Originally, if Hidan had honestly completed the mission, upholding the contractual spirit, he wouldn't have intended to kill the other party.
But this guy was always restless and annoying, and in the end, he even wanted to breach the contract and curse kill him, so he shouldn't blame him for being impolite.
However, that the killing curse could directly kill Hidan like this, although he had some guesses before using it, he wasn't completely sure.
It can only be said that Hidan's immortal body was indeed quite inferior.
This is also good. Hidan's strength wasn't high, but the curse kill jutsu was truly disgusting. What if one day someone learned from him and gave his blood to Hidan, and Hidan used the curse kill jutsu on him? That wouldn't be easy to handle either.
Moreover, this immortal duo always took assassination missions. Who knew if they would take a mission to kill Chiriku early? Killing one beforehand could be considered a form of prevention.
"You violated the agreement, even needing me, the employer, to take action myself, and finally even tried to kill the employer in return. This is truly lacking in contractual spirit, Mr. Kakuzu!"
After killing Hidan, Li Chuan turned and severely reprimanded Kakuzu.
Kakuzu took a while to recover, a hint of fear flashing in his eyes as he said:
"Indeed, Hidan was a disobedient fellow. Since you've already killed him, you can pay the mission's reward now, right!"
"Of course!"
Li Chuan took out five large boxes from the small cloth bag at his waist and threw them to Kakuzu.
"Here are five hundred million Ryo, the reward for this mission."
Kakuzu took the boxes, opened them, and glanced inside. Each box indeed contained roughly five hundred million Ryo in banknotes. He then placed all the boxes behind him, preparing to deal with Li Chuan.
Although he was very annoyed by Hidan and planned to kill him eventually, it could only be him who did the killing. If someone else killed him and he didn't avenge Hidan, he wouldn't be able to explain it back to the organization.
However, just then, Li Chuan spoke again:
"I have another mission here, also for five hundred million Ryo. I wonder if Mr. Kakuzu is willing to accept it?"
"You say?"
Kakuzu silently withdrew his hands that were preparing to form hand seals.
Li Chuan took out a large number of scrolls from the small cloth bag and placed them on the ground, then took out a brush and ink:
"I know Mr. Kakuzu is proficient in five elemental Ninjutsu. If you write down all the five elemental Ninjutsu you know, I am willing to pay you five hundred million Ryo as compensation."
He had now become the disciple of the Third Hokage, and in the future, he would definitely learn a lot of five elemental Ninjutsu. But if he could get more Ninjutsu, that would naturally be for the best.
The Third Hokage was proficient in Konoha's five elemental Ninjutsu, while Kakuzu was proficient in Takigakure's five elemental Ninjutsu and the five elemental Ninjutsu of other Ninja village Ninja he had acquired over the years.
Kakuzu was silent for a moment and said:
"Add another two hundred million. Not only five elemental Ninjutsu, but my self-created compound Ninjutsu can also be sold to you."
"Deal!"
Li Chuan took out seven more boxes in one go. After Kakuzu checked them, he began to squat on the ground and write furiously.
An hour later, Li Chuan looked at the Ninjutsu scrolls one by one and satisfactorily packed them all into the small cloth bag.
At this time, after Kakuzu placed the twelve boxes under the tree behind him, he came in front of Li Chuan, formed hand seals with both hands, and released four things that looked like faceless men.
"Mr. Kakuzu, what are you doing?"
Li Chuan looked at Kakuzu, his face showing no surprise at all, as if he had expected this scene long ago.
Kakuzu didn't waste words and said directly:
"The transaction is complete. You are no longer the employer, so I will kill you and take your head back to the organization. Only then will there be an explanation."
After speaking, he formed hand seals in his hands again:
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
A large lightning spear flew out from Kakuzu's hand, shooting directly towards Li Chuan.
"Shield Charm!"
Li Chuan waved his wand, and a Shield Charm barrier blocked the large lightning spear.
However, in less than a second, the Shield Charm actually began to crack and shattered with a bang.
"What great power!"
Li Chuan's eyes lit up. He then reopened the first two gates of the Eight Gates and quickly retreated, narrowly dodging the large lightning spear.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, where Li Chuan had originally stood was blasted into a huge pit.
One should know that when Yakushi Kabuto's Water Dragon Bullet, Kimimaro's Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets, and Kidomaru's Severing String were used simultaneously on his Shield Charm, the Shield Charm could last for three seconds before breaking.
But this move, Lightning Release: False Darkness, the Shield Charm didn't even last a second.
It's undeniable that Lightning Release is inherently the most destructive among the five elemental releases, but being able to reach this level also shows that even within Lightning Release, False Darkness is a very high-level Ninjutsu.
The reason Li Chuan was happy was because this Ninjutsu was also recorded in the Ninjutsu scrolls written by Kakuzu.
"Such fast speed. You can dodge one type of Ninjutsu, but can you dodge five?"
Kakuzu formed hand seals again. At the same time, those four black Earth Grudge Fear masks also opened their mouths.
"Earth Release: Earth Rising Spears!"
"Wind Release: Pressure Damage!"
"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"
"Fire Release: Head Hard Pain!"
"Water Release: Water Wall!"
Five types of high-level Ninjutsu attacked the location where Li Chuan was. Except for Lightning Release which was a single-target attack, the other four elemental releases were all high-level area-of-effect Ninjutsu, making it impossible to dodge.
"Let's stop here today. We can spar again if there's a chance."
Seeing this, Li Chuan immediately surrounded himself with a smoke screen spell, then used Apparition and ran away.
Without being able to use Fire Temple Ninjutsu and Second Form, and only using magic, he was no match for Kakuzu, who had Shadow Level strength, so it was best to leave first.
If he used Fire Temple Ninjutsu and Second Form, anyone who inquired a little would know it was the mark of the Land of Fire's Prince, whereas using magic would only make people think of the Mysterious Person who stole the sealing scroll.
Li Chuan didn't want to directly confront the Akatsuki, whose members were all Shadow Level on average, so he definitely couldn't expose his known identity.
After a round of destructive Ninjutsu attacks, Kakuzu scanned the surroundings, his brow furrowing again:
"Who exactly is this guy? He actually managed to escape even like this!"
After confirming that Li Chuan had indeed escaped without a trace, Kakuzu could only carry Hidan's body on his shoulder, take out a sealing scroll, and prepare to seal the twelve hundred million Ryo contained in the twelve boxes inside the scroll.
However, when he picked up the first box, his pupils immediately constricted. He quickly opened the box at the fastest speed, only to find that there was only one hundred Ryo banknote lying inside.
He then quickly threw Hidan's body to the ground and opened the twelve boxes one by one.
"I will definitely kill you!!!"
Kakuzu, who had remained calm even when Hidan was killed, roared in anger towards the sky.
In the twelve boxes, each box originally contained one hundred million Ryo in banknotes, but now only one hundred Ryo remained. This meant that after all this work, losing a teammate, and contributing so much Ninjutsu, he had only received a reward of twelve hundred Ryo.
At the same time, Li Chuan, who appeared in a room in the Land of Fire's Prince's Residence, muttered to himself:
"By this time, the effect of the duplication spell should have disappeared, right!"
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