"So you guys just want money? Fine, as long as you let me go, I can give you a lot of money enough that you won't have to worry for the rest of your lives. No, wait
What are you planning to do? If you kill me, you won't get a single coin. You'll never find it, absolutely not."
At first, Gato was quite pleased when he heard Furina's words. As long as there was room to negotiate, everything could be worked out. What he feared most was them simply killing him outright.
But soon he realized something was wrong because the other side didn't seem to have any intention of negotiating with him at all.
"Sigh, guess I still have to handle it myself. What a hassle. Whatever, let's just treat it as earning some extra income."
While grumbling, Kakashi pulled up his headband. The scarlet Sharingan looked enchantingly eerie as he immediately cast a genjutsu on Gato.
Having spent so many years in the Anbu, Kakashi was naturally well-versed in interrogation techniques. With the Sharingan's enhancement, extracting information from an ordinary person with weak willpower was no problem at all.
And sure enough, it didn't take long before Gato spilled everything he knew including the locations where his assets were stored.
"Heh, how convenient. The Sharingan really is something."
Watching Kakashi effortlessly extract the information from Gato's mouth, Zabuza couldn't help but grumble sourly. The other's Sharingan was far more useful than his big sword.
"Zabuza-sama, I'm back."
On the other side, Haku also dragged a few people over. The ones being dragged were naturally the few rogue ninjas who had tried to flee earlier. With their limited strength, they had no chance of escaping from Haku, who had been lying in wait in the shadows.
"Yo, Haku, you're here too. Perfect timing let's go split this guy's money together."
"Oh? From the sound of it, we get a share too? That's unexpected." Zabuza couldn't help teasing in response.
Though he didn't particularly care whether he got any of Gato's money or not, having some was naturally better after all, it was quite a substantial amount.
"Of course finders keepers, right? But I have one question for you. Why did you obediently help Gato with his jobs before?
Wouldn't it have been easier to just rob him outright? He's not exactly a good person anyway. Blackmailing and eating him alive would've been way more convenient."
Zabuza: "Do I really look like that kind of person to you?"
Furina: "Don't you? ^_^"
Zabuza: "You!"
...
After dividing up Gato's estate, everyone went their separate ways. After such a long mission, they finally began the journey back to Konoha Village.
"One hundred million ryō... one hundred million ryō. That's enough to buy three Asumas."
After obtaining the banknotes Gato had hidden, they first distributed a portion to the people of the Land of Waves who had long been oppressed by him. The rest went mostly to Kakashi, who had contributed the most.
What remained was split evenly among Furina, Zabuza, and Haku one hundred million each. Everyone was quite pleased with the outcome at least the three of them were.
On the return trip, with no client to escort, the group traveled at a very fast pace. It didn't take long before they arrived back in Konoha Village.
"Hah~ Finally back. This mission really wore me out. It was supposed to be just a C-rank, yet I had to fight a jōnin. Right, Kakashi-sensei?"
As she spoke, Furina sidled up closer to Kakashi, preparing to guide him into treating her to something. After all, he'd made quite a haul this time. No point in letting a rich dog like him go un-milked.
"Yeah, it really was tough this time. So you guys can disband and relax freely for now. I still need to report the mission details to the Hokage-sama. See you later."
But Kakashi seemed to have guessed Furina's intentions. The moment she opened her mouth, he used Body Flicker Technique to leave on the pretext of reporting to the Hokage, leaving Furina stunned.
"Seriously... you took the biggest share this time and still won't treat us? What's the point of hoarding all that money if you're not gonna spend it? Don't tell me you're planning to claim a 35-million bounty or something."
Seeing her plan to milk the rich dog fall through, Furina felt dejected and decided to go eat some desserts to comfort herself. She bid farewell to Naruto and Sasuke.
...
"Mmm~ Uncle Furuki, your skills have improved again. At this rate, I feel like your desserts could take over the world no problem."
"Haha, you're too kind. Taking over the world is way beyond me. I'm just happy if a professional like you is satisfied."
"How could that be? I really believe your skills can make it happen."
Facing Furina's continued encouragement, Furuki the dango shop owner didn't refute her. With this new level of skill, he was actually confident he could pull it off.
Then Furuki went back to the kitchen and brought out more varieties of cake. Furina naturally accepted them all without refusal. Other people might worry about getting fat from eating too much, but she wasn't concerned.
No matter how much she ate, she wouldn't gain weight at most she'd just feel a little stuffed. Maybe that was a talent in itself.
"Whoa, there's this too? If I wasn't watching the stream, I would've forgotten."
While Furina was stuffing her face, she suddenly noticed the streamed content updating again. When she saw what was playing, she couldn't help feeling a bit emotional.
At that moment, the live broadcast showed Naruto confronting Kankuro. The other was holding Konohamaru in a chokehold, while Temari stood to the side watching the drama unfold like it was a show.
Seeing this scene, Furina had only one thought: Kankuro was seriously badass. Coming to Konoha and immediately grabbing the Hokage's grandson what a legend.
At the same time, this scene served as an anchor, slowly stirring up her long-buried memories. She recalled that afterward, it seemed Sasuke and Gaara took turns showing off or something like that.
And an occasion like this was naturally one she couldn't miss. Hehehe dear favorability points, here I come.
...
"You bastard, let Konohamaru go right now, or I won't be polite anymore!"
"Heh, are all Konoha people this unreasonable? He was the one who offended me first, and now you're blaming me?"
Seeing Kankuro's answer completely miss the point and clearly just looking for trouble, Naruto could no longer hold back. He clenched his fist and charged straight at Kankuro.
Kankuro, however, remained calm and unhurried. He didn't even bother to block only lightly flicking the fingers of his other hand. Suddenly, Naruto tripped as if someone had hooked his foot and fell flat on the ground.
"Damn it, what kind of weird trick did you use, you bastard?!"
"Is this really the level of Konoha's genin? You can't even tell how I did it. How disappointing."