After Orochimaru passed down Lucian's orders.
Jiraiya took people to supervise, to prevent any troublemakers from causing trouble. Kakuzu was even more excited and volunteered to receive the congratulatory gifts!
"Why are you so excited?"
Jiraiya was quite speechless.
Was this so-called seventy-year-old man's brain short-circuiting? He was so excited that he was trembling all over.
Kakuzu immediately glared, "Young man, do you know what a congratulatory gift is!"
"When Konoha was first established, all the countries sent people with congratulatory gifts. Regardless of their purpose, in short, Konoha made a lot of money!"
"Money! Bills!"
"That's life! Do you understand?"
"..."
I understand.
But I don't understand why you're so excited!
To have his eyes turn red at the sight of money, Jiraiya was extremely contemptuous and couldn't understand at all.
However, Jiraiya was quite curious, "His Majesty has put the financial power in your hands. Are you sure you can manage it well?"
As an Arrancar, since Kakuzu was the only one, he was temporarily listed in the Sternritter.
But the empire was in short supply of talents in all aspects.
It wasn't enough to just be able to fight.
Kakuzu was almost seventy years old, after all. He knew a little about everything, and he was especially particular about money. So Lucian had temporarily handed over the empire's finances to Kakuzu to manage.
Hearing Jiraiya's doubts, Kakuzu's hair stood on end, and his body was full of killing intent:
"Brat, let me tell you, you can question my character, but you can't question my loyalty to His Majesty and my piety towards money!"
"With the money in my hands, there will be no accidents!"
Whoever dared to embezzle or squander the empire's money, even a single cent, Kakuzu would dare to fight to the death.
Ever since Lucian had temporarily handed over the financial power to Kakuzu, for some reason, Kakuzu had cried!
He had cried for a whole night, a heart-wrenching cry!
And in one night, he had become a loyal follower of Lucian, as if he had become decades younger and was full of motivation, fighting for the empire's economic development with all his heart.
"Don't, don't get excited. I won't say it, okay..."
Seeing Kakuzu's murderous look, Jiraiya didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He really couldn't talk about money with this old man.
"Hmph!"
Kakuzu snorted coldly, then swaggered towards the city gate.
The Silbern was a huge city, after all.
The city walls, which were dozens of meters high, stunned all the people from other countries outside the city.
"...The Land of Rain, no, the Wandenreich?"
Many people had arrived early. The people from the other great nations who were a few steps late were speechless when they saw the magnificent city walls.
The city walls were not high.
But they were too magnificent, as if they were not a product of this era.
Especially the gate, which was dozens of meters wide. Through it, one could see the continuous stretch of magnificent buildings inside, and in the distance, one could vaguely see the tallest building.
It shattered all their imaginations.
Even outside the city, the majesty and solemnity that permeated the air made many people from other countries feel constrained.
"You idiot! You fool! This city is too cool! Oh yeah!"
The young Killer B's sunglasses even fell off, and he couldn't help but exclaim.
But no one paid him any mind; they were all attracted by the magnificence of the Silbern.
"How much manpower and material resources would it take? How on earth did they do it?"
The Fourth A took a deep breath, full of disbelief.
This was the poor former Land of Rain. Even the Village Hidden in the Sand, which was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat, was not interested in it at all. This showed just how desolate the Land of Rain was.
Lucian had only been here for a few days, and such a majestic city had appeared.
Could it be true, as the spies said, that Lucian had finished the transformation with a wave of his hand?
It was like a myth, unacceptable!
As Lucian had said, in any era, a magnificent city was itself a manifestation of a country's strength.
If a country didn't even have a decent city, then it was a weak country.
"What a miracle..."
As many people sighed with emotion, their hearts were extremely suppressed.
Just being outside the city had shattered the so-called pride of a great nation in the hearts of countless people.
"This city... if it's discovered, it will be hard to escape..."
Sakumo Hatake was hiding among the Konoha and Land of Fire teams.
His hair was dyed black, he wore a mask, his headband was pulled down to cover his left eye, he wore a Chunin uniform, and he had changed to an ordinary long sword, doing his best to hide his chakra.
Such a huge city, if there was no powerful barrier or the like to protect it, he simply wouldn't believe it.
This directly shattered the idea of sneaking into the country!
At that moment.
Kakuzu arrived the fastest. He even moved a huge table and placed it on the ground, shouting excitedly:
"Welcome, everyone, to the Wandenreich, the Silbern!"
"I am Kakuzu, the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Wandenreich."
"Please call me Minister Kakuzu, Mr. Kakuzu, His Excellency Kakuzu, Lord Kakuzu, or even Grandpa Kakuzu." ???
Looking at the huge table, everyone was puzzled. Some people's hearts shook when they heard Kakuzu's name.
That man who had once fought with the God of Shinobi?
A true old immortal!
Although Kakuzu was an Arrancar formed from a soul, he was a little different. His condensed body could be seen by ordinary people.
"Alright, line up."
As Kakuzu directed, he sat down, took out a pen and paper, and said seriously with a full voice:
"Since it's a congratulatory gift, it can't be casual. Otherwise, it's an insult to my empire!"
"Small countries and small villages with congratulatory gifts of less than ten million ryo, leave the gift and the person can leave."
"Large countries and large villages with congratulatory gifts of less than one hundred million ryo, leave the gift, and the person can get the hell out immediately!"
"..."
What the hell!
Is there such an operation?!
Many people were dumbfounded and glared. Even the people from the large countries and large villages found it hard to accept.
Isn't the Wandenreich too domineering...
We're here to offer congratulations and gather intelligence.
We're guests, not subjects.
"What a talent!"
In the great hall, Lucian clearly saw this scene and didn't care.
Anyway, he had told Kakuzu that the empire had no money. Since there was no money... then it was reasonable to do so, right?
"What? You didn't hear me or you're not willing?"
Seeing that no one was moving, Kakuzu's face immediately darkened.
He was willing to fight for the rise of the empire's economy, but the key was that the empire had no money.
Weren't congratulatory gifts just sending money?
If you don't give it, then either get lost or die!
Kakuzu deeply felt the feeling of having a backer, full of security. He said in a powerful voice:
"Let me tell you, don't think I don't know what you're doing. Aren't you just trying to gather intelligence?"
"If your congratulatory gift is not enough and you don't leave, you can write me an IOU to enter the city. The empire will come to collect the debt."
"..."
Ruthless!
Since he had said so, everyone could only accept it.
It was impossible to get angry. Who knew if the Great Demon King Lucian was watching from somewhere.
"Tch, a bunch of trash!"
At that moment, a fat man with a Kirigakure headband, long orange hair, sharp teeth, and a large sword on his back sneered and led his men towards the table.
As he walked, he looked at the others with disdain, a cold smile on his face:
"The so-called land countries?"
"You want to gather intelligence but are not willing to spend more money. You're so scared. I'm embarrassed for you!"
Who is this fatso?
Everyone stared at the fat man. The fat man waved his hand to signal his men to put the congratulatory gift on the table and said very shamelessly.
"The congratulatory gift from the Village Hidden in the Mist is worth about forty million ryo. Give me an IOU for another sixty million ryo."
"Don't worry, I am Fuguki Suikazan. My character is guaranteed!"
"..."
Everyone booed.
Isn't he just another poor bastard!
The name Fuguki Suikazan made people take another look. He was one of the first generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.
It was rumored that the seven of them could conquer a small country in one night.
Fuguki was the owner of the great sword, Samehada, and was extremely strong.
"Take the IOU. Don't even think about defaulting on the debt."
Kakuzu stared at Fuguki and memorized him.
When the squad on the mission returned, he would immediately send them to the Village Hidden in the Mist to collect the debt.
That's right, he had to add interest.
Nine out, thirteen back?
No.
Double it every day. That's it!
Kakuzu revealed a greedy and cruel smile!
Fuguki didn't know that Kakuzu had already added the interest. Otherwise, he would definitely go crazy.
I'm here to offer congratulations.
And you're doubling the IOU every day? Are you robbing me!
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