"Hm?" Tsunade turned around, finally noticing the Anbu agent lurking nearby. Her good mood made her overlook him until now.
"Tsunade-sama, the Hokage requests your presence at the office," Anbu agent said, stepping forward now that he'd been spotted.
"Go back and tell him I'm busy right now. I've got more shopping to do. He should just focus on paying for everything, and if there's no money, I'll go tear down the finance department."
"Let's go eat," She added, calling to Xin.
Xin stifled his laughter, patting the nearly teary-eyed Anbu agent on the shoulder before following Tsunade out of the mall.
The two of them decided to grab some barbecue.
Meanwhile, back at the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage was at his wit's end.
Not only had Tsunade refused to come see him, but she had sent another bill to his office instead.
Looking at the string of numbers on the bill, the Third Hokage's eye twitched. He had a feeling this was just the beginning, not the end. Tsunade was going to keep buying, and every bill would end up on his desk.
"Hokage-sama!!"
Before the Third Hokage could even catch his breath, another bill arrived.
This time it was a member of the Akimichi clan, holding a bill and looking rather distressed.
"This is Tsunade-sama's tab from the restaurant. She asked me to bring it to you." What did I do to deserve this... the Third Hokage sighed, forcing a smile as he said, "Give it here."
The Akimichi member looked relieved, as long as someone acknowledged the bill. They didn't care who paid it-just as long as someone did.
Pfft!
One glance at the bill, and the Third Hokage nearly choked on his tea.
Something wasn't right. Did they make a mistake with the total? How on earth does a barbecue meal cost several hundred thousand ryo? Is the meat plated with gold or something? "Hokage-sama, there's no mistake in the bill. Tsunade-sama didn't eat much herself, but she took a lot of it to go-about a hundred servings of our special marinated meat. She said she'd take it home and eat it slowly. Now, a lot of our regular customers can't even order because we're out of stock."
"...."
After dismissing the messenger, the Third Hokage's hands trembled.
"Immediately-no, right now, bring Tsunade to me. Either she comes to see me, or I'll go find her myself!!"
In just half a day, Tsunade had already spent tens of millions of ryō. If this continued, who knows what might happen next?
By having all the bills sent directly to the Hokage's office, Tsunade was making her stance clear: If you won't deal with the issue, fine, I'll make you pay.