Chapter 801

People die for wealth, just as birds die for food.

This saying is absolutely true; faced with this "fat sheep" worth one hundred million ryo, everyone wanted a piece of the pie.

Even this group of mere mortal thugs was no exception.

It is hard to say whether this group was stupid or clever.

By coincidence, although they obtained intelligence on Heitu, these thugs knew that trying to deal with a Jonin with their meager skills was no different from seeking death.

Yet, they could not accept just giving up like that, so driven by inner greed, they attempted to turn this intelligence into money.

Thus, thanks to a sudden flash of inspiration from one "thug," they chose to spread the news, intending to hold the information for ransom and use this method to make a killing.

Sure enough, a crowd of bounty hunters who had their eyes on this fat sheep worth one hundred million ryo came knocking one after another.

Within a short period, the dilapidated casino was already overcrowded.

A fat man with tattoos covering his face and a body piled with fat grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and came into the middle of the bounty hunters with a fawning smile.

He was the owner of this casino and also the leader of the town's thug forces.

The fat man scanned the casino, looking at these diverse bounty hunters who were all overflowing with killing intent, his seemingly fawning eyes filled with greed.

In truth, he knew clearly in his heart that among the room full of desperate outlaws, there was likely not a single one he could afford to offend.

If even one of them were to turn on him, he would likely lose his life on the spot today.

Yet even so, he still intended to pull chestnuts from the fire, taking the risk to try and obtain the benefits within.

Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant; this is the reason why people step into the abyss when driven by the evil thought called "greed."

Greed does not bring courage, but rather the ignorance that invites destruction.

"My lords, my lords!"

"Please forgive my poor hospitality!"

The thug leader rubbed his thick, greasy palms together and spoke with an extremely oily and despicable smile.

As soon as these words were spoken, the gazes of the surrounding bounty hunters grew colder, looking at the fat man as if they were looking at a dead person.

Even though they also mixed in the underground world, they did not think this dead fat man was worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as them; in their eyes, this dead fat man was just a bug that could be crushed at will.

Now, a mere "bug" was actually preparing to extort them—this was the height of absurdity!

A hot-tempered rogue ninja immediately took action, using a Body Flicker Technique to arrive at the thug leader's side, drawing the ninja blade from his back and holding it against the fat man's thick neck.

The thug leader had no power to resist, because he could not see the rogue ninja's movements at all.

"Speak, where is she?"

"If you don't speak,"

"you die!"

The sharp ninja blade radiating cold light and the rogue ninja's words carrying chilling killing intent made the thug leader perceive the scent of death.

Instantly, cold sweat dripped down the thug leader's greasy cheeks, almost soaking his clothes all over in an instant.

What the rogue ninja was asking was exactly what everyone present cared about, so the other bounty hunters did not stop his behavior.

But as a mere mortal, the fat man dared to do this, naturally he had his own reliance.

Being able to mix from an ordinary thug to this day, although in the eyes of ninjas he was just a despicable bug, it could not be denied that the thug leader still had some extraordinary qualities.

Although his heart was filled with fear, he still braced himself and spoke.

"Hehe,"

"I'll speak, I'll speak!"

"I wouldn't dare let you lords make a wasted trip."

"But don't be in such a hurry, my lords. There is only one piece of intelligence, and only one head that can be taken to exchange for money."

"But there are so many of you lords, how will you divide it when the time comes?"

The fat man first gave a dry laugh, his pair of triangular eyes filled with greed were also filled with malice and cunning; as he spoke, he became more confident, and an aura of a hardened scoundrel radiated from his body.

As the words fell, the pupils of the rogue ninja holding the blade contracted slightly.

Although the thug leader himself was just a bug, he had suddenly placed the problem that all the bounty hunters had been avoiding onto the table.

Although the intelligence could be made public, there was only one "fat sheep," and it was destined that only one person would carry the head to claim the reward.

Since they had all come here, who among everyone present would not want that person to be themselves?

The rogue ninja narrowed his eyes and scanned all the bounty hunters present.

Not only him, almost all the bounty hunters looked at the "peers" beside them with caution, their eyes filled with vigilance.

Do not forget, although they came for the bounty,

their own names were also on the underground exchange's list!

At the same time, the thug leader's words also served as a reminder to everyone.

Who wouldn't want to keep this "exclusive" intelligence for themselves? If this intelligence were made public, wouldn't everyone be back on the same starting line?

What if someone else got there first?

So the best way was to monopolize this intelligence.

And to monopolize this intelligence, the biggest enemy was not the bug in front of them, but this group of "peers" present.

In an instant, everyone realized this problem.

The change in the casino's atmosphere did not escape the thug leader's eyes.

A look of wild joy flashed in his triangular eyes; although his surface still carried a despicable and disgusting fawning smile, his heart was laughing wildly.

When a sheep meets a lone wolf, it becomes extremely dangerous, because the wolf will tear its throat without mercy.

But when a sheep meets a pack of lone wolves, it becomes incredibly safe.

Because among these lone wolves, no one can watch this sheep be bitten to death by other lone wolves.

By utilizing the mutual restraint among these lone wolves, he, the insignificant sheep, had the opportunity to pull chestnuts from the fire and hold the goods for ransom.

"What ninjas!"

"Aren't they still going to be played in the palm of my hand!"

The thug leader thought triumphantly, but before he could continue to be triumphant,

suddenly.

"Swish!!!"

With a sharp sound of breaking wind, his fat head exploded into countless fragments like a popped balloon.

The blood filling the sky splashed onto everyone around, especially the rogue ninja holding the blade, who even had one of the fat man's eyeballs stuck to his clothes.

Everyone's pupils contracted slightly, and then the rogue ninja holding the blade could not help but curse angrily.

"Bastard!!"

But before he could finish his sentence, a ninja wrapped extremely tightly appeared before everyone's eyes.

Fast! It was simply too fast!

So fast that this rogue ninja could not even see this person's movements!