"Eight billion plus six divine artifacts!" Kinkaku gritted his teeth, stood up, and shouted.
"Damn it! Fifteen billion!" Tobirama, the old father, was still yelling.
"Sorry, Hokage of Konoha, but we in the Akatsuki are rather more interested in the six divine artifacts," Dave said, speechless.
"Twenty billion!!"
"Thirty billion!!"
"Forty billion!!"
"Someone drag the Hokage out! Isn't he just here to cause trouble?!" Dave called to the side, watching Tobirama completely let himself go.
Backstage, Kakuzu hurriedly took off his black cloak, pulled stockings over his head, and rushed out to drag the still-yelling Tobirama away...
"Ahem, now that the nuisance has been dragged away, what would you two like to do?" Dave smiled and asked Kinkaku and Ginkaku.
"...We'll pay now..." Kinkaku and Ginkaku both felt something was off... but neither could put his finger on it.
The two took out several Sealing Scrolls and tossed them to Dave, who tossed the Squirt Gun in his hand to them in return.
"A pleasure doing business with you. Oh, and the Akatsuki also deals in arms. Our reputation is guaranteed—the Tsuchikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage have all used our goods and praised them. If you're interested, give the password at the Black Market outpost beneath the Land of Rice Fields to find us. Goodbye, everyone!"
As Dave spoke, he slowly backed away backstage, gradually disappearing from sight.
"Well? My acting was pretty convincing, wasn't it?" Tobirama smiled and asked Dave.
"Yes... very convincing... From now on, Konoha's Oscar statuette belongs to you..." Dave nodded helplessly...
Tobirama put his hand on Dave's shoulder, and the two left with a Flying Thunder God.
A burly man with stockings over his head stared blankly, realizing he was the only one left...
The two arrived at the camp on the Kumogakure front.
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