Chapter 143: Going to the Gold Exchange! The Anger from Konoha Village!!

Hidan picked up the spear and stabbed his own thigh.

"Ah...ki moji~ (so comfortable)" Hidan looked like he was enjoying it.

But Di Lu, who was standing next to him, had blood gushing out of his thigh and let out a shrill scream.

Seeing Di Lu staggering and falling to the ground with blood gushing out, the monks behind him became nervous.

"Comfortable! So comfortable! Do it again!" As he said this, Feiduan stabbed his other thigh with the spear.

"Ahhhhhh!" Di Lu's shrill roar echoed throughout the Fire Temple. Such pain was too cruel for a single person.

"Ki Moji (so comfortable) ~ Sandwich Sama (Evil God), hehehe! Ki Moji~ (so comfortable)"

Di Lu's screams echoed throughout the temple, making everyone around him tremble with fear.

"It's this sound, a little more, that will wake me up!"

Crack! Feidan stabbed himself in the abdomen.

“Ahahahaha~ That’s exactly the feeling, Lord Evil God!”

"You also like to hear such screams!"

An hour passed.

Kanon was almost falling asleep with her chin supported by one hand. She staggered and almost fell.

The Fire Temple in front of her had become a ruin, with corpses of monks everywhere.

Feidan was lying on the ground, a spear pierced through his chest, causing blood to flow from the corner of Feidan's mouth.

"It's settled."

"Once we're done praying, let's go to the next place," Hidan said softly.

Kakuzu, who was sitting next to Kanon and looking at the bounty brochure, stood up and carried the lifeless and stiff body of Dilu on his back.

"No, I want to take this guy's body to the gold exchange office."

As he said that, Kakuzu grabbed Dilu's body and carried him behind him.

"Money is the most important thing." Kakuzu smiled with narrowed eyes.

"It seems that this deal has been done." Hua Yin jumped over and patted Di Lu's face.

"You looked so arrogant just now, you can't smile now, right?" Hua Yin made a face at Di Lu.

At this time, Feiduan also sat up from the formation.

"I say, can I get mad at you guys for once? Seriously!"

"No way." Hanane raised the corner of her mouth slightly and looked behind a wooden board.

Sure enough, there was a monk hiding behind the wooden board. He looked at the trio preparing to leave and heaved a sigh of relief.

"We have to inform Konoha..."

Just as he was about to leave, he noticed Kanon's figure appear in front of him.

"Oh? There's still one left."

"Ah!!" The monk screamed the moment he was discovered by Hanane, and his legs were shaking with fear.

"Hey, Kakuzu-nii, Hidan-nii, what should we do with him?"

"I'm not interested in the weak, but if we let him go, it seems like it will expose our whereabouts," said Hanane.

"I'm not interested in people without a bounty. You guys can handle it yourselves."

"Then leave it to brother Hidan." Kanon said and left with Kakuzu, leaving Hidan standing there looking at this man.

"me..."

"Are you willing to join the evil cult, monk?"

"I am willing to do anything as long as you forgive me!"

"Okay, then I'll spare you. Remember to report to the Evil God Cult of Tang Country in a few days."

Without giving it much thought, Hidan caught up with Kanon and Kakuzu who had already walked far ahead.

Seeing that Feiduan was so easily fooled, the monk was a little confused, but he was also very sharp and disappeared here in an instant.

Kanon asked him once Hidan had walked up to him.

"Did you kill that man?"

"No, that person said he wanted to join the evil cult, so I let him go."

"What?!" Kanon was stunned. Feiduan actually let that guy go!

"Didn't you hear clearly?"

"You...Hidan-nii...you! That was obviously a lie!!!"

Hanane sighed helplessly.

"Eh?! That bastard actually lied to me?!" Feiduan was also stunned when he came to his senses.

"They have already run far away, Brother Kakuzu, what should we do now that our whereabouts have been exposed?"

"A bunch of guys with no money to lose, let's go to the exchange office first."

"That's fine..." Hanane was helpless. One of these two people was too stupid, and the other didn't care about anything other than money. This made Hanane quite helpless.

"Never mind. I'm too lazy to think about it. Let's go first." Feiduan stretched.

"The Land of Fire is huge, let's walk slowly," Kakuzu muttered.

"Sure enough, we have only caught one tailed beast now, and we are far behind others, all because of you!" Feiduan complained and took out the spear from his chest.

“It…hurts so much!”

"Wait! Kakuzu, Kanon-chan!"

"hateful!!!"

Another two days passed.

Kakuzu said to Hidan who was standing next to him.

"Now it's your turn to carry him."

"Hey, hey, this isn't the bounty target for you and Xiao Hana. You're the ones who have been yelling for money! Why do you want me to carry it?"

"Just hold on to it until the end. Didn't you say it was an important reward?"

In the end, Kakuzu just stared at Hidan.

"What? You look like you're bothered."

"One day I will kill you with my own hands." Kakuzu said dissatisfiedly.

"Forget it, is it your turn to say this, Kakuzu?"

"Would you like me to get it for a while?" Hanane asked.

"You're a girl, still growing up, so let Kakuzu and I do the hard work." Hidan said, patting his chest.

"Okay, okay." Hanane spread her hands helplessly and walked towards the gold exchange office in the Land of Fire.

......

At this time, Asuma was playing shogi with Shikamaru again.

"General!"

"Ah! Lost again." Asuma covered his head helplessly.

"Teacher, you have to take out the money for the next work meeting."

"it is good."

"Shikamaru, if the ninjas of Konoha are compared to chess pieces, then Shikamaru, you are the Keima, able to jump and move without having to stick to the rules."

"What about the teacher?" Shikamaru asked.

"I'm nothing...just..." Asuma smiled and placed a chess piece in the path of Keima's path.

"A sacrificed chess piece?" Shikamaru said carelessly, and took Keima to eat the chess piece Asuma had placed.

"Well, you know what jade means, right?"

"Hokage, right?" Shikamaru was stunned for a moment and then gave his answer.

"I thought so too not long ago."

"But not really."

"What does that mean?" Shikamaru asked.

Asma exhaled a puff of smoke and his thoughts went back to the past. Although he had completed the mission perfectly at that time, the sacrifice of his comrades also made him sigh at the cruelty of war.

The young Asuma was half-kneeling in front of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. Why did he still shake his head even though the mission was accomplished?

"As you said, I have protected Jade!"

"Protecting the Daimyo"

"Why don't you acknowledge me!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at Asuma.

"Jade..."

"Can't you just give me a little recognition, Dad?"

"You don't understand at all! How difficult and important the war to protect Jade is!"

"I know there have been casualties, but ninja missions are always accompanied by sacrifice."

Sarutobi Hiruzen snorted coldly.

"You, right now, still cannot understand the true meaning of protecting the jade."

"You simply don't want to acknowledge me!" said the young Asuma as he burst out of the door.

Back to the present, many years have passed, and now he finally understands what he said back then.

"You'll know when the time comes." On the chessboard, Asuma's expression was thoughtful. Finally, he smiled lightly and kept Shikamaru in suspense.

......

At the entrance of Konoha Village, Gang Zitie and Shen Yue Chuyun were a little dazed, looking at the monks coming from a distance.

"That is..."

Hokage's office.

"Really? Even Di Lu..." Tsunade looked a little serious.

"I happened to be out on patrol, and when I came back it was already..."

"I was also discovered by Akatsuki and almost died..."

Shizune and Tsunade both frowned as they listened to the monk's description of the process.

Because this action, there are traces of Uchiha Kanon.

"That guy joined Akatsuki and is really helping this organization." Tsunade said with a frown.

"I'm afraid those guys from Akatsuki are searching for places in the Land of Fire where there might be Jinchūriki."

"It's finally here."

Tsunade took a deep breath. Ever since Naruto failed in his last mission, Kanon's hatred for Konoha had been beyond words. Even if it was the fault of Danzo and other Konoha high-level officials, Tsunade could not allow Kanon and other members of Akatsuki to do whatever they wanted.

"We can't let them escape from the Fire Nation."

"Contact the newly formed 20th Squad immediately."

Ten minutes later, twenty ninjas stood side by side on the roof of the Hokage's office.

After Tsunade explained the whole story, she said loudly to everyone: "That's all I have to say."

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

Asuma, who was standing at the front, asked at this moment: "There should be a land there that was originally the guardian ninja of the twelve warriors. How is he now?"

Tsunade was silent. The Fire Temple monk standing beside him lowered his head and said with regret: "Master Ji Lu was killed by them."

"Sacrificed."

Asuma was stunned when these words were spoken, and his pupils shrank suddenly. He and Ji Lu were both very good friends as they were both members of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas.

At this moment, Asuma's body was shaking, thinking back to the time when he fought side by side with Dilu.

Even that land was... How is it possible!

Shikamaru behind him seemed to notice that something was wrong with Asuma and frowned.

Seeing Asuma silent at this moment, Tsunade also announced her own orders.

"Even if it means sacrificing Konoha's prestige! The most important thing is to protect the safety of the Land of Fire!"

"We can't let those guys from Akatsuki do whatever they want."

"Although I want to figure out their purpose, they are all experts."

"We must not let them escape from the Fire Country!"

"We must find them! If we cannot capture them alive, we will execute them on the spot."

"Go ahead, disperse!"