The second negotiation went smoothly. After the Clan Head threw out the terms, Hozuki Gengetsu signed them with a livid expression and promised to deliver the banknotes within three days. The Clan Head then tossed over the sealing scroll containing the Three-Tails.
Xun Uzumaki did not care about any of that, nor was he worried that Kirigakure would refuse to repay the debt. This was not the transition from the Second Great Ninja War to the Third Great Ninja War. There was still quite a long time before the transition from the First Great Ninja War to the Second Great Ninja War, enough for Kirigakure to repay the money.
If Kirigakure failed to hand over the money after three days, he planned to send whirlpool ninja to the Land of Water to spread the news that the Mizukage refused to repay his debts.
He wondered whether Kirigakure could withstand that. If even the Mizukage could not keep his word, how could anyone still trust Kirigakure enough to issue them missions?
For a ninja village, reputation was extremely important. Once its name was tarnished, no one would come to issue missions. Without missions, the ninja village would have no income.
So...
If Hozuki Gengetsu said he would repay the money in three days, then it would be three days. He could not afford to lose that much face. Even if he died, his clansmen would carry it out, and the people of Kirigakure would probably force them to pay.
As for how the mist ninja would get to the Land of Earth...
That was none of the Land of Whirlpools' concern.
Anyway, according to the reports from below, the Mizukage had led the mist ninja across the sea and intended to go to Konoha. It seemed they wanted to borrow a