April 3rd, sunny day.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, a group of five people walked into a relatively prosperous town in Yuno Country.

Yuno Kuni is famous in the Ninja world for its hot springs and has an extremely beautiful natural environment. It is a country suitable for tourism.

Walking on the streets of towns, you can see hot spring hotels of various sizes everywhere. It can be said that hot springs can be found in every place in the country of Yu.

In the center of the town, there is a large drugstore with three floors.

There is an obvious aster flower mark on the drug store's sign.

It is not difficult to tell that this is a branch pharmacy affiliated to the Ghost Country Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Technology Company.

Now, in just one year, this company's industry has spread all over the Ninja World.

Even in small countries, you can often see the nameplate of Aster Flower. People from all over the world are familiar with this company and are not ignorant of it.

At the door of the pharmacy, there were two attendants, a man and a woman.

Wearing a black hooded coat, the back of the coat has an aster symbol engraved on it, which is quite recognizable.

After the five people entered the pharmacy, they went directly through a secret door and walked towards the third floor.

The first floor of the pharmacy is the sales point, the second floor is the staff rest area, and the third floor is the management work area.

The leader of the five is none other than Insect Man.

When he arrived at a concierge on the third floor, he winked at the other four people and asked them to guard the outside while he opened the door and entered.

After closing the door, Chong Man smiled at the financial expert sitting on the sofa and said, "Mr. Kakuzu, long time no see."

Kakuzu, the financial expert sitting on the sofa, glanced at him lightly and said in a low tone: "I have finished the financial work last month. Let's settle the salary."

"certainly."

The insect man looked at the sealed document that had been placed on his desk. It was the information document that Kakuzu had completed alone.

After more than half a year of cooperation, I have long recognized Kakuzu's financial ability and character, and put the black leather box in my hand on the coffee table in front of Kakuzu.

Rather than having the money transferred to his account, his requirement is that payment must be made in cash. Only when he sees real coins can he rest assured.

In this regard, Kakuzu is undoubtedly a person who pursues reality.

So, ignoring the insect man, Kakudu opened the box and began to count them one by one.

I counted it back and forth three times before closing the box again with satisfaction.

"The numbers are the same."

"We are already old friends. You don't have to count the money one by one in front of me every time, right?"

The insect man sighed.

"No, in this world, only money can be trusted."

Kakuzu stood up from the sofa, holding the box in his hand, turned his head and said this to the insect man.

The implication is that the basis for their cooperation is only money.

And money will not betray him.

Nor will he betray money.

Money is his real friend, the rest is nothing.

"Then I wish you good luck in making money."

"That's for sure. In addition, your reward amount has increased rapidly recently. I hope your name will appear on my list as soon as possible."

Kakuzu took out a bounty list.

All records recorded in it are high-value bounty targets.

There was no name of Bug Man on it. He knew of Bug Boy's strength and was already qualified to be selected for this roster, but his reputation was not enough.

Therefore, Insect Man's name can only appear on another list of low-level bounty targets.

"It's really scary to be targeted by Mr. Kakuzu. Maybe I should take a break from my career as a bounty hunter."

The insect man said with a smile.

Kakuzu glanced at the insect man and walked out of the room carrying the box without finishing his words.

Not long after Kakuzu left, the four companions guarding the door came in and saw Mushi Man sitting at the desk, looking at the financial documents left by Kakuzu.

"There's news."

One of them said.

Chong Man put down the document, raised his head and asked, "What's the news?"

"It's the root of Konoha."

"Konoha Roots? What are they doing in Yunokuni? They are not planning to come here for a hot spring vacation, are they? This is not the holiday period."

The insect man joked.

You know, their organization still attaches great importance to the root organization, which is hidden deep in Konoha.

All along, we have been secretly collecting information about the Roots, because once people from the Roots move out, it means that Konoha is making some invisible moves again.

"I don't know. According to the information accidentally obtained by the informants below, they seemed to have attacked a small village with a population of less than a hundred people yesterday, and then seemed to carry out activities in the southern part of Yuno Country."

"Attacking a village in Yuno Kuni?"

If he were to come to the Country of Yu and steal important items from the Yu Ninja Village, the insect man would not be confused.

But what can you gain by attacking a small village?

This is not in line with the interests of the Shinobi.

"I don't know the specific situation."

"Then go and meet the guys at the root. You can't take these guys lightly."

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In the dark forest at dusk.

Four figures were moving quickly through the dense woods, wearing windbreakers and colorful masks on their faces.

Each of the four of them was holding a child, and a total of eight children were held by them and ran in a certain direction.

The four of them were silent all the way, just running forward with all their strength.

At this moment, the four of them felt an extremely strange and cold atmosphere permeating the woods. This atmosphere came from all directions, and it was impossible to observe where the source was.

"careful!"

As one of them shouted loudly, the other three also stopped and stared at the surroundings warily.

Suddenly, a blazing white light lit up in front, illuminating the entire dense forest.

The time it takes to light up the dense forest is only a short moment, and it is difficult to capture that moment unless you pay special attention.

The four people at the root became alert. Their eyes under the masks stared at the sudden bright light. While they were alert, they could not help but become confused.

"A blind trick?"

That seems to be the case.

After the bright light appeared for a moment, nothing happened.

Although it is a very low-level way to provoke an angry enemy, as a member of the root, we cannot be easily provoked by the enemy using such despicable methods.

The four of them threw the children aside, and one of them quickly formed a seal to mobilize the chakra in his body.

Since you don't know where the enemy is, use indiscriminate attacks to force them out of the darkness.

"Wind Release·Wind——ah!"

The root ninja who was about to use the wind escape technique suddenly screamed in pain.

A huge insect-shaped lump bulged directly on his chest, which looked very scary.

The other three root ninjas were all shocked and didn't know what happened to their companions.

A man ran over, green light gathered on his palms, and treated the root ninja who was lying on the ground and twitching in pain.

However, before he could receive any treatment, he yelled out loud, and a horrifyingly huge insect-shaped lump appeared on his chest.

He fell to the ground and twitched in pain.

Suddenly, the temperature in the dense forest increased sharply.

Dozens of fireballs roared from the direction directly in front, piercing the air at the same time. At the same time, the tongues of fire were fierce, and the masks of the ninjas were also reflected red.

"careful!"

The root ninja who was first lodged by the insect-shaped lump endured the severe pain and quickly pushed away the root companion next to him who wanted to treat him but was also lodged by the insect-shaped lump.

The opponent is a medical ninja. In this era where medical ninjas are not yet fully popularized, every medical ninja is a valuable resource.

Relying on his willpower, he stood up from the ground, formed seals with his hands, and wanted to continue to release ninjutsu to resist these fireballs.
To be continued...