Didn't want to help him anymore? He wondered to himself, if he really said he was willing to go back, would Uchiha Hikaru truly send him away? And what would happen to her wedding then?
So he shook his head vigorously and said to Uchiha Hikaru with complete honesty:
"Forget it. Even if you wanted to drive me away now, I wouldn't want to go back."
Hearing that, Uchiha Hikaru suddenly burst into laughter. Then he looked up at Master Roshi and said:
"That's exactly it, Master Roshi. Since you understand so well, after enjoying this kind of high-class life, you definitely wouldn't want to return to that remote village. Your opponents are the same, aren't they?"
Only then did Master Roshi seem to understand something. He looked up at Uchiha Hikaru, hurried two steps forward, and said:
"So, Brother Uchiha Hikaru? Are they surviving on your charity? If they cause trouble on your turf, will you stop supporting them?"
Uchiha Hikaru smiled faintly and shook his head at Master Roshi's childish words before saying:
"What are you thinking, Master Roshi? No matter how rich I am, I couldn't possibly support those major schools. But the villages under them, as well as their own villages..."
"...do have a great deal of business with me. And as you know, after doing business for so many years, I've basically become the dominant force."
"If there's anything that displeases me, I can simply cut off their means of survival."
Master Roshi froze slightly upon hearing that. Looking at Uchiha Hikaru now, he finally felt that this was Uchiha Hikaru's true nature.
If that ever-smiling, especially approachable appearance was his true face, then Master Roshi would have found it strange instead.
At that moment, Uchiha Hikaru turned around and looked at Master Roshi with