"Sandbag???"
"Me?"
Kakuzu was stunned.
He had never imagined that the Earth Grudge Fear he had relied on to make his name throughout the Ninja World would one day be the reason he was qualified to serve as a proper sandbag.
"That's right. You."
Kazama Kaguya confirmed, "There are plenty of people in the Ninja World who can withstand my ninjutsu head-on, but you're the only one who can endure repeated tests."
"My ninjutsu is too powerful, and I haven't trained with it enough. I need a proper sandbag."
"Impossible!" Kakuzu roared.
His green eyes were full of resentment.
"I'm an S-rank rogue ninja, and you want me to be your sandbag??? Even if Hashirama Senju came back to life, don't think I'd do it!"
As he spoke, he struck a fighting pose, like a crab that had raised its pincers to threaten Kazama Kaguya when he'd caught one earlier.
It looked intimidating, but it didn't do much.
Kazama Kaguya raised his hand. A small blue orb formed at his fingertip, while the Nine Luminaries Binding's light spikes appeared around him. He looked at Kakuzu with a faint smile.
"Are you sure?"
Kakuzu immediately lost his nerve.
His enemy could raise a hand and fire off an artillery strike with a basic attack. Who could take that?
He lowered his pincers and slumped. "Pick something else."
Kazama Kaguya looked at him disdainfully. "You're that poor? Besides Earth Grudge Fear and money, you don't have a single thing of value on you?"
"Some rare ninjutsu, special tools—why not take them out and let me have a look?"
"Nothing."
Kakuzu grew even more dejected. He said listlessly, "I'm so poor, all I have left is money. But you don't even want that. What am I supposed to do?"
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