Starting from Konoha's exile

"Grandma Cat, long time no see. This is Brother Xiaobai."

"Oh, it turns out to be little Sasuke. How are you doing recently? Your second uncle isn't here, right?" The chubby cat mother-in-law said and looked around.

"Second uncle didn't come, why would Granny Cat mind about him? Hasn't the Cat House always been on good terms with our Uchiha?"

"Hey! Sasuke, where's the drink you promised?"

"Oh, sorry. I almost forgot." Sasuke said, taking out two bottles of Mutenmiu drinks and giving them to the ninja cats Tahui and Hina respectively.

"Cats are more sensitive to the smell of danger than other animals. When Uchiha Makoto came to the door for the first time, the cats were frightened." Grandma Neko said with lingering fear, as if she remembered some bad memories.

"But the second uncle is not a bad person, and he will never hurt Grandma Cat." Sasuke explained seriously.

"I know this. A man like him didn't get angry even after being kept out for a long time last time. The old woman knew that he was not a bad guy." Granny Cat took a puff from her pipe and then asked, "Sasuke, Do you have anything to do with your mother-in-law?"

"It's like this. My second uncle said that I've been practicing too much recently, and he didn't want me to be idle and make mistakes...ahem...he wanted to find something for me to do. So, he appointed me to come to you to negotiate a long-term deal. Cooperation projects."

"You have a good uncle. Well, tell me how you want to cooperate."

"Second Uncle wants to train my intelligence analysis, investigation and organizational skills. He wants to hire a large number of cat ninjas and obedient cats at my disposal to conduct training trials in Konoha Village. Of course, after the training, Er and I I want to maintain this employment relationship for a long time."

"It's not a big problem, but I won't give you half a tael discount on the cost."

"It doesn't matter. Although I don't know how much money my second uncle has, I always feel like he can't spend all his money."

"Of course he can't spend all his money, he is..." Granny Cat muttered, and found that Bai glared at her, swallowing the second half of her sentence alive.

"Grandma Cat, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly."

"It's nothing. If nothing happens, you can go back. I will ask Hina to deliver the contract to the Uchiha house later. It's time for the old lady to take a nap."

"Oh, okay, bye, Granny Cat."

Grandma Cat knew that she had spoken out of her misfortune, and that knowing everything was not always a good thing.

As expected, the quiet and beautiful boy returned shortly after, and then took out a ninjutsu contract.

Fortunately, her long-term relationship with Uchiha finally worked, otherwise she would have turned into a dead old woman today.

It seemed that her leisurely freelance career was over. Granny Cat didn't think long before she signed a contract that she would never dare to break.

Inside the Hokage Building.

A short and fat businessman from the Kingdom of Commerce was talking eloquently about the cooperation project to Sarutobi.

"...According to what I said before, in summary, Ninja Bank is an absolutely neutral, law-abiding business group, with functions including free local deposits and withdrawals, loan mortgages, pawns, fee-based remote deposits and withdrawals, and valuables A series of financial services such as consignment, foreign currency exchange, and investment entrustment.

Now all major Ninja villages have negotiated cooperation projects, and branch construction has begun. Some branches in small and medium-sized Ninja villages and Damingfu are already operating very well. Originally, Konoha Village was the first great ninja village we planned to come to discuss, but it was delayed due to the Uchiha family's affairs. "

"There is nothing wrong with anything else. These services are completely beneficial to us ninjas. If you didn't make the profit-making aspect so clear and clear, I would think you were running a charity. But there are three points. , I need to treat it with caution."

"Lord Hokage, please speak clearly. I will tell you everything I know."

"First, is there really no problem with taxes? The daimyo has always strictly controlled taxes."

"Don't worry about this. In order to protect our Yintong Tenka plan, the interests that should be ceded to the daimyo have already been agreed upon. All taxes generated by the local ninja bank will be paid directly to the Leaf Village."

"Well, that's good... Ahem, secondly, regarding the issue of armed security personnel, will other shadow villages tolerate a large number of security ninjas stationed in your bank?"

"We have two solutions to this matter. First, as I said before, we will provide security personnel, which of course needs to be reviewed and approved by your village. Second, we will pay the wages and hire ninjas from your village. To perform security work, of course, the ninjas in your village also need to go through our normal review process."

"I choose the second option."

This relationship is good. We have a bank to help us raise ninjas. Ninjas also have to pay taxes on their wages. All the taxes in the bank belong to Konoha. Every time we go out and come in, we make a lot of money.

For ordinary ninjas, it has been basically confirmed in the past few years that whose benefits are taken from others, the businessman thought silently in his heart.

"Do other shadow villages have any different choices regarding security?"

"Including Konoha, the five major shadow villages have chosen the second option, and all the Damingfu and some small and medium-sized shinobi villages have chosen the first option."

Sure enough, the heroes saw the same thing, Sarutobi thought silently.

"The third point is also the point I am most concerned about. The ninja world is not peaceful, and wealth is very attractive. How can you guarantee that a certain shadow village will not embezzle the entire local bank?"

"Of course we have our own considerations on this. The bank vault will be equipped with a powerful composite magic circle. Once someone tries to violently open the vault, the magic circle will be activated directly, and all the funds in it will be transmitted directly to our headquarters. This composite magic circle The magic circle involves a series of ninjutsu such as the Heavenly Sending Technique, Counter-Psychic Technique, Early Warning Ninjutsu, Code Ninjutsu, and Labyrinth Magic Circle. Just purchasing these ninjutsu scrolls cost us a huge amount of money."

"Well, it does seem to be a foolproof method. I am not boasting. Apart from me, I really can't think of anyone else in the ninja world who can combine these powerful ninjutsu."

Sarutobi was indeed not bragging. He was the only one in the ninja world who was proficient in the five ninjutsu and had the ability to integrate these ninjutsu.

"I really don't know that Ninja Bank implements separate management, which is the work of the Security Department."

"The method of divided management is good. It can avoid your internal problems to the greatest extent. So, besides emergency measures, are there any other plans?"

"That is the Ninja Bank Joint Defense Agreement. Please take a look at it." The businessman said, taking out an agreement from his suitcase and handing it to Sarutobi.

There were many pages and the words were very small. Sarutobi felt dizzy even with his reading glasses on, so he could only skip the complicated and awkward content of the agreement and go straight to the key points to read.

The general content of the agreement is that if a certain shadow village attempts to use violence to expropriate the property of the Ninja Bank, then the agreement will unite to attack the shadow village. All the logistical supplies, weapons, medical care and other funds needed for the attack will be provided by the bank. If there is a property loss in the local bank, after the bank assets have been compensated, all the spoils will be distributed equitably among the allied shadow villages according to their military strength.

"Except for Konoha, have all the four major shadow villages signed this agreement?" Sarutobi put down the agreement and asked, rubbing his sore temples.

"This is the list of members of the alliance, please take a look at it."

Looking at this long list, Sarutobi couldn't help but feel an inexplicable fear of this ninja bank.

Who are the three brothers Shang Gong, House Supervisor, and Ye Nong? These three ordinary people who don't know ninjutsu can actually do such a big business in just a few years. Although the Kingdom of Shang is only a small place, as a businessman's ideal hometown, there is a reason for its existence that it has not been destroyed for so many years.

In fact, Sarutobi had no reason to reject this agreement. If he had to bite the bullet and not sign it, then Konoha would become a minority in the ninja world and there would definitely be no good things from him in the future.

But what Sarutobi didn't know was that there was a certain amount of moisture in this long list of agreements. Some Kage Villages had signed, some Kage Villages wanted to sign, and some Kage Villages were waiting to see. The merchant just missed two words. intention.

You Sarutobi didn't ask clearly. I didn't mean to hide it. Even if I was exposed, I have nothing to fear.

What they are playing with is information asymmetry. There are border frictions between major countries almost every day, and high-level information exchange between each other is impossible.

After a group of consultants and staff members studied for a whole day and night, Sarutobi signed the agreement.

Sarutobi actually admired the courage of this businessman. When he came, he made it clear, please don't use illusions or other secret techniques to detect yourself. He is just an ordinary person, not a ninja. Several anti-detection ninjutsu were cast on him, especially brain-exploring ninjutsu. Once released on him, his brain would be damaged and the caster would also suffer backlash.

In fact, those who dare to do business in this troubled world will definitely not lack courage.

Of course, based on their knowledge and concepts, this agreement does no harm to them. It is just a means for a business group to protect itself. In fact, even before contacting Kagemura, the greedy lords above them had already had their share of the cake. Even if Kagemura refused to Ninja Bank for some reason, sooner or later he would be forced to agree under pressure.

However, in business, it is important to be friendly and make money. Ninja Bank is more willing to pay a little more to get the support of Shadow Village.

A few days later, many people spontaneously came to watch the foundation laying ceremony of the Ninja Bank Konoha branch. The benefits of Ninja Bank have become widely known through the publicity in the past few days. Everyone is looking forward to this emerging industry, and they all admire the Sandaime-sama's enlightenment and enlightenment. Foresight.

I watched the lively groundbreaking ceremony from a distance, with a smile on my face.

It won't be long before he can plunge the entire ninja world into an unprecedented turmoil without the need for a single soldier. Just a thought from him.

On the way back, I met Kakashi.

"Hey, Kakashi, you are a bit too ruthless. When you are not performing investigation and surveillance missions, don't you come to visit me at home? Do you think you treat me as a brother?"

"My true self, my true self, I really hope that one day you will know what self-restraint is." Kakashi said with drooping eyes.

"Oh, I didn't expect you to say dirty words Kakashi!" Jinga pointed at Kakashi, as if he had discovered a new world.

"Oh, I didn't expect that either. It's indeed Akatsuki Akari..." Kakashi sighed helplessly.