Everyone in the room watched as a short old man walked into the office.
He wore simple gray work clothes and held a wine bottle while swaying as he drank.
A strong smell of alcohol filled the air, showing he had already drunk a lot.
"Hiccup, these little brats look really weak. Can Genin safely escort me to the Land of Waves?" Tazuna said as he sized up Team 7 drunkenly.
"You're the client for the mission?" Naruto asked while pinching his nose from the strong smell of alcohol.
So stinky. Such a strong smell of alcohol.
"The black-haired kid looks reliable," Tazuna said as he looked at Sasuke, then glanced at Naruto and continued with obvious disdain.
"Is this idiot a ninja too? Little brat, go home and drink milk."
"Hmph," Sasuke sneered as he glanced indifferently at Naruto.
"Bastard! Even if you're the client, I'm still going to teach you a lesson and show you how strong I am!"
Naruto shouted angrily as he rushed forward like an enraged cat.
He hated being underestimated the most.
And the old man actually thought Sasuke was more reliable than him.
What a joke.
Sakura Haruno quickly pulled Naruto back and scolded him, "Naruto, respect the client or it will affect the village's reputation."
"Let go of me, Sakura, let go of me quickly! I'm going to punch the old man sober!" Naruto struggled violently while glaring at Tazuna.
"Who is the Jonin leader? Is it you?" Tazuna asked as he ignored Naruto and looked at Renji sitting calmly on the sofa.
Was this white-haired man the Jonin leader?
His face looked handsome and delicate, and his figure was tall and slender, but he was not wearing a ninja headband or the standard ninja uniform of the village.
He sat with his legs crossed and a lollipop in his mouth while wearing a faint arrogant smile that gave him a frivolous impression.
This white-haired man looked weak, like someone who spent his time picking up girls in bars.
"It's me," Renji replied casually while licking his lollipop.
Tazuna staggered closer and examined Renji carefully before taking another drink and saying, "You look really weak.
You don't feel like a ninja at all. You look more like a philanderer who tricks girls into spending money in bars."
He was not deliberately insulting Renji.
He genuinely believed Renji looked unreliable.
Renji calmly flipped through Icha Icha Paradise and replied casually, "It's fine. I'm very strong."
"I feel like you're not as reliable as that black-haired Genin in your team," Tazuna said as he nearly lost his balance while drinking again.
Renji tilted his head slightly and replied calmly, "Go to hell, stinky old man."
"Teacher Renji, what are you saying!" Sakura Haruno shouted in disbelief.
Teacher Renji actually told Mr. Tazuna to go to hell.
Telling the client to go to hell.
Only Renji would do something like that.
Tazuna turned toward Hiruzen Sarutobi and complained helplessly, "Hokage-sama, can you change to a more reliable Jonin?"
He truly believed Renji was unreliable and might even abandon the client if danger appeared.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed with a headache.
"Stinky old man, don't misunderstand," Renji said as he closed his book and stood up before walking toward Tazuna and grabbing his beard.
"The ten thousand you offered can only mobilize three Genin at most. I'm just accompanying the teacher and watching the show.
If you want a Jonin to take this mission, go home and prepare one hundred thousand. If you want me to personally accept the mission alone, the price starts at twenty million."
Renji tugged Tazuna's beard while looking down at him with an indifferent and arrogant gaze.
He only accepted missions worth over one million.
Every high-level mission he previously accepted involved capturing rogue ninja from various countries.
He had even fought S-rank rogue ninja before, and after completing those missions the bounty belonged entirely to him.
"Ten thousand? Twenty million?" Tazuna's beard trembled as his eyes widened in shock.
Twenty million.
He did not even have one hundred thousand.
Even offering ten thousand had already exhausted him because the Land of Waves was extremely poor now.
A company had monopolized the ports and controlled all profitable trade.
Tazuna used all his savings to build the bridge.
The ten thousand for the mission was his last remaining support.
And this frivolous white-haired man immediately demanded twenty million.
Outrageous. Absolutely outrageous.
Tazuna looked toward Hiruzen Sarutobi.
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