At that, Xuandou and Tsunade stopped and turned, only to see Kazahana Koyuki standing primly where she was.
A hint of longing showed in her clear, pale eyes.
Kazahana Koyuki brightened at their reaction. Knowing Tsunade was eager to return to Konoha, she continued without delay:
"Lord Xuandou, Lady Tsunade, my father, Kazahana Sōsetsu, left me a precious keepsake years ago.
"Now, someone has unexpectedly stolen it."
She paused, her voice dropping a little:
"This is the only thing my father left me."
"I would like to post an S-rank mission at Xuanyin's Mission Hall to help me recover it, with a reward of thirty million ryō."
As Kazahana Koyuki spoke, she recalled her father's gentle, generous voice and patient guidance, and her eyes reddened.
After her father died, there was no one left to shelter her from the storms.
She had not even managed to protect the only treasure her father had left her...
Thirty million ryō?
Shiwa, here comes the bride price!
Tsunade's eyes instantly lit up. No longer urging Xuandou to leave, she turned to ask Kazahana Koyuki for the details.
A standard S-rank mission paid only one million ryō. It also involved considerable danger, requiring the dispatch of an elite ninja squad that included a Jōnin.
Some missions required stealing another nation's secret techniques, destroying important military or intelligence strongholds, or transporting highly classified documents.
Some required assassinating dignitaries of hostile nations, or even a Ninja Village's "Kage."
Some required triggering a war between two nations...
The reward for Kazahana Koyuki's mission was equivalent to thirty ordinary S-rank missions!
It was more than enough to dispatch several elite ninja squads.
Thinking of Jiraiya, the Pervy Sage back in Konoha who did nothing all day but gather material at bathhouses, Tsunade patted Shiwa's food stores and guaranteed