Tsunade Thinks This Was a Profitable Deal

Nagato wore a look of surprise, turned around, walked back, and sat down in his original spot: "Why are you going back on your word again?!"

He said it as if it were entirely her fault, which made the anger in Tsunade's heart flare up all over again.

"Cut the crap, I want to make a deal with you!"

"What kind of deal?" Nagato blinked, looking a bit bewildered, "You've already been captured by me, what else do you have to trade with?"

Tsunade pointed forcefully at Konan, startling Nagato, who thought she was going to use Konan as the bargaining chip.

"Her!" Tsunade said loudly, "Don't you want her to learn my techniques? I'll teach her. She isn't from the Uzumaki Clan like you; learning my techniques won't be that simple!"

Whether it was Jiraiya, Orochimaru, or now Tsunade, these three individuals shared a common trait beyond their own immense strength: they were all exceptionally skilled at teaching disciples.

This was not only because they had all studied under the Third Hokage, known as the "Professor of Ninjutsu," but also due to the profound academic atmosphere of Konoha. The educational system and pedagogical capabilities of Konoha were far ahead of other nations and hidden villages.

Although Nagato could use the Human Path's abilities to extract all of Tsunade's memories, it was too troublesome. The volume of knowledge involved in medical ninjutsu was the greatest of all ninjutsu, bar none. Neither he nor Konan had the time to digest such a massive amount of memory. Secondly, for a normal person to learn such profound medical ninjutsu, they needed a teacher to provide hands-on guidance. Only by having a world-class medical expert like Tsunade personally oversee Konan and tailor a learning method for her could Konan successfully train and master these techniques as quickly as possible.

Finally, Nagato knew one thing clearly: when it came to education, he didn't know the first thing about it. Compared to a professional like Tsunade, he was nothing. He was great at causing destruction and making others doubt their existence, but when it came to teaching ninjutsu, he was a lost cause. He learned ninjutsu purely through brute force; he knew nothing else.

"Fine." Nagato hesitated for less than three seconds before immediately agreeing, "What do you want?"

"Intelligence!" Tsunade glared at him, "I want all the intelligence on your organization!"

"Are you crazy?" Nagato was amused by her audacity, "You've only done this much, and you want all the intelligence on my organization? Do you know how much intelligence Jiraiya had to trade his life for?"

Thinking about it was quite heartbreaking; the old man Jiraiya had given his life, and he hadn't even figured out the abilities of the six Pain bodies before he was buried at sea. Tsunade wanted all the intelligence on the Akatsuki just for teaching Konan a few techniques? She must have been under too much stress and lost her mind.

"That's your own problem." Tsunade sat back in her chair, arms crossed, looking confident, "Is intelligence more important, or are your partners more important? Or perhaps, are you afraid that if I get the intelligence on the Akatsuki, it will hinder your plans?"

She felt she was a good judge of character; Nagato wasn't the type of person who was selfish and only cared about himself.

"Tch, you?" Nagato scoffed at Tsunade's remark, then hesitated for a moment, "I suppose it's possible. After all, our Akatsuki is extremely powerful, so as for intelligence..."

"Nagato!" Konan couldn't help but interrupt, calling out to him.

Nagato raised his right hand, signaling her to stay silent: "In the face of true power, so-called intelligence is meaningless. I agree to give you all the intelligence on the Akatsuki. You can ask Konan anything while you teach her. If there's anything Konan doesn't know, you can come and ask me."

"You've got guts!" Tsunade couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, feeling she had made a massive profit.

The current Akatsuki could be considered the greatest threat to the ninja world. In just a few days, she had seen Madara Uchiha and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, and she had been secretly terrified the whole time. She knew this organization had grand designs, and uncovering all their secrets was now the most important matter in the ninja world.

"However, just as you said, we both take a step back. You don't have to officially join the Akatsuki; just be a reserve member, how about that?"

"What?" Tsunade was furious, turning hostile on the spot, "I am not joining your pathetic organization!!"

Seeing Nagato's expression darken, Tsunade changed her tune: "Fine! But I demand anonymity. I have the right to refuse anything I don't want to do. And you are not allowed to tell anyone my identity. Also, if you hide any intelligence from me, I will immediately quit your pathetic organization!"

She felt she had already won, so letting this red-haired guy have his way didn't matter.

The reason she was firm about not joining the Akatsuki was simply because she held the title of Hokage. If word got out that a former Hokage of Konoha had joined the Akatsuki, the impact on the world would be disastrous. Anonymity, however, made it irrelevant; no one would know anyway.

The "Legendary Sucker" of the ninja world was a professional at dodging gambling debts; if you said she joined the Akatsuki, she would just deny it.

"Fine!" Nagato nodded, feeling Tsunade was being reasonable, and stood up to leave again.

"Wait!" Tsunade stopped him again, "Your pathetic organization..."

Nagato immediately turned his head and glared at her fiercely.

Tsunade decisively changed her wording: "Does your Akatsuki organization pay a salary to reserve members?"

Heh, she hadn't done anything yet and was already thinking about collecting a salary? Nagato shook his head, but this also showed she was already considering life after joining the Akatsuki, which was a good thing, right?

"Money is no problem!" Nagato waved his hand, acting as if the Akatsuki had plenty of money. He glanced at Konan, remembered the 600 Billion Paper Bombs, and his expression suddenly stiffened.

Tsunade, a long-time debtor, immediately smelled the scent of poverty on Nagato and looked at him with suspicion.

Nagato rubbed his chin. "The problem is we have no money"—this sentence was stuck in his throat, and he was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

He thought for a moment, as if he had come up with something, and brightened up: "We are about to rob the reconstruction funds being transported from the Land of Fire to Konoha, so don't worry, we won't be short on money!"

Konan's eyes lit up, seemingly surprised that Nagato could come up with such a good idea.

Tsunade immediately smelled the scent of bandits on these two. She was stunned, thinking that in all her years wandering the ninja world, she had never seen such a shameless redhead.

What about propriety, justice, integrity, and honor? Did Nagato lack all of these? How could this redhead have the nerve to tell her, the Hokage, about his plan to rob the reconstruction funds of Konoha? And he even planned to use the stolen money to pay her a salary as a Hokage to get her to join the Akatsuki?

This was too much, and besides, Konoha was destroyed by him in the first place! Tsunade looked at Nagato with an increasingly strange expression, feeling her head ache more and more. This redhead clearly hadn't received any proper education! Yet his teacher was Jiraiya, and Jiraiya was from Konoha... this circle just kept coming back to the start! Plus, Nagato was from the Uzumaki Clan and was actually related to her Senju family. Seeing his bright red hair reminded her of Uzumaki Mito. Tsunade pressed her forehead firmly, feeling like she was about to faint, and felt it was better to just leave this redhead alone.

She had seen this redhead before, but back then, the little redhead was so timid, with long bangs covering half his face, looking so pathetic that it was hard to associate him with the generally fierce Uzumaki Clan. Now, though, looking at this redhead, anyone who said he wasn't an Uzumaki must be blind.

"Forget it, let's not talk about money." Tsunade steadied herself, thinking, "Talking about money is too heavy, whether for this kid or for me."

Anyway, no matter how much money she had, she would lose it all at the casino, and then she could just put it on Nagato's tab.

Let him know the terror of gambling debts in this world.

So, once again, Tsunade raised her right hand to Nagato, fingers spread, signaling him to shut up and stop talking about the robbery.

"You agree?" Nagato looked at her with anticipation.

"Yes!" Tsunade nodded with difficulty.

"Excellent! Then your future title will be the One-Eyed King!"

At a time like this, he was still thinking about that.

"Get lost!" That was Tsunade's reply to him.