You asked where the money came from? That was another topic worth talking about.
She had only meant to rest here for a while, but that rest turned out to be no small matter—it even led to trouble.
At a table about three tables away,
A burly man with his entire head wrapped in a colorful piece of cloth spoke up. "Have you heard?"
"Something big is happening in the ninja world. Who knows, it might even affect us this time."
But a skinny man beside him said, "What nonsense. We're in such a remote place, with nothing here. What major country would bother setting its sights on us?"
"That's a rumor, you know? If I report this to the officials here, I might even get a reward."
Though they were sitting at the same table, they clearly did not know one another. That made them even less restrained when they spoke.
Every one of them seemed eager to stab a knife into the other's chest.
The burly man did not get angry. Instead, he suddenly laughed a few times, though the laughter immediately ruined much of his imposing image.
"Hey! Brother, you don't know this, but my younger brother's friend's second uncle's sister's husband's brother-in-law runs an inn."
"Last night, he received several ninja lords from Sunagakure."
"And early this morning, after checking out, they headed straight for the palace."
"What else could it be? Anyone with even a little sense could figure it out."
The man immediately disliked what he heard. Good lord, who was he saying had something wrong with their head? Was he insulting people by implication?
The man immediately shot back, "That doesn't seem to prove anything."
The burly man continued, "Brother, let me tell you a secret!"
Although he said that, his voice only