Zou Hyuga's words sounded like a joke.
But Oto Uchiha knew that Zou liked to reveal his true thoughts through jokes, and he was right more often than not.
Over the years, she had learned that Zou Hyuga had secretly founded an organization, but she knew little about its affairs.
She preferred to focus her energy on improving her own strength rather than on such details.
Ten ordinary people could not defeat a single genin, and ten genin were certainly no match for a jonin. According to rumors among the Uchiha, a clan member who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan could take on over a hundred ninja at once.
If she wanted to become captain of the Military Police Force, she would very likely have to face an opponent like that.
Today, the two of them did not train after finishing their mission. Instead, they headed straight to Zou Hyuga's home.
Once home, Zou Hyuga lay on the sofa and closed his eyes, while Oto performed her daily exercises, kept outsiders from intruding, and refined the chakra within her body.
Turning his attention inward, Zou Hyuga began sensing natural chakra and communicating with the organization's members far away in the Land of Fire Capital.
Text consumed the least energy as a means of communication. It took Zou Hyuga nearly an hour to finish reading the report covering the past month's developments.
According to the report, the Tailed Beast Organization had reached agreements with some nobles in the Land of Fire. The ninja under his control had proved useful in ways even he had not anticipated.
In just a few years, they had established connections with minor nobles and become a legitimate merchant association.
It seemed that the prospect of being able to use ninjutsu held immense appeal for those nobles and