During the past few weeks, many people were on the lookout for any signs of chaos in the capital of the land of fire.
Not only were their own samurai forces on alert to protect them, but they had also hired ninjas from the Leaf Village to increase their protection.
Recently, the existence of a clandestine ninja organization had been discovered, one that was even operating near the capital of the land of fire, incurring the wrath of the Daimyo who ordered its immediate hunt.
Therefore, it was natural to think that the coming weeks or months would see battles between ninjas, and many are worried about being caught in the middle of this chaos.
It was normal for them to get protection.
But the truth is that these concerns existed long before.
The patriarch of the Ishihara family had fallen seriously ill, and many expected bloody fights in the upcoming succession.
Although Tetsui Ichihara's eldest son was the favorite to be elected, nothing was guaranteed.
The death of young Noboru Ichihara confirmed the predictions of many.
It was normal for candidates to be targeted by assassins, and anyone nearby could have the misfortune of being affected.
Although Noboru's death was an accident, no one could say for sure that there wasn't some hidden hand involved.
With the death of Noboru Ishihara, many other young members of the Ishihara family had the opportunity and began to compete.
Time passed, and although nothing remarkable was happening, nobody thought that nothing would happen.
The delay in choosing the next patriarch of the Ishihara family only showed that the Ishihara family was having difficulty choosing someone and that bloody fights were more likely to break out the longer it went on.
But suddenly, taking everyone by surprise, the Ishihara family made an announcement.
They had stopped the election of the next patriarch and Sozen Ichihara will temporarily resume the position.
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Just like the outside world, the Ichihara family was also confused and protested.
Especially the young people who believed they had a chance to lead the family.
But it was useless.
All the elders of the Ichihara family had strangely presented a united front and rejected all the protests.
Even the young candidates who had an elderly member of the Ichihara family as their backer achieved nothing.
All the elders stated that they did not want chaos to arise within the family and would choose the next patriarch at another time.
With the elders of the Ishihara family making this decision, these young men could only return resignedly with their heads down.
In the main office of the new leader of the Ichihara family, Kozue was receiving a report from the elder Sozen.
As she listened to the man, Kozue could hear the complaints of many members of the Ishihara family through her powerful senses and smiled ironically.
'How things change,' Kozue thought to herself.
Kozue hadn't had any thoughts about the Ishihara family at first.
Aside from getting revenge on Noboru and his mother, Kozue had no plans to get too involved with the Ishihara family in the future.
The choice of the next patriarch had nothing to do with him, and after killing Noboru and his mother and hiding it as an accident and a heart attack, he had concentrated on his own things and forgotten about the Ichihara family.
Even when Tetsui died recently, he did not attend the wake.
But who would have thought things would end up like this?
Although Kozue had no thoughts about the Ishihara family, the Ishihara family did have thoughts about him and his business, which forced him into his current position.
While Kozue was sitting in the main chair behind the desk, Sozen Ishihara was in front of the desk acting as his subordinate.
The image would shock anyone who saw it.
After all, the patriarch of the Ishihara Family was acting as a subordinate to an unknown young man.
But this was the truth.
Kozue had taken control of the Ichihara family without anyone else knowing.
With a little mental magic, Kozue had manipulated the mind of her 'grandfather' and the 4 men who followed him on that occasion.
Soon, the five of them had become his loyal servants.
And with the help of these 5, he was able to easily ambush the other elders of the Ishihara family and also take control of them.
Because she used magic, Kozue wasn't afraid that anyone would find anything strange about the Ichihara family elders.
At least in this world.
Even a Hyuga with the Byakugan would not find any traces of chakra in the brains of the Ishihara family elders.
Therefore, no one would suspect any signs of manipulation.
In this way, Kozue quietly became the master of the Ishihara family.
Of course, this was not important to Kozue.
Between managing and constantly expanding her stores, and now also ruling the Land of Waves, Kozue had no time to handle the Ishihara family. She left that to Sozen.
Unless she needed something from the Ishihara family, Kozue wouldn't look for them anytime soon.
For example, right now.
The reason I was here was not to manage the Ishihara family's business or take their wealth.
I was here to try to find the person behind the attacks on his stores.
Although he was sure that those trying to blackmail the Ichihara family were the same ones who attacked their stores and he could wait until the agreed date to find them, it was better to know who his enemy was from now on.
Although this person or group who hired several criminal gangs to rob their stores had not left any clues about their identity or whereabouts, their previous dealings with these gangs could also be used to find them.
This force had used these criminal gangs to attack various people or companies, so it only had to find out who was benefiting from these attacks.
Kozue's shadow clones had gathered a lot of information from these criminal gangs before eliminating them, so she had detailed knowledge of these attacks.
Kozue had given this information to Sozen and had now returned to hear what the man had found.
Unfortunately for Kozue, she didn't receive just one name, she received many.
Many people and families benefited from the various attacks committed by these gangs, so Kozue would have a long way to go if she wanted to find the person or organization she was looking for.
Fortunately for him, he had some clues.
Some of the jobs assigned to these criminal gangs targeted individuals or companies involved in the sale of medical supplies.
Although there were many families and companies that sell medicinal materials and it would be difficult to find the culprits, Kozue wasted no time in looking for them.
I would make them look for him.
Is that your plan?
Selling medicines
Although selling medicines sounded very simple, it was a powerful blow to the existing medical monopoly in that world.
Although modern medicine was not unknown in this world and there were various vaccines and medications for many diseases, it was not enough.
In addition to the fact that many diseases were incurable in this world, there were also transportation restrictions and disputes between countries that prevented most of the population from having medicines readily available.
Not to mention the money.
Even within the land of fire, which had the greatest resources on the continent and claimed that its inhabitants were the richest, its ordinary citizens could not afford medicine due to the high prices.
Therefore, success will be guaranteed for Kozue when she starts selling medicines and supplements in her stores spread throughout most of the land of fire.
Because of his Dimensional Store, the price of the medicines he will sell will be extremely low compared to others and will attract all customers in need.
Kozue knew that she would definitely attract attention, but this no longer worried her.
He had remained hidden and Root attacked him.
He remained hidden again, and another unknown group attacked his shops.
Kozue remembered the pirate world and how she ended up facing an admiral.
And in the DxD world, he found himself in a possible confrontation with the Chaos Brigade after capturing Diodora Astaroth.
This made him suspect that the fate of these worlds was guiding him to become involved in certain circumstances and preventing him from keeping a low profile.
Therefore, he no longer cared so much about keeping a low profile.
After all, if what he suspected was true, he would end up facing the forces of this world anyway.
Unlike in the world of One Piece, when he was weak and the Marines and the World Government could surround his shops and prevent him from gaining points, in this ninja world it was different.
Their strength was enough to eliminate them or drive them away.
Therefore, he was not worried about attracting the attention of nobles or ninjas in this world and having them surround his shops.