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Chapter 102: Earthly Resentment

Kakuzu was very old; his lifespan spanned several major wars in the ninja world.

[According to the Book of Data, in his early years, as an elite member of Takigakure, he accepted a mission assigned by the higher-ups to assassinate the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.]

In Tobirama's office, Tobirama Senju was also very interested in Kakuzu.

Tobirama wasn't too surprised that his older brother had been assassinated.

As the first Hokage of Konoha Village who quelled the chaos in the Land of Fire, Hashirama Senju was assassinated countless times before and after the village's founding.

Some of the ninjas who came to assassinate Hashirama were escaped from the Land of Fire, while others were sent by other ninja villages. Their motives are easy to understand: they didn't want to see Konoha grow stronger.

However, none of these assassins succeeded; they all died at the hands of Konoha ninjas.

This Kakuzu not only attempted to assassinate Hashirama, but also managed to survive.

This made Tobirama look at him with new respect.

"Teacher, should we send the secret service to find this person?"

Seeing that Kakuzu was also from this era, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately wanted to capture him and bring him back to Konoha.

"Don't rush, let's finish watching it first."

"Yes, teacher."

On Jiraiya's side, they were also very interested in Kakuzu.

"I didn't expect what he said was true."

"Orochimaru, what are you saying, really?"

Looking at Jiraiya, Orochimaru licked his lips and said, "Kakuzu has a habit of saying that he fought the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, before he fought others, using this to demoralize his opponents. I thought he was just bragging, but it turns out he was telling the truth. He really did assassinate the First Hokage."

"I see. It seems this guy named Kakuzu is quite strong."

"None of those who become official members of Akatsuki are good people."

"You're right."

Jiraiya nodded, acknowledging Orochimaru's words.

The Third Hokage was still puzzled. "To survive after assassinating Lord Hashirama proves his strength is immense, but why haven't I ever heard of him?"

The Third Hokage knew very well how powerful Hashirama Senju was.

To put it bluntly, there are very few people in the entire ninja world who can fight against Lord Hashirama.

Aside from Madara Uchiha, only the First Kage of the other four great ninja villages can be considered as a possible candidate.

These individuals are all renowned figures in the ninja world, so why is Kakuzu, who was able to fight the First Hokage and survive, relatively unknown?

"Orochimaru, do you know why?"

Orochimaru shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

"Okay, hopefully the light screen can clear up this mystery for us."

As the founder of Konoha, the giant of the ninja world, Hashirama Senju would not tolerate such disrespect from a lowly person.

Perhaps because of Hashirama's mercy, Kakuzu, despite losing to Wood Release, still managed to escape with his life.

Logically speaking, a battle against the God of Shinobi should have been enough to earn the village a place in textbooks.

However, upon returning to the village, Kakuzu was met with torture inflicted on him for failing his mission.

[I was ordered to serve in the village; what does it matter if I die in a foreign land? Alas, my loyalty was wasted on feeding the dogs.]

[Kakuzu escaped from prison in resentment, taking with him the village's secret technique: Earth Grudge Fear, and used it to steal the hearts of the higher-ups.]

Thus, Kakuzu transformed from a passionate young man into a lonely S-rank rogue ninja, and also developed a psychological disorder that triggered murderous intent in the face of any incident.

[As a result of this misfortune, with the help of the Earth Grudge Feast, Kakuzu obtained the secret to longevity.]

He can use this technique to steal other people's hearts and extend his life.

Having lived a long life and being alone, he chose to embrace a life philosophy that prioritizes money.

At least money won't betray him.

"Earthly Grudge?"

Orochimaru stared at the official guidebook on the screen introducing Earth Grudge Fear, his mouth practically watering.

In order to achieve immortality, he created the Corpse Reincarnation technique, which allows one to seize the bodies of others.

However, this forbidden technique has very serious side effects.

Every time he turned around, it meant that his soul would weaken a little more.

He was originally a well-rounded fighter, but he somehow managed to create a weakness in his illusionary abilities.

If he possessed a complete soul, he wouldn't have been so helpless when facing Itachi's Tsukuyomi.

Now that he has seen the introduction to Di Yuan Yu, he instantly has the idea of ​​snatching it away.

In this way, he could stop using the Corpse Reincarnation technique and stop his soul from weakening further.

Of course, if cloning technology is successful, he should not experience any side effects from using the Corpse Reincarnation technique.

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But having another option is always a good thing.

For Orochimaru, the more methods to achieve immortality, the better.

"Orochimaru, you have an idea?"

The Fifth Hokage Jiraiya and the Third Hokage knew Orochimaru very well, and could guess his thoughts from his excited, almost drooling appearance.

"Of course I have ideas."

Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya, who was speaking, and did not deny it. In fact, he even wanted the village to help him deal with Kakuzu.

"We'll definitely have to face the Akatsuki eventually, so why don't we take the initiative and kill Kakuzu first? That way, the Akatsuki will lose a powerful ninja, and I'll get what I want. Wouldn't that be perfect?"

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage couldn't help but say, "Don't even think about it, Orochimaru. It's better to stay put than to act rashly. We can't alert them. Want to take the initiative? We'll have to wait until we get information on all the Akatsuki members first."

"Old man, you're still so old-fashioned."

"This isn't being pedantic; it's being cautious."

Orochimaru didn't care about not getting support.

In his view, Kakuzu's Earth Grudge was already reserved for him; it was just a matter of whether it would arrive sooner or later.

Tobirama Senju's interests differed from Orochimaru's.

Orochimaru was interested in the Earth Grudge Fear, while Tobirama Senju was interested in Kakuzu.

When he saw that Kakuzu believed in money, he was already thinking about how to invite Kakuzu to join Konoha.

Indeed, Tobirama already had the idea of ​​inviting Kakuzu to join Konoha.

It would be a real waste to leave such a high-level wild combatant out there.

It would be better to invite him to join Konoha and contribute to the village's development.

Tobirama Senju was someone who could tolerate even the Uchiha gang of lunatics, as long as Kakuzu wasn't the kind of inhumane person who liked to kill for no reason.

As for how to invite Kakuzu, that's quite simple.

In short, the best approach is to first use courtesy, then resort to force.

Presumably, when Kakuzu faces the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Mito Uzumaki, and the Mangekyou Sharingan user Kagami Uchiha, he would be very happy to accept Konoha's invitation.

If you disagree, don't blame them for resorting to harsh measures.

If you still disagree

Kakuzu-san, we have a job here with an annual salary of ten million, a 9-to-5 job, and weekends off. Would you like to learn more?

Kakuzu: That's great? You guys aren't running a telecom fraud scheme, are you?

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