bookbashuk Chapter 423 is very cheap.
Chapter 423 is very cheap.
"Isn't your Akatsuki organization being too greedy!?" The Raikage was furious after hearing Kakuzu's words.
Kakudo dismissed it, saying, "Lord Raikage, how we conduct business is our own business."
"Everyone just gets what they need."
The Raikage was already extremely irritable, and seeing Kakuzu's impoliteness only fueled his anger.
"you……!"
Just as he was about to speak, hope, who was next to him, grabbed him.
Raikage turned his head away, and hope shook her head, glancing at the sky.
"Humph……"
The Raikage didn't want to talk anymore. If he hadn't been exhausted by Yagura Karatachi, would he have put up with this?
hope then took over the conversation: "How do you plan to do this business?"
Kakuzu's gaze shifted from the Raikage to Nozomi; he could tell that the Raikage was being driven nearly mad by Yagura's torment.
"We will drive Yagura Karatachi back to Kirigakure and make sure they never dare to invade again."
As he spoke, Kakuzu gave a signal, indicating that the people of Kumogakure should look at Zenku standing to the side.
Zenkong stood to one side, fiddling with his prayer beads, without saying a word.
However, this unassuming old monk is the most sought-after anti-Jinchūriki Noble Phantasm.
Can you fly?
I do know that Zenku can control Jinchuriki, but the most troublesome thing about the Mizukage right now is not his combat strength but his mobility.
"Don't worry, we have a plan." Kakuzu's confident demeanor clearly indicated that he had made ample preparations.
hope turned back and whispered something in Raikage's ear.
Raikage gave him a look.
Xi asked, "What if the Hidden Mist Village comes back after you leave?"
Kakuzu had clearly prepared his answer: "The Mizukage wouldn't dare. If they dare to come a second time, we'll capture the Mizukage directly."
"Hiss..." That's a bit arrogant.
But the people of Yunyin, recalling Zenku's past achievements, seemed to think that it was indeed possible.
Raikage, tempted, said, "If you capture the Mizukage, you can name your price."
Kakuzu smiled and shook his head: "We won't make a mortal enemy of Kirigakure."
"Hmph, do you think disrupting their plans doesn't make us enemies?"
The Raikage clearly didn't think before he said that, and it was only after Shirai tugged at him that he realized his position.
However, Kakuzu didn't mock the Raikage; he simply said:
"Our services have been listed. Do you want to hire us? Yunyin, give me a straight answer."
After a moment's thought, the Raikage asked, "How much would it cost to get rid of Yagura?"
Kakuzu held up three fingers: "Three billion."
Upon hearing the number, Raikage turned and glanced at Hiyori.
hope pressed her ear, clearly listening to the sound coming from her headphones.
"This price is too expensive."
Kakuzu glanced at the dilapidated Hidden Cloud Village: "Your losses over the past two days must be more than three billion."
Raikage's face darkened.
The losses suffered by Cloud Village were certainly not just 3 billion. The construction of houses was a small matter; the real losses were the deaths and the losses of various merchant caravans.
Furthermore, these caravans were so frightened that they stopped coming to Kumogakure.
The losses behind this are self-evident.
Kakuzu let out a muffled laugh:
"This price is already quite cheap. You should know that Hiruzen Sarutobi spent 10 billion to hire our Zen Master."
The people from Yunyin gasped in shock. When did money become so worthless?
They quickly recalled the statements previously issued by Akatsuki and Konoha.
I suspect that the 10 billion yen might be the fee that Hiruzen Sarutobi paid Zenku to help him change the Jinchuriki.
hope gave Raikage a look and tapped her earphones.
Seeing that Raikage did not object, he answered:
"Alright, then it'll be three billion, but only after you drive the Mizukage away."
Although the Raikage is the highest decision-maker in Kumogakure, he clearly doesn't care whether Shi confirms this matter.
Because the decision on the other end of Nozomi's earpiece was made by Tsuchida.
Kakuzu's face lit up with extreme pleasure, after all, if this deal went through, he would make a considerable profit:
“That’s great, let’s get ready now.”
He didn't bother to exchange pleasantries with Yun Yin, but simply greeted Deidara behind him.
Deidara muttered a couple of things to himself, then took a lump of clay from his pouch, popped it into his mouth, and started mixing it.
Then he spat it into his hand, rubbed it a few times, and with a bang, it turned into a giant clay bird.
Kakuzu, Zenku, and Deidara jumped up and flew straight into the sky.
hope examined it carefully, then her gaze shifted and she saw the Iwagakure headband with a horizontal line drawn on Deidara's forehead.
They recognized the person.
The Raikage's expression wasn't good, after all, the usually powerful Cloud Village had been ravaged like this.
For now, we need to rely on a mercenary organization to temporarily resolve the Mizukage's problem.
It's somewhat embarrassing.
As the Hidden Cloud Village of the Land of Lightning, it certainly wouldn't place all its hopes on an outsider.
The reason Tutai didn't appear was because he went to supervise the production of small chakra cannons.
The Akatsuki organization is very mysterious, especially Zenku, which is considered a treasure against Jinchuriki.
Now is the perfect opportunity to obtain information about Zenkū.
After all, such a powerful mercenary organization had never existed in the ninja world before.
In particular, the sudden appearance of Pain made even the three ninja villages hesitant to attack the Land of Fire.
Although there are rumors circulating on the black market that Payne is seriously injured or even dead.
However, there is no way to prove whether it is true or false.
It's even uncertain whether this was a smokescreen released by the Akatsuki themselves.
Now that we can deal with the Mizukage and also obtain some information, why not?
"Look what they're doing up there in the sky," Raikage ordered.
hope nodded: "Don't worry, boss, our men have already caught up."
"The guy who used the clay bird just now seems to be Onoki's disciple, Deidara, but he has the headband of a rogue Iwagakure ninja on his forehead."
Although he said "it seems," his tone was very certain.
After all, Deidara is the most famous clay bomb user in Iwagakure in recent years.
Because he frequently causes trouble, we can gather a lot of fragmented intelligence about him.
I just don't know why he went to the Akatsuki.
The Raikage was unaware of this information, as he was not required to organize intelligence.
"Onoki's disciple? A rogue ninja!?"
The Raikage was somewhat perplexed, as he didn't understand why Deidara had so simply betrayed Iwagakure.
It could be that Iwagakure sent an undercover agent to Akatsuki, or that Iwagakure and Akatsuki were cooperating.
After thinking for a few minutes, the Raikage still had no clue and could only put the matter out of his mind for the time being.
The Raikage recalled Kakuzu's words and the fact that Yugito was seriously injured.
"Send Samui with 500 elite troops to meet Killer Bee. Bring the best healing medicine and medical ninjas. You must ensure Yugito returns alive!"
"Yes, boss!"
Xi immediately went down to make the arrangements.
The Raikage was also curious about what Zenku would do, so he went to the Perception Department to find out what was going on.
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