Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha!

Kakuzu arrived in front of a three-story building. It used to be a restaurant, but it was sold overnight due to some unforeseen circumstances. Now it has been renamed "Ninja World Finance," a concise and meaningful name.

There was also a leaf logo behind the sign, but this did not attract Kakuzu's attention.

Kakuzu pushed open the door, and a huge screen came into view, displaying the price fluctuations of pig iron over the past two years. The most recent price fluctuation was a sharp downward line, coinciding with the signing of the peace agreement between Konoha and Kumogakure.

The lobby on the first floor was bustling with people, mostly merchants engaged in trading, both spot and futures transactions. For spot transactions, customers could directly find a staff member to pay according to today's price, and a dedicated person would be responsible for providing pig iron for the rest.

Everything became very convenient; there was no need to go to each pig iron merchant individually. Although the price of pig iron was roughly the same throughout the Land of Fire, there were always some discrepancies.

Now that Konoha and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire have joined forces to control production and unify shipments, prices have become transparent, and there's even talk of official pricing. Uchiha Nan is happy with this; it's exactly the effect he wanted.

Kakuzu wasn't interested in spot trading. He was a ninja, a top-tier bounty hunter, working 365 days a year and making money very efficiently. Even in business, there are times when you lose money, unlike him who does business with no capital.

Kakuzu wasted his precious work time today mainly to learn about futures trading. If it really can make money, he wouldn't mind giving it a try.

Welcome back next time.

Kakuzu watched as a richly dressed merchant handed several boxes filled with banknotes to a staff member, who then exchanged them for several beautifully crafted pieces of paper.

This card serves as proof of futures trading. It is produced using special methods and features anti-counterfeiting measures. The production method was invented by Tobirama Senju, a master of scientific research in the ninja world, who worked overnight to develop it, making it extremely difficult to forge.

How could you exchange several boxes of money for just a few cards?

The scene before him shattered Kakuzu's worldview. Kakuzu rushed toward the staff to ask what was going on, but after the staff explained, Kakuzu's eyes revealed disdain.

That's it, that's it!

He thought futures were something profound, nothing more than betting on the future price of pig iron.

Who can predict what will happen in the future? If the price of iron drops after buying it now, won't he lose all the money he worked so hard to earn?

waste time!

If this thing can make money, I, Kakuzu, will jump off the building right now!

Moreover, the price of pig iron is still slowly declining. In the past, the price of pig iron was driven up considerably due to the annual wars.

boring!

Kakuzu shook his head, intending to leave the trading hall to continue his bounty mission.

A white-haired young man, dressed in fine clothes, walked towards them, clearly a wealthy young master. Behind him were four or five bodyguards with Konoha dog tags on their heads, each carrying a box stuffed with money.

"Buy where nobody cares, sell when everyone's talking!"

The future Konoha White Fang started reciting a rhyme as he appeared, immediately attracting everyone's attention. With such a grand display of hiring Konoha ninjas as bodyguards, one wonders which noble family in the Land of Fire he is.

The people in the trading hall were silently speculating about White Fang's identity.

"Buy it all!"

Seeing what White Fang was doing, another phrase flashed through everyone's minds: the landlord's stupid son.

As soon as pig iron futures were introduced, speculators started buying and selling, and they all suffered huge losses. The price of pig iron in the Land of Fire has recently fallen by 60,000 taels.

The trading hall also prominently displays the nicknames of the top 100 futures buyers and their futures returns. Which of those who bought in large quantities didn't suffer a loss?

However, some people still refused to give up and continued to buy more shares, earning them the reputation of being suckers.

The missions to Iwakage and Kirigakure are top secret, and they are far from the Land of Fire. As a result, the price of pig iron in the Land of Fire has been slowly declining. Uchiha Nan has been slowly increasing his holdings, and he has already bought three or four hundred million units, and he is still adding to his position.

The daimyo, on the other hand, was a bit impatient and had already bought a billion in one go, almost driving up the price. Uchiha Nan even wrote a letter to the daimyo, telling him to buy slowly and to open multiple accounts to buy.

A large-scale sell-off by major players on the future leaderboard could cause panic.

"What are you looking at? You bunch of guys with no investment vision, I'm investing in the future!"

White Fang noticed the way everyone was looking at him like he was an idiot, and immediately spoke arrogantly to everyone present, while inwardly he was wryly smiling. This was just a task assigned by the Hokage.

In order to make his futures trading soar to new heights, Uchiha Nan decided to create a "pig on the wind," a genius in the futures investment world, an expert who could attract countless novice investors.

Stories of getting rich overnight always inspire endless fantasies, and gamblers love to hear them.

However, considering that this is a scheme to lure people into buying pig iron at inflated prices, when prices collapse, the country will likely witness countless high-flying spectacle, and the so-called experts will probably suffer a terrible fate.

This glorious yet arduous task was entrusted to the Hatake clan's genius, Hatake Sakumo, who was about the same age as Uchiha Nan and possessed extraordinary strength, having already reached the level of an elite Jonin. With a little more training, he could fight against Kage-level powerhouses.

Of course, this wasn't a free effort. Uchiha Nan gave Sakumo a start-up fund of ten million ryo, and all the profits went to him.

"It's just that you were born into a good family!"

Kakuzu didn't care about the wealthy young man's status and said disdainfully as he walked away.

Is it so great to be born rich?

This is the kind of person I despise the most in my life!

The sound wasn't loud, but it was just enough for everyone present to hear.

"What did you say?!"

"You'll definitely regret this in the future; the price of pig iron is bound to skyrocket!"

"Based on the reversal of the economic cycle and the control of the Land of Fire's macroeconomic policies, the authorities will definitely..."

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White Fang carried the manuscript to the Finance Minister of the Land of Fire. With his years of experience handling state affairs and his expertise in falsifying accounts, it was all too easy for him to concoct a story about rising pig iron prices.

White Fang analyzed everything from the great power rivalry to the Ninja World War, and from market sentiment to the economy of ordinary people, making such a logical and insightful analysis that he completely stunned Kakuzu.

Ninjas generally have low levels of education; most didn't even finish elementary school before starting their killing spree. Being able to read and understand mission instructions is enough. Can studying really develop the skills of a Jonin?

White Tooth's analysis, which sounds like a tongue twister, is actually nonsense. However, since the script is written by a professional, it is convincing enough to pass for the truth.

Although they couldn't understand what White Fang was saying, the technical terms, economic cycles, and government regulation were all coming out at the same time, and the people were already somewhat convinced.

major! !

Is the price of pig iron really going to rise?

"Hmph, I don't understand what you're saying!"

Kakuzu felt discriminated against by intellectuals. He couldn't understand what White Fang was saying at all, but he thought White Fang was very professional. However, Kakuzu didn't plan to get involved in futures trading at the moment.

He firmly believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch, and that if someone could get rich, it must be through their own secret efforts. He thought that if someone had a way to make a fortune, they wouldn't involve their own brothers and would instead announce it publicly. Jiao Du couldn't believe that such a philanthropist existed.

"We'll see, you'll definitely regret it."

"Hmph, I'll see you lose everything."

However, Kakuzu had no intention of admitting defeat verbally, and after saying that, he left the hall to continue doing bounty missions.

White Tooth pursed his lips and was then led by the staff to the third floor, an area reserved for VIPs.

However, after Bai Ya's analysis, only a handful of people bought pig iron futures, while the rest chose to wait and see.

Buying at the bottom is hesitant and timid, while chasing the rise is like having unlimited ammunition; it's the same in any world.

Chapter 73 Kakuzu: Oh no, did I miss something?!

More than ten days have passed.

"Damn it!"

"These ninja clan members are disgusting me!"

Uchiha Nan angrily slammed his fist on the table in his office. The news that the daimyo had given him Kaede and Rin had suddenly spread throughout Konoha.

Without even thinking about it, it was the work of those ninja clans in the village. They just temporarily suspended the distribution of over 10 billion taels of silver, not refused to give it to them!

Disgusting, disgusting!

Uchiha Nan felt he had lost all his integrity. Although it was bound to happen sooner or later, the day had finally come. Uchiha Nan felt he still had some sense of shame, but he couldn't find any way to refute it.

The twins were indeed very radiant.

The recent battle meetings held by Uchiha Nan haven't gone smoothly either. The Senju clan keeps finding fault with them, whether intentionally or unintentionally, but Uchiha Nan has ignored them.

Suddenly, Uchiha Tomita pushed open the door and brought in an urgent intelligence report. After reading it word by word, Uchiha Nan's anxious mood improved somewhat.

The Hidden Mist Village and the Hidden Stone Village will declare war on the Hidden Leaf Village in a month. The Second Tsuchikage Mu and the Second Mizukage Gengetsu Hozuki are really in sync, choosing attack dates that are only a few days apart.

If Uchiha Nan hadn't known that the Tsuchikage Mu and Hozuki Gengetsu were sworn enemies, he would have thought that the two of them had conspired to attack Konoha together.

The Tsuchikage Mu was wrapped up like a mummy because he was burned by Hozuki Gengetsu's Steam Burst. He will have to live the rest of his life wrapped in bandages with special medicine.

They always end up fighting whenever they meet, harboring all sorts of grudges.

In that case, the futures market can't accumulate goods so slowly anymore; it has to start slowly driving up the price. Uchiha Nan got the data report and found that the slow purchase of pig iron during this period had exceeded 40 billion taels. The daimyo was even more greedy than him and had already acquired more than 40 billion taels of goods.

The price of pig iron, which had been falling, has been trading sideways for some time.

Next, he would slowly pump up the price, gradually luring those retail investors into the trap. Uchiha Nan smiled; after so much planning and scheming, the time to reap the rewards was finally approaching.

A few days later.

money exchange

Kakuzu spent more than twenty days completing another bounty mission, as usual bringing heads to exchange for the bounty. This time the mission was not difficult, and the bounty was only more than 200,000 taels, but Kakuzu did not care.

Missions with high bounties and low difficulty are not easy to come by, and he is not the only bounty hunter in the ninja world.

High-difficulty, high-reward missions are extremely difficult to execute; even a slight mistake could lead to disaster, the loss of a heart, and a humiliating escape. Missions with reasonable prices and moderate difficulty are more favored by Kakuzu.

After leaving the gold exchange, Kakuzu went to the weapon shop to sell a batch of second-hand weapons as usual. Hearing the weapon shop owner talking about pig iron futures again, Kakuzu suddenly remembered the white-haired boy and white-toothed boy he had met before.

That guy must have lost a lot of money by now.

Kakuzu took the money, counted it one by one, and enjoyed the feel of the banknotes.

One should be more practical in life; one should not engage in speculative or profiteering activities.

Go and have a look?

Kakuzu didn't want to waste time on this kind of thing, but when he thought of how professionally Sakumo had analyzed things that day, he started to feel itchy and instinctively felt that he should take a look.

"Let's take a look. It won't take much time anyway," Kakuzu convinced himself as he arrived at the entrance of the trading hall.

Upon arriving at the entrance, Kakuzu was surprised to find that there seemed to be many more people here than before.

"Investing follows certain patterns; everything in the market is manipulated by a powerful force called the market economy."

The same applies to futures trading.

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