Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Streaks of fire shot into the sky and burst one after another against the night, dazzling in their brilliant colors.
A grand banquet was being held at Kazuma's estate in Kuge Town, with dozens of tables.
High officials and wealthy merchants from the Land of Fire were all there, along with some famous ninja from elsewhere. The atmosphere was lively, and before the banquet had even ended, most of the guests already looked somewhat drunk.
"Damn that Uchiha Xuantou! It's all his fault! The business I had an exclusive monopoly on is finished!"
Gato, who had come from the Land of Waves, drunkenly raised his cup under everyone's gaze to mourn his shipping company, which had already been shut down.
It was not the wine that made a man drunk; he made himself drunk!
Now, apart from the vast fortune he had accumulated, seven concubines, and dozens of illegitimate children, with nothing to do every day but indulge himself...
He could be said to have nothing left!
He had once enjoyed boundless glory, controlling the maritime transportation lifeline of the island nation of the Land of Waves.
He had single-handedly controlled the island's food, clothing, housing, and transportation. In secret, he had also used criminal gangs and ninja to smuggle contraband by sea, occasionally robbing a few ships and molesting a few respectable women. Life had been going swimmingly.
At one point, he had called himself the Pirate King of the shinobi world.
But after the Uchiha migrated to Azure Tide Port in the Land of Hot Water, strictly regulated maritime routes, and cracked down on and eliminated the illicit ships smuggling contraband...
His business had plummeted, never to recover.
Although his greatest source of profit was gone, his exploitation of the Land of Waves and control