When he left the official's office, Kanpeki Ningyo smiled broadly, not the least bit saddened by the money he had lost, because the shinobi's lair had found not only documents for various businesses, but also substantial sums of money that had been used to pay for the nobility and the purchase of land with all its privileges. And all this took only one day.
It's good to have familiar people in power!
Besides, the clone needed all this nonsense of becoming a feudal lord for two things only - to be able to hire permanent guards for the long term, even if they were nukenins, and to be banned from being commissioned by Konoha shinobi or acting as bounty hunters if the bounty was awarded outside of Ho no Kuni, the latter of which applied to the former. The only exceptions were the nukenins of Konoha itself.
And, these privileges of feudal lords are one of the main conditions of support of the village shinobi Daimyo of the Fire Country, and even such a supporter of radical solutions, as Shimura Danzo, will not dare to break such a taboo in the open or at the likely risk of disclosure. Otherwise, Hiruzen and the clans will simply lynch him.
If the enemies remain a nameless gang without confirming their suspicions, although Founder is almost certain of their identity, then Konoha's forces can be officially involved in the confrontation, simply by paying for security missions. And fighting in the shadows... Well, well, well.
***
The head of Anbu Root took his time walking around the new underground base near Konoha, which was not on any of the Hokage's strategic maps, nor were there any registered groups of children aged four to six training under the guidance of mentors.
The spacious halls allowed not only physical training for a large number of fighters, but also long obstacle courses for the new generation of fighters, recruited from orphanages all over the country and in a few years able to serve as a shield for the village, and if necessary - and the necessary sacrifice in the process of training to separate the diamonds from the pebbles, so to speak. No feelings, only naked pragmatism and loyalty. He had learned his lesson and now these children would be loyal to him alone.
I've got more interesting stuff on patreon (+ 200 chapter)
patreon.com/Chill76