Chapter 117 The food and clothing of Wan Cao workers

Chapter 117 The food and clothing of Wan Cao workers

Chapter 117: The food and clothing of millions of laborers

"Sanye, did you let her run away?"

"Ah."

Back at the entrance of the town, Li Zhongren nodded.

"She was lucky. She ran into Kakuzu, the king of bounty hunters. He is indeed a very difficult guy. His four clones directly destroyed my Wood Dragon Technique."

"Hehe, the bounty king runs away when he sees you. You have become so powerful without me noticing."

Coming along, surrounded and protected by the large army, Uzumaki Kushina stood with her hands on her hips, a look of pride on her face.

"He was trying to protect people, otherwise if a fight really broke out, he wouldn't have used up all of the chakra of his four clones at once."

Li Zhongren shook his head. In fact, he could ask Minato to help him track the Handwritten Sky instead of relying on Uzumaki Kushina's tracking of the residual fluctuations of that special sealing technique. That would be inefficient and less accurate, and could only lock onto a rough range. Moreover, the fluctuations would become fainter and fainter. After losing its trace this time, it would be almost impossible to track it anymore.

However, there is no point in using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Minato's ability is a trump card and cannot be used carelessly. Don't underestimate the intelligence investigation capabilities of the ninjas. Even someone as strong as Nagato was able to make a comeback by having some of his intelligence revealed by Jiraiya, which gave Naruto the opportunity to talk his way out of trouble.

Whether it's him or Minato, as long as they can't reach the level of Hashirama Senju, they still have to be careful in what they say and do.

Besides, if the other party really escaped to Kirigakure, it would not be a bad thing for him, because he wanted to find an opportunity to go to Kirigakure.
But then again, Kakuzu was a man of his word. To outsiders, he had only lost four clones, but Li Zhongren knew that those were four lives and the chakra hearts of four different jonin.

The loss, if you really want to calculate it, is definitely a huge number. The unit of measurement is 37 million for Sarutobi Ashima. Considering that he is the son of the Hokage, he has a bonus, and it is still 18 million after a half discount. Four hundred and eighteen, how much money is that——
"One hundred million taels"

On a deserted island, Jiaojiang drove the sunken ship onto the beach and lay on the deck to rest in the sun. After losing four clones in a row and traveling so far on the seabed, he was almost at his limit.

"One hundred million taels."

Kakuzu stared blankly at the sky.

Four jonins need jonin hearts with different attributes. It is very troublesome whether you hunt or buy them.

“I can actually do such a thing.”

Coming back to his senses, Kakuzu couldn't help but sigh. He knew that he was not soft-hearted just because the other person was a little girl.

His heart had long been as cold as ice.

But from her experience, he really saw his own shadow. Because of the village’s struggle, he became an innocent victim. Smuggling weapons was also the order of your Konoha elders. As a result, because he was afraid of being discovered, he ordered to silence her.

This is so similar to my former self.
Maybe he just wanted to make up for the regret he had at that time. What if someone could help him?

Unfortunately, there is no "if" in reality, so I like money, because only money will not betray me.
"Mr. Kakuzu, I found food and medicine as you instructed."

A panting voice interrupted Kakuzu's memories. It was Shouxie Tian. She was sent by him to a hiding place to get food and medicine.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows, let alone a bounty hunter like him who offends people everywhere because of completing missions.

For example, the sunken ship and the supply points on the deserted islands along the way were all prepared by him over the years. His purpose was to escape. Once he met someone he couldn't afford to offend, he would hide for a while. Anyway, there were people who resented him, and he had a long lifespan, so he could outlast others, just like the God of Ninja.

You are the God of Ninja, but you are dead
I am a jonin who was scared away by your eyes, but I am still alive
Put down the medicine, leave half of the food, and stay away from me.

"Do you need me to apply medicine for you?"

"Aren't you afraid?"

Kakuzu pointed at his body which looked like a rag doll. This was also a side effect of using the Earth's Grudge.

"No, I feel very safe."

"Hahaha"

Hearing this, Kakuzu smiled, then looked at the handwritten sky coldly.

"roll."

"Yes"

"Secret Technique: Earth's Grudge: Repair!"

Shouxi Tian left the shipwreck, Jiaodu formed seals with his hands, and in an instant, a bunch of silk threads emerged from his body. These silk threads absorbed various nourishing medicines into the body. Slowly, the Diyuan Yu, which had been a little shriveled, seemed to gradually regain its luster.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, Jiaotu was stunned.

Because after his four clones were destroyed, they fed back a piece of information.

The information was that the destroyed wooden dragon was emitting chakra similar to that of the woman he killed in the Sand Village several months ago. Now, if he tasted it, it was actually chakra similar to Wood Release.

Suddenly, after gathering all the recent information together, Kakuzu's eyes lit up.

"Damn it, if this information is sold, 100 million taels will be earned, right?"
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"Chief, this is the account book of all the girls in the yuuya."

The person in charge of the root department was standing next to Li Zhongren trembling with fear.

After all, they had seen the previous battle. The strength and aura of the man in front of them already had some of that of the first generation. Of course, what was more important were the twenty-two corpses lying on the ground.

These are the former leaders, Danzo's diehard fans, and they are even plotting to kill the man in front of them to avenge Danzo.

Unfortunately, it didn't even have a chance to attack before being strangled by the roots that emerged from the ground.
"so."

After a long time, Li Zhongren asked Li Saibo to help process the account book data. After reaching a conclusion, he looked at the person in charge in front of him, who was of course one of the few living root members.

"Half of this prostitute house has been controlled by a man named Cardo since a few years ago?"

"It can't be said to be control, but cooperation. He set up a hall here to sell various items from Kirigakure. It's only later that his business grew bigger and his hall also grew bigger, so it felt like this."

“All crows are black.”

Li Zhongren pinched the bridge of his nose.

This place was indeed originally established by the Root, but as time went by, it gradually turned from a brothel into a trading market. The ninja families in Konoha that he mentioned before basically relied on this market to sell various resources and goods. Even though it was legally within the territory of Konoha, part of the control was in the hands of Kirigakure, and the reason was this: interests.

You can even buy weapons made from the bones of the Bamboo Clan here.
Of course, Kirigakure will not directly reach out, that would be tantamount to slapping Konoha in the face, it is through the white gloves, the forces it has built up to participate here, that is, the Cardo mentioned just now, yes, the one in the original book. Of course, he is still very young now, only about 30 years old.

But it is already one of the largest gangs in Konoha and the coastal area of ​​Kirigakure.

"I'll continue doing business as usual."

After a long time, Li Zhongren put down the account book, looked at the person in charge, and took out a scroll from his arms.

"However, the contraband items recorded in these scrolls, such as the Akimichi clan's chili pills, are temporarily suspended from sale. Wait for my notice when the ban will be lifted."

"Yes!"

It can be seen that the person in charge was obviously relieved. After all, this place is now the basis for the livelihood of millions of canal workers.

Some things, once you want to stop them, are difficult to do. Sarutobi Hiruzen's purpose is very simple. If you don't care about this matter, you will continue to take the blame. If you care, then after it touches the core interests of the family, he will have to face the real counterattack of all the ninja families. After all, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing his parents.

Therefore, if he wants to break the deadlock, he has to think of another way, such as
Create a bigger crisis?

"All the red-haired women in the prostitute house, bring them out for me. If there are any who leave here, mark their tracks for me."

"Yes! Now?"

"Now!"

Putting down the account book, Li Zhongren took a few deep breaths.

He had no favorable impression of places like brothels, and it had been the same in both his past and present lives.

To put it in a broader sense, this is called exploitation of women.

To put it simply, he thinks it's dirty and he doesn't like to be in the same boat with others.

Even when he was reading novels in his previous life, he would skip over any scenes involving brothels and listening to music.

However, he really had no way to deal with this matter. In the Naruto world, even Jiraiya often went to such places, which was enough to show that when the environment of the whole world was like this, would these women be protected if this place was closed? Don't be funny, it's just a different place.

Is it okay to just take them all away?

Not at all, they will just capture another batch from other places.

Therefore, if you are poor, you should just take care of yourself and rescue the members of the Uzumaki clan first.

"So, there are nine red-haired women here?"

"Yes, there are only nine recorded red-haired women, but three of them died, leaving six. There were originally seven, and one of them gave birth to a child before she died."

"What about the child?"

"It was bought by a passing Kusagakure ninja for a large sum of money."

"Grass Ninja."

Li Zhongren nodded slightly and kept this matter in his heart.

"Then, send them all to the Thousand Hands Army. Let the troops pick them up and ensure their safety."

"Yes!"
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The East Yuuyouya was expanded eastwards from the original Yuuyouya and is the territory of Kirigakure.

At this moment, Cardo was in the hall, with a bunch of people humming below.

These people were all his subordinates, of course, only in name. In fact, they were all Kirigakure ninjas. Obviously, after discovering that Mu had sent a force of about a thousand people to the City That Never Sleeps, they immediately gathered together to prepare for various emergencies.

However, after waiting for a long time, the other party seemed to have no intention of paying attention to them for the time being.

However, Cardo did not dare to give the order to disband casually.

On the one hand, he was afraid of death.

Any more.
Upon hearing that, Cardo looked to one side. He was actually a white glove, and the one next to him was a Jonin of the Mist Ninja, from the Kirigakure clan. There had even been a Mizukage in the clan, and he was the real manager here. Of course, he would usually disguise himself as his subordinate.

The other party seemed to be in deep thought as well. After all, he couldn't understand why Konoha suddenly sent so many people over.

A ninja army of one thousand people came all the way here from Konoha. Even if it was a forced march, it would still consume a lot of resources, such as military ration pills.

There has always been a tacit understanding here.

"Da~da~da~"

Suddenly, the sound of footsteps attracted his attention. Kidōri looked into the distance, but it was not the patriarch of the Senju clan, but who else could it be?

"Snapped!"

However, the other party didn't even speak to himself, who should be Cardo, but just clapped his hands, and the amount of chakra around him seemed to suddenly increase several times.

It was obvious that some secret technique was used to temporarily enhance abilities.

Then, clap again.
"Wood Release: Super: Petrify Everything!"

"Boom!"

There was a sudden earthquake, and a large number of tree roots gushed out from the ground, instantly wrapping up the entire Dongyounv House. All the roots were winding around in the Younv House, constantly spraying gray-white mist while also entangled with the people inside.

For example, those guys in the hall who look more like gangsters than ninjas, maybe they have been gangsters for too long and have forgotten the manners of a ninja. Unless you are preparing to use joint ninjutsu, don't gather in a group.

Then, they were all entangled by endless tree roots and petrified.
"clatter!"

Li Zhongren snapped his fingers, and the petrified Gui Dengri regained his ability to move. His body instinctively turned into a ball of water and escaped from the entanglement of the tree roots. Then, he was pointed at by more tree roots and dared not move anymore.
"I would like to ask this ninja from the Kizuna clan to go back and tell your Mizukage."

"I am Mitsuha Kotori, the son-in-law of the noble descendants of Whirlpool Country. I would like to discuss with him in Whirlpool Country about the fall of Whirlpool Country. Please be on time, otherwise, these ninjas will be the first to be buried with him. Do you understand?"

　Two updates, and a short nap.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)