Uchiha Jin froze at those words.
He truly hadn't expected a genius like Kakashi to fail to stop a Kirigakure chunin, even if Kakashi was just starting out, this shouldn't have happened!
The person who arrived was a man of about twenty, with a slash across his Kirigakure forehead protector.
He was currently suffering from fairly heavy injuries, and his face was now filled with terror as he ran like a madman toward Uchiha Jin's direction.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan!"
Activating his Sharingan, Uchiha Jin blocked directly in front of the man.
"Damn it, an Uchiha!"
The Kirigakure rogue ninja charging forward wore a terrible expression, instinctively wanting to close his eyes to evade the genjutsu.
Yet it was too late!
Under the effect of the genjutsu, he froze right in his tracks.
Uchiha Jin drew a kunai and slashed directly toward his neck.
"Wait, don't kill me!"
Out of terror, the Kirigakure rogue ninja hurriedly blurted out, "I'm one of you, I'm Root's outer..."
Before the fellow could finish his sentence, hearing the word "Root", Uchiha Jin severed his neck without a second word.
Fresh blood spurted out, and he died on the spot!
[Ding, congratulations to the host.] [Disrupted Root's operation, causing minor impact to Danzo, obtained 50 fate points.]
Uchiha Jin narrowed his eyes.
He had finally found a method to acquire fate, so as long as he gave himself time, he would definitely become a powerhouse in the future.
The next second.
Kakashi, wielding a blood-stained katana, and Nara Shikaichi following behind, all rushed over at top speed.
Seeing the dead Kirigakure rogue ninja, the two of them finally let out sighs of relief.
Nara Shikaichi spoke, "I thought I faintly heard this guy begging for mercy just before he died?"
"Yeah, seems so," Kakashi nodded.
Uchiha Jin, however, narrowed his eyes slightly, then spoke in a resolute tone, "During combat, I don't listen to the ravings of a dead man."
Everyone fell into silence.
Yet Uchiha Jin didn't give the two men time to think; he confirmed from Nara Shikaichi's mouth that everyone else had already been killed, and expressed emotion over how tough a shinobi world kid's mindset was, since not even his first kill caused any discomfort.
Finally.
The three of them headed once again to the bandits' old lair, and a thorough search yielded a full eight million and two hundred thousand ryo in banknotes.
Nara Shikaichi was stunned, "Isn't this way too much?"
Kakashi was indifferent to this.
At this moment his mindset was more like a walking corpse, and he didn't care about money at all, whereas Uchiha Jin's eyes flickered, feeling that this was most likely funds issued by Root.
The bandit hideout before his eyes was in all probability a secret Root stronghold.
His eyes rolled, and after putting away the banknotes, he directly cast the Great Fireball Technique, reducing the entire bandit camp to ashes.
Twenty minutes later.
Shortly after the group left the bandit hideout, Takada Fujiwara made his appearance, "You all did well, but why did you destroy the entire bandit camp?"
Kakashi and Nara Shikaichi were somewhat silent, but Uchiha Jin laid the banknotes directly out in the open.
This matter couldn't be hidden!
Everyone had seen it, and swallowing it privately would be very difficult.
Therefore, Uchiha Jin took them out generously, "We found these in the bandit camp—a full eight million three hundred thousand ryo."
Takada Fujiwara drew in a sharp breath, his entire body trembling slightly despite himself.
Although he had already become a jonin, an A-rank mission at most paid eight hundred thousand ryo, and missions exceeding one million ryo were very rare; moreover, a portion of this money had to be turned over to the village, and the remaining silver was still distributed among the entire squad, so ending up with twenty million—twenty thousand ryo in his own hands would already be pretty good.
However, an A-rank commission mission required risking one's life, and the dangers encountered within can well be imagined.
And now?
Lying right in front of him was over six million ryo, an amount fully equivalent to the reward of seven or eight A-rank missions. For a civilian ninja to say he wasn't tempted would be a lie.
In fact, it wasn't just him!
Uchiha Jin noticed that besides Takada Fujiwara, even Nara Shikaichi, a member of a ninja clan, couldn't help a trace of greed flash in his eyes; only the walking-corpse-like Kakashi didn't care.
His eyes flickered as his brain raced furiously.
A moment later.
He tentatively opened his mouth, "How about each of us takes one million ryo, and we turn in the remaining four million three hundred thousand ryo, how about that?"
Hiss!
Uchiha Jin could sense that following his words, both Takada Fujiwara and Nara Shikaichi's breathing began to quicken, and the way they looked at Uchiha Jin turned even more astonished.
They hadn't expected the arrogant Uchiha to pull off such a filthy stunt as well?
Was this still the slow-witted Uchiha?
However, both of them chose silence, neither refusing nor agreeing.
Uchiha Jin was somewhat puzzled—agree or not, at least give an answer!
However.
After pondering for a long time, he had a sudden realization and couldn't help looking at Kakashi, who resembled a walking corpse, "Kakashi, do you agree with this distribution plan?"
Kakashi's eyes were devoid of light, but he still glanced at Uchiha Jin.
He shook his head, "Doesn't matter, whatever."
Upon hearing these words, Uchiha Jin felt secure.
And indeed, the facts proved him right!
Following Kakashi's nod, Nara Shikaichi and Takada Fujiwara breathed sighs of relief.
"Wait, I suggest swallowing the whole lot."
Nara Shikaichi's eyes flickered, and then he lowered his voice to whisper, "I suspect this bunch of bandits definitely doesn't have a simple background; normal bandits could never possess this much silver."
"If we turn in a portion, it will instead bring us trouble!"
"Instead, we might as well just divide it up directly. I don't think the person behind these bandits dares to have the guts to go to Konoha and look for Hokage-sama."
Hiss!
Takada Fujiwara was thoroughly shocked; he truly hadn't expected Nara Shikaichi to be so ruthless.
Even Uchiha Jin twitched the corners of his mouth. Nobody was this greedy even in his past life—at the very least, you ought to leave some for the village!
Thinking of this, he spoke up directly, "You said it yourself, Shikaichi, these bandits don't have a simple background."
"In case the other party confronts Hokage-sama behind our backs, and we haven't cut the village in for a share, what if Hokage-sama decides to settle accounts with us in private?"
Nara Shikaichi revealed a faint smile, not taking Uchiha Jin's worries to heart at all.
He instinctively turned his head to glance around the surroundings, and then spoke in a very low voice, "You don't need to worry too much about that. Actually, unbeknownst to you, this kind of thing is far too commonplace in the village."
"Do you know about the Mitokado Family?"
"Relying on Mitokado Homura to control the Administrative Department, they dare to embezzle more than half of the kunai, shuriken, ration pills, explosive tags, and other supplies transported to the front lines; Utatane Koharu, who controls the Medical Department, likewise dares to embezzle various medicines."
"Not to mention the Sarutobi Clan, who control the Hokage, and the Shimura Clan, who control Root."
"This kind of thing is far too normal in Konoha; all ninja clans know it inside out, and in private everyone actually skims a bit off the top, more or less."
"Of course, except for the Uchiha!"
"So this is nothing at all for us; even if the higher-ups know, they'll just turn a blind eye."
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