Naruto: The Ninja World's Life Buyer

Chapter 219 The Crazy Bounty Pool: A Hunt Across the Entire Ninja World!

Secret Warehouse No. 3 outside Konoha Village.

Sosuke stood alone in front of the enormous silver mountain.

"Let's begin."

He unrolled the first scroll and formed a mudra with his hands.

"seal up!"

The black magic seals on the scroll glowed with a dark light. A tremendous suction force was generated out of nowhere, as if opening a black hole to another dimension.

Splash—

The mountain of silver ingots began to tremble, flying continuously into the scroll.

A silver mountain disappeared in just over ten seconds.

The runes on the scroll surface flickered and became even darker and deeper.

Sosuke picked up the scroll and weighed it in his hand.

The weight remains unchanged. This is the magic of spatial sealing. Mass is sealed in another dimension, and the real world only bears the weight of the vessel.

"This is so convenient."

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Sousuke sighed.

Prepared in this way, it will take half an hour.

The twenty tons of silver that filled the warehouse had all disappeared.

Sosuke wiped his sweat and put the rolls into a bag.

"The hidden danger has been eliminated."

Sosuke walked out of the warehouse.

At this moment, the first rays of dawn appeared, and there was a slight chill in the air.

A figure stood outside the warehouse.

The man was wearing a large black robe and a mask, with only his green eyes visible.

Kakuzu.

Sousuke handed Kakuzu fifty sealing scrolls containing twenty tons of silver.

"I'll leave it to you now."

Kakuzu took the package.

Because of the sealing technique, the package was very light. But he could seem to feel the heavy weight of the twenty tons of silver inside.

"This is the largest cash flow I've ever handled in my life."

Kakuzu's voice was hoarse, but unusually, it carried a hint of pleasure.

"Boss, what do you want me to do with this batch of silver?"

"Spend it all."

"All of it?" Kakuzu paused, then asked, "How will you spend it?"

"Scatter it to the underworld."

Sousuke's eyes turned cold.

"Onoki of Iwagakure, he put a bounty on my head on the black market, and recently sent his demolition squad to carry out a terrorist attack in Daimyo Prefecture."

"Konoha can't spare the resources to deal with him, but I won't just let it go like that."

"Kakuzu, I want you to take this silver to the underground gold exchange and issue a bounty."

"Ninjas of Iwagakure, dead or alive. Genin, 100,000 ryo. Chunin, 500,000 ryo. Jonin, 5,000,000 ryo."

Kakuzu's green pupils contracted slightly.

This is a crazy decision.

Normally, bounties are offered to specific rogue ninjas or high-value targets. An indiscriminate bounty offered to all the ninjas in an entire village is unprecedented.

This means that anyone wearing the Iwagakure headband will become a walking money bag after he issues a bounty.

Wandering ninjas, samurai, bandits, even civilians—everyone would stare at their heads.

"Insane. That's twenty tons of silver, and you're going to spend it all just to attack Iwagakure? You're not the Hokage, you have no obligation to pay for it out of your own pocket."

Sosuke waved his hand.

"Konoha is my stronghold, but the front lines are struggling. Although we have ample supplies, it's hard to make up for the numerical disadvantage."

"I can use these twenty tons of silver to hire outlaws from all over the ninja world to help Konoha alleviate its burden. I can afford to spend this money. This is for the sake of long-term business."

Kakuzu looked at Sousuke.

He suddenly realized that this man, who didn't have much chakra, was more terrifying than any Kage he had ever seen.

Admirable courage.

"Very interesting."

The general carried the package on his back.

"I'll take this job."

"I will distribute this silver to all the underground gold exchange offices in various countries. I will ensure that every single tael of silver is stained with the blood of the Iwa ninja."

"Besides, this is no easy task; the expenses for the journey—"

"Take what you need from inside, spend it as you please."

"Ha, what a generous boss."

Kakuzu turned around, and his figure instantly disappeared into the morning mist.

At the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Earth, there is an underground gold exchange.

The boss was a hunchbacked old man.

In the corner, several bounty hunters, completely drunk, were snoring on the table.

"jingle."

The doorbell rang, and a gust of wind blew in.

Kakuzu walked in.

He was so tall that I had to bow my head as I entered. A wide black robe covered his entire body, revealing only a pair of eerie green eyes.

He was carrying a huge bundle on his back. It was wrapped tightly in waterproof tarpaulin and was more than a meter tall.

"Lord Kakuzu?"

The old man had a fawning expression on his face.

"Do you want to exchange money, or buy information?"

"Neither."

Kakuzu walked up to the counter.

"I want to post a bounty."

"Here is the deposit."

Kakuzu took out a scroll and slapped it in front of the old man.

"untie."

"Splash—"

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The silver ingots poured out like a waterfall, instantly flooding the counter, rolling to the ground, and hitting the old man's instep.

The old man even forgot to cry out in pain.

He trembled as he grabbed a silver ingot, put it in his mouth, and took a bite.

It's soft. It's real.

"This—this is—"

"This weighs five hundred kilograms."

Kakuzu said it casually, as if he were referring to 500 kilograms of potatoes.

"I have twenty tons of silver on hand."

The drunkards in the corner were startled awake. They stared intently at the silver on the ground, their breathing becoming heavy. Greed had made their eyes bloodshot.

However, they dared not rob it.

This is Kakuzu's money, who dares to touch it?

"Twenty tons of silver—whose life do you want to buy?"

The old man's voice trembled. If he took this job, the entire ninja world would be shaken.

"There's no specific target. As long as they're ninjas from Iwagakure. 100,000 Genin, 500,000 Chunin, and 5 million Jonin."

"Twenty tons of silver is the bounty pool."

"No limit on the number of people, no limit on the methods used, no matter if they live or die. Just bring me the heads of people from Iwagakure, and we'll settle the bill on the spot. This will continue until all twenty tons of silver are spent."

Dead silence. Then, a collective gasp escaped their lips.

"Crazy." That was the first thought in everyone's mind.

Use twenty tons of silver to buy the life of a ninja village?

"Lord Kakuzu—you're not kidding, are you?"

The old man's voice changed.

"Onoki of Iwagakure is notoriously vengeful."

"So what?"

Kakuzu gave a cold laugh.

"Does he really think he can cause me any trouble?"

He turned and looked at the desperate criminals who were already itching to act.

"Did you hear that, you trash?"

"The bounty is now in effect."

"Go and turn Iwagakure into hell."

The news quickly spread throughout the entire ninja world via the underground network.

"Twenty tons of silver!"

"Any Iwa ninja head can be exchanged for money? Even a newly graduated genin is worth 100,000?"

The entire underground world has gone mad.

Wandering ninjas, rogue ninjas, samurai, bandits, and even farmers who tilled the land all took up arms.

They didn't care who Onoki was, nor how strong Iwagakure was.

All they knew was that killing a mere genin would allow them to spend half a month indulging in a life of debauchery in the red-light district.

Killing a Chunin can earn you a top-tier set of equipment.

If you're lucky enough to snag a Jonin—that means freedom for the rest of your life.

Thus, tens of thousands of greedy eyes were cast toward the Land of Earth.

A war without a declaration broke out.

The border of the Land of Grass.

This is the only route for the supply line to Iwagakure Village.

A three-man squad from Iwagakure is on patrol.

The leader was a special Jonin named Ishigawa. He was very cautious, always using his sensory ninjutsu even in the occupied territory.

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"Captain, I need to pee."

A young Chunin behind him muttered something.

"Go quickly and come back quickly."

Shihe was somewhat irritated. The supply lines had been frequently harassed by the Akatsuki lately, making everyone very tense.

The chunin disappeared into the woods.

One minute passed. Two minutes passed.

"Hey! Did you fall into the latrine?"

Shihe shouted.

No one responded.

The only sound was the rustling of leaves in the wind.

Something's not right.

Ishigawa drew his kunai and winked at his companion. The two of them, back to back, slowly approached the woods.

"Sizzle—"

A slight rustling sound came from the grass beneath my feet.

"come out!"

Shihe shot a kunai at him.

The grass was parted.

A stray dog ​​ran out, carrying a shoe in its mouth. It was a pair of ninja shoes, the standard style for Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village).

Shihe's heart sank.

Just then, a sharp whistle came from overhead.

"Make your move! That's five hundred thousand!"

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Dozens of people jumped down from the tree.

They were dressed in rags, and most of them carried samurai swords.

They weren't ninjas. They were a group of desperados.

"court death!"

Shihe was furious.

"Earth Release: Rock Gun!"

He spat out several stone projectiles, shattering two of the thugs who were charging at the front.

Blood splattered.

But the remaining people were not afraid of dying at all.

"Kill him! That's a five-million-dollar fish!"

"Whoever grabs the head is mine!"

The group pounced like mad dogs. They had absolutely no strategy; they were just throwing their lives away.

Shihe killed one, then killed another.

But there were too many people.

Moreover, he spotted several familiar figures in the crowd.

Those are—wandering ninjas from Kusagakure? And even a few rogue ninjas from Kumogakure?

"Damn it—"

Ishigawa's chakra was exhausted.

A large scythe hooked onto his ankle.

Then countless swords and blades came crashing down.

"Pfft!"

A feeling of pain came over me.

Shihe lay on the ground, watching the group of people wrestling with each other over his body.

Through his blurred vision, he saw a man raise an axe and aim it at his neck.

"Mine! The head is mine!"

The man's face was covered in blood, and he was grinning savagely.

"Click."

This was the last sound Shihe heard.

He was like a wild beast, hunted to death.

Hidden Rock Village, Earth Shadow Building.

"Snapped!"

Onoki floated in mid-air, his beard trembling with rage.

"How many times is this?!"

He pointed to the list of the dead on the table and roared.

"Three days! Just three days!"

"We've lost forty genin, fifteen chunin, and two jonin on the border!"

"This is even greater than the casualties on the main battlefield!"

The subordinate knelt on the ground, his back soaked with cold sweat.

"Lord Tsuchikage—this, this is impossible to defend against."

"Those bounty hunters are everywhere. They don't attack strongholds; they just target and kill lone individuals."

"Even the female ninja who went to the river to fetch water was hit in the back and had her head cut off."

"What's most hateful is—"

The subordinate gritted his teeth, his voice trembling.

"We found traces of our own people on the deceased."

"One of our own?" Ohnoki was taken aback.

"Yes."

"Some people are stabbed in the back. The wounds are from the swordsmanship of the Iwagakure school."

"It's said that—because the black market only recognizes heads, not people. Some unscrupulous individuals, for money, have killed their own teammates—"

Onoki felt a wave of dizziness and almost fell from the sky.

External enemies are not scary. But if even your comrades sleeping next to you are eyeing your neck and plotting revenge—Iwagakure is doomed.

"We must stop it!"

Ohnoki roared.

"Send in the demolition team! Blow up all those gold exchange shops!"

"It's no use, Father."

Huang Tu, standing to the side, sighed.

"The gold exchange is just an intermediary. That guy Kakuzu distributed the silver throughout the entire underworld."

"The killing will not stop as long as the money hasn't all been distributed."

"And—we can't find Kakuzu."

That old monster, who lived to be over eighty, was more cunning than anyone else. He disappeared after issuing the bounty, leaving behind only a pile of silver and a group of crazed desperados.

Onoki slumped into a chair.

"Takaya Sosuke————"

He clutched his chest, feeling his old injury about to flare up again.

"That demon."

Onoki finally understood why that businessman had been able to make Konoha's economy so successful. His methods were utterly despicable.

"Withdraw."

Onoki waved his hand weakly.

"Have all the outer squads withdraw to the base. From now on, no group of three or fewer shall leave the area."

"And also—strengthen internal vetting. Anyone who dares to lay a hand on their own people will be killed on the spot!"

This is the only way. Retreat.

The offensive by Iwagakure was forced to halt because of these twenty tons of silver.

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