Chapter 423: , A Shuriken from Eight Hundred Miles Away

Lying on the bed that wasn't exactly soft, Kurotsuchi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Black-on-black"; Kurotsuchi finally managed to check into an inn and get a chance to rest with the money she obtained from the thugs.

Lying on the bed, while recovering her strength, Kurotsuchi recalled what happened during the day. She thought back to the details of her escape again and again, carefully recalling the possible flaws. In order not to be tracked by the "pursuers" behind her, she constantly changed her escape direction during the escape, while setting up decoys to shake off the "pursuers."

Finally, after many twists and turns, she arrived at the current town.

Of course, Kurotsuchi didn't know that everything was actually her being a bit "self-indulgent."

Behind her, there were no "pursuers" at all; from beginning to end, she had never escaped Mizunuki Ryosuke's control.

Sometimes, perhaps ignorance is a blessing.

Thinking like this, a wave of sleepiness hit her, and Kurotsuchi gradually drifted into dreamland.

Night is a time for rest for most creatures, but for those active in the underground world, it is the best time for action and business.

Because the night is the most suitable time for this group of rogue ninjas whose identities cannot be seen in the light to act.

Recently, a bounty had been making a big stir in the underground world, and many people had their eyes fixed on this "fat sheep."

Among them were many rogue ninjas who had been famous in the underground world for a long time.

After all, it was a bounty of 100 million ryo!

But in the vast sea of people, how easy is it to find someone?

For days, the ninja world had been looking for the pretty Rock Ninja girl on the bounty order.

Finally, tonight, a piece of news spread through the underground world at an extremely fast speed.

A thug force in the Land of Rain released news that they held information about the "fat sheep."

Immediately, the entire underground world was shaken!

Countless bounty hunters moved upon hearing the news and rushed to the Land of Rain one after another.

Under the rain curtain of the Land of Rain, a man who covered himself tightly with a straw raincoat was speeding through the night.

As he sped, a flash of greed occasionally crossed his fluorescent green pupils.

After all, it was a fat sheep worth 100 million ryo!

For this huge wealth, he was determined to win!

Initially, after seeing the bounty at an Underground Exchange somewhere in the Land of Fire, he made up his mind that he was determined to win this fat sheep!

At this moment, after the news of the "fat sheep" was released, he immediately rushed from the Land of Fire to the Land of Rain without stopping.

Fortunately, the Land of Fire was adjacent to the Land of Rain, and at his full speed, it didn't take long for him to arrive within the borders of the Land of Rain.

After traveling through the night, at the first light of dawn, he finally arrived at the location where the news was released.

——A small, ordinary town in the Land of Rain.

The journey from the Land of Fire to the Land of Rain cannot be said to be far, but it definitely cannot be considered close.

Even for a ninja, it would take two or three days.

But he only used one night to cross the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain and arrived at this town located in the Land of Rain.

And the reason is very simple.

Because he is very strong, or at least he is stronger than most people in the ninja world.

For some ninjas, he is a living legend.

Because his name is —— Kakuzu!

For an ordinary Genin, a ten-day journey can be reached by a Jonin in three days, and a three-day journey for a Jonin can be reached by a Kage-level powerhouse in one day.

This is the difference in basic quality brought about by different strength.

Without a doubt, Kakuzu is a Kage-level powerhouse.

And he is a rogue ninja, an unusual rogue ninja.

As early as when Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara pacified the ninja world, Kakuzu was already active in the ninja world. At that time, Kakuzu was still a Takumi ninja and had the title of "Takumi Hero" in the Takumi Village.

Even in the entire ninja world, he enjoyed a certain reputation.

It was just that something happened later that changed all of this.

At that time, the young Kakuzu received a mission secretly arranged by the village, the content of which still sounds shocking even today.

That is —— to assassinate the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama!

At this point, if Kakuzu had a brain, he should have understood that he had become a discarded pawn of the village.

It was just that Kakuzu was young and hot-blooded at the time and still couldn't see through the darkness behind the village, and he actually took on this mission beyond his capabilities.

The result naturally goes without saying...

The gap between Kakuzu and Senju Hashirama at that time was basically no different from the gap between a faucet and the Three Gorges Dam.

The battle between the two was naturally not on the same level.

Kakuzu only had time to throw a shuriken from eight hundred miles away, and then he was almost killed on the spot by Senju Hashirama's shadow clone.

Perhaps it was luck, or perhaps Senju Hashirama didn't want to crush this "ant" to death.

Just like that, Kakuzu miraculously picked up his life.

After that, Kakuzu understood everything. He knew that he was just a discarded pawn thrown out by the village, so he simply went all the way, returned to Takumi Village to steal the village's secret technique "Earth Grudge Fear," and then directly became a rogue ninja.