My Villainous Life Starting with Naruto

Chapter 72 Titles

"Lord Viper, number five has been captured."

In the dark basement, a man covered in wounds was thrown to the ground. Two heavily armed assassins pinned his hands behind his back, twisting his shoulder bones so that they creaked.

However, even when forced to kneel in this humiliating position, the man dared not resist, only repeatedly saying:

"Lord Viper! Lord Viper! I absolutely did not leak any information! After taking that scroll, I headed straight for headquarters..."

The viper stroked its bald head, which was adorned with tattoos of venomous insects, and grinned maliciously:

"Within the Kingdom of Tang, only that trader and I know about the Byakugan, and you were the one who delivered that scroll with the secret written on it to headquarters."

"Lord Viper!" the man kowtowed repeatedly.

"I knew nothing about the eye roll. I've been following your orders and haven't opened the reel!"

"Then tell me, who leaked the information? That trader? Or me?"

"Sir, it might be from headquarters..."

"Shut up!" The viper kicked out, striking the man in the mouth.

"I think you really want to die, daring to say something like that!"

"Gurgle, gurgle ...

"Honestly, I was thinking of sparing your life... Hold him down for me."

The viper spoke coldly, ignoring the man's terrified gaze, and pressed a complex hand seal onto his subordinate's head.

This is a secret technique targeting memory. Although it is effective, the Viper's mastery of this technique is far inferior to that of the Konoha Mountain Clan. When used, it will leave irreparable mental trauma on the recipient.

The man's screams gradually weakened until his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

The viper rubbed its temples wearily and sat back down in its chair.

Damn it... It really wasn't him who leaked the secret... Heh, but even if he did leak the information about the White Eye, it doesn't matter.

The viper felt a chill run down its spine.

That day, after the man who called himself "Shinichi Kudo" left the exchange, Viper immediately sent someone to relay the message to headquarters. The exchange headquarters replied quickly with a brief "Transaction permitted, but proceed with caution."

The viper has been granted higher privileges, allowing it to access more resources at the exchange.

Overjoyed, he met with "Shinichi Kudo" again that same day. In addition to conveying the permission from the headquarters of the Gold Exchange, they also discussed the specific time for exchanging the Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku.

Capturing the Kaguya clan, who possess the Corpse Bone Pulse, is a major undertaking, and the Exchange of Gold will need some time to accomplish it.

But what the viper didn't expect was that just when everything was going smoothly, an accident occurred.

Several nursery rhymes containing deadly information suddenly spread like wildfire in and around the Land of Hot Water. This transaction, which had offended the Lands of Fire and Water, was exposed, and the Gold Exchange branch of the Land of Hot Water became the target of everyone's anger.

In just a few days, the Gold Exchange's intelligence network reported a host of disastrous news: a skilled member of the Kaguya clan from Kirigakure had entered the Land of Hot Springs; Konoha ninjas had begun raiding the Gold Exchange's bases; and Kumogakure had also focused its attention on the area...

The Gold Exchange is known as the "Land of No Land," but it is not a country with a powerful ninja village. Otherwise, it would have risen up long ago and established its own "Gold Exchange Country."

After this series of blows, the gold exchange branch of the Kingdom of Hot Springs was in dire straits and facing imminent disaster.

Who leaked the secret is no longer important.

The key now is... how to survive!

Perhaps it was true that "misfortunes never come singly." Just as the viper was feeling frustrated, the secret chamber suddenly trembled violently, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the granite walls, with dust falling from the ceiling.

"Enemies!" The viper was horrified. It slapped its side, trying to escape through the underground passage, but to its surprise, as soon as the secret door opened, hundreds of tons of water poured in, carrying the viper far away.

"Damn it... on this scale... this is Kirigakure's Water Release technique! They've brought all the groundwater in!"

The viper cursed, but there was nothing it could do.

The walls of the sealed chamber could not withstand the impact of such a strong water flow, and were blasted open with countless holes of varying sizes. In the blink of an eye, the water had flooded over the abdomen.

Left with no other choice, the viper could only flee upwards with its subordinates.

The closer they got to the exit on the ground, the louder the fighting and screams became, and the more the viper's heart sank to the bottom.

Suddenly, moonlight shone on his face.

He has reached the ground.

Everywhere you looked, there were corpses of members of the gold exchange, many of whom died tragically, their bodies torn apart and smashed.

The viper trembled, unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

Regardless of the cost, if they really got angry, any of the five great ninja villages could wipe out the Exchange Shop. It's just that they usually tolerate the existence of this underworld because they are concerned about casualties and satisfy their dark desires. After all, this kind of organization is also part of the money flow, and the ninjas also need the Exchange Shop to do things that can't be seen in the light of day.

—The premise is that the gold exchange does not cross the bottom line of the five great ninja villages.

Trading "Byakugan" and "Shikotsumyaku" is an act of stealing the bloodline limit of a ninja village, which is breaking the rules!

The rats in the mud, having lived a comfortable life for far too long, actually dared to dream of touching the tiger's tail.

Only when the rat's nest is filled with blood can the rage of the beast be appeased.

Amidst the pile of corpses at the exchange shop, Kaguya Morinosuke turned around, the red mark between his brows stinging the viper's eyes.

"Are you the head of this branch?"

The experts of Kaguya's family... Viper swallowed hard and said with difficulty:

"Yes, sir."

"You've got guts." Kaguya Morinosuke broke away from the Kirigakure group and slowly walked up to Viper:

"You want to use our people's bodies for business?"

"I, I, I..."

The moonlight was cool, but the viper felt as if it were in the sweltering heat of summer, drenched in sweat, and had no courage to answer "yes".

As they were speaking, two teams attacked from the east and south.

Soon, the three forces from Kirigakure, Konoha, and Kumogakure surrounded the remaining few people at the Exchange Center. The three forces were on guard against each other, but they also tacitly blocked Viper and his group's escape route.

"Heh...that's quite a big deal." Kaguya Morinosuke chuckled.

"Shimura Danzo of Konoha, Raibou's Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, plus myself and Suigetsu Hozuki on this side..." He turned around and said calmly:

"Your gold exchange is quite impressive, no wonder it's called a [landless country]!"

"I, I, I..." Viper's teeth chattered as he muttered the words over and over again. The three major ninja villages combined had more than two hundred elite ninjas present. All three teams were led by renowned masters. With such a lineup, it would be a matter of a blink of an eye to flatten the Gold Exchange branch of the Land of Hot Springs.

"Don't be impulsive, Kaguya Morinosuke." Just then, Shimura Danzo from Konoha suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse, sounding like a mocking old demon in the night:

"Let's put aside our past grievances for now... He might know the name or appearance of that trader. Finding that person and interrogating him about the Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku would be good for both Konoha and Kirigakure."

"Hmph...you think I'm an idiot? Old man." Kaguya Morinosuke sneered, gripping the viper's neck with one hand. A menacing bone spur protruded from its forearm, piercing its fragile blood vessels.

"Speak, tell me everything you know... What was that trader's name?"

The fear of death enveloped the viper. He knew that if he resisted now, something far more terrifying than death would await him.

So, like a drowning person on the verge of death, he opened his mouth.

"Shinichi Kudo".

This sound wasn't made by a viper.

Two hundred elite ninjas and four renowned masters turned their heads almost simultaneously toward the source of the sound.

A man wearing a mask of a demon walked out of the darkness in the distance, his hands behind his head, as if he were taking a leisurely stroll in his own garden.

"Oh dear, Manager Viper," he said slowly, with a strong sense of mockery and nonchalance.

"Are these Kaguya clan members for me? How...so thoughtful."

(End of this chapter)