"And you, Third Hokage, will die in this great calamity."
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "??"
"Third Hokage, you look like death is hanging over you!
You must be careful!"
"He used a mysterious ninjutsu to summon the First Hokage and Second Hokage.
You summoned a Monkey and turned him into the Adamantine Staff.
The four of you kept fighting!
The situation was not looking good.
In the end, you summoned a Reaper.
You forcibly sealed the First Hokage and Second Hokage.
But when you were about to seal that long-tongued man, you were stabbed to death by his sword!
Third Hokage, you have to be careful!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi: "???????"
Some time later.
Hiruzen Sarutobi left the bookstore with a stomach full of doubts and a head full of panic.
"Am I really going to die?"
If Bai Hao had not described the Reaper Death Seal, a ninjutsu that no one else could possibly know about, in such detail,
he really would have thought Bai Hao was talking nonsense.
After all,
that so-called Divination Ninjutsu sounded completely unreliable no matter how he looked at it.
He was a professor of ninjutsu,
a knowledgeable man who mastered countless ninjutsu and understood countless others, yet he had never heard of it.
"A long-tongued man who likes sticking out his tongue?"
Orochimaru's image immediately appeared in Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind.
"Summoning the First Hokage and Second Hokage...
Could it be...
the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu?!
If it really is that jutsu,
then it makes perfect sense that I would be forced to use the Reaper Death Seal.
Orochimaru...
I never thought you would do something like this..."
The more Hiruzen Sarutobi thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
So he unconsciously quickened his pace.
He intended to have the Anbu investigate it.
"Plot Points received~"
Bai Hao dispelled the Telescopic Jutsu.
A smile spread across his face.
"I wonder what Orochimaru will do this time?"
After putting away the crystal ball, Bai Hao continued drawing.
[Congratulations, you drew one ton of gold bars!]
[Congratulations, you drew one Permanent Chakra Boost Pill (0.1%)!]
[Congratulations, you drew a Squirtle (Bronze) Card!]
At the same time,
Karin and Izumi encountered a very awkward problem.
They were out of money.
It was easy enough in the wilderness.
The two of them could casually hunt some game and fill their stomachs.
But things were different in the cities.
With their strength, robbing people would have been easy.
However, they simply could not bring themselves to rob anyone.
"Flower,
I suddenly thought of something."
Izumi looked at Karin in confusion.
"As far as I know,
for an organization to operate normally, it needs to accept missions to make money.
Will we be accepting missions in the future too?"
"Uh..."
Karin adjusted her glasses. "I heard Holy Lord mention that a mysterious organization called the Akatsuki operates that way.
I asked him back then too
how our organization makes money.
But Holy Lord didn't say.
He only said that whenever we ran out of money, I should ask him for some."
"Then...
the organization should be divided into members who send money and members who take action, right?"
Izumi arrived at this answer
and thought her reasoning was flawless.
"Forget it, I'll just ask Holy Lord directly!"
Karin immediately contacted Bai Hao through the ring.
"Holy Lord~~"
Karin's face reddened as she spoke coyly. "I want to soak in a hot spring, but I don't have any money~~
If you'd be willing to give me some financial support~
I..."
"Knock, knock!"
Before Karin could finish speaking,
two large chests suddenly appeared in front of them out of thin air.
The chests crashed to the ground and burst open.
In an instant, rows of glittering gold bars appeared before the two girls.
At the same time, Bai Hao directly cut off the call with Karin.
"Sigh..."
Karin sighed.
Then she turned to the two chests of gold and excitedly said to Izumi, "We have money now!"
"Uh..."
Izumi's eyes instantly turned pale, and black lines covered her forehead.
"This woman...
How bold!
She actually dared to speak to Holy Lord like that...
And she even wanted to...
Use seduction on Holy Lord?
Hmph!
Shameless!"
Chapter Nineteen: Sasuke's Shock, A Secret Meeting of Konoha's Leaders [Fourth Update—Please Bookmark and Send Flowers]
Early the next morning,
the three members of Team 7 appeared in Bai Hao's bookstore.
"Have you eaten breakfast?"
"We have!"
Sakura and Naruto answered in unison.
Sasuke merely nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Bai Hao nodded as well.
Then he locked the bookstore door and led the three of them outside the village.
Although Bai Hao had told Sasuke to find Kakashi and join the Anbu,
Kakashi always "couldn't get up" in the morning.
And Sasuke did not want to waste this precious time.
So he came along with Sakura and Naruto to take a look.
Maybe he could learn something!
The four of them soon arrived beside a river outside the village.
"We're here. Let's begin training."
After Bai Hao spoke, he looked at Naruto.
"Naruto.
Your Chakra control is far too poor.
So, if you want to become stronger,
the first step is to improve your Chakra control."
"Mm-hmm!"
Naruto nodded curiously.
He had seen Hinata's progress, so he greatly admired Bai Hao's abilities.
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