Heavy corpses, the thick stench of blood, and the smell of banknotes that Kakuzu loved most.
Kakuzu carried a corpse on each shoulder. Drops of blood kept dripping from the gaping wounds where their hearts had been.
The trail of blood continued forward until the end of the dark tunnel, where dim light illuminated Kakuzu's green eyes.
Standing at the entrance to the Underground Black Market, Kakuzu took a deep breath of that intoxicating air of sin.
"Master Kakuzu! You're back!"
The manager, who had been standing behind the transaction counter, saw Kakuzu arrive with the corpses and hurried over to him.
Ignoring the blood on the corpses, he unloaded them onto the counter.
At the sight, the other bounty hunters in the Underground Black Market who had bounties on their own heads fled the underground space in a panic.
The remaining ninja, who had no bounties on their heads for now, stayed where they were uneasily, studying the legendary number one bounty hunter in the Shinobi World with curious eyes.
A gray headcloth wrapped his entire head, and he wore a Takigakure Ninja Forehead Protector across his forehead, though a sharp weapon had scored a horizontal slash across it.
A black mask covered everything below the bridge of his nose, leaving only a pair of emotionless, pale green eyes exposed. A loose black robe shrouded his body as well.
Two humanoid creatures wearing strange masks darted out from beneath his black robe and raced after the fleeing bounty hunters. A closer look revealed that both creatures were made of black threads, making them utterly eerie.
"Settle it all together in a moment!" Kakuzu said coldly as he stood at the counter.
The Bounty Station manager stood beside him with an ingratiating smile.
Kakuzu pulled a Bounty Station booklet from