blogombal Chapter 42 I'm a businessman; fighting and killing are so boring.
Chapter 42 I'm a businessman; fighting and killing are so boring.
Chiba Grand Hotel, the capital of the Land of Fire.
"I'm back. Did you miss me?"
Back in the tea room on the second floor of the hotel, Tetsuya pushed open the door and greeted everyone with a loud laugh.
Izuna, who was sitting behind the coffee table enjoying his tea, didn't even look up.
Kakuzu, who was sitting to the side, was looking through the ledgers. Hearing Tetsuya's voice, Kakuzu excitedly stood up.
"Boss, you're back!"
Upon seeing Tetsuya, his hands, which were holding the ledger, trembled uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Izuna couldn't help but roll his eyes. Anyone who didn't know better would think his name was Hinata Izuna.
"Where did you find such a weirdo? He's a complete miser. The first thing he does is look at the ledgers. If he didn't have the keys in his hand, you'd think he was here to cause trouble."
When Kakuzu arrived at the Chiba Grand Hotel with the key, Izuna thought he was a thief and immediately used his Sharingan to subdue him.
However, after asking around, it was discovered that this guy was recruited by Tetsuya and was holding a key.
Izuna asked him why he chose to come so late at night, and the guy replied that he was used to it.
That's why he is Uchiha Izuna, not his brother Uchiha Madara.
Otherwise, Jiaodu would already be a pile of ashes by now.
"Hey, I met Kakuzu on my way back to Konoha. He wanted to trade my head for a bounty. I thought he was quite talented, so I recruited him and made him work for me."
"Thank you for your appreciation, boss."
Kakuzu felt no shame whatsoever; on the contrary, he felt extremely proud to be recognized by Tetsuya.
After seeing the ledger, he realized that there was another way to make money: a single meal could be worth as much as a mission.
Going on a mission by yourself could easily cost you one or two lives, but here you don't have to; you can just sit back and wait to collect your money.
If Tetsuya knew what Kakuzu was thinking, he would only tell him.
This is perfectly normal. The lives of the rich are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. There are cases where the cost of one meal is enough for someone to live on for a lifetime.
"By the way, why are you back so soon? Have you seen all the fun you wanted to see?"
Zhe also sat down beside him and poured himself a cup of tea.
"No, it's too early to go back; it's not time for the fun to happen yet."
"Is it not time for the fun to start yet? Have those people from Kumogakure cancelled their operation?"
"They've only considered it, but haven't actually made a move yet. It seems they're still gathering intelligence. After all, Konoha is currently the strongest of the five great ninja villages. Taking action against Konoha rashly could easily provoke their retaliation."
After World War I, Konoha was the village that suffered the least damage. All the other Second Kage were gone, but Konoha's were still alive.
Thanks to the surviving Tobirama Senju, Konoha obtained a considerable amount of benefits from the defeated village to offset the losses caused by the war and stabilize the village's development.
Currently, Konoha is the strongest village among the five great ninja villages, with the greatest potential for war. In addition, Konoha occupies the rich land of the Land of Fire, which makes its development even more smooth.
However, this also attracted the jealousy and covetousness of other ninja villages.
"However, this trip to Konoha was not without its rewards; I obtained some rather exciting news."
"What news?"
Izuna cast a curious glance at him. After all, since his resurrection, he had been either helping Tetsuya manage his business or just wasting his time, living a life like a salted fish.
As a proud Uchiha and a powerful ninja, he also found this kind of life somewhat boring.
Tetsuya grinned.
"A new Shinobi World War is probably about to begin. I have a feeling that in three years at most, the Shinobi World will be plunged into bloodshed once again."
Upon hearing about the Ninja World War, both Izuna and Kakuzu's expressions changed.
Kakuzu was serious; as someone who had witnessed the First Shinobi World War, he knew the cruelty of the war.
Izuna, on the other hand, was excited and eager to fight. Although he wasn't a battle maniac like his brother, as an Uchiha, he still had a deep-seated desire for battle.
He experienced the chaos of the Warring States period, but at that time their battles were fought in family units.
Izuna was very curious about the current ninja war, which was organized around villages. He wanted to see how the current war differed from the wars of their time.
"The Ninja World War? How interesting. Should we get involved? In what form? Which side should we take? Or should we fight alone against the Five Great Ninja Villages?"
Tetsuya and Kakuzu both looked at Uchiha Izuna.
Kakuzu couldn't help but wipe away a cold sweat, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Is this Madara Uchiha's younger brother? He really is that guy's biological brother, and just like his brother Madara Uchiha, he's a madman."
Tetsuya slammed his fist on the table and shouted.
"Hey, who are you? How dare you possess Izuna's body! Tell me the truth!"
Seeing Tetsuya like this, Kakuzu thought that Izuna had really been possessed by someone.
Then Izuna rolled her eyes at Tetsuya and gave him the middle finger—things she'd learned from Tetsuya over the years.
"Phew, that scared me to death. I thought you, Uchiha Izuna, had been possessed. The three of us are going to participate in the Ninja War and fight against the Five Great Ninja Villages? Do you think you're your brother Uchiha Madara and I'm Senju Hashirama?"
"Are you kidding me? I don't want to fight against the entire ninja world."
Kakuzu nodded repeatedly in agreement; he didn't want to follow Chiba to his death right after starting out.
"So what do you mean?"
Izuna asked curiously.
This guy was so excited just now saying that the Ninja World War was about to begin. Doesn't he want to get involved in this war and make a name for himself in the Ninja World?
Tetsuya smiled.
"We are businessmen. Fighting and killing is so boring. What I want is to make a fortune through war."
As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and rubbed his thumb back and forth between his index and middle fingers.
Kakuzu's eyes lit up immediately.
"The boss is wise."
Besides doing business with high-ranking officials and nobles, what other businesses can make money quickly and easily?
That would naturally be to profit from the war.
"Hey hey hey, it's nothing special, keep it low-key."
He waved his hand and continued.
"The question now is, now that we know before others that war will break out in the near future, how should we use this information gap to make money?"
Kakuzu clapped his hands and said.
"Boss, I have a plan."
"Oh, you have a plan? Tell me about it."
Kakuzu said with great confidence.
"Stockpile grain. When war breaks out, grain is the commodity whose price will rise the fastest. As long as we stockpile enough grain, what we have stockpiled will not be grain, but gold!"