Selling Books

At the same time.

Across the bustling street, on a distant building, a figure was watching everything intently.

It was the Masked Man, Obito Uchiha, who had secretly followed.

After Chen Xiaoxi left, He had seized an opportunity to leave White Zetsu disguised as Tobi to deal with Orochimaru.

He himself, after changing his clothes, came to secretly follow Chen Xiaoxi.

He wanted to know.

What unspeakable purpose this mysterious fellow harbored.

However, when he saw Chen Xiaoxi arrive at the commercial street and walk directly into a bookstore, he was immediately confused.

"Is this guy really here to buy books..."

"Did I overthink it?"

A moment later.

Chen Xiaoxi entered a noodle shop.

A few minutes later.

He saw Chen Xiaoxi emerge again using some kind of Body Flicker Technique, seemingly holding a book with a yellow cover.

"Hmm..."

"Could this be some kind of special ninjutsu scroll?"

Beneath the mask, Obito's eyes narrowed slightly as he made a bold guess.

He decided to investigate this item later, under the guise of Tobi.

After all, A book that someone of Chen Xiaoxi's caliber would go out of his way to retrieve could not be ordinary.

Obito didn't believe it would be a common book.

A moment later.

Obito returned, merged with White Zetsu again, put on his mask, and transformed back into the Akatsuki's intern, Tobi.

The instant he succeeded in transforming, he happened to see Chen Xiaoxi return.

"Let's go, we're heading back to Amegakure."

At this moment, Chen Xiaoxi wore a faint, gentle smile, appearing to be in a very good mood.

He said this directly to Orochimaru and the Masked Man upon his arrival.

Regarding this, Orochimaru naturally had no objections. He simply nodded and followed.

After all, he had grander plans to ponder and no time for such minor details.

But the Masked Man, Tobi, suddenly rushed forward, exclaiming dramatically:

"Hey, Senior Chen Xiaoxi!"

"What were you just doing?"

"Going on a date?

Or buying something delicious?"

"Come on, tell me!"

Tobi immediately entered his exaggerated anime persona, circling Chen Xiaoxi and chattering incessantly.

Chen Xiaoxi frowned.

This guy... was truly annoying. No wonder that artistic genius Deidara wanted to blow him up with bombs every day. He deserved it.

"Nothing, I just bought a book."

Chen Xiaoxi decided to tell the truth, as it didn't matter anyway.

However, Upon hearing this, the Masked Man, Tobi, seemed even more excited.

"Wow! It was a book?"

"I love reading books the most! What kind of books does Senior Chen Xiaoxi like?

Can you show me?"

"Tales of a Gutsy Ninja."

"Hmm... Huh?"

The Masked Man was stunned.

That name... why does it sound familiar?

Just then, Chen Xiaoxi suddenly wore a strange smile, and then, from his wide black robe, he directly pulled out two books with brown covers.

On them were written several large characters:

--Tales of a Gutsy Ninja of the Ninja World's Savior!

--<Author.

The moment they saw these two books, it wasn't just the Masked Man, even Orochimaru beside him was stunned.

Ah, this...

Isn't this Jiraiya's debut novel?

The ninja world's famous unsalable book.

Does Chen Xiaoxi have such poor taste?

He actually likes this kind of trash?

However, Chen Xiaoxi paid no mind to their bewildered expressions.

Instead, with a smile, he suddenly shoved the two books into Orochimaru and Obito's hands.

Then, smiling, he extended his hand to them and said with a laugh:

"Giving you a discount."

"Ten taels each, come on, pay up."

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Are you trying to sell us something here?

Why are you suddenly selling books without a word?

Regarding Chen Xiaoxi's confusing actions, Orochimaru and the Masked Man were both completely bewildered and couldn't figure it out.

However, they subconsciously took out ten taels of paper money.

But what they didn't know was, As their money was handed over to Chen Xiaoxi, a system prompt sounded in his mind--

"Side quest:"

"Successfully peddle Jiraiya's novel Tales of a Gutsy Ninja to any five ninjas of Kage-level or above (2/5). Two completed, three remaining. Reward unknown."

Chen Xiaoxi immediately showed a smile, getting a little closer to his goal.

Hehe, Forced sales can indeed count as sales.

However, Obito, after receiving the book and flipping through it, frowned deeply under his mask.

No, that's not right--

How is this possible...

When he came out of that shop, the thing in his hand definitely shouldn't have been this book!

Tsk... Is this guy trying to hide something?

Indeed, No matter how he thought about it, it was too strange.

Under the mask, Obito's gaze flickered, and a fixation gradually grew in his heart.

He decided that when he returned to Amegakure, He would have Konan personally investigate what that mysterious yellow book this guy obtained was!

Two days later.

In the Land of Rain, Amegakure.

Dark clouds like a tide covered the sky.

Continuous rain beat against the iron structures.

At this moment, in a gloomy tall building.

Two ninjas wearing black robes with red cloud patterns stood quietly.

The one behind was a woman with light blue-purple hair.

Beneath her purple eyeshadow, her light orange eyes seemed devoid of emotion, and a pale purple paper flower was worn on the right side of her head.

The one in front was a young man with orange short hair, wearing the Amegakure ninja headband. Dozens of black steel needles were inserted into his pale features.

They were, naturally, Pain of the Six Paths and Konan.

At this moment, the two were watching the torrential rain falling outside, silent and wordless.

Just then, a disturbance rippled through the air behind them.

An invisible, eerie vortex suddenly appeared, and immediately following it, a figure wearing an orange mask manifested from the swirl in an instant.

This person, Was naturally the Akatsuki intern, the Masked Man Tobi.

However, at this moment, he no longer possessed the goofy demeanor he had shown in front of Chen Xiaoxi; instead, he was deeply somber.

As he stepped forward, he spoke in a low voice:

"Has that guy Orochimaru been taken care of?"

"Yes."

Konan nodded slightly, saying calmly:

"The 'Void' ring has already been given to him, and the uniform has been delivered by Zetsu."

"Good.

Then, starting today, let him operate in a team with Kakuzu for the time being.

At the same time, Kakuzu will be responsible for monitoring all of Orochimaru's actions."

The Masked Man spoke without a hint of emotion, issuing the order with absolute finality.

"...Understood."

Pain gave a faint reply.

He certainly understood what the Masked Man meant.

A man as cunning as Orochimaru was indeed too dangerous to be left completely unchecked.

Therefore, having a member with sufficient strength to keep him under constant surveillance was the best solution.

It would allow him to work for Akatsuki with peace of mind, without the need to worry too much about a stab in the back.

After a moment of silence, The Masked Man spoke again, his voice low:

"I must say,"

"I have certainly gained a lot from this mission."

"Just as the two of you said—"

"This person named Chen Xiaoxi truly possesses a mysterious ocular technique!"

"According to my investigation,"

"His Kekkei Genkai, called the 'Wicked Eye of the Tyrant,' is a genuine eye of genjutsu and mutated elemental release!"

"He is capable of instantly unleashing elemental techniques of various natures without hand seals, eerie genjutsu, and... some kind of ability similar to gravity manipulation."

"In short, it is a power whose complexity is perhaps no less than the Rinnegan."

"..."

As his voice faded, Pain and Konan exchanged a glance.

Both saw a look of expected confirmation in the other's eyes.

As expected, Chen Xiaoxi's Golden Eyes were not that simple!

Now, their original hypothesis had been thoroughly confirmed.

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