Learning to Be Fair

He was an excellent subordinate.

"Have any of our Lotus Organization brothers been injured or killed?"

It had been so long since he had asked about the organization that Torikaze was nearly forgetting he was its Village Chief. He truly paid no attention to anything outside his own little world.

He had handed everything over to Kakuzu to handle.

Kakuzu was delighted to hear this. The Village Chief was finally paying attention to them!

"It's like this: so far, no one in our organization has died, but quite a few have been injured, ranging from minor injuries to severe ones."

Kakuzu then added seriously, "We treated them immediately as well, so there won't be any lingering aftereffects."

The organization's current members had all been recruited by Kakuzu through various means, and they already had a group of highly loyal core members.

Their strength was quite impressive, with even the weakest possessing Jonin-level ability. They had been gathered from all over the world. Without Kakuzu's long lifespan, an ordinary person could never have accomplished something like this.

Torikaze was quite satisfied with Kakuzu's answer. He had indeed shown far too little concern for the organization's members.

Their benefits and treatment were also worse than those in the village. He had somewhat overlooked the fact that the organization's members were risking their lives for him as well.

Hah, it looks like I need to learn how to treat everyone fairly from now on. It was still rather difficult to keep things truly balanced.

Torikaze always gave the best things to the villagers. All the latest inventions were also bought and used by the villagers first.

The Lotus Organization's benefits and treatment were practically nonexistent, only slightly better than those in other countries.

Yet they had no complaints whatsoever and continued to follow