Utter My Name and I'll Shock You! I Am the Instantaneous Xuan Yu!

The special effect that came with the upgrade of the Three Body Technique was also astonishingly powerful.

All Tailed Beasts, and even the artificially created Zero-Tails, were essentially chakra lifeforms.

These chakra lifeforms were very special; even if they were arbitrarily cut and separated, they could still retain their consciousness and possess considerable combat power.

Take the Nine-Tails, for instance. First, a portion of its chakra was stolen by the Gold and Silver Brothers, then it was cut in half by Minato Namikaze, and yet the remaining half-tail within that guy still fought ferociously.

The Nine-Tails chakra within the Gold and Silver Brothers was, to put it bluntly, a chakra clone of the Nine-Tails.

Normally, this ability to create chakra lifeform clones was unique to Tailed Beasts.

And now, Genba also possessed this ability.

His title of "Tailless Tailed Beast" was becoming increasingly fitting.

With his strength soaring, Genba didn't want to waste time at the Akatsuki hideout. Instead, he wanted to go out and "rob" a bit...

Pah!

He meant to go out on a mission!

As this thought flashed through his mind, he immediately displayed astonishing execution, deciding to act on it.

Stepping out of his room, Genba walked directly towards Kakuzu's room.

Inside Kakuzu's room at this moment, Kakuzu had only been lying down for a short while.

As a renowned workhorse of the ninja world, he deeply understood the importance of balancing work and rest.

He had barely rested during this period, constantly entangled with Genba.

Now that Genba was his partner and wouldn't hinder his missions, he planned to get a good night's sleep and then go on missions with Genba after waking up.

Of course, if he could find an opportunity to kill Genba and take his corpse to the Bounty Exchange to get his money back, recovering his previous losses, that would be even more perfect.

Thinking this, Kakuzu comfortably closed his eyes to rest, preparing to sleep.

However, just as he was about to fall asleep, the unexpected happened!

Outside Kakuzu's room, Genba faced Kakuzu's door and unleashed his Unrecognizable Footwork.

With a "bang," the door to Kakuzu's room was kicked open.

The tremendous shock also caused Kakuzu to quickly sit up from his bed, startled.

He initially thought he was under attack.

Although the possibility of an enemy attack was slim, it wasn't entirely nonexistent.

But when his gaze swept towards the doorway, he was so enraged he almost exploded on the spot.

Because standing at the door was that brat, Uchiha Genba!

Kakuzu said with bone-chilling coldness, "Brat, do you want me to kill you?"

Genba didn't take Kakuzu's threat to heart at all. He said with a slight, teasing smile, "Kakuzi, stop saying unrealistic things like 'kill me' in the future. As a ninja, be pragmatic, don't always indulge in wishful thinking."

As Genba's words fell, he activated the Phantom Body Flicker ninjutsu.

"Swish—"

In the blink of an eye, five Genbas suddenly appeared in Kakuzu's room!

And all five of these Genbas lunged at Kakuzu with incredible speed.

"Hmph!"

Kakuzu snorted, and a kunai instantly appeared in his hand.

To test which one was Genba's true body, he said, "Using a mere Clone Technique, a low-level ninja skill, to show off in front of me?"

As soon as he spoke, one of the five Genbas subconsciously retorted, "Kakuzi, who told you this was a Clone Technique?"

"Whoosh!"

As soon as Genba's words left his mouth, the kunai in Kakuzu's hand shot out like a cold light, directly at the Genba who had spoken.

However, the kunai only hit an illusion.

The kunai pierced straight through the "Genba" and clanged against the wall.

"The real body isn't this one?" Seeing this, Kakuzu frowned.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the "Genba" who had been hit by the kunai just moments ago formed a hand seal for Water Release: Water Gun and pressed his icy fingers against Kakuzu's temple!

The real, undeniable touch made Kakuzu instantly realize that the one beside him was definitely not Genba's illusion, but Genba's true body!

Genba thought to himself, It's a shame I can't use Suigetsu Hozuki's Water Release: Water Gun jutsu yet. Otherwise, combining it with Phantom Body Flicker for this smooth combo, the effect would surely be even better.

Facing Genba, Kakuzu's expression remained as calm as ever, but his heart was in turmoil.

Genba's growth rate was truly terrifyingly unimaginable.

Kakuzu had never seen Genba use this ability before, and he even suspected that Genba couldn't use this ninjutsu before.

Moreover, the effect of this ninjutsu was simply heaven-defying.

The moment before, he had tested with a kunai and confirmed that the illusion before him was Genba's phantom, but the next moment, that phantom had turned into Genba's true body.

However, because Kakuzu had mastered the Earth Grudge Fear secret technique, this ninjutsu of Xuan Yu's posed little threat to him.

But other unsuspecting ninjas who rashly engaged Xuan Yu in combat would easily suffer a major loss.

Although Kakuzu was inwardly astonished by Xuan Yu's growth rate and his Phantom Body Flicker, his face remained impassive.

He swept his pale green eyes coldly over Xuan Yu and asked in a chilling voice, "Brat, what do you think you're doing?"

Xuan Yu grinned, "Does that even need asking? I came to find you, of course, to ask you to go on a mission with me. What else would I be doing?"

Hearing Xuan Yu finish, Kakuzu simply lay back down on the bed and retorted irritably, "It's rest time now. We'll talk about missions after I wake up..."

Little did he know, Xuan Yu didn't wait for Kakuzu to finish his sentence; he hoisted Kakuzu onto his shoulder and walked straight out.

As he strode away, he lectured, "How can you still sleep at your age? You're over eighty—that's the prime age to be out adventuring! Getting up and doing missions is the only proper thing to do!"

Kakuzu was furious, "I'll f***ing...!"

Next, the members of the Akatsuki witnessed an extremely bizarre scene.

Kakuzu, who believed that "money is supreme and missions come first," was actually being carried off by the organization's newest recruit to be forced into doing a mission.

Along the way, Kakuzu cursed incessantly, while Xuan Yu acted as if he heard nothing, his feet moving steadily toward the Black Market.

Such an absurd scene left Heavenly Path Pain, Konan, and the rest of the Akatsuki members with expressions that were nothing short of spectacular.

Kisame Hoshigaki bared his sharp, white teeth and chuckled, "This newcomer is certainly full of energy, actually taking the initiative to invite Kakuzu to the Black Market for a mission."

Beside Kisame, the pitcher-plant-like Zetsu chuckled, "You might not believe it, but I secretly observed that this newcomer and Kakuzu had a brief skirmish just now. This kid's strength has grown again, and he used a very special ninjutsu to suppress Kakuzu."

"Tell us the details." Orochimaru's cold voice came from not far away, clearly very interested in the intelligence Zetsu provided.

If Xuan Yu were truly excellent enough, he would consider using him as a vessel for his next reincarnation.

After Orochimaru asked, Zetsu did not hold back and immediately described everything that had happened in Kakuzu's room just moments ago.

Upon hearing Zetsu's account, Heavenly Path Pain frowned slightly.

It would be fine if Xuan Yu were merely a genius ninja; for the Akatsuki, it would even be a good thing.

But wasn't Xuan Yu's growth rate a bit too monstrous?

How much time had passed, and yet Xuan Yu had already made such significant progress?

Konan's beautiful face was also filled with shock.

It wasn't as if she hadn't seen geniuses before, but this was her first time seeing a ninja as monstrously talented as Xuan Yu.

Compared to the others, Orochimaru's expression was the most complex.

As a rogue ninja from the Leaf Village, he was quite clear on the intelligence regarding Uchiha Shisui.

And the abilities Zetsu just described that Xuan Yu possessed were exactly the same as Shisui's Phantom Body Flicker.