"This is the location of the Underground Exchange. Go collect ten million from the treasury, then contact Kakuzu.
After this mission, I'll give you a week off."
"Smack."
Uchiha Mai slapped the young girl's backside, shooed Mei Terumi out of the office, then closed his eyes and began slacking off.
The young girl's eyes were seductive and her cheeks flushed. Covering her backside, she walked out the door, filled with regret—deep, profound regret.
If she had known boys could also be... no, if she had known there was someone like this in the Ninja World, she could have hired Kakuzu to march alongside the Mizukage when they attacked Konoha.
Two Shadow Level powerhouses joining forces might not necessarily have lost to Uchiha Mai.
Sigh, it could only be said that ninja warfare was information warfare. Kirigakure had been outmatched, and they had possessed too little intelligence. Their defeat had been inevitable.
After collecting over ten million in mission funds, Mei Terumi hurried to a town within the Land of Water and, following Uchiha Mai's instructions, attempted to contact Kakuzu.
That old schemer Kakuzu was elusive and unpredictable. He never used his real name when accepting missions at the Underground Exchange, so ordinary methods made him difficult to find.
Uchiha Mai's suggestion to Mei Terumi was to use the same method they had used to contact Sasori of the Red Sands.
Use over ten million as bait, place a real-name bounty on Kakuzu at the Underground Exchange, and turn the wandering ninja of over half the Ninja World into eyes and ears. The results would be outstanding.
After posting the mission at the Underground Exchange, Mei Terumi temporarily settled in that town and waited quietly for someone to take the bait.
Within the Land of Fire, along a tree-lined path