"The operators of Water Gull City's underground black market are the Funaya Family. Those scumbags don't just traffic in people and contraband-they've also monopolized the island's grain trade-"
Since she had begun following Uchiha Chisen, Uchiha Izumi had seen countless depraved scumbags, but this was her first encounter with anything like the situation in Water Gull City. "If they were only after exorbitant profits, that would be one thing. What's most despicable is that they deliberately create famines, forcing poor people who can't feed their children to sell them!"
"Those people have nothing to eat, and they won't even spare cats, meow! They've caught and eaten so many cats, meow!"
Kijiro was so furious that he could barely speak coherently, baring his teeth and waving his claws as though he wanted to tear someone apart.
"The information I gathered was much the same. A few years ago, several groups ran Water Gull City's underground black market, keeping one another in check. Over the past few years, the Funaya Family suddenly rose to power and swallowed up all the others-"
Juzo Biwa spoke in a low voice. Although Raiga Kurosuki had stopped his attempt to infiltrate the black market, as a former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, gathering basic intelligence in a town in the Land of Water was child's play for him.
"Then we'll start with the Funaya Family! First, we'll make sure every sinner gets what they deserve!"
Uchiha Izumi spoke through gritted teeth. This was her first time leading a reckoning on such a scale. Given the size of Water Gull City's black market, there could easily be several hundred sinners whose level of guilt qualified them for a red name. "In the name of [Absolute Justice]!"
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