"So that's how it is," the Daimyo said with an enlightened expression, his true thoughts unknown, "then, how would you like to rent?"
Shikaku glanced at Shikamaru, who stepped forward, bowed slightly, and respectfully said, "Honorable Lord of the Land of Rivers, we are willing to pay five million ryō per year to lease that area."
Suddenly, the entire hall fell silent.
"You're not joking, are you?" the Daimyo said with an embarrassed smile, five million ryō a year, that seemed far too little.
"We are renting for fifty years," Shikamaru continued more earnestly, "that's a total of 250,000,000 ryō. You know, among the Great Ninja Villages, the most we get for an S-rank mission in Konoha is one million ryō."
The Daimyo remained silent.
But it seemed he had begun to understand why Konoha had offered such a price.
