Pokémon Ninja Scrolls of the Mizukage

Chapter 240 A waste of breath
Jianchuan Ju carefully arrived at the territory of the Land of Fire.

He didn't know whether it was because his disguise worked or if the malicious force wasn't about to attack him immediately, but Jianchuan Ju didn't sense any maliciousness or danger along the way.

Of course, for safety reasons, Jianchuan Ju was ready to take off directly after arriving here.

Even if there really was an ambush, it couldn't be that it was ambushed in the sky, right?
At least that's what Jianchuan Ju himself thought.

Unexpectedly, before Jianchuan Ju could activate the 'Wings of Swift Wind' and fly into the sky, the 'Danger Prediction' in his mind issued an urgent alarm.

Jianchuan Ju did not have time to hesitate and immediately dodged in the direction indicated by the 'Danger Prediction'.

Lowering the head, leaning over, and lunging forward, the whole set of movements seems clumsy, but in fact it is smooth and flowing.

The next moment, before Jianchuan Ju turned around to see who attacked him, "Danger Prediction" suddenly changed the direction of the warning.

The attack that had just passed over Jianchuan Ju's head had now landed on the beach behind him.

"Boom~"

There was a loud bang.

The violent explosion caused the originally broken sand and gravel to be blown everywhere by the air wave, like an old-fashioned iron sand shotgun, shooting in all directions.

In an instant, Jianchuan Ju felt countless tiny grains of sand rapidly shooting into his back.

The transformation disguise was broken on the spot, and the samurai uniform underneath was slightly torn into pieces by the scattered sand.

"Damn, I should have worn a ninja vest earlier!"

With the help of the smoke and dust produced by the explosion behind him, Jianchuan Ju immediately rolled backwards and hid in it, and leaned down to reduce his frontal area.

Then, Yu Qi was activated, and the bloody back that was originally hit by the sand and gravel began to move quickly, squeezing out all the sand and gravel that had been embedded in the muscles and healing them instantly.

It wasn't a serious injury. If it was treated by a human, they might have to spend some time cleaning the wound, but for Yu Qi, it was not even as difficult as reattaching a broken hand.

Jianchuan Ju did not waste any time. While forming a seal with one hand, he rolled out of the area covered by the smoke to prevent the enemy from launching a large-scale ninjutsu attack on the smoke.

However, Jianchuan Ju, who came out from the side of the smoke, looked carefully and found that the enemy had no intention of continuing to pursue. He just stood in the distance with his hands behind his back, looking at Jianchuan Ju's embarrassed appearance.

It was not until then that Jianchuan Ju saw clearly the appearance of the person who attacked him.

wrong!

It should be said that he recognized who attacked him.

He was wearing an outdated black sleeveless vest, with his exposed arms covered with messy marks, a mask and a headscarf on his face, only a pair of scarlet eyes exposed, and a forehead protector with a scratch on it, symbolizing the Takigakure traitor.

It is none other than the current 'bounty hunter', the future 'financial manager of Akatsuki', and the 'record holder for the longest shuriken throwing distance in the ninja world' Kakuzuya!
Kakuzu just stood there casually, looking at Jianchuan Tachibana, whose injuries seemed to have fully recovered, without any surprise.

After stuffing a tattered-looking parchment in his arms, Kakuzu spoke slowly, word by word.

"Swift Wind Wing, Mist Hidden Ninja, bounty of 25 million, life or death!"

Jianchuan Ju listened to Kakuzu's calm narration and spat out the sand that had accidentally entered his mouth.

Then he stood up straight and spoke to Kakuzu.

"Only 25 million? Let's make a deal. I'll give you 50 million and you tell me who offered the reward. How about that?"

The first time he saw Kakuzu, Tachibana Jianchuan guessed that someone might have put a bounty on his head.

But since Kakuzu was also paid to do the job, there should be someone to blame for the wrong. There was no need for me to fight to the death with Kakuzu.

Kakuzu, who was about to form a seal on the opposite side, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he regained his composure and continued speaking.

"If I kill you, everything will be mine!"

After saying that, Kakuzu stepped on the ground with one foot, splashing countless fine sand, and rushed towards Jianchuanju. Jianchuanju rolled his eyes when he heard it, and continued to persuade him while retreating continuously.

"Don't be impulsive. I can't possibly carry so much money with me. Even if you really kill me, you can only get 25 million taels!"

Unexpectedly, this time Kakuzu didn't say anything. He accelerated and rushed to Jianchuan Ju, and swung his arm and punched Jianchuan Ju in the face.

Jianchuan Ju had no choice but to draw his sword to block.

When the fist and sword collided, there was actually a clanging sound of metal clashing.

Kakuzu's attacking fist suddenly began to emit a black metallic luster.

Circles of white air spread out from the place where the fist and sword collided.

The next moment, Jianchuan Ju was knocked dozens of meters away by this punch, and rolled several times on the beach before he stabilized his body.

After standing up, he jumped to the left with all his strength, avoiding Kakuzu's follow-up attack and fell onto the sea.

Jianchuan Ju then spoke again somewhat helplessly.

"You, are you not aware of who the bounty is because of the mission you accepted at the gold exchange?"

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu, who was about to rush forward, suddenly stopped and stood there in a daze.

After a long silence, he finally replied.

"Ah."

Jianchuan Ju was even more speechless now.

"If you don't know, then you don't know. Why don't you just say it out loud?"

Seeing that Kakuzu seemed to be getting angry and embarrassed and launched another charge, Jianchuan Ju quickly waved his hand to stop him and continued speaking quickly.

"It's still 50 million taels. I'll buy you off and stop accepting any bounties on me!"

Upon hearing this, Kakuzu, who had already started charging, immediately stopped and quickly braked with his feet, leaving two deep grooves on the beach.

After standing firm, the Kakuzu set his sights on Jianchuan Ju.

Standing on the sea, Jianchuan Ju actually saw suspicion in Kakuzu's monstrous black and red eyes.

Jianchuan Ju thought for a while and said.

"Fifty million taels is not a lot for me. Let's meet up at a place and I'll get the money and send it to you!"

Jianchuan Ju actually had a large amount of cash in the 'secret space', but no matter what, it was impossible for him to enter the 'secret space' and withdraw the money in front of Kakuzu.

Saying that he would send it to Kakuzu later was not a lie. Kakuzu was a money-oriented person, so for Jianchuan Ju, who was now quite wealthy, there might be a chance for cooperation in the future.

Unexpectedly, when Jiaodu heard the words "make an appointment to send money to yourself", he immediately felt that he was being fooled and launched an attack on Jianchuanju again.

Jianchuan Ju was really broken at this time, and yelled directly at Kakuzu.

"Damn! Didn't I tell you that I can't possibly carry so much money on me?"

However, Kakuzu, who had already determined that Jianchuan Ju was playing tricks on him, no longer hesitated and sprinted towards Jianchuan Ju with all his strength.

After Jianchuan Ju finished yelling, he spat in anger and no longer thought about persuading others.

"If you had said you had to fight earlier, why would I waste my time talking to you?!"

(End of this chapter)