The Akatsuki Ninja Village only needed to deal with ordinary people who lacked the strength to fight back. On average, one shuriken was enough to handle one person.
At most, they merely possessed a bit of power and influence.
But so-called power and influence were utterly vulnerable before true violence. Breaking into Chang'an really was easier than getting into Chang'an!
Still, Konoha remained a major problem.
It was not that Uchiha Makoto feared Konoha would suddenly "awaken." The traditional restraints and rigid imprints upon the ninjas of this world had remained unchanged even after Naruto Uzumaki became the Seventh.
But given the importance of this matter, Konoha would certainly catch wind of it. Although, due to traditional ninja thinking, they would not intervene of their own accord. To ninjas, military affairs were military affairs, while politics and economics were politics and economics. They were practically two parallel lines.
Uchiha Makoto was only worried that the nobles would spend money to hire Konoha's ninjas to strike at the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
Only ninjas could deal with ninjas!
If Konoha got involved, it would truly become troublesome.
"If the nobles panic and turn to Konoha, that will be a problem."
"So this operation must be swift. Send out every ninja clan in the Akatsuki Ninja Village and have them act separately. We can offer courtesy before force—send some fruit baskets to those salt merchants first. Then observe their every move from the shadows. Give them only a few days to consider it. If that fails, use physical means to persuade them directly."
"As for the Daimyo, I'll speak to him personally afterward!"
Uchiha Makoto made his decision with remarkable speed. He had to prepare for the worst. Unifying the Salt Market and eliminating the competition had to be done quickly.
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