I'm in Naruto, but the system says I'm in One Piece.

With this doubt in mind, he slightly turned his head, glancing at Hoshino Yu behind him out of the corner of his eye, and asked with some confusion:

Why?

"Why? Why?"

"Why don't you make a move? My head is worth fifty million on the black market. Since you know my secret, you should be targeting me."

"Fifty million taels?!" Hoshino Yu raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and immediately raised the Kusanagi sword again.

This is probably the value of an S-rank rogue ninja. It's almost 1.5 times the bounty for Asuma's head. If you were to actually exchange his head for money, you could achieve financial freedom on the spot.

But as mentioned before, it would be better to recruit him as a top-notch enforcer, which is why we kept one of his heart organs.

Hoshino Yu had considered developing his influence, but he thought it was too troublesome.

He stated that as long as he had enough strength, how things developed would be entirely up to him.

He's not good at scheming and intrigue; he'll probably just find someone to manage his own power base eventually.

All he ever wanted was to become stronger and then enjoy life.

Kakuzu felt a chill run down his spine upon noticing Hoshino Yu's movement.

I shouldn't have said anything; now I've pushed myself to the edge of a cliff again.

Just as the image of the revolving lantern flashed through his mind, Hoshino Yu sheathed the Kusanagi sword again.

"You say your head is worth fifty million taels of silver? How about I use those fifty million taels to buy your life?"

"?"

Even with Kakuzu's composure, upon hearing these words, he turned slightly to look at the person in front of him who was radiating lightning.

"You mean, my life is yours now?"

"Yes, that's about right." Hoshino Yu nodded slightly.

"Hehehe, brat, you wish! Even if I die, I would never work for you," Kakuzu mocked with a laugh.

As soon as he finished speaking, he leaped into the air and created distance between himself and Hoshino Yu, while simultaneously making a hand seal gesture.

Seeing this, Hoshino Yu felt somewhat helpless.

As expected, his persuasive skills were no match for the Crown Prince's; he couldn't reason with him or appeal to his emotions, and the elite monster was made to do things for him with just a few words.

Just then, he sensed through his Observation Haki that dozens of figures, along with a familiar aura, were rapidly approaching them.

"Orochimaru is here... He told me to infiltrate the Land of Wind on my own, but he's been following me all this time."

"A guy who says one thing but does another."

After a moment's thought, seeing that Kakuzu hadn't used any more ninjutsu, Hoshino Yu dispelled his elemental transformation, sheathed his Kusanagi sword, turned around, and said calmly:

"The people from Sunagakure are heading this way. You only have one life and one escape technique left."

"If you really want to survive, then leave here first."

After saying that, he immediately used the Body Flicker Technique - Shave, and his figure disappeared from the spot in a flash.

Kakuzu looked at the spot where Hoshino Yu had left and said in a deep voice:

"So you knew my background, yet you still chose to let me go?"

"I'll remember you, you lightning-style brat."

After saying that, sensing that some Sand Ninja were rushing over, he chose a direction and quickly left.

......

the other side.

Sensing that hundreds of Sand Ninja had appeared outside the gates of Sunagakure, Hoshino Yu knew that he probably couldn't infiltrate the village, so he simply rushed towards the direction where Orochimaru was.

When he saw the familiar figure in the distance, a slight smile appeared on his face.

"Yo, Orochimaru-sensei, what are you doing here?"

Orochimaru quickly arrived at Hoshino Yu's side, his golden eyes scanning the other person as he began to touch and explore.

Upon discovering that Hoshino Yu was not seriously injured, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief before coldly asking:

"Where's Kakuzu?"

"They're playing a cat-and-mouse game with those Sand Ninja."

"Oh?" Orochimaru raised an eyebrow, licked his lips with his long tongue, and asked, "So, in the end, you won your fight against him?"

"That's not quite right," Hoshino Yu said casually, feigning nonchalance. "It's more accurate to say that the other side sensed that the Sand Ninja were approaching us, and in order to avoid being attacked from both sides, they retreated first."

"Is that so? I could see Kakuzu's extremely powerful Fire Release ninjutsu from a distance."

Sensing the enigmatic undertone in Orochimaru's words, Hoshino Yuu decisively changed the subject:

"Orochimaru-sensei, what should we do now?"

"When we approached the gate of Sunagakure just now, there were already hundreds of Sunagakure ninjas outside. This has probably alerted them. Now the entire Sunagakure village may have been alerted. If we continue to delay, it will only cause more trouble."

"Okay, I understand. Mission accomplished. Retreat." Orochimaru sensed the commotion coming from afar and immediately gave the order to retreat.

"receive!"

The master and disciple then quickly left the area and sped off towards the Land of Fire.

As for Kakuzu, he was injured in a previous battle with Hoshino Yu and is currently fleeing frantically, hiding from the Sand Ninja.

"You wretched lightning-style brat! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this predicament!"

......

After two days and one night of continuous travel, Hoshino Yu and Orochimaru finally saw the Forest of Death on the outskirts of Konoha.

"The Land of Fire is still the best..."

Hoshino Yu took a deep breath of the fresh forest air and sighed sincerely as he looked at the lush, vibrant forest before him.

The Land of Rivers is alright, at least it's adjacent to the Land of Fire, and half of its geographical environment is similar to that of the Land of Fire.

The Land of Rain is rainy all year round, which is really unpleasant for someone like him who hates rainy days.

As for the Land of Wind, all that can be seen is a vast, desolate desert.

Hoshino Yu couldn't help but speculate that the barren land was probably the site of the divine battle between Kaguya Otsutsuki and her allies.

It's likely that the divine tree greedily absorbed all the chakra and life force in the world, causing that area to be completely transformed into a sea of ​​sand, exuding a lifeless and desolate atmosphere, not to mention the lack of resources.

Therefore, there is a reason why the Land of Wind is always starting wars.

After following Orochimaru into Konoha Village, Hoshino Yuumoto was thinking of going back to his lodgings to rest and lie in bed.

After all, the mission was completed, and there was no need for him to report any specific details.

Unexpectedly, his teacher asked him to come along, so he had no choice but to comply and head to the Hokage Building.

To be honest, Orochimaru, as a disciple of the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, didn't even knock before entering the office; he simply pushed the door open and walked straight in.

Upon entering, Hoshino Yu saw several familiar faces.

Besides Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, and several other elders, Sakumo Hatake and members of the Yamanaka clan were also present.

When Hatake Sakumo saw Hoshino Yu, he greeted him with a smile.

Orochimaru glanced at everyone, then took out several scrolls from his pocket and placed them on the Hokage's desk.

"Teacher, mission accomplished. This is a map showing the deployment of troops along the border between the two countries."

"Also, this scroll contains the corpses of several Rain Country ninjas." With that, Orochimaru raised his hand, took out a scroll, and handed it to Hiruzen Sarutobi. His golden eyes were completely calm. "Give it to Yamanaka-senpai and the others to extract the information from their minds."