After the Third finished speaking, he signaled Shikaku with a glance.
Shikaku immediately understood and took the rewards they had already agreed upon from the table beside him.
One stack consisted of banknotes worth one million ryo, while a thick scroll lay beside it.
Gua knew that scroll well. He had spent a full two months studying it in the Hokage Office.
Was the Third going to let me study the Scroll of Seals again?
Of the Eight Gates Released Formation Gua had learned last time, only the final gate remained before he could unlock them all.
For the Third to give him another technique now seemed rather generous.
"Take these banknotes worth one million ryo.
"I'll also credit you with an S-rank mission accomplishment later.
"And I can let you choose another ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals."
The Third took a puff of his pipe.
He pushed both the million ryo in banknotes and the Scroll of Seals toward Gua.
Orochimaru shook his head slightly. His teacher really was stingy.
Gua played such a huge role on the battlefield, and he only gets a million ryo?
And just one ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals!
Does he need you to give him techniques from the Scroll of Seals?
I could just steal it later and copy the whole thing, couldn't I?
Then they'd all belong to Gua!
Orochimaru was deeply dissatisfied with the rewards his teacher had offered Gua. He was just about to speak.
But then he noticed Gua looking at him, clearly telling him not to say anything.
Orochimaru opened his mouth, then ultimately closed it again.
Since these were Gua's rewards, he would leave it up to him.
If Gua thought they were appropriate, then they were.
Gua stepped forward and put away the banknotes