"What?! You couldn't get it???"
Chinatsu turned hostile on the spot, an angel fallen into a demon. She slapped the desk with a thunderous bang that nearly smashed it to pieces.
Chinatsu: "I'm done! I'm done! Time to go rogue!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Don't! We can still negotiate!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi hurriedly grabbed Chinatsu's arm as she turned to leave, cold sweat covering his aged face.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had genuinely done his best. He had gone to the Land of Fire's Daimyo and argued with him for an entire day and night, but the land Chinatsu wanted was simply too valuable. It was a key development area, and giving it away would mean losses in the billions, even tens of billions...
Daimyo (righteously): "I can do you a favor, but not with that land. You wouldn't want the Land of Fire's economy to fall behind the other nations, would you?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi (wiping away sweat): "My friend, you wouldn't want your home to take a hit from the World Peace Technique, would you..."
In that war of words, Hiruzen Sarutobi had still lost to the Land of Fire's Daimyo. It wasn't a complete defeat, though. Hiruzen Sarutobi took out a map with several key development areas marked on it.
Chinatsu: "I can choose any of these areas?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Anywhere except those areas is open for consideration."
Chinatsu: "Then I'll just go see the Daimyo and show him why he should do me a favor!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "〣( ºΔº )〣!!!"
After a round of earnest persuasion from Hiruzen Sarutobi, Chinatsu finally did him that favor and picked up the map to take a look.
It was an overview map of the Land of Fire and a small portion of its surroundings. Honestly, there wasn't much she could glean from it. As she