He did not want to help him anymore? He wondered to himself, if I really said I was willing to go back, would Uchiha Hiko really send me back? Then what would happen to her wedding?
So he shook his head hard, then said to Uchiha Hiko with complete honesty,
"Forget it. Even if you want to drive me away now, I don't want to go back."
Hearing this, Uchiha Hiko suddenly burst into laughter. Then he raised his head, looked at Master Roshi, and said,
"That's why, Senior Master Roshi. Since you understand so well that after enjoying this kind of high-class life, no one would be willing to return to that remote village, your opponents are the same, aren't they?"
Only then did Master Roshi seem to understand something. He looked up at Uchiha Hiko, quickly took two steps forward, and said,
"So, Brother Uchiha Hiko? Are they relying on your relief aid? If they make trouble on your territory, will you stop giving them aid?"
Hearing Master Roshi's childish words, Uchiha Hiko smiled faintly and shook his head before saying,
"Senior Master Roshi, what are you thinking? No matter how rich I am, I couldn't possibly support those major schools. But the villages under them, as well as their own villages..."
"...do indeed have a lot of business dealings with me. And as you know, after doing business for so many years, I've basically become the sole dominant force."
"If there's anything that dissatisfies me, I can simply cut off their means of survival."
Master Roshi was slightly stunned by Uchiha Hiko's words. Looking at him now, he finally felt that this was Uchiha Hiko's true nature.
If that smiling, exceptionally approachable appearance he usually wore was his true face, then Master Roshi would have found it