The friendship between Utatane Koharu and her fellow former members of the Konoha F3 really was no joke.
First, the Mitokado Clan provided an interest-free loan of 500 million ryo in cash.
Then the Sarutobi Clan proved even more generous, not only providing an interest-free loan of 2.5 billion ryo in cash.
They also bought a batch of the Utatane Clan's collectibles and rare resources worth 1.5 billion ryo at slightly below market prices.
The Sarutobi Clan alone had put up 4 billion ryo in cash in one go.
As expected, Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage who had held office the longest, was no freeloader.
The Sarutobi Clan's immense wealth, barely dented even after handing over 4 billion ryo at once, certainly lived up to his reputation.
Together with the Utatane Clan's own reserve of 1 billion ryo, they finally scraped together the 5.5 billion ryo in compensation.
Utatane Daitō immediately took some people with him and personally delivered the money to the Uchiha.
Once the Uchiha finished counting it and confirmed that there were no problems whatsoever.
Only then did Utatane Daitō breathe a sigh of relief.
He returned to the Utatane Clan and explained the situation to the elders.
The Utatane elders all breathed sighs of relief as well.
The money was gone, but so be it, as long as the matter was settled.
As for their remaining debts to the Sarutobi and Mitokado Clans, they could simply sell their remaining collectibles to pay them off. Those two clans were different from the Uchiha, after all, so there was no rush.
They could take their time and sell for a good price.
Only Utatane Koharu fell seriously ill after returning from her visits to the two clans.
This ordeal had dealt the Utatane Clan a severe blow.
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