Naruto: I, the villain template, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 158 Kakuzu Being Hunted

Bu Zhou ultimately failed to utter the foul language he was about to say.

The explosion from the failed experiment drowned out his cursing, and flames and black smoke suddenly burst open in the white room like a shower of flowers.

Broken stone platforms and hard metal parts shot towards the surrounding walls with a piercing shriek, their sharpness as if piercing through paper, penetrating deep into the walls.

The explosion happened suddenly and quickly. About ten seconds later, the black smoke in the compartment slowly settled, and the tremor gradually subsided.

The researchers, who had been lying unharmed and completely calm on the ground behind the double-sided glass, raised their heads and looked to the side in unison. But after seeing what was happening, a hint of disappointment flashed in their eyes.

"What are you all disappointed about?!"

Bu Zhou was kneeling there in a pathetic position with his buttocks sticking out. At that moment, he felt a ringing in his ears. After noticing the gazes of the group, veins popped out on his forehead. He couldn't help but raise his head and shout angrily.

"You bunch of bastards, are you trying to blow me up...?"

"Haha, congratulations on our first experiment's perfect failure! Congratulations, congratulations!"

Following Leyou's initial applause, the others joined in with thunderous applause. A group of people stood up and gave Buzhou a thumbs-up, showering him with praise just like Leyou, leaving Buzhou speechless.

While recording information in the experiment report, Leyou gave Buzhou a thumbs-up and patted him on the shoulder, shouting: "This is truly a great experiment! Let us thank Lord Buzhou for his sacrifice for the future of Yangyan Village!"

Then, Bu Zhou, expressionless, was "amiably" carried out of the room by the group of guys who had surrounded him without prior arrangement, as if the traces of the attack on the room behind him didn't exist at all.

Bang!

Looking at the closed door and Bu Zhou being ruthlessly pushed out, his eyes twitched involuntarily.

Okay, okay, you guys win.

"……call!"

After a moment, he exhaled a sigh of frustration, but instead of cursing angrily, his eyes showed a hint of helplessness.

Although those bastards looked down on him as their leader, it didn't matter; he hadn't expected anyone to understand him anyway.

"A great power..."

Buzhou stepped out of the cave, looked at the street scene under the night sky, and suddenly sighed softly.

He could naturally see how amazing the experiments those bastards were doing would be if successful.

What would normally take half a day or even a whole day to produce a single explosive tag can now be mass-produced by simply drawing a sufficiently precise incantation beforehand.

If someone were to emerge who is perfectly suited to this technique and can master it without mechanical inscription, he could probably become a human explosive tag production line.

Even if such a person cannot be found, the required effort and time will be greatly reduced, and the cost of making explosive tags will be lowered.

but……

"The price of the detonating tag has never been decided by us from the beginning," Buzhou shook his head.

The gap and contradictions between large and small countries are so deeply rooted that, strictly speaking, it is the large countries that have forced Yangyan Village into this predicament.

In the past, Kagerou Village was just honestly producing explosive tags and selling them to various ninja villages, making a modest living. At most, they would research how to produce better explosive tags faster, like they do now.

But people in the ninja world are not in control of their own destiny, and great powers are never merciful.

Even though they initially only wanted to do some business, they were still forced into the conflict between the great ninja villages.

During World War I and even World War II, Kagero Village was often pressured by Konoha and other ninja villages to not sell explosive tags to other ninja villages, otherwise they would be punished.

However, as a ninja village in a small country, facing the combined pressure from the five major ninja villages, selling to one of them would inevitably offend the other.

But neither side's anger is something they can withstand.

The cheaper yet more powerful explosive tags they created were forcibly bought up in large quantities by various ninja villages at even lower prices.

The explosive tags that used to cost around 10,000 taels each have now been reduced to around 3,000 to 4,000 taels.

Although the profits were similar to before, that was without taking into account the research and development costs. In order to research more powerful detonators, they purchased a lot of advanced equipment from other major countries, but after they were manufactured, the price was reduced.

The Leaf Village's previous surprise attack on their Kagerou Village also resulted in the theft of their explosive tag-making techniques, which was the main reason why the former leader fell ill.

A bunch of bandits! They not only exploit the labor force of Yangyan Village, but they also steal their skills. They are utterly shameless!

But so what?

A single speck of dust in a large country is like a mountain on the head of a small country, leaving them with absolutely no chance of resistance...

"Perhaps in the eyes of both the villagers of Yangyan Village and outsiders, I am a harmless, even traitorous, and disloyal dove?" A cold glint flashed in Buzhou's eyes.

That would be perfect.

Old Master Xuan, you'd better hide it well for me.

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Meanwhile, at the border between the Land of Grass and the Land of Mountains.

"Chase!"

"Don't let him get away!"

"Hurry up and keep up!"

A figure darted swiftly through the dense trees, followed by a dozen or so ninjas wearing Takigakure headbands, relentlessly pursuing the figure ahead.

sough!!

Countless kunai and shuriken flew from behind, but for some reason, the Takigakure ninjas did not use explosive tags.

"What bad luck! I never expected to run into these persistent pests!" Kakuzu frowned deeply, his expression behind his mask looking rather unpleasant.

Most importantly, what he encountered was not just a hunting squad like before.

Behind those dozen or so Takigakure were a small force, probably numbering around a hundred.

Even the undead who had been able to roam the underground black market for many years were helpless against a group of people who knew their secrets. They could only try to escape and shake them off.

However, these guys' obsession with him was clearly deeper than he had anticipated.

She chased him relentlessly from morning till night, even taking turns biting him from behind, and switching to someone else to chase after him when she ran out of chakra.

"Tsk, I shouldn't have accepted Onoki's mission." Kakuzu couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

That being said, with such a substantial reward right in front of you, and it's just a deposit that you don't have to return even if the mission fails, who could resist?

If he had to choose again, he would still accept.

"However, with these hyenas relentlessly pursuing us, it's unlikely we can make it directly to the Land of Rain."

Kakuzu felt the fatigue in his body and looked at the mountains of varying heights in the distance.

Have we already entered the territory of the Mountain Country?

Let's find a crowded place to hide first.

The thought arose, and he formed hand seals to use the Body Flicker Technique. No longer caring about the consumption of chakra, he suddenly increased his speed and turned into a blur as he disappeared into the distance.

Behind him, the Takigakure ninjas who had been biting him suddenly paused and looked at the figure with long blue hair at the front.

"Captain, that traitor has fled to the Mountain Country, what should we do?"

"..."

Watching the figure gradually disappear into the distance, Blue-haired Taki gritted his teeth and shouted sharply, "Chase!"

(End of this chapter)