"First, the Fūma Clan."
Kakuzu began his report.
"Those people won't respond to either threats or persuasion. I went there two or three times, but got nowhere."
"You told me to focus on observing them, so I didn't use force."
"The other one, the Fūu Clan, should currently be within the Land of Wind. It was too far away, so I did not go."
Hearing Kakuzu's report, Guy nodded slightly.
Those were precisely the two clans he had told Kakuzu to keep a close eye on.
The Fūma Clan was a native shinobi clan of the Land of Rice Fields, skilled at manufacturing all sorts of large ninja tools.
Their most famous creation was the Fūma Shuriken.
Since Guy intended to develop his own forces, he needed a stable, long-term source of income.
His original plan had been to use Moyochi En's channels as the "Death Arms Dealer" to sell weapons.
The Fūma Clan's high-quality weapons were undoubtedly the most suitable goods.
This had been one of the paths of development he had decided on long ago.
Obito's appearance, on the other hand, had been completely unexpected.
Guy would not disrupt his original plans merely because of the potential cooperation Obito and the Uchiha Clan could bring.
Besides, that was an unexpected blessing as well.
On one side were the Uchiha Clan's superb weapons.
On the other were the Fūma Clan's distinctive large ninja tools.
The two could complement each other and would have a certain market throughout the Shinobi World.
Though the title "Death Arms Dealer" sounded intimidating, it was ultimately an underground channel that could not see the light of day.
Now that Hidden Spirit Village was transitioning into a legitimate force, it naturally could not rely entirely on such underhanded business.
Making Spirit Mountain into a research,