She stepped back to stand beside Damian again.
Then she slowly raised a hand, pointing at the battlefield behind her, at the charred trees, at the remnants of flames still burning on the ground, and at the four pairs of Sharingan still blazing red in the firelight.
The Godfather followed the direction of her finger. Barlow's Three-Tomoe Sharingan was the first to focus on him, followed by Roy, Mila, and Damian. The three young Uchiha stood in a line.
"You asked what an alliance by marriage with the Uchiha could bring to the family. Today, I'll tell you."
"You just saw the flames." Her voice was not loud, yet every word landed with weight.
"You saw how the four of them made more than twenty well-trained guards too afraid to take a single step. This isn't some Devil Fruit obtained by chance. It's a power that can be passed down through bloodlines. Haven't you been searching for new weapons in the West Blue? The Capone Family's arms business covers half the West Blue, but the strongest means do not rely on factories or ports. They lie in one's bloodline."
"Did you hear that, Father?" Gwen met the Godfather's gaze again.
"If you married me into the Gambino family, you would gain one-third of the West Blue arms-smuggling routes. But the Gambino family does not have this kind of military safeguard that can be passed down from generation to generation."
"You saw the Uchiha's flames and control, and you saw that I stand with them. In other words, through this marriage alliance, you would not only gain the support of a family with a future—you would also gain an existing route into the East Blue. Orange Town is the fastest-growing port in the central East Blue. The Uchiha Trading Company's shipping