Outside the Exchange Office.
Kakuzu had just come out, looking somewhat distracted.
His hand rested over his chest.
Hidden there was an iron tag, Shamu's Flying Thunder God marker.
Shamu wanted to speak with him in person.
Kakuzu was somewhat surprised, and the iron tag felt a little too hot to handle.
After thinking it over for a long time, he still decided to meet Shamu.
As far as Shamu was concerned, there was no conflict of interest between them, so his safety could be guaranteed.
Their contact over the past few years had given Kakuzu and Shamu a certain degree of mutual understanding.
Kakuzu quickly found a safe cave and sent two Earth Grudge Fear creatures out to scout the area.
He used Earth Release to burrow underground as well, repeatedly confirming there was no danger before returning to the cave.
Then he took out Shamu's marker, wiped away one of the seals on it, and began waiting.
About half an hour later, Shamu arrived with the Flying Thunder God.
Kakuzu drew a sharp breath. Shamu really could use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Once again, he felt that Obito had no future.
Shamu looked around and saw that Kakuzu was alone. Satisfied, he said, "This is a pretty good place you found."
Kakuzu understood what Shamu meant and snorted. "Don't worry. I'm more cautious than you."
Shamu smiled silently and got straight to the point.
"You'll stay with Obito. I'm going to use Kakashi's Puppet Curse to have you deliver Obito a grand gift."
"Afterward, you can use that gift to gain even more of Obito's trust."
"Oh?" Kakuzu was interested. "What kind of gift carries that much weight?"
"Part of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju's corpse."
Shamu spoke those few words lightly, but to Kakuzu, they were