The Anbu moved quickly, taking less than half an hour to finish investigating Gato's assets.
His cash flow alone amounted to five billion, and with all his real estate and other holdings, his total assets came to at least twenty billion.
The entire village of Kumogakure didn't have that much wealth.
How many miles would Nagato have to carry to earn twenty billion?
The sum seemed unreasonable at first glance, but it made sense on closer inspection. Besides controlling the Land of Waves, the companies under Gato's name had a presence in many other small countries.
And since he dealt in monopolies, it was only natural that he had amassed so much wealth.
Aside from Gato's assets, Neji also discovered in the ledgers that Gato sent enormous sums to the Daimyo of the Land of Waves every year.
The questions he'd had before were finally answered.
No wonder the daimyo had turned a blind eye while Gato, a mere businessman, brazenly exploited the people of the Land of Waves.
The two of them had been in cahoots all along.
It took Kumogakure's Anbu nearly half a month to take over the industries under Gato's name.
Though shinobi weren't skilled at business, the money was safer in their own hands.
That day, Mei Terumi pressed her lips together as she watched the boy bent over his desk. "Neji, what are you writing?"
"A development plan for a transit hub."
Neji answered without looking up.
The Land of Waves was in an excellent geographical location.
Besides building ships, another reason he'd come to the Land of Waves was to turn it into a maritime shipping hub.
"..
Mei blinked, thinking that Neji really did know an awful lot. The things he had in his head were completely beyond what someone his age