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Chapter 260 Hiruzen Sarutobi saves Asuma Sarutobi!

"You idiot..."

"Calm down..."

Kakuzu felt uneasy and hoped that Hidan could regain control of himself.

Kakuzu watched Hidan approach, noticing strange black spots on Hidan's body. His companion seemed a little stiff as he walked over.

"I can't control myself..."

Hidan's body trembled with fear.

next moment!

Hidan raised his scythe and swung it down on Kakuzu. A spray of blood flew from Kakuzu's body, and drops of blood instantly landed on Hidan's face!

"Blood...hahahaha...blood..."

Hidan suddenly went berserk. He instinctively took Kakuzu's blood and was about to draw a cursed magic circle at his feet!

"You idiot..."

Kakuzu had already witnessed Hidan's abilities and wanted to scold Hidan, who had gone mad from the blood, but to no avail. He could only watch helplessly as Hidan finished drawing the curse circle!

"That idiot!"

Just a second before Hidan completed the curse array, Kakuzu spat out a Jigangu from his mouth, hoping to save his life!

"Hahahaha...you're dead."

Hidan completed the curse circle, a sickly smile on his face, and lay contentedly in the middle of the circle on the ground.

Hidan doesn't need to do anything now, because he has countless black rods inserted into his body, and the curse array will reflect Hidan's physical condition to his opponent in real time!

That is to say...

Once Hidan gets his blood and completes the curse array, given Hidan's physical condition, the opponent is certain to die!

The instant the magic circle was completed...

Countless drops of blood spurted from Kakuzu's entire body!

Kakuzu's head drooped limply, as if he had lost all life. Only a pitch-black earth grime rubbed against him, seemingly pondering when to burrow inside.

"alright."

Akihara Kagura walked over, reached out and lifted Hidan's body: "It seems you've preserved your abilities well; you can still use them..."

"Don't make me get up!"

Hidan stubbornly insisted on lying on the ground, struggling desperately: "I can't get up! I want to lie here and pray to the gods! Leaving here would be disrespectful to the gods!"

"Alright."

Akihara Kagura didn't intend to pay much attention to this mentally unstable puppet, because Hell Path Hidan was just a means to revive other puppets.

"Mr. Kakuzu, you can now be resurrected without worry."

Akihara Kagura looked at Kakuzu's corpse and the Earth Grudge Fear, and offered to persuade him to surrender: "I won't kill you. I wonder if you'd be interested in taking an extra paycheck..."

"..."

The Earth Grudge immediately burrowed into Kakuzu's body!

Kakuzu immediately raised his head again, a vibrant emerald green light returning to his eyes: "Akihara Kagura, what do you want me to do?"

"Of course, I'm asking you to do a part-time job..."

Akihara Kagura offered her hand to help Kakuzu heal his injuries, asking, "The Akatsuki's reward probably isn't much, is it?"

"A reward of five million taels will be given for capturing a Jinchūriki."

Kakuzu didn't keep their salaries a secret, only saying coldly, "If you want me to do something for you, then name your price..."

"What about the usual compensation for tasks?"

Akihara Kagura couldn't afford the prize money, so she planned to find a roundabout way to get it.

"Splitting it 30/70."

Kakuzu is quite satisfied with his share of the mission rewards.

Akatsuki's mission rewards are very generous, but the other rogue ninja don't care much about money. Basically, they don't get their mission rewards and rely entirely on Akatsuki to give them money directly.

"How come it's only 70%..."

Akihara Kagura frowned.

"70% are organized."

Kakuzu couldn't help but frown as well.

"Isn't this like begging on your knees?"

Akihara Kagura subconsciously replied with a sentence.

"..."

Kakuzu gave Akihara Kagura a strange look.

It seems that Akihara Kagura doesn't quite understand the rules of the Akatsuki organization. The other members of the Akatsuki have to consider Konan's feelings if they want to get that 30/70 split!

of course.

Others don't care and have no need to take this money.

Because the Akatsuki organization would reimburse the consumption of weapons such as ninja tools.

Even Sasori of the Red Sand, who had gone through thick and thin with Nagato and Konan, didn't care about money at all. Konan always approved as much of Sasori's budget as he asked.

but…

Konan wouldn't approve any budget for Kakuzu, who is naturally greedy for money. If Kakuzu were to ask for money, his budget alone could drain the Akatsuki organization's coffers.

Kakuzu looked at Akihara Kagura, who showed no loyalty to the Akatsuki, only to money: "If you want me to do things for you, give me 30% of any future employment contracts; if you give me 40% of the commission, I can still help you even if the employment contract conflicts with the Akatsuki..."

"Can."

Kagura Akihara nodded, glancing at Hidan beside her: "Hidan, collect Kakuzu's blood. If he dares to betray our promise in the future..."

If Hidan were to return alone, it would inevitably arouse suspicion from others. Furthermore, Hidan would need to conceal the black rods on his body, thus requiring a witness.

and…

Kakuzu is the person who will generate future revenue for the Akatsuki organization.

Akihara Kagura Mirai wanted to recruit the Akatsuki organization into her ranks, but she didn't want to needlessly weaken her future fighting strength at this time.

"Oh, by the way, I should tell you..."

At this moment, Akihara Kagura simply revealed her identity to Kakuzu: "I am also a member of Akatsuki. I hope you won't be too surprised when you see me in the future..."

"!!!"

A look of surprise suddenly appeared in Kakuzu's eyes.

"The reason I recruited you today is..."

Kagura Akihara looked at Kakuzu and said softly, "It's because I want to take over Akatsuki in the future and become its leader, Mr. Kakuzu. You understand what I mean, right?"

"It doesn't matter to me who the leader of Akatsuki is."

Kakuzu was very open-minded about this kind of thing, and directly said what was on his mind: "As long as it can make me more money in the future, I can support you to become the leader of Akatsuki..."

"I won't let you down."

Akihara Kagura extended her palm.

"That would be perfect."

Kakuzu reached out and grasped Akihara Kagura's hand.

The deal was thus struck, and Kakuzu and Hidan's trip to the Land of Fire became much safer, as Akihara Kagura could order her Root ninjas to block their intelligence.

Remembering their itinerary, Akihara Kagura asked, "Do the nobles and daimyo of the Land of Fire offer bounties at the gold exchange?"

"Of course."

The Akatsuki organization has assassinated countless nobles over the years.

For other ninjas, assassinating a nobleman would incur the hostility of a nation, but the Akatsuki organization would stop at nothing to amass wealth, so they naturally didn't care about so-called hostility.

"You can get rid of these people as you please."

Kagura Akihara extended her palm and left her own curse seal on Kakuzu's body: "If Konoha ninjas surround you, I will send Root ninjas to help you deal with these troubles. Falling into Root's hands is the same as falling into mine; you won't encounter any trouble..."

"I see."

Kakuzu is smarter than Hidan.

This ninja, who lived to be over ninety years old, was well aware of the weight of those words.

The fact that a powerful figure in Konoha was willing to protect their operations in the Land of Fire meant that the risks of their operations in the Land of Fire were greatly reduced.

Especially…

This guy is also the new generation's ninja god.

Even the leader of the Akatsuki organization was defeated by him.

Kakuzu felt his future was quite bright. Upon hearing that Akihara Kagura planned to travel to the Land of Lightning, he told her about the Land of Lightning: "If you're going to the Land of Lightning, you'd better be careful. We just dealt with the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, so it might not be peaceful there..."

Thank you.

Akihara Kagura nodded her thanks, then asked, "By the way, do you have any evidence that Kumogakure is colluding with Akatsuki?"

"..."

Kakuzu believed that Akihara Kagura was lying through her teeth. Both of them had extracted the tailed beasts from the Two-Tails Jinchuriki Yukito, so how could they possibly have any collusion with Kumogakure?

"Never mind, I'll find it myself."

Akihara Kagura waved her hand, signaling them to leave.

The group parted ways here. Kakuzu took Hidan to the Land of Fire, where, under the protection of the Hokage of Konoha, they went to gather information on the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and kill a few nobles to make money. Akihara Kagura continued to Kumogakure, knowing that Akatsuki and Kumogakure were already at odds, to search for information on their collusion.

As Akihara Kagura watched Kakuzu and Hidan leave, he raised his finger and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Four Hokage, go and tell Lady Tsunade that I've found some information about the Akatsuki organization. Two Akatsuki members are planning to operate in the Land of Fire..."

Kagura Akihara is unlikely to trust Kakuzu based on a verbal agreement. It would be better for her to let Kakuzu and Hidan fall into her hands first, and then have Pain or Obito Uchiha take them back from him. She can also complete her mission in the process.

Anyway…

Kakuzu already knew that falling into the hands of the Root ninjas was not a big problem.

at the same time.

The rest of the ninja world wasn't exactly peaceful either.

The Akatsuki acted swiftly. After the One-Tailed Shukaku and the Two-Tailed were extracted, the Three-Tailed, which had just been resurrected in the Land of Water, was immediately put into action.

After Sasori and Deidara returned to the Akatsuki base to report, they immediately rushed to the Land of Water to capture the Three-Tails, which had just been resurrected.

Obviously.

This battle was very easy.

Sasori's body revealed cannons on its body, and with full firepower, it blasted the Three-Tails to pieces, capturing it in less than five minutes.

As for the other members of Akatsuki…

Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki went to capture the Four-Tails Jinchuriki; Pain personally took charge of capturing the Five-Tails and Six-Tails Jinchuriki; Obito Uchiha went to capture the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.

In just ten days.

The entire ninja world was in turmoil because of the Akatsuki's actions.

Konoha Village.

Not long after Akihara Kagura left Konoha, some people in the village were already in a state of panic.

Because bad news kept coming from the Land of Fire, two members of the Akatsuki were active there and had killed several nobles. The Daimyo urgently issued an edict to exterminate them.

fortunately.

Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, learned in advance that two Akatsuki members would be active in the Land of Fire. She immediately dispatched twenty squads to search for the identities of these two Akatsuki members, fearing that they would cause even greater disasters in the Land of Fire.

The strongest team, led by Jonin Sarutobi Asuma, along with Chunin such as Nara Shikamaru, Kotetsu, and Izumo Kamizuki, finally intercepted the two Akatsuki members at the Exchange Shop.

however…

These two Akatsuki members were casually exchanging the nobles' corpses for money at the gold exchange, seemingly unafraid of them at all.

"There is no root mark..."

Kakuzu glanced at Asuma and the others surrounding them, his eyes flashing slightly: "Looks like killing them wouldn't be a problem. That guy named Asuma is worth thirty-five million..."

"OK!"

Hidan swiftly and decisively raised his scythe!

"They really have no respect for people..."

Nara Shikamaru frowned, raised his hand, and intended to conjure a shadow to control his opponent so that his teacher, Sarutobi Asuma, could quickly deal with Kakuzu and the others.

however…

The Earth Grudge within Kakuzu's body burst forth!

During this free time, Kakuzu also replenished his heart. The four Earth Grudges acted simultaneously, completely overwhelming Asuma's squad!

Just as Kakuzu was manipulating his Earth Grudge, simultaneously releasing five different techniques, intending to wipe out this audacious squad right there!

"Fire Release: Head Carving!"

"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"

"Water Release: Water Curtain!"

"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"

"Earth Release: Earth Stone Dragon!"

The five elemental ninjutsu surged directly towards Sarutobi Asuma's team, and both Sarutobi Asuma and Nara Shikamaru showed a look of despair on their faces!

next moment!

A short, old man appeared before them!

The old man still had some cracks on his face, but he quickly used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to create four clones, and then released the Five Elements Ninjutsu along with his main body!

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

"Wind Release: Cyclone!"

"Water Release·Water Crush Wave!"

"Lightning Release: Thunderclap!"

"Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet!"

Two different Five Elements Ninjutsu clashed instantly!

Kakuzu realized the gap between himself and his opponent, and was somewhat shocked. When he looked at the old man, his pupils involuntarily widened!

"Wait, that's..."

"The Third Hokage!"

Nara Shikamaru exclaimed with delight, revealing the identity of the newcomer!

Sarutobi Asuma stared in utter astonishment at the old man who had suddenly appeared and saved their squad, the cigarette he was holding falling to the ground in surprise…

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, was also the father of Asuma Sarutobi.

Even Sarutobi Asuma never imagined that his deceased father, Sarutobi Hiruzen, would appear at the most critical moment and save his life...

"Asuma, are you alright?"

The resurrected Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, glanced back at his son, then turned and said something somewhat out of character for him, loudly ordering the Root ninja who had come with him: "Arrest these two and send them to Root."

Second update!

As I said, the process might not be great, but the result should be alright. I feel that the Third Hokage would be satisfied with his sacrifice if he knew the truth. I'll add some side stories later...

(End of this chapter)