Chapter 313 Kakuzu, who has multiple roles

Uchiha Madara, who controlled the Kyuubi, roamed freely in the vast forests of the Land of Fire. After having traveled day and night for a week, he calculated with his fingers that he should be able to return to his hometown in three days. By then, the precious Kyuubi The gift will definitely bring enough surprises to the Hasi hot mom.

"Hulu~Gulu~"

However, the bursts of noise coming from his stomach interrupted Uchiha Madara's imagination of a better future. He remembered that he had not eaten for a day, and then he put his hands into the package and fumbled around, only to find that the prepared dry food had already been Used up.

"Looks like we need to find a place to replenish our supplies."

Uchiha Madara, who had already obtained the Kyuubi and had no worries, thought for a moment, then stopped the Kyuubi who was sweating profusely, and looked into the distance. He happened to see the dots of fluorescent stars, and he immediately felt happy.

"Don't move here, I'll buy some dry food~"

With Kyuubi's size, rashly appearing in a populated place would only cause unnecessary panic, so Uchiha Madara gave Kyuubi, whose eyes were red, an order to wait where he was, and chose to go alone.

How dare the Nine-Tails, which was already under control, not obey? He immediately curled up his tail and squatted on the spot, acting like an obedient Erha.

"You're doing well, I'll bring you a copy later~"

Seeing the Kyuubi's cooperation, Uchiha Madara nodded with satisfaction, put on an inconspicuous outfit, ran towards the direction where there were people, and soon arrived at his destination.

This is a small town with a large population. It is dinner time. Every household opens the window to cook. The tempting smell of rice makes Uchiha Madara, who has been eating dry food for several months, even more hungry. I found a restaurant that was open.

"Boss, serve me all your signature dishes."

Having acquired the thing he wanted most, Uchiha Madara was in a good mood and decided to enjoy it. He immediately said to the smiling boss,

"Okay~ How many guests are there in total?"

This restaurant has a lot of signature dishes. Ordering them all is equivalent to opening a banquet. When the boss saw that Madara Uchiha was the only one, out of caution, he immediately asked,

"Well, there are just two of us, and one is outside the town. I'll pack it up for him when I finish eating."

He was about to say that he was alone, but when he thought of Kyuubi who was still waiting outside the town, Uchiha Madara's head twitched and he stretched out two fingers.

While communicating with Uchiha Madara, the boss looked up and down at the black-haired man in front of him, with an inexplicable look in his narrow eyes.

"The guest is quite unfamiliar. Is he a foreigner?"

He paused very vaguely on Uchiha Madara's handsome face for a moment, and then swept past the old clothes on his body, feeling a little worried in his heart.

"Passing by."

Madara Uchiha frowned when he heard this. He just wanted to have a meal. Why is this boss so verbose? Is he still worried that he won't be able to eat the Overlord meal?

"It turns out you're a traveler. I'm really sorry. There is a rule in this small shop. You have to pay after ordering."

The boss suddenly understood, how could the poor-looking traveler in front of him be willing to order a large table of dishes? He must have wanted to eat the Overlord meal, so he would not be fooled!

"Ha! I've never heard of the rule of giving money first before eating."

Aware of the boss's thoughts, Uchiha Madara sneered with a somewhat innocent expression,

"Sorry, our place is a traffic thoroughfare. There are usually too many travelers coming from north to south, so it is inevitable that there will be some unruly people. This is also a small business, so please be patient~"

Without showing any dissatisfaction, the boss handed over his hand in a neither humble nor condescending manner, and his words were impeccable.

"What a verbose person, what can I do to you?"

Although Uchiha Madara was unhappy, he expressed his understanding. As he spoke, he put his hand into the backpack behind him and groped for it. The more he touched it, the darker his face became. The boss who was good at observing words and emotions immediately saw the clues, and a look of contempt flashed in his eyes. And passed by,

He is another scoundrel who wants to eat the King's meal. Fortunately, he has a good eye for recognizing people, otherwise he would have suffered a big loss.

At this moment, Uchiha Madara was in an extremely embarrassing situation. He had been sleeping rough before, so he didn't realize that all his money had been exhausted. Now, he was afraid that he couldn't even touch a copper plate.

"Guest officer?"

"I seem to have forgotten the money. Can you do it first? I'll ask my companion to pay later."

Uchiha Madara remembered that there was a backpack on Kyuubi's head, which contained some sundries for wild camping. At the bottom was the scroll that Uchiha Gin gave him when he said goodbye.

According to the urinary nature of the eldest cousin, he should put some money in it, and then he can clone himself and go out to pick up the package when it's time to eat.

"hehe."

How could the hotel owner believe such criticism? The complimenting smile on his face was immediately wiped away. After a sneer, he waved his hand towards Uchiha Madara in disgust,

"Let's go! I've seen people like you too many times. You don't go to work when you're smart and you just try to deceive people every day."

"you!"

Unexpectedly, he, the Dark One of the Ninja World, would be ridiculed so much by a commoner. Madara Uchiha's teeth were almost broken, but the pride of a strong man made him unable to attack the commoners no matter what, so he had to dig it out bitterly. He glanced at the boss and left without looking back.

"Wait~"

"What's up?"

Suddenly, Uchiha Madara, who had not yet stepped out of the hotel door, heard the boss's voice behind him and turned his head in confusion,

Could it be that this person was possessed by my domineering aura and prepared to treat myself to a free meal?

"Hey, young man, I see you have a good look. Are you interested in having a few drinks with me? You can order whatever you want then."

The boss, who had a cold face just now, had a strange smile on his face, a pair of ruthless eyes looked at Madara Uchiha's handsome face unscrupulously, and he couldn't help but lick his blackened lips with his tongue.

Unexpectedly, this boss also took a different approach, leaving the water route behind and taking the dry route instead.

"Gabeng!"

He never expected that someone would dare to tease him openly. After a brief period of confusion, Uchiha Madara almost became so angry that his eyes turned red. He couldn't hold back his feet and actually stepped on the threshold of the hotel with a big footprint.

Even Hasi’s hot mom didn’t say that to me!

"ah!"

The boss, who was frightened by Uchiha Madara's momentum, saw this scene and realized that he was almost on the verge of hitting the iron plate. He screamed in fright. The already over-developed back door was not clamped, and urine and urine suddenly flowed across the room.

"What bad luck."

Uchiha Madara, who was covering his nose, suddenly lost his appetite and had no intention of punishing the civilian who had offended him. He cursed secretly and disappeared in an instant.

"Forget it, let's go back and get the money first."

Uchiha Madara, whose good mood was mostly ruined, lost the urge to continue shopping and decided to go back to Kyuubi to find money before eating.

However, just when he was there, a hooded figure came over. Uchiha Madara frowned. Judging from his skills, this guy was definitely not an ordinary person, so he looked at the other person very warily.

"Don't get me wrong, I just saw that you seemed to have encountered some difficulty, so I wanted to ask if you need help."

The voice of an adult man came from under the hood, and his two glowing green eyes were full of scrutiny and inexplicable calculation.

"Who are you?"

Not letting down his guard because of the other party's kind words, Uchiha Madara asked coldly,

"Don't get me wrong, I'm different from the boss just now."

Obviously, this mysterious hooded man witnessed everything that happened after Madara Uchiha entered the hotel.

"I don't need any help from the pretentious guy."

Seeing Madara Uchiha's indifferent look, in order to show his sincerity, the mysterious man took off his hood and revealed his true appearance. He was an ordinary middle-aged man.

His slightly dark face had a hint of philistine, his eyes were a very rare green, and his strong body exuded an aura that was familiar to Madara Uchiha.

"I'm a bounty hunter."

"Bounty hunter? I didn't pay the reward, what are you looking for me for?"

Hearing the other party reveal his identity, Uchiha Madara frowned in confusion. Could it be that the guy from Senju Tobirama was unethical and put a bounty on him on the black market?

"Bounty hunting is only one of my professions, and I am also a very honest loan shark businessman."

Loan shark?

Uchiha Madara suddenly realized that this guy was a door-to-door salesman selling loans~

"I don't need it!"

Uchiha Madara, who was not really short of money, directly rejected the sales pitch from this strange guy in front of him.

"No, you need to."

The loan bounty hunter didn’t want to give up on Uchiha Madara, a high-quality customer.

Just now in the hotel, the breath that burst out from Uchiha Madara's body made Kakuzu, who was eating noodles and watching a movie at a roadside stall, feel trembling. This seemingly poor man was by no means an ordinary person. He was most likely in trouble. Omura ninja, or a traitorous ninja.

No matter which one it is, as long as you connect yourself, you will definitely make money.

So after Uchiha Madara came out, he immediately followed him, and first used his identity as a bounty hunter to strike up a conversation. If the other party was a rebellious nin, he would definitely feel guilty, so he would directly take it and go to the black market to exchange money.

But after Kakuzu revealed his identity, Uchiha Madara not only showed no guilt, but also became extremely impatient. This shows that the other party is definitely a ninja from a certain great ninja village, but he is in trouble for some reason, and his other identity can send him Come in handy.

"If you have any valuable items that can be mortgaged, you only need 300% interest. Don't miss this opportunity~"

Kakuzu, who was following him, worked tirelessly to sell, which made Madara Uchiha, who was already upset, even more irritated.

"Are you bothering me? I told you I don't need it!"

"Since there is no collateral, you can just sign a contract, but the interest will rise to 500%."

Thinking that Uchiha Madara was in trouble, Kakuzu gritted his teeth and relaxed the loan conditions very generously. If someone who really needed it saw it, he would just kneel down and be grateful.

"roll!"

Really annoyed, Uchiha Madara's eyes flashed scarlet, his cold pupils overflowed for a moment, and he fired a simple Sharingan genjutsu, ready to teach this annoying guy a lesson.

"Forehead"

Kakuzu, who was suddenly hit by a genjutsu, froze in place, and his green eyes instantly became dim. Seeing this, Uchiha Madara didn't bother to say anything more, and then turned and left.

At this moment, Kakuzu is in the sea of ​​consciousness

"idiot!"

Chongming, who was glared at by Uchiha Madara, was pointing at Kakuzu's nose and outputting frantically,

"You're a guy who wants money rather than your life. How dare you mess with anyone?"

Nanao, who recalled the unbearable past, wanted to open Kakuzu's head to see if it was a defense or a defense.

"Master Divine Beast, who is he and why are you so afraid?"

Kakuzu, who had been scolded in a daze, was not angry. Instead, he asked curiously,

"That guy is Uchiha. I have fought against him before. Let's give it a 50-50 shot~"

Nanao was stunned for a moment, and then in a very calm tone, he described the fictitious facts.

Fifty-fifty, Uchiha Madara cut it into five pieces in five minutes.

"Uchiha, he is from Konoha."

Kakuzu was also stunned. When he mentioned Konoha, the unbearable memories of being almost sent away by the wooden dragon came to his mind again.

"Forget it, I can't afford to offend you."

In reality, Kakuzu, who had broken free from the genjutsu, looked at Madara Uchiha's leaving figure with some regret. It seemed that he would not be able to earn this money.

"But fortunately, there is a guy hiding in this town with a large reward, so we can stop the loss in time."

Kakuzu did not pass by this place by chance. He had received news from the black market before. There was a ninja with a bounty on him in this town, but he didn't know where he was hiding. He had been investigating for the past few days. As for Uchiha Madara, he only It just happened to happen.

On the other side, Uchiha Madara, who had just walked out not far away, suddenly found that there were not many pedestrians on the road. In an instant, there were many fewer pedestrians. The remaining ones were in a hurry and acted strangely. He couldn't help but become curious and stopped him immediately. met a passerby,

"Fellow, what happened?"

The person who was stopped was a middle-aged man with a simple and honest appearance. He first looked at the stranger Uchiha Madara in surprise, and then said,

"Little brother, are you a foreigner?"

"A traveler passing by."

"Oh~ Then you'd better leave before it gets dark. Ghosts appear here every month at the end of the month."

As soon as he spoke about ghosts, the middle-aged man's eyes were full of fear, and his body couldn't stop shaking.

"Ghost? What did he do?"

In all his life, Uchiha Madara has never seen such a thing as a ghost, so he chose to break the casserole and ask the question.

"When night falls, ghosts will abduct those who have not returned home from the streets."

As the middle-aged man spoke, he nervously checked the sky. As the sun slowly set in the west, he didn't care about explaining to Uchiha Madara any more, and took a quick step towards his home.

Uchiha Madara did not continue to ask, but looked at the setting sun with great interest. He wanted to see who this so-called ghost was.

"Why don't you go home yet?"

Just as Uchiha Madara was waiting for the night to fall, an old man passing by shouted to him,

"I was just passing through."

Uchiha Madara replied calmly, looking unconcerned, and did not continue to talk to the old man.

"Really, come with me!"

Seeing Uchiha Madara's appearance, the old man became anxious on the spot, grabbed him and walked towards a courtyard.

Uchiha Madara, who didn't want to cause any trouble, thought for a moment, did not choose to resist, and followed the old man back to his home.

Arriving at the old man's home, Uchiha Madara looked at the rather simple house and didn't say much. The old man looked at the sunset outside the window and patted his chest with lingering fear.

"Looking at your young age, don't lose your life."

"Is there really a ghost?"

Uchiha Madara raised his eyebrows and asked curiously,

"So you know!"

"I just found out about it too."

"Huh~ Then let me explain it to you."

Seeing Uchiha Madara's curious look, the old man sighed, then stood up and made him a cup of tea. After sitting upright, he slowly said,

"I used to be the mayor of this town, but I have retired to take care of myself."

"oh?"

Unexpectedly, the unprepossessing old man in front of him was once a local official. Uchiha Madara took a sip of tea and found that it was indeed not something that ordinary people could afford.

"Our town is a transportation hub of the Fire Country. It was once prosperous. It wasn't until five years ago that a ghost suddenly appeared in the town, and it gradually fell into decline."

When the old man talked about the town, his eyes gleamed with pride, but when he mentioned ghosts, he became just like the middle-aged man before, with only fear.

"Have you all seen that ghost?"

"I've only seen the silhouette, but never the true face."

The old man shook his head,

"Everyone who has seen the ghost's true appearance is already dead."

"How do you know he's dead?"

If you don't even know what the ghost looks like, how can you be sure that the kidnapped person is dead?

"There are wrecks"

The old man paused, with a look of deep horror on his face.

"The remains mixed with excrement, those who were kidnapped were eaten alive by the ghosts!"

Cannibalism?

Uchiha Madara frowned and immediately guessed the true form of the ghost. In his impression, those who can eat people are nothing more than wild beasts, so the true form of the ghost is most likely some kind of powerful beast.

"Could it be a wild animal?"

Thinking of this, Uchiha Madara put forward his own conjecture.

"No, it's not a beast, that ghost, he wears clothes and can speak human language."

People eat people!

Uchiha Madara was no longer calm now. Even in times of war, it was not common for people to eat people. Moreover, it was a time of peace, so how could anyone eat the same kind of food?

"You didn't look for help, like a ninja."

After pondering for a while, Uchiha Madara asked aloud, if it was really a bad incident of cannibalism, this town would issue a mission to seek help from ninjas.

"I looked for it before, but it disappeared. It was most likely eaten."

As the former mayor of the town, the old man naturally knew everything about the town. When the robbery incident first occurred, they had issued a mission and had ninjas come to carry it out.

"Been here? From Konoha?"

If a ninja from Konoha disappeared, Madara Uchiha felt that he had to pay attention to this matter.

"Konoha? There was no Konoha at that time, and the one who accepted the mission was a wandering ninja."

It has only been four years since the establishment of Konoha, and the time when Oni appeared was just before the establishment of Konoha. At that time, the ninja system was still very chaotic. There were many ninjas from small families wandering around, accepting some inconspicuous tasks to maintain their maintenance. livelihood.

"After Konoha was established, did you invite anyone?"

Madara Uchiha breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was not a Konoha ninja who was eaten.

"Please, we have issued a B-level mission. The ninja masters of Konoha have arrived in the town today and should be investigating clues about the ghost."

The old man took a sip of tea, with a look of relief on his face. The strength of the Konoha ninjas was obvious to all, and they should be able to completely eradicate the ghost trouble this time.

"ha?"

Uchiha Madara's heart tightened upon hearing this. He was not yet ready to deal with fellow Konoha fellows.

"For my convenience, who are the ninjas from Konoha?"

"I remember that he was a middle-aged ninja who looked like a monkey, and he was accompanied by several half-year-old children."

other side

In a courtyard specially prepared by the current mayor, the serious-looking Sarutobi Sasuke sat on the tatami, and in front of him, six little devils with excited faces sat on their knees. It was Uchiha Gin's "love" Disciples,

"Hiruzhan, did you detect any information during the day?"

Sarutobi Sasuke took the lead in asking his eldest son, with a look of scrutiny in his eyes.

As an elite Jonin-level ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke did not have to accept this B-level mission, but due to the after-school homework left by Senju Tobirama, he had to take these children with him, and it was not necessary to go out to carry out the task. A dangerous mission.

"Chief Sarutobi, I have assigned some actual combat missions to several children, but I really can't separate myself from them, so I'm asking you to supervise the escort."

Senju Tobirama, who was working hard at his post, gave instructions to Sarutobi Sasuke who was summoned in a very apologetic tone.

In fact, this white-haired man just wanted to have a few days of leisure. Because Uchiha Izuna was on paternity leave, Uchiha Gin forcibly assumed the position of clan leader, leaving the energetic F6 undisciplined.

Senju Tobirama is now the village party secretary. The workload tomorrow is so heavy that even the shadow clone can't handle it. He has no time to teach students, so he has to arrange an extracurricular assignment for the powerful Sarutobi Sasuke to escort him.

"Father, I."

When asked, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face tightened and he was about to speak.

"Be consistent with your position outside!"

"Copy that, Captain Sarutobi, we investigated during the day and found that there is something wrong with the owner of the largest restaurant in town."

"Oh? What's the problem?"

"Everyone says he likes to eat people, especially young men. I think this is a very important clue."

Sarutobi Hiruzen reported the gossip he heard today to Sarutobi Sasuke in a serious manner, making his old father so angry that his blood pressure soared and his fists became hard.

"Huh~ Very good. Do you have any other information?"

Forcibly suppressing the urge to implement family law, Sarutobi Sasuke turned to ask the other children,

"No~no~"

The other little ones were on their first mission and had no idea about gathering intelligence.

It seems that Konoha Academy is imperative. The quality of ninja must be cultivated from an early age, otherwise it will only harm yourself if you have no strength.

"Um. I have information that I don't know if it's information~"

Uchiha Mirror hesitated and raised his hand,

"Okay, Mirror, tell me."

Looking at Uchiha Mirror's nervous little face, Sarutobi Sasuke showed a smile that he thought was kind. This was Mr. Silver's nephew, and he had to protect him.

"Before us, there was another ninja who accepted the same mission, but disappeared."

"Is that all?"

Sarutobi Sasuke had already learned this information from the mayor, so it was not considered effective information, but the fact that Uchiha Mirror was able to discover it already belonged to Chaosuna and completed the job.

"I also found out that the missing ninja's name is Vulcan." (End of Chapter)