"You weren't paid?"
Ōnoki of Both Scales stared blankly at Deva Path Pain hovering in the sky, then looked down at Kakuzu before finally turning his gaze to Kitsuchi behind him.
Kitsuchi looked just as bewildered. He distinctly remembered telling his subordinates to send the money to the Akatsuki Organization.
"There must be some misunderstanding here. Iwagakure and the Akatsuki Organization have worked together for a long time. We've never gone back on our word when it comes to payment!"
How could Ōnoki of Both Scales not realize what had happened? There were definitely corrupt parasites within Iwagakure, and big ones at that!
Of the one billion from the Daimyo's Residence, he had only dared to pocket seven hundred million. Yet his subordinates in Iwagakure had actually pocketed two hundred fifty million outright?
Ōnoki made up his mind then and there. Once today's incident was over, he would launch a ruthless, thorough investigation into Iwagakure's problems!
"No, there is no misunderstanding."
"Didn't you people in Iwagakure say our Akatsuki Organization was just some obscure little organization, and that we should count ourselves lucky to receive fifty million?"
"Now that we've come knocking, you tell us it was a misunderstanding?"
Deva Path Pain looked coldly at Ōnoki. He could also tell that someone in Iwagakure had probably embezzled the Akatsuki Organization's money, but so what?
The culprits belonged to Iwagakure, the money had been embezzled by Iwagakure, and even those arrogant remarks had come from Iwagakure.
Since the Akatsuki Organization had attacked Iwagakure, they had never intended to let today's matter end so easily!
"Then what would you have us do?"
Ōnoki looked at the young Deva Path Pain, inwardly lamenting his predicament.
There was an unwritten rule in the shinobi world: powerful people could not necessarily fly, but anyone who