Several senior executives of Takigakure were sitting in high positions, looking at Kakuzu who was escorted from the dungeon.
Kakuzu is now a prisoner.
Assassination of a village's shadow.
This kind of thing itself is unsuccessful, so Chengren, even the senior executives of Takigakure did not expect that Kakuzu could actually come back alive after the mission to assassinate First Hokage Hashirama Senju failed.
So.
After Kakuzu failed to assassinate Hashirama Senju and escaped back to Takigakure, he was imprisoned by Takigakure's senior officials on the pretext of mission failure. Since the assassination If the mission fails, Konoha may hold Takigakure accountable for this matter. Then someone must stand up and take charge of this matter. No one is more suitable to take the blame than Kakuzu!
At this moment, Kakuzu's whole body was wrapped in thick chains, and heavy seals suppressed his body, imprisoning his actions.
It took two to three days for the senior management of Takigakure to give one Ration Pill to maintain the most basic life activities of Kakuzu.
In order to achieve the effect of killing Kakuzu's will, he was locked in a dark dungeon. There was no light or sound in this dark prison, making people lose the concept of time.
It is true that Kakuzu is indeed very strong, otherwise Takigakure would not have arranged to carry out the mission of assassinating Hashirama Senju.
But under such cruel treatment, Kakuzu's condition was very bad, and his consciousness was almost blurred.
However, when he met the senior management of Takigakure, his gray eyes still showed a little light. Such eyes were called hatred.
"Obviously I went to assassinate for the sake of the village and to carry out the orders of the higher-ups First Hokage"
"Why!"
"Why do you do this to me!!"
Kakuzu's heart was filled with the anger of being betrayed.
He is a traditional old-school ninja. From the day he became a ninja, the education he received, the ninjas around him, and the awed seniors all told him that the first importance of a ninja is to obey orders as a tool. Such a ninja will definitely be respected and trusted.
So Kakuzu has always followed the rules of the ninja game. Ever since he became Takigakure's ninja, he has been extremely loyal. Even if Takigakure's senior officials issued him a near-death mission to assassinate Hashirama Senju, Kakuzu still accepted it.
But Kakuzu didn't expect it.
He luckily survived from the hands of Hashirama Senju and returned to Takigakure, where he served.
In his imagination, he should have enjoyed the treatment of a hero, but the senior officials of Takigakure imprisoned him indiscriminately.
"Shut up."
"If the mission failed, you should commit suicide by committing seppuku. You even brought the disaster back to the village. How dare you ask why?"
The leader of Takigakure said without mercy that the things that leaders and ordinary ninjas consider are different from the beginning. Ordinary ninjas only need to execute orders and complete tasks. But as the leader, he has much more to consider.
Konoha Once held accountable.
Takigakure absolutely cannot afford the revenge of Konoha. For the sake of the village, someone must sacrifice. Now that the overall situation is more important, he can only suffer Kakuzu.
Kakuzu struggled angrily after hearing this, but his efforts were in vain. He couldn't even mobilize Chakra. Chakra is the energy of the body and spirit. Kakuzu's body and will have reached their limits.
The thick chains just made a jingling sound, echoing in the room.
The senior executives of Takigakure were amused by Kakuzu's funny figure and let out a few sarcastic laughs.
"Kakuzu Stop struggling fearlessly."
"I ask you, after you failed the mission, did you attack a great noble from Land of Fire Seika Family!"
The leader of Takigakure pressed Kakuzu. His eyes were fixed on Kakuzu's face, as if he wanted to determine the authenticity of his answer from Kakuzu's expression.
The investigation result of Konoha said that Takigakure did it, but the credibility of this statement is really not high. Maybe Konoha used the topic to throw another big blame on Takigakure.
"Huh, no!"
Kakuzu denied it.
He had been locked up in the dungeon for a while and was completely unaware of the situation outside. Although he didn't know why Takigakure's higher-ups asked this question, he immediately denied it. He would not admit anything he had never done.
The leader of Takigakure also understood Kakuzu's character and believed Kakuzu's words in his heart.
But this is contrary to Takigakure's interests.
They also want to plead their innocence to Konoha.
But because of the assassination of Hokage, Takigakure has offended Konoha to death. Now it is not important whether Takigakure did it or not. What is important is that Konoha has It has been determined that Takigakure did it. Takigakure must be responsible for this matter. In the spirit of carrying one thing, it is also a burden, and carrying two things is also a burden. For the sake of Takigakure, Kakuzu should also bear this matter.
What a pity.
Kakuzu He didn't understand what he meant at all. He didn't care about Takigakure at all.
"Huh, stubborn!"
"We have already reached this point, and you still dare not to tell the truth. Who else can there be besides you? You are the only ninja from Takigakure who has been to Land of Fire in recent times."
"You were clearly the one who did this."
"Konoha has published the investigation report!"
"Now they are going to punish Takigakure for multiple crimes, you know. Idiot, if you know what you are doing, tell me the truth, and I can make your life easier in the future."
Leader Takigakure feels that he has made his words so clear, so Kakuzu should be more dignified and take care of everything.
"Hahaha"
"Now that things have happened, does my answer still make sense?"
Kakuzu sneered again and again.
He saw clearly the faces of Takigakure's top executives. These bastards didn't want to take any responsibility and pushed everything onto themselves.
"It's good to know."
Leader Takigakure does not feel that he is despicable at all, but feels that he is great. All this is for his own Takigakure. Since Kakuzu has accepted his fate, Of course, everyone is happy. Otherwise, if Kakuzu refuses to cooperate, things will be a little troublesome. It will not be so easy to find another suitable scapegoat like Kakuzu.
Of course it will not be so easy to properly resolve these matters.
Of course Takigakure can say that he is innocent and that everything was unknowing and that Kakuzu acted without authorization and put all the responsibilities on Kakuzu. But Kakuzu alone cannot calm down Konoha's anger.
Think of this.
Takigakure leader only felt bitter in his heart.
He originally wanted to take advantage of the war to assassinate Hokage of Konoha in order to weaken Konoha. However, according to Kakuzu's description, he was caught by First Hokage in just one encounter.
From the perspective of the senior management of Takigakure, Kakuzu is already very powerful.
I didn't expect First Hokage's strength to be so terrifying!
Faced with the powerful Hashirama Senju, the powerful Konoha, and the extremely powerful ally Akatsuki Ninja Village who had won a foreign war, the senior officials of Takigakure decisively chose to kneel down.
First hand over the "culprit" Kakuzu to Konoha, and then lick Konoha's stinky feet. In the worst case, you will become Konoha's vassal and sign a lot of unequal treaties. It's not shameful for a small Ninja Village to face a big Ninja Village!
"Are you going to hand me over to Konoha?"
"Yes, since you are taking the blame for Takigakure, if you cooperate well, before handing you over to Konoha, your life will be easier, at least you won't have to suffer like before."
"I understand."
"What else in this world is worthy of trust?"
Kakuzu is now heartbroken and has completely lost hope. He understands that he has been completely abandoned, so he no longer struggles needlessly and completely accepts his fate.
"Take Kakuzu with you. We can make an exception recently and give him something good to eat."
The leader of Takigakure waved his hand and signaled to the ninja standing next to Takigakure to take Kakuzu away, and by the way, he was given special permission to have a good meal today.
Kakuzu will be sent to Konoha in a few days.
His fate can be imagined. He will inevitably die. This is considered to be the end of his life.
Not long after.
Kakuzu was taken back to the dungeon.
"Eat. This is your last meal, so enjoy it."
Chunin, who is responsible for guarding, brought today's dinner to Kakuzu, which included vegetables, rice, meat, and wine. Compared with the hell life of Ration Pill in the previous two or three days, it was much better.
Kakuzu stumbled over and chewed it. Even if he died, he couldn't be a starving ghost.
The feeling of being hungry is really painful.
"Hey, I heard that you assassinated Hokage because of your unauthorized actions, and also killed Land of Fire's noble family."
"Is this true?"
"It's because of you that we offended Konoha!!!"
Takigakure Chunin looked at Kakuzu who was enjoying the meal and couldn't help but ask.
Kakuzu's crimes are now spread everywhere in the village. Out of his own simple emotions, he is angry at Kakuzu's private actions.
Konoha But if Ninja World's great ninja village offends Konoha, Takigakure will suffer disaster.
Traitor!
"Hmm idiot."
"You can also believe this kind of thing"
Kakuzu was chewing pieces of meat in his mouth, glanced at Chunin in front of him, and said in his heart.
So far.
He no longer had the heart to defend himself.
No one will believe him, no one will trust him Ninja World Nothing is worthy of trust!
Takigakure Chunin Seeing that Kakuzu was silent, he naturally acquiesced, and then he couldn't restrain his mood and started chattering endlessly.
"It's because of you Takigakure"
"If Takigakure is wiped out by Konoha, the timing is bad, so we can only protect it, but what can we do in the future? There will be no place to connect to the mission in the future.""
"If you can't get the task, you can't make money."
As an ordinary Chunin, he considers things very realistically.
No, his strength shouldn't even be called Chunin. It should be said that he is a stronger Genin. Naturally, a small shinobi village like Takigakure can't compare with it. Great Ninja Villages like Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village have slightly lowered the conditions for promotion to Chunin just to make themselves more respectable and earn more commissions.
A Genin who is struggling to survive at the bottom of Ninja World will not fight to the death for a small shinobi village like Takigakure.
If the time is not right, moisturize immediately!
Takigakure only gave him a small amount of money, but he wanted to risk his life.
However, a Genin like him can only become Rogue Ninja after leaving the Ninja Village. A Rogue Ninja with the strength of Genin can only make a living in Ninja World. He will definitely not be able to be affiliated with Takigakure as he is now and can receive good tasks stably.
The outlook seems to have become gloomy again.
Takigakure Chunin chatted endlessly about the uncertain future, which made Kakuzu who wanted to concentrate on enjoying the last few meals very annoyed.
"Shut up!"
"Is this all you think about in your mind? Do tasks and make money for your Nindo!"
Kakuzu is a powerful elite ninja, a ninja pursued by Nindo. It is difficult for him to understand the thoughts of Takigakure Chunin in front of him.
Two of the three sentences are inseparable from money.
But for the low-level ninjas.
For them who are weak, pursuing Nindo is really too luxurious. They don't want to pursue such an illusory concept. Aren't they doing this business just to make cash?
"Humph, why do ninjas complete missions? Isn't it just to get the commission from the mission? To be honest, isn't it because they work hard for money?"
"I will work hard for whoever gives me money!"
"Nindo?"
"These are things that big shots have to consider. You were also a big shot once, so what if you have Nindo, you're still going to die."
Little people have a little people's philosophy of survival. Although they are unknown, they see certain things very clearly.
Kakuzu was speechless. For a moment, he felt that the Nindo he had been holding on to in the past seemed like a bubble, a false existence. As long as he pricked it with a needle, it would burst immediately. An indescribable feeling began to fill his heart.
"If I give you a large sum of money, will you let me go?"
"That depends on how much money you have."
Takigakure Chunin chuckled, not taking Kakuzu's words to heart and answered casually.
"About ten million taels. This is all my savings. I put the money in separate places."
"If you let me go, these will all be yours."
"Hey, you really have ten million taels!"
Takigakure Chunin took a deep breath. Ten million taels was already a huge fortune for a ninja whose real strength was only Genin.
Maybe he will never make so much money in his lifetime.
"I am Jonin from Takigakure. Ten million taels... is not a lot for me. It only takes two or three years to save."
"If you don't believe it, I can tell you first that there is a place where money can be kept, about one million taels."
Takigakure Chunin showed a very moved expression. Is letting Kakuzu go really a capital crime---Love Gold, or is it the love of Ninja Village?
But this is only 10 million taels. I took the money and directly profited Takigakure.
Ninja World is so big, it always has its own place.
Give it a try and turn your bicycle into a motorcycle!
After thinking about it for a while.
Love Gold!!!
"You can't make so much money even if you work for Takigakure all your life."
"Tell me first that I'm afraid of you"
"Hum, I can tell you a place first."
Kakuzu told a place to put the money. Takigakure Chunin walked out of the door immediately after knowing it.
Ten minutes later.
Takigakure Chunin is back, his face is full of spring.
"Thank you, senior, I hope we will never meet again in this life."
"I'm going to moisten it first. Here's the key."
The deal between the two was concluded quickly. Takigakure Chunin only wanted to use the money to make a profit, and did not want to stay in the village for a second.
Kakuzu, holding the key in his hand, just felt like he had had a long dream, and now he finally woke up.
I have lived so many years in vain!