Chapter 270: Kazekage Ninja- - 59: Total Meltdown
Capital is like leeches in a rice paddy—the moment they sense the slightest ripple, they swarm in without hesitation. Ever since Sunagakure announced its military exercises, tycoons and wealthy merchants from every nation had flooded into the iron ore market, stirring up a frenzy.
At the center of it all sat Yoshihide Higashi, Sunagakure’s real mastermind. He lounged in his command room like a general at war, calmly chewing on a steamed bun and sipping black tea as he directed the chaos. Mountains of cash and iron ore shifted like chess pieces beneath his fingertips, moving in and out with every crisp command.
By buying low and selling high, he’d quietly released all of Sunagakure’s stockpiled iron ore into the market, bit by bit. Now, aside from the necessary reserves in the Hourglass Group’s warehouses and the untouched ore still buried underground, not a single sellable chunk of iron remained. They’d cleaned out the entire village.
"How much did we rake in this time?" Jinghang asked.
"Including that last batch of six million tons, it comes to eighteen billion," Yoshihide Higashi replied coolly, taking another bite of his bun.
"Holy sh*t!" Jinghang couldn’t help but blurt out, spinning around to high-five Hirai Kangsaburo.
"We just took a massive bite out of the Fire Daimyo and Konoha!" Hirai Kangsaburo crowed with excitement. Right now, he was the richest man in the entire ninja world—number one on the personal wealth rankings.
"It’s not all from the Fire Country’s consortium, though. They took the biggest hit—about eight billion. But the other nations’ financial groups chipped in too. For example, this last batch? Looks like Amegakure was the one buying it up," Yoshihide Higashi added.
"Yeah, you’re absolutely right," Hirai Kangsaburo said, grinning so wide his face looked like a blooming lotus. Whoever’s money lands in my pocket—that’s my money now!
"Now that we’ve got someone to take over our positions, we can finally breathe easy. That’s it for today—tomorrow, we’re doing team building! Ten million for each person! Do whatever you want, go wherever you want, play however you like!" Jinghang declared with a sweeping gesture.
"Not generous enough! I’ll throw in another ten million!" Hirai Kangsaburo added, raising the stakes.
There were thirty-six actuaries working in the villa. Twenty million apiece added up to 720 million, but for Jinghang and Hirai Kangsaburo now, that was just pocket change.