Naruto: People are in Konoha, the system arrived 20 years earlier Chapter 100

Seeing that Onoki didn’t react, Hiruzen said lightly, “According to our calculations, the final compensation amount adds up to 50, 003, 546 ryo. How about this, I’ll round down the odd bits for you, so you only need to pay 50 million ryo.”

“What the hell? 50 million ryo? Are you kidding me?” Onoki immediately stood up and roared.

Even the previously mentioned 30 million, plus this 10 million, would only be a little over 40 million, so how did it become 50 million ryo now?

“Is there a problem? Not satisfied with the amount? If you’re not satisfied, then we’ll settle this with our own methods.” Hiruzen stood up again, speaking coldly, as if there was no room for negotiation.

Onoki’s momentum immediately weakened a few points. Damn it, if Kōdo wasn’t in their hands, he would have declared war directly.

Onoki inwardly cursed a certain Second Hokage again, why did he develop Space-Time Ninjutsu when he had nothing else to do?

“My point is, can the price still be discussed?” Onoki forced a polite smile, his voice a few shades lower, “This price really exceeds our affordability.”

Seeing this, Hiruzen, who had feigned to leave, frowned slightly and sat down again.

“You should know, we haven’t exaggerated this price.”

“Understood, understood.” Onoki nodded, but roared in his heart: If you didn’t exaggerate, I’d take your surname.

After Hiruzen sat down, he didn’t speak again. Negotiation is about me first giving you my price, and then you negotiate with me until both parties are relatively satisfied.

And at this point, whoever loses their composure first loses.

After a long while, Onoki saw that Hiruzen didn’t bring up the topic again. He struggled for a while before slowly speaking.

“How about this, Hokage, how about 20 million? Our village would have to tighten its belt to get by with that.”

“ 20 million? Who are you trying to fool? Besides, haven’t you always worn tight clothes? 48 million, no less.”

“ 25 million, we’d have to sell some of our assets.”

“ 45 million, no less.”

“ 30 million, we really can’t add any more, if we do, we won’t be able to maintain the village’s operations.”

“ 42 million, this is our biggest concession.”

“ 30… 35 million, this is truly our bottom line.”

“Deal!”

Onoki’s eyes widened. Why isn’t this old man playing by the rules? Shouldn’t the price be unagreeable in the end, leading to another unpleasant separation?

…

Hiruzen looked at Onoki with a smile. “It’s also because of our friendship that I’m giving you this friendly price. Otherwise, I definitely wouldn’t agree to it.”

Then he pulled out two scrolls from his clothes and threw them to Onoki.

“I’ve prepared the agreements for you. Just sign them.”

Onoki mechanically unrolled the scrolls, and upon closer inspection, he immediately became furious.

Good heavens, the amount was already written inside: 35 million.

So he had been played for a fool?

But the words were already spoken, and there was no room for regret now.

“Okay, I’ll sign.”

Onoki compromised. He’d redeem Kōdo first.

He planned that once Kōdo was redeemed, he would immediately confine him to the village and not let him go anywhere.

Otherwise, the village couldn’t withstand such a drain.

After signing his name, he returned the scrolls to Hiruzen.

“Hokage, since we’ve resolved this matter, I think I still need to discuss the recent loss of a confidential document from our village with you.” Onoki said softly.

“Discuss what?” Hiruzen was clearly not interested.

Although he knew the other party would bring up this issue, he just planned not to take the bait.

Onoki paused for a moment, then clasped his hands on the table, speaking seriously, “The loss of the item is partly due to my own fault for not guarding it well, and I don’t expect to get it back. I just hope that the person who got it won’t make its contents public, don’t you think, Hokage?”

Even if the document was retrieved, it had been so many days, the other party might have already copied several copies, so Onoki never intended to ask Hiruzen to return the document, because it was meaningless.

“Heh, what does that have to do with me? If your stuff is lost, go find it.” Hiruzen said lightly.

Onoki slowly stood up. “Having one enemy who knows me well enough is enough. I don’t want too many such people, don’t you think, Hokage?”

“Although I don’t know who you’re alluding to, I agree with that.” Hiruzen also stood up.

The two slowly approached, and finally shook hands politely, a silent understanding passing between them.

Just like that, the two left the meeting room and returned to their respective lodgings.

Inside the Iwa Shinobi’s inn, two guards approached Onoki.

“Tsuchikage-sama, what should we do next?”

Onoki pounded his lower back. He had been sitting for too long, and his back ached terribly.

He looked up at the guards and said softly, “Raise money for Konoha, then go pick up Kōdo and the others, and then return to the village.”

“But, are we just going to let it go like this?” The guards were clearly a little unwilling. They had been in a completely subordinate position during this negotiation.

“Heh, what else? When you get hit, you stand at attention, but the matter is definitely not over. After the village gets through this period, we’ll get it back from Konoha.” Onoki said with a glint in his eyes.

However, because of Kōdo, their economy would be strained for a while.

On the other side, inside Hiruzen’s inn.

“Sakumo, of this compensation, 10 million will be allocated as a bonus for your team. You can distribute it among yourselves.” Hiruzen said with a smile.

Of course, this 10 million was not the bounty for Hayato’s S-rank mission; it was an extra reward.

The reason this negotiation went so smoothly was mainly because they held the card of Kōdo. Onoki was quite protective of his own, so Hiruzen wouldn’t be stingy.

The remaining 25 million would be used for the village’s development.

Sakumo was overjoyed to hear this, as no one would complain about having too much money.

“Thank you, Hokage-sama.”

Orochimaru, standing nearby, took a few steps forward. “Sarutobi-sensei, our technology department has only recently been established, and we’ve been experiencing some financial difficulties lately.”

Hiruzen turned to look at Orochimaru. Good heavens, he knew how to play the emotional card when he wanted money.

“I know, I’ll allocate some funds to you then.” Hiruzen smiled and replied softly.

With money, one truly had to think carefully about how to spend it.

25 million, seemingly not much, but not a small amount either.

He had also previously promised Tsunade to support the village’s medical ninja reforms, which could now be pushed forward a bit.

Hiruzen smiled and muttered to himself, “Kidnapping really is a quick way to make money, no wonder Cloud Shinobi like to pull this stunt.”