Naruto Bloodline Theory? It's Just Trash Chapter 26

Clearly, this was one of the entertainment venues for the wealthy.

Organizations like the Underground Exchange

were spread throughout the Ninja World.

Many countries had branches of the Underground Exchange stationed within them.

Anyone could figure out that something like a black market had to have plenty of powerful backers behind it.

"Just like the Chunin Exam held by the Five Great Nations, the Chunin Exam is a microcosm of war. Every exam showcases the outstanding shinobi cultivated by each village and just how strong their combat power is. This place is the same..."

Shennong explained.

"The high-ranking officials and nobles here all walk in the shadows. Only by flaunting their wealth and power and maintaining their authority can they steer matters in a direction favorable to themselves... For example, over there..."

Shennong pointed.

"See that short man? His name is Gato. He owns a shipping company and is a regular here."

Gato...

Mingren immediately recalled the ordinary villain from the Original Work in the Land of Waves.

In the manga, Gato would appear more than a decade later.

At this point, Gato was still a young man.

He wore sunglasses, a suit, and a tie.

A gang of thugs and enforcers followed around him.

After that, Shennong introduced several other people.

Mingren, however, had no interest in such matters.

Still, Shennong's descriptions gave him an idea of just how dark this place was.

While Shennong was describing things to Mingren...

Elsewhere.

Asuka and several subordinates stood there, feeling uncomfortable with the atmosphere.

"This isn't somewhere we shinobi belong..."

"I just feel completely out of place here..."

The strange, inexplicable atmosphere made Ryu and the others uncomfortable.

At the same time.

Kaede Yamanaka and Shido Akimichi, sent by Danzo, had also disguised themselves as guests and were surveying the surroundings.

"Our mission is to recover the corpses, but looking at things now, it seems rather difficult..."

Kaede Yamanaka Shook His Head.

Things had developed beyond their expectations.

They had thought it would merely be an ordinary corpse transaction.

Instead, it had turned into an auction.

With so many high-ranking officials and nobles present, none of them were people they could afford to offend.

After all, shinobi lived off money.

To make money, they needed patrons.

A little money from any of the nobles present would be enough to support many Konoha shinobi.

For the village's economy, they could not casually offend the people here.

An unspoken rule of the ninja world: shinobi could slaughter one another, but they absolutely could not lay a hand on their patrons.

Kaede Yamanaka was immediately put in a difficult position.

What should they do when Hokuto Hyuga's and the Gekko Clan's corpses were auctioned off later?

Just then.

A group of people approached from the side.

They shouted for people to make way.

They were clearing a path for the person they escorted.

"Make way, make way..."

Before long, they passed by Kaede Yamanaka and Shido Akimichi.

Seeing that the two were plainly dressed

and looked nothing like wealthy people,

one of them directly shouted, "Move aside, pretty boy, and you too, fatso."

The Yamanaka Clan's distinctive single ponytails gave them a somewhat feminine air.

The Akimichi Clan, meanwhile, generally used their plump physiques as the foundation for their ninjutsu. Only with highly developed physical energy could Yang Release techniques display their full effects.

Shido Akimichi, who had worn an honest expression and said little, immediately perked up at those words.

"Oh no!" Kaede Yamanaka's heart sank.

This was bad!

The next moment.

Shido Akimichi glared at the other man, his face furious. "You... called me fat?!"

"What? Fatso, haven't you heard of the great Quick-Knife Sato?"

The man calling himself Sato looked arrogant, completely unaware of the fate awaiting him.

"Move aside already, fatso!"

Sato shoved Shido Akimichi.

But... Shido Akimichi did not budge in the slightest.

"Fatso... You actually called me fatso...!!"

Shido Akimichi roared, his cheeks flushing crimson in an instant.

"No one gets to call me fat!!! Expansion Jutsu!!"

In the next instant.

Shido Akimichi's body swelled. His already plump figure immediately became round like a ball.

"Human Bullet Tank!!"

In the next instant.

Shido Akimichi curled his limbs and head into his body and shot forward like a cannonball.

Seeing him suddenly attack,

Sato and the others instinctively drew their kunai and slashed at Shido Akimichi.

However.

Against the Akimichi Clan's Yang Release body secret jutsu,

the kunai could not pierce him at all.

In the next instant.

The men were simply crushed beneath him.

With a thunderous boom,

Shido Akimichi crashed into the wall.

As for Sato and the others, every bone in their bodies had been broken. They had been crushed to death on the spot.

The Underground Exchange, which had been filled with whispers, immediately erupted into discussion.

Which of the high-ranking officials and nobles present had not seen all sorts of bizarre and bloody scenes?

Seeing this, they all began discussing what had just happened.

Soon, staff members emerged and carried away the corpses.

Such conflicts were extremely common in the Underground Exchange.

Bounty Hunters often got into vicious fights.

Everyone was used to it.

"It's the Akimichi Clan. Konoha really did send people."

Shennong looked in that direction.

Naturally, Mingren had also witnessed what happened.

"The other one is from the Yamanaka Clan..."

The Akimichi Clan possessed immense strength and excelled at Yang Release Expansion Jutsu.

The Yamanaka Clan was intelligent and capable of using Yin Release Mental Secret Techniques.

Both were representatives of Konoha's Bloodline Theory clans.

They were respectively in charge of Konoha's logistics, Intelligence Division, and other departments.

Together with the Nara Clan, they were collectively known as Ino-Shika-Cho and were widely recognized throughout the Ninja World.

"My base strength is currently 9, equal to Jiraiya's rating. If I fought that Akimichi Clan guy head-on, we'd be evenly matched. But he has several more forms of Expansion Jutsu... So if I use Dark Chakra as well, using Chakra to augment my body..."

Mingren assessed their respective strengths.

Only when they fought later would the truth become clear!

"Too impulsive." Kaede Yamanaka Shook His Head and sighed.

Still fuming, Shido Akimichi pulled himself out of the wall and stood there, panting.

His bloodshot eyes remained fixed fiercely ahead.

"Still... luckily, he only killed a few small fry. It would have been terrible if he had offended any high-ranking officials or nobles..."

Kaede Yamanaka secretly felt relieved.

In this world, bloodlines determined everything.

What high-ranking official or noble did not come from a wealthy, powerful lineage?

Even shinobi absolutely could not afford to offend them.

Auction

But afterward, Kaede Yamanaka thought of the positive effect this incident might bring.

"Now that Shido acted, the people here have probably recognized our identities and guessed that we came to reclaim the corpses."

For the sake of Konoha's status as one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages,

they would most likely... abandon this auction and perhaps even go with the flow and do Konoha a favor.

At once.

Numerous gazes turned in their direction.

They examined Kaede Yamanaka and Shido Akimichi.

Before long, someone nodded amicably at the two of them.

Some even came over directly to make conversation and sound them out.

They were preparing to buy the corpses and hand them over to Konoha in exchange for certain benefits.

Seeing the atmosphere settle down again,

the Auctioneer breathed a sigh of relief. With a broad smile on his face, he walked onto the stage and announced the start of the auction.