Naruto: Naruto Hosted by the System

Naruto became interested upon hearing this: "How many?"

Kakuzu wore a pained expression: "...1.87321091 taels."

"You remember it so clearly?" Naruto glanced at him in surprise.

Kakuzu sighed. The reason he knew so much was because his hobby was counting money.

Although he was heartbroken about the money, he also understood that money was useless if he lost his life, so he didn't even dare to hide the amount.

Now that he had to use all that money to buy his own life, Kakuzu felt extremely reluctant.

Normally, he could earn ten or twenty million by killing a Jonin-level bounty target. This amount of money was something he had saved up over his entire life.

"Do you know what the most tragic thing in the world is?" Naruto suddenly asked.

"...What is it?"

"The person died, but the money wasn't all spent."

Kakuzu felt a chill run down his spine: He still wants to kill me!

For Naruto, even though Konoha is incredibly wealthy right now, there's never too much money.

but......

"That's not enough to save your life."

Kakuzu immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

Money is what he values ​​most. If even that isn't enough to buy his life, then what other bargaining chips does he have?

He racked his brains to think, and suddenly thought of Sasori and Deidara. He had heard from Zetsu that these two guys seemed to have submitted to Naruto Uzumaki.

"I... I can help you too! I can also offer my Earth Grudge Fear Technique to Konoha," Kakuzu suddenly shouted.

Naruto was indeed somewhat interested in the peculiar secret technique, Earth Grudge Fear, but that was about it.

Seeing that Naruto did not stop, Kakuzu panicked and even started listing all sorts of random advantages he had.

"Not only that, I have nearly a hundred years of financial management experience. I was also the chief financial officer in the Akatsuki organization, so I can help you manage Konoha's finances!"

But to his surprise, it was these words that made Naruto stop in his tracks.

"Are you really that good at managing finances?" Naruto asked.

Seeing that he had a chance to survive, Kakuzu nodded repeatedly: "Of course it's true. My abilities were witnessed by everyone in Akatsuki. I'm definitely much stronger than those good-for-nothings!"

Naruto values ​​talent, and the reason he kept Orochimaru around was partly because Orochimaru willingly took on the burden of the Hidden Sun to show his determination.

On the other hand, there's Orochimaru's research capabilities.

Although the system's research capabilities far surpass Orochimaru's, Naruto couldn't possibly spend all his time on research; he also had to deal with the messy affairs of the ninja world.

At this point, all we need to do is take Orochimaru's research findings and have the system make further improvements, which will save a lot of time.

Now that Konoha is becoming increasingly prosperous under Naruto's policies, it certainly needs more talent to manage its finances.

"Then I'll reluctantly give you a chance. Go and bring that immortal man with you back to Konoha."

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu felt as if he had been granted a pardon and kowtowed to Naruto in gratitude.

He even asked, "Aren't you going to put a restriction on me to prevent me from escaping?"

"With my perception abilities, covering a radius of several hundred kilometers is a piece of cake." Naruto didn't seem to care much about this.

Kakuzu said no more and went to collect Hidan's body to help him recover.

Having just had his head restored, Hidan immediately cursed, "You bastard who insulted Lord Jashin, I'll kill you sooner or later!"

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu immediately delivered a heavy punch to him.

Hidan looked at Kakuzu in disbelief: "Are you crazy?"

Kakuzu kicked him again.

"Lord Hokage, are we going to bring this guy back to Konoha too?"

Kakuzu felt a bit resentful when he thought about how much he had sacrificed to survive, while Hidan hadn't had to pay a price.

However, Kakuzu also knew that he only had five hearts because of the Earth Grudge, while Hidan was truly immortal and could not be killed even if he was torn into thousands of pieces.

Kakuzu was simply dissatisfied that Hidan could work under Naruto without having to pay any price. Even if he couldn't be killed, wouldn't it be better to just seal him away?

"Take it back."

"Why? He offended you so much." Kakuzu asked, somewhat puzzled.

Naruto squinted at Hidan, but his gaze seemed to be directed towards something even further away.

“Take him back for research; I’m going to bring down the evil god behind him.”

Chapter 101 Kakashi: Obito, I will never forgive you.

Previously, when Naruto went to other countries in the ninja world, Kakashi handled the political affairs on his behalf, but now Shikamaru has taken over his job and is doing it even better.

Now that Naruto has become Hokage and is traveling all over the ninja world, Sasuke is practicing the Lightning Release techniques left behind by Naruto. Although Sakura's strength is not yet at the level that Kakashi cannot teach her, she is now focusing on medical ninjutsu and genjutsu, so Kakashi has found someone to teach her.

For a moment, Kakashi even felt a bit idle.

So he continued to practice lightning release and swordsmanship.

Kakashi is currently using the "White Fang," a sword left to him by his father, Sakumo Hatake.

This sword was broken when Kakashi was on a mission. In addition, Kakashi was disheartened at the time and changed his training focus from swordsmanship to the Sharingan, so it was kept and never taken out.

Now that we're going to pick up swordsmanship again, we naturally need to fix the sword.

Not only that, he also obtained the Flying Thunder God Technique training scroll, wondering if he might have some talent for space-time ninjutsu since he had worn Kamui for so long.

The above summarizes Kakashi's changes over this period.

Today, he came to the training ground as usual to further improve his skills with the Purple Lightning technique.

Behind him, however, space suddenly distorted, and a masked figure slowly emerged, stealthily approaching Kakashi...

The moment the masked man touched Kakashi, Kakashi suddenly transformed into a bolt of lightning and pounced on him. Although the damage was minor, it left his body somewhat numb.

"Lightning clone?"

The masked man was taken aback, realizing something was wrong.

The next moment, a violent purple arc of electricity surged toward him with lightning speed!

Although the masked man quickly activated his intangible state the moment he realized something was wrong, he was a fraction of a second too late due to the paralysis caused by the lightning clone, and a small cut was made in his mask.

Soon, Kakashi appeared before them.

He's changed so much! His usual lightning style has turned into this strange purple lightning, and he's even picked up that White Fang again, along with his left eye...

Where's the Sharingan?!

The masked man shuddered, his only exposed Sharingan eye filled with shock.

He took great risks to infiltrate Konoha while Naruto was away, all to retrieve his Mangekyou Sharingan. Now that he's here, it's gone?!

Kakashi was also scrutinizing the masked man before him, his expression twisted and conflicted. Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "Obito, is that you?"

The masked man remained silent for a moment, not answering his question, but instead saying in an unyielding tone, "Where did the Sharingan go?"

"Just as Naruto said, you have to take back your own Sharingan." Kakashi let out a long sigh, his feelings complicated.

But the next moment, he returned to battle mode.

"Want to know? I can't possibly tell you the answer."

Kakashi then conjured a powerful purple electric current that coiled around White Fang and attacked the masked man.

The masked man looked on with utter disdain.

"Even if you refuse to give me the answer, I can roughly sense that it is in Konoha through the connection between my Sharingan, which means it is not on Naruto Uzumaki who is out."

"As long as it's not about Naruto Uzumaki, I really don't care about anyone else, including you, Kakashi!"

Kakashi ignored the masked man's words and instantly closed in on him at lightning speed, slashing down his White Fang.

The raging purple electricity became even more rampant with his movements, splashing outwards as if it had come to life, completely blocking the masked man's escape route.

"That's why I called you an idiot. Didn't Naruto Uzumaki tell you about my information?"

The masked man remained in a blurred state, and no matter how rampant the purple electricity was, it couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

As Kakashi's body sank downwards with the swing of his sword, getting closer and closer to him, the masked man knew his chance had come.

So he raised his hand and reached out to Kakashi, intending to suck him into the Kamui dimension.

But Kakashi's expression showed no sign of panic; instead, it seemed as if he had expected it.

"In battles between ninjas, intelligence is the first priority. Those who have an information advantage often gain the upper hand in battle."

"And now, I am the one who controls the information gap, not you."

Kakashi suddenly changed his move and swung upwards, purple arcs of electricity suddenly erupting from his body, as if he could no longer hide it.

The purple electric currents that the masked man had previously dodged by blurring their way out of the ground collided with the ground and leaped towards him again!

How is this possible! How could he be so fast? And how could those purple electric currents do such a thing?

It turns out that when Kakashi first sensed the strange spatial fluctuations, in addition to leaving behind a lightning clone to disguise himself, he also quietly activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode.

The Lightning Release chakra mode he is currently using only exists within his body. It is difficult to control, has little effect, and may even be harmful to the body. However, it has one advantage that makes Kakashi willing to use it despite these drawbacks.

That's concealment!

Even though Kakashi got so close, the masked man didn't notice him, which shows how well he was concealed.

Moreover, although the bonus is small, it's enough as long as it's sufficient.

Just like now, Kakashi can burst into speed, allowing him to change his moves immediately. Combined with the purple electric current he had laid out beforehand, the masked man has neither the ability to dodge nor the time to become intangible!

And that's exactly what happened next.

Click!

The masked man instinctively retreated and quickly activated his Hollowfication state, but he still couldn't avoid being cut by Kakashi with shallow wounds. At the same time, his mask was also torn and fell to the ground.

After doing all this, Kakashi immediately retreated to create distance, because he knew that the masked man wouldn't be so easily dealt with and would be sucked into the Kamui dimension once he reacted.