Madara... Guess Who My Clone Just Saw?

"Orochimaru, can the Land of Dawn come up with that much funding right now?"

If it had been anything else, Madara Uchiha would never have agreed to spend so much money.

After all, although the Land of Dawn occupied a vast territory, the effects of war would not vanish with a brief period of stability.

Unless he completely disregarded the civilians and allowed corpses to litter the fields, with mangled bodies and scattered bones everywhere, Madara Uchiha would have likely unified the Ninja World long ago.

What truly delayed Madara Uchiha's march toward unifying the Ninja World was neither the so-called Allied Shinobi Forces nor the existence of Uchiha Ensei.

He simply needed time to establish a new order.

"It can, but our expansion will likely slow down by dozens of times. It may even come to a complete standstill."

"Unless we divert the funds meant for resettling civilians, or cut off the shinobi's wartime resources."

Orochimaru merely did some mental calculations for a few minutes before giving his answer.

For a shinobi, even one focused on research, to be this talented in finance was enough that even Uchiha Ensei had to acknowledge Orochimaru's gift.

If he did not count the advantages of knowing the plot, Orochimaru's aptitude was probably second only to his own.

Hearing Orochimaru's answer, Madara Uchiha turned and looked at Uchiha Ensei with a complicated expression before saying,

"We can meet your funding demands, but I hope you will not cause any more trouble."

Uchiha Ensei was about to agree, but then he remembered Hashirama Senju, whom he had revived.

He had originally revived Hashirama Senju merely to have some fun, but now it seemed to be a bit of a problem.

He himself probably would not care about the nobles, the daimyo, or Konoha's opinions,