Kakuzu: 500 Favorability Points

"Kakuzu, can you stop thinking about money all day?"

In a morgue in some black market.

Kakuzu took the banknotes handed to him by the other party and began to count them carefully.

Hidan, standing beside him, grew increasingly puzzled.

The foul smell in the morgue continuously assaulted his nostrils.

"Shut up..."

A few minutes later, the two walked out carrying a box of banknotes.

"Hey, hey, hey."

"Isn't our mission to find the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"

"Do you look like you're part of Akatsuki at all right now?!"

Hidan looked at Kakuzu and pouted.

The two had just finished looting the Land of Fire's Temple in Konoha.

Now they were preparing to eat something to replenish their bodies.

Suddenly, Kakuzu sensed something was wrong.

He looked at Hidan, and both of them leaped away from their spot at the same time.

Immediately, a large number of explosive tags ignited and exploded.

Hidan quickly turned and swung his scythe, and a figure suddenly appeared.

The moment their weapons collided, sparks flew.

The two then clearly saw the emblem on the opponent's forehead.

"Konoha?"

The person who appeared was one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja of the Land of Fire's Daimyo.

Sarutobi Asuma.

Hidan forcefully pushed back Asuma's twin blades and then retreated to Kakuzu's side.

Looking at the Land of Fire Emblem mark on Asuma's waist, Kakuzu's interest was immediately piqued.

"This is great..."

"If I remember correctly, your head is worth five million more ryo than Jirobo's..."

Asuma chuckled awkwardly: "I'm worth that much?"

At the same time, the Ino-Shika-Cho squad, hidden in the shadows, was already prepared.

Shikamaru used the Shadow Imitation Technique to stealthily infiltrate behind Hidan and Kakuzu.

Asuma was merely stalling for them.

However, Kakuzu was more alert than Hidan, and the moment the shadow approached, he leaped up abruptly.

Hidan, unable to react in time, was controlled by the shadow.

"Now!"

From the grass on both sides, Konoha's Chunin, Gekko Hayate and Kamizuki Izumo, leaped out simultaneously.

Chains wrapped around Hidan, and the two quickly crossed them.

Asuma swung his chakra blades and directly pierced through Hidan's body.

Puchi!

Blood splattered everywhere, and Hidan fell.

"Yosh! One down!"

Just as they were feeling proud.

"Damn you! You bastards! That hurts!"

Everyone looked at Hidan in surprise again.

"It's best not to get distracted during a fight!"

Kakuzu's voice echoed in their ears again.

Asuma suddenly turned his head.

Kakuzu had already appeared before him.

At the critical moment, Shikamaru used the Shadow Imitation Technique to tightly restrain Kakuzu.

A cold sweat broke out on Asuma's forehead.

Behind him, Hidan charged forward, swinging his scythe, and Asuma hurriedly met the attack.

Unbeknownst to them, the Kakuzu restrained by Shikamaru was merely a Lightning Clone.

Behind the trees not far away, Kakuzu's right hand suddenly detached.

Asuma dodged with alarm, only to have his cheek cut by Hidan.

After injuring Asuma, Hidan let out a sinister laugh.

He slowly licked the blood on his scythe with his tongue.

The next second, he changed into a new pose...

Nearby.

Chuanyu and Karin were searching for Itachi.

Suddenly, Karin sensed Hidan and Kakuzu's chakra.

Chuanyu looked at the surrounding environment.

This seemed to be the place where Asuma was killed, in his memory.

He suddenly recalled Kurenai's tears that day.

Chuanyu couldn't help but frown.

The future...

What does it have to do with me...

That's Shisui's business...

But it was Asuma who suffered, inexplicably...

Forget it, consider it for Shisui...

For the one in Kurenai's belly...

Chuanyu and Karin quickly rushed towards Hidan and Kakuzu.

At this moment, Asuma was already kneeling on the ground.

They had no idea about Hidan's abilities.

As long as Hidan plunged the scythe into his own chest.

Asuma would surely die.

Shikamaru was no longer rational. Facing Hidan's raised scythe.

He roared furiously, "Stop!!!"

At the critical moment.

Chuanyu appeared out of thin air.

He kicked Hidan in the face.

Hidan tumbled out of the ritual barrier.

"Who is it?"

Everyone looked over simultaneously.

They saw Chuanyu appear in front of Asuma.

Kakuzu frowned, "Do you know what you're doing?"

Chuanyu looked at Kakuzu expressionlessly, "You seem to be overstepping your bounds too?"

Their eyes met, and killing intent instantly filled the air.

"I said, try not to make enemies with the Five Great Nations. You're adding unnecessary trouble for Akatsuki."

Chuanyu's mind was now linked to the system.

The best way to deal with Kakuzu.

Was financial power...

As long as he could arrange it.

He could call you daddy in minutes.

"You saved these people, do you still have feelings for Konoha?"

"This doesn't seem like you, Uchiha Chuanyu..."

Kakuzu kept his right hand behind his back, ready to attack at any moment.

But at this moment.

What Chuanyu suddenly took out completely threw Kakuzu off balance.

"Even if I have old feelings, can't I?"

Chuanyu spread his palm.

A handful of Golden Fertilizer glittered in the sun.

Kakuzu's whole body trembled as he looked at Chuanyu's face.

"These..."

"For me?!"

Chuanyu nodded slightly.

Suddenly, the system issued a prompt.

[Kakuzu's favorability has increased 100 times!]

[Trigger special reward: Seize Heart!]

[Kakuzu: 500 favorability points]

Good heavens.

Chuanyu only just realized that the system had released countless Golden Fertilizers.

But this should be the system's excrement...

"Hidan, I'll leave him to you first."

Kakuzu nodded fiercely, then rushed furiously towards Hidan's direction.

Not far away, a miserable scream suddenly rang out.

Shikamaru seized the opportunity to quickly approach Asuma.

"Why did you intervene to save him?"

Several people looked at Chuanyu warily.

Chuanyu couldn't directly tell Asuma it was because of Kurenai...

Then Chuanyu turned and sighed deeply: "If you want life to go smoothly, you have to have a bit of green on you."

With that, Chuanyu got up and disappeared into the jungle.

Asuma looked in the direction Chuanyu had left, scratching his head dejectedly: "What does that mean?"

Two figures slowly walked into the inner room.

Pain slowly turned around.

"Long time no see..."

Obito, under the black robe, suddenly raised two fingers.

"Release..."

A strange sound rang out.

Instantly, Pain frowned.

"The ability of that eye is something even my Rinnegan cannot see through..."

Obito smiled disdainfully: "That's Uchiha Shisui's eye..."

"The strongest genjutsu can indeed conceal all reality."

"However, every technique has its weakness..."

Pain suddenly looked at Sasuke behind him.

"Your business with Itachi..."

"Resolve it as soon as possible..."

Sasuke proudly revealed his Mangekyo.

"I don't need you to teach me what to do!"

Just as Pain was about to leave, Obito suddenly called out to him.

"Uchiha Chuanyu will definitely stop him, won't he..."

Pain stopped and stretched his muscles slightly: "Leave him to me..."

"Itachi doesn't have much time left..."

Putting on the Akatsuki's black robe, Sasuke looked coldly at the long sword in his hand.

"Itachi..."

"This time..."

"I will definitely kill you with my own hands..."

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