Chapter 274: Kakuzu, the Rebel Ninja of Takigakure Village (th update)

The art of flying thunder god!
Hanekawa returned to the ANBU base.

After he sat down, he called out, “Qing!”

The door opened, but it wasn’t Haru who came in, but an ANBU ninja wearing a hawk mask.

“Hanekawa-sama.”

Ying bowed slightly and said, “Captain Qing is on a mission and is not in ANBU.”

Hanekawa raised an eyebrow, not surprised.

Qing is an ANBU, not his bodyguard, so it’s normal for him to have a mission.

But when he changed to another person, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Hanekawa thought back to his previous plan.

That is to cultivate a few loyal subordinates.

Hanekawa suddenly had an idea and thought of a perfect candidate, that is Samui.

Samui stayed in Konoha Village to be in charge of the mission hall of the Hidden Cloud Village.

But they are eight people working in shifts.

Samui is also the captain and is on duty no more than three days a month.

Then he can be an Anbu during the remaining time.

Anyway, she is wearing a mask, so no one will know her true identity.

“Go find a man named Shuiyan, a rebel ninja from Takigakure Village.”

Hanekawa came back to his senses and said.

“Yes.”

Eagle responded immediately.

“and many more.”

Hanekawa narrowed his eyes and said, “By the way, let’s find another person. His name is Kakuzu, and he has been in the black market for many years.”

After Shizuo betrayed Takigakure Village, she has been living in hiding and has no fame.

The ninja world is so big that it is not easy to find him.

Hanekawa just thought of another rebel ninja from Takigakure Village, Kakuzu.

One more person means one more insurance.

Compared to hookah, Kakuzu is easier to find.

In the original work, his experience is definitely a legend among ninjas.

When he was young, he was an elite jonin of Takigakure Village.

The top leaders of Takigakure ordered him to assassinate the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju.

After accepting the mission, he sneaked into the Land of Fire and fought against Hashirama Senju. He was defeated miserably but luckily managed to survive.

However, the higher-ups of Takigakure Village wanted to punish him for failing his mission.

In a rage, Kakuzu stole the forbidden technique of Takigakure Village, killed the high-ranking officials of Takigakure Village, and then defected from the village.

His greatest interest is making money.

After becoming a renegade ninja, he roamed the black market, taking on missions and bounties to make money.

Until he was invited by Tendo Pain or Nagato and joined the Akatsuki organization.

Kakuzu teamed up with Hidan, captured the two Yugitos, killed Asuma Sarutobi, but was eventually killed by Hatake Kakashi and Uzumaki Naruto.

At this time, he is probably still making money in the black market.

“Yes.”

The eagle bowed again and turned away.

Hanekawa picked up the document on the table and started reading it.

Half an hour later, after finishing reading the documents, he stood up and clasped his hands together.

Psychic art!

Out of the smoke, the slug appears.

“Lord Hanekawa, long time no see.”

The slug said in a gentle voice.

When Hanekawa was practicing Sage Mode, he would meet it every day.

But practicing Sage Mode is really time-consuming.

In addition, Hanekawa knew that he had no talent, so he changed the frequency of his visits.

It changed from daily to weekly, and now to monthly.

The slug naturally guessed the reason, so he didn’t say much.

Over the past thousands of years, it has seen too many people who were unable to learn the Sage Mode, including Hanekawa.

At most I felt pity for him.

After all, among so many contractors, it feels that Hashirama Senju and Hanekawa are the most special.

Summon it to either fight the tailed beast or a ninja at the level of the Five Kage.

“Master Slug, please use the reverse psychic technique to summon me to the Wet Bone Forest.”

Hanekawa didn’t know what the slug was thinking, he wanted to try out the new entry.

“Ok.”

The slug was a little surprised, but didn’t ask any more questions and disappeared from the spot.

Hanekawa waited for a moment and felt a summoning force.

He gave up resisting and when he opened his eyes again, he was already in the Wet Bone Forest.

“Mr. Slug.”

Hanekawa looked at the giant slug in front of him and said, “I want to practice Sage Mode.”

The slug looked at him in surprise.

It thought that Hanekawa had given up the Sage Mode, but it didn’t expect that he would continue to practice.

“Then let’s get started.”

The slug did not refuse and spit out a bucket of liquid that helped practice Sage Mode.

If it were Ryuchi Cave and Myoboku Mountain, they would naturally be too lazy to help him after wasting so much precious liquid.

But slugs are different. They are mild-tempered and don’t care about these losses.

Even though it felt that Hanekawa did not have the talent to practice Sage Mode.

Hanekawa took off his shirt and waved his hand casually, and the chakra attracted the liquid, which soon covered his entire body.

He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.

If it were in the past, nothing would happen at this time, but now it is completely different.

He clearly sensed an invisible energy moving around him, like a butterfly flying around.

There is no doubt that this is natural energy.

Hanekawa suppressed the excitement in his heart, and used the method taught by the slug to gradually introduce natural energy into his body.

“Eh?”

The slug couldn’t help but be slightly startled.

It felt the natural energy rushing towards Hanekawa.

This means that he has successfully sensed the natural energy.

The slug suddenly felt confused.

They say he has no talent, but he can mobilize natural energy.

They say he has talent, but he made no progress in the year before.

But being able to practice is always a good thing.

The slug came to its senses and stared at Hanekawa intently.

Because the next step is the most dangerous.

Natural energy, spiritual energy and physical energy must be balanced in a three-part ratio in order to condense fairy chakra.

When you have Sage Chakra in your body, a facial mask or eye shadow will appear, which represents the success of Sage Mode.

But an imbalance in the ratio of natural energy, spiritual energy and physical energy can result in serious consequences.

It can range from injury to death.

All the slug has to do is rescue Hanekawa before the natural energy gets out of control.

The day passed quickly.

Hanekawa did not succeed in condensing the fairy chakra.

But he didn’t feel discouraged at all because there was finally a progress bar.

[S-level Ninjutsu entry: Sage Mode (not obtained). ]

[Trigger condition: Learn Sage Mode. ]

[Current progress: 1%.]

The progress bar means that he has officially entered the door, and the rest is just a matter of time.

As long as the time is long enough, you can learn the Sage Mode.

“Thank you, Mr. Slug.”

Hanekawa stood up, put on his clothes and said.

“I should congratulate you on finally being able to sense natural energy.”

The slug said softly, “As long as you practice diligently, I believe you can master the Sage Mode.”

Hanekawa thought to himself that he was still a slug, and he always spoke in a nice way.

Nice in a double sense.

“See you tomorrow, Master Slug.”

Hanekawa smiled and said.

With the help of the slug, he returned to Konoha Village.

Two weeks later, it was December.

It has been a year since the end of the Third Ninja World War.

The year after the war can be said to be the year with the fastest population growth in Konoha Village, with many more newborns.

Among them are the Twelve Little Warriors of Konoha. Of course, there is one last person who has not yet been born, that is Hyuga Hinata.

Her birthday is December 27th, and she is the youngest among the Twelve Little Strongmen.

Hanekawa stood up, stretched, and prepared to go to the Wet Bone Forest.

He has been practicing Sage Mode for the past two weeks, and the progress bar has now reached 20%.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

“Come in.”

Hanekawa raised his eyebrows and sat down again.

“Hanekawa-sama.”

Hawk came in, pulled out a scroll, and said, “The Kakuzu and the Hookah have been found.”

“Thank you for your hard work, go down.”

Hanekawa took the scroll and immediately opened it to read.

Shisha is the king of the mountain in the Bird Country and has gathered many wandering ninjas.

It seems that they are preparing for a counterattack on Takigakure Village.

The country bordering the Bird Country on the left is the Rain Country.

As for Kakuzu, he was in the Land of Wind, hunting down a rebellious ninja from the Hidden Mist Village.

There was a bounty of five million taels on the black market for his head.

Hanekawa closed the scroll and couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

His plan only requires a renegade ninja from Takigakure Village.

There are quite a few people at the hookah, which is more suitable.

But there is no need to let Kakuzu go.

Since he can accept Akatsuki’s invitation, why can’t he accept his invitation?
When it comes to making money, Hanekawa has many more ways than the Akatsuki organization.

And you can plan the Fire Nation in advance.

After Hanekawa became Hokage, he didn’t want to have another daimyo above him.

Anyone can help him manage the money.

In the original work, after he joined the Akatsuki organization, he was a diligent and trustworthy worker.

“The Kingdom of Wind? It’s a good opportunity to go there.”

Hanekawa thought of the centipede.

In the original work, he used special ninjutsu to break the seal left by Minato Namikaze.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for an ordinary jonin to break the Flying Thunder God Technique and the seal of the Uzumaki clan.

This special ninjutsu must have required a long period of study.

Hanekawa’s idea is to find the centipede and see if he is doing any research on it.

If you haven’t studied it, use the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to hint him and guide him to the dragon vein.

When Hanekawa thought of this, he didn’t delay any longer and directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique.

An hour later, he arrived at the Kingdom of Wind.

Hanekawa took out a fox mask and put it on his face.

Whether it is meeting the Centipede or attacking the Takigakure Village, you cannot use your real identity.

At the same time, his signature Wood Release technique cannot be used.

“Looks like I’ll have to let the Uchiha take the blame for me.”

Hanekawa plans to use the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

After all, he hasn’t used it since he opened his eyes.

And his Susanoo has reached its second form, but he has never used it even once.

It was this Mangekyō Sharingan’s eye technique that made him torn between Kamui and Eight Thousand Spears.

Hanekawa closed his eyes and used his mind’s eye.

He soon spotted Kakuzu.

the reason is simple.

He has five distinct strands of chakra.

Normally, a person only has one strand of chakra, but Kakuzu is an exception, as he possesses the forbidden technique of Earth Grudge.

The Earthly Wrath will plunder the target’s heart and chakra.

In other words, Kakuzu has five hearts and can use five types of jutsu: fire jutsu, wind jutsu, earth jutsu, water jutsu, and lightning jutsu.

In addition, Di Yuanyu also gave him almost infinite vitality and immortality.

The prerequisite is to keep a heart.

When all five hearts are destroyed, he will die.

Hanekawa leaped up and disappeared at an extremely fast speed.

In the desert, Jiaodu is walking slowly.

He had just killed his wanted target and was now heading to the black market to collect the bounty.

The next second, he stopped, turned around and looked into the distance.

A figure was coming towards him without any concealment.

“How bold.”

Kakuzu said in a calm tone.

In his opinion, this figure was too naive.

“Kakuzu.”

Hanekawa fell from the sky and landed in front of him.

“who are you?”

Kakuzu asked, studying his mask.

Only by knowing his name can you know his price on the black market.

If it’s high enough, it’s worth his effort.

In the original work, after joining the Akatsuki organization, he often cut off the heads of his teammates in exchange for money.

It was not until his teammate was replaced by the immortal Feidan that he was forced to stop.

“I heard you like money?”

Hanekawa got straight to the point and said, “Why don’t you follow me? I can give you endless money.”

“Are you kidding me?”

Kakuzu snorted coldly and asked, “Do you think any Tom, Dick or Harry is qualified to be my follower?”

He is a ninja who survived a battle with the God of Ninja World, Hashirama Senju.

Not to mention that he has the Earth’s Resentment and is very powerful, so how could he be inferior to others?
“It turns out that we are going to have a fight.”

Hanekawa smiled and said.

In the original work, Akatsuki’s way of recruiting people is very simple, that is, fighting.

Although rough, it is indeed very efficient in the ninja world where strength is respected.

Especially for the rebel ninja.

They don’t want to die, and they have no ninja village to protect them. Suddenly they encounter a powerful organization, so it’s normal for them to join it.

“Just you?”

Kakuzu shook his head and asked, “How strong can a guy who doesn’t even dare to show his true face be?”

Water Style: Water Ball Technique!
After thinking for a moment, Hanekawa clapped his hands.

He usually uses the water jutsu of Tobirama Senju.

But this water-style ninjutsu comes from the Kirigakure’s Kizuna clan.

A large number of transparent bubbles appeared around him and then floated towards Kakuzu at an extremely fast speed.

Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!
Kakuzu reacted quickly, forming seals with his hands and raising a wall of earth in front of him.

But the next second, his face changed drastically.

The bubbles hit the earth wall and exploded.

Rumble!
In an instant, all the bubbles produced a chain reaction.

The earth wall broke in an instant.

At the critical moment, Kakuzu used the Earth’s Grudge without hesitation.

His clothes shattered, and countless black lines emerged like tentacles, wrapping him up.

But the black tentacles were constantly destroyed in the explosion.

Kakuzu’s face was solemn, and he felt it was incredible.

How can there be such a powerful water escape technique?
Kakuzu formed seals with his hands once again.

Earth escape·Earth spear!

His skin suddenly hardened and a faint black color appeared.

After a few seconds, the explosion stopped.

Jiao Du couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Chakra surged out, and the black lines that were blown up quickly returned to normal.

“Am I qualified now?”

Hanekawa stood there and asked.

“Let’s talk about it after the fight!”

Kakuzu no longer had any contempt, but it was impossible to convince him with just one water-style ninjutsu.

Wind Escape·Press!

A mask flew up among the black lines.

It opened its mouth and spit out a ball of wind.

The wind ball was compressed to the extreme, and when it entered the air, it created gusts of wind.

Strong winds blew up yellow sand all over the sky, and a huge storm formed, heading straight for Hanekawa.

(End of this chapter)