"After a year of consolidation, the village could now be considered largely complete. Time waited for no one; it was time for us to make our next move! Under my plan, from this day forward, if any commission from the Land of Fire was not given to our village, then we would take commissions from their opposing forces instead. If those opposing forces were unwilling to hire us either, then we would sabotage them and disrupt all their plans. We would announce to the entire world that from now on, only our village was the legitimate channel for commissions!"
"Wouldn't that be a little too much like banditry?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned slightly and voiced his concern. Mingye, however, sneered in rebuttal.
"What is banditry? Defying the law is banditry. In the ninja world, we are the law. We are the rightful way. Any mission carried out without going through us is illegal. Sarutobi Sasuke, you should understand that our village would not keep idle people, but it also had to gain more room for profit. Otherwise, how could we continue expanding the village, making it larger and stronger?"
Seeing that everyone had fallen silent again, Mingye continued.
"You all have connections outside as well. You had best notify them now: if they still refused to join the village, there would be no place for them in the Elder Council in the future! You have all seen the Kurohabaki Clan..."
Mingye paused here and pointed at the Kurohabaki Clan head among the six clan leaders. Once everyone's eyes had turned toward him, Mingye continued.
"He is now one of you. The reason is that his clan was among the first batch of ninja to submit to my Uchiha Clan. Though it was not voluntary, they were now enjoying all sorts of