Chapter 419: , What is the Value of a Hokage's Head?

No matter when, where, or in what place, where there is light, there must be darkness.

"Darkness" is like the flip side of "light"; it can never be completely eliminated at any time.

You never know how many blood-sucking bats and filthy rats are hiding in the dark shadows.

——The Underground Exchange, or as it has another name, the "Black Market."

This is a gutter that gathers losers and traitors, and it is also a place in the shadows under the light of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

Here, you can see all kinds of things that people dare not talk about in the light, and at the same time, you can see many people who dare not walk in the light.

Rogue ninjas, wandering samurai, mountain bandits...

And at this moment, as long as you enter here, you will receive a brand-new title, known as a "Bounty Hunter."

As the name suggests, no matter who you are, after entering the Underground Exchange, the only thing you need to do is—take money to do things.

In the Underground Exchange, as long as you have enough money, you can post any mission you want to post and drive these desperate people to help you complete the mission.

Even if it is to assassinate the current Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages or the Daimyo of a certain country, as long as you can afford the money, it can exist on the bounty board of the Underground Exchange.

Of course, posting a mission is one thing, and whether anyone dares to do it or can complete it is another matter entirely.

And the reason why such a place that harbors filth and corruption can exist is naturally inseparable from the tacit approval of the Five Great Nations.

The reason is also very simple, because the great nations that appear bright and magnificent on the surface are not necessarily so clean behind the scenes.

Perhaps one of the missions in the Underground Exchange was posted by one of these Five Great Ninja Villages; who can say for sure?

In general, this place called the Underground Exchange is a dark place where all kinds of people gather with all kinds of unspeakable purposes.

At this moment, a man who had covered himself tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, entered the Underground Exchange through a secret passage in a public restroom.

The Underground Exchange is not just a single place, but a huge organization spread throughout the ninja world.

Institutions for checking and posting missions and redeeming bounties can be seen everywhere in the ninja world; the location the man entered was just one of the countless network points of the exchange.

As he went deeper underground, a huge and wide space came into the man's view.

At this moment, all kinds of people were gathered in this vast space.

Their clothing, weapons, and identities were all different, and their varied appearances were full of novelty.

Among them, some were even wearing headbands of a certain ninja village with a line scratched through them without any avoidance, and such headbands indicated their identity—rogue ninja!

Without a doubt, every rogue ninja would be hunted down with all their might by the village they betrayed.

Therefore, when walking in the ninja world, rogue ninjas chose to hide their identities tightly.

Especially the rogue ninjas of the Five Great Ninja Villages; although these rogue ninjas often had impressive combat strength, the Mist Anbu of the Five Great Ninja Villages were not to be trifled with.

Once their identity was exposed outside, what followed was the endless pursuit of the Mist Anbu!

And in the Underground Exchange, everyone seemed accustomed to the appearance of rogue ninjas; some even approached each other to chat when they saw similar headbands on the other's head.

In fact, this was perfectly normal, because the group active in underground transactions known as "Bounty Hunters" was mainly composed of rogue ninjas from various ninja villages.

The man who was covered tightly was clearly very familiar with the scene inside; he walked leisurely past one person after another.

He arrived at the very center of this exchange.

Here, there was a huge wooden board, on which various slips of paper were fixed with nails.

The information on these slips of paper was the missions posted in the Underground Exchange.

The vast majority of the content was bounty missions focused on assassination.

The description of the mission was very clear and simple, often only a few lines of text.

The name of the bounty target, a rough description of the target's identity, and finally the bounty amount.

And on the mission board, the most eye-catching was the mission at the very top.

Bounty: Sarutobi Hiruzen

Identity: Third Hokage of Konoha

Bounty Amount: 10 billion ryo!

10 billion ryo, which could be called a staggering sum of money.

This was one of the few missions on the bounty list that "thoughtfully" included a portrait, but the man's gaze did not linger on it at all, instead turning to search carefully line by line below.

He wasn't stupid; the Hokage of Konoha, how could that be measured by money?

If someone had the ability to kill the Hokage, who would be hanging around here?

Seeming to think of some terrifying memory, a flash of fear crossed the man's eyes.

Konoha's Hokage are all monsters!

Secretly calming his own mood, the man continued to search for suitable missions on the board.

After some searching, the man frowned; clearly, he hadn't found a suitable mission.

But just then, a flash of white mist passed over the mission board, and as the mist dissipated, a brand-new slip of paper was posted on the board.

Seeing this, the man looked over, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he immediately turned around, intending to leave.

But just then, a burly man who was exuding a drunken smell and walking unsteadily suddenly came behind him.

"Get lost!"

"Don't... don't delay my business!"

He rudely reached out and pushed toward the man who was covered tightly from head to toe.