He raised one finger and said slowly, "The base salary is ten million ryo a month. If you take on assignments, you'll be paid twice what the major ninja villages offer for missions of the same rank. What do you say?"
Kakuzu barely hesitated. "Deal."
Now that's more like it.
Ten million ryo a month guaranteed, and that was only the base salary. Assignments paid double on top of that. Was there a more generous boss anywhere?
He had earned a hundred million in one go by finding the divine sword, but that had taken him over two years. The bounties he had picked up along the way had brought in less than twenty million combined.
Of course, Kakuzu would never admit money had won him over.
He just wanted to know what it felt like to count hundreds of millions in cash every month. He had never tried it before.
"Haha!"
Uchiha Yan froze for a moment at how readily he agreed, then burst out laughing.
He took out a Contract Seal scroll he had prepared in advance and handed it over. "Read the terms. If they look fine, inject some Chakra and sign it."
"Oh?"
Kakuzu took it and glanced over the scroll. Why use a Contract Seal? What's the catch?
There isn't a trap in here, is there?
Uchiha Yan saw through his concern and explained with a smile, "I modified this Contract Seal. It ensures we both keep our agreement and protects the confidentiality of future business."
"The trading company deals with quite a few of my secrets. Without that protection, I couldn't let you in."
Seeing Kakuzu still hesitate, Uchiha Yan added, "Relax. I won't trick you."
With that, a terrifying surge of Chakra erupted from him and pressed lightly against Kakuzu.
"With my strength,