The Bounty Office Built Inside a Toilet

Bounty Office.

I don't know if it's a quirk of the boss behind it, but the Bounty Office are all located inside public restrooms.

They deliberately chose this desolate village, but the only toilet they found was renovated to be huge and brand new. Anyone with eyesight and a brain can see that there's definitely something wrong here. I have absolutely no idea what they're planning to do!

Based on her experience of living two lives, at least Katsuki couldn't figure out why she would want to link the Bounty Office with the toilet.

"It stinks!"

Kuyue pinched her nose, utterly disgusted by the place. Even though she was splattered with blood, she didn't utter a sound. But now, as soon as she approached the toilet, the stench made her furrow her brows.

"Ugh! Holy crap... what the hell is that smell?!"

Katsuki's screams came through the radio headset.

Out of curiosity about Kuyue's reaction, he slightly enhanced his sense of smell, and the result... he was overwhelmed by the stench.

"Damn it, get out there! They can't even clean the toilet properly, you bunch of unhygienic bastards!" Katsuki ordered through gritted teeth.

"Boom!"

The doors and walls were breached in an instant, and the Anbu rushed into the enormous toilet from different directions.

The sounds of clashing weapons echoed clearly in Katsuki's ears. Combined with the Chakra movements observed through her Mind's Eye, she easily simulated the scene of the battle in the toilet in her mind.

Even if he was on the roof of a dilapidated house two hundred meters away.

The number of wandering ninjas at the Bounty Office was quite large, and their overall strength was much stronger than those outside. However, their enemies were the elite members of Konoha's Anbu. Even Kakashi and Kuyue each took down two opponents, cut off their heads, and kicked them far away.

This was to confirm that the enemy was truly dead... It might have been a bit excessive, but nobody cared about such trivial matters.

Katsuki didn't care.

What he cared about was the safety of Kuyue and Kakashi; as for how these enemies died or how gruesome their deaths were, he couldn't care less.

The Bounty Office's resistance was doomed to failure. In less than a minute, they were all wiped out by sixty elite members of the Anbu service, along with two youngsters. Only two men who seemed to be the leaders were left behind, who might be able to extract some information from them.

"Sir, it's all been taken care of; we've captured two prisoners."

"Find a few people with interrogation skills and give them some pointers. Get whatever they can get out of them; if all else fails, just slit their throats." Katsuki waved her hand casually.

His attention was focused on the secret chamber of the toilet.

In the empty, sealed room, one by one, mortuaries were pulled out. Most of them were empty, but there were a few refrigerated corpses inside, and they were all identified.

There were six corpses in total, all of them ninjas from the Land of Fire, all of them Jonin.

"Sir, the three are Jonin from the village. The Anbu has records of them. They all went missing during missions within the last two months and were eventually ruled dead, but their bodies have never been found," the Anbu reported softly.

"What about the remaining three?"

"They are members of ninja clans outside of their own villages, all of them Jonin. The Anbu have backups for them, and some of the team members have worked on missions with those unlucky guys who died."

The Anbu shrugged, expressing sympathy for these unfortunate souls whose bodies were sold even after they died.

"Ha! Interesting! Interesting!"

Katsuki walked around in a circle, her gaze sweeping over the pale corpse.

"Write this down, it's all evidence. These bastards dare to traffic our people's corpses. Bust all the black markets in the country, and I want them to never set foot on our borders again for ten years," Katsuki said viciously.

"Understood, sir."

The Anbu skillfully handled everything, and at the same time, the support troops made contact, and the two sides began a quick and efficient handover of everything on site.

Seizing this brief moment, Katsuki brought the two little ones, who had just been washed, to her.

How are you feeling?

"So-so, they're all weaklings, it's not very fun to fight them," Kakashi said coolly.

"... Just as Kakashi said." Kuyue shrugged, a hint of boredom on the ten-year-old girl's face. "They're all unchallenging guys, but they can let Kakashi practice his swordsmanship, so he won't accidentally stab a major artery again and splatter blood everywhere."

Kakashi's face turned green.

Who are these people?! They all take turns teasing him. He just accidentally poked the wrong spot once, does he really have to keep reminding him like this?!

"Ha ha!"

Katsuki couldn't help but laugh again, but after laughing, she put on a serious face.

"Keep up the good work. There might not be any formidable opponents in this operation, but you're not qualified to face the real masters either. You need at least two more years of training... As for now, focus on practicing how to kill. You won't learn anything by just hacking and slashing at wooden stakes and dummies..."

Katsuki glanced at her female disciple, whose expression showed boredom, and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Girl, don't laugh at Kakashi. Although you didn't sever the main artery, your killing skills aren't great either. You used too much force when you stabbed him. You could have just cut his throat. Why did you have to behead him? Beheading takes a lot of energy. You can cut off his head later, but you should conserve your energy in battle. You don't have superhuman strength, so you need to be extra careful in this regard."

"And Kakashi, it's one thing to avoid stab your main artery and create a fountain, but another problem is that your swordsmanship is too rigid. You go through the whole sequence of stab, swipe, and slice without ever changing the order. You must correct this flaw. Be unpredictable and act as you please. That's the essence of your swordsmanship. Remember, don't let your enemy figure out your sword moves. Once they figure you out, you're dead."

"Understood, teacher." Kuyue nodded seriously.

"I will change."

Kakashi is very smart. Although he is a bit arrogant, his arrogance is nothing compared to Katsuki's. To him, Katsuki is both a teacher and an older brother. Moreover, he has seen his father's pride and smugness when he mentions Katsuki many times, and he has heard his father say frankly that he is no longer Katsuki's match.

All of this filled him with respect and admiration for Katsuki.

The Anbu of the cat-face mask made a gesture, indicating that the matter could be handed over to the support troops and they could continue their journey.

"Very good, get ready, we need to continue our journey. You'll have plenty of opportunities to practice from now on."

Katsuki patted the two little ones on the head; it was so easy talking to smart kids.

The group sprang into action again, leaving the remote, deserted village and heading towards their next enclosed destination.