The Days of Being the Richest Man in the Ninja World

[V2] - Chapter 120. Disturbing One's Sweet Dreams

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"What the hell?"

The sudden ring of a phone.

It instantly irritated the half-asleep Sarutobi Hiruzen, who answered in a daze, ready to curse Danzo out.

Calling him in the middle of the night?

Disturbing someone's dreams!

Didn't he see—

Even Biwako was displeased?

But on the other end of the phone—

Just one word: "Assemble."

It woke him up instantly. His sleepy eyes snapped wide open, and he immediately understood what it meant.

It had begun!

His eyes turned serious as he looked out at the night. The sky was still dark, with only a faint trace of light indicating that the sun was trying to rise.

But the sun was still about an hour away before it really rose!

However—

Time waits for no one!

The war had already begun at this moment!

Without hesitation, Hiruzen flipped out of bed like a monkey, leapt into the air, and rapidly changed into his uniform.

He began assembling all staff to rendezvous with Danzo and Mitokado Homura, to launch Root Group's campaign to conquer the alternate ninja world market!

Time was tight!

Just as Danzo had said—only by taking the first step could Root Group beat Yuto Group to it!

This was a critical moment!

The commotion even woke Biwako, who rubbed her eyes in confusion and, still sleepy, looked at Hiruzen already fully dressed, "It's not even dawn yet—what are you doing? The square dance hasn't even started!"

"Hmph! I'm not going to square dance!"

"???"

While Biwako was still puzzled about why this old man suddenly got up so early—

Hiruzen had already finished getting ready. As he opened the door to leave, he suddenly stopped, turned back with a stern face, and said flatly, "The horn of war has already sounded."

And with that—

Before Biwako could react, he dashed out, leaving her standing there in a daze.

"…What the heck?"

War?

What war?

Could it be that another ninja village had started a war?

Why didn't she know anything about it?!

…

At the same time—

The normally quiet Konoha felt as though a stone had suddenly been dropped into a still lake.

Ripples spread instantly.

The surface—was no longer calm.

Countless phones rang. Countless Root Group employees were awoken—but with promises of double wages, full attendance bonuses, and generous incentives, not one of them complained as they got up quickly.

Especially for ninjas—

Taking on missions early in the morning was completely normal. No one found it strange.

After packing up, countless employees, once ready, rushed to the locations sent by their boss.

Though none of them understood why they were being summoned before dawn, one thing was clear—Root Group was about to do something big!!!

Soon—

Within the agreed time, everyone had arrived at the designated location.

At that moment—

The three executives stood at the front, their faces stern and serious.

The sight made all employees fall silent without needing to be told, eyes forward, awaiting orders.

They understood.

Being called out so early could only mean one thing—something very important was happening!

"Danzo!" Hiruzen looked seriously at Danzo and nodded. "My team is assembled!"

As he finished—

Mitokado Homura also nodded gravely. "Mine's assembled too!"

"Good."

Danzo nodded with satisfaction.

You know, he had prepared for this moment for a long time. To eliminate any resentment from employees so they'd work wholeheartedly, he had promised triple salaries and all kinds of benefits to get them here quickly.

He glanced at the assembled group.

There were both ninjas and ordinary staff!

But none of them knew what they were about to do—because this plan was unbelievable to begin with!

From this moment—

Root Group would enter the alternate ninja world market!

To keep things efficient, he didn't offer much explanation. All that mattered was that these people follow orders.

As for the rest—someone would explain after they got on the buses.

At that moment—

Over a hundred luxury buses appeared behind them.

Danzo checked the time, then smiled faintly and waved his hand.

"Let's go!"

Although exiting Konoha required registration, Danzo had prepared for this.

So he gave a brief explanation to the gate guards, had Sarutobi Hiruzen vouch for them as the Third Hokage, and showed the previously signed exit permit from the Fourth Hokage.

Everyone then boarded the buses and set off.

He is truly worthy of the Root Group's boss who had gone bankrupt multiple times yet never gave up—Shimura Danzo!

He was utterly meticulous! There was no chance of any leak!

However—

Such a large-scale operation still drew the attention of on-duty Konoha ninjas.

After all—it wasn't even dawn yet!

Why had Root Group suddenly gathered so many people to leave the village?

Especially the Konoha Police Force, as the main defense of the village, could hardly ignore such a suspicious and bizarre event.

Even though Root Group had the Third Hokage's endorsement and the Fourth Hokage's exit authorization, the Police Force still had to report upward—just to be sure.

Very soon.

The captain of the Konoha Police Force—Uchiha Fugaku, who had been sound asleep, also received a message from the police force. He frowned slightly and got out of bed.

Although his movements weren't big, Mikoto, lying beside him, still noticed.

She rubbed her eyes, then opened them, looking at Fugaku in surprise. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing~ Go back to sleep." Fugaku shook his head and replied expressionlessly, "I just need to confirm something."

With that said—

He picked up his phone and walked outside, then directly dialed the number of the Fourth Hokage.

Not long after—

"Huh? Root Group went out before dawn?" came the sleepy voice of the Fourth Hokage, "Oh, oh right~ I remember now! I did sign off on that. Danzo-sama said something about needing a large-scale exit for Root Group employees—some big business deal, I think. I didn't expect them to head out this early! I wonder what it's for?" As he spoke, something seemed to occur to him, and his voice suddenly grew more alert, a faint trace of surprise in his tone, "Could it be… the experiment succeeded? Hold on, let me check the information!"

Then, as Fugaku waited, the sound of keyboard typing came through the phone.

Soon after—

The Fourth Hokage's voice returned, now serious: "That's right! It looks like it really did succeed! They should be heading to the alternate ninja world!"

"?!"

Alternate ninja world?!

As the call ended, Fugaku's pupils were still contracted, a look of disbelief on his face as he murmured, both stunned and a little wistful, "So it succeeded...?"

No wonder Root Group suddenly began such a large-scale operation!

They were preparing—

To be the first to seize the alternate ninja world market, weren't they?

Thinking of this, he furrowed his brows again, and after a brief hesitation, picked up his phone and called that guy.

However—

After a while.

Beep… beep…

It was declined.

He paused, hesitated, then called again.

Once more.

Beep… beep…

Declined.

Third time.

Still declined.

Fourth time.

Also declined.

Fifth time.

Still the same.

At this point—

Fugaku was beginning to lose patience. Was this guy a pig or something?

It's been so long, and he is still not up at this hour?

Sixth call.

Finally—it connected!

But before Fugaku could even say a word—

An angry roar came through the line.

"It's not even dawn yet—who the hell is this? Disturbing my sleep—believe it or not, I will beat you up!"

And with that—

Click. He hung up.

"…"

Fugaku silently stared at his phone, one eyebrow twitching slightly.

This bastard.

Just like this—

How did this guy make Yuto Group into such a big company?!