Chapter 424: Squatting for a combination name

In a relatively remote small town in the Land of Fire, two figures sneakily came to an inconspicuous public toilet. One of the figures closed his eyes to perceive for a moment, then nodded to the person beside him.

"Big brother, this is it."

"Tobirama, are you sure? But it smells..."

Senju Hashirama, wearing a cloak to hide his identity, frowned and covered his nose.

He couldn't believe that the legendary bounty hunter's base, the Exchange Center, would be in such a foul-smelling place.

"My perception won't lie to me."

Senju Tobirama under the cloak also shook his head with a look of confusion. However, after keenly smelling the rotting odor mixed in the stench, a look of realization flashed in his scarlet eyes.

It turned out that the Exchange Center was built on top of a public toilet to cover up the pungent stench of corpses.

"Then what are we waiting for, let's go in and take a look."

After saying that, Senju Hashirama took the first step, impatient like someone whose bowels were about to explode.

"Wait!"

Reaching out to stop his big brother, Senju Tobirama had deep helplessness on his face.

"If we just go in like this, what's the difference from throwing ourselves into the net?"

"Ha?"

"Transformation Technique."

Ignoring Senju Hashirama, who was tilting his head in confusion, Senju Tobirama brought his hands together and performed the Transformation Technique, turning himself into a young man with black-purple medium-long hair on top of his head, half of his face wrapped in bandages, and a fierce look in his exposed single eye.

The overall image was vastly different from Senju Tobirama's original body, but the temperament had an inexplicable resemblance.

"What are you still stunned for?"

Senju Tobirama, who had finished transforming, urged his big brother coldly.

"Oh, oh, oh! I know~"

Senju Hashirama nodded busily, bringing his hands together, but his brow furrowed into a "chuan" shape. Suddenly making him transform into another stranger to play undercover was truly difficult for me, the God of Shinobi who likes to push forward.

"Tobirama, who should I transform into?"

"Whatever, the more ordinary, the better."

Seeing Senju Hashirama's constipated expression, Senju Tobirama looked displeased, crossed his arms, and tapped his fingers impatiently.

"Uh, wait a moment, let me brew it."

Thinking for a moment with his eyes closed, Senju Hashirama decided to create a brand-new character. He quickly went through the characteristics of familiar people in his mind, and the Transformation Technique began to take effect.

"Poof~"

Accompanied by a burst of white smoke, a brown curly-haired man wearing small tea-colored sunglasses appeared on the spot.

"Haha, Tobirama, how is it?"

Although his appearance had changed, that hearty smile remained. Senju Hashirama, after transforming, rubbed the back of his head, laughing very magically.

"It's okay, don't open your mouth after we go in."

Rubbing his sore temples, Senju Tobirama didn't bother to make any more demands. After giving an instruction, he turned and entered the public toilet.

Inside the public toilet, Senju Tobirama sniffed his nose, followed the smell to push open the cubicle marked "Out of Order," and a secret door appeared in front of the two.

"This is it."

Without hesitation, the two pushed the door and entered. The dim vision instantly opened up. Behind the secret door was an incomparably spacious space, with two rows of dim light bulbs hanging along the bottomless corridor.

"Yo, you two look very unfamiliar, are you newcomers?"

The brothers walked to the end of the corridor and saw a huge counter, where a bald middle-aged man was looking at them with great interest.

"We want to register as bounty hunters."

With his eyes, Senju Tobirama stopped Senju Hashirama, who was eager to try, and stepped forward, a fierce light in his eyes that looked not to be trifled with.

"Still real newcomers, it's rare to see people entering the industry lately. After all, bounty hunter is already a sunset industry~"

Nowadays, official ninja villages are prevalent, and the mission share has been snatched away by more than half. The Exchange Center can only survive in the cracks, locking its main business in the gray area of bounties.

The bald man shook his head in self-mockery, then took out a form from the counter and handed it over.

"Fill in the basic information first. Let me state in advance, our registration is free, but each mission will deduct a few points of management fees."

"Still need to fill in information?"

Senju Tobirama frowned. Isn't this clearly trying to get his intelligence?

"Don't worry, it's just to keep a record, for the convenience of identification and promotion. Even if you use a fake name, it doesn't matter."

It was originally an industry that couldn't see the light, so how could it be so formal? Leaving information was just for the convenience of identification at various network points, and at the same time, packaging a few capable bounty hunters to advertise for their Exchange Center.

For example, the hunter Knight Sword, who has been in the limelight for these years, is their signboard. Whenever there is a big order, he will be given priority to choose.

"I see..."

Looking down at the simple form, Senju Tobirama nodded thoughtfully. After a second of thinking, he filled in the four big characters "Takasugi Shinsuke" in the name column. As for what he was good at, he casually filled in the relatively inconspicuous sword technique.

"Are you a samurai?"

The bald middle-aged man saw the content filled in by Senju Tobirama and asked curiously.

"Must I answer?"

Senju Tobirama glanced at the other party unobtrusively, his tone revealing a chill that penetrated into the bone marrow. His foul expression seemed as if everyone owed him money.

"No, no, I just asked casually. After all, it's rare to see samurai now."

Even though the bald man had seen countless people, he was still frightened by the slight killing intent leaking from Senju Tobirama, and his face turned pale.

"Hmph~"

Senju Tobirama snorted coldly, pulled out a blank form, and handed it to Senju Hashirama beside him.

"Your turn."

"Ah? Good, good!"

Senju Hashirama, who was curiously looking around the Exchange Center, received the form in a flurry. After picking up the pen, he began to have trouble in the first name column.

"Tobi..."

"Shut up, write whatever."

"Understood~"

And so, after a burst of racking his brains, Senju Hashirama crookedly wrote down the name "Sakamoto Tatsuma." As for what he was good at, he blindly filled in "hidden weapons."

"Are you two a combination?"

The bald man who took the registration form turned to ask about the relationship between the two. Like them, they usually debut as a combination.

"Yes."

Senju Tobirama nodded.

"Then you have to come up with a loud nickname."

The bald man took out a bounty hunter celebrity list in a serious manner. The handsome nicknames on it made Senju Hashirama's eyes shine, and he wished he could debut on the spot.

"Nickname... any suggestions?"

Sweeping his gaze over the hunter Knight Sword on the first page, Senju Tobirama asked with a cold face.

"That's for sure. I'm best at naming. Look, this one, this one, and this one, were all named by me. Are they domineering enough?"

Enthusiastically promoting himself, the bald man almost explicitly stated that he also had a side business of charging for naming.

"No need, just pick one randomly, let's call it Black and White Double Evil."

Senju Tobirama sneered in his heart. He hadn't even seen the money, and the other party wanted to pit him in the first step.

Sure enough, the free ones are the most expensive. Fortunately, he is smart and must avoid the pit!

"Tsk."

Looking at the stingy Senju Tobirama, the bald man's enthusiastic smile instantly cooled. He twitched his mouth, put the celebrity list back, and his expression also became cold.

"Black and White Double Evil, right? We will review it for a few days. If there is no duplicate ID, we will adopt it."

"What if it's duplicated?"

Senju Hashirama, who was on the side, finally didn't follow his younger brother's agreement and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"So you're not a mute? If it's duplicated, we will randomly generate a nickname that matches your characteristics."

The bald middle-aged man looked at Senju Hashirama and replied matter-of-factly.

"Ah? Then what if a bad-sounding nickname is generated?"

"So I suggest you..."

"No need, take out the bounty list."

Seeing the bald man's face rise with a mercenary smile again, Senju Tobirama, worried that his big brother would be cheated, immediately interrupted and asked for the bounty list, starting his own order-brushing journey.

However, little did he know that he would regret this behavior of his for a long time.

"Here, take it."

The bald man who didn't earn extra money had his attitude change visibly. After throwing out a stack of bounty lists, he began to busy himself with his own affairs.

"Swish~ Swish~ Swish~"

Senju Tobirama read the bounty list seriously, his expression becoming gloomy. Until he finished reading the last one, he slowly raised his head, his tone very stiff.

"Do you take us for trash pickers?"

"You two are only junior bounty hunters now. How do we know if you have the strength to take big orders? What if you smash our signboard?"

Squinting at Senju Tobirama, the bald man spoke with reason and evidence.

"Then there's no need to use this kind of trash to insult us."

The angry Senju Tobirama threw the stack of bounty lists onto the counter. The one on top was a bounty list for 100,000 ryo, but don't look down on it; this was already the highest in this stack.

"Tall buildings rise from the ground, glory can only rely on oneself. Once you show corresponding strength, we will naturally introduce big orders to you."

Facing the aggressive Senju Tobirama, the bald man appeared very calm. He had been in the industry for many years and had seen many people with high eyes and low hands.

A moment ago, they were clamoring to punch the God of Shinobi and step on the Darkness of the Ninja World, but a few days later, they were found dead in the latrine, naked, head down.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Senju Tobirama gritted his teeth and said three "good" words, then picked up the stack of bounty lists on the counter and left without looking back.

"Ah?"

The bald man looked at the backs of the two leaving in a daze. These two guys wouldn't be sent by a competitor to make trouble, would they?

As a result, after only a few hours, Senju Tobirama and the other actually returned.

"Yo~ are you thinking it through and want me to help name it?"

Looking at the neatly dressed Senju Tobirama, the bald middle-aged man smiled, preparing to make a big profit from this.

"Exchange money."

Senju Tobirama, with a cold face, threw out a scroll.

"Ha?"

Smelling the thick bloody smell on the scroll, the bald man's expression instantly became solemn, and his tone became very careful.

"You guys are..."

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up."

Senju Tobirama retreated several meters and pinched a solution seal with one hand.

"Poof~!"

Accompanied by a burst of white smoke, the bald man only felt a fishy smell hit his face. Looking closely, he was instantly scared out of his wits.

"Drip~ Drip~"

In front of him, there were dozens of corpses, each killed with a single blow. The look of horror on their faces hadn't yet risen, only a trace of unexpected confusion.

"Hiss~"

Pinching his thigh fiercely, the intense pain made the bald man recognize the reality in front of him. The look in his eyes toward Senju Tobirama and the other added a few points of respect.

"You two wait a moment, I'll start the review."

After carefully checking every corpse, the bald man didn't find any traces of faking. Some corpses even still had warmth.

"Confirmation complete. After deducting the service management fee, it is a total of 2.58 million ryo. Do you want cash or a check?"

"Cash."

The bank's check is convenient, but the money in hand is money. Senju Tobirama came for quick money this time and didn't want to leave too many traces.

Before long, the bald man with a complex expression came out with a small briefcase. After Senju Tobirama took it, looking at the green banknotes, he counted them skillfully. His ten fingers were faster than afterimages, and in less than three minutes, the million-dollar huge sum was counted.

"Are we qualified now?"

Satisfiedly putting the briefcase into the storage scroll, Senju Tobirama turned to question the bald man of the Exchange Center.

"Enough! More than enough~"

The bald man, who had changed into a new face, was full of flattery. He quickly took out several stacks of bounty lists from the counter. Looking at the countless zeros on them, Senju Tobirama finally revealed a trace of a smile.

"That's more like it."

Casually picking up a stack, Senju Tobirama greeted his big brother to leave.

"Phew... who exactly are they?"

After the figures of Senju Tobirama and the other completely disappeared, the bald man let out a long breath of relief. The look of horror in his eyes couldn't fade for a long time.

Most of the people on those bounty lists were bandits and villains, and the stronger ones were rogue ninjas and wandering ninjas. Any bounty hunter with a little strength could take them down, but he had never seen such fast efficiency.

"Tobirama, it turns out money is so easy to earn!"

Senju Hashirama, who walked out of the Exchange Center, had an excited look. Just by casually killing some bandits who harmed civilians, they could harvest such a huge sum. If he had known that this line of work could bag money, why would he have lowered his head to ask Madara for gambling money?

"Phew... do you think my Flying Thunder God doesn't cost blue?"

Hearing Senju Hashirama's words, the sweat beads on Senju Tobirama's forehead suddenly increased, and his face became pale, his whole person gasping like a cow.

"Let me rest!"

Just now, Senju Tobirama, who had been strong all his life, adhering to the principle of not losing face, directly opened the local area network, instantly locked all the coordinates left in the Ninja World, and then according to the information on the bounty list, began to search one by one.

Fortunately, these bounties were mostly bandits occupying the mountains. Senju Tobirama and the other could find them quickly and take down the targets without any effort. Repeating this, in just a few hours, they completed dozens of small orders.

"At this age, how dare you rest?"

Senju Hashirama looked at Senju Tobirama, who was resting on the spot, with a look of "hate that iron doesn't become steel." He couldn't do it after flying a few times. Sure enough, it was kidney deficiency caused by too frequent manual labor.

"It's different. Our next target is not some bandit."

Senju Tobirama shook his head and shared the stack of bounty lists with Senju Hashirama, who had a confused face.

"This is... me?"

Curiously flipping through the bounty list in his hand, Senju Hashirama saw his portrait at first glance.

【Name: Senju Hashirama

Nickname: God of Shinobi

Bounty Amount: 8,000,000,000】

"Haha, I'm actually worth so much money!"

Counting his bounty carefully, Senju Hashirama's mouth almost reached the sky. Happily, he quickly searched for acquaintances again. Sure enough, he soon found another familiar face.

【Name: Uchiha Madara

Nickname: Darkness of the Ninja World, Kyubi

Bounty Amount: 7,500,000,000】

"Tobirama, come quickly, it's Madara!"

"Tsk, that bastard is actually worth so much money."

Looking at the exaggerated amount, Senju Tobirama raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't expect that he would be surrounded by tens of billions. Usually, they were in the same office.

"Ah! Tobirama, there's yours too..."

"Quick, let me see!"

A look of comparison flashed in Senju Tobirama's eyes. He is the village secretary of Konoha. Even if the price is not as good as his big brother, it definitely won't be cheaper than that guy Uchiha Madara... right?

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6..."

Just when Senju Hashirama was still counting the zeros with his fingers, Senju Tobirama had already obtained his bounty.

"Damn it! There's a black curtain! There's definitely a black curtain!"

Pointing at his bounty amount tremblingly, Senju Tobirama had a look of disbelief. He was clearly the village secretary, yet he couldn't even compare to a shadow assistant who had a name but no reality.

"Maybe because Madara is still a Tailed Beast Knight?"

Looking at the gnashing Senju Tobirama, Senju Hashirama kindly reminded him.

"Right, it must be that!"

Forcibly comforting himself, Senju Tobirama's face eased slightly, and he continued to organize the bounties in his hand. In a while, he picked out several bounty lists.

"Tobirama, these are?"

"These are all characters related to Konoha or Konoha."

"So that's how it is."

Senju Hashirama saw the familiar names, and his eyes instantly understood.

The targets with high bounties were basically famous ninjas and rogue ninjas in the ninja villages, among which Konoha accounted for the most.

"Let's complete these targets first."

Raising the shrunken stack of bounty lists, Senju Tobirama slowly straightened his waist, his eyes full of longing for money.

"Good... eh? Where is Madara's bounty list?"

"Oh my, accidentally put it in the wrong place~"

Since then, the celebrity list of the Exchange Center has added another famous combination, named...

"Thump!"

In a quiet Exchange Center, Kakuzu, with a blank face, threw a few corpses that had been stripped clean onto the counter.

"Exchange money."

"Lord Kakuzu, next time, at least leave them their underwear, okay?"

The staff member responsible for the review looked at the naked corpses with unbearable eyes and suggested in a low voice.

"Clothes are also money. Instead of letting them rot on the body, it's better to take them to exchange for money."

Kakuzu waited for his increasingly green eyes and explained seriously.

"You count it."

Before long, a small briefcase was handed to Kakuzu. Looking at the banknotes that were much less than before, his brow frowned slightly.

"Are there no big orders?"

Recently, for some reason, the bounty lists in various Exchange Centers were pitifully few. Even a top bounty hunter like Kakuzu felt that resources were seriously insufficient.

"Big orders? Yes!"

The staff member said, took out a stack of bounty lists, and handed them to Kakuzu.

"Swish~"

Just by taking one look, Kakuzu pushed the bounty list back with quick eyes and fast hands.

"Lord Kakuzu, what are you doing?"

"I still want to live a few more years."

The hearty smile of the black-haired man on the bounty list made Kakuzu feel a chill in his heart. Even if he now possessed the power of a Tailed Beast Knight, he had never raised the idea of challenging the God of Shinobi.

Not to mention the red-eyed killing machine with a crazy look below. Once the other party takes out his belt, if he doesn't beat the shit out of Kakuzu, he would praise him for holding it tight.

"Are there no bounties from other ninja villages?"

"Yes, yes, yes, this is the Silver and Gold brothers of the Cloud Ninja Village, Shamon of the Sand Ninja Village, the Rock Ninja Village's..."

"Alright, stop! My fault for asking more."

Listening to one familiar name after another, Kakuzu's face turned black visibly.

You, a small Exchange Center, actually want to start the Second Knight's War?

"Sigh... Lord Kakuzu, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that it's a sensitive period now. The personnel of various ninja villages are strictly controlled, and besides..."

"Besides what? If you have something to say, say it."

"The industry internal volume is too fierce."

"?"

"There's actually such a fierce real newcomer?"

Through some tough means, Kakuzu pried some internal news from this staff member. Listening to the brilliant achievements of the two newcomers who popped out of nowhere, his green pupils shrank slightly.

Invasion of extraterrestrial demons?

Or an old guy reincarnated wearing a newbie vest?

"But this nickname..."

Touching his increasingly pointed head, Kakuzu's eyes were full of confusion.

As the saying goes, big trees attract wind. The news of the rise of the mysterious combination finally couldn't be hidden. The combination name of Senju Tobirama and the other gradually spread to every corner of the Ninja World.

Mixue Bingcheng at the entrance of Konoha Village.

A few small figures gathered together, each holding a cup of exquisite small sweet water, discussing the recently popular topic enthusiastically.

"Have you heard? That terrifying bounty hunter combination recently."

"How could I not have heard? It is said that they are two hidden experts, wearing indestructible armor, fists can tear the sky, feet can kick the earth to crack."

"Is it true, Jiraiya? Can they do it just by using Taijutsu?"

"It must be true, Dai, how could I lie to you~"

Listening to Jiraiya, who was blowing cowhide with his mouth full of fire, Might Dai beside him clenched his fists excitedly. His hands wrapped in bandages trembled slightly, and under his thick eyebrows, the flame called youth gradually ignited.

"Idiot, Dai, you wouldn't really believe it, would you?"

Hatake Sakumo, who was sitting beside Dai, rolled a big white eye. Believing even this kind of ghost talk, Might Dai's existence effectively lowered the IQ level of their group.

"Jiraiya wouldn't lie!"

Before Hatake Sakumo's questioning voice fell, a soft, glutinous voice followed. I saw a little boy with silver-white long hair stand up, his chubby little face full of indignation.

"Orochimaru, you are a student of the Ninja School anyway, you should have the most basic common sense."

Scratching his head helplessly, Hatake Sakumo suddenly regretted why he had to talk too much. Isn't the peach four-season spring in his hand fragrant?

"A ninja is someone who breaks common sense."

Orochimaru, who was supporting his chin with both hands, had a trace of consideration in his narrow eyes.

"Although Jiraiya's words are a bit exaggerated, some ninjas can indeed open mountains and break stones with their bare hands. Don't you think so, Tsunade?"

Tsunade, who was suddenly asked, raised her head from the milk tea cup and blinked in confusion.

"Ah, isn't that a basic operation for a ninja?" (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 425 =====