One moment, she had been shouting at Mitokado Homura with a livid face; the next, she wore a kind, amiable smile as she sought Jingyi out to discuss a deal, like a kindly old grandmother next door.
The change was so drastic that it was hard to keep up.
Anyone slower to react might throw out their back from the whiplash.
"What deal?"
Jingyi asked curiously.
"Puppets."
Chiyo smiled faintly and said in a negotiable tone:
"Sunagakure is willing to offer the Puppet Manipulation Technique, along with all kinds of experience in controlling puppets and Puppet Manufacturing Technology, in exchange for some of your puppets for research. As for how you handle the Puppet Manipulation Technique and the technology for making puppets, that is your business."
Jingyi: "????"
Why didn't she listen to herself?
Damn old hag Chiyo, hadn't she just said that Puppet Technique and Puppet Manufacturing Technology were indispensable to Sunagakure?
How had she turned around the next second and come to Jingyi to trade for puppets?
Now this was interesting.
Jingyi scrutinized Chiyo seriously for a few seconds. Once he confirmed she was not joking, he could not help laughing.
Though his laughter was quiet, the Third Hokage and Mitokado Homura could not help blushing with embarrassment. Both wished they could strangle Chiyo.
"There's no rush. We can discuss it after the negotiations between the two villages are over."
This was the time to discuss official business. It was not convenient to discuss a private deal.
If Chiyo truly wished to trade, Jingyi did not mind making the exchange.
Though he had no use for Sunagakure's puppets and Puppet Technique, Konoha's vast number of civilian ninja certainly would.
Once he got them, he could simply sell them openly at marked prices.
They might even provide him with