Miwa Masayo asked softly, "What about your suggestion?"
Uchiha Yu answered with an awkward grin, "Just wait a little longer. Just a little longer."
"What are you waiting for?"
"A mission. This village chief really gets it. He told me he wanted to temporarily add a mission: protect Jiusen Village from being flooded."
"Meow?"
"That's right. I've already completed it, and the village chief is especially considerate. He's willing to treat the flood as a ninja-level threat and classify the mission as C-rank."
"Does that mean more money, meow?"
"One hundred and fifty thousand ryo. The maximum!"
Uchiha Yu smugly held out his right hand, his five pale, slender fingers stretched straight as he tried his best to convey his pride.
Miwa Masayo narrowed her eyes at her litter scooper and sneered. "That's it?"
"You, Uchiha Yu, a mighty immortal, care about a mere one hundred and fifty thousand ryo, meow?"
"You're the man in charge of the Uchiha clan's revival funds, meow!!"
"You have a full forty million ryo in cash on hand! Forty million ryo, meow!!"
"It's different."
"How is it different, me—ow!"
The enraged Tabby Cat pounced on him, wrapped herself around Uchiha Yu's head, and viciously bit his ear.
Of course, that "vicious" bite did not hurt Uchiha Yu at all. Instead, Miwa Masayo's tongue brushing against his ear made it terribly ticklish.
Uchiha Yu laughed innocently. He held the Tabby Cat in both hands and gently patted her body as he explained, "Those forty million ryo were swindled. These one hundred and fifty thousand were earned. Of course they're different."
Once Miwa Masayo realized she could not bite her litter scooper hard enough to hurt him, she obediently let him hold her in his arms.
She challenged him, "These one hundred and fifty thousand ryo