Kakuzu had already lost the hat that concealed him. His expressionless face was now exposed.
His oily green eyes watched Minato and Nawaki in the distance, coldly.
"Crack!" "Crack!"...
A series of chilling sounds rang out. Countless black threads suddenly surged from the stump of his severed arm and pulled it back into place.
The sight was horrifying.
At the scene, Minato's pale eyes narrowed slightly as he calmly studied Kakuzu's body.
"Those black threads must be what's distributed throughout his body. Be careful, Nawaki. This guy... has five hearts inside him."
Minato's voice was perfectly calm, but his words struck Nawaki like a bolt of lightning out of a clear sky!
His pupils shrank abruptly. He stared at Minato in disbelief and stammered,
"F-Five hearts!?"
"Is this guy even human!?"
Minato fell silent and didn't answer Nawaki.
Instead, he grew more vigilant, his expression turning slightly grave as he kept his guard up against Kakuzu in the distance.
"Crack!" "Crack!"...
The spine-chilling sounds gradually faded. Kakuzu's severed arm was now back in place, completely intact.
Minato looked at him and spoke evenly.
"You're Kakuzu, aren't you? I'll get straight to the point. There's a certain lord who wishes to carry out an extraordinarily grand plan unlike anything in history."
"You're powerful, so I hope you'll assist that lord. What do you say?"
Kakuzu rolled his neck, making his bones creak, but showed no interest in answering Minato. His eyes fixed on Minato and Nawaki with a chilling stare.
"You're Konoha shinobi, aren't you? You, the kid over there—what's your relationship to the First?"
"That jutsu... If I'm not mistaken, it was Wood Release."
At his words, Nawaki's face tensed slightly. He sneered,
"Why would I need to tell you anything?"
Kakuzu wasn't angered by Nawaki's attitude. The cold glint