Four years before Naruto's story begins, in the years the manga never showed, civilian apothecary Ren Aoyama — no jutsu, no bloodline, no cheat — inherits his grandmother's Konoha herb shop and its 72,000 ryō debt, due at the winter solstice. One posted price for everyone, cures sealed before the season that needs them, and every ryō counted: follow the ledger to zero.
This is a demo: the first three chapters, free to read here. Read it on Webnovel as Naruto: The Apothecary of Konoha, under the pen name Bitterleaf — the opening chapter is live now, and the rest of the book is on its way. Read on Webnovel →
Like every ASHC book, it was written with AI assistance and revised under a human-run quality process — counted, reviewed, and re-reviewed before it ships.