"Huff, huff..."
Kakuzu for breath, Kakuzu's gaze remained fixed on the cloud of smoke and dust above.
The huge hillside was chopped off by a single blow, leaving only a half-circular crater and dust everywhere.
" Ninjutsu fusion?"
"This power... it's kind of like the Kekkei Genkai."
The light, airy words came from behind him, Kakuzu's body suddenly stiffened, cold sweat involuntarily pouring down his back!
Sizzle!
Damn it!
This is Kakuzu's murmur before his heart breaks once again!
"Boom!"
Crimson bloodstains seeped through the black mask.
Kakuzu, having pulled away again, turned around and stared intently at Danzo, who was unharmed, with a complex look in his eyes—six parts shock, three parts doubt, and one part fear.
what is going on!
It's not Body Flicker Technique Ninjutsu!
Appearing without warning, as if piercing through space!
space?
Kakuzu frowned, recalling every detail of the battle.
Space-Time Ninjutsu!
Kakuzu's eyes flashed suddenly, and with absolute decisiveness, he ripped off his right hand and threw it away violently!
At the start of the battle, facing close combat, Danzo didn't yet possess such a fast movement speed!
At the moment my arm was twisted behind my back, no matter what kind of attack it was, it could ignore space and appear directly behind my right side!
"Oh~ Did you notice?"
With a casual air, Haruma said dismissively, "Your reaction isn't too slow."
"At least before dying, you can discover where the problem lies."
Upon hearing Kakuzu, Kakuzu was furious!
"I've carried out two bounties issued by Konoha's high command..."
Pfft
Before he could finish speaking, Danzo suddenly burst out laughing.
"No way, Kakuzu."
Haruma's eyes crinkled with laughter. "You wouldn't be thinking of saying you even fought the First Hokage, would you?"
"Hiding eight hundred miles away, throwing a Kunai a type of Japanese poison weapon) counts as having fought?"
Haruma's extremely malicious smile was full of sarcasm.
Enraged, Kakuzu stomped his foot!
The two remaining mask hearts, one with wind and the other with fire attributes, instantly unleashed a torrent of Chakra!
Fire Style: Ten Directions Infernal Prison!
" Wind Release: Consecutive Strike Slashes!"
Kakuzu, the one-armed Danzo, secretly breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Danzo not teleport behind him again.
"Since you've mentioned the First Hokage, I'll show you something interesting."
Haruma hands clasped together, Chakra surged around him. Unmoved by the impending Ninjutsu, he softly uttered, " Wood Release: Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!"
"Boom! Boom boom!!"
Like a continuous magnitude 8 earthquake, the earth was shaking incessantly!
Kakuzu's terrifying Ninjutsu attack was brutally annihilated by countless giant wooden hands!
Standing atop a wooden Buddha statue, the viewpoint of Haruma instantly rises a hundred meters higher.
Looking down at the stunned Kakuzu below, Haruma said softly, "I already showed mercy by not blowing your head off with my first attack."
"To be honest, those five hearts of yours are nothing more than a few slaps away."
"Either stay and serve me, or muster the courage to fight and make up for the battle you didn't get to First one decades ago. Choose one."
As Haruma finished speaking, countless giant hands surrounded Kakuzu.
Kakuzu's dark green pupils contracted sharply. Faced with a situation where resistance meant certain death, Kakuzu calmly chose to surrender.
Kakuzu has two hobbies in life.
Firstly, they hunt down strong individuals to earn commissions; secondly, they are extremely afraid of losing their lives.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to survive for nearly a hundred years in this cruel Shinobi World by relying on the secret technique Earth Grudge Fear.
Hunting strong individuals is fine, but they must be strong enough to defeat.
For monsters like the First Hokage, throwing a Kunai at them is enough.
Joining the Akatsuki and serving them is nothing to be taken lightly.
They're no match for a leader with the Rinnegan.
Splash splash...
Faced with Kakuzu's surrender, Haruma immediately dispelled the spell, causing the nearly 100-meter-tall wooden Buddha to crumble and disintegrate.
"I don't understand, why would a ninja of your strength value me so much?"
Kakuzu, who had also retracted his secret technique, had three sizable holes exposed on his chest and asked in confusion.
He hadn't forgotten that before the battle began, Danzo had said he was one of the two people most valued by the Akatsuki.
"What I value is not your Ninjutsu or strength."
Haruma pulled out a flimsy piece of paper and tossed it to Kakuzu on the breeze. "It's not that you're in charge of money, but rather that you have the ability to make it."
Haruma spread her hands. "In the end, what I want you to do is pretty much the same as the tasks the Akatsuki assigned you."
"It simply means you have to leave all your money with me, instead of giving it to that spendthrift woman, Konan!"
Kakuzu took the IOU, his pupils contracted slightly, and then he began the brotherhood formalities with a blank expression.
Life is determined by someone else's decision; why bother with trivial unfair treaties?
Kakuzu, who deals with money all year round, didn't even need Haruma's reminder; he proactively added the date and his fingerprint.
"Talking to smart people is so much easier."
Haruma happily pocketed the IOU, and without looking up, said softly, "I'll also put a few Cursed Seal on you while I'm at it. You shouldn't object, right?"
Just kidding, Haruma doesn't consider herself some kind of protagonist favored by heaven and earth, and that the villains would willingly submit and never betray her just because she said a few words.
Necessary measures are still indispensable.
Kakuzu's lips twitched, responding with silence.
I knew it wouldn't be that simple.
"If you don't say anything, I'll take that as a yes~"
After saying that, Haruma reached out and touched the last two heart masks on Kakuzu's chest. "You don't need to be so tense. I wouldn't need to resort to such methods to kill you."
First, he engraved the Flying Thunder God Mark on Kakuzu's heart, and then Haruma deactivated the Transformation Technique, revealing his youthful appearance.
Under Kakuzu's slightly fearful gaze, Haruma, expressionless, pulled out his tongue and inscribed the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal.
Since he's going to pretend to be Danzo, he should at least learn his signature Ninjutsu.
Furthermore, this kind of Cursed Seal that prevents those under its influence from revealing their secrets is also Haruma's favorite.
In the original series, Jiraiya demonstrated the importance of ninja intelligence with his life.
No matter how powerful a ninja is, or how invincible their Ninjutsu, even if thousands of people study and simulate it, it will eventually be cracked.
It's simply a matter of whether the price paid is worth it.
If it were just Haruma like this, and intelligence skills were fully disclosed, seven Kage Level plus three Super Kage would be enough.
This is only because of the unique nature of the Flying Thunder God and the Freeze Time Technique; without these two Ninjutsu, there might not even be a need for the Super Kage.
"I've imprinted the heart area with a time-space seal; you can replace the remaining three yourself."
"But without my permission, these two surgically-operated hearts should not be removed casually."
"Always consider the consequences before you do anything."
Haruma warned softly, "If I sense the loss of one of the marks without notifying me, I will come looking for you."
"It could be saving you in a moment of crisis, or it could be killing you before you do something stupid!"
Haruma's lighthearted words pierced Kakuzu's heart like a chilling frost.
" The Cursed Seal on your tongue is merely to prevent you from revealing any information about me; it will not have any other effect on you."
"As long as you don't intend to betray me, this Cursed Seal will never be triggered, so you can rest assured."
Unless you harbor thoughts of betraying me.