CH 232

Kusagakure, this village is a small country around the Kingdom of Fire, it seems that its only value is to exist as a strategic buffer zone.

If any big Ninja Village did not want to keep the buffer zone, they could destroy the village at any time.

But if they really wanted to think this way, they were wrong.

Yuuji stood in the office of the Hokage with an indifferent expression, looking like a politician who wanted to seek benefits for Konohagakure.

“You must be Lord Yuuji. I’ve heard a lot about you, but 20% of the reward is too much. This is the price that the defeated country should pay. We are here to form an alliance with Konoha.” Mui frowned slightly, with the appearance of worrying about the country and the people.

Yuuji sneered: “Alliance? You know the meaning of this alliance better than anyone else. It is nothing more than seeking Konoha’s protection and not launching a war against you. If you want to be safe, you have to pay a price, and 20% of the bounty is already generous.”

Mui looked worried.

But in fact, he was not flustered at all.

It doesn’t matter to him even if it’s 40%, anyway, he’s just the lord of Hozuki castle in the Kingdom of Grass, not the leader of Kusagakure.

Mui personally did not care about these things.

As long as he signed the contract, he would return to Hozuki castle. He did not need to pay attention to the rest of the things.

Compared to this, it is obvious that Yuuji himself is more attractive to him. If he can bring him back to Kusagakure…

A trace of regret flashed in the eyes of Mui.

It’s a pity that this guy is too strong, no matter how much chakra there is, he has to live to enjoy it.

In the end, Minato made the final decision, demanding that Kusagakure pay 15% of the mission gold as a reward, and ruthlessly slashing Kusagakure.

Yuuji looked at the departing figure of Mui, and the corner of his mouth revealed a trace of ridicule.

“This guy seems to be very interested in me,” Yuuji said.

“Well, I also found out, probably because I have heard of your notoriety, what you did to the Kumogakure’s diplomatic Mission made these messengers very scared.” Minato laughed.

Yuuji also nodded, as if he agreed with this point of view.

He estimated the time.

Speaking of which, there were quite a few good things in this village. Uzumaki’s descendants were one thing, and the other was that thing… the box of ultimate bliss.

In the legends, it could grant any wish, but in reality, it was to create monsters that gathered negative energy to devour fear.

It was said that the Ninjas of the Kusagakure used this thing back then and almost ruled the world in Rikudou Sennin’s era.

Well, this “almost” was very interesting.

Kakuzu almost killed the original Hokage.

Danzo almost killed Pain and Rikudou Sennin.

Mui suddenly said, “Hokage Sama, we hope that Konohagakure can send a team to our country of grass.”

…

Not long after, Mui walked out of the building with no expression on his face. According to the normal procedure, after signing the contract, they could prepare to leave.

But Mui took advantage of this time to wander around Konohagakure. He looked at these high-quality ninjas with admiration.

Many Konoha ninjas looked at this outsider wearing a grass ninja forehead, and looked at the expression on this guy’s face, feeling satisfied and proud.

However, they didn’t know what would happen if they stuffed all these ninjas into the chest of bliss`.

I spent so much time and effort to collect chakra, but I didn’t manage to gather enough chakra to open the chest of bliss. If it was Konohagakure, it would be very easy to open the chest of bliss, not to mention that there is Bijuu in this village.

Mui sighed. He really felt envious.

In the big village, there were countless talented ninjas.

Two tails, nine tails, and Yuuji, if he could grab any one of these three guys, he would definitely be able to open the chest of bliss to make a wish.

“Lord Mui, we have finished our preparations. We can leave at any time.” A grass Ninja found him and reported.

Mui said, “In that case, there is no time to lose. Let’s go… Hm?”

Suddenly, he saw Naruto. He felt the terrifying chakra on his body, and his eyes lit up, but then dimmed down.

“Unfortunately, I can’t take this guy back… But I thought of another way to get the chakra together. I can’t do it myself, so I can hire someone else to do it.”

Mui thought that there was another guy among Ninja World who had Bijuu level chakra, and that was the man who was called Tailless Bijuu.

Akatsuki… It seems that he will have to spend a lot of money to hire this organization. Only this organization can bring him what he wants.

Mui silently pondered.

No one knew his plan.

After leading the team back to the Country of Grass, Mui first reported the agreement to the leader of the Kusagakure.

“He actually asking for 15% of the task reward? This kind of amount… Forget it, it’s barely acceptable.” The leader of Kusagakure looked livid, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Right now, Konoha was really too powerful. Any random Kage-level could defeat their village, and they had no choice.

From now on, every time Kusagakure completed a mission, they would give all 15% of the bounty reward to Konohagakure to obtain safety and protection.

“The expenses for next year will have to be reduced a little. 15% of the bounty… We will not be able to nurture a number of ninjas like in the past.” The leader of Kusagakure waved his hand.

Mui respectfully retreated and returned to Hozuki castle.

Hozuki castle is notorious in the entire grass Kingdom, and it is a veritable city of criminals.

The reason why Mui was able to rule this city with his identity as the lord and control those vicious criminals was in essence because he had mastered an extremely powerful sealing technique.

As long as anybody was hit by this technique, even Bijuu would not be able to break free easily.

That’s right. Mui’s strength was much stronger than what ordinary people imagined. The reason why his name was not spread among Ninja World, his low-key style of doing things, and his lack of battle achievements that he had never fought against Kage-level and Bijuu, was also one of the reasons.

Mui himself also did not value those false reputations in the first place.

Whoosh!

The gate of Hozuki castle slowly opened.

Mui walked in with an indifferent expression. In the city, the criminals who were fighting each other were still shouting and fighting. When they saw Mui, they suddenly became silent, and their faces showed resentment and fear.

“Mui…”

“He came back so quickly? Bastard, I missed a good chance to escape!”

“Heh, your body is sealed. How can you escape? Stop joking!”

Many criminals glared at Mui.

At this time, a strong man rushed out with a ferocious expression. “Mui, I want to challenge you!”

“Yes, I like challenges. According to the agreement between you and me, you can leave here if you beat me.” Mui nodded casually.

He stood in the center of the square.

That strong man raised his fist, roared and rushed towards him, but with just a light kick, he was sent flying.

“Bastard, if my chakra is not sealed, I can kill you with one move!” The other side was very angry.

More people could not hold back and rushed towards Mui, but they were all easily defeated by him.

These people were all sealed and could not use Chakra. They had essentially become a group of strong ordinary people. They were not a match for someone like Mui.

In addition, there were many ninjas stationed in Hozuki Castle. As long as they were caught, they would not have a chance to escape.

Even Jinchuriki could not do it.

After dealing with these tools, Mui planned to take a final gamble. If all these criminals were stuffed into the chest of bliss and still could not be opened, he could only ask Akatsuki for help.

“Father, please teach me how to train.” His son ran in.

“Muku, I am very busy. Don’t bother me.” Mui said coldly.

The young Muku was stunned on the spot, his face full of disappointment.

Mui gathered all the ninjas he had, came to the front of a huge building, and threw one criminal after another into it.

On the other side of the huge door, there seemed to be a monster that swallowed everything, swallowing one living person after another.

The screams of the criminals paved the ambition of Mui.

“Sir Mui, we have already thrown in 90 of the criminals, but we still can’t open this thing.” A ninja knelt on the ground, trembling with fear.

Mui looked at him coldly.

The ninja trembled fiercely, and the ninjas around him also looked strange.

Mui really intended to stuff these ninjas into the chest as well. He even planned to throw his son into the chest of bliss.

However, he did not do so in the end.

“The chest of bliss is our only chance to get rid of the weak. Otherwise, with our own strength, it is impossible for us to have a foothold in Ninja World! Since that is the case, let’s give up for the time being. I have found other ways, although it is very risky…”

Mui snorted and immediately ordered that he would issue a bounty mission to the underground bounty and ask Akatsuki to take it.

This made the other ninjas relieved, and they immediately went to carry out the mission.

Soon, the man who had been in the underground bounty centers of various countries all year round, who had cheated countless people into bankruptcy, also found this extremely targeted bounty.

“Hmph, the content of this bounty is very interesting. Not only did it request us, Akatsuki, to accept it, it also asked the person with the most chakra to carry it out? Isn’t this prepared for Kisame? Understood, I will use the Transformation Technique to turn into Kisame to ask for the bounty.”

Kakuzu sat in a bounty center, facing the frightened and respectful gazes of the surrounding people, pointing at the mission catalog in front of him.

The fraudulent man, Kakuzu, has deceived countless people, and his strength is outstanding, which makes people admire him very much.

In the legends, he almost defeated Shoudai Hokage.

This man was sitting in his seat with a fierce look in his eyes. He forcibly suppressed this bustling underground bounty and the gathering place of the underground bar.

“If you really dare to do this, the leader will kill you, unless you think you can make a 50/50 split with the leader.” Beside him, Hiruko said with a sneer.

“Hmph, it’s not impossible to be a leader or something… And how would I know that Zero is actually a puppet controlled by the leader?”

Kakuzu had a tough attitude, but his tone clearly softened a little.

Inside Akatsuki, the atmosphere was actually very subtle recently.

Many vicious villains joined this organization. On one hand, they were defeated by Pain by force. If they did not join, they would die. On the other hand, they felt that they could gain benefits from this organization.

For example, Kakuzu, he joined this organization because of financial power.

In any case, he would not be like others who wanted to achieve eternal peace. He had no interest in such a far-reaching goal.

Similarly, as a partner he had tried to kill several times but failed to kill, Hiruko did not believe it at all.

He only joined because he wanted to obtain a better blood limit.

These two people can be said to be the most dangerous combination of thinking in the Akatsuki organization. They only run for profit, without any strong beliefs to support them.

“Lord Kakuzu, Hiruko-sama, our bounty center is only a small bounty center, we don’t have much liquidity… And look at this mission…” The manager of the bounty bureau nodded and bowed, his face humble.

“Oh? But I think the scale of your bounty shop is not small at all, and there are so many people drinking, the daily turnover must be very rich.” Kakuzu stared.

“Master Kakuzu, please forgive us, we actually can’t make any money, this is for your subordinates, a little care is not enough to show respect.”

“Are you insulting me? Why should I accept bribes from you when I can cheat money? Or, do you suspect my deception?”

“No, how would I dare…”

No one knew what kind of crap the Bounty Manager was in.

deception? The major bounties in the ninja world have long heard of Kakuzu’s notoriety, and for this reason they have specially developed many ninjutsu to prevent fraud and improve detection capabilities.

But most of the time, in order to avoid trouble, some bounty people pinched their noses and pretended to be deceived, giving Kakuzu a sum of money, treating it as breaking money to avoid disaster.

But Kakuzu doesn’t have the slightest self-knowledge, and firmly believes that he is a master of deception and invincible.

Cheating money was more efficient than working to make money.

“No way, no way. Kakuzu, do you really think you are smart?” Hiruko said sarcastically.

“Get lost. I will find a chance to kill you sooner or later. I can only ensure your speed and not your survival.” Kakuzu snorted.

Hiruko nodded. “That’s right, so I am looking for the next target to swallow.”

Beads of sweat appeared on the forehead of the bounty manager. The two men in front of him were very famous in the underground world. One had lived from the era of Shoudai Hokage until today, and the other had threatened to eat blood.

“In short, report to the leader first. Let him decide. If there are no accidents, he will agree.”

The two of them got up and left.

Using the ring on his hand, he created a projection of the chakra in Amegakure’s huge hole and reported this news to Nagato.

“An individual who needs a huge amount of chakra? Interesting, then let them do this. No matter what the purpose of the employer is, it is impossible to hurt them.”

Nagato’s entire body was in the shadows, making it impossible to see his body shape. His voice was cold as he spoke.

“White Zetsu, send another clone to the Grass Country for surveillance. I want to know the details of the process.”

Nagato gave orders to White Zetsu, who was growing on his body.

After controlling Black-Zetsu and White Zetsu, Nagato discovered that not only had his strength become stronger, but it was also much more convenient for many things.