The pay he will be getting is the personal satisfaction that he would be protecting Konoha if he managed to kill this man. He sounded pretty strong and if left unchecked it could potentially spell doom for his village. Although he was confident in the Hokage's and the rest of the ninja in the village, why bother them with such things when he could do this for them as it were. As he walked away from the village towards the fire temple and it's lands, all these thoughts raced through his mind.