144. Discussion


    <span style="font-weight:400">The following day as everyone packed their stuff tension could be felt in the air. Well, the three girls were as rxed as ever. Yamato on the other hand was discretely observing Tazuna while thetter felt down. A few minutester Yamato was the first to break the silence.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So, Tazuna, mind exining why a pair of Kiri-nin are after you?”


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Why are you so sure they are after me?” Tazuna tried to y the fool but he was talking to a trained ninja, of course that wouldn’t work.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Because, out of all of us you are the most probable target-” Before Yamato could continue though Tomoka decided to interrupt. She didn’t feel like going through this whole interrogation stuff.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sorry for the interruption sensei. However, I believe I know the reason. You see, a man named Gatoh has quite the monopoly in thend of waves. If mister Tazuna builds his bridge then said monopoly will be threatened by the new trade route.” Hearing Tomoka’s words, Tazuna couldn’t help but pale. It was over.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I see, then may I ask how you know about this and why you didn’t tell me beforehand?” As of now Yamato could already guess the answer to both questions but he needed to make sure.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“First, You already know that I have my own brand and due to it I get quite the info onmerce rted stuff.” This wasn’t really a lie. She did indeed have a lot of info on the market and what not.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Second, I didn’t know he would hire a ninja so I didn’t think it would be all that important.” Now this was a tant lie hidden behind her best innocent smile.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Yeah no, I’m not buying it. Tell me the truth.” Yamato wouldn’t fall for this trick again. Yes he had fallen for it a few times in the past.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Fine, I thought it would be more entertaining. A C-ranked mission turned B-ranked. I know how strong you are and how strong we are. If I had to guess, we are at chunnin level already so our team should be able to deal with B-ranked missions easily, maybe even an A-ranked one as well.”


    <span style="font-weight:400">Hearing all that Yamato let a sigh escape. Now that was an exnation he could epting from Tomoka. Not only that but he also knew she was right about their strength. If push came to shove they could deal with an A-ranked mission indeed. That didn’t mean he liked it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hey, if it makes you feel any better you could paint it as a lesson or something. After all, ns and missions could always go awry.” Hianata knowing how troublesome dealing with Tomoka could be tried to make Yamato feel better.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Did either of you know about this beforehand?” Hearing Hinata Yamato felt like he had been the only one out of the loop, something he really didn’t like.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Nope, Tomoka told usst night.'''' Nozomi said, telling a half truth.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With a loud sigh Yamato looked towards the girls before speaking “I take it you three want to continue with the mission then.” With a simple nod Yamato knew he didn’t have any other option. Yes, he could force them to go back but he would rather not deal with the constant nagging andining.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Then we shall continue with the mission. Take into consideration there won’t be any extra payment.” He knew they didn’t really care about payment but he still had to make that clear.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Also, you should thank them Tazuna, if it were up to me we would be abandoning this mission.” With that they once more began walking towards thend of waves.