Chapter 393: 393. Chapter 385: The wig finally becomes a wig

393. Chapter 385: The wig finally becomes a wig

The Hero's Water of Takigakure Village is a heavenly treasure that has the effect of enhancing the user's chakra. It is carefully collected by successive leaders and used to stabilize rule and prepare for wartime needs.

But in fact, this stuff was just the mucus secreted by Chongming when it metamorphosed from a pupa into a rhinoceros beetle, containing a small amount of Tailed Beast power that was easily absorbed by the human body.

Therefore, after humans take it, the chakra in their bodies will be greatly enhanced, and their personalities will also become aggressive and irritable.

"You mean to say, let Zhenzi take the Hero's Water?"

Kakuzu looked at Uchiha Gin, who took out a gourd containing unknown liquid from the scroll he had just traded, and his brows were tightly wrinkled.

"The side effects of this thing are not small, are you sure?"

As a subordinate once highly valued by the leader of the Land of Waterfalls ninja, how could Kakuzu not know the terrifying side effects of the Hero's Water?

After ordinary people take it, their chakra will increase several times in a short period of time, but after a long time, their bodies will rapidly decline. Lightly, they will fall into a coma, and heavily, their meridians will be broken, becoming a useless person.

"That's because they took it too fiercely. Who wouldn't be confused if they drank it directly?"

Uchiha Gin shook the viscous Hero's Water in his hand and explained.

"The Hero's Water is originally a non-toxic and harmless great tonic. Those so-called side effects are just because their physical fitness is too poor, and they drank too much, so they couldn't bear the tonic."

Zhenzi's current situation was one of physical deficiency, and she urgently needed a high-quality tonic to recuperate. This Hero's Water was naturally the best choice.

However, even with the formidable physique of the Senju clan, it cannot meet the conditions for direct drinking without side effects.

"Then according to your meaning?"

"Dilute this thing with any drink from Mixue Bingcheng at a ratio of 1:100, three times a day, and it can effectively alleviate her condition."

"Huh?"

Kakuzu and Shenhuo were stunned when they heard this prescription, looked at each other, and their eyes were full of suspicion.

"Is it really true?" o(*^▽^*)┛

Upon hearing this, Zhenzi's eyes lit up, and she raised her hand to ask excitedly.

"Guaranteed, but remember, if there is no Mixue Bingcheng as a medicine guide, the effect may be greatly reduced~"

Uchiha Gin said it with nose and eyes, and Kakuzu's brows wrinkled when he heard it, and the small abacus in his heart was beating loudly.

Three cups of Mixue Bingcheng a day!

Even the Lord Daimyo wouldn't dare to consume like this, right?

"Then many thanks, Brother Decade. Our Zhenzi is finally saved~"

Shenhuo, who was anxious to save his wife, didn't have so many other thoughts. He walked up with a look of luck, wanting to take the special medicine from Uchiha Gin's hand.

"Uh?"

As a result, before his hand touched the gourd containing the Hero's Water, Shenhuo felt a blur in front of his eyes, and the gourd disappeared from Uchiha Gin's palm out of thin air.

"Didn't you hear clearly just now, kid? This thing is not given for free~"

Looking at Shenhuo, who was stunned, Uchiha Gin crossed his legs and shook his finger gently.

Although Uchiha Gin usually claims to be a person of love, he has never said in front of anyone that he is a charity ambassador.

You must remember, free affection is cheaper than grass~

"How much money."

Still the businessman Lao Du has a clear mind.

"That depends on the value of your daughter in your heart~"

"Woo woo woo..."

Kakuzu, whose whole body felt cold, wept inwardly. He carefully held the recovered storage scroll in his hands, walked numbly to the moved Zhenzi, and gently placed this life-saving divine medicine into her palm.

"Thank you, Father~"

Looking at Kakuzu, who had become penniless from the previous moment, Zhenzi, feeling the other's deep paternal love, bit her lip, her eyes filled with hot tears.

"Phew~ It's okay, as long as you and the child can be safe, I can accept paying any price."

Kakuzu, whose pockets were cleaner than his face, looked at Zhenzi, who was crying with joy. His heart softened, and he chose to keep the sadness to himself, instead putting on a light and breezy expression and waving his hand very freely.

"Father, I will return the money I borrowed from you as soon as possible~"

Shenhuo, on the side, leaned over. What he said was firm, but there was deep lack of confidence in his eyes.

The money Shenhuo had seen in his life added up to less than the tip of the iceberg that Kakuzu had just taken out. If he really had to pay it back, he would have to work day and night for hundreds of years to pay it off.

"Hmph~ I am happy to spend money on my daughter."

"Then that's really thank..."

It's good not to have to pay it back~

"But as the father of the child, you should take responsibility. Sign it for me."

Just as Shenhuo was secretly rejoicing, Kakuzu, with a blank face, took out an IOU with ink that hadn't dried yet. The string of zeros that couldn't be seen at the end made people dizzy.

"Ah!"

"Hmm?"

"I'll sign! I'll sign!"

Glared at by Kakuzu, Shenhuo surrendered instantly, and with a bitter face, signed his name on this indenture that he couldn't pay off for several generations.

"Hehe~"

Zhenzi looked at the two most important men in her life, the smile on her face becoming increasingly gentle.

"Today is a good day~"

Happily counting the gold coins exploded by Lao Du, Uchiha Gin sighed that the end of the year was approaching, and he finally earned a considerable amount of small money, so he could spend the New Year with peace of mind~

Witnessing the whole process of communication between Uchiha Gin and Kakuzu and others, Tobirama Senju on the side had a very complicated expression.

"How can that bounty hunter have so much money?"

His gaze fell on the suitcase piled up like a mountain, and he doubted whether his ninja career could be considered successful.

According to Tobirama Senju's intelligence, Kakuzu had only been a bounty hunter for a little over ten years since he changed jobs from a rogue ninja, yet he was able to accumulate such terrifying wealth through legal means.

And he had been a ninja for so many years, only to end up with nothing. Not only did he not earn money for his old age, but he also caused a famine in the village that hadn't been discovered yet.

"Is the bounty hunter profession so easy to make money?"

Tobirama Senju, who thought Kakuzu just caught the dividend of the era and also wanted to pick up money with a sack, decided to put on a vest and enter the industry after returning, to make a big profit.

However, what Tobirama Senju didn't know was that Kakuzu's money was accumulated through means such as tightening his belt and refurbishing junk, not just relying on the bounties of the black market.

"Zhenzi, you try it first to see how it works~"

Dissolving a drop of Hero's Water into the milk tea he just bought, Shenhuo looked at his wife with expectation after shaking it.

"Gulp~ gulp~"

Following Zhenzi's storm-like inhalation, the two anxious men held their breath, waiting for the medicine to take effect.

"Phew~ Oishii!"

Smacking her lips and holding the empty cup, Zhenzi had an expression of wanting more. Her pale complexion gained a few traces of healthy ruddiness at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"I feel very good, my body is warm, and my stomach doesn't growl anymore~"

Feeling her current state full of vitality, the pleasantly surprised Zhenzi punched the ground of the spectator stand.

"Boom~"

Hearing a loud bang, everyone curiously stretched their necks. Upon seeing Zhenzi's fair, tender fist smash a large crater into the hard ground, they all widened their eyes in disbelief.

"My strength has also recovered. This milk tea is really useful!"

"It's the medicine that's useful, right?"

"It's all the same, both are indispensable~"

Zhenzi patted the dust off the back of her hand and happily half-closed her eyes.

"Who exactly is this woman?"

Seeing the power of Zhenzi's punch, Senju Tobirama remained calm on the surface, but his heart was already surging with waves.

If he didn't misread it, the other party just used the skill that their Senju clan was most proficient in: Super Strength.

That head of black and smooth hair definitely wouldn't be their cousin Uzumaki clan, but after recalling the existing Senju clansmen, Tobirama Senju didn't find any similar clansmen.

"Teacher, we know them."

Just when Tobirama Senju was puzzled, Uchiha Kagami, who was gentle and moist, whispered beside him.

"You know them?"

Looking at his most trusted disciple in confusion, Tobirama Senju, who didn't think the honest and curly-haired Uchiha Kagami would lie, signaled him to continue.

"Teacher, do you remember many years ago, when Clan Leader Sarutobi took us to a small town to perform a B-level mission?"

When Uchiha Kagami talked about this, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura on the side showed an expression of lingering fear.

"The time the mission failed?"

Tobirama Senju still had some impression of the incident where Sasuke Sarutobi, an elite Jonin level ninja, failed in a B-level mission.

"That's right, that couple was the mission target back then. They defected from the Land of Grass to our side."

Uchiha Kagami and the other two, who had heard the past story from Shenhuo himself, still couldn't forget Zhenzi's terrifying appearance at that time.

Especially Danzo, who couldn't help but subconsciously shrink his butt when looking at Zhenzi.

"From the Land of Grass... forget it."

Senju Tobirama frowned upon hearing this, then temporarily abandoned the idea of investigating Zhenzi's background, deciding to investigate slowly after the fact.

"Look! Another knight is about to decide the winner!"

Just when everyone had their own thoughts, Chiyo, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, suddenly announced the battle situation of the competition below.

Hearing the real-time broadcast, everyone in the spectator stands put down what they were doing, stretched their necks one by one, and looked at the island of the competition.

In a corner of the island, at some point, there was an extra crystal-clear mountain peak. At the top of the iceberg, which radiated bone-chilling cold, stood a figure.

The blue turtle knight holding a long spear was manipulating the snowflake-shaped technique at the tip of the gun, firing sharp ice spears toward the red little potato jumping up and down in the sky.

"Whoosh~ whoosh~"

The endless ice spears made Onoki unable to cope. Unable to spare his hands to counterattack, he could only rely on the flight effect of the Light-Weight Rock Technique and fight guerrilla warfare with the Gui, who had astonishing defense.

"Snap!"

A distraction, and the ice spear brushed past Onoki's ribs. Although it didn't hit directly, the cold air of the Ice Release alone froze one of his kidneys hard.

"It's too passive to go on like this."

Covering his kidney with his hand, the scorching Lava Release power began to take effect. The kidney that had just been frozen was instantly thawed. Fortunately, Onoki operated it well, so he didn't make it into a charcoal-grilled kidney.

"Phew~ phew~ phew~"

The sudden alternation of cold and heat made Onoki break out in a cold sweat. With his brows tightly wrinkled, he considered how to fight against the turtle knight below, who was both offensive and defensive.

Although Onoki was a knight with more tails, the Lava Release brought by the Four-Tails was not afraid of Ice Release, not to mention he still held the trump card of Particle Style.

But in the end, he lost because of his shallow qualifications. Facing the Gui, who had been famous for many years, he lacked combat experience, and his defeat was only a matter of time.

"Little potato, if you can't come up with new tricks, then retire!"

With the Three-Tails providing an inexhaustible supply of chakra, Gui was simply too happy to release Ice Release. Turning into a turret, he looked at the panting Onoki with a teasing face.

"Hmph!"

Onoki, floating in the air, snorted coldly and didn't answer. After frowning and thinking for a while, a flash of determination flashed in his eyes.

He clapped his hands and rushed toward Gui in a diving posture. At the same time, scorching lava surged behind him, instantly wrapping his short body.

【Lava Release Chakra Mode】

"Wait until I finish off this little potato, then I'll go support Senior Brother."

Looking at Onoki covered in magma, Gui said arrogant words, but there was a bit more solemnity in his eyes. His hand gripping the long spear tightened slightly, he struck a throwing pose, and his arm began to accumulate strength.

"Don't even think about it!"

If he lost, the teacher would be attacked from both sides. Thinking of this, Onoki didn't hesitate anymore, raised his fist, and frantically compressed the Four-Tails' Lava Release power. The lava at his fist became increasingly scorching.

"Needle at the bottom of the sea!"

Sensing the scorching heat coming toward his face, Gui's eyes condensed, and several thick ice shields blocked Onoki's only path.

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang!"

However, accompanied by the sound of shattering one after another, Onoki pierced through the obstacles all the way with an unstoppable momentum, and the fist the size of a sandbag was about to land on Gui's face.

"Hmph~"

At this time, Gui, who had been accumulating strength for a long time, finally waited for the best opportunity. He flicked the long spear in his hand.

"Boom~"

The rapidly flying long spear actually made a harsh sonic boom. In the blink of an eye, the sharp tip of the gun hit Onoki's fist, which was wrapped in magma.

"Hum hum..."

Immediately after, it fell into a stalemate. Onoki could feel the bone-chilling cold coming from his fist, and the pain was soon ignored by his determination.

"Ah! Not enough, I want more!"

Just hearing him shout, the driver frantically squeezed the Four-Tails' Lava Release power,

The Four-Tails in Onoki's sea of consciousness shook the loose chains on its body, and a disdainful smile tugged at its hideous mouth.

"Little potato, aren't you afraid of choking to death? Since you want it, I'll give it all to you!"

"Boom!!!"

The lava on his body erupted again. With the "passionate" sponsorship of the Four-Tails, Onoki's Lava Release power was improved to the maximum extent.

"This kid, his resilience is not bad, he should be able to live for a long time."

Seeing Onoki exploding, Gui raised his eyebrows slightly unexpectedly. The endurance the other party showed was a bit beyond his expectations.

"But let's survive this time first~"

Seeing from afar that the long spear he threw began to tremble, Gui knew that his attack was about to be broken, but there was no panic on his face.

Retreating a few steps, the blue turtle knight struck a sprinting pose, used force under his feet, and crystal-clear ice flowers bloomed under his feet.

Only to see Gui leap into the air, hugging his legs and bending his knees, turning into a round sphere, and then began to spin rapidly, meeting Onoki in the air at an extremely fast speed.

"That is?"

Onoki, who had never seen this weird scene, had a flash of astonishment in his eyes. However, before he could think more, Gui, who was rolling rapidly in the air, had already killed him in front of him.

"Is the wig cosplaying a rolling wheel?"

Curiously looking at the two fighting, Uchiha Gin touched his chin. Gui's move was indeed somewhat familiar.

"Shadow Caress!"

Relying on the centrifugal force generated by the rapid rolling, just before Gui approached Onoki, he released his arms hugging his legs.

His whole body struck a forward-kicking pose, and a kick containing immense force kicked the tail of the long spear he threw.

"Clack!"

The balance of power was instantly broken. Onoki, enduring the severe pain from his fist, gritted his teeth and gathered the Lava Release power to one point. A dazzling golden fire lit up, and the sound of an explosion followed.

"Boom!"

The scorching giant wave generated by the collision of cold and heat swayed in the air, and in the blink of an eye, it covered the entire sky of the island.

The knights who were fighting stopped their movements in unison, using their respective perception methods to investigate who was the final winner.

"Clatter~"

Only to see a short red figure fall from a high place and hit the hard ground heavily. Fortunately, the transformation hadn't been canceled, otherwise, he would have broken his waist.

"Did Onoki lose?"

Mu, who was in a standoff with Hozuki Gengetsu, didn't dare to be distracted easily. Looking at his disciple who fell to the ground, a flash of worry flashed in his eyes.

Onoki's defeat meant that he was about to enter a one-on-two situation.

"Clack!"

Immediately after, another figure fell from the water vapor in the air. After landing safely, the blue knight staggered and almost couldn't stand firm.

"Phew~ phew~"

Gui, panting, looked down at his slightly trembling calves, and a flash of luck flashed in his eyes.

Winning was too thrilling. If that little potato had been allowed to develop for a few more years, the person falling to the ground might have been him.

But now, he was the winner.

"A genius who can survive is a genius."

Gui staggered to Onoki, who was not far away. Seeing that the other party had no movement other than his chest still rising and falling slightly, a smile of victory appeared on his face, and he reached out to pull off his belt.

"Particle Style..."

Just when Gui was preparing to harvest the fruits of victory, the hoarse voice that suddenly rang in his ears made his hair stand on end instantly, and the alarm bell in his heart rang loudly. He hurriedly got up and retreated, preparing to pull away the distance.

"... Atomic Dismantling Technique."

However, it was still too late. A dazzling beam of light suddenly lit up, aiming straight at the face of the blue turtle knight.

"Boom!"

There was no reversal. This strike hit Gui's head directly. The dismantling power of Particle Style was astonishing.

He could clearly perceive that Particle Style had taken away his most important thing. Gui's brain began to replay his first half of his life like a revolving lantern. Accompanied by the dissipation of the light, he, with smoke rising from the top of his head, lay straight back.

"Gui!"

This time it was Hozuki Gengetsu who was anxious, but Mu's aura had been locking onto him, so he could only watch his junior brother fall down with smoke rising.

"Hehe..."

Onoki, who had exhausted all his strength to release the final strike, saw the red armor on his body begin to dissipate, revealing his slightly proud big face. The corner of his mouth, which was bleeding, hung with a satisfied smile.

In the end, he didn't live up to the teacher's expectations.

"Little Mustache, don't look, no one can survive under Particle Style."

After Gui fell, Hozuki Gengetsu was still unwilling to give up and stretched his neck to look over there. Seeing this situation, Mu naturally wouldn't let go of the opportunity to stimulate his old rival.

"Damn! Wig, I will avenge you!"

How could Hozuki Gengetsu not know the power of Mu's Particle Style? He had taken a Particle Style from the other party back then. If it weren't for the Hydrification Technique to save his life, he would have been lying on the board long ago.

Gui, that kid, didn't have his good luck. The Yuki clan didn't have any secret techniques to save their lives.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

Just when Hozuki Gengetsu was mourning for his junior brother, a miserable scream rang out. The sound was so loud that it echoed throughout the battlefield for a long time without dissipating.

Not only was the sound loud, but the desolation and sadness conveyed from the scream almost made the listeners shed tears.

"Let me see, who is screaming so miserably?"

Uchiha Gin, who was watching the battle, was also infected by the desolation of this scream. He couldn't help but wipe the tears that didn't exist in the corners of his eyes, widened his eyes, and looked for the source of the sound.

"No... impossible! Absolutely impossible! After eating a Particle Style from me, how could you still be alive!"

Onoki, who was lying on the ground and self-intoxicated, looked at the blue knight who had fallen to the ground struggling to climb up in a daze. His surprised voice began to tremble.

You know, the Particle Style he had exhausted all his strength to release just now wasn't the weakened version that Kakuzu used to distribute benefits to everyone, but the real Atomic Dismantling Technique, the kind that would be decomposed into slag ash upon contact.

"Woo woo woo..."

The blue knight who stood up bent his waist, held his head with both hands as if looking for something on the ground, and the miserable roar never ceased.

It's over, Teacher, I'm sorry for you~

Onoki closed his eyes in despair. He didn't expect that he couldn't even do a one-for-one. What face did he have to face the elders of his hometown? Let the enemy send him to the Pure Land!

"Gone... gone..."

The demonic mutterings rang in his ears. Onoki, who didn't wait for the finishing blow, opened his eyes in confusion, only to find that the blue knight who had died and come back to life was holding his head and acting like a madman. So he gathered his courage and said,

"Kill or cut, whatever you want, don't play ghosts and gods there!"

"It's all your fault!"

The blue knight heard Onoki's voice, his body paused, and then slowly turned his head.

"Huh? So bright..."

Onoki, who was blinded by some kind of light, subconsciously moved his eyes away, but the fear in his heart inexplicably lessened a lot. Turning his head again, he looked at the blue knight who was mourning like a funeral, and said cautiously,

"That... I really didn't mean to shoot there~"

"Little potato! I want you to die!"

Until this time, everyone discovered that Gui, who had escaped death, hadn't paid any price without any cost. On the contrary, he had paid a heavy price comparable to his life.

"Tsk, it's over. The Rock Village and the Mist Village will never have a chance to talk peace again in this life~"

Looking at Gui's shiny and reflective scalp, Uchiha Gin sighed in his heart, expressing concern for the future relationship between the two villages.

"Gui! You're not dead~"

Gui's death and resurrection made Hozuki Gengetsu the happiest. With a look of great joy, he shouted in a very loud voice,

"Hey! Isn't it just that you have no hair? After I win, I will customize the best quality wig for you!" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 394 =====