What the hell is making games in the Ninja World?

Immediately, the women all stated that from now on, if they ever heard such rumors, they would stay vigilant and never speak about such matters recklessly again.

From a distance, Uchiha Kai and Uzumaki Kikyo saw the situation. Kikyo was stunned and confused, while Uchiha Kai simply smiled without saying anything, as if he had anticipated it.

After that, the two of them continued to walk around the village. During their walk, they came across more rumors targeting the Uchiha clan and the genjutsu game. 

However, during these times, someone would always appear to refute the rumors and correct them, even telling the talkative villagers to stop spreading nonsense.

However, the methods were different from the ones used by the lady from the Nara clan before. Some would resort to simple threats, others would calmly explain things, and a few would speak in a roundabout way, confusing the person completely.

Among those who spoke out were people from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, as well as other ninja clans—members who were on the outskirts of the major clans or retired individuals. 

They were all actively explaining the genjutsu game and defending the Uchiha clan.

This situation left Kikyo even more confused. The young girl's cute face showed signs of conflict, and she was full of confusion, looking completely unable to understand.

Seeing this, Uchiha Kai smiled and said, "Are you wondering why the major ninja clans are actively helping the Uchiha clan clear up these rumors?"

Kikyo quickly nodded. "Kai, even though I've only been in Konoha for a few years, the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the other ninja clans in the village hasn't been very good, right? In the past, when something like this happened, they would've just turned a blind eye, but this time they're all so proactive. Could there be some sort of conspiracy behind it?"

By the end of her question, worry appeared on the girl's face.

It wasn't that she was worried about the Uchiha clan, but rather because Kai was Uchiha, so she was concerned about the Uchiha being plotted against.

Clearly, even though Kikyo was carefree in nature, as a person who had been saved and brought back from her fallen clan, she had a clear understanding of the darker sides of the ninja world. 

She knew that people were not always as simple and pure as they appeared, and that the so-called Will of Fire couldn't unite the villagers' hearts.

Or rather, Kikyo didn't mind making malicious guesses about others.

In response, Uchiha Kai just smiled and then patted Kikyo's head, saying, "Thank you for your concern. However, you don't need to worry about this. All the major ninja clans are genuinely helping the Uchiha clan because helping the Uchiha is helping themselves."

After hearing this, Kikyo became even more confused. Clearly, she had never studied subjects like economic interests, and Konoha didn't teach much in that area either, since most of what ninjas learned was related to being a ninja.

So, Uchiha Kai decided to explain the concept of economic interests to Kikyo. 

Although she hadn't studied these things, she quickly understood his clear and simple explanation. Her face lit up with realization, and many questions she had over time were suddenly answered.

"I see now. No wonder the Uchiha clan suddenly treated you so well, Kai, and on the day of the press conference, all the major ninja clans went to meet the Uchiha. So, at that time, the Uchiha clan presented the benefits of the Genjutsu game and formed an alliance of interests with all the ninja clans?"

"Wow, that's so clever! I didn't know it could be done like that! Kai, did you come up with this? That's really impressive!"

Her words were filled with admiration and awe, completely pure—she thought Uchiha Kai was amazing, almost like a fan of Zhuge Liang, admiring him.

This extreme admiration didn't make Uchiha Kai feel proud. Instead, it made him feel a bit melancholy. 

After all, it wasn't that he was particularly clever. In fact, these kinds of things weren't even taught in universities, since they weren't related to financial studies.

The only reason he understood was because he had read countless web novels and had experienced life in a society driven by money. That's how he understood the concept of "interest binding."

This kind of method, full of the smell of money, was a rather high-level trick in the "simple" ninja world, something only those with noble bloodlines or long-standing ninja clans could pass down through generations.

After thousands of years of "ignorant" policies, even ninjas were bound by various rules and became mere tools. So it was no surprise that ordinary people didn't understand these things.

In fact, not understanding such knowledge wasn't just a problem in the ninja world. 

Even on Earth, in the Western world, under decades of joyful education, many ordinary Westerners had no idea about these concepts. 

Trying to communicate with them would make you wonder if they were even living in modern times. After all, why wouldn't they understand even basic "common sense"?

In reality, under the information bubble, many things considered common knowledge in one place become "advanced knowledge" or uncommon facts in another.

Of course, it wouldn't help Uchiha Kai to know this; after all, his current abilities are limited. Even if he's dissatisfied with certain things, he can't change much.

This rumor event, though, was obviously the work of Danzo Shimura. The method is similar to what he used against the Konoha White Fang back then—simple and brainless.

However, back then, the White Fang had no ability to resist. The proud head of the Hatake family was just one person, and those who wanted to help him were also limited in ability, so they couldn't do anything.

But now, the Uchiha clan is directly tied to the interests of various factions. 

If Danzo Shimura tries to use the same tactics to target the Uchiha clan and Genjutsu games, he'd be offending the entire interest group, threatening everyone's wallets.

So, there was no need for the Uchiha clan to take action. The other clans handled it on their own with targeted measures.

Driven by interests, the energy released was terrifying. In the future, even the Third Hokage could only issue a gag order to handle the rumors with simple and crude methods. 

But the various ninja clans, with just a little effort, solved it in a subtle and quiet way.

However, being a punching bag without fighting back is not Uchiha Kai's style. Although Danzo's little tricks can't affect him or the Uchiha clan now, they are disgusting.

Since that's the case, it's time to strike back a bit and let Danzo know that some things are double-edged swords—capable of hurting others, but also capable of hurting oneself!

So, the next day, a brand-new rumor was born.

That was…

Konoha's Hokage assistant, Danzo Shimura, used to sell out his comrades when he was young!

And this was just one of the rumors.

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