Originally belonging to the predecessor of the Hogo Union, the Cole Gang, only a second-hand motorcycle shop and a few stores could launder money, making around $20,000 to $30,000 a month.
This income level is similar to that of the Cole Gang.
However, Simmons Sparletta is ambitious. Places like bars usually have a large cash flow that is hard to trace in detail, making them the second most traditional money laundering method after casinos and nightclubs.
The freight company can serve as a high-quality transit point for money laundering, suitable for operating some luxury goods of unknown origin.
More sophisticated methods are beyond the reach of ordinary gangs.
For example, casinos, as well as low-buy-high-sell real estate investments, luxury goods trading, fake movie box office receipts, etc.
The only person in Gotham who has successfully engaged in all these money laundering methods and expanded them without trouble is the Penguin. Money laundered by him is absolutely clean.
Relying on the freight company, bars, the newly acquired blocks, and community operating places, they can easily absorb more than half of the million dollars.
The rest will be handed over to the Penguin.
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"Very good. Although the investigation efficiency is slightly lower, you have at least resolved the renegade ninja within the time frame I requested. Your current issue lies in searching for intelligence and environmental perception."
In a pub in a small town on the eastern side of the Wind Country, Kazekage Kazami enjoyed sake while giving guidance to Hardy and two others sitting across from him.
"Generally speaking, the best intelligence gathering technique in the ninja world is the Kekkei Genkai, such as the Byakugan of Konoha. However, we in Sunagakure do not have such bloodline limits, so we can only focus on ninjutsu as a backup."
"Maki, the village has a Doton (Earth Release) technique called Jiten no Jutsu, which can sense changes in ground vibrations using chakra perception. It can also actively apply low-frequency vibrations to the ground with Doton, sensing moving objects and chakra from a distance. This suits you well."
"Moreover, there is also a Fuken no Jutsu (Wind Perception Technique), developed by the Second Kazekage, which is similar in principle to Jiten no Jutsu. It can sense chakra within a small range through the flow of air or actively release Fuuton (Wind Release) for perception. However, the drawback is that it is easy to be detected when actively released and is prone to interference by some ninjutsu."
"All three of you have Wind Release chakra. You can try to learn it. However, for Hardy and Yukura, I suggest forming a contract with a spirit beast possessing certain perception abilities, especially for you, Hardy. Although your special puppet can protect you in close combat, having a spirit beast with close combat capabilities would be a good supplement for you."
Hardy and the others sat on the sofa, taking note of Kazami's words.
It had been a month since they were assigned to this team.
In just a month, Hardy had completed nine B-rank missions and four C-rank missions with the team, marking the initial completion of team cohesion.
After returning to Sunagakure from a mission, Kazami went to report while Hardy went to the adjacent room of the puppet base.
This place had been temporarily arranged for the medical ninja training class set up by Chiyo.
He was here to see Yukari.
When Hardy saw Yukari, she was calmly inserting one of her thousand needles into a lizard's spine without changing her expression.
"What's up?" Yukari swiftly pulled out the needle, remaining unfazed even as blood splattered on her face.
"Um... I just wanted to ask, if I want to learn medical ninjutsu, what should I study?" Hardy looked at Yukari, who placed her palm glowing with green light on the lizard's neck, and chuckled.
"You want to transfer to the medical class?"
"No, I just want to learn more skills, get a basic understanding of medical ninjutsu so that in case of emergencies on the battlefield, I have an extra life-saving skill."
"I see..." Yukari removed her palm and inspected the lizard.
"The bone-setting surgery failed again. This Palm Sage Jutsu is really hard to learn."
The poor lizard was tossed aside as Yukari opened a cabinet under the table and took out a stack of books.
"To become a medical ninja, you need to be a qualified doctor first. You must study human anatomy, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology, master diagnostic and emergency treatment skills. These are the essential books to study."
Hardy smirked.
Encouraging someone to study medicine, that's asking for trouble.
If it weren't for the irreplaceable value of medical ninjutsu in other worlds and its life-saving capabilities, Hardy would not want to study medicine.
After all, studying medicine couldn't save Sunagakure.
"Have you finished reading all these books?"
"More accurately, I've memorized them," Yukari sighed and thought for a moment before writing on a piece of paper.
"If you just want to get started with medical ninjutsu, enhance your survival skills on the battlefield, you can consider learning Hemostasis Jutsu, along with suturing, first aid bandaging, and drug treatment methods. These can treat minor injuries in a short time without affecting combat capabilities. Even if you are seriously injured, you can prolong..."
"The golden time for treatment."
"This is a book list. The first line should be the introductory books you are thinking of. If you want to develop in medical ninjutsu, you can read these, as these are recommended for us to read by Elder Chiyo.
However, the village's medical system has just been established and is still in the trial phase. Elder Chiyo is very busy, and the only one capable of teaching us is Sister Rinne. So, if you want to learn medical ninjutsu, you may not find anyone to teach you."
After all, Sunagakure is not Konoha.
Konoha has Tsunade, the number one medical saint in the ninja world, the legacy left by the Senju clan, and a wealth of human experimentation records from the Second Hokage, making it much easier.
In today's ninja world, the only one capable of summarizing and collecting all medical ninjutsu, establishing a complete medical ninja system that can stand alongside professions like puppeteers, is Tsunade.
Sunagakure is actually not bad in this regard, ranking just below Konoha.
The development and manufacture of human puppets itself involves human experimentation—this is an essential part of establishing a relatively complete foundation for medical ninjutsu.
Moreover, most of Sunagakure's puppeteers are also skilled in using poisons. Medicine and poison are inseparable, and the foundation in pharmacology must also be ahead of other ninja villages.
In terms of the foundation of medical ninjutsu, especially in advanced medical ninjutsu, Sunagakure falls slightly short of Konoha, but it also has its unique strengths. What is lacking is an all-around super medical ninja like Tsunade who can integrate a new system.
Although Chiyo is indeed at the top level of medical ninjutsu in the ninja world, compared to Tsunade, who may not appear for centuries, there is still a certain gap.