they would call "slacking". I am willing to ask this but y'all should not get your hopes up.
Are you sure? The chocolate thing didn't go so well.... I think I'd prefer to come back to a clan that was not currently on fire.
I'd prefer it if the Leaf contingent did something useful for the singularly important cause of stopping the end of the world as we know it. If that risks setting the clan on fire... So be it? I'd take a 50% risk of that for a 50% chance at getting a +10% to our probability of winning against the Akatsuki, say.
I mean, it seems like it would take a day of mine-sucking away from research, but I agree that that is fairly small, given relative consequences and timescales. Iron would be more helpful for internal production and less likely to destabilize the currency markets though, even if the payout wouldn't be as large.
That feels technically true, except (1) if they ever found out, and (2) still not the better deal, and (3) that may help unruffle their feathers so they don't, like, kick him out (yes these toads have feathers), but I don't think it will be enough for training to be on the table again, or at least not during the time scope of the quest based on current pacing.
Without commenting on the rest, we've gone over civilian-operable X being a bad idea and I don't think this changes the calculus there. Civilians being irrelevant to ninja warfare is a large factor in them not being used as cannon fodder. If they start being able to use any form of seal or rune the motive now exists to use them for cannon fodder with combat seals or runes.
The Internet tells me that the latter is a Prince of Tennis character. Would he be able to present a suitable challenge to a homicidal ninja and her even more homicidal axe?
Thankfully, it's been long enough that some of the gemstone money has started coming in. While most of the money should be earmarked for the Kurusu and Tsunade, Mari has helpfully liberated some of it to ease the otherwise razor-thin Gōketsu balance sheets. The estate-construction fund is still empty, the Ministry's coffers are still misappropriated, and the Ministry and road missions are still suspended, but the GED and seal bank continue to operate, and Gaku has even authorized a very small amount of till-n-fill subsidies.
The Gōketsu Clan does not currently have the liquidity to pay Tsunade.
We're not going to specify the exact equipment drawdowns, but the Team Akane Seal Bank multiplies the equipment available to clanless genin many times over. As a reminder, one of Asuma's conditions for the operation of the Seal Bank was that you only serve clanless genin, and that the seals given out in this way be marked not for resale. The demand is currently manageable by Shinji alone, but he works on it full-time.
