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

The Hero's Water of Takigakure is a natural treasure that has the effect of enhancing the chakra of the user. It has been carefully collected by successive leaders to consolidate their rule and to prepare for wartime needs.

But in fact, this thing is just the mucus secreted by Zhongming when he transformed from a pupa into a beetle. It contains some tailed beast power that is easily absorbed by the human body.
Therefore, after humans take it, the chakra in the body will be greatly enhanced, and the personality will also become aggressive and irritable.

"You mean to say that Mako should take the Hero's Water?"

Kakuzu watched Uchiha Gin take out a gourd filled with an unknown liquid from the scroll he had just traded, and his brows furrowed.
"The side effects of this thing are not small, are you sure?"

As a subordinate that the leader of the Taki no Kuni Ninja once valued very much, how could Kakuzu not know the horrible side effects of the Hero's Water?
After taking it, ordinary people's chakra will increase several times in a short period of time, but over time, the body will rapidly deteriorate, and in mild cases, the body may fall into a coma, and in severe cases, all meridians may be broken, turning the person into a disabled person.

"That's because they drank too much. Who wouldn't be confused if they just drank alcohol?"

Uchiha Gin shook the sticky Hero's Water in his hand and explained,

"Hero's Water is originally a non-toxic and harmless tonic. The so-called side effects are just because their physical fitness is too poor and they drank too much, so they are too weak to be nourished."

Mako is now in a weak condition and is in urgent need of good supplements to recuperate. The Hero's Water is naturally the best choice.
However, even with the strong physique of the Senju clan, they cannot meet the conditions of drinking directly without side effects.

"So according to your meaning?"

"Mix this stuff with any drink from Honey x Ice City at a ratio of 1:100, three times a day, and it will effectively relieve her condition."

"what?"

Kakuzu and Shenhuo were both stunned when they heard the prescription. They looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.
"Really?" o(*^▽^*)┛

Mako's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he raised his hand excitedly and asked,

"Of course, but remember, if you don't have Honey x Ice City as the lead, the effect may be greatly reduced~"

Uchiha Gin's words were so convincing that Kakuzu frowned and his mind was busy calculating.

Three cups of honey x ice city a day!

Even a famous master wouldn’t dare to spend like this, right?

"Thank you very much, Decade brother. Our Mako is saved~"

Shen Huo, who was eager to save his wife, did not have so many other thoughts. He walked forward with a thankful look on his face and wanted to take the special medicine from Uchiha Yin.
"Forehead?"

As a result, before his hand could touch the gourd containing the Hero's Water, Shenhuo felt a flash before his eyes, and the gourd disappeared out of thin air in Uchiha Gin's palm.

"Didn't you hear me clearly? This thing is not given away for free~"

Looking at the confused Shenhuo, Uchiha Gin crossed his legs and gently shook his finger.
Although Uchiha Gin usually calls himself a caring person, he has never said in front of anyone that he is a charity ambassador.

You must remember that free love is cheaper than grass~
"How much."

Businessmen are all clear-headed.
"That depends on how much your daughter values ​​you~"

"woooooo"

Kakuzu, who was covered in coldness, wept in his heart. He carefully held the lost and recovered storage scroll in his hands, walked numbly to the touched Mako, and put the life-saving magic medicine into her palm.

"Thank you, father~"

Looking at Kakuzu who had become penniless from the last moment, Mako, feeling his deep fatherly love, bit her lip with tears in her eyes.

"Phew~ It's okay. As long as I can keep you and your child safe, I can accept any price."

Kakuzu, whose face was cleaner than his pocket, looked at Mako crying with joy, and his heart softened. He chose to keep the sadness to himself, put on a nonchalant expression, and waved his hand in a very free and easy manner.

"Father, I will return the money I lent you as soon as possible~"

Shenhuo came over and spoke confidently, but his eyes were filled with a strong lack of confidence.

All the money Shenhuo had ever seen in his lifetime, added together, was not even the tip of the iceberg that Kakuzu had just taken out. If he really had to pay it back, he would have to work day and night for hundreds of years to pay it back.

"Hmph~ I am happy to spend money on my daughter."

"Thank you very much."

No need to pay it back~
"But as the child's father, you should take responsibility and sign it for me."

Just as Shenhuo was secretly rejoicing, the expressionless Kakuzu took out a promissory note with wet ink. The endless string of zeros on it made people dizzy.

"what!"

"Ok?"

"I sign! I sign!"

After being glared at by Kakuzu, Shenhuo surrendered instantly and signed his name with a bitter face on this indenture that he would never be able to repay in several lifetimes.

"Hehe~"

Mako looked at the two most important men in her life, and the smile on her face became more gentle.

"Today is a good day~"

After happily counting the gold coins that burst out of the prison, Uchiha Gin sighed that it was almost the end of the year and he finally made a considerable amount of money. He could spend the New Year with peace of mind~
Witnessing the entire conversation between Uchiha Gin and Kakuzu, Senju Tobirama had a very complicated expression.

"How does that bounty hunter have so much money?"

His eyes fell on the pile of suitcases, and he began to doubt whether his career as a ninja could be considered a success.

According to the information provided by Senju Tobirama, Kakuzu changed his job from a traitor to a bounty hunter in just over a decade, but he was able to accumulate such a terrifying wealth through legal means.

He worked diligently as a ninja for so many years, but in the end, it was all for nothing. Not only did he not earn enough money for retirement, he also caused a severe famine in the village that had not yet been discovered.

"Is it true that being a bounty hunter is so profitable?"

Senju Tobirama, who thought that Kakuzu was just benefiting from the dividends of the times and also wanted to pick up money, thought for a moment and immediately decided to go back, put on a vest, join the industry, and make a lot of money.

However, what Tobirama Senju didn't know was that Kakuzu had saved this money by tightening his belt, dieting, renovating junk, and other means, and not simply from the bounty on the black market.

"Machiko, try it first and see how it works~"

After carefully dissolving a drop of Hero's Water into the freshly bought milk tea and shaking it for a while, Shenhuo looked at his wife expectantly.

"Gudu~Gudu~"

As Mako inhaled the drug violently, Kakuzu and the other man held their breath with trepidation on their faces, waiting for the drug to take effect.

"Huh~ I vaguely remember!"

Mako smacked his lips and held the empty cup, with an expression of being unsatisfied. His pale face gained a few healthy redness at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I feel great. My body is warm and my stomach isn't growling anymore~"

Feeling his current state of full energy, Mako was surprised and punched the ground in the spectator seats.
"Boom~"

There was a loud bang, and everyone stretched their necks curiously. After seeing Mako's white and tender fist smash a big hole in the hard ground, they all widened their eyes with a look of disbelief.

"My strength has returned. This milk tea really works!"

"It's the medicine that works, right?"

"They are all the same. Both are indispensable~"

Mako brushed the dust off the back of his hands and half-closed his eyes in happiness.

"Who is this woman?"

Seeing the power of Mako's punch, Senju Tobirama appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already surging with turbulence.

If he was not mistaken, the other party had just used the skill that their Senju clan was best at: supernatural power.

That head of smooth black hair definitely couldn't belong to their cousins, the Uzumaki clan, but after recalling the existing members of the Senju clan, Senju Tobirama did not find any similar members.

"Teacher, we know both of them."

Just when Senju Tobirama was puzzled, Uchiha Kagami, who was guarding F6 beside him, said softly with a gentle face,

"Do you know?"

Looking at his most trusted disciple in confusion, Senju Tobirama, who did not think that the honest and simple curly-haired Uchiha Kagami would lie, motioned him to continue.

"Teacher, do you remember that many years ago, Chief Sarutobi took a few of us to a small town to carry out a B-rank mission?"

When Uchiha Kagami talked about this, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo beside him both showed expressions of lingering fear.

"The time when the mission failed?"

Senju Tobirama still had some impression of the fact that Sarutobi Sasuke, an elite jonin, failed in a B-level mission.

"Yes, that couple was the target of the mission that year. They defected from the Grass Country to our side."

The three Uchiha Kagami who heard the story of the past with their own ears still can't forget the terrifying look of Mako at that time.

Especially Danzo, when looking at Mako, he couldn't help but subconsciously shrink his butt.

"From the Land of Grass. Never mind."

Senju Tobirama frowned when he heard this, and then temporarily gave up the idea of ​​​​investigating Mako's life experience, and decided to investigate it slowly later.

"Look! Another knight is about to win!"

Just when everyone was thinking about their own things, Chiyo, who had been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield, suddenly announced loudly the situation of the game below the stage.

After hearing the real-time report, everyone in the spectator seats put down what they were doing at the same time, stretched their heads and looked towards the island where the game was taking place.

In a corner of the island, a crystal clear mountain appeared at some point. On the top of the iceberg, which exuded a biting cold, stood a figure.

The blue turtle knight holding a spear was manipulating the snowflake-shaped spell at the tip of the spear, shooting sharp ice spears at the little red potato jumping up and down in the sky.

"Whoosh~ whoosh~"

The endless stream of ice spears made Ōnoki overwhelmed. Unable to free his hands to fight back, he could only rely on the flying effect of the aggravated rock technique and the amazing defense of Katsura to fight a guerrilla war.

"Crack!"

In a moment of distraction, the ice spear brushed past Ōnoki's ribs. Although it did not hit him directly, the chill from the ice escape alone was enough to freeze one of his kidneys stiff.

"It's too passive to continue like this."

Covering the kidneys with his hands, the power of the scorching molten escape technique began to take effect, and the kidneys that had just been frozen were thawed instantly. Fortunately, Ohnoki was able to control it, so it was not turned into charcoal-grilled kidneys.

"Huff~Huff~Huff~" The sudden alternation of hot and cold made Ohnoki break out in a sweat. With a frown on his face, he was thinking about how to fight against the Turtle Knight who was both an attacker and a defender below.

Although Ohnoki is the knight with more tails, the Lava Release that comes with the Four-Tails is not afraid of Ice Release, not to mention that he also has the killer Dust Release.

But he ultimately lost due to his lack of experience. Facing Gui, who had been famous for many years, he lacked combat experience, so it was only a matter of time before he was defeated.

"Little Potato, if you can't come up with something new, you'll have to leave!"

With the inexhaustible chakra provided by the Three-Tails, it was so cool for Katsura to release the Ice Release. He turned into a turret and looked at the panting Ōnoki with a mocking look on his face.

"Humph!"

Floating in the air, Ohnoki snorted coldly without saying anything. After frowning and thinking for a while, a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.
He clapped his hands and rushed towards Gui in a diving posture. At the same time, hot lava surged up behind him, instantly wrapping up the short body.

【Melting Chakra Mode】

"I'll go support my brother after I finish off this little potato of yours."

Looking at the magma-covered Onoki, Katsura spoke arrogantly, but his eyes were more solemn. He tightened his hand holding the spear slightly, put on a throwing posture, and began to accumulate strength in his arm.
"Don't think about it!"

If he lost, the teacher would be attacked from both sides. With this in mind, Ohnoki no longer hesitated, raised his fist, and frantically compressed the lava power of the Four-Tails. The lava in his fist became hotter and hotter.

"Undersea Needle!"

Feeling the scorching heat coming towards him, Katsura's eyes narrowed, and several thick ice shields blocked Ohnoki's path.

"Oh!"

"Boom! Boom!"

However, accompanied by a series of shattering sounds, Ōnoki broke through all the obstacles along the way with unstoppable force, and his sandbag-sized fist was about to fall on Katsura's face.

"Humph~"

At this moment, Gui, who had been accumulating strength for a long time, finally waited for the best opportunity and swung the spear in his hand.
"Boom~"

The rapidly flying spear actually made a sharp sonic boom, and in the blink of an eye, the sharp tip of the spear was on Ōnoki's fist covered with magma.

"Buzz."

Then they got into a wrestling match. Ohnoki could feel the chill coming from his fists, but the pain was soon ignored by him.

"Ah! That's not enough, I want more!"

He only shouted loudly, and the driver frantically squeezed the power of the Four-Tails' molten escape.
The four-tailed creature in Ohnoki's sea of ​​consciousness shook the loose chains on its body, and a disdainful smile appeared at the corners of its ferocious mouth.

"Little Potato, you are not afraid of being stuffed to death. Since you want it, I will give it all to you!"

"boom!!!"

The lava on his body burst out again, and with the "passionate" support of the Four-Tail, Ohnoki's lava escape power was maximized.

"This kid is pretty resilient. I think he can live for a long time."

Seeing the explosive Ohnoki, Katsura raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise. The other party's endurance was somewhat beyond his expectations.
"But let's just get through this first~"

Seeing from afar that the spear he had thrown began to tremble, Gui knew that his attack was about to be broken, but there was no panic on his face.
Taking a few steps back, the blue turtle knight assumed a sprinting posture, exerted force with his feet, and crystal ice flowers bloomed on the soles of his feet.

Katsura soared into the air, holding his legs with both hands and bending his knees, turning into a round ball, and then began to spin rapidly, heading towards Ohnoki in the air at an extremely fast speed.

"That is?"

Ohnoki, who had never seen such a strange scene, had a flash of surprise in his eyes. However, before he could think about it, Katsura, who was rolling rapidly in the air, was about to kill him.

“Is the wig cosplaying a wheel rolling?”

Looking at the two people fighting with curiosity, Uchiha Gin touched his chin. This move of Katsura was indeed somewhat familiar.

"Shadow Touch!"

With the centrifugal force generated by the rapid rolling, Katsura released his arms from holding his legs just before approaching Ōnoki.
The whole person got into a forward kicking posture, and with great force, kicked the tail of the spear he had thrown.

"clatter!"

The balance of power was broken in an instant. Ohnoki endured the severe pain from his fist, gritted his teeth and gathered the power of Molten Release to one point. A dazzling golden flame lit up, and an explosion sounded.

"boom!"

The scorching waves created by the collision of cold and heat rose in the air, covering the entire sky of the island in the blink of an eye.
The knights who were fighting stopped their actions at the same time and activated their respective sensing methods to find out who would be the final winner.

"Bata~"

I saw a short red figure falling from a high place and hitting the hard ground heavily. Fortunately, the transformation had not been released yet, otherwise his waist would have been broken.

"Did Oonoki lose?"

Wu, who was confronting Gui Deng Huan Yue, did not dare to be distracted easily. Looking at the disciple who fell to the ground, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
Oonoki's defeat meant that he would soon have to face off against two at one.

"clatter!"

Then, another figure fell from the water vapor in the air. After landing safely, the blue knight staggered and almost lost his balance.

"hu~hu~"

Gui panted heavily, looked down at his trembling calves, and a glimmer of hope flashed across his eyes.

The victory was so thrilling. If that little potato had been allowed to grow a few more years, he might have been the one falling to the ground.

But now, he is the winner.

"The one who can survive is a genius."

Katsura staggered to Oonoki, who was not far away. Seeing that the other party was still motionless except for his chest rising and falling slightly, a smile of victory broke out on his face, and he reached out to pull off his belt.

"Dust Escape."

Just when Gui was about to reap the fruits of victory, a hoarse voice suddenly rang in his ears, causing his hair to stand on end. Alarm bells rang in his heart, and he quickly stood up and retreated, preparing to keep some distance.

".Original world peeling technique."

However, it was too late. A dazzling beam of light suddenly lit up and headed straight for the Blue Turtle Knight's face.

"boom!"

Without any reversal, the attack directly hit Katsura's head. The decomposition power of Dust Release was incredibly powerful.

He could clearly sense that Dust Escape had taken away his most important things. Gui's mind began to replay the first half of his life like a kaleidoscope. As the light faded, he lay back straight with smoke coming out of his head.

"Gui!"

This time, Guideng Huanyue was anxious, but Naihe Wu's aura was always locked on him, so he could only watch his junior brother fall down in smoke.

"hehe."

After using all his strength to unleash the final blow, Ohnoki's red armor began to dissipate, revealing his slightly smug face with a satisfied smile hanging at the corner of his bleeding mouth.

In the end, he did not disappoint his teacher's expectations.

"Little mustache, stop looking. No one can survive in Dust Escape."

After Gui fell, Gui Deng Huan Yue kept stretching his neck to look over there. Seeing this, Wu naturally would not miss the opportunity to provoke his old rival.

"Damn it! Wig, I will avenge you!"

How could Gui Deng Huan Yue not know the power of Dust Free Escape? He had taken a Dust Free Escape from the opponent back then. If he hadn't relied on the water transformation technique to save his life, he would have been dead long ago.

Gui is not as lucky as him. The Snow Clan does not have any secret skills to save their lives.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Just as Gui Deng Huan Yue was observing a moment of silence for his junior fellow apprentice, a shrill scream was heard. The sound was so loud that it echoed throughout the entire battlefield for a long time without dissipating.

Not only is the sound loud, but the desolation and sadness conveyed by the cry is almost enough to make the sad listener cry.

"Let me see, who is screaming so miserably?"

Uchiha Gin, who was watching the battle, was also infected by the desolate meaning of the scream. He couldn't help but wipe away the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes, and looked towards the source of the sound with wide eyes.

"No... Impossible! Absolutely impossible! How could you still be alive after taking my Dust Release?!"

Ohnoki, who was lying on the ground and intoxicated himself, stared in amazement at the fallen blue knight struggling to get up, and his voice began to tremble with surprise.

You know, the Dust Release that he just used with all his strength was not a weakened version that Kakuzu gave to everyone as a benefit, but a real original world peeling technique, the kind that would decompose anything that touched it into slag and ashes.

"woooooo"

The blue knight stood up, bent over, and held his head with both hands as if he was searching for something on the ground, and the shrill roar never stopped.

It's over, teacher, I'm sorry~
Ohnoki closed his eyes in despair. He didn't expect that he couldn't even do a one-for-one exchange. How could he face his fellow countrymen? Let him be sent to hell by the enemy!

"No more. No more."

The devilish whispers rang in his ears. Without waiting for the finishing blow, Ohnoki opened his eyes in confusion, only to find the resurrected blue knight holding his head like a madman. So he plucked up his courage and said,

"You can kill me or chop me up as you please, don't play tricks on me!"

"It's all your fault!"

The blue knight paused when he heard Ohnoki's voice, then slowly turned his head.
"Huh? So flashy."

Blinded by some kind of light, Ohnoki subconsciously looked away, but the fear in his heart inexplicably lessened a lot. Turning his head again, he looked at the blue knight who looked like he had lost his parents, and spoke carefully,
"Um. I really didn't shoot there on purpose~"

"Little Potato! I want you dead!"

It was not until then that everyone realized that Gui's escape from death was not without any price. On the contrary, he paid a heavy price comparable to his life.
"Tsk, it's over. The Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Mist Village will never have another chance to negotiate peace in this lifetime~"

Looking at Katsura's shiny, reflective scalp, Uchiha Gin sighed in his heart and expressed concern for the future relationship between the two villages.

"Gui! You're not dead~"

The happiest person about Gui's resurrection was Gui Deng Huan Yue. He was overjoyed and shouted in a very loud voice,

"Hey! It's just that you lost your hair. If I win, I'll tailor-make a wig of the best quality for you!" (End of this chapter)