Naruto: Start by Unlocking the Power of Death

Konoha's reputation is quite prestigious in the ninja world. Since the first generation, they have rarely taken the initiative to start wars or invade other countries, and almost all the wars they participated in were passive.

When the surrounding small countries occasionally encounter troubles, they will ask Konoha for help. Of course, it is not free, and they will pay a large bounty as commission.

In a way, it can also be said to be a kind of tribute, seeking Konoha's protection!

If a weak country wants to survive, it can only rely on these methods!

"There are indeed traces of water scouring, but there are also other ninjas without any identification. They should be some wandering ninjas." Yoruichi opened his Byakugan and scanned the surroundings, looking towards a location where there were several corpses.

Judging from his attire, he is not a civilian, but a ninja.

These people do not have the characteristics of other ninja villages. They are most likely bounty ninjas who are willing to risk their lives for money. They can also be said to be wandering ninjas.

Wandering ninjas are some very special ninjas, some of them are ninjas who wandered in the ninja world because their countries were destroyed, and some are rebel ninjas from other ninja villages!

These ninjas, without the support of the village and without their source of livelihood, can only do some shady things to make a living...

The bounty ninja is one of them.

The most typical example is Kakuzu who appears in the original work.

He is the traitor ninja of Takigakure. After escaping from Takigakure, he chose to become a bounty ninja because he was very obsessed with money!

Later, because of his strong strength, he was noticed by Pain and became a member of the Akatsuki organization...

"Let's go. Let's go to the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Rice First. The specific mission details still need the Daimyo of the Land of Rice to explain them to us in detail." Orochimaru just glanced around without any expression on his face. After saying this, his figure flashed and moved directly in one direction.

Ye Yi and the others also looked at each other and followed the footsteps.

In a short while, they arrived at the daimyo's mansion in Tianguo.

At this time, the Daimyo Mansion, which was more luxurious than other buildings, had been mostly damaged, with flames even rising from it. It had become dilapidated and must have been attacked.

Damingfu is the most important place in a country and the place where the national power is gathered. Naturally, there are many precious things in it...

It was obvious that they had been targeted by the bounty-seeking ninjas who came here, and had even been directly attacked. Even the Daimyo of the Land Country had disappeared!

Orochimaru looked at this scene and was amazed: "Even the daimyo's mansion was breached? It seems that the ninjas who came here this time should be quite powerful. I wonder if the daimyo of Tianguo is dead? If he is dead, then we have come here in vain..."

Tianguo Kuni only paid a deposit to Konoha, and the reward will only be given to Konoha after the mission is completed.

If the Daimyo of Tianguo died, their mission this time would be in vain...

Yoruichi opened his Byakugan and his observation Haki radiated out. After carefully sensing, he looked towards a location.

Orochimaru noticed Yoruichi's actions and looked at her: "Did Yoruichi-kun discover something?"

Ye Yi nodded, pointed in a direction, and said, "There are chakra fluctuations underground, and there are quite a few people. They may be the Daimyo of Tianzhikuni and others who are hiding."

Orochimaru grinned: "Really? Then let's go and take a look. As our employer, we still need to go and find out more about the situation from them."

But at this moment, as if sensing something, Shisui's expression became a little serious, and he looked in one direction: "Be careful, someone is approaching!"

Yoruichi actually discovered it earlier than Shisui, but didn't say anything.

"Shisui-kun's perception is really sharp." Orochimaru glanced at Shisui meaningfully, then looked in one direction. He also discovered that someone was coming towards this side.

Just at this moment, a few "swish" sounds were heard, and several figures rushed over from a distance. Judging from their attire, they should be ninjas as well.

Seeing this, Orochimaru raised his lips and said, "Is he a bounty ninja? He is really unscrupulous..."

The leader of these people was a rough-looking man, probably in his thirties, with a frightened look on his face, and a forehead protector with a scratch on it. Judging from the mark, he was a traitor from the Kusagakure Village!

And judging from their hurried expressions, they should be being... chased by someone?

Chapter 71 Kakuzu

At this moment, the leading man saw Orochimaru and his men in front of him, and his face turned pale: "Stop, stop now!"

"What's wrong, Captain? There's that monster Kakuzu chasing us from behind!" After seeing their captain stop, several people behind him also stopped. One of them looked back and spoke hurriedly, his face full of anxiety and fear.

"Idiot, the guy in front is not weaker than that monster Kakuzu, he is Orochimaru, one of the three great ninjas of Konoha!!" The leading man wanted to kill his subordinate, because in front of them was one of the three great ninjas of Konoha, Orochimaru!

They may not be weaker than the ones chasing them!

"Why are the ninjas from Konoha here? Are they hired by the Land of Rice? Damn it, I shouldn't have come to the Land of Rice!" The leading man cursed inwardly, his face looking extremely ugly.

This time they came to the Land of Rice for the bounty of the Kirigakure rebel ninja.

No one knew who was secretly spreading this news, and the news of the Kirigakure traitor ninja spread throughout the ninja world, letting everyone know the whereabouts of the Kirigakure traitor ninja.

These wandering ninjas who have no fixed place to live were naturally attracted by this news and came here with the intention of picking up bargains...

However, before they entered the Land of Rice, and before they encountered the Kirigakure rebel ninja, they first encountered Kakuzu...

As a bounty ninja, he was naturally familiar with Kakuzu. After all, he was a frequent visitor to the black market gold exchange and often hunted down ninjas with bounties.

As a traitor to the Kusagakure Village, they were naturally secretly rewarded by the Kusagakure Village...

Although it wasn't much, it only added up to a few million ryo, but for Kakuzu, no matter how much, it was within his hunting range...

So... they were unfortunately targeted by Jiaodu...

When the leader saw the people from Konoha here, he immediately guessed that they were hired by Tianguo to help solve the problem...

In order to survive, the small countries around Konoha have established cooperative relations with Konoha!

Seeing this, the leading man took a deep breath and shouted to Orochimaru: "Lord Orochimaru, we are just here to take a look around the Land of Rice. We have not attacked anyone in the Land of Rice, nor do we intend to be enemies with Konoha!"

"Hehe, do you know me? That's great, I took the initiative to deliver the clues to my door. You should know the current situation in the Land of Rice Fields, right?" Orochimaru smiled sinisterly and ignored what the man said. After making a seal, he chuckled and said, "Ninjutsu: Shadow Snake Hand..."

As he finished speaking, with a few swish sounds, more than a dozen poisonous snakes suddenly rushed out from his sleeves and rushed towards the people in front...

Orochimaru wanted to find out from these bounty ninjas who were causing trouble in the Land of Rice and where the Watermelon Mountain Pufferfish Demon, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen who defected to the Hidden Mist, was.

The purpose, of course, is to find an opportunity to let Shisui fight with a stronger opponent so that he can observe Shisui's situation carefully...

Fighting against someone who is too weak will most likely not bring out Shisui's true strength!

"Damn it, hurry, get out of here! Escape in the other direction! Fire Style: Flame Bullet!" The leading man's face turned terrified upon seeing this.

He also didn't expect that Orochimaru would start fighting right away without any intention of listening to his explanation.

He quickly formed seals with his hands and performed a fire escape, blowing the attacking venomous snake into pieces. He didn't even care about the lives of his subordinates and turned around and ran away...

The rest of the people were also in a panic. Those who were strong enough used ninjutsu to resist the attacks of the poisonous snakes, and then... turned around and ran!

Several weaker ones were easily entangled by Orochimaru's poisonous snakes and were firmly imprisoned in place...

"You can't run away..." Orochimaru sneered, and a huge snake with a sturdy body suddenly rushed out from his sleeve. The snake's body twisted and quickly caught up with the leading man, tied him up, and dragged him back.

A look of despair flashed across the man's face, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free from Orochimaru's restraints.

"Damn it, who is it? How dare you steal my Kakuzu's prey?" But at this moment, an angry shout came from one direction, and then a man with naked upper body, multiple stitches on his body, and a mask covering the lower half of his face rushed over from a distance, with murderous intent and anger in his eyes!

Kakuzu was very angry that someone dared to steal his prey, but after seeing Orochimaru and Yoruichi and the others over there, especially Orochimaru, his body suddenly stopped, and his unusual pupils could not help but shrink a little, and he said to himself in his heart: "The Three Ninjas of Konoha?"

A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Orochimaru is still very famous in the ninja world!

"Kakuzu..." Seeing that Kakuzu had also arrived, the surviving bounty ninjas realized that the situation was not good and fled.

Captain? What is that?

Your own life is more important!!

"Still want to run?" Seeing this, Kakuzu just sneered, formed seals with his hands, and stretched out black tentacles from his body, rushing out like javelins, piercing through the bodies of those fleeing people and dragging their bodies over.

After doing all this, Kakuzu looked at Orochimaru and the others warily. Looking at the man caught by Orochimaru, he narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Are you from Konoha?"

Meanwhile, Yoruichi also saw Kakuzu, narrowed his eyes, and muttered to himself: "This ability, this face, is this Kakuzu from the Akatsuki organization's immortal duo in the original work?"

Kakuzu's appearance surprised Yoruichi to some extent.

Moreover, judging from his attire, he should not have joined the Akatsuki organization yet...

Could it be that he came here in pursuit of the news about the Kirigakure rebellion?

This should be possible. The original Kakuzu was very eager for money. In the original work, he even hunted some ninjas with bounties while on a mission and delayed the mission.

The bounty on the black market for the Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost was quite high, exceeding 25 million taels! !

This amount of money must be very tempting to Jiaodu!

It is not incomprehensible that it appears here!

Orochimaru looked at Kakuzu and saw his face. He remembered Kakuzu's identity after a moment's thought and grinned, "The immortal ninja? Kakuzu, the traitor of Takigakure?"

Don't underestimate Orochimaru's intelligence capabilities. He knows almost all the slightly famous ninjas in the ninja world by heart.

As for Kakuzu, who was known as the "Immortal Ninja", he would naturally pay more attention to him...

After all, Orochimaru's ultimate goal is eternal life!

And Kakuzu calling himself "immortal" naturally aroused Orochimaru's curiosity. There must be a reason why he has this title, and this reason is what Orochimaru is interested in!

Orochimaru had also considered capturing Kakuzu and studying him carefully...

It's just that Kakuzu's whereabouts are elusive, so it's not easy to find him. Plus, I don't have much time to investigate. I didn't expect to run into him here...

Chapter 72 Fight!

Kakuzu looked at Orochimaru with a cold gaze, and said in a stern tone: "What do you mean by Konoha? How dare you steal Kakuzu's prey?"

What Kakuzu could not tolerate the most was someone else snatching his prey away. Even if the other party was Orochimaru, one of the three great ninjas of Konoha, he had no right to do so!

Unless the first Hokage is resurrected, no one can do it!

Moreover, when looking at Orochimaru, Kakuzu's eyes occasionally flashed with greed...

There is also a bounty on Orochimaru in the black market, and the bounty amount has reached a huge number of 40 million taels!

Regardless of whether it was secretly offered by other ninja villages or offered by Orochimaru's enemies, this amount was among the highest in the black market...

This is the face of the Three Ninjas of Konoha!

It's impossible to say that Kakuzu has no feelings for Orochimaru...

Orochimaru saw the greed in Kakuzu's eyes and couldn't help licking his lips. He said jokingly, "Prey? Hehehe, now they are not your prey, but my prey..."

"Do you, Konoha, want to make things difficult for me, Kakuzu?" Kakuzu's eyes narrowed, revealing a grim look with a hint of threat in it.

After all, he had fought against the first generation before, so it was impossible for him to show weakness in front of a junior like Orochimaru!

Moreover, Orochimaru's bounty also made Kakuzu somewhat tempted.

You have to know that every action he takes takes a long time, sometimes one or two months, sometimes more than ten days, all of which is spent on finding people!

If he could get Orochimaru's head, it would be a great temptation for him...

"Hehe, immortal ninja... Let me see if your immortality is really immortal!" Orochimaru sneered, and had no intention of saying any more nonsense. He formed a seal with his hands: "Ninjutsu: Shadow Snake Hand..."

With a few swish sounds, more than a dozen poisonous snakes rushed out from his sleeves and charged towards Jiaodu! !

"Hmph, I've even fought against your first Hokage, so who do you think you are, Orochimaru? Since you've attacked me, just give me your head. Your bounty really makes me excited!" Kakuzu snorted coldly, and as he formed hand seals, black tentacles stretched out from his body, which seemed to be sewn together.

"Lightning Release: Pseudo Dark!" Behind Kakuzu, black tentacles twisted, and a masked monster stretched out from behind him, opened its mouth and spit out a bolt of lightning, which tore all of Orochimaru's poisonous snakes into pieces with one sweep!

"Wind Style: Suppress!" Kakuzu did not stop his attack. Another mask extended from the other shoulder. He opened his mouth and spit out a high-pressure wind style, which rolled in like a hurricane's wind pressure, destroying everything in its path and plowing a long gully!

"Hmm?" Orochimaru was a little surprised. This kind of powerful wind escape technique was quite interesting...

Yoruichi didn't take any action. Orochimaru was there and he would handle it.

Hongdou was a little stunned. The ninjutsu performed by the other party made her scalp tingle. She felt that she might not be able to take this move...

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" But before Orochimaru could make his move, Shisui took a step forward, formed a seal and spit out a huge fireball from his mouth.

The fireball, with its flame tail trailing behind it, collided directly with Kakuzu's incoming high-pressure hurricane!

‘Boom! ! ’

The two ninjutsu collided in mid-air, sparks of fire appeared, and after an explosion, shock waves swept all around. The terrifying wind pressure shook the trees, and a huge hole appeared directly on the ground! !

"Great Fireball Jutsu? It even canceled out my suppression?" Kakuzu looked at Shisui, and seeing the Sharingan in his eyes, he couldn't help but whispered: "Uchiha clan? No wonder they have such a strong attainment in fire escape!"

This time, Shisui was not wearing an ANBU mask, so Kakuzu recognized him at a glance.

At this time, he also looked at the other people. When he saw Ye Yi's pure white eyes, he couldn't help but be stunned: "Are there any people from the Hyuga clan?"

Hongdou was naturally ignored by him...

Konoha actually sent out people from two powerful families this time. What is their purpose?

Kakuzu felt somewhat confused.