Seeing Itachi, disguised as Hyuga Kagami, agree so readily, the Third Hokage narrowed his eyes slightly. He swallowed all the words he had prepared to continue persuading him, and a trace of doubt flickered in his eyes.
However, the Third Hokage quickly concealed his suspicion and said casually, "Just us offering up our salaries and allowances probably won't be enough. You haven't spent that hundred million from last time yet, have you?"
Itachi fell into thought and did not answer immediately.
Even someone as experienced as the Third Hokage could not hide the subtle changes in his expression from Itachi's keen perception. Thus, Itachi immediately realized that the Third Hokage had grown suspicious of him.
Where did I give myself away?
Itachi pondered in secret, but could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought.
He had truly put in the effort to impersonate Hyuga Kagami. Aside from the most basic things like mannerisms and behavior, he had even tried his utmost to mimic Hyuga Kagami's habitual wording and phrasing.
Yet after repeatedly recalling their exchange just now, he found that the entire conversation had been perfectly ordinary.
They had neither discussed village secrets nor touched upon Hyuga Kagami's private affairs. By all reason, such a normal conversation should not have left any possibility of exposure.
But the Third Hokage was clearly suspicious, which Itachi found difficult to understand.
Could canceling salaries and allowances be some kind of code phrase? But my senior never mentioned it to me!
The more he analyzed it, the more confused Itachi became. He felt that something was wrong, yet he simply could not identify what it was.
Seeing that Itachi remained silent for so long, the doubt in the Third Hokage's eyes instead faded somewhat. He smiled casually. "I don't mean anything