"Not only that, but as Konoha's ambassador, that guy doesn't have to handle paperwork all day. Instead, he runs around outside with his people. He's doing it just to get on my nerves!"
What frustrated Yagura even more was the cost of the Embassy Konoha had built in Kirigakure.
Back then, he had deliberately raised the price of the land a little to put Konoha in its place.
And what had happened? Konoha had bought it without blinking and built an exceptionally comfortable Embassy in no time.
Worse, the entire project had cost less than one year's rent on the shabby office building he leased in Konoha!
"Those damned Konoha profiteers!"
The thought of Nishikawa Tetsu, the Ministry of Finance's ever-smiling deputy minister, made Yagura grind his teeth.
"Someone!"
Yagura spun around and barked into the empty room.
An Anbu appeared instantly and knelt on one knee.
"Lord Mizukage."
"Notify Konoha's ambassador, Might Duy."
Through clenched teeth, Yagura said, "Didn't he complain that the Embassy's training ground was too small? Didn't he want to lease a patch of wasteland outside the village for an exercise area and private training ground?"
Might Duy had indeed applied for one. There were more people at the Embassy now, and though it had a training ground, there was never enough room.
He had submitted his application to the Mizukage Building long ago, hoping to lease some land. Yagura had kept it from being approved just to spite him.
But Yagura could no longer stand seeing those green-clad "freaks" outside his window every day.
"Tell him I've approved his application! He can take his green-clad 'companions' out to the outskirts and run themselves ragged there! Immediately!"
Yagura paused, a flicker of vindictive pleasure crossing his eyes.
"However, that land was recently assessed as a potential