Chapter 89: Kakuzu: Are you the manipulator behind the futures market? You bastard, die!

Chapter 89: Kakuzu: Are you the manipulator behind the futures market? You bastard, die!

Chapter 89: Kakuzu: Are you the manipulator behind the futures market? You bastard, die!
A bounty hunter with five hearts?
Kakuzu?

Uchiha Nan thought of the immortal duo of the Akatsuki Group in his mind. Kakuzu was actually captured alive by Konoha at this time. His sudden appearance finally affected the story line of the Naruto world and caused a butterfly effect.

Although Uchiha Nan had already prepared himself mentally for this, when the butterfly effect really appeared, a strange sense of absurdity still arose in his heart.

"That bounty hunter also claimed that he had fought with the Shodaime-sama, and that he was able to walk out of Konoha unscathed after assassinating the Shodaime-sama."

"Hahahaha"

"humor!"

"Assassinate the Shodaime-sama?"

"I'm afraid I'm dizzy, hahahaha"

Uchiha Tomita's cheeks flushed as he recounted all of Kakuzu's outrageous remarks when he was captured. The table was suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere as everyone burst into laughter.

A mere bounty hunter actually dared to touch the first generation of Konoha!
No one present believed what Kakuzu said, except Uchiha Nan.

Because Kakuzu really assassinated the Shodaime, he was jokingly called a shuriken thrown from eight hundred miles away.

As for the assassination process, Kakuzu probably exaggerated it a lot in order to flatter himself.

After all, he is a bounty hunter. If he advertises himself as having rich experience in assassination and having assassinated important figures in the ninja world when he first enters the industry, it will be much easier for him to get orders.

Although the process was exaggerated, Kakuzu did not lie in the end and really walked out of Konoha unscathed.

Uchiha Nan decided to meet Kakuzu the next day, wanting to know what had happened to Kakuzu that he dared to attack the main Hyuga family of Konoha.

A wandering bounty hunter in the ninja world who wants to touch the bottom line of Konoha's top wealthy family is simply courting death. If Kakuzu is in his right mind, he won't do such a stupid thing. He can't really want money over his life for the bounty. However, with Kakuzu's personality, it's not impossible for him to do such a thing.
Uchiha Nan was thinking about Kakuzu's motive for committing the crime when people around him began to toast him. On such a happy day, Uchiha Nan naturally accepted all the toasts. He got drunk and was finally carried home.

The next day, Uchiha Nan came to the prison where Kakuzu was imprisoned out of curiosity.

Kakuzu was tied up tightly, with layer upon layer of sealing techniques on his body. Uchiha Tomita was very careful with a bounty hunter as powerful as Kakuzu, as the slightest mistake could lead to an accident.

"Are you here to kill me?"

"If you want to take action, hurry up."

Kakuzu said weakly that he seemed to have been tortured quite a lot these past few days. He had to take a ration pill every day to keep himself alive and not starve to death. He didn't even have the strength to open his eyelids.

"I don't want to kill you. Even though you have offended the Hyuga clan, I admire your strength and conviction. As long as I come forward to intercede for you, the Hyuga clan will show leniency."

Uchiha Nan unsealed Kakuzu's body and handed him a food box containing three dishes, a soup, and a few rice balls.

Kakuzu opened his lunch box and started to eat big chunks of fruit, like a starving ghost, mumbling incoherently while he ate.

"What is your status in Konoha? Are you trying to recruit me?"

"My target this time is the Byakugan of the main family, the lifeblood of the Hyuga clan."

Kakuzu, a veteran of many battles, immediately understood Uchiha Kusunoki's intention, but he did not hold out much hope. The Hyuga clan was now at its peak in Konoha, and the clan leader Hyuga Takuma had already become Konoha's assistant Hokage.

The only way to appease the Hyuga clan's anger and recruit me is to ask the Hokage of Konoha to step in.

"I am Uchiha Nan, the Sandaime Hokage of Konoha."

After hearing what Uchiha Nan said, he raised his head with an incredible look. He was really the Hokage of Konoha, condescending to recruit a bounty hunter like him?

"What do I have that is worthy of the Hokage of Konoha's attention?"

Kakuzu is no longer the rookie ninja who could be tricked into assassinating Senju Hashirama by a few words from the village's higher-ups.

Having worked as a bounty hunter for so many years, he has been through a lot and has seen too many people who would smile and call you a brother one second, but stab you in the back for profit the next second.

His heart had long since become extremely cold, and apart from money, he would no longer believe in anything in his life.

Uchiha Nan must have saved me because he wanted to gain something beneficial from me!

However, Kakuzu was confused in his heart. He was very clear about his current situation. He was just a prisoner who could be executed at any time. What else could be worthy of Uchiha Nan's attention?

A body of force?
Uchiha Nan has no shortage of powerful ninjas willing to work for him.

"That is naturally your belief. I know your past. You were once ordered by the high-ranking officials of Takigakure to assassinate the First Generation of Konoha. Later, the First Generation was kind enough to let you go. After you escaped by chance, you were used as a scapegoat."

Uchiha Nan told Kakuzu the past that he didn't want to recall the most. Kakuzu burped, with a self-deprecating smile on his face, and slowly said:

"The intelligence department of Hokage is really amazing. They have investigated my background thoroughly. I killed all the high-ranking officials of Takigakure at that time. What kind of belief can a high-ranking official who killed his superior have that is worthy of praise?"

"Your belief is something that no Konoha ninja has. No one knows better than me how much you care about making money."

Uchiha Nan's answer surprised Kakuzu. If you talk about making money, Kakuzu will no longer be sleepy and will have to talk to Uchiha Nan about his ideals.

When Uchiha Nan saw the longing light in Kakuzu's eyes, he smiled with satisfaction. Konoha's future business must be huge. To deal with a lot of things like cost loss and profit return, they needed people like Kakuzu to work for them.

Kakuzu's desire to make money allowed him to do bounty missions like a slave for decades, and in the end, all his money was taken away by the Akatsuki organization.

I can give Kakuzu a bigger stage, where he can continue to gain experience and fully display his talents in the ninja world.

"In the future, Konoha will have to transform. You can only earn a few dollars by working so hard on those tasks. Konoha will have to get involved in food, steel, energy, and medical care. Do you know about industrialization? There are also profitable military industries in the manufacturing industry."

Uchiha Nan started talking eloquently and painted a rosy picture for Kakuzu. A business blueprint of one trillion, one hundred trillion... was described vividly by Uchiha Nan.

Under Uchiha Nan's vivid narration, Kakuzu's heart began to burn with excitement.

Is this the magnanimity of the Konoha Hokage?
It’s too small. My vision is really too small!

"As long as the manufacturing industry is expanded in the ninja world, we can also play some more interesting tricks, such as finance. That is the magic of money, making money faster than a money printing machine!"

"Now I have started to lay out the financial game. Have you heard of pig iron futures?"

"I am the big banker behind the scenes. I worked together with the daimyo to make hundreds of billions of taels of silver from those leeks at one time!"

Kakuzu was listening to Uchiha Nan's empty promises with great interest, until he heard about pig iron futures and his face changed color instantly.

You damn beast, it turns out you are the big boss behind the scenes!
All the money I earned from doing bounty missions all year round for half my life was taken away by you!
"Thieves, die!"

Kakuzu was weak and his emotions were boiling, so his punches were weak and not fast enough or hard enough, so Uchiha Nan easily dodged them.

What's going on here?
We were having a great time chatting, and just when I was talking about my proudest trading work, why did he suddenly take action?

Uchiha Nan reactivated the sealing technique in the room and controlled Kakuzu.

"You bastard!" "If you hadn't swindled all my money away, why would I take the risk to get your money!"

Kakuzu had been tied up like a dumpling, unable to move, but he continued to curse, wishing he could die together with Uchiha Nan.

Money is Kakuzu's lifeblood. Last time, Uchiha Nan almost cut off Kakuzu's lifeblood.

“You’re also into futures?”

Uchiha Nan remained calm on the surface but secretly laughed in his heart, "Kakuzu, you really are a trendsetter of the times, keeping up with the trend. People like you should work for me!"
“How much money did you lose?”

"One billion taels!"

"All the money I've earned in my life has been invested in this, and I haven't sold those damn futures yet!"

"Oh, I know that. If you don't sell it, you won't lose money!"

"I...I...Fuck you!"

It would have been better if Uchiha Nan hadn't mentioned this. As soon as he said it, Kakuzu's anger immediately surged, and he had no way to break free from the shackles of the seal, and his limbs were shaking wildly.

"Don't be so excited. As the banker, I am giving you the opportunity to make money. As long as you suppress your greed and sell out in time, you can still make a lot of money. It is you who have been increasing your positions and chasing high prices."

“There are many people who have become rich overnight because of futures.”

Uchiha Nan's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on Kakuzu's head, making him calm down a little. He once made 10 billion taels, but because of greed for a moment, he lost it all in the end.

The digital game of finance is so addictive that it is so easy to get lost in it. Even now, Kakuzu still misses the feeling of making money at that time.

"Kakuzu, since you are a futures trader, you should know that everything I just said is not just empty talk."

"Think about it. Do you want to be my subordinate? I may not necessarily give this opportunity to others even if they beg me on their knees."

Uchiha Nan looked at Kakuzu and invited him to form a team. If Kakuzu was not tactful enough to refuse him, then Uchiha Nan would have no choice but to give Kakuzu to Senju Tobirama as a gift.

The body transformed by Di Yuanyu should be of great research value and is an excellent research material.

Senju Tobirama should be very satisfied with his gift.

Kakuzu narrowed his dark green eyes and thought. He didn't have many choices in his current situation. Either die or work for Uchiha Nan.

Facing the dog dealer who took away his half life savings, Kakuzu hated him. He hated Uchiha Nan for not coming to him earlier. He could have kneeled down and served him at that time!

Now everyone is so embarrassed, this is really difficult to deal with.

However, Kakuzu's moral standards are already very low. He has done too many things like killing people, stealing treasures, and stabbing people in the back.

Not only is his life at stake now, but he also has a chance to make back all the money he lost in the past. Kakuzu fell to his knees very quickly, and the dignity of a strong man was not even within Kakuzu's consideration.

Make money, it’s not shameful!

Uchiha Kusunoki is the Hokage of Konoha, the largest ninja village in the ninja world. It is not shameful for me to be his dog, but others cannot do so.

In just a few seconds, Kakuzu had completed his mental preparation.

"I am willing to offer my loyalty to the Hokage!"

Kakuzu swore allegiance to Uchiha Nan, which made Uchiha Nan very satisfied, and he once again released the seal on Kakuzu.

"You won't regret your decision today in the future!"

Uchiha Nan made a promise to Kakuzu.

"Hokage-sama, how do you calculate the wages for my work?"

Kakuzu decided to ask about the money first. He would rather die than work for Uchiha Nan for free.

"First, go to Konoha's Ministry of Finance to familiarize yourself with the work process. Do you know the annual currency issuance of the Fire Country, the interest rates for bank deposits and loans, and the exchange rates of the currencies of the five major countries?

I will give you a few books. First, study the advanced knowledge, the theory of surplus value, monopoly value, variable capital, and immutable capital."

"You want to get paid without knowing anything. Do you really think this is a low-end way of making money like a ninja?"

Uchiha Nan has high expectations for Kakuzu, and his desire to make money will drive him to constantly learn how to be a qualified capitalist.

Kakuzu was confused by Uchiha Nan's series of questions. After working as a ninja for so many years, he only had an elementary school diploma. Is this the knowledge that a ninja should master?
“Can I make a lot of money by learning these?”

“It’s not about making a lot of money, it’s about making a lot of money!”

"I will introduce Nara Shikato as your guide. He will be responsible for the specific implementation of the futures business. I hope you can surpass me!"

Kakuzu became excited. When he mentioned the futures business, he could imagine his bright future.

Making money is as easy as breathing!
This is what Master White Fang once wrote in his book.

White Fang?

Kakuzu suddenly thought of White Fang. Since Uchiha Nan was the mastermind behind the scenes, White Fang, the trumpeter who blew the signal for the leeks to step into the abyss, wouldn't he also be in Konoha!

"Master Uchiha Nan, do you know White Fang?"

"White Fang? You mean Hatake Sakumo? He's in Konoha."

"He also participated in the pig iron futures plan and made a lot of money, almost 100 million taels, which means he won't have to worry about food and drink for the rest of his life."

"Can I see White Fang?"

"At the exchange, he helped me a lot."

"Okay, since you two are so familiar with each other, I'll arrange for you and White Fang to be colleagues."

Uchiha Nan answered casually, not realizing that Kakuzu was already gritting his teeth.

After a while, Uchiha Nan brought Kakuzu out of the prison and instructed Nara Shikaon to go through a set of procedures for Kakuzu to clear his previous identity as a bounty hunter and give him a position on the Konoha ninja list.

That evening
Kakuzu finally met the Master White Fang he had been longing for. Although Hatake Sakumo had put on a mask, Kakuzu still recognized Hatake Sakumo as White Fang at a glance.

"Thieves, die!"

　I reported to school today to start the new semester, so the update time may not be stable. I apologize for that, my readers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)