Yanbai placed the detailed documents in front of Sasori.
They also came with a lengthy letter of thanks from Yanbai.
Sasori had accepted Yanbai's commission on Sunagakure's behalf and created this first humanoid puppet.
Yanbai was extremely satisfied with this first puppet.
So, in the documents, Yanbai stated his intention to renew the puppet-making contract with Sunagakure.
Starting with the next puppet.
Sunagakure would provide the technical expertise and cover the material costs, while Yanbai would provide the designs.
Of the profit earned from each puppet, Yanbai would receive eighty percent, and Sunagakure would receive twenty percent.
These were the full terms of the contract Yanbai had negotiated with the Third Kazekage.
Its prerequisite was that the first puppet had to earn Yanbai's approval.
Now, all the conditions had been met. All that remained was the renewal.
However, if Sasori refused to let Yanbai decide what to do with the first puppet, Sunagakure would be in breach of contract and would have to pay a penalty of ten times the amount.
That would only make things worse for Sunagakure, which was already far from wealthy.
Although Sasori was young, growing up in that environment meant he could hardly fail to understand what this implied.
If he caused Sunagakure such a massive loss, the village would never let him off. He would have no choice but to defect.
But Yanbai had also given Sasori another option.
Sasori could act as the buyer and purchase this first puppet himself.
Yanbai had already named his price: twice the puppet's production cost.
Sasori was from Sunagakure. Even as a genius Puppeteer who could take on more commissions, he could not possibly have that much saved up.
Yanbai had originally planned to auction it off to the highest bidder.
That was why Yanbai hated doing