Uchiha Nagi didn't haggle with the other party. He directly took out the Ninja World currency from before his escape and handed over two thousand to him.
Then the shop owner gave him a small booklet with wanted bounties and prices printed on it.
The Ninja World's technology wasn't low, so it was printed in color. Uchiha Nagi flipped through it. The black market was thoughtful enough to categorize the Ninja, with the rogue Ninja from the major Villages at the very front.
For Konoha, the highest bounty was himself. Uchiha Nagi sneered. Fifty million, two and a half Asuma. Asuma seemed to be twenty million? Itachi was behind Asuma, at fifteen million.
The reason for such different prices was probably Asuma's bonus as the Son of the Hokage, while Itachi's was due to his immense strength from single-handedly slaughtering a Village, plus Konoha's unwillingness to pay too much... As for himself, without a doubt, the Third Hokage and Danzo must have been desperate to kill him, the one who slipped through their net, which is why they kept increasing the bounty until it reached fifty million.
"Tsk tsk, two and a half Asuma, truly rich indeed~" Uchiha Nagi said sarcastically.
Flipping further back, there were rogue Ninja from other Ninja Villages. Among them, Zabuza from the Hidden Mist Village caught Uchiha Nagi's attention.
He was wanted by the Land of Water for his failed assassination of the Fourth Mizukage, and the Hidden Mist Village was experiencing multiple rebellions, with many Bloodline Limit families involved, currently undergoing a major purge.
Uchiha Nagi compared the timing. He couldn't remember everything as clearly as a computer, but he still recalled that Orochimaru abducted Kimimaro during the Kaguya Clan rebellion. Should he intervene?
"Did you hear? Recently, there have been many missions on the black market to acquire Bloodline Limit orphans." Several wandering Ninja were whispering.
"Why such missions? Of course, it's the Fourth Mizukage's great purge. Many Bloodline Limit families in the Land of Water are being purged, so naturally, many people have escaped."
"Now, the other major nations, including some smaller ones, are offering huge sums for these scattered Bloodline Limit individuals. Once they are brought into their Village, tsk tsk, it won't be long before a new Bloodline Limit is born."
One wandering Ninja with a scar on his face said sarcastically, "That's not necessarily true. More than a year ago, didn't Konoha exterminate its own Uchiha Clan? Tsk tsk, I heard they killed everyone from old to young. How ruthless."
"Yes, such a powerful Bloodline Limit family, wiped out just like that. I heard that since then, no family in Konoha has dared to defy the Third Hokage."
"Let's go stake out the borders of the Land of Water. See if we can get lucky and pick up a few escaped Bloodline Limit families. We'll get rich selling them on the black market."
The more the wandering Ninja talked, the more energetic and excited they became. Not only them, but even a few Ninja who had defected from major nations seemed tempted. After all, when you're out and about, everything costs money. Even if Ninja can hunt and not worry about food and drink, Exploding Tags, kunai, and Military Rations Pills still cost money, right? And what about healing medicines?
These items were special materials, not available in ordinary civilian shops. Those that could be bought were mostly run by merchants who owned Ninja.
You can't always rely on stealing and robbing, so even a hero on the road still can't do without money.
Then go.
Uchiha Nagi closed the booklet. He definitely had to collect the Kaguya Clan's genes, and he was also interested in acquiring Orochimaru's Edo Tensei Ninjutsu.
With Edo Tensei, he could dig up graves everywhere. Trading with the dead would be much easier than trading with the living.
Uchiha Nagi remembered that Haku also seemed to be one of the purged families, though earlier. His mother escaped, went into hiding under an assumed name for a few years, and even married and had a child.
But where?
Besides knowing it was at a bridge, Uchiha Nagi had no clue. The Land of Water was so vast, with so many bridges. What incredible luck would it take to find this child? Forget it, he would just go to the Land of Water to find Kimimaro.
This child awakened his bloodline ability too early, resulting in a genetic disease and an early death. However, Uchiha Nagi had a different idea: if he could fix Kimimaro's genetic defects, could he save him?
A Kage-level prodigy, whose potential even surpassed Haku's, and loyal to boot. Missing out on such a subordinate would be a lifelong regret.
Orochimaru couldn't cure Kimimaro's genetic disease because he lacked information, but he was different. He knew that the Byakugan and Shikotsumyaku shared the same ancestor. If he could acquire a pair of pure Byakugan for Kimimaro and combine it with medical techniques, it might be possible to cure his genetic disease.
At that time, would a pure ancestral Shikotsumyaku, like that guy on the moon, directly soar to Six Paths level?
Hagomoro and Hamura, though twins, inherited different abilities. One came from their mother's clan, while the other seemed to inherit the power of the Divine Tree.
But essentially, they were from the same parents; it was just a divergence in the genes they inherited.
No sooner said than done, Uchiha Nagi closed the booklet and went to the Ninja shop in town to buy some things, and also a map of the Land of Water.
For such an overseas island nation, maps were not as difficult to buy as those for the Land of Fire or the Land of Wind.
Islands are simple; once you're at sea, there are paths everywhere, and no matter how you defend, it's useless. Moreover, most Ninja in the Land of Water are predominantly water-attributed. Even if Konoha launched a sneak attack, they would still have to honestly travel by boat.
And in a place surrounded by water, fighting water-attributed Ninja is a huge disadvantage. This is why, even though the land-based Ninja nations fought until their brains exploded, the Land of Water still maintained its full strength. Its geographical advantage meant it didn't need to worry about others' attacks.
"That'll be two hundred Exploding Tags, six hundred each, a total of one hundred twenty thousand. These kunai and shuriken are on the house." The shop owner narrowed his eyes, happily settling the bill with Uchiha Nagi.
Uchiha Nagi bought some Exploding Tags, a few kunai, and shuriken. As for Military Rations Pills, he didn't plan to buy them here. Military Rations Pills from small places couldn't be guaranteed, and their quality couldn't be judged from the outside, so he was afraid of getting diarrhea. Uchiha Nagi planned to buy them in a larger city.
Exploding Tags were relatively simple; unqualified Exploding Tags couldn't seal Chakra inside to make bombs. But the items in this small town were ridiculously expensive.
In a big city, an Exploding Tag cost 300 ryo, but here it was double that. Uchiha Nagi couldn't help but curse silently, "Scam artist."
After Uchiha Nagi left, several people quietly followed him, because they had seen him paying with money just now...