Over the next few days, the Konoha Team and Yagura went everywhere in the village that they could.
On the surface, they claimed to be searching for Orochimaru's whereabouts, but anyone who gave it a little thought knew that was just an excuse.
When they had broken into Kirigakure, the Masked Man had already fled.
If Orochimaru had been there, he definitely would have fled too.
These three bastards couldn't even be said to have stolen Kirigakure's information. They had openly investigated the village.
Yet Kirigakure's ninjas couldn't do anything about them.
The moment they got even a little closer, a water needle would pierce straight through their chests.
At night, these loyal subordinates still had to stand guard for them, afraid that rebels would assassinate the Mizukage.
After several days, Eiji and the others were fine, while the villagers had already fought among themselves several times.
Five days later.
The Konoha Team felt that it was about time, so they began discussing how to withdraw.
Thus, they called over Elder Genshi and the others from Kirigakure.
"Since the people we're looking for aren't in the village, we should leave too."
Hearing this, the stone in Kirigakure's heart finally dropped.
They're finally leaving. Just wait until they're on the way back. I'll make sure to deal with them.
Unexpectedly, Eiji once again displayed his inhuman nature.
"Next, let's discuss compensation."
"What? Compensation? Kid, do you know what you're talking about?"
Genshi truly had no idea what to do with Eiji. He had spent his entire life fighting wars.
Yet he had never seen a kid like this—completely without principles and liable to come up with whatever he pleased.
"What do you mean by compensation?"
Eiji cleared his throat and spoke righteously:
"Five days ago, our Konoha envoy group arrived in