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Land of Grass border.
"This time, there was still some gain. It's time to collect the bounty." A tall figure muttered to himself as he walked.
This person wore a Takigakure forehead protector, but it had a horizontal line etched on it, serving as proof of being a rogue ninja. Black cloth covered half of his face.
He was Kakuzu.
In the past, Kakuzu had even fought against the First Hokage. Of course, he ultimately suffered a crushing defeat.
However, the village did not forgive Kakuzu because of the First Hokage's power. Instead, they punished him even more severely. In the end, Kakuzu fled the village with Takigakure's forbidden jutsu, and the village's higher-ups naturally met a tragic end.
Their hearts were directly taken, and that forbidden jutsu was Earth Grudge Fear. This was the reason Kakuzu was able to survive in such good health.
One must know that Kakuzu was now over seventy years old.
Aside from Onoki, the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, who would still fight at over seventy years old in the future, few people at this age still possessed powerful combat abilities.
More or less, they would all be affected.
The same applied even more so to Uchiha Madara, who was currently lurking in the shadows.
His aged body had already made Uchiha Madara frail. That's why Uchiha Madara wanted to revive, because he had acquired the Rinnegan. One Rinnegan had already been given to Nagato, which was also meticulously chosen by Uchiha Madara.
The Uzumaki clan's physique was strong enough to withstand the power of the Rinnegan.
After fleeing the ninja village, Kakuzu had nothing to do. However, he had a very peculiar hobby: he loved money.
So, from time to time, he would take on missions in the black market, killing certain ninja to earn bounties.
This time, he had just completed a mission and was about to report the target to the black market.
"Someone." Kakuzu's expression suddenly changed slightly. He looked up at the sky. A figure descended from the sky.
"Flying Ninjutsu." This made Kakuzu secretly frown. If it was an enemy, it would be very disadvantageous for him.
Flying Ninjutsu could be said to be a ninjutsu that occupied a special geographical advantage.
There were very few ninjutsu that could attack someone in the air over a large area.
Therefore, killing such a ninja was even more difficult.
A young figure landed not far from Kakuzu. This figure made Kakuzu's eyes move, because he was slightly familiar.
"Konoha's Chunin, Tianyuan~." Kakuzu was startled for a moment. He remembered who this person was.
"You know me." Tianyuan was a little surprised. His reputation wasn't that big. How did this Kakuzu recognize him?
"You have a very high value in the black market, a value of 20 million. I won't be polite." Kakuzu chuckled. He no longer cared if Tianyuan could use flying ninjutsu. Tianyuan was like a shining gold mountain.
This made the money-loving Kakuzu excited.
"I have such a high value in the black market?" Tianyuan was surprised. If it were after the Third Great Ninja War, Tianyuan would believe that his bounty value in the black market would only be higher, not lower. But now, he wasn't very famous.
"Although I don't know why a Chunin like you has such great value, since I've encountered you, don't blame me." Kakuzu chuckled.
He was very satisfied with his luck this time. He hadn't expected to see something like this before going to report his mission target.
Regarding his high value in the black market, Tianyuan had some thoughts.
He thought of Orochimaru and Danzo, with whom he had some minor grievances, and also the people from Hidden Cloud Village.
But Tianyuan thought that Orochimaru and Danzo wouldn't do something so low. Especially Orochimaru, who somewhat knew Tianyuan's strength.
It was impossible to think that they would use ninja who accepted bounties to deal with Tianyuan.
So perhaps it was only the people from Hidden Cloud Village.
Tianyuan didn't know that he had actually guessed correctly. It was indeed something Hidden Cloud Village did. However, A had only placed a small bounty on him in the black market and then didn't bother with it.
Whether it succeeded or not, A, the future Fourth Raikage, didn't hold much hope.
Putting these thoughts aside for now, Tianyuan chuckled after hearing Kakuzu's words. His smile was very bright.
"Kakuzu, I know you too." Tianyuan smiled. "As a former rogue ninja of Takigakure, I didn't expect you to still be alive. So, do you know why I appeared here?"
"Why did you appear here?" This made Kakuzu show a hint of curiosity and a strange expression.
Yes, why would Tianyuan appear before him, especially when he knew his true identity?
"Actually, I'm here to talk about cooperation with you. However, if I don't use my strength to subdue you, you might not agree." Tianyuan looked at Kakuzu.
Tianyuan's words were pure nonsense.
At the beginning, when Tianyuan arrived here, he directly received ordinary videos. Now, he had naturally completed the reception.
Later, a new mission was triggered during his conversation with Kakuzu.
Destroy Kakuzu's three hearts to obtain standard videos. Then, Tianyuan continued to bluff with other things.
Given Kakuzu's love for money, Tianyuan seemed to really want to cooperate with him.
In the future, Kakuzu's joining Akatsuki would also be partly due to money.
"Subdue me with strength." Kakuzu smiled strangely. "Konoha's Chunin, your joke isn't funny enough."
"Or we can try," Tianyuan said.
Kakuzu's eyes darkened. Being spoken to like this by such a young brat, even Kakuzu would be very displeased.
"Then die." Kakuzu's body sprouted countless black tentacles. Half of his arm detached from his body and directly slammed towards Tianyuan.
"Tentacle Punch."
This was a taijutsu attack no less powerful than Tsunade's monstrous strength.
Even a wall could be shattered by it.
Tianyuan didn't dodge. He clenched his fist, imbued with Armament Haki.
"Boom!" A thunderous sound erupted from Tianyuan's fist.
The two fists directly clashed.
The immense force directly created strong winds, and countless dust clouds spread.
Kakuzu's face was astonished. He had originally thought it would be an easy task, but the enemy before him seemed difficult to deal with.
Purely relying on taijutsu, he actually repelled his attack.
"Then it's my turn." The kunai in Tianyuan's hand directly shot towards Kakuzu.
"Too easy." Kakuzu sneered and dodged the kunai. Although the kunai was fast enough, at their level,
The kunai's effect was much less.
"Is that so?" Tianyuan's figure instantly disappeared.
Flying Thunder God Jutsu...
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