"How should I put this... Chiri..." Uchiha Genmei sighed and rubbed his forehead. "You can't look at this matter so simply."
"Remember when I took you to see that new kind of movie last time?"
"Mm, that... It really opened my eyes." Uchiha Chiri nodded to show she understood, then seemed to realize something.
A flash of insight struck her.
She covered her mouth in shock.
"You mean Yuta should put on that kind of act... No! I mean, perform!"
"To win the favor of the civilian ninja?"
"Exactly." Seeing that she understood, Uchiha Genmei said no more.
He stood and continued:
"I'll go on ahead. There are some things I need to discuss with Yuta."
On a street in Konoha.
Uchiha Genmei slowly considered the plans he had just discussed with Chiri.
At present—
The Uchiha were indeed popular with the civilians.
But that didn't necessarily mean the same was true of the ninja.
Once someone became a ninja, especially an elite jonin,
money was no longer the only measure that mattered.
Power was!
And those who became jonin—especially civilian jonin, who had been tempered into elites—
might not match the battle prowess of ninja from clans with established traditions, but their minds were certainly in a league of their own.
He was trying to win over the ones who didn't fit in.
Through these performances!
Those shrewd people would see exactly what the Uchiha were after.
Besides, the Uchiha were putting real money on the line.
They were genuinely offering up ninjutsu. The question was, did you want it or not?
The village wouldn't be so generous.
Only a clan like the Uchiha...
They could look at your ninjutsu and say, "That's pretty useful. It's mine now!"
Only a clan like that dared to pull a stunt