The Uchiha Clan's Future

Kimura looked at Fugaku Uchiha and spoke eloquently. "I wonder if Mr. Fugaku has ever heard a saying."

"If a merchant has a profit of twenty percent, he becomes energetic and active."

"With a profit of fifty percent, he takes risks."

"For a profit of one hundred percent, he even dares to trample upon every law of mankind!"

"And if there is a profit of three hundred percent, he dares to commit any crime!"

A blazing fire seemed to burn in Kimura's eyes as the corners of his lips curled up slightly. "If the Uchiha Clan successfully rises to power, how could the Red Spider Lily Merchant Guild's returns be merely doubled or tripled?"

"They would be repaid tenfold, a hundredfold, even a thousandfold!"

Fugaku Uchiha was stunned by Kimura's words.

But upon careful consideration, it really was true.

Once the Uchiha Clan truly succeeded in its rebellion and an Uchiha became Hokage, the Red Spider Lily Merchant Guild would undoubtedly monopolize Konoha's entire pharmaceutical industry—and perhaps even that of the entire Land of Fire—as a partner!

Those profits would indeed far exceed tenfold.

As an experienced ninja, Fugaku understood deeply just how insane merchants could become for the sake of profit.

Morality and law were not rules that could restrain them.

The only thing that could make them stop was profit.

"Heh, Mr. Kimura—no, I should say the entire Red Spider Lily Merchant Guild truly has remarkable ambition."

Fugaku Uchiha could not help but sigh, but that alone was not enough to sway him.

"Mr. Kimura should have other terms, shouldn't he? Simply providing supplies hardly qualifies as something concerning the Uchiha Clan's future."

What Kimura had mentioned just now was the Uchiha Clan's future.

Though medical supplies were extremely important, they were not enough to decide the entire