Yanbai sat in the Hokage Office, smiling with a ledger in his hands.
Recently, Yanbai had ordered the reincarnated Tobirama and Izuna to steal from Kirigakure's supply depots and the estates of the Land of Water's nobles, day and night.
Then they gave the stolen military supplies a "makeover" and resold them to other countries and shinobi villages.
Sell them, steal them back, sell them again, then steal them back again.
As the cycle repeated, Yanbai's wallet grew fatter, while those of the other countries and villages grew thinner.
Kirigakure suffered especially badly. That crafty old hand Yanbai had them running in circles like a top that never stopped spinning.
After Kirigakure made its move against the Land of Whirlpools,
it took only a few days for the Land of Water's treasury to declare bankruptcy.
Going from young master to workhorse often took no more than a few days.
At first, Yanbai had planned to do the stealing himself.
But then Yanbai remembered how, when he had once descended into this world proclaiming himself a "god," that era's Orochimaru had imprisoned him with the "God-Sealing Barrier."
The Land of Water and Kirigakure both involuntarily reminded Yanbai of Black Zetsu, and thinking of Black Zetsu reminded him that Brother Zetsu "knew everything."
When there was no conflict, everyone was the best of brothers.
When conflict arose, who didn't have a trump card up their sleeve?
Of course, Yanbai knew that these paranoid imaginings might be giving Black Zetsu too much credit.
But still...
When it came to making money... it was better to stay in his comfort zone.
So Yanbai put the reincarnated versions of big brother Tobirama and little brother Izuna to work.
Both were already dead. They needed neither food nor sleep, had unlimited chakra, and had been summoned