Kakashi smiled and was about to leave when Sasuke stepped in front of him, his expression conflicted. "You've met him!"
"Yes... we fought once, but I'll explain later. Let me finish this first."
Seeing Sasuke's reaction, Kakashi raised a hand to scratch his head. But since he was wearing Itachi's face, the gesture immediately set Sasuke off, and he drew a kunai the instant Kakashi lifted his hand.
Then Sasuke awkwardly put it away, pretending nothing had happened.
Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke Uchiha... so that's how it is.
Mei Terumi looked thoughtful as she watched the exchange.
The Bounty Station.
Even in the shinobi world, this organization was a breed apart. Just as ninja villages accepted commissions from various regions, the Bounty Station was also a place where people fulfilled commissions.
As its name suggested, the Bounty Station was a place to exchange things for money. But unlike a ninja village's mission office, it traded other people's lives for cash.
It accepted assassination bounties posted from all over. The amounts varied greatly depending on the targets' social standing and their rank within different factions, but one thing was certain—
There was no life the Bounty Station dared not put a price on, and no assassination job it dared not accept.
Rumor had it that even the First, once known as the God of the Shinobi World, had had a bounty on his head. One brave soul had even accepted the job, though supposedly he had only thrown a shuriken from eight hundred li away before fleeing in terror, ultimately failing to complete it...
Of course, that rumor had practically no credibility. Even if someone really had tried to assassinate the First, they couldn't possibly have done it for the bounty.
After the First died, the rumor eventually faded away.
"Click, click,