"Should we first learn about their needs and interests, then propose a cooperation plan tailored to them?"
After hearing this, everyone felt he had a point, so they decided to send intelligence agents to gather information about the Uchiha Clan first, then draw up a more comprehensive cooperation plan.
"Clan leader, we just caught several spies snooping on our Uchiha Clan."
Early that morning, Raimei, captain of the Ninth Squad, strode into the home of Fugaku, the clan leader.
"Have you found out who sent them?"
Fugaku was still leisurely eating steamed buns and fried dough sticks. After speaking, he took a sip of tofu pudding as well.
"We have. They're... they're people from the capital of the Land of Fire!"
Only after stammering for a while did Raimei get the words out.
"The capital? The daimyo's people. What do they want?"
Fugaku did not care whose people they were.
After all, who would care about the identities of dead people?
"According to the information we obtained through interrogation, they came to investigate our Uchiha Clan's needs and detailed earnings."
Fugaku swallowed the food in his mouth and finished his last mouthful of tofu pudding.
"So they sent some spies ahead to gather information about our Uchiha Clan.
Then they would devise a more practical, targeted plan based on our Uchiha Clan's needs."
"Clan leader, those spies..."
"Find out who directly assigned them, then dispose of them cleanly."
"What if it was the daimyo?"
"Give him a warning the first time. If he does it again... Hmph, it's not as though his name is written on the daimyo's seat!"
"Understood, clan leader."
Raimei turned and strode away.
After returning to the squad's base, he learned who the spies' superior was from their own mouths.
Then all the spies vanished