In American TV shows: Get stronger by spending money!

The Su family may not have many other things, but its cash flow is definitely the most abundant.

Task commissions are useless to him, so he might as well use this method to 'exchange' some assets at a high price with friendship. On the one hand, this can increase his annual tax amount, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as an alternative expense to earn points.

As for the sentiment of helping others, that's secondary.

After all, as long as you have money, you can get along with anyone.

There's a saying that goes: Xia Zhu doesn't love money, but every moment Wang Duoyu touches her heart requires money!

"You're here way too early. I just woke up." Catherine, wearing a nightgown, opened the door, still sleepy-eyed. She turned and walked into the living room, then lay down on the sofa.

Just woke up?

Well then, I'd like to ask, don't your legs get sweaty when you sleep in stockings?

Su pursed her lips, casually closed the door and went to the living room. She glanced at the black clothes on Catherine's legs and then looked at a box on the coffee table.

Open it casually, and you'll find all sorts of gold inside.

Su looked up: "Fifty million?"

Catherine squinted and shook her head, saying, "That's gold worth eighty million US dollars, all I can produce in a short time."

Su smiled and said, "Interesting. What do you want?"

“I want to join Akatsuki.” Catherine propped her head up with her hand, turning to look at Kakuzu. “Besides the agreed-upon 50 million, the rest is my Akatsuki membership fee. However, I want official Akatsuki membership, not some intern!”

Su shook her head: "Not enough!"

Catherine wasn't angry at being rejected. Instead, she smiled and continued, "I know that your Akatsuki organization doesn't want useless people. That's exactly why I want to officially join the Akatsuki."

"In terms of strength, I have lived a long time, am stronger, have more followers, and most importantly, I possess a lot of secret intelligence. I believe that the importance of intelligence to any organization is beyond doubt, especially for a mercenary organization like Akatsuki!"

"If you can help me officially join the Akatsuki organization and obtain the status of a formal member, I am willing to give you an extra 100 million US dollars as a reward for being my guide."

"And I'm willing to fulfill any of your needs!"

Catherine, as expected of a cunning and manipulative woman, first mentioned her advantages, using intelligence as a starting point to get straight to the heart of the matter. Then, she seized on Kakuzu's greed and bribed him directly. Finally, she added a condition that would tempt most men.

Unfortunately, Sue had absolutely no interest in Catherine!

Although Catherine and Elena look alike, and although Elena's personality can sometimes be a bit of a saint and a manipulative woman, Elena was raised by the Su family, so their feelings for each other and other reasons are incomparable.

What about Catherine?

Simply put, she's cold-blooded and selfish. You can't warm the hearts of this kind of person. Besides, this cunning woman is best at manipulating people's hearts with her beauty and emotions. Whether it's the Damon brothers or other male characters, there are countless people who have been completely manipulated by her.

Even a gold-digging scheming woman like Su wouldn't despise her too much, but this woman? She's completely turned this into a means to an end. There's clearly a better Elena out there, why would Su be out of her mind to be interested in Catherine?

However, from the perspective of the Akatsuki organization and causing trouble, Catherine is indeed more suitable to be a member of the Akatsuki than Damon. With Catherine's methods and scheming, she would definitely be able to develop the Akatsuki better.

"Who's chasing you? Or rather...who are you hiding from?" Without warning, Su attacked suddenly, appearing before Catherine in the blink of an eye, grabbing her by the neck and lifting her up.

Catherine was caught off guard and instinctively startled. Her eyes instantly turned dark, and the heavy smoky makeup gave her an unusual charm.

In the blink of an eye, everything returned to normal.

Suppressing her fear and instincts, Catherine looked up at 'Kakuzu' with a pained expression: "You don't have to do this. Whatever you want to do to me, I won't refuse."

"Including killing you?"

You have no reason to kill me!

"I hate your confident and arrogant attitude, and I dislike being schemed against even more!"

Catherine's purpose in wanting to join the Akatsuki organization is obvious: she wants to scheme against Kakuzu and have the Akatsuki organization help her deal with the guy she fears.

The Su family did not intend to refuse her joining, but the necessary warnings were also essential. If Catherine was not made to be wary, she would dare to scheme for anything!

Moreover, Catherine's "I know you all very well, I have you all figured out" attitude also made Su very unhappy.

Therefore, he had to teach Catherine a lesson in order to maintain Kakuzu's and Akatsuki's prestige, and make her wary and obediently become a tool for developing Akatsuki!

Catherine smiled brightly, softening her tone as she explained gently, "You misunderstood. This was just a disguise, or rather, a tactic. You're too strong, and I desperately want to join Akatsuki, so I have to demonstrate my worth. I have to prove to you that I'm not a useless person, and I have to let you know that helping me can be rewarded!"

“If I were truly confident and arrogant, I wouldn’t be dressed like this in front of you. I’m not afraid of you, and I wouldn’t need to bother with these tricks.”

The excuse is quite good; whether you believe it or not is another matter, but at least it makes sense.

"The Akatsuki doesn't want useless people. You can be smart, but you'd better not be so clever with me." Su stared at Catherine and said, word by word, "Death is not the end. You'd better remember that, Katarina Petrova!"

Catherine's sweet smile froze instantly.

Katarina Petrova is her real name, and very few people know this name!

……

P.S.: Here are some recommendations for my completed older books: *Marvel: The King Arrives*, *Zombie Contract: The Strongest Grim Reaper*, *Marvel: The Door-Door Fruit*, *American Comics: The Strongest Villain*, *KO One: The Strongest God of War*, and *I Have a Dimensional Street in Marvel*.

Chapter 427 Klaus, the Progenitor Vampire?

Whether it was her first meeting with 'Kakuzu' yesterday or this meeting, Catherine was actually quite confident. Although she didn't know why the Akatsuki knew so much about the church cemetery, she believed she had hidden herself very well.

After all, she had been hiding for hundreds of years to avoid someone.

Now that her real name has been called out so readily, Catherine is indeed a little flustered, especially considering the question posed earlier, "Who is chasing you? Or rather... who are you hiding from?" This gives her an uneasy feeling that her true thoughts have been discovered.

Those who play mind games are most afraid of having their true intentions discovered.

Over the years, Catherine has changed her name and identity, and has always been a mastermind behind everything she wants to do. Now that she has been exposed, it's as if everything has been laid bare in the sunlight, leaving her in a daze.

Seeing Catherine's dazed expression, Su released her grip and said coldly, "Who is that person?"

“Klaus…” Catherine murmured, “I… I’ve been avoiding him for hundreds of years.”

Su gave a noncommittal "hmm," then turned and picked up the box containing the gold bars: "I will report your desire to join Akatsuki as a full member to the organization. I will contact you when I have any news!"

"Wait..." Catherine called out to him when she saw that he wasn't asking for the reason but was about to leave.

"Anything else?"

"Um...you don't have my contact information yet, do you? I think it's necessary to exchange contact information so that you can contact me immediately if you need anything else."

What's the number?

Catherine gave a cell phone number.

Ms. Su nodded: "I'll call you if I need anything."

After saying that, he decisively took the suitcase and turned to leave.

Catherine sat blankly on the sofa. She had originally wanted to ask why the other party hadn't pressed her about why she was being hunted by Klaus, since normally she would definitely have asked for the reason.

There are two possible reasons why the other party didn't ask.

First: The other party knows who Klaus is and why he is hunting her down.

Second: The other party doesn't care who Klaus is, nor does he care about being hunted down or not.

Secondly, there are two possibilities: one is that the Akatsuki organization didn't take Klaus seriously at all, and the other is that he didn't take himself seriously!

Catherine analyzed for a long time but did not arrive at a possible 'guess'.

The first point is not impossible. After all, the Akatsuki organization seems to have a vast amount of intelligence. If they could know her real name and identity, then it would be normal, or rather, logical, for them to know why Klaus was hunting her down.

However, the second possibility also exists, after all, given the opponent's strength, it's possible that they don't care about Klaus!

After much deliberation, Catherine decided that she should first try to join the Akatsuki organization and make other plans later.

……

Mysterious Waterfall Town.

After removing Kakuzu's disguise and throwing the gold into another dimension, Su used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return home.

Nidi and Chris have already returned to Amster City. Although Vicky is temporarily helping to look after the supermarket, Vicky doesn't know the situation. It might be okay for a short time, but problems will definitely arise in the long run. Since the mission is over and they have met the Su family, they might as well hurry back.

Elena and Caroline, needless to say, went home last night.

Nagini left early this morning; she still has to continue capturing demons or angels.

Ricky Naylor originally planned to leave, but was persuaded to stay by the Su family.

The reason for keeping her is simple: she's a werewolf. For the vampires and werewolves of Godfall Falls, the sudden appearance of an outsider werewolf should be quite interesting, right?

As expected, Caroline and the committee should accept Kakuzu's proposal. We can just send a shadow clone tonight. As for Catherine...

Su was not entirely ignorant of Klaus. Although he was not familiar with some of the plot or inside information, he did know Klaus's identity.

The progenitor of vampires—or rather, the ancestor of all vampires!

This Klaus not only appeared in The Vampire Diaries, but also played the male lead in its spin-off series, The Originals.

She seems to be of mixed race!

A hybrid of werewolf and vampire!

It is said to be more powerful than any vampire.

He seems to have several siblings, all of whom are considered progenitor vampires, but he doesn't know much about the specific plot, and uh—he doesn't know much about his relationship with Catherine either.

Although Catherine is considered a relatively long-lived and powerful vampire, she shouldn't have any interaction with a progenitor like Klaus in terms of strength or theory.

Su was very curious about what Catherine had done to Klaus, a progenitor of vampires, that he had been relentlessly pursuing for hundreds of years.

at dusk.

After dinner, Su sipped the wine Vicky had brought back from Amherst City, listening to Jessica and Ricky Neller chat about their experiences and anecdotes. Jessica was mainly talking about the situation in Mysterious Falls Town. Su smiled and waved to Vicky as she came out of the kitchen.

Vicky walked over and squatted down beside Su's legs: "What's wrong?"

"I'll give you a gift."

With a smile, Su waved his hand and opened the alternate dimension. Two items fell out from the swirling spatial ripples: a file folder and a gold bar.

Vicky accepted the gold bar unexpectedly. It was heavy and must be very valuable. Nowadays, she didn't really care about money and material things. Besides, she worked for the Su family and could be said to belong to the Su family. Therefore, she was not surprised that the Su family gave her money.

What really intrigued her was the file folder.

"This is... the property certificate?" Vicky was stunned after opening it, looking at Su Shi with some confusion: "You, are you asking me to move out? Did I do something to displease you?"

Su was speechless, and casually tapped Vicky's head: "What are you thinking about? I just happened to get this property, and you've been behaving well lately, so I'm giving it to you."

"But...but this is a house!"