Ch. 141Akatsuki moved in the shadows: Kakuzu and Hidan's target

Kakuzu and Hidan discovered that Senju Kenya had become the target of a record-breaking bounty and set out for the Land of Fire. In Konoha, Kenya learned about the bounty and reacted with a sneer.

  • Kakuzu and Hidan reached an underground bounty exchange, where Kakuzu collected five million ryō for a missing-nin’s head.
  • The exchange manager showed Kakuzu a new bounty notice offering seven hundred million ryō for Senju Kenya and an intact body with a mutated Wood Release sample.
  • Hidan wanted to sacrifice Kenya to Lord Jashin, but Kakuzu insisted the target had to remain unharmed and claimed the bounty as his own.
  • Kakuzu and Hidan left for the Land of Fire to capture Kenya.
  • Kato Yosuke told Kenya about the bounty while Kenya ate oden in Konoha, and Kenya sneered at the news.

Ch. 142Someone Put a Bounty of Hundreds of Millions on My Head?

Senju Kenya learned that Danzo and the fleeing nobles had funded a 700-million-ryo bounty on his head, drawing assassins—including Akatsuki’s Kakuzu and Hidan—toward the Land of Fire. Instead of ordering Konoha to prepare defenses, Kenya decided to raid the Underground Exchange’s vault and take its cash reserves.

  • Kato Yosuke showed Kenya a black-market bounty notice offering 700 million ryo for his death and Wood Release samples.
  • Tsunade and Shikaku Nara warned Kenya that assassination forces were entering the Land of Fire, including Akatsuki’s Kakuzu and Hidan, and urged Konoha to go on high alert.
  • Kenya realized that the Underground Exchange required employers to deposit the bounty money and kept billions of ryo in its central vault.
  • Kenya announced that he would attack the Underground Exchange, smash its vault, and take all its money.

Ch. 143Kenya: This Bounty Station Is Pretty Rich

Senju Kenya learned that the Underground Exchange held billions of ryo and the bounty money placed on his head, so he decided to raid its central treasury. He ordered his allies and the Iron Fist Chamber of Commerce to prepare for the expedition.

  • Tsunade confronted Senju Kenya after he mapped the underground banks and Bounty Stations across the Land of Fire.
  • Kato Yosuke explained that the Underground Exchange was a vast financial network whose central treasury held at least five billion ryo.
  • Yosuke revealed that the Exchange had already received the seven-hundred-million-ryo bounty on Kenya in cash.
  • Kenya declared the bounty money his property and the rest of the treasury compensation, while Shikaku Nara and Tsunade accepted the plan.
  • Kenya ordered Zabuza Momochi, Haku, and the chamber of commerce to prepare transport and sacks before setting out to raid the Bounty Station.

Ch. 144Setting out to rob the Bounty Station back

Senju Kenya led a heavily equipped convoy to rob the Bounty Station’s secret headquarters on the Fire-Rivers border. After Zabuza Momochi and Haku destroyed a bounty hunter ambush, Kenya blasted open the hidden cavern entrance and entered with his crew.

  • Kato Yosuke assembled thirty iron wagons, empty chests, sacks, and a crew of enforcers for Kenya’s expedition.
  • Kenya led the convoy out of Konoha as villagers cheered them on to bring back gold for subsidies.
  • Dozens of bounty hunters ambushed the convoy, but Zabuza Momochi smashed the attackers ahead of the wagons and Haku killed the survivors with ice senbon.
  • Kato Yosuke identified the Bounty Station’s hidden headquarters behind a waterfall in Beheading Valley.
  • Kenya punched through the waterfall, concealed entrance, and barriers, then walked into the cavern with his crew as the manager pleaded to talk.

Ch. 145The Bounty Station's boss: Boss, let's talk this out

Senju Kenya stormed the Bounty Station and seized its vast treasury after demanding payment for his own bounty. As his convoy left, Kakuzu and Hidan blocked the road between the Land of Rivers and the Land of Fire.

  • Kenya entered the Bounty Station with Zabuza Momochi and fifty enforcers, then demanded the seven hundred million ryo posted for his head.
  • Zabuza Momochi crushed the guards who charged at Kenya, and the one-eyed manager begged for mercy and blamed Danzo's death soldiers and the old nobility.
  • Kenya ordered Kato Yosuke and the enforcers to audit the accounts and loot the Bounty Station's vaults.
  • The enforcers loaded the stolen wealth onto thirty wagons, and Kenya led the convoy away from the emptied headquarters.
  • Kakuzu and Hidan intercepted Kenya's convoy on a muddy border road.

Ch. 146Kakuzu and Hidan cornered Kenya on a narrow road

Kakuzu and Hidan blocked Senju Kenya’s convoy on a muddy mountain road, hoping to claim his bounty and the Bounty Station’s treasury. Kenya mocked the Akatsuki pair, and Hidan threatened him in Jashin’s name.

  • A guard halted the convoy when Kakuzu and Hidan appeared in the narrow pass.
  • Kakuzu recognized the convoy’s gold and bearer notes and calculated that the bounty and treasury were worth four billion ryo.
  • Hidan declared the convoy’s people sacrifices for Jashin and singled out Senju Kenya.
  • Zabuza Momochi identified the attackers as Akatsuki and warned Kenya about their danger.
  • Kenya stepped between the two sides and ridiculed Kakuzu and Hidan.
  • Hidan flew into a rage, raised his scythe, and threatened that Lord Jashin would punish Kenya.

Ch. 147Hidan: Lord Jashin will punish you

Hidan attacked Senju Kenya after Kenya insulted the Jashin Cult, but Kenya stood still and let the scythe strike his neck. The blow shattered Hidan’s weapon, leaving the fight unresolved.

  • Hidan raged at Kenya for insulting the Jashin Cult and prayed for the chance to offer Kenya’s blood to Lord Jashin.
  • Hidan charged Kenya with his Triple-Bladed Scythe while Kakuzu warned him not to damage the bounty target’s corpse.
  • Zabuza prepared to intervene, but Kenya told everyone to stand back and ordered Haku to keep the gold bars dry.
  • Hidan swung his scythe at Kenya’s exposed throat, but Kenya’s skin turned black-gold and the weapon broke on impact.

Ch. 148Hidan slashed Kenya's neck, and his scythe broke

Senju Kenya took Hidan’s scythe strike on his neck without injury, shattering the weapon and injuring Hidan. Kakuzu recognized Kenya as a terrifying physical monster, and Kenya mocked Hidan’s technique.

  • Hidan slashed Senju Kenya’s neck, but the impact broke the scythe without leaving a mark.
  • The recoil tore open Hidan’s hands and wrists and hurled him into the muddy path.
  • Hidan stared in disbelief at his broken weapon and uninjured target.
  • Kakuzu realized Kenya had stopped the strike with sheer bodily strength, without using a technique.
  • Kenya brushed iron filings from his neck and told Hidan that his scraping technique was inadequate.

Ch. 149Kenya: Your scraping technique isn't good enough

Senju Kenya mocked Hidan and effortlessly endured his desperate attacks, while Kakuzu realized the bounty job was beyond them. Kenya then unleashed his power and shattered Hidan with one punch.

  • Kenya taunted Hidan and insulted Lord Jashin after breaking Hidan’s scythe.
  • Hidan attacked Kenya with a ritual spike, but Kenya’s hardened body blunted and bent it while the strikes tore Hidan’s hands apart.
  • Kakuzu watched in terror and understood that the mission was effectively a death warrant.
  • Kenya ended the fight by unleashing his Haki and smashing Hidan’s body to pieces with one punch.

Ch. 150One punch smashed Hidan's body into spare parts

Senju Kenya shattered Hidan’s body with one punch, leaving Hidan’s still-living head to curse him from the mud. Kenya then silenced Hidan and turned his attention to the horrified Kakuzu.

  • Senju Kenya struck Hidan with a single punch that blasted his body into scattered pieces.
  • Hidan’s severed head continued screaming curses and threats, while his detached hand raised a middle finger.
  • Zabuza Momochi and Haku watched in shock as Kakuzu froze in terror at the sight of Hidan’s dismantled body.
  • Kenya planted a foot on Hidan’s head and ground his face into the mud, telling him to shut up.
  • Kenya stared coldly at Kakuzu, who reconsidered pursuing the bounty.

Ch. 151Kakuzu: What the Hell Is This Monster? Forget the Bounty

Senju Kenya overwhelmed Kakuzu, who abandoned the seven-hundred-million-ryo bounty and fled in terror. Kenya struck Kakuzu’s five hearts as he escaped.

  • Senju Kenya taunted Kakuzu while pinning Hidan beneath his foot.
  • Kakuzu unleashed Earth Grudge Fear and four masked chakra monsters to attack Kenya and clear a path to escape.
  • Kenya’s Conqueror’s Haki destroyed the tendrils and drove the masked monsters back into Kakuzu.
  • Kakuzu tore up the bounty notice and fled at full speed, abandoning the reward.
  • Kenya tapped the mud and struck Kakuzu’s five hearts with five finger strikes.

Ch. 152Kakuzu's Five Hearts, Kenya Burst One with Each Finger Strike

Senju Kenya caught Kakuzu as he fled and destroyed four of his hearts with finger strikes. Kakuzu survived the fall with only his original heart remaining as Kenya confronted him about his savings.

  • Kakuzu raced through the forest, hoping to escape underground, but Kenya caught up with him while floating beside him.
  • Kakuzu attacked Kenya with an Earth Spear punch, but Kenya shattered his arm and destroyed his Earth Release heart with one finger strike.
  • Kenya dodged Kakuzu's lightning attack and destroyed the Lightning Release heart with a compressed air projectile.
  • Kakuzu's Wind and Fire masks combined their attacks, but Kenya pierced both masks and destroyed their hearts with two finger strikes.
  • Kakuzu fell into a crater with his original heart still beating, and Kenya asked whether he had been saving money for over a hundred years.

Ch. 153Kenya: Kakuzu, I Heard You've Been Saving Money for Over a Century?

Senju Kenya defeated Kakuzu and demanded the money and hidden accounts he had accumulated as a century-long bounty hunter. After Kenya exposed Kakuzu’s secret assets, Kakuzu realized his savings had been uncovered and asked what Kenya wanted.

  • Kakuzu lay badly wounded in the crater with only his original heart still beating as Kenya taunted him from the rim.
  • Kakuzu claimed he had once attempted to assassinate Hashirama Senju, but Kenya mocked the failed attempt and demanded to know where he had hidden his money.
  • Kakuzu frantically insisted he was broke and had spent his bounty earnings funding the Akatsuki.
  • Kenya pressed his foot over Kakuzu’s surviving heart and revealed detailed records of his gold, chakra-stone certificates, and casino holdings.
  • Kakuzu asked Kenya what he wanted after realizing his hidden assets had been exposed.

Ch. 154Forcing Kakuzu to Hand Over His Bankbooks, Extorting Over a Hundred Million in Return

Senju Kenya forced Kakuzu to surrender his hidden bankbooks and seized his entire fortune. After Kato Yosuke verified the accounts totaled 155 million ryo, Kenya also took Kakuzu’s remaining cash and coins, leaving him penniless in the mud.

  • Kenya threatened to crush Kakuzu’s heart unless he handed over his bankbooks, property deeds, and passwords, and Kakuzu agreed to give up everything.
  • Kakuzu tore open hidden compartments in his body and produced three wax-sealed ledgers and two keys.
  • Kenya called Kato Yosuke into the crater, where Yosuke inspected the ledgers and confirmed they held 155 million ryo in liquid assets.
  • Kenya took the ledgers and confiscated Kakuzu’s remaining banknotes and coins.
  • Kakuzu collapsed in despair after Kenya stripped him of the fortune he had spent a century accumulating.

Ch. 155Kakuzu: The money I worked so hard for!

After Kenya defeated Kakuzu and took his hidden fortune, Kakuzu broke down over losing the savings he had scraped together across a century. His grief and anger triggered a fatal collapse, leaving him sprawled in the crater.

  • Kakuzu twitched in the muddy crater, then wailed over the loss of all his money.
  • Kenya ate an apple and mocked Kakuzu, who recounted a century of frugality and secretly paying the Akatsuki's expenses.
  • Kakuzu cursed Kenya for taking his life savings, while the guards and Zabuza listened in disbelief.
  • Kenya claimed he would spend the money on meat for Konoha's children and subsidies for orphanages.
  • Kakuzu's remaining heart convulsed, and he collapsed into the mud after vomiting a mass of black blood.

Ch. 156A weeping Kakuzu, sent back by Kenya to keep working

Senju Kenya spared Kakuzu after taking his fortune and ordered him back to the Akatsuki to keep earning money for another robbery. Kakuzu fled with Hidan’s scattered body, while Kenya’s convoy headed back to Konoha and Pain and Konan appeared in Amegakure.

  • Kenya told Kakuzu he would spare him and explained that he wanted him to return to the Akatsuki and build up more savings for future raids.
  • Haku and two guards brought Hidan’s scattered body to Kakuzu, and Kenya gave Kakuzu two moldy rice balls as travel food.
  • Kenya threatened Kakuzu into returning to work for the Akatsuki, and Kakuzu bound Hidan’s body to his back and fled with the rice balls.
  • Kenya led his convoy back toward Konoha with the stolen funds and treaty, while Pain and Konan stood inside Amegakure’s central tower.

Ch. 157At the Akatsuki Base, Pain Fell Silent After Hearing the Report

Kakuzu and Hidan returned to the Akatsuki base defeated and impoverished after Senju Kenya overwhelmed them and extorted their money. Pain fell silent as he tried to process their report, while a green pitcher plant emerged in the hall.

  • Konan told Pain that Kakuzu and Hidan were approaching after their assassination mission.
  • Kakuzu stumbled into the hall, with Hidan's severed head and scattered limbs in a sack.
  • Kakuzu and Hidan recounted how Senju Kenya broke their weapons and bodies, destroyed four of Kakuzu's hearts, and robbed them.
  • Kakuzu said Senju Kenya had sent him back to keep earning money and threatened to inspect and rob the Akatsuki in a year.
  • Pain fell silent in apparent shock as an enormous green pitcher plant emerged from a dark corner.

Ch. 158Zetsu: This guy is an anomaly, beyond conventional reasoning

Zetsu reported Senju Kenya’s overwhelming feats in Konoha, leaving Pain and Black Zetsu alarmed by a power that defied their understanding of chakra. Obito Uchiha appeared as Black Zetsu warned that Kenya could destroy their plans to resurrect Otsutsuki Kaguya.

  • White Zetsu recounted how Senju Kenya defeated the rampaging One-Tail Shukaku, destroyed Orochimaru’s reanimated Hokage, and humiliated Orochimaru before attacking the daimyo’s palace for sponsorship money.
  • Kakuzu stopped grieving over his lost savings and felt fortunate compared with Orochimaru and Shukaku.
  • Pain was shaken by Kenya’s seemingly pure physical strength, which challenged his understanding of divine power and chakra.
  • Black Zetsu said Kenya’s abilities had no known connection to Asura’s bloodline or the God Tree’s chakra, and warned Pain not to confront him rashly.
  • Obito Uchiha emerged from the Kamui dimension after hearing the report and Black Zetsu’s warning, reflecting on his plan to collect the Tailed Beasts and create a dream world.

Ch. 159Obito: My Eye of the Moon Plan Feels Doomed

Obito realized Senju Kenya had wrecked Akatsuki’s plans and ordered the organization to avoid Konoha and target other Tailed Beasts instead. As Obito fled Amegakure, a huge tribute convoy arrived at Konoha.

  • Obito reviewed how Kenya had thwarted Akatsuki’s schemes by strengthening the Uchiha, removing Danzō, empowering Naruto, defeating Shukaku, and disrupting Kakuzu’s finances.
  • Pain asked Obito how Akatsuki should counter Kenya, and Obito proposed using Kamui to trap him.
  • Black Zetsu warned that Kenya might punch through the Kamui passage and destroy Obito and his other dimension.
  • Obito ordered Akatsuki to avoid the Land of Fire and Konoha, and to pursue Two-Tails and Four-Tails in the Land of Lightning and Land of Earth.
  • Obito fled through Kamui as a convoy carrying gold, bearer bonds, and tribute entered Konoha to cheers from its ninja and civilians.

Ch. 160Kenya returned to the village, and Konoha was rolling in wealth

Senju Kenya returned to Konoha with billions of ryo in gold and cash, then announced lavish funding for the village and a payout for every resident. The chapter left Konoha celebrating its new wealth and Naruto Uzumaki energized for special training.

  • Senju Kenya arrived in Konoha with thirty carriages loaded with gold, cash, chakra gems, and other valuables.
  • Kato Yosuke and the chamber of commerce enforcers opened the crates, revealing a massive fortune to the gathered villagers and leaders.
  • Kenya ordered money allocated to the village treasury, hospitals, orphanages, veterans, and the Uchiha and Akimichi clans.
  • Kenya promised every Konoha resident a cash envelope of one hundred thousand ryo, prompting the crowd and clan heads to celebrate and bow to him.
  • The next morning, Naruto Uzumaki began training in the woods with a heavy iron shuriken after receiving a special-training bonus and deep-sea beast meat.
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