I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Like the girl with short blue hair, the girl with short red hair is also mass-produced, and she exists in almost every mercenary guild.

"Then, esteemed Silver Mercenary, what do you require?"

The red-haired girl smiled at Asuma. Their service and smiles were only for mercenaries; they had no obligation to provide smiling service to ninjas like Shikamaru who didn't have a membership card.

"This……"

Asuma looked to Shikamaru for help, but Shikamaru nudged him with a snort of annoyance. "I'm asking you, esteemed Silver Mercenary."

Shikamaru had clearly seen through the true nature of the Mercenary Guild: it was a money-making organization that also functioned as a bank in the ninja world.

These kinds of places are basically only open to members; non-members shouldn't even think about getting the services.

This method is truly ingenious. In order to ensure equal access to information and avoid information asymmetry, ninjas will inevitably register as mercenaries, thus greatly increasing the number of mercenaries.

Furthermore, the Mercenary Guild provides everything that ninjas need. As long as the ninjas want something, the Mercenary Guild can obtain it through various means, such as missions or bounties, thus allowing the Mercenary Guild to spread like wildfire.

A platform that has everything, a platform where you can get whatever you want by paying a certain price, a platform where you can make money through various means—wouldn't you want to go there?

Almost every ninja aspires to join the mercenary guild.

"That's really impressive. I'd love to see how the owner of the Mercenary Guild came up with this idea."

Even with Shikamaru's intelligence, he could only work backward from the result to deduce the true purpose of the Mercenary Guild.

If he were to create something out of nothing, he probably wouldn't be able to establish the current Mercenary Guild. "Cough cough cough."

Asuma was taken aback by Shikamaru's words and awkwardly struggled to find the right words.

The main reason was that he hadn't listened to Shikamaru much and had been affected by the atmosphere of the Mercenary Guild, which caused him to get stuck for a moment.

"Don't you know what to buy?"

The girl with short red hair asked Asma a question, and then began to introduce her products.

"Weapons, explosive tags, cigarettes and alcohol, local specialties, food and drinks, intelligence—whatever you want, we have it all."

She looked at Asma with a smile and winked flirtatiously, "Even if you want women, we can provide them."

"By the way, men are fine too."

"...cough cough cough!"

Asuma coughed even louder. He didn't care about himself, but Shikamaru next to him was only 16 years old. How could he let him hear so many ominous things?

Shikamaru glanced at Asuma with disdain. With his abilities, he knew everything he needed to know, and he also knew most of what he shouldn't know.

"Don't waste time, intelligence, hurry up!"

Shikamaru glanced at Kakuzu and Hidan arguing over the blind boxes and urged Asuma on.

Fighting is not allowed within the Mercenary Guild. Anyone who starts a fight will have their membership revoked and will be permanently barred from entering the guild.

They might even issue bounty missions based on the extent of the damage, causing all the ninjas in the mercenary guild to unite and attack.

In other words, whenever there is friction within the mercenary guild, the surrounding ninjas are all eyeing it covetously. Any conflict is an opportunity to make a lot of money!

Kakuzu cherishes his membership card very much. It would be a huge loss if it were revoked, as there's still a lot of money on it!

Therefore, the antagonist will refrain from taking action and try to resolve the matter by relying on the rules of the Mercenary Guild.

He decided to teach Hidan a good lesson when he got back, maybe by dismantling Hidan into several parts and hanging them by the door.

Do you have any information about the evil god and the Earth Grudge Fear?

Asuma, prompted by Shikamaru, realized what was happening and quickly asked the girl with short red hair.

The girl with short red hair was clearly stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Kakuzu in the distance. Of course, she knew that the information about the Earth Grudge Fear came from Kakuzu, after all, this big shot was the second-ranked mercenary, and his status was quite extraordinary.

If someone uses information about the Earth Grudge Fear to deal with Kakuzu, then...

"I understand, it's worth one million taels, please pay."

The girl with short red hair smiled sweetly and reached out her hand to Asuma.

She didn't care who was fighting whom; for the mercenary guild, the fiercer the fighting, the more money the mercenary guild made.

Although it can't be said openly, the mercenary guild still supports the fighting in private.

"One...one million taels?!"

Asuma gasped. "Just a little bit of information?"

"Intelligence is the most important thing in battle, you know. Cash or card payment, please?"

The red-haired girl's smile became even sweeter, and her eyes sparkled.

"Don't hesitate, you're a man worth thirty-five million, Asuma."

Shikamaru chuckled and nudged Asuma, who reluctantly handed over his membership card. Asuma watched helplessly as the red-haired girl swiped a million points, then presented him with her membership card and two scrolls at the same time.

"A whopping one million! This is the information you need!"

“Welcome to visit next time~”

Chapter 716 Hidan Exploded

"Why hasn't it been resolved yet?"

Hidan said unhappily; he had been standing there for more than ten minutes!

I really don't know why Kakuzu actually asked me to stand still and not move, otherwise he would personally teach me what it means to be quiet.

Brother, we're on the same team, can't we be a little more accommodating to each other?

Is it necessary to engage in mutual slaughter?

Hidan was extremely impatient; if he weren't outmatched by Kakuzu, he would have already made his move.

He was still quite afraid that Kakuzu would tear him into many pieces and hang him outside. Everything else was fine, but the spread of blood caused flies to constantly buzz around his hands and feet, which was quite annoying.

"Wait and don't say anything more."

Kakuzu glared at Hidan, then stood obediently in place, waiting for the Mercenary Guild to deal with him.

To be honest, the Mercenary Guild's handling of the matter was a bit slow today, but Kakuzu could tell from the staff's hurried manner and the fact that even the young ladies who usually had disdainful expressions were quite nervous today that some important person had arrived.

For example, a wealthy patron, or a powerful and influential person.

Kakuzu was no stranger to this scene, and if he needed to, he could do it with his skills as the second-ranked mercenary.

But there's no need for that. Kakuzu is always cautious and careful. In his view, such a grand display would expose his identity and make him an easy target.

The Mercenary Guild may seem harmonious, but Kakuzu is fully aware of its clandestine dealings.

"No, do we need to?"

Hidan said unhappily, "It's just 100,000 taels? You can earn that back by doing a few missions!"

"This isn't about the money; it's that you triggered the protection mechanism, preventing me from completing the mission!"

Kakuzu glared at Hidan. "I told you not to play with blind boxes, what are you doing!?"

"It's not... curiosity, is it?"

Hidan took a piece of a specialty from the Land of Lightning and started eating it; it was something he had picked up.

"Curious? Your curiosity led you to create so much trash for me?"

Kakuzu looked at Hidan with disdain. This guy was definitely unlucky; his face was so black it was beyond saving.

Look at what Hidan is spinning out of there!

Kunai, shuriken, an ordinary sword.

These are all good; there are local specialties, food and drinks, ninjutsu scrolls for genin, and even a thank you for your patronage!

Kakuzu wished he could tear Hidan apart on the spot!

Hidan wasted the money he worked so hard to earn on such meaningless things!

You should know that the things Hidan spun out added up to more than 10,000 taels, but he used 100,000 taels!

It hurts...

"What garbage! I think this stuff tastes pretty good."

Hidan, with a steamed bun—a specialty of the Land of Lightning—in his mouth, offered one to Kakuzu. "Want one?"

"No, get out."

Kakuzu had given up on this kind of person who had no sense of value. He was sensitive to money, and saving a lot of money made him feel happy.

Hidan had no choice but to squat on the ground and devour the local specialty worth 100,000 taels without any regard for his image.

Kakuzu was furious and kicked him, saying, "You're an undead, don't you even have a little patience?"

"You'll die at someone else's hands sooner or later if you keep going like this!"

"Haha, how could I possibly die?"

Hidan laughed, "I am immortal! I am invincible!"

"you……!"

Kakuzu wanted to curse him a few more times, but the girl in charge of handling Kakuzu's situation had already run back and bowed to him.

"We are very sorry to have kept you waiting! Your task has been submitted, and the task reward has been sent to your membership card. In addition, to compensate you for your loss, we have released a compensation task, which you can complete to receive our compensation!"

Kakuzu breathed a sigh of relief. Since the Mercenary Guild was willing to take responsibility for Hidan's foolish mistakes, he would spare Hidan's limbs.

"grateful."

Kakuzu nodded to the girl and then casually pressed Hidan's head down.

The girl smiled, bowed again, and disappeared.

"It seems they are really busy."

Kakuzu raised an eyebrow, watching the girl repeatedly come to the ninjas, bowing and telling them what had happened, and waved his hand with a sigh.

He checked the balance on his diamond membership card, put the card away in his pocket with satisfaction, and then took out a watch and pressed it.

"what is this?"

Hidan looked curiously at Kakuzu's watch. Kakuzu glanced at him and said coldly, "Mission receiver."