After three days of travel, Lin Guang and his two teammates returned to Konoha and were strolling down the street.
They had a little over three hundred thousand left in their mission expense fund. Since Konoha had no precedent for requiring leftover funds to be returned, the three split it equally.
Each of them pocketed a little over a hundred thousand, but Satō Maji remained calm.
"Kenza, have you gotten a bit full of yourself?"
Lin Guang asked.
"Huh? Have I?"
Satō Maji scratched his head.
"You used to grin for ages over a few thousand ryo. Now you've gotten a hundred thousand ryo in one go, and you haven't even cracked a smile."
Hyūga Jō rubbed it in.
"That's because I'm waiting for the captain to turn in the mission so we can split the million-ryo reward. That's the big prize."
Satō Maji rubbed his hands together with a shifty grin.
"All right, then wait while I go see Lord Hokage."
Lin Guang said. He had not seen his teacher in nearly half a month, and he missed Hiruzen Sarutobi quite a bit.
"Go ahead, Captain."
Satō Maji spoke with an eager expression.
If it had not been against protocol, Satō Maji would have wanted to go with Lin Guang himself.
Lin Guang soon arrived at the Hokage Building. Hiruzen Sarutobi already knew he was back.
"It looks like your mission went very smoothly."
Hiruzen Sarutobi said when he saw Lin Guang smiling.
"The mission did go quite well. Unless something unexpected happens, Mei Terumi will become the Fifth Mizukage."
Lin Guang said.
"Lin Guang really is impressive. Just what you'd expect from Lord Hokage's student."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's Secret Technique said.
"Ahem, you did very well, but you mustn't get arrogant. Understood?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi said, putting on a stern