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

"How did you become so strong?"

The Taki ninja leader pointed at Kakuzu with some fear, how could such an ordinary water-style ninjutsu have such strong destructive power.

Before, they were clearly chasing Kakuzu Chui and beating him so hard that he ran away in panic. But after not seeing him for a few days, how come his strength increased so fast like a rocket?

"Have you finished your last words? Then close your eyes~"

Facing the colleague who once wanted to kill him, Jiao had no mercy at all and coldly pronounced,
"Che Kexiu, don't be happy too soon!"

Although Kakuzu's intimidation was far greater than before, the Takinin leader, who was confident in his ability, still managed to gather his strength. He quickly formed seals with both hands, and a sharp water whip swung out from his palms.

Water Style: Water Whip

"Shh!"

The water whip was swung by the Takinin leader with great force. Seeing that Kakuzu was still standing there, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and the water whip went straight towards Kakuzu's face.

"Snapped!"

There was only a loud bang, and the Taki Ninja leader felt the feedback from the water whip. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. You are so pretentious, but you will be skinned alive if you don't die.
"Hmm? Is that all you can do?"

Before he could laugh happily, Kakuzu's cold voice was heard again. The Takinin leader was frightened and hurriedly looked to the other end of the water whip.

But Kakuzu stretched out a hand and grabbed the water whip firmly in his hand just before it was about to hit his face, which made the Takinin leader mistakenly think that he had hit the target.

"Thunder Escape·Pseudo Darkness."

How could Kakuzu miss such a good opportunity? He immediately used a lightning escape technique. The violent lightning flashed back to the palm of the Takinin leader's hand along with the water whip. He didn't have time to disperse the water escape technique, and was immediately struck by lightning.
"what!!!"

Following a crackling sound, the charred Taki ninja leader spewed out a puff of black smoke, then his eyes turned white and he fell straight down.

Kakuzu looked at the Taki ninjas lying on the ground with an expressionless face, and did not choose to kill them. These people had no bounty on them, and killing them would be a waste of time and a waste of time.

So he turned around and found the kunai that was shot at him at the beginning. After pulling it out, he weighed it in his hand with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

I was not mistaken. It is top quality merchandise and can be sold for at least 3000 taels.

"Are you going to leave like this, sir?"

Just as Kakuzu was about to leave, several figures suddenly appeared from all directions and surrounded him. Leading them was a man covered in bandages, who was looking him up and down with curiosity.

"Are you the helpers he found?"

Kakuzu had already expected this, so he was not too surprised by the appearance of Wuren. The Taki-nin had dared to shout like that before, so it was obvious that there was someone behind him. Unfortunately, the person he found didn't seem to care about their life or death, and only came out to save them after they were all beaten down.

“It’s just the same purpose.”

Wu Lian didn't even bother to look at Takinin lying on the ground. Facing Kakuzu who was ready for battle, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of admiration for talent, so he started his recruitment plan again.

"You are Kakuzu, right? As long as you tell us the clues about Nana-Tails, you can join our Iwagakure Village."

"Oh? I'm a rebel ninja."

His eyes widened in surprise. He had never expected that the other party would recruit him.

"It's okay. As long as you join the Iwagakure Village, we will help you deal with the Takinin."

"hehe."

Angle did not reply, but showed a sarcastic look on his face, sneered twice, and turned to leave.

"Did I let you go?"

Seeing Kakuzu ignoring him, Wuqi's blood boiled. Yesterday's demon soldier team was fine, they had a regular job, so it was understandable that they refused his recruitment.

You, a traitor who is as worthless as a street rat, actually dare to reject me!
"You asked the wrong person. I don't know what Nanabi you are talking about."

Turning back, Kakuzu's eyes were glowing light green, and there was no sign of anything hidden in his cold expression.

"Still playing dumb, come on! Take him down!"

Wu Da waved his hand, and the rock hermits around him formed seals tacitly. Countless stones floated up from the ground, turned into sharp cones, and shot towards Jiaodu.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

Kakuzu clapped his hands on the ground, and a stone wall rose up from the ground, blocking all the stone spikes. Then he looked up at Wu who had his hands crossed over his chest, and suddenly asked,
"Do you have a reward?"

"Huh~ That's natural."

With a puzzled look on his face, Wu frowned and replied that as the second in command of the Iwagakure Village, it was natural that enemy ninjas would offer a bounty on him.

"That's good. I hate working for nothing."

Upon hearing that there was no bounty, Kakuzu immediately perked up. He quickly formed seals with his hands, took a deep breath, and then quickly blew out a high-pressure wind ball, attacking the Iwagakure that surrounded him.

"Wind Escape·Press Harm."

The basketball-sized wind ball quickly condensed into a vortex-shaped eye of the storm as it flew, accompanied by a piercing roar and carrying strong winds, which made the Yanyin people feel nervous and they immediately scattered.

However, Kakuzu's escape technique was not that simple. The eye of the storm suddenly exploded after falling into the crowd, and everyone felt a fierce wind pressure coming towards them.

Caught off guard, the Iwagakure were drawn into the chaos. The violent wind-attribute chakra made them feel as if they were cut by knives. They couldn't help but let out miserable cries.
"Ah! Ah~"

"hateful!"

Wu's eyes were bloodshot at this moment. He didn't expect that these good men he brought with him would fall into the hands of a rebel ninja. He was so angry that he drew out the long sword behind him and killed Kakuzu.

"Bah~"

There was a sharp sound of golden sounds, and Kakuzu, holding a kunai made of fine steel, began to fight with Tiyu in physical skills. After a few moves, the two fought back and forth, and it was difficult to tell who was better for a while.

"Curly-haired baboon, hurry up, the fight has already started!"

Just when Kakuzu and Muta were in a stalemate, Uchiha Gin and his group arrived late and hid in a big tree not far from the battlefield. Senju Itama, with an excited look on his face, shouted to Uchiha Gin who was moving slowly behind him.

"Oh my, why is it so lively?"

Uchiha Gin, who was lazily holding his ears and leaning on the treetop, said in a very asking-for-a-punch tone.

"A Yin, shall we take action?"

Uchiha Hikaru, who was standing next to Uchiha Gin, looked at Kakuzu, who was equally matched with Wu Zhan, and frowned slightly in confusion. The girl's keen perception told her that there was something familiar about this rebel ninja, so she asked.

"Don't worry, don't worry, just wait a while."

"But it won't be long before the ninjas from other villages find out."

"No, we are the last ones to arrive."

Facing the somewhat anxious Uchiha Hikaru, Uchiha Gin calmly shook his head.

"Forehead?"

Wu Zheng and Jiao Du were fighting fiercely, the long swords in their hands were almost leaving afterimages, and the sharp sword energy slashed down directly,

"Crackling~"

Kakuzu raised both hands and barely blocked the sword, but the high-quality kunai made of fine steel in his hand finally couldn't bear the weight and broke.

"Surrender, I haven't tried my best yet."

Wu, who had a slight upper hand, looked at Kakuzu who had retreated a few steps with the force of the opponent and called out to him to surrender. He was able to suppress the opponent with his physical skills, which he was not good at, not to mention that he had not yet used his bloodline elimination skills.

So in Wuyan's eyes, Jiaodu was now like a turtle in a jar, unable to escape even if he had wings.

"I haven't lost yet!"

Adhering to the principle that he could still sell it after repairing it, Kakuzu put the half-broken kunai into his backpack with a distressed look on his face. Then a gleam of determination flashed in his eyes, and he decided to take out the things in the backpack.

"Hahaha, Bandage Man, did you miss me?"

Suddenly, a sharp laugh interrupted Kakuzu's actions. He turned his head away in confusion, only to see a showy man with a mustache jumping out of the jungle not far away, shouting at Wu with a crazy look on his face.

"You little mustache, get out of the way!"

When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous of each other. Wu directly left the confused Kakuzu behind and started fighting with the suddenly appearing Hozuki Gengetsu. For a while, stones were flying and water was splashing.

Looking at Hozuki Huanyue fighting with Wu in surprise, the girls all turned their eyes to Uchiha Gin who looked calm, as if they were looking at a wise general who was planning a strategy.

"Mr. Yin, good opportunity!"

Uchiha Jiji saw Kakuzu trying to escape during the chaos, so he warned him.
"Don't worry, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind~"

Raising his hand to comfort the girls, Uchiha Gin revealed a mysterious smile and continued to shake his head calmly.

"Whoo~"

After calming the turbulent blood in his body, Kakuzu's arms were still numb from the few blows he had just exchanged with Wu. Seeing the two men fighting in ecstasy, he rolled his eyes and prepared to run away.

As a result, when he turned around, he was blocked by a ferocious-looking bald tattooed man. A group of Sand Ninjas jumped out and surrounded Kakuzu.
"Mr. Renegade, could you tell me something about the Seven-Tails?"

The monk smiled what he thought was a "kind" smile, which frightened Kakuzu so much that his heart trembled.

"I really don't know what the Seven-Tailed and Eight-Tailed things are. All of this is slander from those traitors in Takigakure!"

Just from the look on his face, Kakuzu knew that Shamon was definitely not a good person. He then covertly reached for the bag behind his back and made some confident excuses.

"In that case, we'll have no choice but to ask you to go with us."

With a sigh, Shamen's eyes focused, and the aura emanating from his body was no less than that of Wuhe Guideng Huanyue before.

"Oioioi~ You guys from a remote area actually dare to get your hands on Nanabi?"

"Yeah, big brother. When we asked them to pay, they said they didn't like it. But now that there are wild ones, they are rushing to grab them."

Just as Shamon was about to take down Kakuzu who was in a bad state, two muffled voices sounded from behind them.
Two burly men, along with a team of dark-clad ninjas, jumped down from the treetops, their ferocious faces filled with mockery.

"Oh? Brothers Jinjiao and Yinjiao, did the people from the Hidden Cloud Village feed them Jinkela? Why are they so anxious?"

Uchiha Gin, who was sitting on the Diaoyutai, rubbed his eyes vigorously, looking at the two brothers who came to disrupt the situation, his jaw dropped in shock.
"You are the Silver and Gold Brothers of the Land of Thunder!"

Shamen looked at the newcomer warily, his brows furrowed into a big "川" shape, but as the second-in-command of the Sand Village, he could not lose face, so he spoke in a cold voice with a very tough attitude,

"The Seven-tailed Fox has no master, so the capable one will take over."

Gui Deng Huan Yue and Wu, who were fighting fiercely on the side, stopped fighting tacitly when they saw someone else joining in. After keeping their distance, several groups of people, each in a different direction, surrounded Jiao Tu.

The four groups of people looked at each other secretly and chose to stay put for the time being. The corner surrounded in the middle felt a lot more relaxed. After looking around, he snorted and said,
"What a grand ceremony! Four ninja villages from the five major nations have come. Is there a Konoha hiding somewhere?"

"!!!" "Curly-haired baboon, that traitor is incredible, he actually knew where we were hiding!"

Hearing what Kakuzu said, Senju Itama almost stumbled and fell, then grabbed Uchiha Gin's sleeve and said in surprise.

"Shh~Keep your voice down, no one knows we are here."

Holding the restless kid's head down, Uchiha Gin warned with a hissing sound.

"Konoha? Aren't they interested in the tailed beasts?"

Gui Deng Huan Yue stroked his mustache and spoke first.

"indeed."

It is not difficult to have the same ideas as your mortal enemy.
"Konoha?"

Compared to Hozuki Gengetsu and Wu, the expressions of Shamon and the brothers Jinyin suddenly became a little unnatural. They had met an acquaintance from Konoha before. Although the other party explained that he was just passing by, since it was related to the mission, they might hold back.

I hope it's just a coincidence~
"Everyone, since we have the same goal, why don't we join forces to capture this traitorous ninja, and then share intelligence?"

The Shamen, who had the weakest overall strength among the four groups, made a suggestion after analyzing the situation.

"Impossible!"*2
Gui Deng Huan Yue and Wu retorted in unison. It seemed that at least the two of them could not cooperate. Shamen then set his sights on the Jin Yin brothers.

"Brother, what do you think?"

"It's getting a bit heated, so let's kill them all!"

Jinjiao had never thought of forming an alliance. His eyes widened as he looked at the whole place with deep contempt. He waved his big hand like a palm leaf fan, and the black laborers who were ready to attack behind him understood what he meant.
With the dazzling flash of lightning, the black laborers rushed towards the other three parties at lightning speed.

Are these two guys crazy? They actually want to fight one against three!

Caught off guard by Jinjiao's move, Shamen quickly led his men to retreat and keep some distance, but their speed was not as fast as Yunyin who was proficient in Thunder Escape, and in the blink of an eye, they were killed by Hei Lao, who was emitting weak arcs of electricity all over his body.

"Meet the enemy!"

At this point, there was nothing he could do but fight back. Shamen immediately made up his mind and ordered his men to fight back.

Gui Deng Huan Yue and Wu, who were standing by, also started to fight with the Hei Lao Da.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the subordinates of the two brothers are pretty good. They are the elite among the elite. Did they drain Brother Ai's family assets?"

Uchiha Gin, who was watching from the sidelines, looked at the muscular black warriors with great interest. These people were all top-notch masters, with at least the strength of a jonin. They were also well-equipped, had clear tactics, and their cooperation was seamless.

It's as if they were trained just to encircle and suppress shadow-level masters.

Encirclement and suppression?

White Hair: Danger!

"Boom!"

"Well"

Being besieged by several Herokudai, Shamon, who had little fighting spirit, was caught off guard and received a punch from an elite jonin-level Herokudai. While his wound was numb, his body was in turmoil.

"Lord Samana!"

When the Sand Villagers saw their leader was injured, they all came closer.

"I'm fine. Be careful. These guys are well-trained. Don't underestimate them."

Thinking that he was the second-in-command of the Sand Village, but was defeated by the unknown Kuroodai, Shamon, who was a little embarrassed, was ready to go all out to teach the ninja of the Cloud Village a lesson and show off his muscles.

"Wind Release·Vacuum Jade!"

The monk spit out a lotus from his mouth and used his signature ninjutsu to shoot out, accurately hitting several black warriors. Blood splattered everywhere and the scene was horrific.

"You poor bastard from Sunagakure, take my punch!"

After killing several black laborers with one blow, Shamen didn't feel proud for long before a fist as big as a casserole fell from the sky. He couldn't dodge in time and took the punch head-on. The punch immediately knocked him dozens of meters away, breaking several large trees in the process.

"Cough cough cough, what a strong force."

As the smoke cleared, Shamen, with one arm dislocated and hanging down, slowly stood up and looked at the golden horn who had attacked him, his forehead tightly wrinkled.
This guy can never be defeated by force.

So he set his sights on Gui Deng Huan Yue and Wu who were surrounded by Hei Lao, and after thinking for a while, he said loudly,

"We must join forces, otherwise not only will this traitor fall into the hands of the Hidden Cloud Village, but our lives will also be in danger."

"Well there's nothing I can do, Bandage Man. If you just ask me for help, I'll temporarily join forces with you."

Gui Deng Huan Yue, who relied on the water transformation technique to avoid Hei Lao's powerful attack, shouted to Wu Da who was standing beside him.

"Humph! No way. Unless you kneel down before me, I will consider joining forces with you."

He manipulated the stone to knock away a black laborer, then turned around and said something disgusting.

The water transformation technique is the nemesis of physical skills. The physical skills that the black laborers are proud of cannot hurt Ghost Lantern Huanyue at all.
"I'm going to school! What the hell do you want? Ahhhh~"

However, the black laborers were not pushovers. After a brief analysis, they released several lightning bolts towards the pool of water. The powerful electric current penetrated into the water, and Gui Deng Huan Yue, whose incarnation of electricity had turned into water, cried out in pain.

"cough cough"

"Boom!"

The smoking Ghost Lantern Huanyue transformed into a human form, and with his body paralyzed, he leaned forward and knelt on the ground. Under the influence of gravity, he happened to bump his head in front of Wu.

Following a dull kowtow, the scene fell into dead silence. Wu, with a strange expression on his face, straightened up and looked at Gui Deng Huan Yue who had quickly gotten up, and said in a teasing tone,
"I only told you to kneel, why did you do it without permission?"

"Damn you!"

"Forget it, since you are so sincere, I will reluctantly join forces with you once."

He waved his hand to repel the black man beside him, and with an inexplicable smile on his face, he flew to Gui Deng Huan Yue's side.
"It turns out that the strong are lonely."

Jinjiao looked at the three people who had temporarily formed an alliance and shook his head with a look of disdain. In his opinion, only the weak would choose to unite.

"You guys come together!"

Jinjiao was not afraid at all. He rubbed his hands together and laughed ferociously. His burly body and the two horns on his head made him look like a legendary evil ghost.

"A cough!"

The three Shamons looked at each other, then attacked in unison, their respective signature ninjutsu pouring out instantly.

"oioioi~ Let me enjoy the thrill of fighting!"

Jinjiao, who had entered the state, exuded a strong sense of oppression. A half-person-high feather fan appeared in his hand and he rushed towards several people.

Kakuzu, the protagonist of the incident, saw the fight escalate and wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but was stopped by Ginkaku who was well prepared.

"Just stay here and wait until Big Brother has dealt with those guys. Then we'll have a good chat with you~"

"What if I insist on leaving?"

Kakuzu frowned and said coldly,

"Then I'll just have to break your five limbs first."

Ginkaku's cold gaze was filled with a hint of contempt. In his eyes, Kakuzu, who was born in the Small Ninja Village, was not even worthy of carrying his shoes.

"what?"

Seeing that Ginkaku would not let him go easily, Kakuzu immediately looked at the silver-haired man who was blocking him. He didn't know until he looked carefully that he caught a hint of strange aura, which gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

"It's another trip."

Just as Kakuzu was confused, a sharp voice sounded in his mind.
"Master Divine Beast, who is Youlu?"

Having never heard of the name Yataru, Kakuzu couldn't help but ask in his mind,
"same as me."

Nanao simply replied and fell silent again.

Kakuzu frowned. Could it be that the silver-haired man in front of him was the one chosen by the tailed beast just like himself?

Just as the two were in a stalemate, the outcome of the other side of the battlefield was about to be decided. Jinjiao, holding a palm-leaf fan, easily used the nature changes of the five-series escape techniques, transformed himself into a ruthless turret, and beat Gui Deng Huan Yue and the other two into fleeing in panic.

The three men, who had no coordination, were at a disadvantage after fighting with Jin Jiao for a few rounds.
"Damn it! Baldy, don't you have any awesome secret techniques?"

Under the indiscriminate bombardment of the gorgeous escape technique, hiding behind the rising earth wall, the biubiubiu Guideng Huanyue couldn't help but slander the monk.

"I do not have."

Shamon, who had been using conventional wind escape techniques, blushed. In this team battle, he could not hold on nor heal the wound. His output was still the lowest and he could only stand aside and gain experience.

"If you don't have any, get out of the way. I'm going to fire it first!"

The angry Guideng Huanyue kicked Shamen in the butt, then formed seals with his hands and released his secret technique.

Steam danger and explode power!

Suddenly, a large amount of humid mist filled the battlefield, and then slowly condensed into a smiling face.
"Want to run?"

Jinjiao had never seen this move before and thought it was a fog-hiding technique used for escape, so he immediately threw out a fire escape technique in an attempt to evaporate the mist.

"Hee hee hee"

However, at the moment the flame appeared, the steam-like mist condensed rapidly and eventually turned into a sloppily drawn little fat boy with a weird smile on his chubby face, striding towards Golden Horn.

"You guys cover me."

The panting Gui Deng Huan Yue hid behind the wall and whispered to Wu and Shamen, with a smile of revenge on his pale face.

"The guy who is pretending to be a ghost!"

Looking at the little fat boy running towards him quickly, Jinjiao sneered, waved the banana fan again, and threw several fire escapes at him as if they were free.

Who would have thought that this little fat boy had such great skills that he actually dodged all the fire escape attacks. His small body began to expand rapidly under the influence of the hot air around him.

"Earth Release·Rock Fist Technique!"

Knowing the power of Gui Lantern Huan Yue's move, a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes. Then he took a deep breath, wrapped his fists with heavy rocks, and smashed towards Jin Jiao.

"Wind Release·Vacuum Jade!"

No, brother Shamon, you are the second generation Kazekage, not the 5.5 generation Hokage, how come you only have a sloppy vacuum ball? (End of this chapter)