Seeing that Naruto and Orochimaru were nearly finished talking, Kakuzu finally broke his silence!
"Boss! When can you hand over the Virtual Headsets? I'm planning to head to the Land of Wind with Sasori and expand the business!"
"Well, well... Kakuzu, I didn't expect you to get into the swing of things so quickly! You're already calling me boss!" Naruto teased with a grin.
"Hmph! Whenever money's involved, I'm always ready!"
Seeing how motivated Kakuzu was, Naruto nodded. "Don't worry. I've already prepared two thousand headsets. I'll go back and move them to the Base in a bit!"
"Good! Make it quick! I can hardly wait!"
Since Kakuzu was so eager, Naruto stopped wasting time. He exited the virtual game and began moving the Virtual Headsets that the assembly line had already produced.
He had bought the apartment beneath Naruto's House long ago, and it now served as a warehouse for the Virtual Headsets!
There was a Teleportation Machine in the warehouse, too.
Holding several Virtual Headsets, Naruto used the Teleportation Machine to reach the Base.
In the office at the Base.
With a grave expression, Itachi said, "Shisui... I'm leaving the Base in your hands while I visit the Akatsuki's headquarters!"
"Itachi... I still think I should go! After all... I was the one they invited last time!"
Hearing that, Itachi shook his head. "I'd better go myself! We still don't know what the Akatsuki's leader is like! If he's a seasoned pyramid-scheme salesman like the Third Hokage, I'm afraid you won't come back!"
Shisui: ...
Shisui had no idea how to argue with that. The reason was simple... even now, he still hadn't earned a passing score on the anti-scam test.
Although... his score had improved since the beginning, a fail was still a fail!
Just then,