Nobles Demand 30 Billion in Compensation

Tsunade glanced over the report and gave a very simple answer.

"Uchiha Lumen was angered."

The Daimyo froze, then began trembling with rage.

"Just because he was angered, he can ignore this Daimyo's orders?"

"The Uchiha are merely a ninja clan of Konoha, and the Shrine is merely a ninja organization. Who gave them the authority to deal with nobles of the Land of Fire?"

A noble dressed in lavish robes immediately rose to his feet.

"Fifth Hokage, the Uchiha have seriously overstepped their bounds this time!"

"All Uchiha ninja involved in the attack must be severely punished, and Uchiha Lumen must personally come here to apologize!"

Another noble spoke up right after him.

"The Dark Exchange House is tied to numerous businesses. They destroyed its strongholds for no reason, and every bit of the resulting loss must be compensated."

"And the property they confiscated must all be returned as well!"

More and more nobles chimed in. Some even demanded that Konoha restrict the Uchiha Shrine and revoke the Uchiha's police authority.

They dared pressure Tsunade like this not because they were unaware of Lumen's strength.

On the contrary, they knew better than anyone that the Uchiha had just obtained hundreds of billions of ryo in war reparations from the Land of Lightning.

The Dark Exchange House was merely an excuse.

The so-called punishment, compensation, and return of property were all just means of tearing off a huge chunk of those eye-wateringly massive war reparations and using this incident to extort the Uchiha.

The voices of agreement in the council hall grew louder and louder.

"The Uchiha must compensate us!"

"Not a single business or piece of confiscated property can be missing!"

"If Uchiha Lumen does not personally come to the Daimyo Court to apologize, this matter will never be