Chapter 144: Confident Shikamaru! I’ll give you a reward by carrying me on your back!!

Twenty elite ninjas flashed and disappeared in an instant.

Even the people in Class 10 were like this. After a flash, they left.

Several ninjas quickly set off from the gate of Konoha Village.

Ino and Choji both have their own thoughts.

"We must not let the former Asuma class lose face!"

"I'll do my best, Shikamaru, Asuma-sensei."

Asuma, Koko Tetsu, Kamatsuki Izumo, and Shikamaru have already decided on their target: "So..."

"Then let's start our investigation from the Fire Temple."

As Asuma said this, he saw Yuhi Kurenai watering the flowers inside through the window, and Asuma made up his mind.

"Someone has to do it."

On the way to the Fire Temple, Shikamaru asked with some confusion:

"Asuma-sensei."

"You seem to know Master Dilu of the Fire Temple?"

"Yeah, didn't I tell you?"

"My former comrades, from when I left Konoha and became one of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas."

"We're almost at the Fire Temple! Hurry!"

......

Late at night, Sakura returned to her room and sat on her bed with a somewhat lonely expression.

The moment she gently opened the curtains, the silvery moonlight rippled like water, silently filling the entire room, rendering the tranquility of the night into a gentle picture.

"The moonlight is so beautiful..."

A gust of wind blew in and knocked down the photo in front of the cabinet. The sound of the photo frame hitting the wooden board startled Sakura.

She held up the photo of the four members of Team 7 and stood next to Kanon. It was still a bit funny to see Naruto and Sasuke looking at each other with dislike.

Looking at the picture, she recalled what Iruka had just told her.

“Everyone is changing.”

"Yeah, everything has changed..." Sakura murmured with trembling hands.

"Kane has fallen into darkness, and Naruto is chasing her and Sasuke."

"Performing a practice that only he can complete."

"There are very few things I can do..."

Thinking of this, Iruka's words once again entered Sakura's mind.

“It doesn’t matter how big or small the things you can do are.”

"What's important is the heavy heart that you care about Naruto."

Sakura held the photo frame, collapsed on the bed, looked at the moonlight outside, and made up her mind secretly: "Tsunade-sama... I really want to catch up with them..."

......

Another day passed.

early morning.

In the Hokage's office, Shizune was reporting the news to Tsunade.

"With the Fire Temple as the center, within a 150-kilometer radius."

"Twenty teams have been deployed to form a siege."

"It's so tight that not even an ant can get in."

Tsunade said angrily after listening to the messages sent by many people in the intelligence department, which basically showed no abnormalities.

"We haven't found the whereabouts of Akatsuki yet."

"If that's the case...why haven't we found it yet!" Tsunade roared angrily.

"What about Asumaban heading to the Fire Temple?!"

"No report yet..."

"Tsk!"

The four members of Asuma's class have arrived at the Fire Temple.

As soon as he got onto the stairs, he was stopped by people from the Fire Temple.

"You are all from Konoha Village, right?"

Asuma nodded, "Yes."

"The monk who was given shelter by your place has already contacted us."

An old monk walked up to Asuma and the others and said, "I am the abbot of the Fire Temple."

"When I left the temple for an urgent matter, I heard about the incident here. I rushed back and saw this tragic scene..."

The four members of Asuma's class followed the old monk to the Fire Temple.

The temple inside had been destroyed, and there were traces of battle everywhere, including scorched earth shaken by lightning, countless knife marks, and tentacles left by the Earth Grievance.

Inside the Fire Temple, hundreds of coffins just lay there.

"Find people from nearby temples to help and take the bodies of the monks..."

"It is said that among the three people, only one did not kill the other monks except Di Lu, and that was a girl." The host said in a low voice.

"That's too much! This scorched earth must have been done by Uchiha Kanon." Shikamaru frowned.

At this time, Asuma also began to ask: "Where is Dilu's body?"

The two monks were speechless and then told Asma a fact.

"In fact, only the remains of Master Dilu..."

"I can't find it anyway."

Upon hearing that Master Di Lu's body was missing, Shen Yue Chu Yun beside him seemed to remember something.

"Um...Captain Asuma."

"what happened?"

Facing Asuma's doubts, Shenyue Izumo

"Although I don't want to mention it at this moment, there is a reward of 30 million taels on the underground market for Mr. Di Lu's head..."

"Being offered a bounty?" Shikamaru was startled and turned around to ask.

"If those people from Akatsuki knew about the bounty..."

"A gold exchange?"

"In other words, the enemy will take the body to the exchange office?"

Gang Zitie looked at Shen Yue Chu Yun and asked, "Chu Yun, where is the exchange gold?"

"Including the most recent one, there are five in total."

"Okay, I understand." Gang Zitie then sent the information via four carrier pigeons.

"Okay, let's get going!"

After leading the prayer for the four people, Asmaban also prepared to go to the nearest gold exchange.

"Thank you very much for your prayers," Asuma said softly.

"At least bring back Dilu's body."

"No... don't force it." The old monk also noticed the ribbon of the Twelve Guardian Ninjas on Asuma's waist and said softly, "You are a member of the original Twelve Guardian Ninjas, just like Ji Lu, and you are also a bounty target."

"Please be careful."

Asuma put his hands on his hips and smiled as he listened to the host's words.

"It's okay, don't worry."

"My bounty is five million taels higher than Dilu's."

Shikamaru also raised the corner of his mouth slightly, thinking confidently in his heart.

"The one who should be worried about Asuma...is probably his excessive smoking."

......

"Kakuzu, I've had enough of your clumsy talk!"

"Also, Kanon-chan, I'm a little hungry. Can I eat?"

Hidan muttered.

"It's not time yet. The rice balls I made yesterday need to be heated up later. Maybe another hour."

"Alas! It's enough for Kanane and I to travel together, but why is there a boring guy like you, Kakuzu, among our companions?" Hidan complained.

"My rare trip has been ruined! But luckily, Kanon-chan is here, so I can have delicious meals every day."

"Don't treat me as a cook, Brother Feidan!" Kanon put her hands on her hips in dissatisfaction.

"We're not out here just to have fun, Hidan."

After listening to Kakuzu's words, Hidan said helplessly.

"You're going to find some Jinchūriki who don't even know where they are and make some money, right?"

“It’s so annoying to do something like this!!!”

"You and Kanon-chan, please also consider me, the person who is doing additional work with you!"

"Please have some sympathy for me."

"Is that so? How about rewarding Brother Hidan by having him carry me on his back!" Kanon made a suggestion.

"No way! I'm already tired enough carrying the sickle, Kanon-chan, you're adding to my burden, aren't you?"

"Is that so? Forget it then." Kanon stuck out her tongue at Hidan.

"Ah! Kakuzu, you are such a cold guy!"

Listening to Hidan's mumbling, Kakuzu became a little impatient.

"Shut up, it's too late."

"Ah? Too late?"

"We are heading towards the gold exchange."

"Really, the boring journey seems even longer."

"It's really troublesome."

As soon as these words came out, Jiaodu stopped where he was.

"Trouble? This is also one of the important tasks."

"Okay, okay, the organization has given you the task of raising funds, right?"

"This kind of money from unknown sources will only be used as a bonus for collecting the tailed beasts." Feidan looked directly at Shido.

"Yes, but for the long-term development of the organization, money is necessary, right? With money, Brother Feidan can also recruit some believers, right?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Hanane also started to smooth things over.

"That's right, all right."