"What?? That much?" Mizuhime's eyes gleamed so brightly they were almost shooting beams...
"That's right. It's all thanks to the Love Kidney Company's Finance Manager, Mr. Kakuzu. He really is a good man who serves the people," Tamaki said admiringly.
At first, Dave had only planned to run Double 11 and Double Twelve events, fully intending to lose money on them. But Kakuzu had declared that they had to act in the people's interests. If they were going to do this, they had to do it every month and contribute to the people of the shinobi world.
Then Dave discovered... a few days before each Double One or Double Two event, the prices of items on Love Kidney Treasure suddenly tripled before being sold at fifty percent off... For example, a kunai that originally cost 50 ryo suddenly went up to 150, then was sold at half price for 75...
Of course, Kakuzu still had limits when fighting for the people's interests. A 50-ryo kunai still cost 50 in Konoha, but in the other villages of the shinobi world... well... it cost 75...
A few minutes later...
"Ma'am... if we... buy this much... will we still have any money left...?"
"It's only a dozen or so pages in the shopping cart. It's fine. Marumaru's dad has money."
Outside the door, Orochimaru called his father...
"What is it, Orochimaru?" Orochiroku asked as he answered.
"Father, your money's about to disappear."
"What??"
"Oh, so that's it. Let them shop. It's fine. I still have several hundred million in savings. That's enough," Orochiroku said reassuringly after hearing Orochimaru's explanation.
"All right, as long as you know what you're doing." Orochimaru hung up.
Then Orochimaru headed to his laboratory, chatting and horsing around with Jiraiya along the way.
A few days later,