"First off," Hazō said, "we've had a messenger from the Tower. Turns out before we left for Mist, Jiraiya sent in an application for an extended sealing license. In addition to the existing broad license, we can sell to the Tower, and only to the Tower…"
He took a deep breath.
"Banshee Slayers Earbusters Earth Domes Five Seal Barriers Force Walls Goo Bombs Lesser Barrier Formations Variant Storage Scrolls to be Evaluated on an Individual Basis at the Time of Submission Silence Mines Tunneller's Friends! Also Vibrator Seals, listed under that name because Jiraiya.
"The list is to be kept confidential on both Gōketsu and Tower sides so no one automatically knows what seals we can make. He's also personally signed off on our certification as Leaf's head sealmaster, skipping the need for an inspection to validate that we're good enough to safely mass-produce advanced seals. Not that there would be any risk of such an inspector failing us for any reason coughHyūgacough, but this way we're the most certified sealmasters in all of Leaf."
Kei nodded. "In other words, you will continue to risk unimaginable death and destruction to us all, as triggered by some combination of ill fortune and personal incompetence, but now you will be consistently remunerated for it. I approve.
"I do also note that Kagome's personal seals are not listed."
"I noticed that. Anyway, it's money. Without knowing the state of the market, I have no idea how much it'll get us—Keiko, get on that when you have the chance—but it's a stable income stream for as long as Leaf needs seals."
