Uchiha Minamoto nodded with a smile and waved the scroll in his hand.
What Mei Terumi had written in the scroll amounted to these few lines-
Six-Tails Saiken was Kirigakure's treasured guardian and the foundation of its legacy. If Konoha wanted to buy the Six-Tails back...
They. Had. To. Pay. More!
Uchiha Minamoto thought Mei Terumi had a point, but...
"I believe the terms I offered are already generous enough."
The resources Kirigakure was required to pay in compensation under the "Fire-Water Security Treaty" Uchiha Minamoto had previously signed with the village were an astronomical sum.
At the very least, Kirigakure had not paid such a high price when it originally bought Six-Tails Saiken from Konoha.
In fact, never mind the Six-Tails alone-the Three-Tails and Six-Tails combined had cost about that much.
The reason Uchiha Minamoto was willing to offer such generous terms...
Was that he had taken into account Kirigakure's enormous expenditure on its tailed beast weaponization strategy over the years.
Mei Terumi naturally understood that too.
But this was a transaction. One side demanded an exorbitant price, and the other bargained it down. That was perfectly normal.
Uchiha Minamoto thought Konoha had offered enough.
Mei Terumi thought otherwise.
"The Six-Tails is the only one Kirigakure has left!"
Mei Terumi's expression changed as she deliberately put on a pitiful look.
"Even if I could agree to your terms, the village's other leaders wouldn't."
The Fifth Mizukage's display made Kakashi Hatake, standing nearby, widen his right eye in astonishment.
Women really were born actresses...
"Heh."
Uchiha Minamoto paid it no mind and scoffed.
"If anyone disagrees, just have them come talk to me."
Mei Terumi was instantly at a loss for words.
Even the Fifth Mizukage did not dare raise her voice before Uchiha Minamoto. How could anyone else in