Chapter nine hundred and sixty fifth miniature era
"Because of my battle with Hanzo, I was on the federal country's blacklist. Whenever I did a mission there, I would be wanted by the local ninja village."
"Especially in Takigakure Village, the senior officials want me to die quickly, so they often summon experts from Kirigakure and Kumogakure to hunt me down."
"The Country of Fire doesn't really need people like me, and the Federation has no good intentions towards me. It's becoming increasingly difficult for me to do bounty missions."
He took off his mask, drank a glass of sake, and talked about his experiences in recent years. Kakuzu felt gloomy. The blow to his career obviously made this money man a little depressed.
Yahiko moved his lips, but he didn't know how to comfort Kakuzu. To be honest, given the nature of the other person's work, he actually disliked him deep down.
The reason why he accepted Kakuzu's invitation to attend this banquet was because Kakuzu was indeed benevolent to him, or in other words, to the Akatsuki organization back then.
Regardless of whether the opponent is a back-up sent by the teacher, this cannot hide the fact that without Kakuzu fighting with all his strength, Akatsuki will most likely be annihilated by Amegakure.
Although he has been in the imperial officialdom for a long time and has become much smoother in dealing with people, Yahiko is still Yahiko. He values friendship and will not just ignore Kakuzu's plight.
"Senior Kakuzu, if you have any requests, please tell me directly. As long as it does not violate the country's constitution and does not violate conscience and morality, I will try my best to help you."
Yahiko slowly put down his wine glass and looked at Kakuzu seriously. The person who invited him to dinner must have something to ask for, and his choice was to accept decisively.
The hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly while picking up the food. Kakuzu glanced at Yahiko with his peripheral vision and took in the solemn face. He felt a little moved, a little melancholy, and a little ashamed.
What Kakuzu said just now is indeed true. The five major powers have disappeared, and the new world structure is the two giant regimes, the Empire and the Federation, confronting each other.
Under this situation, for a lone traveler, the ninja world is no longer a fertile ground for them to roam freely, but a dangerous place where one can lose his life if he is not careful.
Just like when the Evil God Cult is attacked, monsters like Hyou can be summoned to deal with it. If Takigakure wants to eliminate the rebellious nin, he can also find corresponding masters to deal with it, such as Kirigakure, Kumogakure, or Shinsa Gakure of Ta no Kuni.
The federal government is closely connected, and the daimyo work together to improve the strength of the camp. The few remaining ninja villages have incredibly good relations with each other.
The Great Ninja Village is willing to help the Little Ninja Village, and the Little Ninja Village is also willing to look for the Great Ninja Village when encountering difficulties. After all, the enemy is facing us, and if we don't unite, we will be courting death.
Federation, federation, that's what it means.
Although the Fire Nation doesn't care much about the alliance of a group of weaklings, bounty ninjas like Kakuzu do care because it is equivalent to depriving him of the space he needs to survive.
A Kage-level traitorous ninja, a bounty ninja with a distinguished reputation. To put it nicely, it seems to be a great thing, but by that time he was already a veteran of the five major countries.
In the new era, there is no ship that can carry him.
Especially the latest time, Kakuzu went to the Kingdom of Frost to carry out an assassination mission. He thought he would finally make a lot of money, but unexpectedly he met...
After receiving Takigakure's request for assistance, Ye Cang came to kill him.
I will not go into details about the specific battle. In short, after losing four hearts, Kakuzu managed to escape with his life. In the end, he could only leave the federal country in panic and ran back to the Fire Country, which had no ill intentions towards him.
It's a pity that although the Country of Fire does not want him, the security environment in this country is very good. There are dense military zones all over the country, and there is also a group of root elites wandering back and forth. The black market and so on have basically been wiped out.
If you don't receive the mission, you will naturally have no money to make. Kakuzu doesn't want to suffer in the backwoods of the far west and far north, which will waste his strength, and he is not willing to rashly carry out robbery and violate the Constitution of the Country of Fire, so...
Inevitably, he fell into trouble.
It was pitiful that a shadow-level master had fallen to such a low point. Kakuzu had no choice but to approach his old leader Yahiko, hoping that the other party would give him a serious job, a job worthy of his worth.
After all, Yahiko is said to be doing pretty well, and with his character, Kakuzu is not worried that Yahiko will trick him. This former leader may be one of the few people he can trust.
After listening to Kakuzu's boring narration, Yahiko felt a slight headache and pressed his temples. After a while, he said rather speechlessly:
"Kakuzu-senpai, with your strength, why don't you just go to my teacher? I believe that with my teacher's consistent attitude of valuing talents, he will definitely reuse you."
"You don't understand..." Kakuzu snorted angrily. Seeing that Yahiko didn't understand why, Konan didn't think so, so he told the truth intermittently:
"I ran away after completing my mission back then. Although there was nothing wrong with me morally speaking, it was still a farewell without saying goodbye. If I went to see Lei Luo again so hastily, I'm afraid I would have been ridiculed."
"Besides, I have also inquired about the senior military officials of the Fire Country, and they are basically not easy to get along with. That's why I came to you to see if you have any good positions suitable for me."
From these two sentences, it can be seen that Jiaodu is a person who is both good-looking and values high-level relationships. Strictly speaking, it is not that he really cannot afford to eat, but that his demands are too high, which puts him in an uncomfortable position.
A situation where you can’t get up or down.
In short, you have to live and die to save face.
In the bipolar structure formed by the empire and the federation, under the background of this great era, wandering ninjas who were free to kill at will and receive rewards have gradually withdrawn from the historical stage of the ninja world.
Kakuzu is the epitome of an era, marking how insignificant the Lone Ranger is in front of two systematic superpowers that monopolize nearly all the military power of the ninja world.
"Well..." After fully understanding Kakuzu's thoughts, Yahiko frowned and pondered, not knowing how to deal with him for a moment.
Absorb into Xin Yugakure? But the rain province is now peaceful and stable, and there is no need for masters like Kakuzu.
Arrange Kakuzu to be a production ninja? Judging from his appearance, he is definitely not willing to move any bricks, and this is obviously a waste of resources.
Recommend to go to the central side of Kakuto?
Before he could figure it out, there was a creak from the door behind him, followed by a powerful shout: "Waiter, put out all the signs in your store and serve me the dishes according to the portion of one hundred thousand taels."
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Such a rich and powerful shout immediately made the guests in the restaurant look sideways. Yahiko couldn't help but be curious and wanted to see which rich man was coming. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, the expression on his face suddenly changed.
Stunned.
"Senior Cheng?"
The visitor was wearing a red suit and a pair of large sunglasses. He had a leisurely look and was puffing away at a cigar.
As he walked, he left behind thick white smoke, which only caused a brown-haired young man in casual clothes and carrying a large luggage who followed behind him to cough repeatedly and bend his waist.