The Otsutsuki Road from Kirigakure

However, if nothing unexpected happens, then there will most likely be an accident.

Just as Hatake Sakumo continued to fight with the remaining six puppets, preparing to exhaust Imu and Junyue's chakra.

In the forest far behind, an extremely powerful aura rose up and kept approaching the area where they were fighting.

Hatake Sakumo quickly withdrew from the battle, away from Imu and June, and looked behind vigilantly. Although this was in the territory of the Fire Country, the person who came was exuding his aura so unscrupulously that he was probably a friend rather than an enemy.

Yimu and Liuyue breathed a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves suddenly relaxed.

Why did the two of them stay to stop Hatake Sakumo? It was not only because of their responsibility as commanders and the fact that only the two of them could stop Hatake Sakumo together in the entire team, but also because they had known for a long time that they would have a strong ally.

Now, this powerful ally finally arrived before their chakra was exhausted.

It turned out that before Yimu led the team to attack the Fire Nation, Chiyo, who was worried about her son's safety, promised a huge sum of 3000 million taels through the underground gold exchange to invite the strongest bounty hunter to cover Yimu and June in the southern area of ​​the Fire Nation at the critical moment. However, the Fire Nation is too large and the two sides have no effective means of communication, so the bounty hunter has not arrived until now.

As for not letting Imu lead the team, wouldn't it be better? Chiyo certainly didn't want her son and daughter-in-law to be in danger. After all, their child Sasori was at the age where he needed company. But there was no other way. There were only so many Kage-level strongmen in the Sand Village. Chiyo and Ebizo, as elders of the Sand Village, needed to coordinate the overall situation. The Third Kazekage Tessa was seriously injured by Seiji and was still recuperating. Rasa was about the same strength as Ye Cang. He could be a deputy commander, but he couldn't take on the responsibility of leading the team. There was no one else, so Imu and June could only lead the team to carry out this mission.

And the strongest bounty hunter who was hired was none other than Kakuzu, the rebel ninja from Takigakure Village who threw a shuriken at the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, from eight hundred miles away and was known as the "Immortal Ninja" and "the one who lives as long as the heaven and earth"!

As a ninja who spends all his time with money and believes that only money will not betray him, Kakuzu is extremely happy about this mission. After all, just by coming to provide a support, he can earn money that is almost the value of an elite jonin.

Kakuzu walked over slowly, his chakra aura surrounding him, forming a small storm, and the air was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

Kakuzu took out a small notebook from the ninja tool bag and quickly flipped through it while looking at Hatake Sakumo. "Konoha White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, the bounty is 9500 million taels. Very good, there is an unexpected surprise!" Kakuzu was very happy at this moment, it was rare to see a Kage-level being alone. It seemed that today he could not only earn the 3000 million taels, but also kill Hatake Sakumo who was worth 9500 million taels.

(After checking the records of Naruto, there are only two bounties, one is worth 3000 million taels for Chiriku from the Fire Temple, one of the former 3500 guardian ninjas of the Land of Fire, and the other is worth 3000 million taels for Asuma Sarutobi, the son of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. So, looking at this price, an elite jonin is probably worth around million taels. It is reasonable to speculate that for a ninja at the level of Kage, the bounty should be at least two Asumas.)

(At this time, Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo was just a relatively famous strongman. Before he killed Chiyo's son and daughter-in-law, the bounty should be about the same as that of an ordinary Kage. It would be slightly higher because he was the head of Konoha's Anbu, but it shouldn't be too outrageous.)

"The Takigakure traitor... Kakuzu!" Hatake Sakumo's expression became serious. As the current head of Konoha's Anbu, he certainly had some information about Kakuzu. "You killed the high-ranking Takigakure traitors and defected. As an S-rank traitor, how dare you show up in the Land of Fire?"

"Oh? The little brat from the Hatake family actually knows my name, you really deserve to be from Konoha!" Kakuzu was a little surprised when his identity was exposed, but then he felt it was natural. As the current leader of the five major gangsters in the ninja world, it was normal for him to have some information about him. After all, he was not the kind of ninja who was unaware of the worldly affairs of the ninja world, and he often took action in exchange for bounties.

"This is trouble! This Kakuzu is obviously coming for me!" Hatake Sakumo said inwardly. Although his guess about Kakuzu's motives was wrong, the result was indeed the same.

Kakuzu waved at Imu and Junyue, signaling them to leave quickly, and rolled up his sleeves to get to work.

"Earthly Resentment Yu Tentacle Fist!"

Kakuzu attacked immediately. His wrist separated from his arm, and dense black lines were released from his arm, connecting to his fist and shooting towards Hatake Sakumo at a rapid speed.

Hatake Sakumo's face turned serious, and he jumped up to avoid the blow. Kakuzu's fist hit the ground hard, creating a big hole. Kakuzu flew forward, black lines surged, and the punch returned to his arm, and then he punched Hatake Sakumo again.

"Earth Release·Earth Spear!"

Kakuzu's fist was shining with a dark metallic glow. He used the earth spear to harden his body, which not only increased his attack power but also greatly strengthened his body's defense.

Hatake Sakumo dodged the punch by turning sideways, then turned his body and slashed at Kakuzu with the White Fang short sword in his hand.

"clang!!!"

Jiaodu did not dodge or evade, but took the blow head-on. His hardened body defense made Jiaodu extremely confident.

Hatake Sakumo was stunned. He didn't expect that his full-strength sword attack couldn't even break the defense. It was this stunned moment that allowed Kakuzu to seize the opportunity. He stretched out his hand to control Hatake Sakumo's wrist as he swung the sword, leaving him no room to dodge. Then he kicked Hatake Sakumo with a big foot and directly kicked him out.

Then Kakuzu's back began to swell, and two black masked monsters broke out of his body, standing on his left and right sides respectively.

The red-masked monster representing Fire Style and the dark-blue-masked monster representing Wind Style opened their ugly mouths at the same time, and destructive chakra fluctuations came.

"Fire Escape·Tou Ke Ku!"

"Wind Escape·Press!"

"Combined Ninjutsu: Flame Wind Wave!!!"

The extremely large-scale high-temperature sea of ​​fire quickly spread towards Hatake Sakumo, and soon, Hatake Sakumo's figure was submerged in the sea of ​​fire.