One hundred million ryo was no small sum, but Lan already had a plan in mind: he only needed to find Kakuzu.
The other party was a bounty hunter who had lived for nearly a hundred years and valued money above his life.
Decades ago, he had been a ninja of the mid-sized ninja village Takigakure. Because he failed to assassinate the First Hokage, Takigakure held him responsible. In a fury, he seized the village's forbidden technique, Earth Grudge Fear, defected from the village, and became a wandering ninja who made his living through bounty missions.
One had to know that the First Hokage was a near-godlike existence. Even the Nine-Tails, with its limitless chakra, could be treated like a pet by him. Takigakure had sent a regular ninja like Kakuzu to assassinate him; failure was only natural. Holding him responsible was truly absurd.
There was an organization in the ninja world called the Bounty Station. It was spread across various countries and served as a place where bounty hunters received missions and redeemed their rewards.
Whenever nobles, wealthy merchants, or ninja villages from various countries had something they could not do openly, they would find someone through the Bounty Station to do it.
Lan only knew the general idea.
The nearest Bounty Station was in a public restroom in a town near Iwagakure.
Inside one of the restroom stalls, after forming a hand seal, a door appeared on the wall.
He pushed the door open and entered. A smell mixed with rust, sweat, and cheap incense rushed at him, making him unable to stop himself from frowning.
"So this is the trading hub of the underworld—the Bounty Station?"
Inside, all sorts of people mingled together. Quite a few ill-tempered ninja sat there, each of them looking as if they