"What exactly is the Bounty Exchange Office?! Do they really have this many people?!"
After returning to the village, Naruto was stunned by the scene before him. On the way back alone, he had already encountered three or four squads that had just finished their missions, each carrying cases and unconscious Bounty Exchange Office personnel.
By the time he reached Konoha, the villagers had even built a huge fenced enclosure in front of the Hokage Office. Twenty people were already being held there like prisoners.
When Naruto and Sasuke reported their mission results to Madara, the first thing Naruto saw was a mountain of silver metal cases.
"The Bounty Exchange Office is a place that treats killing as a business."
Jiraiya, who had remained in the Hokage Office, answered his beloved student's question when he saw Naruto return from his mission to kill the Akatsuki members.
"It's an organization with a long history. In theory, as long as you have the money, you can pay them to assassinate anyone. The Akatsuki members went after Chiriku because they wanted the bounty on his head."
At the mention of Chiriku, Asuma silently lowered his head. The grief of losing a close friend was not so easily soothed.
"Lord Hokage, you've had your eye on the Bounty Exchange Office for a long time, haven't you?"
The Bounty Exchange Office had branches throughout the Great Nations. As an illegal organization, it naturally concealed its activities.
Less than a day had passed since Madara gave the order, yet Konoha had already wiped out more than ten Bounty Exchange Office branches. Jiraiya would never believe that Madara had not deliberately gathered intelligence on them beforehand.
Jiraiya was certain that Madara had long wanted to move against the Bounty Exchange Office. The only reason he had held