"Whenever he appeared, he always looked especially stern, so us female workers were all a little afraid of him. Even the male workers didn't dare act out in front of him after drinking."
Hearing her words, Uchiha Hiko smiled faintly, then nodded.
"Yes, President Sato is that kind of remarkable person."
Then he continued.
"The moment I received the first pot of gold President Sato gave me, I had already decided what to do with it."
"Actually, the Chakra energy in my body has certain properties, and it is especially sensitive to the local geomagnetic field and metal content.
"So when I got that first pot of gold, I took the money and went everywhere testing the mineral content of the soil around here."
Hearing Uchiha Hiko's words, Miss Kobayashi laughed.
"You tested the soil in our village too? Then weren't you just like those two aliens you caught?"
Hearing her words, Uchiha Hiko nodded slightly and smiled.
"Yes. So when I first learned that those two aliens had come to our village and were testing things everywhere, I thought they were treasure hunters too.
"And I was quite confident at the time, thinking that I had already claimed all the mineral veins here, so no matter how much they tested, it would be useless."
Hearing Uchiha Hiko's words, Miss Kobayashi covered her mouth and laughed softly.
"Every mineral vein here belongs to you?"
Uchiha Hiko nodded, but then shook his head. With a serious expression, he said:
"Not all of them. I gave one coal mine to President Sato. After all, he gave me my first pot of gold, and he never actually made use of the things I provided him."
"Later, when we were chatting, he told me that when he gave me that money, he had never