That afternoon, the elders met again, having accomplished all their tasks.
- Homura, we have to do something! - The elderly woman was anxiously pacing the empty space of the luxuriously furnished room, not even trying to keep her face straight. - Now that Hiruzen is out of power and Orochimaru's election is in doubt, the clans have a lot to remember us by! And you know what happens to people from the old regime who don't like the new regime! Okay, we've had ours, but what if the children are affected? Hiruzen is the one with a powerful clan behind him and no need to worry, and we're just a few dumb jonins of questionable loyalty.
- Calm down, friend, it's not as bad as you think, - after the election of the new Hokage, the coalition of clans will break up and everyone will pursue their own goals, - the elderly shinobi shook his head, - at first, they won't have time for us, besides, nobody prevents to prepare a little and reach an agreement that will suit everyone.
- You have already started to work in this direction, - the elder instantly understood the hint of her old comrade, - with whom? I tried to negotiate with Shenesu Nara, as the main organizer of the coalition, but he wouldn't even give me a few minutes to talk to him!
- You've got a big grudge against you for that incident with their crippled jonin, and there's a lot of other things to remember.
The older woman grimaced, but didn't object, looking at her colleague expectantly.
- I was contacted by Mito-sama not long ago, wanting to discuss the receipt of the equipment prepared for Tsunade," the shinobi glittered, "and I took the chance to clarify the price of our safety.
- So? What's the result, Homura? - Utatane hurried him on.
- Now we are still in the discussion stage, but the preliminary points are already agreed, - sighed the old man, involuntarily grimacing, - except for Uzumaki's payment for mediation with guaranteeing the fulfillment of the reached agreement with technology and a seven-figure sum, we must completely remove ourselves from politics, ceasing to support Hiruzen, part with half of all available accounts in banks, transfer the ownership of enterprises obtained illegally as compensation to the most rigidly-minded clans, as well as at the beginning to give the right of ownership to the most rigidly-minded clans.
- That's a lot," the Elder gritted her teeth, "can we reduce the asking price?
- No," the shinobi said stiffly, shifting from the relaxed position of a tired elderly man to a ready to rush assassin, of course he was not going to attack, but it was enough to show the seriousness of the situation, "and before you decide to hide a bill or two, we have been dug up for a long time, and Mito-sama has given us a very remarkable list, which details what and where we own, even if the registration was done by fake persons.
The anger on the kunoichi's face was blown away by the wind after hearing those words, replaced by pallor.
- Do they really know everything? - Utatane asked with a sudden hoarse voice.
- Exactly," Homura confirmed grimly, "I guess the intelligence agencies of the different clans just combined the information they had and got the big picture.
- Oh, shit!
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