Rebuilding Uchiha By Removing Fugaku

________________________________________

The reason why the Uchiha family is reluctant to relocate, aside from their abandonment by Konoha, is due to the immense time, effort, and expense required to move the entire clan.

During the night of the Nine-Tails' attack, the Uchiha clan's settlement wasn't damaged at all. Only the Konoha Police's headquarters was destroyed, so the sudden demand for relocation made the Uchiha clan members understandably upset.

Building houses and relocating requires money, something the Uchiha clan lacked. This is evident when Sakura had to take out a loan just to buy a house after marrying into Sasuke's family.

Initially, Toki thought Sasuke lived in a poor bachelor apartment because his inheritance from the Uchiha clan was stolen after the clan's massacre. But after crossing over, Toki realized it wasn't as simple as that.

While it's true that their inheritance was plundered, Sasuke's personal finances weren't all that great, either. The courtyard where Uchiha Fugaku, Sasuke's father, lived was merely a temporary residence exclusive to the clan's patriarch. Once the patriarch was removed, the entire family had to move out.

As part of the Konoha Police, Fugaku couldn't go on missions. With only a government salary, it was already fortunate that Sasuke could afford a modest apartment.

When Toki took over as the Uchiha clan's patriarch and audited the clan's financial situation, he nearly cursed out loud. The poverty was so overwhelming that it almost seemed like the clan's coup was motivated by desperation rather than political reasons.

To address the situation, Toki decisively activated a new system after gaining family prestige in his first month as patriarch: the Ninja Research and Development Center.

Once activated, Toki could use the prestige points to acquire different levels of ninja tools.

[Ninja R&D Center: Purchase production technology using prestige points. A 100% success rate is guaranteed for ninja tool manufacturing in this facility.]

Toki wasn't interested in conventional tools like kunai and shuriken. Although they were profitable, raw materials, manufacturing, and distribution consumed a lot of time and resources. Additionally, existing merchants already dominated the market, and breaking into it wasn't worth the effort.

Instead, Toki focused on scientific ninja tools, which were supposed to make their debut in Boruto's era. By spending only 100 prestige points, Toki could acquire the technique to create C-rank scientific ninjutsu scrolls, and for 1,000 prestige points, he could unlock glove-based technology.

Toki had always found Naruto's dismissal of scientific ninja tools in Boruto perplexing. Such a strategic weapon should never be brushed off as some gimmick. The ability to let a lower-level ninja use high-rank jutsu casually was a massive advantage.

Naruto's decision to ban their use in the Chūnin Exams—a perfect opportunity to showcase Konoha's power—made no sense to Toki. It was akin to banning summoning scrolls just because one clan specialized in them.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen had access to this technology during his time, he could've intimidated Konoha's so-called allies by simply deploying a few lower-level ninjas equipped with such tools.

Naturally, Toki was ecstatic when he discovered that the Ninja Tools Research Center could produce scientific ninja tools. He understood how invaluable this technique would be, especially in times of peace after the Third Shinobi War.

Small ninja villages, wealthy merchants, and daimyos engaged in constant skirmishes would undoubtedly spend fortunes on this game-changing technology, akin to modern thermal weapons.

However, this operation had to be kept secret from the Konoha elders.

This was why Toki had sent the Uchiha clan to defend the border—not just to hone their skills but also to sell these scientific ninja tools to smaller, war-torn villages.

At this moment, Uchiha Setsuna's eyes gleamed as he watched a clan member seal a C-rank Fire Release: Flame Bullet jutsu into a scroll and pack it into a box.

Instead of spending prestige on the Uchiha's signature Fireball Technique, Toki had purchased the Flame Bullet from the Sarutobi clan.

A B-rank mission requiring combat could earn up to 200,000 ryo, though it was risky and time-consuming.

But one Uchiha Chūnin could produce 20 C-rank ninjutsu scrolls in a single day.

At 10,000 ryo per scroll, that's 200,000 ryo—comparable to a B-rank mission's payout in just one day!

If every Uchiha Chūnin worked solely on creating scrolls, the clan's daily revenue could reach a staggering 60 million ryo—equivalent to completing 60 S-rank missions.

Setsuna swallowed hard as the numbers filled his mind with excitement.

He knew that selling all of the scrolls in one day was impossible, but even a fraction of that profit was enough to make anyone ecstatic.

Excitedly, Setsuna urged, "Lord Toki, what are we waiting for? I heard Kusagakure and Takigakure are at war. We should sell these to them immediately!"

Toki waved his hand, smirking mischievously.

"There's no rush. The Hokage succession ceremony hasn't even been held yet, and the border troops haven't been withdrawn. Once the dust settles in the village, we'll collect the real money—the military funds allocated by the daimyo."

"That's where the real fortune lies!"

________________________________________