For Tobi, showing off and then running away was incredibly exciting.
But it was not nearly so pleasant for Ōnoki and the remaining Iwagakure ninja.
It was like having a lunatic suddenly break into your home, slap you across the face several times, and then make a face at you before leaving just to infuriate you.
You spent the whole time getting beaten and swallowing your anger, while the other person simply dusted himself off and left without a scratch.
Someone with a worse temper probably would have exploded on the spot and spiraled into the heavens.
Kitsuchi paid no attention to his injuries and immediately began examining the message left on the skirt.
The message was actually very simple: they had kidnapped Kurotsuchi, and if he wanted her back, he would have to exchange twenty cursed objects for her.
If they had only wanted money, Kitsuchi would not have cared at all.
An elite ninja's earning power was not to be underestimated, especially when his father was the Tsuchikage!
But when it came to cursed objects, even his father, the Tsuchikage, could not simply do whatever he pleased. After all, just how much was the Tsuchikage's granddaughter worth?
If he went too far, it was not as though they could not put someone else in that position.
Despite all Ōnoki's prestige and the many years he had spent as Tsuchikage, plenty of people in the village were dissatisfied with him.
Otherwise, why would Roshi, the Four-Tails' jinchūriki, have dared to leave the village simply because of a "personality clash" with the Tsuchikage?
Just as Kitsuchi was worrying over this, Ōnoki snatched the skirt from his hands and carefully read the whole message.
Kitsuchi noticed that his father's hands had clenched tightly, a clear sign of his immense anger.
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