The Third Raikage thought it over and found it reasonable. "You handle the arrangements."
After obtaining the Third Raikage's approval, Chiba Shun first had someone deliver twenty million ryo in cash to the Akatsuki, then went to that izakaya to contact Danzo.
Buying this intelligence from Nagato had cost Chiba Shun only the payment for twenty S-rank missions, because the intelligence had nothing to do with Kumogakure.
He certainly could not sell it to Konoha at that price.
This intelligence concerned the lives of two thousand Konoha ninja. Asking too little would be disrespectful to Konoha.
So Chiba Shun's asking price was the payment for two hundred S-rank missions, with no bargaining accepted.
In Konoha, Danzo, whom Hiruzen Sarutobi had ordered to reflect on his failures at Root after his unsuccessful command, suddenly received word from Chiba Shun about important intelligence concerning Konoha. His interest was immediately piqued.
That was simply Danzo's nature. If Chiba Shun had taken a softer tone, he would certainly have questioned the intelligence's authenticity and doubted whether it was true.
But after learning of Chiba Shun's attitude from Root's intelligence ninja stationed in Kumogakure, he believed the intelligence was genuine instead.
So he gritted his teeth and agreed!
The war had already begun, and every village had received substantial military funding from its daimyo. Although Danzo had not received much of a share, he could still produce a mere two hundred million ryo.
After he handed the money to Chiba Shun through the Summoning Technique, Chiba Shun readily passed the intelligence to him.
Danzo immediately deduced the Suna Shinobi and Iwa Shinobi's target from the intelligence. Like Chiba Shun, he also considered it an Ōnoki scheme.
His first reaction was fury. That bastard Ōnoki actually dared to collude with the Suna Shinobi against Konoha!
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