fictionpage Chapter 116 The Development of [Ember]
Chapter 116 The Development of [Ember]
The heavy and tedious task of properly settling and managing the more than two hundred Uchiha clansmen who were rescued and joined the [Jin] organization fell almost entirely on the shoulders of Hizashi and Shisui, who ran around handling everything.
Although Menma felt bad about putting all the burden on them, he was truly at a loss.
Because Mianma was completely clueless about how to manage an organization of more than two hundred people, allocate resources, soothe emotions, plan for the future, and so on.
Moreover, he was only a shadow clone when he appeared here, and could not stay at the base in the Land of Hot Water for long. Therefore, he still comfortably acted as a hands-off manager, only giving instructions on the general direction.
As the second core combat member of the [Jin] organization, Shisui took on an important responsibility. Based on his understanding of the Uchiha clan and his past experience in the Anbu, he carefully selected a group of young men with outstanding ninja talent and relatively reliable character from among the clan members.
Following Menma's instruction that "we need to build our own armed forces," Shisui reorganized and rigorously trained the selected Uchiha ninjas, forming an elite force loyal to the [Jin] organization, whose equipment and training methods were modeled after the Konoha Anbu.
Naturally, in addition to being the second combatant of the [Jin] organization, Shisui gained a new title—Captain of the [Jin] Dark Force.
He was in charge of commanding this new force, responsible for guarding the base, gathering intelligence, and carrying out any special missions that might be carried out in the future.
As for the Uchiha civilians who had not awakened the Sharingan or had no ninja talent whatsoever, as well as their families, Hizashi used his connections and skills cultivated over many years in the Land of Hot Springs to cleverly integrate them into various industries in the bustling hot spring district of the Land of Hot Springs in batches.
Some went to work as hotel waiters, some went to restaurants to learn cooking, and some took on tasks such as transporting and managing supplies... allowing them to continue being with their families and start a new life in a foreign land in a relatively peaceful and stable way.
Fortunately, the Uchiha clan members rescued this time were mostly peace-loving doves and ordinary people who preferred peace and harmony.
After learning the truth about the massacre of their clan and the darkness within Konoha's upper echelons from Shisui, they felt immense anger and chills, but also gratitude for the help extended by the [Jin] organization, and a longing to live a peaceful life away from conflict.
There were no extremists who, upon learning the truth, clamored for revenge against Konoha and the destruction of everything; it's possible that those who had such thoughts died that night.
Then there's Kakuzu, this "old-timer" from the same era as the First Hokage. In the years since he joined the [Jin] organization, his activities have taken an unexpected turn.
So this is how you can make money in business...?
This is almost Kakuzu's most honest and impactful summary of the past few years. Although he is a bounty hunter with Kage-level strength, he is not inherently a bloodthirsty or warlike person. For him, fighting and killing are merely a means to accumulate wealth.
He is not opposed to changing his work style as long as he can earn a huge amount of money steadily and efficiently.
When he first saw the staggering quarterly profit report submitted by Nippon Airways regarding the hot spring town of Yunokuni and its affiliated industries, his green eyes widened in astonishment!
In order to personally control and experience the thrill of seemingly generating money, this ninja bandit, who had lived for nearly a hundred years, actually started to seriously study business management and investment finance from scratch!
With his extraordinary learning ability and the knowledge accumulated over a long life, he quickly demonstrated amazing talent in this area.
In addition to taking the initiative to manage the organization's ever-growing business, he also "naturally" and almost domineeringly took over the management of the entire [Jin] organization's cash flow.
At first, Richa was deeply worried about this, constantly concerned that this finance manager with a "criminal record" might one day suddenly run away with all the funds.
However, as time went on, Kakuzu's almost obsessive dedication, rigor, and even stinginess in "making money" and "managing money" completely shocked Natsumi.
He meticulously managed every penny, keeping the organization's finances in perfect order, and even using various investment methods to continuously increase the value of the funds.
In this way, the burden on Hizashi's shoulders was greatly reduced... Except when he needed to apply for funding for certain projects, Hizashi would still feel a little uneasy when faced with Kakuzu's reluctant and heartbroken expression, as if he were about to have his flesh cut off and blood bleed out, and even when he exuded a hint of danger.
Now, Kakuzu seems to feel that simply managing money is not enough to fully consume his excess energy.
Perhaps it was also to better "protect" the organization's assets and ensure that these expensive "combat tools" were worth the price. He added a new task for himself—training the Uchiha clan members of the [Jin] organization's Anbu.
They euphemistically call it "only those ninjas who survive and complete their missions are valuable and worthy of every penny the organization spends on them!"
Furthermore, regarding the deepest part of the [Jin] organization's underground stronghold, there is a special room that is heavily guarded by multiple barriers and physical mechanisms... There, Menma's most astonishing "harvest" during the night of the Uchiha clan massacre is quietly kept.
The room was dimly lit, with only rows of specially made nutrient tanks emitting a faint green glow. Inside each tank, a scarlet eyeball with black tomoe marks floated silently—dozens of tomoe Sharingan eyes taken from members of the Uchiha hawk faction.
However, what is truly unsettling are the three more exquisite and luxurious containers located in the very center of the room, separated from each other.
There, three pairs of eyes, considered treasures of the ninja world, were displayed—three pairs of Mangekyou Sharingan.
They came from Itachi Uchiha, Fugaku Uchiha, and... Mikoto Uchiha, who was unexpectedly awakened and then lost.
These three pairs of eyes, each with a different shape and intricate, eerie patterns, still radiate powerful Yin Release chakra fluctuations even after being separated from their original bodies.
Naruto already had a clear plan for these three treasures. First and foremost, their primary purpose was to prepare for the possible evolution of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan that Sasuke might need in the future.
Of course, he was not a stingy person. He knew very well that awakening the Eternal Kaleidoscope only required one pair of kaleidoscopes belonging to a blood relative as "nourishment." Therefore, he clearly told Shisui that he could choose the pair of kaleidoscopes that best suited him or that he most wanted to use from these three pairs of kaleidoscopes.
Naruto himself did not have the Uchiha bloodline and could not truly unleash the full power of the Mangekyou Sharingan. In his view, using resources on top-tier Uchiha fighters like Shisui was the optimal solution to "spend money wisely".
As for the most special and dangerous pair of Mangekyou Sharingan, which contained Kotoamatsukami and belonged to Shisui himself, they were never placed in this collection room.
It was always kept close to Naruto's body and sealed in a specially made, small scroll. He applied layers upon layers of extremely complex sealing techniques to this scroll.
Under these layers of sealing and isolation, even Shisui himself, at such close range, could not sense the fluctuations of the eye power that originated from him.