Mei Terumi looked at Nagato in utter bewilderment, then at the phone number displayed on the phone...
Her stare left Nagato wishing he could disappear. How was he supposed to explain this? Was he supposed to say his organization's leader was an idiot?
"Grandpa! I didn't look just now! I'm sorry! Boo-hoo!" Yahiko shouted frantically on the other end of the line.
Nagato was looking for a crack in the ground to crawl into. This was too embarrassing... Was it too late to quit the organization?
"Um, hello. Is this Yahiko, the leader of the Akatsuki?" Mei Terumi swallowed and asked softly, still dazed.
"Huh? Hahahaha, well, this is awkward. Hello, hello! I'm Yahiko, leader of the Akatsuki. So, uh, is there something you'd like to hire the Akatsuki to do?! Up mountains or down into the sea, there's nothing we can't do!" After hearing Mei Terumi's voice, Yahiko fell silent for a few seconds before asking with a hearty laugh.
"No, no. I'm the person who hired Nagato Uzumaki. I know you're the leader, so I'd like to report something to you. Nagato Uzumaki won't listen to me, his client, while carrying out my commission!" Mei Terumi raised an eyebrow at Nagato and spoke pitifully to Yahiko over the phone.
"What?! Nagato! You're refusing to listen to your client?!" Yahiko's eyes widened as he roared into the phone.
"No, Yahiko, she wants me to get a tattoo! That wasn't part of the deal when the Akatsuki accepted this job!" Hearing that, Nagato hurried over to the phone and shouted anxiously into it.
"Nagato! This is the Akatsuki's very first commission! If we can't even handle our first job properly, how can we have the nerve to accept any more?!" Yahiko said angrily.
"But she wants me to get a