Konoha: This Uchiha just wants to lie down

Whitefish Harbor!

Kakuzu used the art of sneaking in the earth to quickly move towards the Daimyo's palace not far away.

It is said to be a palace, but it is not very impressive in terms of scale or quality.

Given that the entire territory is covered with mountains, materials are too limited.

If transported by sea, the manpower and material resources spent are simply not something that this famous figure in the country of tea can afford.

Today's Baiyu Port has completely transformed into the shape of a castle tower.

All the ministers or nobles who were unwilling to obey them were put in prison with the title of "having weapons of mass destruction". If they dared to resist, they would be beheaded.

Anyway, it was the 'Daimyo' who gave the order and it has nothing to do with the castle tower. No matter how much you do, you don't have to worry about anything happening.

Countless nobles and ministers cursed secretly in their hearts.

On the contrary, the civilians applauded.

After all, these nobles and ministers would not do anything that could be regarded as human beings. One can imagine how much they squeezed the common people. Now that they are being dealt with, one can imagine how good they feel.

Anyway, even if people are constantly being arrested in Baiyu Port, order and public sentiment are constantly improving.

And when Kakuzu snuck around the palace, he stopped carefully.

Because the palace area does not have too many means of defense against earth escape.

Carefully emerging from the ground, Kakuzu prepared to sneak into the palace from the ground.

He didn't feel like he couldn't get in.

After all, it was just a daimyo palace, not a ninja village.

Even if it is a ninja village, as long as it is not one of the five major ninja villages, Kakuzu feels that it is not impossible to infiltrate with his own strength.

And he was not the only one involved in this operation.

Whoosh, whoosh!

Figures rushed towards the palace from everywhere.

There were many people who came to 'rescue' the Daimyo of the Country of Tea, and they all took action at this time.

Fifty million taels!

It's just to save a small country's name, and it's not like letting them kill the 'Purifying Flame'. What's there to be afraid of?

What's more, at this price, it doesn't mean that you can't try to assassinate a shadow-level powerhouse.

After all, the starting price of an S-level mission is only one million taels, and 50 million taels is enough to release dozens of S-level missions.

"What a shame, you dare to steal money from me!"

Kakuzu Nomoku's eyes flashed with dissatisfaction.

Although he needs the cover of these people, it does not mean that he is pleased with these people.

In his view, these are all ‘competitors’ in his business.

Carefully cross the high wall, and then use your stealth skills to quickly rush towards the main hall.

He is not a wild ninja, and his various concealment skills are extremely good, even if someone is watching, it is not easy to detect him.

But when he reached the huge square in front of the main hall, Kakuzu suddenly stopped.

Because a tall female ninja with a high ponytail and a short sword on her back was locking herself in the center of the square with her momentum.

Found!

This thought flashed through Kakuzu's mind.

Therefore, he also gave up his original plan of infiltrating and prepared to deal with the opponent head-on.

After getting closer, I realized that the other person was not very old, but his pale pink eyes were full of pressure, and there was no trace of surprise on his delicate and flawless face, as if he had known that he was coming.

"It seems like my whereabouts have been exposed?"

Kakuzu asked tentatively.

He was not too surprised that his whereabouts were known.

Because he is quite famous among bounty hunters, it would not be surprising if someone knew that he had accepted this commission.

"Let me see the strength of the strongest bounty hunter!"

The girl slowly drew out the short knife from her back.

Zira!

Blue thunder and lightning flashed above.

"Don't be too proud, kid!"

Listening to the other party's somewhat familiar yet unhappy tone, Jiaodu felt a little off guard.

Because the other person's demeanor and tone reminded him of the ninja Shura who he had finally forgotten.

When he saw the round fan pattern on the other person's body, he immediately knew that the other person and that guy were from the same family.

If you can’t beat the opponent, why can’t you beat you? .

So Kakuzu was ready to hit the Uchiha girl in front of him hard to let her experience the beating from society.

Uh-huh!

But before Jiaoji could take action, the opponent's dagger flashing with thunder and lightning struck at him.

Fortunately, Kakuzu is experienced in combat, and even faced with this unexpected speed, he narrowly avoided being killed.

puff!

Only one left arm was severed on the ground.

Kakuzu, however, was not flustered by this and struck out with all his strength with his right arm.

When taking action, a large number of black tentacles emerge from the shoulders to roll up the arm on the ground and retract it.

Click!

The arm was taken back by the black tentacles like a machine, allowing Kakuzu's body to recover intact, while quickly retreating to distance himself.

Just from the first encounter, Kakuzu understood that this time the enemy was different from before.

"Uchiha brat, what's your name?"

He asked in a deep voice, while tearing open his camouflage robe, revealing his body sewn together with countless silk threads.

"Mei Uchiha!"

The girl's tone was calm, as if the person who had just broken Kakuzu's left hand was not her.

Yes, this girl is Uchiha Mei.

Hinata Cangyue, who came with her, was sitting in the main hall at the rear to prevent the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Tea from being rescued.

Now their castle tower is able to occupy Baiyu Port precisely because they have the Daimyo as a 'shield'. If they don't have it, they will be facing the entire ninja world head-on, so the opponent cannot lose it for the time being.

Uchiha Mei is responsible for intercepting all intruders outside.

Just what she wanted!

Combat missions were something she could only dream of.

It's just that the invaders before were simply vulnerable, which made Uchiha Mei extremely dissatisfied. Now that Kakuzu, a Kage-level strongman, has finally come, she is naturally eager to fight.

The sword just now was just a reminder to the other party. Otherwise, if he really wants to use a killing move, he can still achieve the result of "first sight killing".

"Really, powerful power!"

Uchiha Mei tasted the powerful pupil power flowing in her eyes. This power made her a little intoxicated, as if she was omnipotent.

However, her mind is mature and her body is extremely strong, so she can control this terrifying power instead of being affected by it.

At this time, she has made a qualitative leap in all aspects.

First of all, in terms of pupil power!

The quantity has increased several times, and the quality has also broken through the threshold.

Even if the same illusion is used as before, the effect will be many times stronger.

Not to mention that there are two exclusive anti-sky pupil techniques, and at the same time, you can use "Susanoo", which is like flying into the sky and standing shoulder to shoulder with the sun.

And more than that!

The kaleidoscope brings all-round bonuses.

For example, chakra control is stronger, reaction is faster... and so on.

The most intuitive is chakra.

Before, Uchiha Mei's chakra was less than ten cards.

Although it is very strong compared with ordinary jonin, it is not much better than ordinary quasi-kage among Kage-level strongmen, let alone compared with Jinchūriki who can easily have hundreds or thousands of cards, after all, the disadvantage of age is here.

But after awakening the Mangekyō, chakra also soared along with the pupil power.

More than sixty cards!

Directly became the one with the most chakra among the strong men in the castle tower.

You know, if you don't count the reserve of Okami, Hyuga Sogetsu's chakra is only more than thirty cards, and Dou Ping can only have more than forty cards because of the Lava Release, otherwise it is only more than twenty cards.

It's simply not human!

The more solid the foundation, the greater the benefit when you are promoted to Mangekyō.

At this time, Uchiha Mei was very lucky that she had listened to Dohei's advice and had not slacked off at all. She had been working hard to hone herself, which made her foundation extremely solid, so she could soar to the sky after being promoted to Mangekyō.

And her control of power was not something that those tribesmen who had Mangekyō in their teens could touch.

"Fire Style. Head hard!"

Kakuzu performed Fire Style.

Raging!

The fire wave swept over like a huge wave.

Uchiha Mei had no intention of avoiding it either. She also sheathed her sword and formed seals with both hands.

"Fire Style. Great Fire Extinguishment!"

Raging!

She spit out a violent wave of fire from her mouth, which collided head-on with the fire wave sweeping in front of her.

The two amazing waves of fire collided in the center of the square.