After all the elders read the documents, the reactions were varied.
While some wanted to act quickly, others were more reserved and wanted to act cautiously.
But even then, none could erase the greed from their eyes.
It was billions of Ryo!
The Kawada family had less than 400 million Ryo in cash as a reserve and a little more circulating among their businesses.
They could have earned more money from their various businesses, but there were many members in the Kawada family and they had many expenses.
But even then, the entire wealth of the Kawada family barely amounted to 10 billion Ryo.
Of course, Ryo's 10 billion wealth consisted mostly of land and various properties, things that could not be easily converted into liquid assets.
Therefore, Ryo's Billion naturally caught his attention.
That was an amount of wealth that no one would dare to despise, and it generated the greed of all the men present.
Especially for the Kawada family, a family of merchants who saw money above all else.
The Kawada family's main business was medicinal herbs and pills, which generated a large amount of money every day.
If they had a billion Ryo on hand, they could expand the family business as well as their influence in the Land of Fire.
They could all imagine having that money in their hands, and it was even better when they remembered that there could be much more money.
Since the young man apparently kept opening stores in different cities, his wealth was clearly far from running out and surely there was more than a billion Ryo.
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Kazushi didn't know why he had a bad feeling.
Although he had confirmed with his informants within the Ichihara family that most of them knew nothing about this operation, Kazushi felt that there was something more to it.
"Before we act, we need to make sure there are no forces working with the Ichihara family," the man said.
But his warnings fell on deaf ears and everyone began to debate what they would do with the money.
Many boasted that they could double money if left in their hands, while others swore they could triple it.
"SILENCE!" shouted old man Yusuke from the other side of the table, and all the elders fell silent.
"Don't let greed cloud your minds," the man warned.
"Kazushi is right"
"We will not move completely until we have confirmed that there is no danger."
The old man Yusuke managed to get everyone to be quiet and listen, with none of them replying.
Seeing that everyone obeyed him, old Yusuke nodded his head in satisfaction and headed back towards Kazushi.
"We must act with caution first," the old man said.
"Kazushi, the family will follow your instructions."
"But thoroughly search for any trace of any other force involved," said old Yusuke, and Kazushi nodded and prepared to leave.
"Of course, if you don't find anything soon..."
But old Yusuke was not finished.
"Don't hesitate to act immediately and capture that young man."
"With it in our hands we can find out everything we want and act according to what we obtain from it."
"If he refuses to cooperate and has no one to back him up, you know what to do."
Kazushi listened and nodded.
It wasn't necessary to sense old Yusuke's murderous intentions to know what he had to do after Tetsui's son became useless.
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The meeting of elders ended and Kazushi immediately began mobilizing his trusted men and sent them out with some orders.
What are your tasks?
Monitor and study the movements of as many SENBON TORII stores as possible in nearby cities.
Kazushi's gaze was first on the merchandise of each store.
In order for each store to be full, a large amount of merchandise must be moved, which was worth a lot of money.
Kazushi wanted to find out if there was another force behind these shops and this young man, so he first targeted the caravans that transport the goods.
This not only allowed him to test the waters, but also to make a large profit in the process.
And who would carry out these attacks?
As a family with power and influence in the land of fire, the Kawada family had contacts and businesses with various criminal groups in the country through third parties.
In this way, nothing could implicate the Kawada family when they wanted to get rid of some undesirable people.
These gangs didn't know who was giving them these tasks, but they had no complaints because of the money they earned and wanted to cooperate more often.
Therefore, it was only a matter of a few words to guide these groups towards the caravans and they would take care of the robbery.
With their previous business dealings and the promise of large profits, these groups readily agreed and awaited instructions.
With these gangs now involved in the operation, Kawada only needed to obtain the necessary information to begin.
But unfortunately for Kazushi, the days passed and his men had not sent any information.
Furious at their incompetence, the man quickly summoned them and questioned them about their progress.
Luckily for these men, they had a valid reason for not succeeding in their mission.
After listening to them, Kazushi was left pondering the implications.
According to his men, they have not found any carriages delivering merchandise to these stores.
If it were only one of them, Kazushi would think they weren't attentive enough and would punish them.
But when did they all say the same thing?
Kazushi could only think that these stores were not stocked in a conventional way.
'Ninjas' was the first thing that came to mind when trying to think of an answer.
In addition to possessing extraordinary abilities, ninjas also have incredible tools such as storage scrolls.
These storage parchments could hold a large number of items, which facilitated the transport of goods.
Whether it's to save space or to make travel easier, storage scrolls make the best gifts for merchants like them.
Unfortunately for them, storage scrolls are not easy to obtain and use.
As such useful tools, these generally do not circulate outside of ninja villages.
And when one does appear on the market, it will only be one with limited storage capabilities.
A storage parchment with only a few cubic meters of space is useless to a merchant who works with hundreds of times that volume of merchandise.
Only a scroll with a volume of thousands of cubic meters would be useful to them.
Unfortunately for them, a scroll with those capabilities can only be created by a few seal masters, and each one would cost tens of millions of Ryo.
Of course, a few million Ryo would be worth it and would be recovered over time, but everyone who tried it ran into 2 problems.
The logistics and security of these valuable parchments.
In addition to the difficulty of getting a seal master to create such a large storage scroll, there is the ongoing task of protecting these storage scrolls.
Given the possibility of any accident damaging these scrolls and destroying their contents, few, if any, would want to take too many risks using this method to transport goods.
Kazushi thought the same, but that was the only thing that came to mind when he heard that carriages didn't arrive at these stores to be supplied.
Of course, Kazushi was not happy to discover the secret of his target.
If ninjas were involved, everything would become more complicated.
Although they also had ninjas in their ranks, it is impossible to guess who would be victorious in a possible confrontation.
Was it worth continuing?
The man could not decide for himself and called another meeting of elders.
This time few elderly people attended, and Kazushi recounted his dilemma.
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The room fell silent as everyone thought about how to face a force with a large number of ninjas.
"They shouldn't be so strong," said one of the elders, and the others listened to his reasons for thinking that.
"Ninjas are killers," the old man said when everyone was looking at him.
"These guys wouldn't do anything other than kill if they had the strength."
Everyone heard it and thought the same thing, because in everyone's mind, ninjas are just killers, tools for killing.
It was difficult to see them as just delivery drivers, and people could only think that these ninjas were weak if they did this.
Therefore, everyone quickly lost their caution and no one stood up to stop the operation.
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Although they believed the ninjas involved were not very strong, Kazushi would not advance without knowing the enemy's strength.
Therefore, he ordered the criminal gangs they worked with to break into these stores, steal, and leave everything clean.
And besides handling this through third parties, he also decided not to receive his share of the stolen merchandise this time.