"So isn't that still robbery?"
"How crude. Taking without telling is called stealing. I told those officials clearly—I'm taking the money. If they need it, they can go report me. Since they didn't, how can that be called robbery?"
"Shiken, is it really appropriate to rob people so openly?"
Uchiha Kamito asked.
He only cared about how to get money; everything else didn't really matter to him.
"If you want to be rough about it, just take it right in front of them at night. If you want to be gentler, use genjutsu—one use and they won't make a sound. Works like a charm. Besides, it's all dirty money, so they even have to help me cover it up."
"Alright, I understand."
Uchiha Kamito turned to leave.
"Wait, take this. Don't strip them completely bare—leave them a little, at least."
Aburame Shiken called out to him and tossed over a scroll.
It was marked with several wealthy households Shiken hadn't "visited" yet.
"Mm, thanks."
After taking a look, Uchiha Kamito immediately turned and left.
Making money meant acting fast. What if those rich families suddenly lost their minds and started spending wildly? That would all be his money they were wasting.
After Aburame Shiken left,
Inuzuka Ryoha and Hyūga Hiyasu continued staring at him with bright, expectant eyes.
The meaning was obvious.
We want in too.
"Uh… the number of wealthy households in the Land of Fire is limited. If we take too much, they'll either stop saving money or go all out in desperation. That would cause us a bit of trouble."
The two of them still stared intently, as if saying, if you don't give us a way to make money, we're not leaving.
"Well… the quick-money methods are gone. There are a few legitimate businesses—are you interested?"
"Just say it, Shiken. We're not picky."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Alright. Ryoha, Inuzuka Logistics already has a bit of a reputation in Konoha. You should be able to expand this business, right?"
Inuzuka Ryoha thought for a moment.
"Yeah, but I'll need order takers, after-sales staff, data managers, and dispatch coordinators. The Inuzuka clan has over four hundred members and more than a thousand ninken—more than enough."
"Mm, I'll arrange the rest for you. You just focus on training your dispatch staff's professionalism. You know the requirement, right?"
"The customer is king. Everything the customer says is right—speed, quality, service…"
"Since you get it, I won't say more. Just remember to keep it humane. We're not heartless capitalists. Nine-to-five is just talk—these are our own clansmen, we can't really treat them like beasts of burden."
"Tch, what do you take me for? When have I ever exploited my own clan?"
After saying that, Inuzuka Ryoha left.
Only Hyūga Hiyasu remained.
"So… what can your Hyūga branch family even do?"
"We can do anything."
"Then… foot massage attendants?"
"That would be degrading. I want to give the women of our branch family dignity."
"Then receptionists?"
"That's selling their looks—and it could lead to rumors. I have to be responsible for their future."
"Then how about accounting?"
"Math might be a bit difficult… and things like bookkeeping—I'm afraid they won't understand. I have to be responsible for their minds."
"Didn't you just say you could do anything? Now looks aren't acceptable, brains aren't acceptable—what, you want them doing manual labor? You'd definitely object to that too. Why don't you just spend money to support them instead of making them work?"
Aburame Shiken was about to lose it. This won't do, that won't do—did he even realize that the jobs he just mentioned were among the better-paying ones for women? Even before transmigrating, plenty of women were competing for those roles. But here, suddenly nothing was acceptable.
"Come on, Shiken, for the things you mentioned—any family with a bit of standing wouldn't let their daughters do them. Especially here in Konoha, where everyone knows everyone. A foot massage worker being talked about every day—how is that good? And the receptionist job is the same. What if they run into high-ranking officials or wealthy elites from the Land of Fire? Who knows how they might bully our Hyūga branch girls? And our Hyūga clan is still a prestigious family in Konoha—the elders of the main family would never agree to this."
"Bullshit. Making money has never been anything shameful."
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