I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Take Kakuzu for example. His status and strength rank second in the Mercenary Guild. He is one of the few ninjas who is both powerful and has completed a large number of missions.

He was truly working himself to the bone to make money, which made him quite well-known among the ninjas.

Furthermore, given his status as the second-ranked ninja "North," countless ninjas were willing to befriend him and share information with him.

Hidan, who doesn't wear a mask at all and recklessly displays his newly acquired Kage-level strength, would probably have been beaten up by someone long ago if he hadn't been standing next to Kakuzu.

"No means no!"

Kakuzu turned to Hidan with a serious expression, still holding a mask, and said coldly, "Behave yourself in the Mercenary Guild! There are stronger people here than you can imagine!"

"Tch! What kind of powerful expert could there be! Could there even be a Transcendent expert?"

Hidan said dismissively, but he still obediently put on his mask.

He is indeed immortal, but that doesn't mean he has the ability to rebuild himself.

Because Kakuzu possesses the Earth Grudge, which is a very useful creature that can help Hidan recover his severed limbs, Hidan is quite polite to Kakuzu.

Few people who enjoy fighting will be rude to doctors.

After all, I still need a doctor to save my life.

Hidan is the same. Once he encounters a powerful opponent who tears him to pieces, Kakuzu will have to stitch him back together. Expecting Hidan to recover on his own would be a long time coming.

However, Hidan doesn't actually feel fear. He has the ability to be immortal. Once he loses his fear and awe of death, humanity will collapse.

That's just his state of mind—playing the field, figuring he'll never die no matter what he does.

"Super Shadow?"

Kakuzu paused, then said to Hidan in a deep voice, "That's quite possible."

"I suspect that the mastermind behind the Mercenary Guild is a Shadow."

"No way."

Hidan, his mask still on, muttered, "What's the point of Super Shadow starting a mercenary guild?"

"Also, how many Super Kage are there in the ninja world?"

"Besides our boss, there's only Senju Chiaki, right?"

Kakuzu stared at Hidan with his masked face, making Hidan feel uneasy. "What?"

"I've heard you have some kind of grudge against Senju Chiaki?"

Kakuzu said in a low voice, "The orders from above are to avoid fighting Senju Chiaki if possible, and to report her whereabouts as soon as possible."

"Heh, what grudge could I possibly have against Senju Chiaki?"

Hidan twitched the corner of his mouth, revealing an impatient expression.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and turn in your quest. You'd better get me some food, drinks, and entertainment, or I'll want to kill someone again!"

"...It would be best if you had no grudge against her. I'm not sure if your immortality would be of any use against Senju Chiaki."

Kakuzu spoke in a deep voice, and a card appeared in his hand, which he casually tossed into Hidan's hand.

"This is an anonymous card with 100,000 yuan in it, enough for you to enjoy yourself."

"Don't cause trouble here."

The Mercenary Guild is like a source of sustenance for Kakuzu, so spending 100,000 ryo to keep Hidan in line is quite a bargain.

"Hehe, thanks, I'll go check it out."

Hidan took the card. He was already familiar with the functions of the Mercenary Guild's membership cards, so he wasn't flustered.

Kakuzu went to take care of important business, so of course he could go have some fun.

The mercenary guild has almost everything: food, drink, entertainment, gambling, women, and a life of extravagance.

You can find any form of entertainment you can think of here, and it will keep all the ninjas who come to the Mercenary Guild entertained.

After all, it is far ahead of the current era. Such a new form of entertainment can even make many ninjas work hard to complete the mercenary guild's missions just to experience it.

"Oh, right, don't touch that blind box gacha."

Before Kakuzu left, he left Hidan with these words.

Hidan watched Kakuzu leave, his eyes darting around before he grinned with a wild smile.

"I've heard about the Mercenary Guild's blind box gacha system for a while now. They say you can get anything from it."

"Kakuzu is too cautious. I must give it a try!"

Chapter 713 Blue-haired Girl

"Hand in the mission."

Kakuzu stood quietly at the front desk, skillfully took a tablet, operated it a few times, and then placed the scroll in his hand on the tray.

The next moment, a flash of light appeared on the tray, and the scroll disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, a series of notifications appeared on the tablet in his hand indicating that the task was completed.

Kakuzu nodded in satisfaction, took out a diamond-encrusted card from his pocket, and handed it along with the tablet to the smiling, short-haired girl at the front desk.

Almost every mercenary guild has a girl with short blue hair at the front desk, and they all have the same appearance and wear the same uniform.

Aside from slight differences in appearance, they even have similar temperaments.

Many ninjas visiting the Mercenary Guild for the first time are momentarily stunned by the short-haired blue-haired girl at the front desk, and then they marvel at just how powerful the person standing behind the Mercenary Guild really is.

Such uniform standards clearly indicate that the people behind the Mercenary Guild are organized and planned. You can tell just by looking at the receptionist how deep the waters run behind the Mercenary Guild.

"Task handover, collect reward."

Kakuzu spoke succinctly to the girl with short blue hair. The girl took the tablet and diamond card, tilted her head at Kakuzu with a perfectly standard smile, and replied, "Your request has been received. We will process it for you immediately. Please wait a moment."

The girl with short blue hair had a very cute voice, full of youthful energy.

Many ninjas have a strong liking for the girl with short blue hair, and some even dare to try to flirt with her.

At first, they only teased and flirted with the girl with short blue hair, but she didn't react and just smiled at them.

With this "positive feedback," those guys started to get physical.

After all, the girl with short blue hair looks delicate and weak, and her strength is not very strong. Wouldn't someone with bad intentions want to do something?

However, after the short-haired blue girl casually pulled out a specially made gun, not many ninjas dared to harass her anymore.

What the hell? Whose pistol can fire a grenade launcher?

This thing even has an auto-aiming feature; if you get hit by it, even a Jonin will be seriously injured.

Even more outrageous is that if any such physical contact is discovered, not only will they be bombarded by the blue-haired girl, but the mercenary guild will also deduct all the money from their cards and record a negative record.

A ninja with a negative record cannot accept certain credit-based missions, such as private or high-value missions.

Of course, they could use money to get rid of negative records, but the price...

Ok.

These dirty money-making schemes were basically all Qianqiu's ideas. She had seen far more mobile game tricks than this in her previous life. Big companies are really good at making money and exploiting users.

Kakuzu stared calmly at the girl with short blue hair. He knew very well that these mass-produced ninjas, especially those on the front stage, were the focus of attention for the person behind the Mercenary Guild.

They are not just doorplates, but also signs, symbolizing the image of the Mercenary Guild, and must not be compromised.

Just as Kakuzu was lost in thought, the girl with short blue hair placed Kakuzu's diamond card in front of him, bowed, and said:

"We are very sorry, Mr. Bei, we have detected that one of your anonymous cards has been overdrawn too much in an instant. We are temporarily unable to settle your Diamond Card account. Please check the status of the anonymous card and perform the operation on the tablet before we can settle the account."

Kakuzu was stunned for a moment, then he understood.

The Mercenary Guild has a rule that every membership card comes with a user agreement. This means that, except for certain anonymous cards that do not require the cardholder's authentication, all other cards require authentication to be used.

In the event of a sudden and excessive amount of money being spent, the Mercenary Guild will temporarily freeze the card until the owner confirms its use.

Kakuzu encountered this problem. Even though it was an anonymous card, the amount on the card was linked to Kakuzu's Diamond Card, and this sudden expenditure triggered the Mercenary Guild's verification mechanism.

"I'll go ask."

After Kakuzu finished speaking, he disappeared from the spot. The girl with short blue hair smiled and bowed to Kakuzu. After raising her head, she placed one hand on her earphone.

"Report: We have located the target's trail. Please have the client verify it."

"...Zzz...I understand."

A sound came through the earphones, and the girl with short blue hair smiled, her eyes fixed on Kakuzu and Hidan in the distance.

Kakuzu strode angrily toward Hidan, who was scratching his head in front of a roulette wheel, surrounded by piles of useless trash.

……

Mercenary Guild.

The back room.

"How about it?"

Have you found the person you're looking for?

Chiaki crossed her legs and quietly drank her tea, while Mirai stood beside her, pouring tea for her with practiced and graceful movements, which made Shikamaru and Asuma, who were sitting in the lower seats, somewhat envious.

"Thank you for your assistance, Goddess. The target has been found."

Asuma quickly said to Chiaki, looking somewhat embarrassed, "We are truly ashamed that our little matter has alarmed the Goddess..."

This is the truth.

Even if the opponent is two Kage-level opponents, Asuma doesn't think he should use the Thousand Autumns card.

Why use a butcher knife to kill a chicken?

The main reason is that Shikamaru didn't expect that Chiaki would be with Naruto and the others when he asked for help, and that Chiaki would even come to provide support.

Another thing that Shikamaru didn't expect was that none of the other classes were available, and the new Team 7 completed the Dragon Vein mission in such a short time, which was truly unbelievable.

Naruto and his group were sent to the mercenary guild to play, while Minato and Kushina went to the Land of Hot Springs as Chiaki had suggested.

Chiaki wanted to come and see them, partly because she wanted to meet Kakuzu and Hidan, and partly to prevent the foolish Asuma from dying so easily at Hidan's hands.

Although Asuma wasn't a particularly important character to her, he was still given a fair amount of screen time in the original story. Since Chiaki was already there, she figured she might as well just rescue him and be done with it.