The [Purge the Jashin Cultists] mission had earned the two of them a total bounty of:
4.1 million ryō.
The two Jashin priests had each been worth a million ryō. The other Jashin cultists had been paid out at 150,000 ryō each.
Of course, the bounty for a Chunin was different from a Genin's—more than double.
But if they wanted to claim the official bounty for the five Jashin cultists who were Chunin-level, they would have to debate a rather deadly question with Yugakure—
How could they prove these Chunins were Chunins?
Kakashi hated trouble and couldn't be bothered arguing with the Yugakure ninja.
The money was going to Tsunade anyway. A little more or less made no difference to him.
Kazuhiko, however, argued his case with reason and evidence.
From a medical ninja's perspective, he used physical strength and cellular activity to prove his point.
He established that the five Jashin followers were Chunins, so the Yugakure ninja wouldn't look down on them after death.
But Kazuhiko wanted to talk science, while the Yugakure ninja wanted proof.
This was what they'd said at the time:
"These people never passed a Chunin exam certified by any hidden village. What makes you think you can call them Chunins?"
Kazuhiko was stunned.
The Jashin Cult had been branded a rebel group and placed under a long-standing bounty by Yugakure. Where were its members supposed to take the Chunin exam?
Did they have a death wish?
"So, without Chunin certification, the bounty can only be calculated at the Genin rate of 150,000 ryō."
Kazuhiko refused to give up and launched a counterattack.
"What about those two Jashin priests? They never passed a Jonin exam, and no hidden village certified them. How can you acknowledge their Jonin-level strength?"
"They didn't need to take an