"Salary? If there's a salary, Lord Kakuzu can take it all when the time comes."
Mui did not think much of it and agreed without hesitation. After all, he had been taken away by force. It would already be good enough if he was not worked like a beast of burden. As for a salary, even if there was one, how high could it possibly be?
At last, a scheming smile appeared on Kakuzu's face, though his tone remained icy as he gave another cold snort.
"Hmph! Then let bygones be bygones."
With that, Kakuzu turned his head away, hiding the expression on his face.
Orochimaru's eyes flickered at the sight, but quickly dimmed again. Everyone knew that research did not require much manpower for a ninja, but it consumed an enormous amount of money. Back when he was in Konoha, all his research funding had been provided by Root. Whenever Root ran out of money, Shimura Danzō would pester Sarutobi Hiruzen. So during that time, he had never noticed the importance of funding.
It was only after he defected that he discovered just how important money was. All kinds of advanced, precise, practical equipment came at exorbitant prices. Thus, even after defecting for so many years, he had only managed to establish one crude research base in the Land of Rice Fields.
He had been scared by poverty, so he had also wanted to swindle Mui out of his future salary just now. But then he remembered Naruto saying that they might lack anything else, but never funding, so he gave up on the idea.
Seeing this, Mui finally let out a breath of relief. He truly did not dare imagine how terrifying Kakuzu's strength must be if he was really a ninja from his father's era and still