"This time, I came to talk business with you, too. I wonder if you're calm enough to discuss it with me now?!"
Uzumaki Kuming slid the Heavenly Feather Blade back into its sheath at his waist and began to rein in his Chakra. Smiling warmly at the Raikage, he spoke in a gentle voice. Meanwhile, the Raikage kept one eye on Kuming and the other on Killer B.
Although Kuming seemed to have let his guard down, the Raikage couldn't afford to relax for even a moment against an enemy like him. He understood the gap in their strength, but he had no intention of sitting back and waiting to die.
"What do you want to discuss?!" A asked after a moment's thought. Behind him, Killer B was breathing steadily. He seemed to have merely passed out. Aside from a few scrapes, he had no other injuries. It looked as though the Eight-Tails' power had done an excellent job of protecting its Jinchuriki.
Seeing that his younger brother was unharmed, the Raikage's expression softened a little. It seemed their opponent really hadn't intended to kill them.
"Cloud Ninja must retreat behind their own borders and stop entering the territories of the Land of Moon and the Land of Rivers!"
"From today onward, Cloud Ninja must no longer accept any missions from the Land of Rivers! That's what I came to discuss with you."
Uzumaki Kuming rubbed his chin as he spoke.
At those words, the Raikage's expression changed abruptly. A hidden village was, at its core, a military organization. No matter which village it was, its ninja didn't produce goods themselves. All their supplies had to be purchased.
And purchasing supplies required one thing above all else: money!
Generally speaking, each village's operating funds were controlled by the Daimyo Mansion