After finishing his conversation with the Third Raikage, Tamura Hiroshi called in the people waiting outside. Dodai, who had just arrived, was the first through the door—and he practically charged in.
The moment he entered, he grabbed a certain young man by the collar and demanded furiously,
"Brat, what have you done in Konoha using my name this time? Why has my bounty at the Bounty Office skyrocketed to three hundred million ryō, higher than Lord Raikage's?"
A month ago, his bounty at the Bounty Office had started rising strangely, jumping all the way to one hundred million ryō. Today, the latest intelligence had it soaring to three hundred million, surpassing Lord Raikage's two hundred and eighty million ryō.
He didn't think anything was wrong on his end. After turning it over in his mind, the only possibility was that this brat who'd gone to Konoha had stirred up trouble again.
Tamura Hiroshi raised Dodai's sleeve to shield himself from the spittle flying from his furious mouth, then tried to soothe him. "That's proof of a kind of ability. It shows that Lord Dodai's importance to the village has surpassed that of the Third Teacher."
"So it really was you, brat."
Dodai's eyes widened. So the kid really had caused all this.
"Enough. We can talk about these minor matters later."
The Third Raikage's face twitched again. He gestured for them to handle the important business first.
"I'll settle things with you later, brat."
Dodai glared at the young man, then stepped aside. Tamura Hiroshi walked forward, placed a hand on Dodai's shoulder, and inscribed the Yachihoko mark onto him. Then he quickly drew out and purified Dodai's chakra.
Dodai was taken aback by this. He turned to look at the Third Raikage and, seeing him nod silently, said nothing