[The choice issued by the system in the previous chapter was unreasonable and has been modified. Thank you for the feedback from the high-dimensional observers.]
"Be careful, there are enemies!"
While Team Six was moving forward, Nagato, the little radar, suddenly spoke up.
"Get ready to face the enemy!"
At Konan's order, the four of them drew their weapons and quietly opened their poison pouches.
Beside them, Kaze's Kage Clone Jutsu watched the scene with a smile and didn't intervene.
The enemies were just an ordinary team, and the strongest among them was only at the Chunin level.
It might be a bit of a struggle to deal with them, but the four kids could handle it.
As Kaze expected, after a fierce fight, the four kids successfully wiped out the enemy team.
"Brother Kaze, our performance just now was... Damn it, Brother Kaze is gone! (Surprised)"
Just when Yahiko wanted to show off to Kaze, he found that Kaze had disappeared without a trace. He was completely stunned.
In a shady clearing.
Kaze and Kakuzu suddenly moved at almost the same time.
"Help me make a choice!"
"Borrow your head!"
To instantly kill Kaze and prevent him from using the Flying Raijin Technique to escape, Kakuzu went all out from the start and entered the Earth Grudge Fear mode.
Dense black lines drilled out of his body, propping up two masks, one red and one blue, on his shoulders. They twisted and circled in the air.
"Hehehaha~~Gigigigi~~"
Both masks opened their big mouths, looking neither like smiles nor cries, making eerie laughter.
[Determining speed... Kakuzu is faster. Kakuzu takes the first attack!]
Wind Release: Pressure Damage!
The black mask spat out an almost solid high-pressure wind ball.
Fire Release: Head Hardship!
At the same time, the red mask monster spat out a sea of fire like an ocean.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The wind ball suddenly exploded, forming a terrifying whirlwind that swept in all directions.
With the help of the strong wind, the sea of fire instantly rose up in huge waves, roaring and engulfing Kaze's tiny figure.
Composite Ninjutsu: Blazing Wind Turbulence!
The scorching heat and a thousand-fold pressure were enough to grind everything within the range into powder and burn it to ashes.
"Damn, dude, you're being too harsh!"
Kaze's figure appeared behind Kakuzu. He picked up a Flying Thunder God Kunai and joked with a smile.
"If you blast me into ashes, they might not recognize me when you exchange my ashes for the bounty!"
Kakuzu said nothing and suddenly turned around, firing a shot at Kaze.
Earth Grudge Fear: Ultimate Shot!
The lightning attribute mask monster had drilled out of his body at some point. Together with the wind and fire masks, they opened their big mouths.
The three attributes of wind, fire, and lightning were superimposed, turning into a terrifying Chakra Cannon that shot straight at Kaze.
"Damn it, you old guy, you're not playing fair!"
"
According to the turn-based system, it's my turn to take action!"
Kaze cursed under his breath and used the [Body Flicker Technique] to dodge.
The Chakra beam lost its target. It pierced through a dozen big trees in a row and disappeared from their sight.
Gulp.
Kaze reappeared not far away and swallowed hard.
If that thing had hit him just now, it might have sent him to the afterlife directly.
Huh?
After two consecutive failed attacks, Kakuzu stopped his aggressive assault and frowned at Kaze.
"You could have just left. Why did you stay? Are you trying to provoke me?"
"Of course not." Kaze shook his head and said with a bit of melancholy.
"If it weren't necessary, I wouldn't want to play with my own life."
"But there's no other way. Who asked me to complete the mission of the system?"
There's no other way. The reward for this mission is really appealing.
You know, just like Tanzō, Kaze originally had five attributes: Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, and Yin.
After obtaining the Hashirama cells, he also got the Yang attribute from Hashirama.
If he got the [Earth Grudge Fear (Incomplete)] and managed to get a Lightning - attribute heart, he would be able to possess all - attribute Chakra!
It's definitely worth taking a small risk!
"Kakuzu, take two Italian - style shurikens from me!"
Kakuzu was faster than Kaze. In the previous round of powerful attacks, Kaze didn't even have a chance to make a move.
Now that Kakuzu had suspended his offensive, Kaze directly took out two shurikens and started to fight back!
[Selection successful. Congratulations to the host for the reward: Secret Jutsu - Earth Grudge Fear (Incomplete)!]
Swish! Swish!
Looking at the two shurikens thrown by Kaze, Kakuzu got angry.
This bastard said he didn't stay to provoke him.
If he had just used a Great Fireball Jutsu, Kakuzu would have gritted his teeth and accepted it.
But you just casually throw two shurikens at a Kage - level powerhouse... What the hell is this if it isn't provocation?
Didn't I just throw a shuriken at the First Hokage from a great distance back then?
And wasn't it just that I accidentally tripped over a branch while running away and had my heart pierced by a tree branch?
It's been decades, and you're still using this to humiliate me, right?!
"Earth Grudge Fear, fully activated!"
Dense black lines gushed out from Kakuzu's body, covering the sky and the earth. Five masks rose into the air at the same time and all opened their mouths wide.
"Damn it?"
Kaze didn't know why Kakuzu got angry. Since the selection was completed, he promptly chose to evacuate.
"Goodbye. Next time we meet, we can talk about cooperation or something!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The moment Kaze's figure disappeared, a terrifying energy shock hit the place where he had just been, plowing the ground three feet deep!
"What a goddamn weirdo!"
Kakuzu coldly retracted his Earth Grudge Fear. He was in a really bad mood now.
The twenty million ryo that practically walked into his hands just slipped away. And before leaving, it even gave him a metaphorical kick in the butt.
"Don't let me see you again, or..."
While Kakuzu was feeling irritated, the roster in his arms suddenly started to heat up.
He quickly took out the roster and infused it with chakra. Then a line of text slowly appeared on it.
"You have a new order. Please go to the nearby money - changing shop to check it out in time."
Humph!
Although a bit depressed, life had to go on. Kakuzu chose to continue taking orders to earn his next hard - earned money.
Whoosh!
Kaze flashed and appeared beside Konan, then directly picked her up from behind.
"Yah!"
Konan was both surprised and delighted. She rubbed against Kaze's arms forcefully.
"Brother Kaze, why did you suddenly disappear earlier? You gave us quite a scare!"
Kaze smiled. "I just went to handle something. I'm back as soon as I finished it."
Although Kaze didn't elaborate, Kakashi and Nagato exchanged glances and already had a guess.
"It seems that Brother Kaze must have gone to deal with some powerful enemies we couldn't handle earlier," Nagato whispered.
"Yeah, the previous explosion was probably caused by Brother Kaze," Kakashi replied in a low voice.
"Maybe the enemy was too tough, and Brother Kaze needed to go all out, so he withdrew the chakra maintaining the Kage Clone Jutsu."
While everyone was chatting, Yahiko sourly said from the side.
"Brother Kaze, why do you only hug Konan and not me? Isn't this discrimination?"
Kaze held Konan with one hand and flicked Yahiko on the forehead with the other, asking irritably.
"Come on, have you just got to know me?"
Kakashi struggled not to laugh, while Nagato burst out laughing.
Yahiko was extremely indignant. "Humph, it seems that the Shimura family doesn't have a place for me anymore. Then I'm leaving!"
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