Eiji said this and was about to leave.
"I'll go tell Lord Hokage right now that Sunagakure finds this troublesome and doesn't want to help us."
Rasa and Baki were completely dumbfounded by this move.
Had Hiruzen sent them a person?
Who negotiated cooperation between two villages like this? The moment things didn't go his way, he simply went home.
Wasn't this just pure lunacy?
Cooperation was, at its core, a game—a negotiation of give and take.
Negotiation meant negotiating, damn it. You had to talk things out.
Naming an outrageous price and then bargaining it down—that was the basic process.
However, Eiji didn't know how to negotiate.
But he had bought clothes at the night market before.
If he heard a price that seemed wrong, he would turn around and leave immediately.
Before he counted to three, he would definitely stop you.
Rasa really did call out to Eiji.
"Lord Eiji, please wait."
He knew that once Eiji returned and embellished the story, it would certainly affect the relationship between the two villages.
Though Rasa appeared tough on the surface, he actually couldn't wait to latch onto the Hokage's powerful support.
At this point, Rasa no longer cared whether they borrowed money or not.
He first settled Eiji in and told him to get a good night's rest. The next morning, he would send elite ninja to act alongside him.
"Lord Kazekage, there's one more thing I'd like to discuss with you."
Rasa's heart gave a jolt. He was afraid Eiji would cause some other trouble again.
"Go ahead. As long as it isn't too excessive, I can agree to it."
"I have a habit of taking walks. Would it be all right if I took a stroll around the village after dinner tonight?"
Rasa thought for a while.