"Don't let him get away!"

"Follow up quickly!"

A figure was running quickly in the woods, followed by a large group of Sunagakure ninjas, chasing the figure in front of them.

Countless kunai and shurikens flew from behind, including detonating talismans, and immediately detonated in the forest.

The impact force generated immediately made the person who was escaping unable to bear the impact force, and rolled his body on the ground.

"I didn't expect that the pursuit would reach this level. It's like a cowhide plaster."

Even the undead who have been able to run rampant in the underground black market for many years feel extremely tired when faced with the Sunagakure ninjas who hunt them day and night.

Kakuzu knew very well in his heart the reason why he ended up in this situation.

It was because of his favorite thing, money.

On the battlefield where Sunagakure and Amegakure were fighting, he took advantage of Chiyo, Sunagakure's senior advisor, not paying attention, and snatched the body of Amegakure's former leader, Sanshouyu Hanzo, from her.

This corpse worth hundreds of millions was the fundamental reason why he was constantly being chased by Sunagakure ninjas these days.

Sunagakure has already lost on the battlefield in the Land of Rain, and had no choice but to sign an armistice agreement with Konoha not long ago. It can be said that they launched the third ninja war, but did not get the rich results they wanted.

If even Hanzo's body is taken away by a mere bounty hunter in the underground black market, nothing will really be gained.

For this reason, Sunagakure did not dare to fight Konoha again, but Kakuzu, as a lonely man, also took away their Sunagakure's important and only important trophy, and would never give it up no matter what.

So a large number of elite ninjas were immediately dispatched to chase Kakuzu into a terrible situation with no way to the sky and no way to the earth.

Even if Sunagakure was rude on the frontal battlefield and lost to Konoha by a hair, it did not mean that Sunagakure's majesty could only be violated by a mere bounty hunter.

Kakuzu no longer remembers how long the pursuit lasted, but it should have been at least half a month... No, maybe it lasted as long as a month.

All the tricks he had were used up. After killing dozens of Sunagakure ninjas who were chasing him, including many powerful jounin, his information was basically leaked.

In order to deal with him, Sunagakure sent out ninjas with considerable strength. They were overwhelmed by long-range, melee, perception, defense, various physical techniques, ninjutsu, and illusion techniques.

Not only that, he originally had five hearts, but now he only has two hearts left.

The body now possesses an earth-attributed heart and another fire-attributed heart.

As an S-class rebel nin who defected from Takigakure Village decades ago, when he left the village, the only valuable thing he took away was this forbidden technique called "Earth Resentment Yu".

By capturing someone else's heart and keeping it in his own body, he can extend his lifespan, and he can also master new chakra attribute changes through the captured heart.

Therefore, in his heyday, he was proficient in the five types of chakra nature changing ninjutsu: fire escape, earth escape, water escape, thunder escape, and wind escape.

It is also equivalent to having five hearts. As long as the five hearts are not destroyed at the same time, you will not die.

He has already entered the inhuman realm.

A large number of black tentacles are released where the arms of the body are separated, and the mouth and back are also occupied by black tentacles.

Under the constant pursuit of Sunagakure ninjas, he had to activate his strongest form, which also meant that if this form was also defeated, he would have nothing to do.

There were many Sunagakure ninjas chasing after them, hundreds of them, and the leader was a very young female ninja.

Kakuzu remembered her name, or more precisely, the bounty on this young female ninja.

Sand Hidden Blood Successor Limit Burn Escape Ninja——Ye Cang.

The underground black market has a bounty of up to 45 million taels.

Although she is not as good as the Sannin of Konoha and the recently famous Yellow Flash, among the younger generation of ninjas in the ninja world, there are definitely not many ninjas who can surely defeat her.

Even if they meet alone, Kakuzu cannot guarantee that he can kill the opponent without any injuries. It is very likely that he will have to lose one or two hearts to win.

After all, the power of the Burning Release is so terrifying that even if it passes by without touching it, it will drain the water out of the human body in an instant. Even the medical ninja cannot catch up with the treatment, and the enemy will turn into a mummy and die.

Kakuzu is also very afraid of this kind of killing ninjutsu, which can be called a one-hit kill.

What's more, there were nearly a hundred Sunagakure ninjas following behind her. Judging from the aura of these Sunagakure ninjas and the skills they displayed, they were all powerful ninjas at least at the chunin level.

With only two hearts left, it is absolutely impossible for me to be the opponent of these Sunagakure ninjas, and it is even more impossible when my own information has been leaked.

Kakuzu stood up from the ground and did not tangle with these Sunagakure ninjas. Instead, he used the black giant monster fused with a fire-attribute heart to intercept the Sunagakure ninjas that were quickly chasing behind him.

The black giant monster's face was covered with a red mask, and then it opened its mouth. The inside of the dark mouth was immediately occupied by fiery red light, causing the surrounding air to heat up rapidly.

"Fire Escape·Tou Ke Hard!"

Like overwhelming waves rising from the sea, the sea of ​​fire spreads out instantly, and wherever it passes, the trees and ground are all evaporated by the high-temperature flames.

The air became extremely dry and hot, making people's faces turn red.

"Water Escape·Water Formation Wall!"

Among the hundreds of people in the team, the few Sunagakure ninjas immediately performed water release ninjutsu at the same time, spraying water from their mouths, and erecting a huge water wall in front of the team to intercept this extremely powerful fire release ninjutsu.

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White steam covered the area. The black giant with a red mask immediately cracked its neck and spewed out fire bombs instead of seas of fire.

The power of the fire bomb was far lower than the impact of the sea of ​​​​fire, but it was superior in speed, attacking through the air at the Sunagakure ninja.

The rainy forest was suddenly covered with noisy explosions, and the flashes of explosions came one after another, causing the pursuing Sunagakure ninjas to panic for a while.

But soon they stabilized their position, and a strange clicking sound was heard. Under the control of chakra silk, more than a dozen puppets flew in the sky, swung the spears or blades in their hands, and pointed at the red masked monster.

Slash without mercy.

The red masked monster moves flexibly, but a dozen puppets block everything from the front, back, left, right, and above. The red masked monster, which has no ability to escape from the ground, can only be attacked by a dozen puppets.

boom!

The red masked monster hit the trees and broke them.

He continued to spit out fire bombs from his mouth, one after another, trying to stop the Sunagakure ninja from moving forward with indiscriminate attacks.

However, under the leadership of the Burning Release ninja Ye Cang, arranging for a few puppet masters and a few ninjas who can use Water Release Ninjutsu to stay, it was enough to contain this red masked monster with ferocious attack power.

According to the intelligence, the opponent's ability to use the five escape techniques is indeed outstanding, but a single attribute is not terrible.

Especially under the premise that three attribute mask monsters have been lost, a mask monster that can only fire escape is not a concern at all as long as it is suppressed with a ninjutsu of the opposite chakra nature.

After sending someone to restrain the red masked monster, Ye Cang took the remaining Sunagakure ninjas and continued to pursue Kakuzu.

In any case, Hanzo's corpse, which was supposed to be their Sunagakure's trophy, must be recovered.

This is also the dignity of Sunagakure. It cannot be trampled by a ninja in the underground black market. It is necessary to let this kind of bounty ninja know the power of the ninjas of the five major nations.

Boom boom boom!

Boom boom boom!

The flying kunais were all wrapped with detonating talismans.

Every time I use the Earth Release and Hardening Technique, I feel waves of body pain.

Kunai poses no threat to him, but the kunai falling like raindrops and the detonating talisman, a ninja tool with very strong explosive power, are extremely lethal.

Each black tentacle was blown away. Even though all aspects of the body were hardened, it still couldn't stop the continuous bombardment of detonating symbols.

He rolled on the ground without crying out in pain, got up, and ran away expressionlessly.

I was filled with fear and a little panic.

I never thought that after decades of operating in the underground black market, I would end up in such an embarrassing situation.

The sensory ninja behind him is constantly locking on himself. Even if he wants to use the substitute technique and the clone technique to confuse his vision, he will be found out immediately.

There is also a way to escape, that is, handing over Hanzo's body can divert the attention of the Sunagakure ninjas. In this way, his chance of escape will be greatly increased.

Which is more important, life or money?

Anyone with mature intelligence will understand this issue and how to make the final decision.

Kakuzu is not a mentally retarded ninja, so he naturally understands this question and how to choose the correct answer in a general sense.

However, this universal answer is not Kakuzu's own pursuit.

Correct...does it have to be right?

From Kakuzu's point of view, this world is full of two things -

One is the sweet taste of happiness when making money, and the other is the bitterness of being unfortunately betrayed.

The bitterness of encountering betrayal is a memory from a long time ago.

I am so numb that I can no longer recall what my original motivation was.

But as long as I know that the taste is very bitter, I decide not to touch it again.

You can avoid this bitter birth by not trusting anyone anymore.

Therefore, money gave him a second meaning in life.

That is the sweet taste of happiness.

And this sweet taste of happiness is the only way to connect him with this cold world.

Let yourself still understand the fact that you are still alive in this world.

Therefore, giving up Hanzo's body is not equivalent to giving up money, but is equivalent to giving up yourself.
To be continued...