I'm drawing manga in Naruto

Akabane nodded. He didn't expect to resolve the matter in one go, but he had to be wary of this guy launching a sneak attack at night.

Kakuzu has no integrity whatsoever, and besides, the two are wary of each other and have never truly fought each other. Even if they were to cooperate, they wouldn't be sincere.

A fight is probably necessary...

Kakuzu drank another cup and then walked out of the tavern.

At this moment, the boy and another ninja came out of the house.

The leader was the same ninja who had encountered Akabane and Orochimaru before. Akabane used his sensory abilities slightly and sensed that there was an unusual chakra on the other party.

Was this Orochimaru's doing?

Akabane looked closely and noticed many similar marks.

For example, his joints could potentially be modified with soft tissue, suggesting that Orochimaru has been strengthening these individuals.

Upon seeing Akabane's current appearance, the ninja immediately knelt down: "Sir, what are your instructions for this trip?"

"Konoha and Sunagakure may go to war in the Land of Rivers. You are my subordinates whom I have painstakingly trained. I would be very troubled if you all died."

Akabane mimicked Orochimaru's tone, saying casually before looking towards the door, "Recently, there have been more ninjas like that, so we've been keeping a low profile lately."

“Sir, ever since you gave us the detailed plan for this place, we have all been doing business quietly, and none of the brothers have gone out to cause trouble.”

He explained hurriedly.

Akabane has a headache.

It's Orochimaru again. That bastard has been up to something so sneaky, he's practically turned Chaochuan Town into a pirate town.

The key point is that I never expected that tech geek would cause trouble here. We didn't exchange information, and I don't even know his name.

Forget it...

He glanced behind him and simultaneously hypnotized the boy.

With his current mental strength, hypnotizing these henchmen was a piece of cake, and soon they spilled all the information like beans from a bamboo tube.

A few seconds later, he realized what he wanted and broke the hypnotic illusion.

The two had no objections; on the contrary, they became even more respectful—they had been hypnotized without their knowledge. Such powerful illusion magic was truly worthy of this master!

"I just checked, Nakagawa, you did very well, but your skills are still a little lacking."

Akabane said something indifferently, then looked at the boy named Nora.

Although the Manga Culture Tavern was created by a tech geek, it must be said that Nora is also very good, especially considering that he dared to stand up and speak in the face of a ruthless rogue ninja like Kakuzu, which is quite remarkable.

"Sir, his name is..."

"Araki Nora, you're quite good. Do you know about chakra?"

Nora was stunned for a moment, then nodded frantically with ecstatic joy on his face.

Chakra, a power possessed only by ninja masters!

"Nakagawa, starting today you'll be in charge of teaching him how to condense chakra. Also, prepare a room for me; I need to rest for a while."

"Yes!"

Nakagawa was extremely respectful.

Upon meeting again, this person was even more powerful—no, perhaps I had never witnessed the person's true strength before.

Chapter 213 Turning Illusion into Reality, The Sharingan's First Battle

Nothing is more important than sleep, but Kakuzu is indeed a problem and we need to be on guard.

Akabane thought for a moment and created a shadow clone.

He wasn't actually that tired. After all, he was physically strong, mentally strong, and had a lot of vitality. Losing a day or two of sleep wouldn't be a big problem. It was just that after one night of not sleeping, he couldn't resist feeling lazy.

Shadow clones are really annoying.

Because he not only had to act as a lookout, but also had to endure his main body sleeping in the bedroom.

As for drawing, do I look like a shadow clone who's this diligent?

I waited until the afternoon.

A jet-black tentacle reached in through the crack in the window, which then snapped open, and Kakuzu leaped in from the outside.

Then he saw "Red Feather" sitting there.

"You are indeed here."

"If you can earn the money on your own, there's no need to cooperate with others."

Kakuzu gave a slight, cold laugh.

He didn't go out to explore the market just now; he had already seen this stuff before and didn't need to consider it further.

His real purpose was to assess the strength of the remaining rogue ninja in Chaochuan Town, as well as the distribution of personnel from Konoha and Sunagakure in the surrounding area, in order to determine what kind of battle would not attract their strong attention.

After going around in circles, he became certain of one thing.

In the entire Chaochuan region, the strongest rogue ninja is this "Hidden Mist Village" before us.

"Then it seems we have no choice but to become enemies."

The shadow clone sighed softly, then swiftly formed hand seals—

Kirigakure no Jutsu!

"Silent assassination? Heh, if that's all you know, then I'm really disappointed in you."

Kakuzu sneered, his tentacles growing rapidly as he attacked in all directions.

The Earthly Grudge Secret Technique is completely immune to assassination techniques.

"of course not."

Akabane's voice came from the mist.

The Hidden Mist Technique was merely to prevent Kakuzu from seeing his own eyes—he had already awakened the moment Kakuzu entered through the window.

Kakuzu stood ready, while the tentacles of the Earth Grudge swept wildly around.

however……

There was nothing there; the other side didn't seem to be making any moves.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, two or three figures suddenly appeared beside him. Di Yuanyu attacked quickly, but the other party did not retreat at all and continued to attack on its own.

He fought and retreated, but at this moment, the swords multiplied into six, then nine. Although the Earth Grudge's tentacles were strong, they were severed by an invisible force.

After one round of fighting, he already had eight or nine knife wounds on his body.

What kind of technique is this?

Kakuzu was startled. He was quite familiar with the Hidden Mist's fighting style, which mostly involved using the Hidden Mist Technique in combination with silent assassination techniques, sword techniques, and some water-style ninjutsu to achieve a killing effect.

However, the person before them was not like that.

He seemed to be using a method of creating a clone, exchanging the clone's injuries for his own.

Although the attack doesn't pose a threat for the time being, such a damage-exchanging attack is extremely underhanded, and the key point is that he couldn't even find where the opponent's main body was.

how to spell?

Kakuzu was filled with a myriad of thoughts, and then two masked clones appeared on his body.

however……

Before the clones could even exert their power, they were instantly imprisoned by a technique.

Kakuzu himself couldn't answer what kind of technique it was, because he had never seen this kind of ninjutsu before.

too weird!

"I know your secret technique, Earth Grudge Fear, a secret technique from the old Takigakure. It was later stolen by a man named Kakuzu and lost ever since. It seems you are the Kakuzu who once fought against the First Hokage."

Akabane's voice came from the mist.

He didn't show himself because if he showed himself in a fight against someone like Kakuzu, it would give the opponent a chance to turn the tables. Although he still had the ability of his right eye as a trump card, easily revealing that trump card would only let the opponent know his strength.

"Hmph, I didn't expect anyone to actually know me."

Kakuzu pretended not to recognize him, but secretly he felt a little regretful.

My initial feeling was right; this guy was indeed very troublesome and even had the ability to kill me.

Akabane chuckled, then threatened, "I've heard that the Earth Grudge Fear can absorb the power of others and use it for its own purposes, and form such clones. However, it seems that its key lies in the mask. If you break it..."

"If you kill my mask, I will use my full strength. Even if I can't kill you, as long as the people of Konoha and Sunagakure notice, your business will be ruined."

Kakuzu countered with a threat.

"You can try and see if I can kill you."

The voice just fell.

Kakuzu was surprised to find a strange surge of chakra around him, and then he was immediately imprisoned in a water prison.

So that's how it is; the clone was imprisoned by this...

Before he could even think, a knife suddenly and silently pierced through the water prison and was placed against his neck, while a kunai was aimed at his heart. On the other side of the masked clone, something similar happened.

Kakuzu figured he could run away and Akabane couldn't stop him, but with two masked clones and his own life, he would lose a total of three hearts.

Although wars are frequent now and there are many opportunities to obtain hearts, he is very comfortable using the abilities of these three and has no intention of replacing them unless absolutely necessary.

Of course, Kakuzu immediately cut off his tail to save his life because Akabane wasn't so determined to kill him.

“When dealing with major powers, I need sufficiently powerful partners and subordinates. You've fought against the first generation, so your strength goes without saying. You've also witnessed my strength…”

Akabane withdrew the power of his left eye and then dispersed the mist.

He sat in the chair, his face serene and calm.

"Although I don't know why I've never heard of you, you are indeed very capable, and you are barely qualified to cooperate with me."

Kakuzu put away the mask clone of Jigen-go and sat down on the chair next to him.

He likes money.

If we could take it all for ourselves, that would be ideal, but since we can't deal with Akabane right now, we have no choice but to cooperate.

After all, there aren't many countries in the ninja world as chaotic as the Land of Rivers, and even fewer suitable as transit points for manga, making it extremely difficult to establish one's own independent territory.

"Now, let's discuss the distribution of profits..."

Akabane didn't take Kakuzu's boastful words to heart.

None of that matters. What really matters is that the other party agrees to cooperate and is very wary of our strength.

Thus, his plan succeeded.

The two argued endlessly over the money, and after some haggling, they settled on a 60/40 split, with Akabane getting 60% and Kakuzu getting 40%.

However, Akabane earns a share of the profits from selling the manga to Kakuzu, and he also earns a share from selling the manga by Kakuzu. Although it's a 60/40 split, he actually earns far more than Kakuzu.

After discussing how to divide the money, Kakuzu jumped out of the window.

He didn't understand Akabane's techniques at all. Whether it was the clones or the water prison and the sword later on, they all gave him a very strange feeling.

Unfortunately, the fog was so thick at the time that nothing could be seen. The only way to confirm that those were real bodies was through the feedback from Di Yuan Yu, and not some kind of illusion or clone technique.

In ninja battles, intelligence is extremely important.

In this battle, the opponent knew about the Earth Grudge Fear, while Kakuzu knew nothing about Akabane. In the end, Kakuzu was bound to suffer a loss.

Even if he unleashed his full power at that time, he couldn't be sure if Akabane could kill all five of his masks at once with that technique. If the opponent had that kind of strength, he would be finished.

Kakuzu dared not make another move until he figured out Akabane's true strength.

After he left, Akabane breathed a long sigh of relief.

This was the first time he used the Mangekyou Sharingan in battle after obtaining it, and the result was very pleasing. He was able to easily subdue or even kill an enemy like Kakuzu.

however……

He was well aware that this technique had its limits.

Just like the illusion magic of the Kurama clan, when the enemy's strength reaches a certain level, even if he kills the opponent in the illusion, this effect cannot be perfectly reflected in reality.