Sunagakure, the Kazekage's Office.
An envoy from the Daimyo of the Land of Wind had arrived, bringing news that made all of Sunagakure's senior officials tremble.
Their two hundred million was about to go down the drain.
Ignoring the dark expressions of the Kazekage, Chiyo, and the other senior officials, the Daimyō's envoy took out his documents.
He set them on the desk and pushed them toward the Kazekage.
"These are the nobles who were robbed recently. Lord Kazekage, take a look. Do you have any questions?"
The Third Kazekage vaguely sensed something. Even his hands trembled as he took the photographs.
"I don't know, honored envoy.
We haven't paid much attention to the situation in the capital recently."
The envoy sneered, took out another document, and handed it to the Kazekage.
"Lord Kazekage, take a look at this as well.
At the same time the nobles were being robbed, we discovered that Sunagakure had accepted a commission with an astronomical reward.
One hundred million at first, later increased to two hundred million. Is that correct?"
The Kazekage, Chiyo, and the others remained silent. Something was wrong here.
The envoy sneered again.
"Lord Kazekage, the nobles' losses also amounted to two hundred million.
Exactly the same as your commission's reward.
Do you have anything to say?
You must have received quite a bit of that money already, haven't you?"
Before the Kazekage could speak, Chiyo lost her patience.
"Honored envoy, we have nothing to do with the nobles' money.
We earned our payment according to the rules, and the client has been gone for some time now.
If you want to recover your losses, you should find that thief instead of coming to us for money.
You haven't even paid this year's funding in full yet."
The envoy chuckled.
"That