Sasuke listened intently to the brief discussion. He nodded and committed the advice to memory, though the key was still to try it for himself.
Time ticked by.
Kakashi Hatake and Naruto Uzumaki finally returned from collecting the gold, silver, and jewels at Gato's villa.
Luo Mang saw that only the two of them had returned, but asked no further questions. Given their personalities, if there had been any innocent people to rescue, they would surely have rescued them already. Whether they brought those people along was unimportant.
All that mattered was that they had made proper arrangements.
The real question was whether they had found the gold, silver, and jewels. Had this whole operation been a waste of effort?
After all, they had held their captives for days.
"We found it."
Kakashi nodded calmly.
Huddled in a corner, Gato's eyes instantly lit up at the sight.
"Honored ninja, you've found it now. So does that mean...?"
He squeezed past the two people blocking him and addressed Luo Mang and the others.
"If you let me leave safely, I'll prepare another generous gift for you all."
Whether he actually had one or not, he had to dangle the promise first. If they were greedy, this could be his chance to escape.
"What do you say?"
Kakashi turned his gaze toward Luo Mang, waiting to see how he would answer.
"Heh, everything's already in our hands. How can you claim you're giving it to us?"
Luo Mang's expression remained unchanged, as though he were discussing something of no consequence.
At those words, however, Kakashi's eye lit up, and he gave a thumbs-up.
Beside them, Sakura Haruno had been worried that Luo Mang really would let the wicked Gato go. Hearing his answer, she suddenly understood.
Gato was utterly dumbfounded!
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