Chapter 278

278. Chapter 276: Jinchuriki Tailed Beast to Fight

"Last one, only the last one left! The blue big cat that cat lovers love most, gentle, obedient, and affectionate, sweet voice and soft body, can be petted at will~"

Holding the only remaining Two-Tails card in his hand, Uchiha Gin shouted hard.

"..."

But no matter how much he bragged, he couldn't make up for the congenital defects of the Two-Tails.

Few tails, no Kekkei.

"Weak and no Kekkei, who would buy it?"

Shihe held three Tailed Beast cards and was dismissive of what Uchiha Gin said.

"Sigh~"

Uchiha Gin sighed secretly. He had predicted earlier that the sales of the Two-Tails wouldn't be smooth. After all, these Kage weren't fools; when buying Tailed Beasts, they must first consider practicality.

As for aesthetics, it was optional; not every Tailed Beast was like the big fox, having strength when strength was needed, and having looks when looks were needed.

It seemed he really had to take out his family fortune.

Just as Uchiha Gin was regretting, he caught a glimpse of Reto, whose eyes were red on the side. Looking at this First Kazekage who hadn't spoken the whole time, his eyes rolled, and he spoke.

"Lord Kazekage, your One-Tail is also a cat; do you want to take the Two-Tails back to mate? Maybe you can have a litter, and then you'll make a fortune~"

"Uh..."

Originally thinking that the First Kazekage would be furious at his teasing, he hadn't expected that this guy was actually seriously pondering, calculating the possibility of breeding.

Looking at his expression, he was really a bit tempted.

One tail is ten billion; if he breeds a litter, there will be seven or eight tails. Wouldn't the Hidden Sand Village take off then!

Just as Reto fell into a golden fantasy, Shamon behind him clearly saw the sarcasm in Uchiha Gin's eyes and immediately leaned over, breaking the First Kazekage's dream in a low voice.

"Lord Kazekage, the One-Tail is a raccoon!"

"Cough, cough... how could I not know?"

Reto, who had almost been blinded by greed, coughed twice to pretend to be calm, returned to his normal expression, turned his head to look at the hateful Uchiha Gin, and replied coldly.

"No need, Shukaku of the Hidden Sand Village is the strongest!"

"Good, good, good~"

Still stubborn, worthy of being someone who grew up chewing sand.

Even if the Two-Tails was unsalable, it couldn't delay the meeting process. With some regret, he put the Tailed Beast card back into his bosom, Uchiha Gin bent down and said to Senju Hashirama,

"Brother Hashirama, don't you want to say a few more words?"

"Ah?"

At this moment, Senju Hashirama's eyes were full of golden light, and he had long forgotten the draft he had prepared earlier about longing for peace. Upon hearing Uchiha Gin's reminder, he raised his head with a blank face and "aba-aba-ed" for a long time without popping out a single word.

"Since Lord Hokage has nothing more to say, how about we go and inspect the goods?"

The First Raikage had long been yearning for the Gyuki described on the Tailed Beast card and wished he could ride on the bull's head and gallop the next moment.

"That's right, that's right."

Bai Lian and Shihe, the two old rivals, also echoed one after another. After speaking, they looked at each other provocatively, just waiting to go back and pull the Tailed Beasts to blast each other.

The whole meeting, Konoha was the biggest winner, making a fortune, and the other nations had their own gains.

Except for the Hidden Sand Village~

"Wait!"

Reto felt that he was just here to listen. The conditions he first proposed were rejected, and he could only watch Konoha make money by the sackful, so sour that his teeth were almost falling out. He had originally prepared to fight for some benefits when signing the peace agreement, but you, Senju Hashirama, are going to end the meeting and pull the gate after making money?

"Lord Kazekage, do you have anything else?"

The anxious First Raikage had a hint of unhappiness on his black face; really, poor people have many things.

"Everyone has gained a lot, only our Hidden Sand Village has become a spectator. Isn't that a bit unkind?"

Reto still had that slumped-face expression, looking like everyone owed him 258,000.

"No, you can't afford it, so you don't allow us to buy it?"

The outspoken First Mizukage didn't leave him half a face at all, almost writing the three words "look down on you" on his face. That disdainful look made Reto's teeth itch.

"Since that's the case, we won't sign this peace agreement in the Hidden Sand Village."

The barefoot one isn't afraid of the one wearing shoes; you look down on our Hidden Sand Village, right? Then no one should have a good time.

"Peace agreement? I almost forgot about this."

The First Tsuchikage, who also wanted to spray, slapped his forehead upon hearing this. Because of the attraction of the Tailed Beasts' powerful abilities, he had long thrown this matter to the back of his mind. Touching the three Tailed Beast cards he was carrying, Shihe's mouth corners curled up uncontrollably.

"Our Hidden Rock Village also feels that signing a peace agreement shouldn't be too hasty. How about we wait a year or a half~"

Three against two, the advantage is with me. Although the Seven-Tails was purchased on behalf of the Takigakure Village, as a close ally, there should be no problem borrowing it, right~

"Hmph!"

As an old rival, how could Bai Lian not see Shihe's little thoughts? He immediately let out a cold snort, and his wise eight-character eyes stared over without fear.

"Tsk... everyone, we can't let the theme of this meeting be put in the wrong order, right?"

The First Raikage, who had no intention of getting involved in the war, stood up and asked with a frown. The Black Laoda's height of 1.9 meters had great oppressive power, and a pair of tiger eyes looked around at the Kage present.

"I think Lord Raikage is right!"

Senju Hashirama, who also saw that the peace agreement was about to be shelved, echoed excitedly and secretly blamed himself in his heart: how could he forget his original intention because of these yellow and white things?

Not expecting that before the meeting was over, a new divergence appeared. Uchiha Gin had just finished calculating how much commission he could earn, then raised his head, didn't show a hint of anxiety, but instead patted Senju Hashirama's shoulder comfortingly, signaling him not to panic.

"I believe everyone is a loving person who yearns for peace. As for the peace agreement, it won't be too late to talk about it after inspecting the goods."

After Uchiha Gin said this, the Kage didn't say anything more and stood up one after another, wanting to see the true appearance of the Tailed Beasts.

Before long, a team led by Senju Hashirama rushed toward the forest outside the Konoha village where the Tailed Beasts were imprisoned.

On the way, Uchiha Gin deliberately slowed down his pace and subtly gave the First Raikage a wink. The Black Laoda, who understood the hint, although confused, also deliberately slowed down his pace and gradually fell to the back of the team.

"I wonder, Brother Gin, what do you want with me?"

The First Raikage, who was following Uchiha Gin, asked with some confusion.

"Brother Ai, do you want a ticket?"

Uchiha Gin, who was acting mysterious, saw that everyone was on their way and no one was paying attention to them, so he secretly pulled open his coat, revealing the golden Two-Tails Tailed Beast card.

"Ah... thank you for your kindness, Brother Gin, but the Hidden Cloud Village has the Eight-Tails, which is enough."

Not expecting it to be a scalper, the First Raikage refused with ten movements of emotion and waved his hands repeatedly; he really didn't want to spend any more unjust money.

"Tsk... Brother Ai, for the sake of our fate, I'll reveal the bottom line to you quietly."

Uchiha Gin saw that the other side didn't take the bait, so he revealed a mysterious expression, looked around, leaned in, and said,

"The power of the Tailed Beasts is not so easy to control. Otherwise, why would our Konoha distribute them to other ninja villages? Wouldn't it be better to keep them and sweep the four nations?"

"I'd like to hear the details."

Having been captured by the domineering aura of the Eight-Tails earlier, the First Raikage had only been thinking about being ecstatic and hadn't thought about how to manipulate the Tailed Beasts.

"This Two-Tails, I'll give you a 98% discount privately. Look..."

"Bought, just to support a brother's business."

Gritting his teeth and weighing it again and again, the First Raikage painfully took down the last Tailed Beast card; 20 billion to exchange for information on controlling the Tailed Beasts was not a loss.

"As expected of my good brother~"

With the completion of the transaction, Uchiha Gin smiled and took out a palm-sized rectangular box from the backpack behind him and stuffed it into the First Raikage's hand.

"What is this?"

The object was as light as nothing in his hand. Looking at the mysterious prop he had never seen before, the First Raikage frowned slightly.

"Shh~ keep your voice down. This is a driver I made with great difficulty."

Uchiha Gin looked at the thing he had sent out with some emotion. That was the Tailed Beast Rider Driver he had researched for a whole night, but the conditions for use were a bit harsh, and it even carried a tiny bit of side effects.

"Driver?"

Searching his memory for a long time, the First Raikage couldn't find any information about a driver, so he examined the box Uchiha Gin had sent over.

This box called a driver was gray all over, with a whole piece of transparent crystal embedded on the front, and a card slot deliberately reserved on the side. Looking at the size, it was almost the same as the Tailed Beast card Uchiha Gin had sent earlier.

"Brother Ai, you might not know, but the Tailed Beasts captured by Lord Hokage have always been under the full management of our Uchiha clan. It just so happens that I have a tiny bit of R&D talent, and after unremitting research, I developed this driver."

In fact, it was a driver made overnight, just because he was afraid the Tailed Beasts wouldn't sell, thinking that sending peripherals would make them sellable.

"I didn't expect Brother Gin to have such great talent! My respects, my respects~"

The First Raikage stood in awe. He didn't expect that Uchiha Gin, who looked unreliable, was actually a scientific research talent, but it was a pity he wasn't from their Hidden Cloud Village.

"I wonder how this driver is used?"

After listening to Uchiha Gin's words, the First Raikage put down his contempt and looked at the driver in his hand that was radiating a mysterious aura, asking in a low voice.

"First..."

Just as Uchiha Gin was about to answer, the bursts of exclamations from the front interrupted the exchange between the two.

"Is that the Tailed Beast?"

"Much bigger than imagined."

Not expecting to arrive so quickly, Uchiha Gin had to give up the explanation for the time being.

"Brother Ai, I'll explain it to you after this; look at the Tailed Beast first~"

"Okay, I hope Brother Gin will do me the honor tonight and go for a foot massage together~"

"It's a deal!"

A group of people saw the huge figure standing in the forest from afar. Without looking at the chakra, just the oppressive feeling brought by the body size made everyone sweat.

And not far away, two figures separated by a long distance were waiting for the arrival of the crowd.

"Hashirama, your movements are a bit too slow!"

Uchiha Madara, who was classically crossing his arms and had an unhappy look on his face, said impatiently.

To actually let him be alone with this white-haired guy; if it weren't for the mission, he would have long since torn out Senju Tobirama's tongue.

"Isn't this here now? I'll treat you to a meal tonight~"

With money in his pocket, Senju Hashirama spoke with much more confidence.

"Brother, how did the talk go? How many did you sell?"

Senju Tobirama, who was also unhappy, saw his brother arrive, his tense expression eased slightly. He looked for Uchiha Gin's figure and saw him talking happily with the Black Laoda at the back of the team, and his brow furrowed instantly.

That guy Uchiha Gin, why is he arm-in-arm with those people from the Land of Lightning? Is there some unspeakable business?

"One left unsold..."

Senju Hashirama, adhering to the principle of reporting bad news before good news, first told the bad news that the Two-Tails hadn't been sold.

"Hmph~ I knew it, that curly-haired guy is unreliable. And Konoha's number one sales champion? It's enough to make people laugh their teeth off."

"Tobirama, say a little less."

Not expecting his brother to react so strongly, Senju Hashirama hurriedly stopped him.

"If it sells poorly, can't people say it? That Uchiha Gin is a dancer. If I were to go, I'd definitely sell all the Tailed Beasts... woooooo!!!"

"Keep your voice down, don't let Brother Gin hear you!"

Senju Hashirama, with quick eyes and fast hands, grabbed Senju Tobirama's little mouth that was spitting lotus flowers before Uchiha Gin could come up, and leaned into his ear to whisper.

"Woooooo!!!" Senju Tobirama was still struggling; he just couldn't understand, can't he spray even if it sells poorly?

"Brother Gin sold one tail for ten billion, ten billion, do you know that!"

"Woooo..."

Like a duck whose throat had been strangled, Senju Tobirama's struggling sound stopped abruptly. His long, narrow red eyes widened, and the look he cast at Uchiha Gin was full of disbelief.

Seeing that Senju Tobirama was no longer struggling, Senju Hashirama finally let go of his hand.

"Brother Hashirama, good news. Just now, I spent a lot of effort on the way and finally sold the Two-Tails, but I gave a bit of a discount without authorization. I hope you don't mind."

"Really sold it?"

Senju Hashirama, who had been thinking about how to deal with the Two-Tails, looked over with a face full of joy. As for the discount, he didn't take it to heart at all; being able to sell it was a profit.

"Sold it at 80% off, a bit of a loss."

"No loss, no loss!"

"Cousin, I've been a bit..."

Uchiha Madara, who had been listening to the whole story on the side, came over with a fawning face. According to the previous agreement, Uchiha Gin had earned at least a hundred billion this time. He now owed a mountain of debt, and people from the Land of Waves came to collect money every day, almost living in the Uchiha clan grounds, which gave him a huge headache.

"Hehe."

The account for the Tailed Beast information hadn't been settled with this kid yet. If it weren't for the information bill brought by a cat one night, he wouldn't have known that this kid Uchiha Madara had actually done such a beastly thing.

"This time, I lost."

Senju Tobirama, who had already started planning how to use this huge sum of money in his mind, felt very uncomfortable and rarely admitted defeat to Uchiha Gin.

Sure enough, having money means you can do whatever you want.

"Is he Uchiha Madara? He's not as terrifying as the information said?"

The Konoha group was exchanging results, while the few Kage who were admiring the Tailed Beasts had their own thoughts. The mysterious bandaged man, who hadn't spoken during the whole meeting, looked at the disappointed Uchiha Madara and said to the First Tsuchikage before him in a very hoarse voice.

"Mu, don't be deceived by the appearance of a ninja. Didn't you get tricked by that kid with the exaggerated performance?"

Shihe, with a deep gaze, also shifted his gaze from the Tailed Beasts in the distance to the Konoha people, wondering what he was thinking.

"Lord Hokage, can you let us have close contact with the Tailed Beasts?"

Bai Lian, who was a bit impatient, asked. Their Land of Water was in the middle of a war and urgently needed the super-model combat power of the Tailed Beasts for support.

"Just you? Barely enough~"

Hearing Bai Lian's words, Uchiha Madara swept away his previous listlessness, opened his scarlet eyes, and swept toward the crowd of other nations. After examining them, his disdain was overflowing.

The level of these few guys was barely enough to fight the Tailed Beasts five-five.

"Who are you looking down on?"

Reto, who was radiating sourness, was already in a bad mood, and being mocked by Uchiha Madara like this, he trembled with anger.

"I'm not targeting you."

Fixing his gaze on Reto, who was a bit breathless, the tomoe in Uchiha Madara's eyes rotated slowly. He shook his head gently and said with a very calm expression.

"Madara~ you've finally become sensible!"

Senju Hashirama had been worried that the dispute would escalate and was ready to clap his hands at any time. As a result, Uchiha Madara's attitude was so peaceful, which made him feel a bit of relief in addition to being dumbfounded.

What is this called? This is called the quality of a Hokage!

Hearing Uchiha Madara's words, Reto's complexion eased a bit, and his anger subsided. It seemed that the Uchiha clan wasn't as cold as the information said.

However, only Uchiha Gin felt that this matter wasn't simple. According to his cousin's temper, how could he be so peaceful? There must be something fishy.

"I'm not targeting you; I'm saying that everyone here is trash."

Sure enough, facing the crowd of the four major nations, Uchiha Madara said in a very calm tone words that made their blood boil and their chakra flow backward.

"Aminos!"

"I'm starting early!"

"You already have a way to die!"

"Watch me refine it in an instant!"

"..."

The Kage were all figures standing at the pinnacle of their own nation's ninjas, and they weren't young; when had they ever been insulted like this by a junior?

They all had gloomy faces, and the rich chakra in their bodies began to rise. The atmosphere became solemn for a time.

"Heh, just relying on you?"

Uchiha Madara was originally a straight-forward person who spoke his mind and never beat around the bush. These guys before him had just so-so strength and were not his and Hashirama's opponents at all.

He didn't even need Hashirama to take action; he could keep these guys here by himself if he spent a bit more time.

Deep blue chakra rose around him with his thoughts, and a cold, obscure force flowed out. The Kage of other countries sensed this soul-stirring aura and set up defensive postures one after another.

"Brother, aren't you going to stop that guy?"

Although Senju Tobirama really wanted to see Uchiha Madara eat dirt, if he really kept the Kage of other countries in Konoha, the Land of Fire would inevitably fall into an endless war.

"No need, he will take action."

These Kage haven't paid yet~

"Boom!!!"

Just when the atmosphere was about to drop to the freezing point, a black shadow flashed behind Uchiha Madara, who was looking arrogant and cool, and gave him a chestnut on his head.

"Ouch, what are you doing?"

Feeling the familiar touch on his head, Uchiha Madara's previous arrogance vanished. Looking at the person behind him, his face clearly couldn't hold up.

This sudden change caught everyone present off guard. They stretched their necks, wanting to see who the sacred being was who dared to sneak attack the eccentric Uchiha Madara.

"Phew~ Sorry, sorry, my brother has a stubborn personality. Give me face today and don't be as knowledgeable as him. You can beat him up whenever you see him on the battlefield later."

Blowing on his fist, Uchiha Gin, who had touched behind Uchiha Madara at some point, apologized very sincerely to the Kage who were full of vigilance.

"Cousin!"

"Behave yourself, they haven't paid yet!"

Pressing down on Uchiha Madara's restless head, Uchiha Gin leaned into his ear and whispered an explanation.

"Hmph!"

Since Uchiha Gin had spoken, Uchiha Madara had no choice but to return to his previous cold demeanor, crossing his arms and starting to pretend to be an expert.

"You're actually Uchiha Madara's brother!"

Compared to the unknown Uchiha Gin, Uchiha Madara's prestige had spread to other countries. The Kage present each had a copy of the information about him.

"Cousin, cousin~"

"Oh~ I said so, how could one be straight and one be curly!"

After the storm, Uchiha Gin took the initiative to act as a guide and brought the Kage to inspect the goods.

"Just the Two-Tails has such huge chakra. How did you Konoha capture so many Tailed Beasts?"

The few who walked in looked up at the blue big cat sleeping in the nest and subconsciously swallowed their saliva. The Black Laoda, who had obtained the Two-Tails' sales contract, couldn't help but ask.

"Does your Konoha have something that can attract them?"

"Tailed Beasts are not brainless wild beasts; they have their own thinking and can even speak human language. Due to being hostile for a long time, these guys are not close to humans. Our Lord Hokage relied on the restraint of his Kekkei to barely take down these few Tailed Beasts and then handed them over to our Uchiha clan for custody."

Uchiha Gin shook his head and explained half-truthfully.

"Kekkei Genkai... it really makes people envious."

The First Tsuchikage smacked his lips and cast a very subtle glance at Senju Hashirama, who was smiling beside him.

Due to the information blockade after Konoha was established, other countries knew very little about Senju Hashirama's Wood Release, only knowing it was an unprecedented Kekkei Genkai, and the specific power was unknown.

"Why are they all sleeping?"

The First Raikage looked at the sleeping cat and asked very suspiciously.

"No way, Lord Hokage is busy with official business and has no energy to suppress the Tailed Beasts with his Kekkei all the time. As one of the founding families of Konoha, our Uchiha clan naturally cannot stand by and watch. These Tailed Beasts are all hypnotized by our Uchiha clan using the Sharingan, so they can sleep for a long time."

"Can you easily hypnotize them with the Sharingan? Can I return the goods?"

"Hi, how could an ordinary Sharingan have this strength? You didn't see my cousin guarding here; in the whole Konoha, only he can suppress these Tailed Beasts with his pupil power, and look at his listless look; this job must be very hard."

Hearing everyone's questions, Uchiha Gin used the excuse he had prepared in advance to block them back. The reason was seamless, and no one could pick out any faults.

"Alright, everyone has seen the real Tailed Beasts. It's time to pay and pick up the goods~"

Seeing the shocked expressions of the few, Uchiha Gin struck while the iron was hot and urged.

"Wait a minute! How do we take these Tailed Beasts back?"

Looking at the sleeping Three-Tails, Bai Lian, although full of covetousness, still asked very clearly.

You can't expect him, this old bone, to carry this big turtle back, right?

"You come to pick up the goods yourselves; Konoha doesn't have so many people to help you deliver to your door."

The following word count is not included in the fee:

Let the heart return to zero, let yourself go.

The work problem hasn't been solved yet, but after two days of adjustment, I, the author, have already let go. If there's no work, I can find another one; if the money is gone, I can earn it again. Why be overly self-consuming and make myself so anxious? There's really no need.

In the final analysis, I'm just a scapegoat for this matter. I reported the mistakes that occurred at work to the management in time, but when the accountability came down, the management started to play deaf and dumb, and in the end, they let a small shrimp like me bear the consequences.

My family also understood my encounter and didn't have the harshness I imagined, but instead gave me full comfort, which is the main reason I was able to walk out of the haze so quickly.

However, I shouldn't be able to resign in a short time. I have to wait for the notice from above, the leader's interview, etc. Maybe there will be some turning point during this period~

I've read the messages from the readers over the past two days, and I'm very moved. I solemnly thank everyone for your understanding and concern!

Starting today, I will resume updates. I can't guarantee anything else, but I will definitely not castrate the book~ (End of chapter)