Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

The leader of Takigakure, whose heart had been betrayed, naturally could not answer his questions. After slaughtering all the high-level officials present, Kakuzu found the secret room where Takigakure was hiding the treasures.

However, he was disappointed to find that the treasury was almost empty. The wealth accumulated by the village over the years had disappeared without a trace, leaving only an ancient scroll and a golden card.

"Damn it, where did you hide my money?"

Kakuzu didn't know that the village really had no surplus food. In order to buy the Seven-Tails from the First Tsuchikage, he had already spent all the wealth accumulated by the Takigakure over the years, as well as his own private money.

"Quick! The horns are over there!"

Kakuzu, covered in blood, heard the rustling footsteps around him and knew that he could not escape, so he made up his mind and tied the only scroll left in the secret room around his waist. His eyes stayed on the golden card for a moment.

Kakuzu, whose consciousness was already a little fuzzy at the moment, seemed to be inspired by something. He stretched out his hand tremblingly and held the card in his hand.

The card felt cold in his hand, and before he had the time to check its contents, hundreds of Taki ninjas had surrounded him. Kakuzu, who had experienced the previous battle, was now exhausted. Facing the siege of his former colleagues, he shook his head bitterly.

Just as he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, the mysterious card in his hand suddenly burst out with a burst of burning energy, which instantly poured into Kakuzu's dry body. He was already exhausted, but with the nourishment of this chakra, he was revived with full blood.

"Kill him and avenge our leader!"

"Humph! Even the broken kunai he sold me can't even kill a rabbit!"

"Whoever captures Kakuzu will be the next leader!"

Someone shouted, and the Taki ninjas stared at Kakuzu who was standing there with red eyes, dirty desires swelling in their hearts.

"Traitor Kakuzu, why don't you surrender!"

"Haha, no one loves Takigakure more than me. You are the traitorous ninjas!"

Kakuzu, whose chakra was restored by an unknown force, had no time to think about the reason. He looked around at his former colleagues who were blushing with cold eyes, and his disdainful voice was like a spark that ignited a barrel of explosives.
In the blink of an eye, countless escape techniques were already rushing towards him.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

Clapping his hands on the ground, Kakuzu released a several-meter-thick earth wall, which resisted the first wave of attacks while analyzing where to escape. However, he found in despair that he was surrounded and had nowhere to escape except the waterfall behind him.

"If you fight hard, you may die!"

Knowing that he was doomed, Kakuzu laughed loudly and jumped down from the waterfall behind him.

"What should I do? He jumped into the forbidden area."

"Chase! We can't let him go!"

"But the leader said that no one is allowed to trespass in the forbidden area."

"The leader is dead. Whoever captures Kakuzu now will be the new leader."

Several Taki ninjas whose strength was at the level of elite captains were ultimately unable to resist the temptation of power, and one by one followed Kakuzu's footsteps and jumped down.

Hearing the noisy noise beside his ears, Chongming, who was dozing off, slowly opened his eyes. There was no expression on his insect face wrapped in armor, but he had obviously sensed a strange emotion before, which was very familiar.

Kakuzu's emotions of being betrayed by everyone in the village resonated with Nanao, who had experienced something similar.
“I was betrayed too.”

The Takinin behind him was still chasing him, and Kakuzu felt even more desperate after falling into the forbidden area of ​​Takinin Village.

"Give up resistance, Kakuzu. The leader is dead. Perhaps we will spare your life~"

Taki Ninja followed closely and tried to force Kakuzu to surrender with verbal attacks.

"Humph!"

Even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe such words. Kakuzu simply raised his hand and threw out several kunai, launching his final resistance.

"Fire Style: Fire"

"Stop! Idiot, this is a forbidden area!"

An angry Taki-nin was about to use Fire Style to kill Kakuzu, but was quickly stopped by his companion.
"So what if it's a forbidden place? The leader is dead, so the rules are no longer valid."

"Idiot, the beast is still in the forbidden area!"

After being reminded by his companion, Taki Ninja, who had just been blinded by desire, immediately broke out in a cold sweat. As a member who had once carried the Nanabi, he knew well how terrifying the divine beast was.

"What should we do? If we go any further, we will reach the territory of the divine beasts."

"It doesn't matter. There is only one exit here. Unless he wants to feed the beast, he will have no choice but to surrender to us."

The forbidden area had only one exit, and there were smooth cliffs on all sides. The surrounding Taki ninjas felt relieved and watched Kakuzu fight like a trapped beast from afar.

"Huh~ You're not chasing me anymore?"

Seeing the Takinins stop, Kakuzu breathed a sigh of relief temporarily. As a high-level fighter in the Takinin Village, he also knew that there were divine beasts in the forbidden area. It seemed that those guys who wanted to capture him were afraid to move forward.

"Gulu~"

Kakuzu relaxed and sat down on the ground, his stomach rumbling. He felt around and found that he had no supplies except the scroll around his waist.

If we continue to waste time like this, we will only end up dead.

"Kakuzu, surrender now! We have decided not to kill you!"

After half a day, the Taki ninjas became impatient and shouted to persuade them to surrender.
"Do you think I will trust you traitors again?"

"Damn it, never mind the beast, just catch him first!"

Their stubborn attitude finally annoyed the eagerly waiting Taki ninja, and they all took out their cold weapons in tacit understanding, hoping to take down Kakuzu with the least noise.

"Haha, even if I die, I won't let you get what you want!"

Due to excessive blood loss and mental fatigue, Kakuzu no longer had the strength to resist. Looking at Takinin who was slowly approaching him, he laughed miserably and dragged his broken body to run towards the depths of the forbidden area.

"Come on!"

This action scared the Taki ninjas, but they couldn't just watch the cooked duck fly away. As long as they caught Kakuzu, they would be qualified to become the new leader, so they gritted their teeth and chased after him.

"Hoo~ho~ho~"

The weak Kakuzu was not very fast and was soon caught up by Takinin.

"Whoosh!"

"Pfft~"

In the dark night, a rapidly fired kunai hit Kakuzu right in the back. The powerful impact knocked him several meters away, and he lay motionless on the ground.

"I lost it!"

A Taki-nin exclaimed that if Kakuzu was captured, he would have a chance to become the leader;
"Ahem. I'm really lucky."

However, before this Taki nin could feel proud for long, Kakuzu, who should have been pierced to death by the kunai, actually slowly climbed up. He pulled out the kunai from his back with his backhand, looked at the carefully polished marks on it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

That’s right, this kunai was a refurbished product that he sold. It couldn’t even kill a rabbit, let alone a grown man.

"Zhao! You profiteer, give me back my money!"

Takinin, who also noticed this, shouted at Kakuzu in frustration,
"Hmph~ Kakuzu's fine products, once sold, are not returnable or exchangeable!"

Kakuzu snorted coldly, and even at the point of death he did not forget to be diligent and carefully put away the kunai, and continued to run towards the depths.

"Uh-huh!!!"

Taking advantage of this gap, several skilled Taki-nin had already caught up with Kakuzu and surrounded him. The ferocious-looking Taki-nin brandished their sharp blades and pressed forward step by step.
"Kakuzu, you have to choose between surrendering and dying on the spot!"

"Hmph! I choose. You die!"

Even at the last moment, Kakuzu did not choose to compromise. He pulled out the kunai he had just seized and went forward to meet the enemy.

"Ding!"

The kunai and the long sword collided in the dark night, sparks flew out,

"Bang!!!"

At first, Kakuzu, whose strength had broken through the bottleneck, was fighting back and forth with the people who surrounded him. However, his previous injuries had not yet fully healed, and the opponent found a flaw in him. The kunai in his hand was directly knocked out, and the whole person was knocked far away.

"Are you going to die?"

Kakuzu lay on his back on the ground, memories of the first half of his life replaying like a revolving lantern. When he was young, his parents both died of illness due to poverty and lack of money for medical treatment. This made him realize that everything in the world is empty, and only money is lasting.

"Suffer to death!"

Seeing Kakuzu give up resistance, the Taki ninjas who had just cooperated glanced at each other secretly, and suddenly sped up their pace, slashing at Kakuzu on the ground with the swords in their hands.

"Roar!!!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar sounded out of nowhere, and the bodies of all the Taki ninjas who had attacked froze at the same time, and the swords in their hands stopped just before they could hit Kakuzu.

"It's a mythical beast!"

The moonlight above their heads was obscured by a huge shadow. The few people, sweating coldly, raised their heads and spoke with trembling voices.

"escape!"

Facing the Nanao, the few people had no intention of resisting at all. They only hated their parents for not giving them two more legs, and ran away without looking back.

As for Kakuzu, his life is not as important as his own.

"Why are you back? Where's Kakuzu?"

Many Taki ninjas were waiting outside the forbidden area. Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the elite captains, they all asked curiously,

"Hurry! The beast is coming out!"

"That corner"

"Kakuzu? He's probably been eaten by the divine beast!"

The few people who escaped death looked at the waterfall below their feet breathlessly, the horror in their eyes taking a long time to fade away.

"Boom!!!"

Just when they thought the storm was over, a huge figure rushed out from the waterfall, stirring up water splashes all over the sky.
"Run away!!"

Someone shouted, and hundreds of Taki ninjas scattered like wild donkeys, fearing that if they were a little slower, they would become food for the divine beasts.
"Look! It's Kakuzu!"

Some of the brave Taki ninjas looked back while running, and discovered that behind Nanao was an unconscious black-haired young man lying. It was the rebel ninja Kakuzu they had been hunting for a long time.

"How is it possible?" The Taki ninjas who heard this turned their heads to confirm, but the Nana-Tails had already spread its wings and flew high, disappearing into the vast night sky.

"Master Divine Beast, why are you in this card?"

On the top of the mountain, Kakuzu, who had recovered his spirit, carefully held the card in his hand and asked,
"Human, you have a lot of problems."

In fact, Nanao was also a little confused. He just felt that the experience of the human in front of him was somewhat similar to his own. Both were betrayed by their brothers, so he saved his life.

But who would have thought that just when Nanao was about to leave Kakuzu, whose life or death was unknown, and go out for a good stroll, it was suddenly attracted by the aura emanating from the golden card.

In doubt, Nanao tried to touch the breath, but it was fine without touching it. As soon as it touched the strange breath, it was firmly clamped by the huge suction force from the card.
Without waiting for the chance to struggle, the next second, Nanabi's huge body turned into a golden light and was sucked into the card.

"Damn it, is this the trick of that human?"

Nanami, unable to escape from the card, looked around at the empty environment with a frown. In its opinion, the only one who could do such a thing was the descendant of Indra who could use the old man's pickle jar at will.

"Master Divine Beast, how are we going to get down now?"

After calling out a few times, seeing that Nanao didn't answer his previous questions, Kakuzu didn't dare to ask any more questions. Standing on the cliff and looking down, all he could see was a cliff. With despair in his heart, he tried to ask,
"Fly down."

Nanao, who suddenly lost her freedom, heard Kakuzu's question and answered unhappily,

"But I don't have wings like you, Master Divine Beast."

Scratching his head, Jiaodu sat dejectedly on the edge of the cliff, feeling extremely sad.

"I didn't expect that the first one to succeed would be you~"

Suddenly, a slightly lazy voice sounded behind Kakuzu, scaring him so much that he shivered and almost jumped off the cliff.

"who?!"

Kakuzu leaned against a huge rock with his back alert, his eyes searching for the person who was speaking. Since he was able to sneak up behind him silently, the other party's strength should not be underestimated.

"Nanao, is this the person you chose?"

The voice sounded again, and Kakuzu, who discovered the source of the voice, looked up in surprise. On the rock with his back, a figure wearing strange armor was leisurely crossing his legs, with a strong sense of teasing in his tone.

"who are you?"

After taking a few steps back to create some distance, Kakuzu subconsciously hid Nanao's card behind him and stared at the stranger who suddenly appeared in front of him, guessing the other party's intention.

Hi~ Isn’t this triggering the keyword?

"I'm just a Kamen Rider passing by~"

Uchiha Gin, who used Wangliang to transform again, said the classic lines with great enjoyment, and looked at Kakuzu with a little more appreciation,
This guy is very knowledgeable!
"Kamen Rider?"

Kakuzu, who aspires to become a bounty hunter, quickly searched for the title in his mind, but found nothing. Facing the unknown enemy, he became even more alert, and his eyes moved around, looking for an opportunity to strike.

"Your eyes are dangerous."

Uchiha Gin shrugged his shoulders, stretched out his hand and waved it, and the next moment, a golden card appeared in his hand.

"Ah! When was it taken away?"

Kakuzu, who was on full alert, saw the card suddenly appear in the hand of the mysterious man who called himself Kamen Rider. He subconsciously squeezed his hidden hand, and then he realized that the card that sealed the divine beast was missing.

"Don't worry, I'm just checking for you."

With a smile on his face, Uchiha Gin infiltrated his chakra into the card and began to communicate with the furious Seven-Tails inside.

"It's you! You're the one who did this, right?"

In the card space, the Seven-Tails roared angrily, while Uchiha Gin, who was standing in front of it, scratched his ears calmly.

"This place is pretty nice, spacious and comfortable. You should like it here a lot, right?"

The Tailed Beast Cards that Uchiha Gin had given out before were not just small cards that simply introduced the information of the Tailed Beasts.

The card itself was made of the fragments of the amber bottle mixed with the tailed beast's original chakra. After completion, Uchiha Gin added several Four Symbols Seals specifically for sealing the tailed beasts.

Whenever the tailed beast is defeated by the card holder, the tailed beast will be sealed by the sealing technique triggered by the card, and the card holder can forcibly use the power of the tailed beast.

But that's not all. Uchiha Gin had also taken advantage of Uchiha Hikari's hint to secretly add some ingredients to the subconscious of the tailed beast.

Once the tailed beast recognizes the card holder and the emotions of both parties reach a certain level of resonance, the tailed beast will subconsciously trigger the sealing technique and enter the card. However, in this case, the card holder cannot use the power of the tailed beast unless the tailed beast is willing.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

Nanao knew that Uchiha Gin's strength was unpredictable, so his tone was a little better than before.
"Nothing, just a little bored, want to play a game~"

Seeing that Nanao's attitude had improved, Uchiha Gin waved his hand and a chair appeared out of thin air. He sat on it, stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said,

"game?"

"That's right, a competition between nine tailed beasts. Didn't you lose before? Don't you want to win it back?"

Uchiha Gin crossed his arms, his eyes hidden under the mask, revealing a strong sense of ridicule that Nanabi could sense.
"I don't want to participate."

You want me to be beaten again. I'm just a caterpillar!

"It's not up to you."

Eat or be eaten.

Those who become knights will bear the fate of being unable to escape from battle.

"You can now lend your strength to the boy outside. Since you were able to choose him, it means that you two have a good compatibility. Train him well and don't let him be killed by the other tailed beast knights~"

You've already become a card, and you still want to escape? Go and explain to Odin~
"I can accept that, but before that, I have a question for you."

After listening to Uchiha Gin's words, Nanao pondered for a while and replied slowly,
"Oh? Ask~"

"Who are you anyway? Why do you smell not only of the old man, but also of his lecherous brother?"

"Haha, if you win the game, I will answer you, remember to keep it a secret~"

Although Uchiha Gin talked a lot to Nanabi in the card, it was only a moment in reality.

"Release the Divine Beast!"

The furious Kakuzu took advantage of Uchiha Gin's momentary distraction and punched forward, trying to take back the Seven-Tails.

"Snapped!"

Uchiha Gin lovingly slapped the new knight in the face, sending Kakuzu flying several meters away.

"hateful!"

Covering his red and swollen cheeks, Kakuzu was furious. He quickly formed seals with his hands and accumulated hot chakra in his mouth. However, Uchiha Gin was not at all panicked. He flicked his fingers and the Seven-Tails' card flew over.

"Cough cough."

Seeing the card flying towards him, Kakuzu was so scared that he quickly swallowed the fire in his mouth, coughed violently twice, and reached out to catch Nanao's card.

"and this!"

I saw Uchiha Gin, who was not far away, throwing something over again. After catching it subconsciously, Kakuzu looked at the gray box in his hand in confusion, not knowing what to do with it.
"Boy, don't die easily, I'm counting on you~"

Uchiha Gin's voice came again. Kakuzu came to his senses and looked up quickly, only to find that there was no one on the top of the mountain. If it weren't for the strange gray box in his hand, he almost thought he was hallucinating.

"Master Divine Beast!"

Kakuzu was so excited that he shouted at the Tailed Beast Card that he had found again.

"Keep your voice down. You don't have to speak if you want to communicate with me."

Floating in the card space, Nana-Tails thought about what Uchiha Gin had just said, and a burning desire to fight slowly ignited in his cold eyes.

It is the Seven-Tailed Fox, and it had lost to the Three-Tailed Fox before. This game just gave it a chance for revenge!

And there is the Nine-Tailed Fox that stabbed itself in the back and betrayed everyone in the end. This time, it must trample the other party under its feet!
"Human, what's your name?"

"My Lord, my name is Kakuzu."

I didn't expect the beast to ask my name. I felt honored and answered truthfully.
"Kakuzu, what is your dream?"

"what?"

"My temporary dream is to survive and then take revenge on those who betrayed me!"

There is still money, I want it back!
"If you want to survive, transform!"

"Transformation?"

Kakuzu was confused.
"The box that person gave you before is the transformation device. Tie it around your waist."

According to the transformation guide left by Uchiha Gin, Nanao patiently taught step by step,
"Then, put me in."

"Do you really want to insert it?"

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"

Deciding to listen to the words of his savior, the Divine Beast, Kakutsu placed one hand on the transformation device at his waist and slowly inserted the Nanabi card into the card slot on the side of the box with his right hand.

"Chongming! Nanao Chongming! The invincible beetle!"

As the card was inserted, the transformation device on the waist actually emitted bursts of electronic synthesized sound effects. Listening to the transformation device chanting its real name, Nanao in the card wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

This is so embarrassing, can this thing be muted?
However, Kakuzu, the transformer, did not feel awkward at all. Instead, he felt his blood boiling. He looked forward, his eyes fixed, and pushed the hand holding the transformer forward, shouting subconsciously,
"henshin!"

"Turn Up!"

Shadow Realm

"Clap clap~"

Uchiha Gin, who was applauding and celebrating, did not leave just now, but slipped into the Realm of Shadow to watch the birth of the first tailed beast.

"Yes! Is this the knight that the person chosen by the tailed beast becomes?"

Looking at the armored beetle knight outside, who was wrapped in silver-white armor and had a short blade on his waist, his mouth almost stretched to his ears, and he could not help but exclaim in amazement.
"I thought he would turn into a red king pointing his finger to the sky, but I didn't expect him to be a miserable worker~" (End of this chapter)