Warlock Invasion of Naruto.

Damn it!

Kakuzu's expression changed drastically, and he quickly hardened his fists using the 'Earth Release: Earth Spear' technique, then shot them toward Kushina.

boom!

Kushina unleashed a punch, sending Kakuzu's fists flying backward. Even the soft, black Earth Grudge Tentacles were shattered by the powerful crimson aura.

Kakuzu retreated rapidly, and his other two clones, one water and one lightning, launched an attack at the same time. However, the original owners of these two hearts were just ordinary Jonin. Faced with Kushina's explosive speed and power, they had little power to resist and were directly knocked away.

"It's over!" Kakuzu's heart sank as he watched the fist rapidly enlarging in his vision. He never expected that he could so easily take the heads of people worth tens of millions of taels of silver, but for a mere 'million taels,' he would completely backfire.

boom!

At that moment, another figure enveloped in crimson energy suddenly appeared beside Kakuzu, reaching out and tightly gripping Kushina's fist.

"Bai Yu?!" Kushina stared at the suddenly appearing Bai Yu, slightly taken aback, and pouted, "You said you wouldn't take it from me!"

"I won't fight you for it, but I have some things to say to this Mr. Kakuzu." Bai Yu smiled and withdrew his hand, subtly putting his right hand behind his back and flexing his wrist... It hurt terribly!

"I lost." Kakuzu looked calmly at Shiroha, whose body was filled with crimson energy, and prepared to face death.

I never expected these two to become so strong.

He accepted his fate; after all, he had lived for so many years, and that was enough.

The only pity is that we didn't manage to wring the head off the person in charge of the underground gold exchange; the intelligence updates were just too slow!

He was somewhat unwilling to die for such powerful ninjas, who were only worth 41 million taels of silver.

After all, there's still so much money waiting for him to earn.

Thinking of this, Kakuzu reached into his robes.

"Don't move!" Kushina's chakra surged.

Bai Yu pulled her back:

"Don't get agitated."

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[Chapter 104 Bai Yu (Master of Empty Promises): Our country is still lacking a finance minister...]

Kakuzu pulled a notebook from his pocket, then groped around and found that the pencil had fallen onto the grass and broken in two.

Kakuzu glanced at Shiro, his gaze questioning. He could tell that although Kushina was stronger of the two, Shiro was in charge.

"Please go ahead."

Bai Yu extended his hand with a smile.

Kakuzu got up, picked up the half-pencil, and quickly began writing in his notebook.

"You're about to die and you're still taking notes?"

Kushina was completely dumbfounded; this was an incredible level of self-discipline.

"Alright." Kakuzu breathed a sigh of relief after finishing writing.

Bai Yu asked, "Can I take a look?"

"Here you go. I didn't even bring any money with me, so consider this your spoils of war." Kakuzu handed the notebook to Shiro, showing no fear of death whatsoever.

Bai Yu took the notebook and began to examine it.

The thick notebook was mostly filled with names, with the reward amount noted at the back.

Aside from the famous figures and their shadows from various countries, everyone else has a price tag.

The most expensive items in Konoha are White Fang and the Three Legendary Sannin.

At this point, an "X" was drawn after White Fang's name, clearly because he was dead.

Many of the names that followed were circled and marked with dates, indicating that they were bounties that Kakuzu had received.

Upon closer inspection, Kakuzu's savings amount to at least one billion!

No wonder he's been a working-class guy for decades!

"This is..." Bai Yu saw the last column, which contained ninjas with bounties of less than one million taels. One of the names, heavily bolded in pencil, was Kushina! Her bounty was marked with several zeros and indicated: "Recommended bounty of over two hundred million taels."

Shiraha handed the notebook to Kushina.

Kushina nodded in satisfaction: "That's more like it!"

Afterwards, Shiraha returned the notebook to Kakuzu.

"What do you mean by this?" Kakuzu frowned slightly.

"You attacked us last time, and Kushina destroyed two of your hearts this time, so we're even. Now we can talk about other things," Bai Yu said with a slight smile.

"Other things?"

"I would like to formally appoint you as the Finance Minister of the Land of Whirlpools, to oversee the nation's economic affairs. What do you think?"

"Minister of Finance?" This was the first thing Kakuzu noticed, and then he asked, "Wasn't the Land of Whirlpools destroyed more than a decade ago?"

"Therefore, we are preparing to rebuild the country. I promise you that you can be the Finance Minister of the Land of Whirlpools forever. No matter how strong the Land of Whirlpools becomes in the future, no one will ever replace you."

"What makes you think you can rebuild the Land of Whirlpools?"

"Kushina and I are only 18 years old! She didn't even unleash one-tenth of her power just now," Shiraha said seriously.

"What?!" Kakuzu frowned deeply and said, "Even if I agree, will you really let me go? What makes you think you can believe me?"

“You have a good reputation in the underground gold exchange. Even if you betray me, you certainly won’t betray money, right?” Bai Yu said with a smile. By checking the notebook, he felt that Kakuzu was not short of money, but simply liked to collect money, just like some people like to collect stamps.

It's a truly simple and pure hobby.

Hearing Bai Yu's confident words, Kakuzu did not make any guarantees or promises, but stared at him seriously: "What is the annual salary of the Minister of Finance?"

Bai Yu: "No annual salary."

"No?!" Kakuzu's expression changed slightly, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes. He would rather die than work for nothing.

Bai Yu: "But you can take a cut!"

Kakuzu: "What do you mean?"

“Building a nation isn’t something that can be done overnight, so before you become the Finance Minister of the Land of Whirlpools, you must first join our organization and manage its finances. You’ll receive 5% of the annual profits, and if your performance is good, you’ll get an additional 5% bonus. Even if the Land of Whirlpools unifies the ninja world, this percentage will not change,” Bai Yu explained.

"wait."

Kakuzu raised his hand to interrupt Shiraha, telling him to wait a moment.

Then, he took out an abacus from his storage scroll and started tapping away...

"Alright, I'll do it." Kakuzu put away his abacus and asked decisively, "What's the name of your organization, and how much money are you managing for me?"

Kushina: (⊙??⊙)

Kyuubi: Σ(°△°|||)︴

“Our organization is called ‘Infinite Ring,’ and your codename from now on will be ‘Pixiu.’ As for the start-up capital…” Bai Yu paused, then extended his hand toward Kushina.

"Huh? Oh...oh!" Kushina snapped out of her daze, reached into her clothes and pulled out a bankbook and a stamp, handing it to Shiro: "The password is your birthday."

Bai Yu took it and opened it.

Good guy!

One hundred million taels.

"Kakuzu, here's 100 million taels. 50 million taels are for your organization's activities, and the other 50 million taels are your advance payment of commission. The password is 0210. You can't possibly not know where the bank is in the Land of Fire, can you?"

Bai Yu handed the passbook and seal to Kakuzu.

Kakuzu took the passbook, examined the seal repeatedly, and after confirming its authenticity, asked a series of questions:

"What are your roles in the organization? Who else is there? What are the organization's current tasks? What is my authority within the organization?"

Seeing that Kakuzu got into the zone so quickly, Shiraha laughed and said, "My code name is 'Dragon King,' and Kushina's code name is 'Crimson Flame.' I am the leader of the organization, and she is the future queen of the Land of Whirlpools."

I'll introduce you to the other members later. As for the current tasks...

The idea is to accumulate funds and secretly recruit elite talents without attracting the attention of the five major powers.

Your position in the organization is second only to me and 'Red Flame', and all other members will follow your orders.

Before the nation is established, we need time to strengthen our organization.

"I understand, Chief." Kakuzu nodded, carefully tucked the passbook and seal into the notebook, and then put it away in his pocket.

Then, Bai Yu took out a blank scroll and pen from his pocket, wrote the two large characters 'Pixiu', and handed it to Kakuzu: "Pixiu is an ancient divine beast that is even more powerful than the Nine-Tailed Fox. This code name means good luck and wealth. I hope you can bring these to the organization. The organization will not treat you unfairly in the future."

Although Kakuzu couldn't understand the characters '貔貅', the explanation of 'Dragon King' made him feel that this code name was specially prepared for him.

“You can leave now, Pixiu,” Bai Yu said. “From now on, we will meet here every six months, and I will give you new instructions.”

"Yes."

"Also, I've checked some names in your notebook. Don't touch them."

"this......"

"I will compensate you for the lost earnings as a bonus."

"Yes!"

Kakuzu nodded, then left directly.

In fact, he was not short of money at all, because the money Bai Yu gave him was less than one-tenth of his savings. What he wanted was Bai Yu's sincerity.

Having experienced too many betrayals over the years, Kakuzu's only faith now is money.

Only money will not betray him, and only money should not be let down.

If life still has any meaning for him, it must be making money.

As for spending money, he has no interest.

All he wants to see is an increase in his bank account balance.

As long as Bai Yu doesn't betray money, he won't betray Bai Yu.

organize......