Fugaku froze, staring helplessly at the Seven Beasts of Burden before him...
"Uncle Fugaku, call my father!" Hidan said, his bleary eyes wide.
"Uncle Kakuzu? Sure." Fugaku paused, then nodded.
Then Fugaku called Kakuzu...
"Hello, is this Uncle Kakuzu? Hidan was caught illegally using the Internet Cafe as a minor today, and he's at the Konoha Military Police Force now. Do you have time to come down?" Fugaku asked once the call connected.
"He got caught? If I go pick him up, will I have to pay?" Kakuzu asked after a moment's thought.
"He's just a kid. All you need to do is come sign for him and pay 100 ryo in bail." Fugaku shook his head helplessly.
"100 ryo? Hold on. If I don't pick him up today, does that mean he has to spend the night at the Konoha Military Police Force?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Great, that'll save me dinner money too. Just leave him there."
"Huh?"
At Kakuzu's house...
"Kakuzu, who was calling?" Nan Xue asked curiously.
"A salesman. So annoying, day in and day out." Kakuzu waved a hand.
"A salesman? All right. By the way, why isn't Hidan back yet? Isn't school already over?" Nan Xue continued.
"Oh, he told me he was spending the night at Dave's house to play with Obito."
"Honestly, that boy never gives me a moment's peace. He didn't even tell me."
Listening nearby, Konan shook her head helplessly. A salesman? She remembered that her father loved salesmen most of all. Last time, someone had come to sell medical insurance, only for her father to sell him a whole insurance package instead: personal insurance, car insurance, medical insurance, critical illness insurance, life insurance, accident insurance, and more...
The salesman had come to sell insurance to her father, only to get