"Remember all of this. We might need it at any time. Your captain once made a powerful enemy out there and failed to kill him. He might have his eyes on me and send someone to assassinate me!"
Tobitake Tonbo said with a smile.
"A powerful enemy? From Kumogakure or Iwagakure?"
The Kazekage was now an ally, and Sunagakure had suffered tremendous losses during the Third Shinobi World War, so the chances were low.
Kirigakure had sealed itself off, so it could not be them either. That left only two possibilities.
"Amegakure. But it's not much of a problem. According to the intelligence, he's been keeping quiet lately. More importantly, I just discovered an enemy of the Hagoromo..."
Tobitake Tonbo smiled and recounted what had happened earlier.
"This company is pretty much like our village, then. They're fighting each other behind the scenes too. This is my first time seeing a conflict between major companies," Inuzuka Gō said.
Hyuga Chō said, "Of course. You haven't come into contact with your family's businesses yet, have you? The Hyuga controls companies related to the construction industry, and we run into this sort of thing all the time. Our family also holds military and political power, which keeps those capitalists somewhat restrained. Even so, they still dare to hire shinobi to assassinate important members of rival companies."
"That's right. For profit, they even dared to hire shinobi to enter Aburame territory and steal our insect-rearing methods. They've got a lot of nerve," Aburame Shikyō said.
The Aburame raised various mature insect colonies that could be used in numerous pharmaceutical industries, providing the medical field with a steady supply of medicinal ingredients.
With the Byakugan, once workers finished construction, the Hyuga could dispatch shinobi to inspect the building and determine whether it was structurally