His second thought, of course, was whether he could get the recipe for making Truth-Telling Barbecue Buns.
Everyone else had left the meeting room, but Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura remained.
"Koharu, Homura, aren't you leaving?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, a little surprised.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura glanced at him, then said calmly, "Hiruzen Sarutobi, we deserve some credit for getting Uchiha Yin to use that Truth-Telling Barbecue Bun, don't we?"
The moment Hiruzen Sarutobi heard that, he realized Koharu and Homura wanted a share of the Truth-Telling Barbecue Buns he had obtained.
If Uchiha Yin had been there, he would certainly have marveled at their shamelessness.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi had known how shameless Koharu and Homura were for a long time. By now, he was used to it.
"I'll hand these over to the researchers. Once they've studied them, I can give you some," Hiruzen Sarutobi said after a moment's thought.
His two old teammates had lost quite a bit of face today, after all, so he offered them a little consolation.
Besides, Hiruzen Sarutobi believed that Koharu and Homura had Konoha's best interests at heart.
Having heard what they wanted, Koharu and Homura nodded in satisfaction.
"By the way, did you notice any effects after eating the buns?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked.
Experiments would eventually reveal what the Truth-Telling Barbecue Buns did, but he had two test subjects right in front of him.
At his question, Homura's and Koharu's faces darkened.
They had thick skins, but having Hiruzen Sarutobi bring up their humiliation again still stung.
Even so, they understood why he had asked.
"The Truth-Telling Barbecue Bun tasted awful. You can imagine what a bun that's been spoiled for years is like. I don't need to say more." Homura's face remained dark.
"We couldn't stop ourselves from telling