Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 161 I borrowed money based on my own ability, why should I pay it back?

There's no reason for Jiao not to accept it. Losing means this kid is very clever, and we might as well listen to him in the future. Winning means he can directly earn five million taels of silver.

Aokiji smiled and said, "Then it's settled. But before that, you have to promise me one more thing."

"Can't you just finish what you're saying at once?" Kakuzu was very dissatisfied with the additions Aokiji made on the spot.

"I'm so sorry, but this should be no trouble at all for you."

Kakuzu gave him a strange look.

A day later, the two arrived at the agreed location, ready to collect their reward: "The person is dead, it's your turn to keep your promise."

After saying that, he took two human heads out of the box.

The blond-haired employer was very satisfied with what he saw, and without saying a word, he handed over the money that he had prepared beforehand.

Kakuzu took the money box, opened it, and began counting the money with one hand. He counted with great rhythm; if he had lived in peacetime, he would definitely have been an excellent accountant.

The blond man narrowed his eyes and noticed that Kakuzu was missing an arm and seemed to have suffered serious injuries.

At the same time, he noticed a masked stranger standing next to him. His eyes lit up, and a wicked idea formed in his mind. Having drunk a few bottles of alcohol and with this as a prelude, he began his line of questioning: "What, worried I'll make counterfeit money to fool you?"

Kakuzu counted the banknotes with one hand and said unhurriedly, "Money matters cannot be taken lightly."

"Oh, you're right." The blond man looked at his empty sleeve. "It seems this mission is going to be quite difficult."

"It's alright... cough cough."

A glint of malice flashed in the blond man's eyes, and he raised his chin: "Who is this brat? I've never seen him before."

Kakuzu seemed unwilling to pay attention to him: "I have no obligation to pay attention to you."

"Sorry, sorry... I shouldn't have bothered you." Just as he was saying this, the blond man suddenly looked pained and covered his face. "Sorry, I think I ate too much just now and I'm a little sick from the change in environment. I need to go to the toilet. You don't mind, do you?"

Because of the preceding drinking and eating, his words at this moment did not seem abrupt.

Without even looking up, Kakuzu urged, "Hurry up."

"Sorry, sorry, I'll be right back." The blond-haired man clutched his stomach, pretending to have diarrhea as he fled the scene.

After a while, Kakuzu, who was concentrating on counting money, seemed to notice something and slowly raised his head. What came into view was a group of strangers with ill intentions: "His Highness greets you."

Kakuzu stopped counting the money, placed a stack of cash in the money box, closed it, exhaled, and said to Aokiji, "You win."

Aokiji laughed smugly, "Looks like I won."

........................

The blond-haired man waited outside the door for the result, but it was different from what he had expected. His face showed horror: "How could this be…"

He sent in so many people, yet they couldn't even defeat a seriously injured disabled person. How could this be?

With a flick of his wrist, Kakuzu sent the severed wrist flying, grabbed the blond-haired man by the throat with his bare hands, and dragged him directly in front of him: "Hmph, you're too clever for your own good, you've brought this upon yourself."

"Waaah, let me go, you can't kill me..."

The blond-haired man was filled with remorse and begged for mercy like a dog.

Kakuzu flicked his wrist, slamming the blond-haired man heavily to the ground.

The blond-haired man stumbled upon the dog's mess, coughed twice, and then struggled to his feet. The moment he looked up, he was startled to see a pair of scarlet eyes with three tomoe near the pupils.

"Tell me everything you know," said the owner of the eyes.

"Yes, yes..." As if possessed, the blond-haired man stared blankly and told Aokiji everything he knew. Then his vision went black and he collapsed to the ground.

"I see, so that's the connection." Aokiji understood the whole story and couldn't help but sigh, "The Sharingan is truly a useful ability."

Aokiji's Sharingan developed a hypnotic effect after evolving into the three-tomoe state.

In this respect, Aokiji is not very good at it, but fortunately the target is an ordinary person who has no resistance to eye power, so he can control it very easily.

He had always wanted to complain about this. He could control his own eye power so easily, yet Sasuke had to pretend to be imprisoned to obtain information. Shouldn't he have just used his eye power to manipulate it?

With his eye power, shouldn't he be able to kill anyone who isn't at the Shadow level with a single glance?

For example, even a ninja like Sakura, who has a high resistance to genjutsu, was instantly killed by Sasuke in the Fourth Shinobi World War.

It's true that the older you get, the more outdated you become...

Just as Aokiji was complaining about this, a gloomy voice came from beside him: "The power of the Sharingan is really convenient."

After partnering with Sharingan, Kakuzu suddenly felt that Aokiji might be a good partner, not only because of his convenient abilities, but also because of his quick wit.

He enjoys dealing with intelligent people, as it saves him a lot of trouble.

His deliberate injury was Aokiji's idea.

He walked over to the unconscious blond man on the ground, stretched out his hardened hand, raised his palm into a knife, and prepared to finish the man off with one blow, letting him die painlessly in his sleep. That would be a fair reward for the money the man had given him.

"Wait..." Aokiji stopped Kakuzu from taking any further action.

Kakuzu's hand blade hovered in mid-air: "Why won't you let me kill him?"

Aokiji gave a meaningful smile: "Let's fatten the pig up before we eat it..."

Kakuzu looked puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"Do you want to earn more money?"

angle:???

A dozen minutes later, the blond-haired man woke up, clutching his swollen and throbbing head. Suddenly remembering something, he exclaimed, "No wonder I'm not dead..."

Looking around, he found himself all alone. Although he didn't understand what was going on, having survived such a close call, he only had one choice: run, or scramble back to his castle.

That night, the surroundings were eerily quiet.

The blond-haired man had a nightmare and suddenly sat up, his face covered in cold sweat. Just as he was about to lie back down and go back to sleep, he suddenly saw two pairs of eyes flashing in the darkness, one red and one green, eerie and terrifying.

what--!

Before he could even scream, he instantly became satiated and unable to move.

"Tell me everything of value in this castle, and also tell me about anyone who knows anything about this assassination mission."

A boy's childish voice rang out in the darkness.

After obtaining all the information, Aokiji smiled with satisfaction: "Looks like we'll be quite busy tonight."

Kakuzu's green eyes gleamed with excitement.

The next day, the blond man left the castle, accompanied by henchmen transformed from Aokiji and Kakuzu. After many twists and turns, he arrived at a house. Upon opening the door, he found it filled with burly men covered in tattoos.

Upon seeing the blond-haired man dressed in fine clothes and noticing his appearance, the burly man immediately remembered something, stepped forward, and greeted him with a fawning smile.

The blond-haired man waved his hand: "I want to see your boss."

"The head of the household?"

"Stop talking nonsense."

The burly man nodded repeatedly and left in a flash. When he returned, he brought back a bald, big man with him. He saw the blond-haired man and gave him the same fawning smile. He then led him into a room and brewed some tea for him.

Under Aokiji's manipulation, the blond-haired man got straight to the point: "My purpose in coming here is very simple, I just want to borrow some money to spend."

The loan shark boss was taken aback: "Borrow money?"

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" "I'm having some cash flow issues lately. I need to borrow some money; I'll pay it back in a couple of days at most."

Although he didn't understand why there were cash flow problems, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to climb the social ladder, so the loan shark naturally wouldn't let it slip by. He waved his hand and patted his chest, saying, "Money is no problem. How much money does Your Highness need? As long as I have it, I'll give it to you with both hands."

The blond-haired man made an outrageous demand: "As many as you want."

"???"

"What, you think I won't pay you back?"

"No, no, I wouldn't dare." The loan shark boss thought to himself that this prince couldn't possibly default on his debts, so in order to make a good impression and for future development, he simply took out a large sum of money to provide for this gentleman.

The blond-haired man was very satisfied and said he would definitely pay back the money in two days.

"Take care..." The loan shark boss said with a smile after seeing the blond-haired man off.

After leaving the place where he borrowed money at exorbitant interest rates, the blond-haired man went to another place to borrow money at exorbitant interest rates. In a city, there is more than one place that lends money at exorbitant interest rates.

He used the same rhetoric and routine as before, repeating the same method.

Two days later, when they arrived at the agreed-upon place to repay the money, the loan shark boss personally came to visit them.

Before he even entered, he suddenly saw a familiar figure. Given the fierce competition in the loan sharking industry, it was normal for everyone to know each other. The man looked furious, as if his parents had just been murdered: "Damn it, this is outrageous!"

"What's wrong? You're so irritable after just a few days."

The loan shark boss glanced at him: "You're here to collect your debts too?"

"Are you one too?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I be here?"

"What happened? What's going on?"

"You'll see when you go in."

Seemingly unwilling to say more, another loan shark boss angrily turned and left.

The loan shark, utterly bewildered, went to find the blond-haired man, only to receive a shocking reply: "What, pay back the money?"

The loan shark boss got angry upon hearing this: "Your Highness, it's only right to pay back debts!"

"Pay back the money?! Pay back what money? Are you kidding me? I borrowed the money through my own abilities, why should I pay it back?!"

You fucking...

Worth.

How dare someone who owes money have a right to do so!

The loan shark boss, who had never spoken so boldly to anyone before, finally witnessed what shamelessness and tyranny truly meant.

At the same time, he understood why the previous person left in such anger, and he was now extremely angry as well.

But what could he do? The other party held a high position and wielded great power; he was the son of a lord, and he, a loan shark, simply couldn't afford to offend him.

Since things had come to this, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and bear it silently, planning for the future.

Watching the loan shark bosses leave one by one, Kakuzu, who had transformed into a servant beside the blond man, said to Aokiji, who had also transformed into someone else, "You're really despicable, kid..."

That being said, he actually felt pretty good, simply because they had made way too much money these past two days...

Having lived most of his life, Kakuzu finally understands what true speed at making money really means.

Compared to that, my past self was practically an idiot. An honest, simple man like me actually became a bounty hunter. I must have been out of my mind.

Aokiji smiled and said, "Then let's proceed with the next step of the plan."

That night, a fire broke out in the castle.

The two culprits looked at the spectacular sight of flames shooting into the sky not far away, finding it truly indescribable.

They borrowed money from every loan shark in the city, then deliberately refused to repay, provoking them. In this way, when Aokiji and Kakuzu committed murder and arson, it would appear to outsiders that the loan sharks were simply acting out of spite.

After all, given their industry, it seems quite reasonable for them to do something like this, making them the perfect scapegoat.

The money from the loan sharks, plus the rare treasures they salvaged from the castle these past few days, meant that Aokiji and Kakuzu had amassed an astronomical sum from this trip.

"Kakuzu," Kakuzu suddenly said.

Aokiji was taken aback: "What?"

"That's my name, so I'll acknowledge you. You're definitely got a knack for making money."

P.S.: I get sleepy as soon as I start checking things.

(End of this chapter)