"All right, all right, you win. Six items it is!"
Old Eight immediately raised his hands in surrender. Although his superiors had set his limit at five Cursed Objects, another one or two were still negotiable. At worst, he could supply the extra one himself.
After all, he was a veteran, with some resources of his own. It was only a matter of whether he was willing to part with them.
"Now, could you ask this young fellow to put his sword away? The lightning coming off it is making my hair stand on end."
Only after giving him a look did Shinji call out to Sasuke and have him put away the Kusanagi Sword.
Only then did the tense, confrontational atmosphere finally dissipate.
"Very good. I'm starting to have more and more faith in the Bounty Station's credibility. If you could cancel the bounty on me, I think our cooperation would be even more pleasant. You must know just how many 'hunters' who came looking for trouble, hoping to exchange me for a bounty, I personally buried along the way here, right?"
Shinji patted Old Eight on the shoulder.
Old Eight forced a faint smile. "Sorry, that isn't something I can decide. Besides, it's against the rules. The Bounty Station's principle has always been that anyone can become a bounty target and appear on that list, provided someone can afford to pay. If we did as you asked, it would mean completely abandoning our branches and business in the Land of Lightning. That's practically impossible."
Old Eight had already put it very diplomatically.
With anyone else, his first words would probably have been, "You're not worth it!"
Compared to the profits the entire Land of Lightning brought the Bounty Station, what did a mere Demon God Akagi amount to?