Hiruzen tapped the desk.
"Five thousand! Lord Hokage, this is for Hidden Leaf's peace!"
"One thousand."
Hiruzen sighed.
"The front lines are still fighting, and the village's stockpile has to be reserved for the combat forces. That's the limit."
Qian Ye was overjoyed.
A thousand Explosive Tags.
Even on the black market, that would be an incredibly considerable fortune.
What was more, he could send them to Old Zhao in batches through the Cross-Border Mutual Aid Group and trade them for specialties and resources from the Pirate World.
Yet his face put on an expression of extreme pain.
"Fine. One thousand it is."
"For Hidden Leaf, suffering a little grievance is nothing."
Pakura rolled her eyes beside him.
A grievance?
Getting a thousand Explosive Tags counted as suffering a grievance?
"What about Military Ration Pills?"
Qian Ye continued to make an outrageous demand.
"I'm not used to ordinary Military Ration Pills. They taste like chewing sawdust."
"Give me a hundred Secret Medicine Military Ration Pills specially made by the Akimichi clan."
The corner of Hiruzen's eye twitched violently.
The Akimichi clan's Special Military Ration Pills.
They were strategic supplies used to quickly restore chakra and save lives in desperate situations.
Even ordinary Jonin were reluctant to carry too many of them on missions.
Yet this brat asked for a hundred right off the bat.
Was he planning to eat them like candy?
"Twenty."
Hiruzen gritted his teeth.
"Eighty!"
"Thirty. Not one more."
Qian Ye stopped while he was ahead.
Thirty high-quality Military Ration Pills would be enough to replenish his chakra at critical moments, or even build up several more reserves in the Yin Seal.
"Deal."
Qian Ye snapped his fingers.
"Next are ninja tools."
"Five hundred Kunai and a thousand Shuriken."
"Ten Fuma Shuriken."
"And five top-grade Sealing Scrolls.