Chapter 240 Waste of Words
Kaito carefully arrived at the territory of the Land of Fire.
He didn't know whether it was because his disguise worked or if the malicious force wasn't about to attack him immediately, but Kaito didn't sense any maliciousness or danger along the way.
Of course, for safety reasons, Kaito was ready to take off directly after arriving here.
Even if there was an ambush, it couldn't be in the sky, right?
At least that's what Kaito thought.
Unexpectedly, before Kaito could activate the 'Gale Wings' and fly into the sky, the 'Anticipation' in his mind issued an urgent alarm.
Kaito did not have time to hesitate and immediately dodged in the direction indicated by the 'Anticipation'.
Lowering the head, leaning over, and lunging forward, the whole set of movements seems clumsy, but in fact it is smooth and flowing.
The next moment, before Kaito turned around to see who attacked him, "Anticipation" suddenly changed the direction of the warning.
The attack that had just passed over Kaito's head had now landed on the beach behind him.
"Boom~"
There was a loud bang.
The violent explosion caused the originally broken sand and gravel to be blown everywhere by the air wave, like an old-fashioned iron sand shotgun, shooting in all directions.
In an instant, Kaito felt countless tiny grains of sand rapidly shooting into his back.
The transformation disguise was broken on the spot, and the samurai uniform underneath was slightly torn into pieces by the scattered sand.
'Damn it, I should have worn a ninja vest earlier!'
With the help of the smoke and dust produced by the explosion behind him, Kaito immediately rolled backwards and hid in it, and leaned down to reduce his frontal area.
Then, Roost was activated, and the bloody back that was originally hit by the sand and gravel began to move quickly, squeezing out all the sand and gravel that had been embedded in the muscles and healing them instantly.
It wasn't a serious injury. If it was treated by a human, they might have to spend some time cleaning the wound, but for Roost, it was not even as difficult as reattaching a broken hand.
Kaito did not waste any time. While forming a seal with one hand, he rolled out of the area covered by the smoke to prevent the enemy from launching a large-scale ninjutsu attack on the smoke.
However, Kaito, who came out from the side of the smoke, looked carefully and found that the enemy had no intention of continuing to pursue. He just stood in the distance with his hands behind his back, looking at Kaito's embarrassed appearance.
It was not until then that Kaito saw clearly the appearance of the person who attacked him.
Wrong!
It should be said that he recognized who attacked him.
He was wearing an outdated black sleeveless vest, with his exposed arms covered with messy marks, a mask and a headscarf on his face, only a pair of scarlet eyes exposed, and a scratched forehead protector symbolizing the Takigakure traitor.
It was none other than the current 'bounty hunter', the future 'financial manager of the Akatsuki Organization', and the 'record holder for the longest distance shuriken throwing in the ninja world' Kakuzu!
Kakuzu stood there casually, looking at Kaito, whose injuries seemed to have fully recovered, without any surprise.
After stuffing a tattered-looking parchment in his arms, Kakuzu spoke slowly, word by word.
"Gale Wing, Kirigakure Ninja, bounty of 25 million ryo, life or death!"
Kaito listened to Kakuzu's calm narration and spat out the sand that had accidentally entered his mouth.
Then he stood up straight and spoke to Kakuzu.
"Only 25 million? Let's make a deal. I'll give you 50 million and you tell me who offered the reward. How about that?"
The first time he saw Kakuzu, Kaito guessed that someone might have put a bounty on his head.
But since Kakuzu was also paid to do the job, there should be someone to blame for the wrong. There was no need for me to fight to the death with Kakuzu.
Kakuzu, who was about to form a seal on the opposite side, was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he regained his composure and continued speaking.
"If I kill you, everything will be mine!"
After saying that, Kakuzu stomped his foot on the ground, splashing countless fine sand, and rushed towards Kaito.
Kaito rolled his eyes when he heard this, and continued to persuade him while backing away.
"Don't be impulsive. I can't possibly carry so much money with me. Even if you really kill me, you can only get 25 million ryo!"
Unexpectedly, this time Kakuzu didn't say anything. He accelerated and rushed to Kaito, and swung his arm and punched Kaito in the face.
Kaito had no choice but to draw his sword to block.
When the fist and sword collided, there was actually a clanging sound of metal clashing.
Kakuzu's attacking fist suddenly began to emit a black metallic luster.
Circles of white air spread out from the place where the fist and sword collided.
The next moment, Kaito was knocked dozens of meters away by this punch, and rolled several times on the beach before he stabilized his body.
After standing up, he jumped to the left with all his strength, avoiding Kakuzu's follow-up attack and fell onto the sea.
Kaito then spoke again somewhat helplessly.
"You, is it because you don't know who posted the bounty on me at the gold exchange?"
Upon hearing this, Kakuzu, who was about to rush forward, suddenly stopped and stood there in a daze.
After a long silence, he finally replied.
"Um."
Kaito was even more speechless now.
"If you don't know, then you don't know. Why don't you just say it out loud?"
Seeing that Kakuzu seemed to be getting angry and embarrassed and launched another charge, Kaito quickly waved his hand to stop him and continued speaking quickly.
"It's still 50 million ryo. I'll buy you off and stop accepting any bounties on me!"
Upon hearing this, Kakuzu, who had already started charging, immediately stopped and quickly braked with his feet, leaving two deep grooves on the beach.
After standing firm, Kakuzu set his sights on Kaito.
Standing on the sea, Kaito actually saw suspicion in Kakuzu's monstrous black and red eyes.
Kaito thought for a while and said, "Fifty million ryo is not a lot for me. Let's meet up at a place and I'll get the money and send it to you!"
Kaito actually had a large amount of cash in the 'secret space', but no matter what, it was impossible for him to enter the 'secret space' and withdraw the money in front of Kakuzu.
Saying that he would send it to Kakuzu later was not a lie. Kakuzu was a money-oriented person, so for Kaito, who was now quite wealthy, there might be a chance for cooperation in the future.
Unexpectedly, when Kakuzu heard the words "make an appointment to send money to you", he immediately felt that he was being fooled and launched an attack on Kaito again.
Kaito was really broken at this time, and yelled directly at Kakuzu.
"Damn! Didn't I tell you that I can't possibly carry so much money on me?"
However, Kakuzu, who had already determined that Kaito was playing tricks on him, no longer hesitated and sprinted towards Kaito with all his strength.
After Kaito finished yelling, he spat in anger and no longer thought about persuading others.
"If you had said you wanted to fight earlier, why would I waste my time talking to you?!"
(End of this chapter)