"The three essentials of a mission are the person, the assets, and a token. So far, we've only found Takita Lola. I'm afraid that's still far from enough."
Itachi smacked his lips as he spoke. It had to be said that food in this desert region really could not compare to Konoha's tri-colored dango. It was a little hard to swallow, but the upside was that there was no shortage of roasted lamb and the like.
The area around Sunagakure in the Land of Wind was fairly simple and honest, aside from a few wicked people.
"Cleaning up your mess is already hard enough, and you still want to finish the mission? You really can't tolerate even the slightest flaw in your mission completion rate."
Shisui spoke with a hint of helplessness. This guy was far too obsessed with perfection.
Back when he had begged Shisui to teach him the Kunai Throwing Technique, he had insisted on seeing immediate results and had trained bitterly for a long time.
Idealist.
"So where are you planning to find the assets? I can understand the matter of identity, but you need something that can serve as proof for Takita Lola. Otherwise, if you just offer some random plain-looking village girl to the daimyo, that would be a capital crime. I'm afraid the daimyo only agreed to this whole business because he had his eye on their family's ironworks. But now that this 'hot face' has already been licked clean and picked apart by someone else, turning her in would probably count as deceiving the ruler, wouldn't it?"
Shisui was kind-hearted and perceptive, but he was no fool.
He voiced his concerns without hiding them.
"That really is a major problem. Rebuilding her family will definitely not be easy, and besides, we are in