Gold Release: Super Rich Technique!

Mei Terumi raised her head,

looking at Kakuzu's icy expression, at the eight enormous Black Spears behind him, at the countless Black Tentacles gradually filling her entire field of vision.

The sky suddenly darkened until even the moonlight was swallowed.

The next moment,

killing intent erupted! In a flash, thousands upon thousands of tentacles surged down!

They were about to completely engulf and shred the two of them!

"Dead! Dead! Dead!"

Watching everything before her, Mei Terumi's eyes widened. Her gaze darted frantically around every corner in front of her, sweat beading on her brow, yet she could find no way out.

Tentacles lay before her, and a cliff behind her.

Although Lava Release: Melting Monster Technique could suppress these black tentacles, judging by their numbers and their Constant Regeneration, even if she exhausted all her Chakra, she would not be able to hold on for long.

And those tentacles were not even the key!

No matter how many she melted, it would be useless!

The key was Kakuzu, the S-Rank Rogue Ninja who had summoned those tentacles!

The masks on his body seemed able to act in his place, casting powerful ninjutsu without hand seals.

That Blue Bird-Head Mask represented Wind Release: Pressure Damage, a top-tier Wind Release Ninjutsu. Then what did the Yellow-Striped Dog-Head Mask on his chest represent?

Earth Release? Or something else?

Just how many masks did he have?

Aside from casting ninjutsu, did those masks have other effects?

This was bad, bad, bad.

Immense terror coiled around Mei Terumi's heart.

As she watched the tentacles draw ever closer, she felt nothing but despair. Even her hands forming hand seals trembled, and she nearly formed the wrong seal and caused her Chakra to run wild.

In the end, Mei Terumi was only a little girl the same age as Uchiha Ci, despite her extraordinary talent.

She was still far from becoming the Fifth Mizukage who would one day suppress the Blood Mist.

Seeing Mei Terumi standing before him, frozen with fright, Uchiha Ci, who had been behind her all along, stepped forward. He pulled her behind him by the shoulder and said with righteous dignity,

"A Heavenly Strong Man always appears at the final moment. Leave this to me!"

"What did you say?" Mei Terumi stared at Uchiha Ci in shock. "Could he be an expert? Has he been pretending to be weak all this time?"

But Mei Terumi immediately recalled how he had nearly been beaten to death by three Evil God Cultists not long ago.

Her expression twisted as she grabbed Uchiha Ci by the waistband and yanked him backward, so anxious she wanted to kick him in the ass.

"Run! You can't possibly be his match!"

Uchiha Ci immediately wore a disdainful smile. You little cutie, you don't understand what a Heavenly Strong Man is.

With that thought,

facing the overwhelming, writhing tide of tentacles, Uchiha Ci remained unflinching in the face of danger. With a swish, he raised his hand, displayed the passbook in it, and shouted with incomparable pride,

"I! Have! Money!"

Mei Terumi's breath caught, and her heart was seized by shock!

You were actually trying to bribe a cold, ruthless Top Bounty Hunter in the Ninja World.

Kid, did you not know that he could earn in one job what you would never earn in your entire life?

How could Kakuzu possibly care about your little bit of money?

What an absolute joke!

Mei Terumi raged inwardly, wishing she could stuff Uchiha Ci's head into his pants to shut him up, then sling him over her shoulder and run.

Yet, as Uchiha Ci's shout fell,

swish—

in an instant,

the wind stopped, the waves fell silent, and the surroundings suddenly sank into an eerie stillness.

The surging mass of tentacles abruptly halted, revealing Kakuzu behind them. His pair of eerie green eyes locked tightly onto Uchiha Ci.

His tone gradually became restrained, even carrying a trace of eagerness. The corners of his mouth beneath the Black Mask visibly twitched upward before he slowly asked in a cold voice,

"How much?"

Mei Terumi's breath caught again. The breath trapped in her chest would not come out, and she nearly choked herself to death.

She stared at Kakuzu in utter shock, no less stunned than when Uchiha Ci had pulled out a passbook and tried to bribe him.

Mr. Kakuzu, where was the dignity of an S-Rank Rogue Ninja and Kage Level powerhouse?

And you were seriously asking how much this brat would give you?

Was there something wrong with these two, or was there something wrong with her?

Mei Terumi suddenly realized that she could no longer understand this world.

The oppressive atmosphere suddenly lightened.

Uchiha Ci grinned and laughed. Of course, he would not admit that he was broke. His seven-figure savings had long been spent on ninja tools and Exploding Tags, and now he had nothing but bandages and underwear.

Instead, he put on a proud, unruly expression, raised his brows as if looking down on everything, and slowly asked Kakuzu,

"Mr. Kakuzu, have you ever heard of Gold Release: Super Rich Technique?"

Hearing words like "gold" and "super rich," Kakuzu could not help widening his eyes slightly as he asked impatiently, "What Kekkei Genkai is that?"

Uchiha Ci smiled smugly and spoke with calm ease,

"So-called Gold Release means using money to clear the way, a powerful ability capable of solving ninety-nine percent of life's problems!"

"I am no great talent, but as a Super Rich Uchiha Clan Member, I have some small understanding of it."

"Just last year, the clan allocated me a land deed in the Konoha Core Commercial District, worth over a million."

"Now, all my money is in this passbook, including the real estate, shops, and various fixed assets under my name."

"And you, my friend, Mr. Kakuzu."

"You only need to spare my life."

Uchiha Ci raised the Green Little Book between two fingers, a brilliant smile spreading across his face.

"Then all of this will be yours!"

Gulp.

Kakuzu swallowed hard, his eyes fixed straight on the passbook in Uchiha Ci's hand.

How much money was in there?

One million? No, even the cheapest property in the Konoha Core Area was worth at least three million. And with the other things this kid mentioned, altogether...

Eight million? Or ten million?!

Kakuzu's breathing quickened. "Th-This sounds... rather good."

Hearing this, Mei Terumi also looked at the passbook in Uchiha Ci's hand in astonishment.

She wondered if this kid's hidden identity was the Eldest Young Master of the Uchiha Clan, Itachi Uchiha.

But that could not be right—their ages did not match. Could he be Uchiha Fugaku, the Konoha Security Force Captain's illegitimate son?

Before Mei Terumi could recover,

Uchiha Ci saw Kakuzu reveal an opening. His gaze sharpened, he twisted his feet, and drove force through his waist!

Using master-level Uchiha Style: Silk Thread Shurikenjutsu, he gripped his passbook and hurled it viciously backward!

The thin passbook became a streak of blurred white,

tearing through the air!

Without waiting to see whether Kakuzu went after the passbook,

Uchiha Ci spun around and scooped up Mei Terumi by her slender waist and the backs of her knees, lifting her into his arms.

Then his eyes sharpened,

and he charged straight to the edge of the cliff,

before leaping down with all his might!

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