Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

"Say something, Kakashi! Give me back my eyes! I'm not seeing you off!"

"Give it back to me, you bastard!"

……

In his impotent rage, Kakashi only managed to say one thing: "If you keep this up, I'll call Rin over to see how you make money..."

Uh!

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As if fate had seized him by the throat, Obito lowered his proud head.

The office door was pushed open, and the managers of the eight caravans, along with Obito, were all brought in.

Minato ignored Obito and first looked at the eight caravans.

Before they could even speak, the eight men immediately knelt down and performed a dogeza (a deep bowing gesture) upon noticing the Hokage's gaze upon them.

"Lord Hokage, you've been wronged..."

"Apart from the caravan from the Land of Iron, none of us were involved in this!"

"I have the tax records from both the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning. Lord Hokage, I'm innocent..."

"I have records from both the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, Hokage-sama, all of which can be found..."

……

Amidst the deafening wails, Minato rubbed his throbbing forehead.

After dealing with documents all morning, if these guys weren't so rich and if it weren't for the fact that it involved Obito, he felt he could have shown them what the Hokage's wrath was like.

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Chapter 448: Obito, hollowed out

When the Daimyo's mansion was still in existence, the Hokage only needed to consider the expenses of one village.

If you don't have enough money, ask the lord for it.

As the only military organization in the Land of Fire, the Daimyo's Mansion may have lived a life of decadence and debauchery, but it has never been stingy with Konoha.

Now that the Daimyo's residence is gone, the entire budget of the Land of Fire will need to be decided by Konoha.

Furthermore, due to undisclosed reasons, the budgets of the five great nations require the Hokage's approval to a certain extent.

Originally, Shikaku intended to postpone it. After all, these businessmen who relied on Konoha's research department had made a fortune in recent years, and they had to be skinned alive at least three times over.

As a result, the Second Research Department was established, and the first project was the tram project proposed by Raimon Koreki and Katasuke. Although the presence of ninjas would make the project easier to carry out.

Even so, the cost of building interconnected trams in the other four major countries besides Amegakure (the Land of Water) was so high that even the Konoha leadership, who had just begun to broaden their horizons, found it outrageous.

However, when Shikaku presented the money he had collected each year over the past few years, as well as the money earned by the large merchant caravans under the covert investigation, in numbers, the group felt that the numbers didn't seem so large after all.

At this moment, in the Hokage's office in the Hokage Building, the heads of eight large merchant caravans were crying and complaining, saying that they had only earned a few hard-earned coins.

With their vivid and emotional delivery, Minato might have actually believed them had he not already seen the intelligence in his hand.

Shikaku stepped forward and said directly, "Matsumoto-i uses the Land of Hot Water, the Land of Frost, and the Land of Lightning as his trade routes, making sixteen import and export trips. Each export is worth about 135 million taels, and the average profit is about 89 million taels, which we'll round up to 100 million."

"According to the original contract, the penalty for 'slipping through the net' is the total value of all exported goods before and after, which is 1.35 billion taels. Any objections?"

1.35 billion taels?

This number stunned Obito, who was standing next to him.

What an astronomical figure!

They're talking about billions of dollars right off the bat—that's faster than robbing someone!

and many more!

Damn it! These bastards made a hundred million in one go, but only gave him a measly eight million taels?!

"boom!"

Just as he was about to unleash a torrent of curses, the businessman Matsumoto, who had just been named, knelt down on the ground.

The rabbit mourns the fox's death; the other seven people simultaneously foresaw their own punishment, and for a moment they all knelt down even lower.

"Sir! We...we simply don't have that much money!"

"Hiring ninjas, dealing with bandits along the way, paying bribes, and providing food, drink, and shelter for the entire caravan... Lord Hokage, we haven't made much money at all!"

"In that case, it would be better to be dead..."

"Thirteen billion taels of silver? Even if you killed your whole family and sold them, you still wouldn't have that much..."

"Lord Hokage... I'm innocent!"

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Amidst the wailing, Shikaku, who had already anticipated this scene, sneered.

He then ignored them completely and read out the fines for the next seven people.

The amounts were originally listed from smallest to largest, with the most impressive one being the one that included the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, as well as a series of desert greening supplies for export. Therefore, the total export value reached over four billion.

This scene left Obito dumbfounded. Looking at his former partners with whom he had worked so well, he felt that these people were simply insane.

All I wanted to do was buy a big villa in Konoha, but did these guys want to buy the whole village?

With so much money, will we be able to use it all?

After reading what he had in his hand, Lu Jiu looked at the group and said, "You all know how much wealth you have, and you are also very clear about the profits from exporting to surrounding areas."

"Within half a day, whether it's money, real estate, luxury goods, or supplies, if you can't pay in full, the secret service will make you pay it in full, and after that, your family and your descendants for five generations will be unable to engage in commerce."

"Think it through. Money can be earned back, but once Konoha blacklists you and the Anbu seizes it, you won't even have a chance to rise again."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eight merchants who had been wailing fell silent.

It was only then that they realized they had no chance to resist the violent institutions that operated from top to bottom in Konoha.

It was fine before the investigation was thorough, but now that the secret service has figured out everything about their assets, even if they've already committed crimes and are completely exploited and killed, it's just a warning to others.

Acting according to the contract means that even if the chicken dies, the monkeys won't disperse; they have no room for bargaining.

"Take him away."

Minato waved his hand, and three ANBU appeared, subduing all eight people.

At this point, none of the eight people stepped forward to complain about being poor.

They are all intelligent people who walk the ninja world. Several years ago, when the ninja world was in chaos, they were able to survive in the cracks. In this peaceful era, they are smarter than anyone else.

Konoha calls the shots in the Five Great Nations, and Konoha calls the shots in the entire ninja world.

Compared to the other four great ninja villages, what are they? They're nothing!

In fact, it could be said that... if it weren't for the concern that their greed might frighten other caravans, they could have simply slaughtered them all and seized their property without any problem.

After the others left, Minato's gaze finally fell on his disciple.

"How much did you take?"

Obito lowered his head, hesitating slightly: "Three...four...five..."

"Snapped!"

"How much exactly?"

Minato slammed his hand on the table, and Obito couldn't help but shudder.

"Eight! Eighty million taels!"

These words made Lu Jiu sneer: "The total amount of those guys just now reached more than 18 billion, and they only spent 80 million taels after more than 100 transactions?"

Lu Jiu said, and handed out a flyer.

It reads:

Adjacent to the commercial street, luxurious villas overlook Fire Shadow Rock, the latest scientific research achievement, the Cold and Hot Barrier, makes it possible to enjoy spring-like weather all year round, and even see snow in summer.

What are you waiting for? Uchiha Loans, you can have them.

"The Uchiha clan's latest project... I heard you were just given clan membership by Shisui. With a discount, you should still have some left, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Obito waved his hands repeatedly.

"No, no! There really aren't any left!"

Obito panicked: "The rest is all money I've saved up over the years, it has nothing to do with those bastards!"

"I was originally planning to take out a loan, but I still have a debt to settle with Xiao Jiuwei, and with that, I was still short a bit."

Shikaku pressed on: "So even if Shisui hadn't given you a discount, you would have had enough, right? And besides what you earned from walking S, you still had some left. If you add that up with Kurama's earnings, after the discount, you would still have some left?"

Obito froze, his Sharingan staring intently at Shikaku from under his straw hat, his Mangekyou Sharingan forced out.

Is this person... a devil?

Kakashi, who was standing nearby, slapped his forehead.

After returning to the village, Obito's IQ dropped to negative numbers.

"By the way, Little Nine-Tailed Fox has also been caught. It reported you as well, so the fines for your joint fraud will be split in half."

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Unfortunate news followed one after another, leaving Obito stunned.

After years of hard work, this is going to drain you dry!

If this hasn't been unlocked yet, it'll probably be unlocked from a single tomoe to the full kaleidoscope in no time.

"Boom."

Obito plopped down on the ground, head down, trembling all over.

This worried Minato; could it be that the shock was too much and he had gone insane again?

"I... will hand it over."

Obito's voice rang out, and when he looked up, he saw tears streaming down his face. His heart ached terribly; he was crying from the pain.