thefictionvixens Chapter 110 Kakuzu
Chapter 110 Kakuzu
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"Kakuzu, what's wrong?"
Inside the temporary base of Amegakure, Konan stopped flipping through the account book, looked up slightly, and gazed at the person sitting opposite her.
Kakuzu was clearly somewhat unsettled.
At this moment, Kakuzu's brows were furrowed and his gaze was slightly unfocused, as if he was troubled by some unknown emotion.
After a moment of silence, he responded in a low voice, "It's nothing... I just suddenly feel a little uneasy, like something is happening."
Konan was clearly puzzled by Kakuzu's vague answer.
After all, Kakuzu is usually calm and composed, and rarely shows such unease.
Just as she was about to ask a few more questions, she heard a deep, hoarse voice behind her: "Something must have happened in Takigakure Village."
Upon hearing this, Kakuzu instinctively pricked up his ears, a complex emotion that was almost imperceptible flashing in his eyes.
Konan quickly turned around and saw Black Zetsu slowly emerge from the shadows, calmly gazing at Kakuzu.
"Takigakure Village? What happened?"
Black Zetsu sighed calmly, his tone slightly amusement: "Last night, Hozuki Castle in the Land of Grass was completely destroyed by a mysterious person."
"From that time on, a terrible killer emerged, hunting down ninjas from small countries, turning almost every place he went into hell."
"His current trajectory clearly indicates that he is heading straight for Takigakure Village."
Black Zetsu paused for a moment: "According to my intelligence, the giant waterfall, the most important defensive line on the outskirts of Takigakure, has been breached, and the entire village is in grave danger."
At this point, he turned his head: "You're a rogue ninja from Takigakure. Back then, the village higher-ups betrayed you and hunted you down, forcing you to leave the village completely. Now, so many years later, I imagine you don't have any feelings left for the village, do you?"
In response to Black Zetsu's deliberately provocative tone, Kakuzu merely snorted coldly: "I'm only interested in money. Everything else is unimportant to me."
Black Zetsu seemed to have anticipated Kakudo's answer, so he nodded slightly and disappeared into the darkness without hesitation, quickly vanishing completely.
Konan gazed in the direction where Black Zetsu had disappeared, then turned to Kakuzu: "Are you really alright?"
Kakuzu simply shook his head slowly, offering no further explanation. Instead, he picked up the ledger again, his tone becoming calm and collected.
"Let's continue with the accounts. The cost of rebuilding Amegakure is astronomical. The funds and supplies I secured for Akatsuki are simply not enough to keep up with this kind of extravagance."
At this point, Kakuzu countered with a question to Konan: "If I were the leader, I wouldn't spend money on rebuilding Amegakure, because villages are such things..."
At this point, Kakuzu changed the subject: "But there's nothing to be too harsh about in this kind of situation..."
Konan understood that rebuilding Amegakure was indeed a very difficult problem for them. After all, the entire ninja world was in turmoil, and raising enough funds was not easy.
After a moment, Kakuzu seemed unable to concentrate any longer. He finally stood up, looked up at the gloomy sky outside, and said in a low voice.
"I'll go to the black market and see if there's any work worth my time."
After saying that, he pushed open the door and left without looking back, his figure gradually disappearing into the dim rain outside.
Watching Kakuzu's departing figure, Konan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
As she hesitated whether to follow, a familiar voice slowly sounded from behind:
"Xiao Nan".
Konan suddenly turned around and saw that Nagato had quietly appeared behind her at some point, his face still cold, but his eyes held a hint of indescribable complexity.
"Nagato..."
"north.."
Nagato gazed intently at the distant, rain-soaked sky: "He's probably worried about his homeland right now."
Hearing Nagato's words, Konan looked up and asked, "Do you think Kakuzu will interfere in Takigakure's affairs?"
"No matter how much they deny it, they can't let go of their village and hometown in their hearts."
Even though the village betrayed him back then, leaving behind so much pain and scars, that feeling for his hometown...
It still cannot be completely erased.
Kakuzu naturally had no feelings for Takigakure.
But now that the entire village could be completely destroyed, Kakuzu's emotions are inevitably affected.
Upon hearing Nagato's words, Konan fell into a complex silence.
"So do you think he'll go to Takigakure?"
Nagato nodded slightly: "Perhaps. But regardless of whether Kakuzu intervenes or not, I will go to Takigakure in person."
Konan's expression changed upon hearing this, and she immediately said, "Nagato, your current condition..."
Nagato waved his hand gently: "I know my own physical condition. But Kakuzu is our comrade, isn't he?"
Konan was taken aback when she heard Nagato's words.
She never imagined that Nagato, who used to be cold and obsessed with his own plans and didn't even care much about his comrades, would now care so much about Kakuzu's thoughts and feelings.
Nagato seemed to see Konan's confusion, smiled slightly, and his eyes showed a hint of relief and warmth.
"Konan, people change. After going through so much, I finally understand that if you can't cherish and protect the people around you, how can you protect this ninja world?"
After the battle in Amegakure, Nagato's demeanor underwent a subtle change.
No longer as gloomy as before, it was replaced by an unprecedented gentleness and tranquility.
This gentleness made his long red hair stand out against the rainy background.
Today's Nagato possesses a greater sense of gentleness and determination.
Standing there quietly, her red hair swaying gently, she seemed to have been revitalized with life and hope, inspiring respect and warmth in everyone.
Especially when Nagato offered to go and provide support.
Although Xiao Nan thinks this is not a rational thing to do...:
But instinctively, Konan did not resist Nagato like this.
Suddenly, Xiao Nan smiled, her eyes revealing genuine relief and joy.
This was a smile she hadn't shown in a long time, and it appeared exceptionally pure and radiant.
It was as if all the gloom of the past had completely vanished in that instant.
Within Takigakure Village, a horrific massacre continues.
The once peaceful and tranquil village has been stained red with blood. The streets are littered with corpses, and the scene is full of wounds. From the ruins, desperate cries can be heard from time to time.
The dead trees stretched and climbed wildly like the black tentacles of death, recklessly devouring any remaining life that was still breathing.
Under the control of the heretical Dharma image, the dragon tongue had already completely fallen into madness and distortion.
Her face was covered in blood, and her originally delicate features now looked incredibly twisted and terrifying.
Her eyes gleamed with a cold, eerie red light, and a mad, twisted smile spread across her lips as she emitted maniacal laughter interspersed with chilling cries.
"Hahahaha... Die, all of you die! Hozuki Castle is already dead, so why should you Takigakure ninja still be alive? Die! Die!"
The dragon tongue's twisted laughter grew sharper and more maniacal, tears and blood mingling as they streamed down her face. The terrifying and eerie laughter and cries intertwined, sending chills down one's spine.
Large numbers of Taki ninjas fell one after another, emitting piercing screams and pleas for mercy, but to no avail.
With the Jinchuriki not in the village, the ninjas of Takigakure were powerless to resist and could only watch helplessly as they were brutally strangled.
Just as Ryuzetsu was continuing its frenzied slaughter, Shinnosuke's figure slowly descended from mid-air to the center of the devastated Takigakure village.
He coldly swept his gaze over the several trembling Takigakure executives before him, his voice as icy as ice: "Hand over the Hero's Water. I don't want to repeat myself a second time."
The high-ranking members of Takigakure Village trembled all over, their faces as pale as paper.
Faced with such a terrifying enemy, they had long since lost the courage and determination to resist.
In the midst of this tense and breathless atmosphere, a shadow suddenly descended from the sky, landing among the crowd. "Heh, Hero's Water? That kind of thing, of course, belongs to me."
The voice carried a hint of malevolence and indifference; it was none other than Suien, a ninja who had defected from Takigakure in her early years.
Shuiyan glanced at the crowd with a cold smile, her expression revealing a hint of contempt and greed.
Before he could finish speaking, the surrounding dead trees instantly transformed into sharp blades, piercing his body with a speed imperceptible to the naked eye!
puff!
The water pipe's body, pierced by the needle, suddenly shattered, turning into a puddle of water that spilled onto the ground.
I have already used the Water Transformation Technique to quickly appear behind Ryutsuki, holding a kunai, ready to launch a sneak attack.
But at that moment, the heretical image behind the dragon tongue suddenly opened its blood-red eyes and emitted a piercing and eerie sonic attack!
The shock caused Shuiyan's body to tremble violently, and her head felt as if it had been struck hard by a heavy hammer.
The dragon's tongue was simultaneously enveloped by a large amount of dead wood, transforming into a gigantic and terrifying black bat monster.
With a deafening scream, it instantly pounced on the hookah.
"Get out of here! Get out of here!"
Shuiyan screamed in terror and struggled desperately, but she was no match for the monster before her.
The bat monster's sharp teeth tore him to pieces in an instant, blood splattering everywhere, creating a horrifying scene of mangled flesh.
With the tragic death of Suigan, Takigakure Village was plunged into even deeper despair and fear.
The remaining members of the Takigakure leadership, seeing this scene, completely lost their will to resist, their faces turning ashen.
They glanced at each other, finally unable to bear it any longer, and prepared to surrender and hand over the Hero's Water.
Just as they were about to kneel and beg for mercy, Shinnosuke slowly took a step forward, his eyes beneath the mask gleaming with a cold, scarlet light, and slowly approached them.
Just then, an unusually cold voice suddenly rang out, echoing through the village littered with blood and ruins.
"As expected... So many years have passed, and the people in this village are still idiots, still with that disgusting appearance, without making any progress whatsoever."