Konoha had really played this well.
Hanzō was tempted to flip the table in frustration.
Tsunade kept a serious expression, fully aware that this was a tough deal for Hanzo to swallow. But the terms weren't hers-they were the Hokage's.
"I accept," Hanzō finally muttered, conceding defeat. Though they were sitting in his own village, he didn't feel any sense of control.
After two devastating lightning explosions from Xin, the man's nerves were shot. One wrong move and Rain Village could very well be reduced to rubble.
Condensing lightning chakra into a ball and detonating it? What kind of crazy jutsu was that? Hanzō had never seen anything like it before. It had to be some sort of forbidden jutsu, right?
Little did Hanzō know, the Lightning Explosion wasn't a forbidden technique-it was Xin's signature move, unique to him.
And even if someone else wanted to learn it, good luck. Xin had no intention of teaching anyone, and even the basics weren't exactly easy to grasp.
With most of the main terms settled, the rest of the negotiation was just a matter of hashing out minor details. Xin stretched lazily and headed outside, letting Tsunade and Shikaku handle the rest.
Tsunade would lead the talks, and Shikaku could watch.
Hanzō, for one, was more than happy to see Xin go. The guy's presence was suffocating. The further he stayed away, the better. Preferably until the negotiations were over.
"Sir," One of the Anbu members said, stepping forward as Xin left the building.
"I'm just going for a walk. Stay here and continue protecting Tsunade," Xin replied, waving them off.
He strolled alone through the mostly deserted streets of Rain Village. After wandering around for a while, he noticed something strange-there were an unusual number of shady businesses.
"Are they seriously trying to build a red-light district?" Xin muttered, shaking his head at the scantily clad women standing under the eaves of various buildings. He wasn't impressed. The place was poor, and so were the women.
Even if they paid him, he wouldn't be interested, let alone the other way around.
Just as he was about to head back, something caught his eye. Around the corner, three small kids were struggling to pull a cart loaded with supplies. Are they trying to make a living by hauling stuff around? Xin thought, scanning the trio.
What surprised him most was the chakra within one of them-Nagato's chakra levels had grown significantly. Yahiko and Konan seemed about the same as before, but Nagato's chakra was impressive.
The three kids were the same ones he had met before-the future core members of the Akatsuki: Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan.
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