This Plan is So Loud, Nagato Can Hear It All the Way in Amegakure!

Xuan Yu's initial asking price was intended to leave room for the inevitable haggling.

After all, his employer was a Daimyo, and even if he was a usurper who had gained his position through illegitimate means, his financial resources could not be underestimated.

Dotō Kazahana's offer of 100 million ryō was, in truth, already quite generous.

However, Xuan Yu felt that since this was a one-off deal, he should squeeze as much commission out of Dotō as possible.

He smiled and said to Dotō, "Your Excellency, you are still underestimating the power of the Tailed Beasts. Since you have been following intelligence regarding them, you should know that the current Tailed Beasts are all held by the Five Great Nations or the powerful hidden village of Takigakure."

"Even with the advantage of your technological ninja tools, if the Land of Snow wishes to develop from a small nation into a major power, the power of a Tailed Beast is indispensable. To put it bluntly, in the Black Market, Tailed Beasts are priced by the tail."

"If you are only willing to pay 100 million ryō, I can only attempt to capture the One-Tail Shukaku, the weakest of the nine. I assume you wouldn't want to risk offending the Five Great Nations just to capture the weakest one, would you?"

"This..." Dotō hesitated for a moment. He could not allow the news that the Land of Snow coveted a Tailed Beast to leak out.

But if the fact that the Land of Snow possessed a Tailed Beast were exposed, it would inevitably offend the Five Great Nations or the Land of Waterfalls.

Since he would be offending someone regardless, he certainly couldn't settle for the weakest beast.

A cold glint flashed in his icy eyes, and a brilliant idea occurred to him.

He could offer Xuan Yu 150 million ryō to capture a Tailed Beast and deliver it to the Land of Snow to complete the mission.

The Land of Snow was his territory; once Xuan Yu arrived, he could easily set an ambush and take him down.

In this way, the Land of Snow would not only obtain the Tailed Beast but would also avoid paying the commission entirely. Furthermore, by killing Xuan Yu, he could silence him and keep the secret locked away!

Thinking of this, Dotō wore a sinister smile and said to Xuan Yu, "I cannot pay based on the number of tails, but I can offer you a commission of 150 million ryō for you to capture any Tailed Beast other than the One-Tail."

Xuan Yu shook his head. "Your Excellency, if you put it that way, then we have a problem! The difficulty of this mission is exceptionally high, and after capturing the beast, I must also deliver it to the Land of Snow. I cannot accept this mission for less than 200 million ryō."

"Furthermore, you will need to place the commission through the Bounty Exchange. Once I complete the mission, I can collect the payment there."

Dotō flatly refused. "No! No one can know that the Land of Snow is plotting to seize a Tailed Beast! Besides, what if you collect the money from the Bounty Exchange and then fail to deliver the beast to the Land of Snow?"

Xuan Yu replied without hesitation, "That is easily solved! You can have a rogue ninja act as a proxy to post the mission at the Bounty Exchange. After I capture the beast, I will need to obtain a voucher issued by you to collect the commission. That should suffice, right?"

"Very well."

This time, Dotō did not refuse. If that were the case, there would be no issue.

If Xuan Yu failed to capture the beast, so be it; even if he did succeed, he would never be able to walk away from the Land of Snow with a single coin.

With a consensus reached, the rest was simple.

Following Xuan Yu's suggestion, Dotō commissioned a rogue ninja to post the request at the Bounty Exchange, and Xuan Yu accepted the mission immediately.

Once everything was settled, Dotō gave a cold smile and said to Xuan Yu, "I wish us a successful cooperation!"

Xuan Yu chuckled. "Rest assured, Your Excellency. I have never failed a mission I've accepted. Just wait for my good news."

With that, he didn't say another word to Dotō and walked away.

After parting ways with Dotō and his men, Xuan Yu began to contemplate the details of this "killing three birds with one stone" scheme.

He intended to go to Nagato and Konan to accept a mission to capture a Tailed Beast.

In this way, a Tailed Beast originally worth 200 million ryō would earn him 300 million.

He also needed to find Princess Koyuki Kazahana, the actress who went by the stage name Fuyukaze Yukie.

Fuyukaze Yukie and Sandayū Asama had a desire to restore their kingdom.

If he could accept a mission from them to eliminate Dotō, he could deliver the Tailed Beast to Dotō, wait a period of time, and then return to kill him and reclaim the beast.

He could then take the Tailed Beast to Konan to complete that mission, while also collecting a commission from the future Daimyo of the Land of Snow, Koyuki Kazahana.

What Xuan Yu did not know was that the actual execution of this mission would be far less complicated.

Because Dotō had no intention of letting him leave the Land of Snow with the money, he would attack Xuan Yu the moment the beast was delivered. In self-defense, Xuan Yu would be able to kill him on the spot.

However, that was a matter for later; he had other things to handle right now.

While his shadow clone was negotiating with Dotō, his true body was already accompanying Kakuzu toward the next Black Market.

Kakuzu had selected many missions this time, spanning the Black Markets of the Grass Country, the Land of Fire, the Land of Rivers, and the Land of Rain.

They were essentially starting from the Land of Rain, sweeping through a circle of missions in the surrounding areas, and then returning.

Xuan Yu didn't need to worry about the mission selection; his attention was focused on his balance.

Since he would be facing Tailed Beasts or their Jinchūriki over the next six months—or perhaps even sooner—he decided to convert all his efforts into raw power!

He had already planned out his stat allocation, so there was no need for hesitation; he began immediately.

[Spent 30 million ryō. Your Stamina attribute has increased from 2000 to 5000! Current balance: 50.1739 million ryō!]

[Spent 10 million ryō. Your Strength attribute has increased from 4013 to 5013! Current balance: 40.1739 million ryō!]

[Spent 40 million ryō. Your Spirit attribute has increased from 951 to 4951! Current balance: 0.1739 million ryō!]

After a flurry of operations, Xuan Yu went all-in on the 80 million ryō he had recently saved.

As he allocated the points, a vast and mysterious power surged through his entire body, causing him to undergo a continuous transformation from the inside out.

His Stamina attribute had surged by two and a half times; even with Kakuzu's five hearts, he could no longer compare to him in terms of endurance.

Then, the weakness in his Spirit attribute was finally shored up.

Although neither the Three-Tails, the Five-Tails, nor the Five-Tails Jinchūriki were particularly skilled in genjutsu, it was still necessary to shore up this weakness and take precautions while resources were relatively abundant.

Once his physical transformation began to stabilize, Uchiha Genba took a glance at his current system panel.

[Name: Uchiha Genba]

[Age: 18]

Four-Dimensional Attributes:

[Stamina 5000: Your stamina is like a rushing river, surging and inexhaustible! Even if you combined all five of Kakuzu's hearts, they wouldn't compare to just one of yours!]

[Strength 5013: Your strength is terrifying! In a contest of pure physical power against Kakuzu, you would hold an overwhelming advantage!]

[Speed 10102: Your speed is as fast as lightning, placing you at the pinnacle even among Super Kage Ninjas! Your speed is not just speed; it is the helpless tears Kakuzu sheds when you steal his mission targets right in front of his face!]

[Spirit 4951: Very good! Full of spirit! You are essentially completely immune to non-bloodline limit genjutsu!]

Talents:

[Speed Force: Possessing the Speed Force makes you a speedster, though the intensity of your Speed Force is linked to your speed attribute, and its duration is linked to your stamina attribute. With your current stats, you are still only at the level of a toddler learning to walk among the ranks of speedsters.]

Abilities:

[Leaf Whirlwind lv10: Your Leaf Whirlwind taijutsu has gained a special effect, "Whirlwind Fierce Kick." Whirlwind Fierce Kick: When you execute this move, you can unleash a powerful whirlwind capable of blowing away even Kakuzu!]

[Three Body Technique lv10: Your Three Body Technique has gained a special effect, "Chakra Clone." Chakra Clone: You can create chakra clones that are living entities of chakra, similar to a Tailed Beast. The strength of these clones depends on the quantity and quality of your chakra.]

[Body Flicker Technique lv10: Your Body Flicker Technique has gained a special effect, "Phantom Body Flicker." Phantom Body Flicker: Within a specific range, you can create multiple shadow clones that exist between physical reality and illusion. The main body can switch between these phantoms; the phantoms are unaffected by attacks, and multiple phantoms can attack simultaneously. The strength of this ability is influenced by the Sharingan.]

[Healing Jutsu lv2: Your mastery of the Healing Jutsu is a complete mess; please work twice as hard!]