Swallowing His Pride
Yuezhu also sighed. "Who could have imagined that someone would want to attack the Shinobi World? I wouldn't even have dared think it."
Karatachi Yagura snorted. "We've seen it now, but what are we supposed to do? This is a huge matter. Once we finish buying land, we won't have much spare money left."
Yuezhu was at a loss over that too. "We can only see whether those two are willing to do us this favor. According to our calculations, they definitely won't lose out, but how much they'll earn is another matter."
"But according to their calculations, that's hard to say."
After all, their estimates of the revenue from the Suna and Iwa ninja villages were only estimates. They did not have the real figures.
"How about we go find Lord Torifu? Maybe he'd be willing to help us."
Yuezhu thought over how feasible it was. "If I'm willing to throw away this old face of mine, perhaps we might be able to find an opportunity..."
Karatachi Yagura immediately perked up when he heard that. "Then, Teacher, let's leave right now! How much can pride be worth?"
Yuezhu shot Karatachi Yagura an annoyed look. "You little brat! What kind of talk is that? Your teacher has been wise and mighty his whole life. I've never done anything that cost either myself or Kirigakure the slightest bit of face!"
But Karatachi Yagura did not buy it at all. "All right, all right, Teacher. The village is in crisis right now. If we can't find a way to make money, how are we supposed to train ninja to deal with the danger?"
"When Kirigakure runs into even bigger trouble later, your face won't be worth anything at all."
Yuezhu sighed when he heard that. The kid's words were