Chapter 152: Konan's Gift, Kakuzu's Creed

Yunchuan gently raised his right hand, and the syllables came out of his mouth.

Then, the fire rose in front of him, and a perfect circle without any flaws, lingered in Yunchuan's raised and open palm, like a small sun.

Rain and light have never had such a vivid touch.

The next moment, the air seemed to sound like glass breaking, but it was not the glass that broke, but the flames in front of Yunchuan that were compressed to the extreme.

"The Thirty-one Red Fire Cannon of the Broken Path."

As the indifferent decree was issued, the sun shattered, and the tide of flames rushed out.

Boom! !

The deafening explosion swept across the rain curtain around Yunchuan, and the terrifying impact caused the ground under Yunchuan's feet to crack, lifting his forehead hair to reveal his deep blue pupils.

Behind him, the strong wind and heat wave almost blew away the thin Yahiko. Fortunately, Ye behind him stretched out his hands and hugged him tightly, but his whole face was distorted at such a close distance!

"What is this?!"

Mei Yu had already dodged behind the wall without looking back the moment Yunchuan sang, thus avoiding being blown away by the aftermath.

However, like Yahiko and others, the overwhelming heat wave twisted the air like a substance and rushed towards them, like an invisible fire hand strangling their throats, making them hold their breath subconsciously.

His pupils trembled as he stared at this scene, imprinting it in his mind.

I saw that the red waves of fire were like a mighty torrent, and the light emitted by the wave-like flames separated the two sides into different spaces.

The huge tongues of fire spewed out in front of Yunchuan, venting the raging flames to the Sand Ninjas in the distance, and the rain curtain that was connected was instantly evaporated, like the burning river water dyed with the red of the burning world.

"Ah!!"

And in front of the surging flames, the faces full of fear were illuminated, and they opened their mouths wide to whine and scream.

Then, the fire tide with high temperature and impact engulfed the Sand Ninja, including Hiruko.

The looming black shadow struggled desperately in the flames, looking like it was hugging itself and dancing crazily.

The large rainstorm was evaporated into a large amount of gas in an instant, and the thick white fog enveloped the entire area in an instant.

But soon, the thick fog was blown away by the flame pressure, and after the rain and fog were filled up again by rain and strong wind.

The back of Yunchuan standing was intact, and the place in front of him covered by the fire tide was "empty", leaving only the dark scorched earth.

The burst of clustered impact and high-temperature fire waves directly plowed a one-meter-deep gap in the ground, and on the scorched earth appeared several skeleton remains that turned into charcoal and still seemed to have amazing residual heat.

The black robe of the most massive figure, which was nearly three meters tall, had turned to ashes, and only a puppet full of mechanical gears remained standing.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The rain poured on the charred puppet, and it continued to make sounds and turn into white mist.

"Hiss! Cough cough!"

Yahiko subconsciously took a breath of hot air, but inhaled a strange and tempting meaty aroma, which immediately turned his pale face into ashes.

But soon, he forced down the hot current that surged to his throat.

But at this moment, the faint voice of "Ye" came from behind him: "This smell... reminds me of the extremely expensive beggar chicken in the newly opened store funded by Lord Yunchuan in the city."

"Tear off the iron shell, the meat is tight and chewy, sprinkle with a little cumin and chili, and it can be served on the table."

"...I can't stand it, vomit!"

Yahiko's face turned from pale to cyan and then turned pale again. I don't know if it was intentional, he opened his mouth and turned around to spit on "Ye" behind him.

"..." Looking down at the things on his body, "Ye" couldn't help but have a few black lines on his blood-stained face.

"Ahem, stop teasing that brat."

At this time, Mei Yu came over from behind, looked up at the corpses and the money boxes that were perfectly avoided, and said, "Hurry up and move the things onto the boat, we have another trip next."

Hearing this, Yahiko, who was leaning over and vomiting with his thighs supported, seemed to remember something, and suddenly raised his head and sighed, "Yes, we have to rush over before Takigakure Village destroys Kagero Village, otherwise the gift prepared by the boss for Xiaonan will be gone."

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At the same time, in the Land of Grass at this moment.

A weed-covered and shabby toilet that no one would visit unless they were extremely pent up was the base of the branch of the underground money exchange.

Bang! !

A man wearing a mask and Takigakure forehead protector threw the corpse he was dragging in front of the person in charge.

The dull sound made his green pupils flash with a hint of joy, as if he was not carrying a corpse, but a heavy box full of money.

"A-ranked traitor ninja wanted by Iwagakure Village, bounty: 10 million ryo."

The person in charge was obviously used to this situation. He skillfully took out a booklet from his pocket, compared it with the intact face of the corpse, looked up at the silent man in front of him and smiled:

"As expected of Mr. Kakuzu, the corpses are always so intact, which saves us a lot of trouble."

After that, he took out a black leather box from the counter and respectfully pushed it in front of Kakuzu.

As one of the best bounty ninjas, Kakuzu has unparalleled prestige in the black market circle. Every time he completes a bounty mission, the black market will advance the bounty to save him time to exchange the bounty.

But Kakuzu still opened the box on the spot very honestly. His dark green pupils were reflected even deeper by the green banknotes. He stretched out his hand and began to count them one by one.

Looking at the bounty ninjas queuing behind him, the person in charge sighed helplessly: "Mr. Kakuzu, you are already a regular customer, so you don't have to count them one by one in front of me every time, right?"

"No." Kakuzu counted the money without raising his head, and said in a muffled voice, "In this world, only money can be trusted."

Money will not betray him, and he will not betray money.

Money is his true friend, and the rest is nothing.

This is the truth he has understood since he was ruthlessly abandoned by the top leaders of Takigakure Village and wandered alone in the ninja world for decades. It is also the life creed he adheres to as a bounty ninja.

In this way, with the rustling sound of the money bills rubbing against each other, Kakuzu counted all the money in the cash box.

However, after the first count, Kakuzu frowned slightly.

Then, under the helpless gaze of the person in charge, he actually started to count for the second time.

He counted the money three times, then sighed and took out a bill, slapped it on the counter in front of the person in charge and said, "There is an extra 100 taels, remember to count it out next time and give it to me."

After that, he closed the box again with satisfaction, and was about to turn around and leave, but heard the person in charge behind him speak.

"Mr. Kakuzu, there is a big order, would you like to consider it?"

Hearing this, Kakuzu paused halfway through his step, then slowly retracted his foot, turned around and stared at the person in charge with his calm dark green eyes.

"...Big order?"

Until he stared at the person in charge and made him sweat, he spoke in a dull tone and said coldly, "You'd better pray that it is really 'big' enough."