Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

"Your strength seems to be pretty good." Just after Kurosaki Ichigo put away his sword, a man's interested voice suddenly came from the roof next to him, "I'm curious when Konoha gained such a jounin. "

Kurosaki Ichigo was startled and subconsciously clenched Nariko's hand, then looked up and found that a masked man wearing a black robe had appeared on the roof of a wooden house in front of him at some point. He wore a forehead protector with a scratch on his forehead, and only his eyes, which were glowing green, were exposed on his face.

"You..." Kurosaki Ichigo squinted his eyes and looked at the man's forehead protector, and then said with some surprise, "You are a ninja from Taki Ninja Village. No, this mark... you are a rebellious ninja from Taki Ninja Village." "

The masked man heard Kurosaki Ichigo's question, but ignored it. Instead, he said to himself: "It's strange when Konoha was willing to let such a young jounin run around. It's strange."

"Chunin." Kurosaki Ichigo saw that the masked man seemed not hostile, so he breathed a sigh of relief and carried Zhenheng on his back, "I can barely be considered a defecting ninja. I was Konoha's chunin before I escaped. "

This masked rebellious ninja was naturally Kakuzu, who should have left long ago. He witnessed the whole process of Hirai and his men being killed by Ichigo Kurosaki, but since he couldn't get any benefits, he was naturally too lazy to help. At this moment, it seemed that It wasn't until the battle was over that Kakuzu became interested, so he stepped forward.

"You can put away your disguise," Jiaodu twisted his neck, his neck bones making a cracking sound, "Your acting skills are really poor."

Ichigo Kurosaki's eyelids jumped and he took half a step forward to protect Nariko behind him: "I remember that Taki Ninja Village was severely damaged after a great rebellion. When did a Jonin like you appear? The rebels have become tolerant.”

"You rebellious ninja of Konoha, you are quite knowledgeable," Kakuzu slowly took out a kunai from his waist. His action made Ichigo Kurosaki become vigilant, but Ichigo Kurosaki's expression changed. Still calm but not showing anything inappropriate, "I don't care about your identity, but"

Before Kakuzu finished speaking, he had disappeared from Kurosaki Ichigo's field of vision. Kurosaki Ichigo was startled, his eyes moved left and right to observe the surroundings, and then a strong wind struck.

"This way" Kurosaki Ichigo shouted in his heart, and he grasped a kunai with just a touch of his hand on his waist. Then he raised his left hand and raised the kunai to meet the strong wind falling from the sky, and with his right hand, he held the kunai. Naliko, who was behind him, pushed out to prevent her from being injured by the battle between the two of them.

Hey~

The two sharp kunai collided and wiped out a few sparks.

A huge force pressed down from Kakuzu's kunai, which made Ichigo Kurosaki, who was also holding a kunai and Kakuzu, feel a little unbearable. He couldn't help but stare at the kunai being put together in front of him with wide eyes. The two kunai were approaching him bit by bit under the pressure of the Kakuzu kunai. Seeing this, Kurosaki Ichigo immediately grasped the handle of the kunai with both hands, but even so, it was still difficult to stop the Kakuzu kunai. The tendency to move towards yourself.

"Kurosaki" Naliko, who was standing behind Kurosaki Ichigo, called out. She casually took out the kunai that Kurosaki Ichigo had given her for self-defense from her arms and wanted to rush to help.

However, before Naliko could take two steps, Kakuzu's left hand had already been stretched out. The black bandage originally sewn on his left wrist quietly broke apart, and his entire left hand flew out like a cannonball and strangled it. Nariko's neck, Nariko was lifted up by Kakuzu's left hand. Although she was not suffocated to death, she still felt it was difficult to breathe. Her hand softened and she dropped the sharp kunai to the ground, and she could only break it weakly. The corners are like fingers made of steel.

Ichigo Kurosaki worriedly said loudly: "Nariko" and then he glanced with the corner of his eyes and found that Kakuzu's left hand and left wrist were connected by a large number of black tentacles that were as flexible and slender as consciousness. This was unbelievable. The believable scene made Ichigo Kurosaki couldn't help but frown. Just because of his distraction, Kakuzu's kunai was getting closer and closer to him.

"It seems like you know something about me." Kakuzu noticed a hint of surprise flashing in Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes, so he said sadly, "It seems that you are really not an ordinary Konoha ninja."

Kurosaki Ichigo said with some difficulty while trying to keep Kakuzu's kunai from approaching him: "I used to work in ANBU, but the mission failed for some reasons, so I simply defected."

"That's a good explanation," Kakuzu nodded, but it was obvious that he didn't believe what Kurosaki Ichigo said, at least not completely. "It's a pity that I don't care about these things. I only care about one thing."

"What...what's going on..." Beads of sweat gradually appeared on Kurosaki Ichigo's forehead. He felt extremely strenuous under the pressure of the huge power of Kakuzu Kunai.

Kakuzu did not answer, but silently increased the strength on his hand. Although Kurosaki Ichigo tried hard to resist, Kakuzu's kunai still fell down, and the sharp tip of the kunai was on Kurosaki Ichigo's left cheek. It slowly scratched across his body, leaving a shallow wound, and then fell towards his neck.

"drink"

At this critical moment, Kurosaki Ichigo shouted and poured all his strength into his arms. He raised them hard and directly blocked the kunai that Kakuzu was about to pierce into his neck. And he He also staggered back a few steps due to excessive exertion, but before he could stand upright, he shook his hand and shot the kunai in his hand towards Kakuzu, and at the same time, he pulled it out and was carried on his back. of true eternity.

Kakuzu deflected the kunai shot by Ichigo Kurosaki with a wave of his hand. The kunai wiped Kakuzu's hair and went away. Then Kakuzu took a step back and threw the kunai in his hand in a show of reconciliation. posture, and he released his left hand that was holding Nariko's neck and retracted it.

Seeing Kakuzu's behavior, Kurosaki Ichigo didn't bother to think about why he did this. Instead, he hurriedly took two steps forward. While raising his knife to guard against Kakuzu's attack again, he took a big gulp of Chad's fresh air. Naliko, who was breathing, stood up and protected her behind her.

"Don't you think it's too late for you to be like this now?" Kakuzu looked at Kurosaki Ichigo who looked wary and didn't even dare to wipe the blood from the wound on his face when it flowed into his mouth. "But forget it. Anyway, my goal was achieved.”

Kurosaki Ichigo had some difficulty understanding Kakuzu's words, so after helping Nariko free his right hand, he wiped the blood from the wound on his face and then asked loudly at Kakuzu: "What is your purpose? Is the purpose just to jump out and attack the two of us for no reason, and then step back and pretend like nothing happened?”

"No, no, no, no," Kakuzu waved his hand in denial, then stretched out two fingers and said, "First, I have no interest in caring about that woman you seem to value very much. Second, I just want to check you personally. Are you just disguising yourself? It seems like you didn’t do any of these things.”

"So" Kurosaki Ichigo said with a hint of anger in his tone. Anyone who is attacked for such a nonsense reason and almost succeeds in being attacked will be filled with anger, "I have no disguise, no disguise, and no use of Transformation, can you tell me what you are going to do?"

Kakuzu didn't care at all about Ichigo Kurosaki's tone and replied: "First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Kakuzu, and I am a ninja for hire."

"Kakuto Kakuto" Kurosaki Ichigo's eyelids twitched. He had been doubting the identity of the masked man in front of him, but when he heard his self-introduction, he remembered the name in a flash.

"You seem to know me." Kakuzu seemed to be interested, because he had kept a low profile since he defected from Takigakure Village, and rarely had contact with people except for bounty tasks, so his popularity was not high.

Kurosaki Ichigo looked at Kakuzu's green eyes, and all the muscles in his body tensed up: "Eleven years ago, he dared to assassinate Senju Hashirama, the first Hokage who ignited the fire of peace in the world, and was known as the pinnacle of the ninja world alone. I still have some impressions of the ninja who retreated. That person's name seems to be Kakuzu, and he is also a rebel ninja from Takigakure Village."

Naliko was hiding behind Ichigo Kurosaki and heard everything he said. She couldn't help but widen her eyes and looked at Kakuzu in front of her and said in disbelief: "How is this possible? You assassinated the first Hokage and escaped unharmed." At this time, he was thousands of miles away. It had only been a few years since Tehashirama's death, and his terrifying strength and reputation that shocked the ninja world had not had time to fade away, so it was naturally difficult for Nari to accept it.

"Hahaha" Kakuzu, who usually smiles so sternly that one even wonders if he has lost his ability to laugh, couldn't help but laugh after hearing Kurosaki Ichigo say the heroic deeds he has always been proud of. After all, such a The deeds are really worth writing about, and he usually cannot share such deeds because he has to keep a low profile. How could Kakuzu, who had been suppressed to death for a long time, not be excited at this time.

After laughing for a while, Kakuzu returned to his usual indifference, but his tone rose a little: "I am becoming more and more curious about your identity now, because even 11 years ago, people who knew about this matter were Very few people know my name, but you directly thought of it, which shows that your status in Konoha at that time was very unusual."

"Maybe." Kurosaki Ichigo shrugged. He knew that his true identity must not be leaked. Instead of making more and more mistakes in the conversation, it would be better to simply remain silent.

"Forget it, I'll keep talking about mine," Kakuzu didn't pursue the question, but continued to explain his purpose, "I am a hired ninja who specializes in taking on assassination missions in the underground exchange, but you don't seem to have You’re on the bounty list, so I’m too lazy to kill you if there’s no benefit.”

"That's why you have to confirm whether I'm in disguise or not." A tic-tac-toe appeared on Kurosaki Ichigo's forehead.

"That's right." Kakuzu nodded.

"It's really...a good reason."