Hatake took out a scroll from the pocket of his short cape and handed it to me. Hmm, an old work of Uzumaki's, designed to hold things that have their own chakra. Interesting... I'm already even guessing what kind of contents this scroll might contain.
Without taking too long, I unfolded it and placed my fingers on the single seal and sent out a short pulse of chakra. The twin blades that appeared in a small puff of smoke made me chuckle-at least now I could see how Sakumo had managed to take out two swordsmen at once.
Lightning was almost useless against him, but he was no better with a sword than Mito-chan, so not many people could match Hatake's skill at wielding a weapon, and the Mists obviously couldn't even do it together.
After running my fingers over the curved blades and making sure they were indeed authentic weapons, I sealed them back up and handed the scroll to my guest.
- This is too valuable a gift for my help," Considering that such artifact weapons from one of the seven swordsmen of Kiri are also considered a treasure of the village, the price of them could be as high as sixty to eighty million ryo or even more, and that is indeed a huge sum.
- No, your clones allowed me to win, so this trophy is well deserved," the shinobi shook his head and smirked, "Besides, you can consider it a motivation to fulfill my order as soon as possible.
- Order?
- Kirigakure no sato is not a forgiving man, and soon the Mizukage will not only put a big bounty on my head, but also send assassins," Hatake sighed, leaning back in his chair, "I'm ready for it, but the defense of the clan land is too flimsy for a really experienced bounty hunter.
- So you want to order a proper defense? - I nodded understandingly, putting the sword scroll aside.
- Sakumo shook his head sadly, "I'm afraid I'll be the end of the clan's history.
Well, if you think about it, two of the seven famous weapons in the wrong hands would be like a kick in the nuts for Kirigakure and Mizukage, and no one would let them get away with it. And even though Mist can't do anything about it now (except for the assassins), since he hasn't recovered for a new serious war, but he'll definitely try to screw up Yagura at the first opportunity...
Like an attack during World War III or pressing the severely weakened Sand that Konoha is currently allied with. At least now it's clear why Kakashi was left alone shortly after his father's death - White Fang had acquired too many enemies not to take advantage of the situation and knock out the rest of the clan.
This is probably why he was assigned to Minato's team despite his rank as a chunin, so that the last Hatake wouldn't be killed. In a situation like this, it's really worth it to have all the defense you can get.
However, Sakumo was supposed to get a substantial sum for the swordsmen's heads, so money shouldn't be a problem. Shrugging my shoulders, I opened my mouth, but a knock on the office door interrupted us.
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