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

The two walked slowly down the street, one in front of the other. Hoshino Yu was not afraid of Kakuzu betraying him. He was now fully aware of his Observation Haki and could detect even the slightest movement from the other party.

After finding a less crowded teahouse on the street, the two found a corner to sit down.

After ordering a pot of tea and some snacks from the shop owner, Hoshino Yu finally spoke calmly:

"Grandpa, I thought you would go back. Why are you still staying in this little village?"

"How did you get in?" Jiao didn't respond to him, but asked with some confusion.

"Is it difficult to get in?"

"......"

Seeing that Kakuzu said no more, Hoshino Yu took a sip of tea and slowly continued:

"I'll spend 500,000 taels of silver to ask you, sir, to do me a favor."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Kakuzu's eyes, and his expression instantly softened. Who would turn down money?

He immediately asked, "What is it?"

"Go to the south side of the village and you'll find out."

"Five hundred thousand is too little," Kakuzu said slowly, closing his eyes. "Besides, you didn't tell me the full objective."

"It's definitely a good thing. When you get there, you'll meet someone, and if you two work together, he might even be able to take you out."

"Sir, I don't think you want to stay here forever, do you? If you weren't injured and your strength wasn't what it used to be, you'd probably be out there having a good time right now."

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu was speechless.

"That brat..."

After pondering for a moment, Kakuzu still felt there was something fishy going on, and immediately opened his eyes and said:

"Where's the money?"

"What money?"

Seeing Kakuzu staring straight at him, Hoshino Yu pretended not to understand.

"Ha, no money?" Kakuzu's face instantly turned cold upon seeing this. "So you want me to work for you for free?"

"Look at what you're saying, sir, you still owe me fifty million. Just deduct the money from that amount." Hoshino Yu said with a smile.

"So you mean if you ask me to do a task, I have to pay for it myself, right?"

"No, it's not that. When those fifty million taels are all spent, you won't have to work for me anymore, sir. After all, your head is worth fifty million taels!"

Kakuzu was furious when he saw Hoshino Yu's smiling face.

He really has no other choice now. If he could get out of this village, he wouldn't want to be trapped here.

Although he didn't know how Hoshino Yu had gotten in, he had some ideas.

Seeing the other's current state, Hoshino Yu finished his tea in one gulp, leaving Kakuzu alone, and then got up and left.

After a short while, Kakuzu, having considered various factors, got up, paid for the tea, and then headed south.

At this moment, Hoshino Yu, who had walked not far away, sensed that Kakuzu's figure had moved, and a slight smile appeared on his face.

This wasn't exactly a deadly trap for Kakuzu; it just drew some firepower from him.

......

Hoshino Yu stood by the window inside the house, watching the pedestrians on the street and estimating the time it would take for the shadow clone to move.

"It should be soon..."

Boom—

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard an explosion in the distance. As pedestrians on the street looked in a certain direction, the Sand Ninja hiding in the shadows also began to rush in that direction.

"It's already started in the east, now it's just Kakuzu's side left."

Hoshino Yu thought to himself, then took his things and went downstairs.

Just then, explosions began to be heard at the southern border of Luoxia Village.

When Hoshino Yu stepped out of the guesthouse, he saw that the common people on the street were looking in two directions with some confusion. At the same time, he sensed that dozens of figures were rushing towards the two directions where the commotion was taking place. Only then did he start to walk towards the post station.

When he arrived at the inn, he found that the Sand Ninja who had been secretly keeping watch were gone, and the innkeeper was also standing outside the shop. He immediately went over to him.

"Boss, I just heard that you now have purified water. Do you still have any left?"

Hearing the commotion, the innkeeper turned around, saw it was Hoshino Yu, and immediately smiled and said:

"Yes! We have them all right now, this way please!"

After saying that, he hurriedly walked into the post station.

Hoshino Yu followed behind, walking through an alley before entering an underground staircase and stopping in a dimly lit cubicle.

Suddenly, the boss's demeanor changed, becoming somewhat similar to that of a Konoha ANBU ninja, while also emanating a faint aura of chakra.

But he quietly watched Hoshino Yu, not speaking rashly, waiting for the final identity verification to be completed.

Are you satisfied with the water in the bucket?

"It's pretty clean; it should be enough for the journey."

After confirming the coded message was correct, the boss nodded slightly, his tense breathing eased a little, and he squatted down to pull out a scroll from a hidden compartment in the floor, then handed it to Hoshino Yu.

"The number of troops at the Sand Village border outposts has increased by 30%, and sensory-type ninjas have been deployed along the main road to detect incoming chakra fluctuations." He spoke very quickly, without pausing for a moment. "These are the recent deployment maps and changes to the rendezvous points."

Hoshino took the scroll, unfolded it, and quickly skimmed through it.

Immediately afterwards, with a bang, a puff of white smoke appeared in his hand, revealing the scroll that was part of the mission.

"This is given to you by the village. Destroy it after you've read it."

The tasks assigned to the other party in the village were written in the scroll, and whether they could stay or leave was not something Hoshino Yu knew.

The two quickly handed over the items. After Hoshino Yu carefully examined the other party and found that there was no suspicion of betrayal, he grabbed a bucket of water and left quickly.

There's no need to say too much; lingering too long will only attract attention.

......

At this moment, Kakuzu is exchanging ninjutsu with Hoshino Yu's shadow clone.

Although the shadow clone only has one-third of the original's chakra, even one-third is enough for him to unleash several large-scale ninjutsu.

"Kakuzu-sama! We meet again!" Hoshino Yu shouted at the top of his lungs while laughing, as if afraid that no one else would hear him.

"You treacherous brat! I'll deal with you right now..."

Before he could finish speaking and before he could use his ninjutsu again, dozens of Sand Ninja figures surrounded them.

Seeing that there were more and more people, Hoshino Yu's clone didn't have the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit or the perception of Observation Haki, but he still wanted to stall for time.

He quickly formed hand seals and immediately unleashed a large-scale Fire Release ninjutsu, while simultaneously shouting:

"Lord Kakuzu! I really helped you out this time!"

"asshole!!"

Kakuzu was a little angry, but the Sand Ninja all heard it clearly.

"Kakuzu?!"

"It's Kakuzu, the rogue ninja from Takigakure! Don't let them get away this time!"

Seeing the Sand Ninjas surrounding him, the Shadow Clone puffed out his cheeks and unleashed a fierce fire jutsu from his mouth.

"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

In an instant, the raging fire swept straight towards the Sand Ninja, forcing them to use Water Release to defend themselves.

As the chakra within his body rapidly depleted, the shadow clone vanished into white smoke with a bang a moment later.

Only then did Kakuzu realize that he had been tricked to death by Hoshino Yu.

"Those wretched Konoha brats!"

......

Meanwhile, Hoshino Yu, who had already arrived in the forest in the southeast of the Land of Rivers, smiled after receiving the message from his two shadow clones.

Kakuzu, you've had a tough time this time. Let me show you what it means to use one tiger to devour another.