Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Before Kakuzu could explain, Yakushi Nonou interrupted, "Even if he's a wanted criminal and a target of the Exchange, that doesn't give Mr. Kakuzu the right to decide someone's life at will. Besides, isn't Mr. Kakuzu also a wanted criminal and one of the Exchange's targets?"

"..."

That makes sense.

Kakuzu was embarrassed and scratched his head inwardly, wondering why those guys from Takigakure hadn't canceled his arrest warrant yet, leaving him with no way to refute them.

But ultimately...

Why the hell are they only targeting me?! I'm not the only one from Loulan!!

At this moment, Tsunade on the right suddenly spoke, and dark blue chakra began to appear in her fist.

"Enough with the nonsense. Let's see what you've got. Hand over all the information you have about my two brothers, as well as about Loulan!"

With that, Tsunade was the first to take action.

The moment her fair fist struck the valley, the ground trembled violently, as if struck by a meteorite.

Boom! ! !

Chapter 210 A single arrow pierces the clouds, and a thousand armies come to meet!

Rumble!

Tsunade's force caused a huge crack to appear in the canyon, and rocks began to roll down from the top of the mountain.

A scalpel appeared in Yakushi Nonou's right hand, and the scalpel began to extend chakra, which she swung towards the boulder rolling down the mountain.

stab-

The enormous rock couldn't withstand Yakushi Nonou's attack at all, and immediately split in two, creating a wide gap that passed through her and Tsunade.

The other end.

Mikoto Uchiha immediately raised her hand and used Chidori Stream to slice through the rolling boulder in the same way, dodging the boulder's attack.

Only Kakuzu in the middle, with an innocent look on his face, used the Wind Release: Flight Technique that Shirahoshi had taught him to briefly float in the air and avoid falling into the crevice of the canyon.

He used a hardening technique on his body to block the impact of the boulder and let it fall into the crevice before canceling his wind escape and standing on it.

Although Kakuzu has complained about the name of this Wind Release ninjutsu more than once.

Why is it called Wind Release: Flying Technique? It would be fine if it were called that. Why is it called such a strange name? He didn't want to be a know-it-all, but he just understood.

But Shirahoshi said.

This is a ninjutsu that allows one to briefly fly by manipulating wind chakra, so calling it the Wind Release: Flight Manipulation Technique is perfectly reasonable!

Thinking of this, Kakuzu couldn't help but smile.

"You can still laugh?"

When Tsunade saw the smile on the other person's face, she immediately realized that she shouldn't have given him a chance to speak; she had simply given him too much of a smile!

Kakuzu: "?"

I just gave a slight smirk! Is it really that big of a deal?!

He desperately wanted to call Bai Xing and tell her he didn't want to do it anymore. "Why are you torturing me with your harem stuff?! I'm just an innocent subordinate! Is it because I'm the only codename member who left Loulan that you're targeting me?! I'm angry, I'm really angry!"

With this in mind, Kakuzu no longer intended to hold back. He had to let these women know who the real powerhouse was! Who was the fourth strongest in Loulan!

Big deal.

After you finish beating him, wait for Bai Xing to come back and kneel down to apologize to him in person. He will definitely forgive you.

probably.

Kakuzu nodded, thinking the plan was excellent.

This way, you won't offend Shirahoshi, and you can still beat up those ungrateful women.

Kakuzu only refrained from hitting women out of 'gentlemanly' manners.

But these women are trying to step on my head. They've stepped on me countless times, and they still dare to climb up. This is simply intolerable!

"Very well, then..."

boom! ! !

Just as Kakuzu was getting ready to get serious, a huge sound suddenly came to his ears. He couldn't help but look over and saw a deep purple beam of light in the far, far distance.

The purple beam of light pierced straight into the sky, its sound so loud it seemed to shake the entire earth. Everyone present, including the ninjas secretly watching, couldn't help but temporarily stop their actions against Kakuzu and turn their gazes toward him.

"What is that? That direction, if I remember correctly..." Xi Ri Liu Yun muttered softly.

"That's right. That's the direction of Loulan, but how could it be..." Uchiha Mikoto was somewhat incredulous. Such a powerful sound, could it be that something major had happened in Loulan?

"That's right! He's back! He's definitely back!" Kakuzu muttered to himself as if tormented by a nightmare. Then, he turned to the women surrounding him, ready to attack, and said, "You women, get as far away as you can! If you're looking for Shirahoshi, he's definitely in Loulan. If I'm lying to you, I won't call myself Kakuzu!"

Hearing Kakuzu say that, Tsunade slightly suppressed her anger and looked at Yakushi Nono, who was thinking to the side, preparing to say something, but was interrupted by Nono speaking first.

"Your name wasn't Kakuzu to begin with, okay? You're trying to fool me!"

"..."

All the women, including Kakuzu, couldn't help but twitch their faces slightly after hearing this.

Damn it! You even caught me playing a little trick! If it weren't for your good relationship with Shirahoshi, I would have punched you in the face later!

Kakuzu inwardly complained, then, taking advantage of the girls' momentary distraction, used Wind Release: Flight Technique to fly away without any hesitation.

"Damn it! Trying to run away!" Uchiha Mikoto raised her hand, about to use her Mangekyou Sharingan to knock Kakuzu down, but was stopped by a hand.

"Mikoto, perhaps what Kakuzu said is true? Why don't we go to Loulan and see for ourselves?"

Hearing Yuhi Ryuun's advice, Uchiha Mikoto, who had already awakened her Mangekyou Sharingan and was poised to strike, finally lowered her hand and gazed at Kakuzu, who was flying further and further away.

"Then let's go to Loulan and take a look? The Land of Rain has built a brand new tram track. Let's go there and see if we can sneak from Amegakure directly to the Loulan region and avoid encountering the Sand Village ninjas."

"Let's talk to Tsunade and Nonou."

“Yes!” Mikoto Uchiha nodded.

The four women quickly came up with this idea. Anyway, the war was almost over, and now only the ninjas of Kumogakure remained. It seemed that the Third Hokage was paving the way for Minato Namikaze and hadn't sent these powerful ninjas to the Fire and Lightning Battlefield. They had the time to go to Roran to gather intelligence, and the Third Hokage probably wouldn't refuse.

......

Kakuzu and the four women left one after another, and the leader of the group hidden in the forest let out a sigh.

"Damn it. We haven't even lifted a finger. How can we face that lord's orders?"

After thinking for a while, he decided to leave and report to that person.

"Hey. Where are you guys going?"

The sudden male voice startled the leader and his gang, causing them to stiffen slightly.

He will never forget that voice.

It's definitely that man!

"Lord Kakuzu, what are you doing here?" The leading man smiled slightly, trying to explain something.

Kakuzu looked at him and said, "I remember you are Mr. Otsuka Shoji, who is in charge of procurement in Loulan. What are you doing here?"

Shoji Otsuka said stiffly, "Lord Kakuzu... I didn't expect you to remember my name..."

"Enough with the nonsense." Kakuzu didn't care about any of that; all he cared about was Loulan's interests: "You're one of the procurement managers connecting the Land of Rain, so why are you in the Land of Fire? What about your post?"

"I...I..." Otsuka Shoji's mind went blank, but when he thought of that person's promise, he immediately waved his hand and said, "Kill him! We can't let my news get out!"

"Yes!"×N

As he spoke, eight men with their faces covered by black clothing rushed up from beside Shoji Otsuka.

Kakuzu immediately understood.

Shoji Otsuka has betrayed us.

He appears to have received help from another unnamed person.

The other party was originally an honest and simple Loulan merchant and a local resident.

If the Queen hadn't valued the other party's business acumen, she would never have entrusted such an important position as international trade, also known as international procurement, to him.

Once the eight men in black made their move, Shoji Otsuka quickly ran towards a pre-prepared escape route.

boom! boom! boom!

Behind them, a dazzling, enormous flame emanated from the jungle.

Shoji Otsuka, who was fleeing, grinned and said, "Why didn't you run away sooner? Now look what happened. Let's perish together! Just watch me, watch me take over the ancient kingdom of Loulan and make it belong to that lord!"

"That sir? You're not talking about Shirahoshi, are you?"

At this moment, Shoji Otsuka stopped again. The female voice in his ear and the two women in front of him left him completely stunned.

"How could this be... how could this happen..."

Before him stood Uchiha Mikoto and Yuhi Ryuun, two women.

"Mikoto, look what you've done, you've scared her!" Yuhi Ryuun nudged Mikoto with his elbow.

Mikoto rolled her eyes: "He wasn't scared by me, he was scared by reality because he realized he had nowhere to escape."

"You, you guys don't think you've won! I still have men! I still have more!"

Shoji Otsuka, who was around fifty years old, surprisingly did not show the frailty often associated with middle-aged and elderly people. Instead, he quickly took out a disposable gun made by Loulan, which could also be used as a signal flare, and pointed it at the sky above:

"A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet you!"

The pistol fired a rectangular purple beam that quickly reached mid-air.

boom!

The beam bullets exploded into dazzling purple fireworks, with specks of purple fluorescence dominating the sky. Many residents in the distance, as well as the Uchiha ninjas waiting for the four women's return atop the walls of Uzuflame City, all saw the fireworks.

"Huh? What are those fireworks? Did they start fighting?"

"Nonsense. Kakuzu doesn't have any Loulan equipment, how could they possibly fight?"

More than the discussions among the crowd, Uchiha Fu was worried about Loulan, a place far away where a purple beam of light shot straight into the sky.

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