Departure

"All right, stop being angry. Think of it as doing a good deed. It's only right to take them back to see their hometown one more time."

Uchiha Qingfeng was still trying to comfort Uzumaki Sanryo.

"You're lying. You clearly didn't want to agree before, but you agreed as soon as you took his stuff. What did he give you to make you change your mind so quickly?"

Uchiha Qingfeng: ...

Was he really that obvious earlier?

"He just gave me a tiny little fortune. More importantly, I wanted an excuse to take them back and see their hometown too. They've been in the organization for so long; we can't exactly stop them from going back for a look, can we?"

"Taking the money was just to give me a justifiable reason. Even if he'd only given me one thousand or one hundred ryo, the outcome wouldn't have changed."

Uzumaki Sanryo's little round face was plainly stamped with the words: I don't believe you.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. It's not about how much money there was. I needed a reason to do this, otherwise it'd be hard to explain to the leader."

"Then tell me how much money he gave you."

Uchiha Qingfeng: ...

This little girl was getting harder and harder to fool.

Konan and Yakura quietly watched the two of them argue. In any case, they definitely would not be able to argue it out in the end.

Everyone in the organization knew Uchiha Qingfeng was obsessed with money. He practically had the words "money-grubber" written across his face.

"Fine, take your time thinking. Better write it all down on paper. I'll agree to everything. Now we should get going. If we don't leave soon, it'll be dark."

In the end, after Uchiha Qingfeng agreed to a