Naruto: Five Lives, Five Times the Excitement

Chapter 145 Farewell Kakuzu

After forming a team, Mimori and Izumi Takashi continued to look for suitable partners.

Unfortunately, despite the devastation of long-term wars, there are now many rogue ninjas in the ninja world, but most of them are not very strong.

However, the few people with considerable strength are able to hide themselves very well, making it difficult for Mi Shou to find them.

After some time, the two found only one decent rogue ninja, Iura Arata, who was skilled in Earth Release.

As for the other rogue ninjas who were beneath their notice, they were all killed for the bounty.

"I've been looking for so long and haven't found the right person. I've had enough."

After leaving the gold exchange, Izumi Takashi stopped, not wanting to continue the back-and-forth journey.

Iura Arata was a silent, middle-aged, overweight man. He glanced at Izumi Takashi, then at Mimori.

Recalling his battle with the two, and assessing their strength, he silently moved to stand behind Mi Shou, expressing his firm support for him.

Hearing Izumi Takashi's complaint, Mimori frowned.

He didn't have any complaints about Izumi Takashi; he just felt that recruiting people was too difficult and he couldn't continue wasting time.

Come to think of it, most of the powerful ninjas were doing well in their villages, so the chances of them defecting were not high to begin with.

Mimori sighed helplessly, "Let's take action once we find Kakuzu."

Upon hearing Mikami's words, Izumi Takashi and Iura Arata's expressions changed, and a hint of fear appeared in their eyes.

Izumi Takashi loudly refused: "No way. Given Kakuzu's personality, he would kill us for the bounty as soon as he meets us. He would never cooperate with us."

Arata Iura nodded and said, "That's right, Kakuzu cannot be trusted."

Kakuzu has almost become a legend among rogue ninja.

If you have a bounty on your back, stay far away from Kakuzu, or he will definitely not let you go.

Faced with Kakuzu's long-standing fearsome reputation, Izumi Takashi and Iura Arata were very wary and had no intention of provoking him.

Actually, Mi Shou was also a little scared.

During his years as a rogue ninja, Misato has been constantly fighting, including killing Kirigakure's pursuit force and Konoha ninjas, and his bounty is quite substantial.

During their last meeting, Kakuzu looked down on the worthless Yamori and retreated after a brief probing.

Kakuzu will probably not let Yamori off the hook this time.

Facing Kakuzu, Mikami felt that he could win or lose.

To ensure safety, Mimori only went to find Kakuzu after finding Izumi Takashi and Iura Arata.

Firstly, with help, Mi Shou's chances of winning are greater.

Secondly, even if they can't win, with two cannon fodder to cover their retreat, Mi Shou can safely withdraw.

Of course, it would be best if we could avoid fighting altogether, but unfortunately that's almost impossible.

Looking at the two people in front of him with unpleasant expressions, Mi Shou spoke calmly.

"What's there to be afraid of? With the strength of the three of us, as long as we are prepared, there will be no danger."

Izumi Takashi and Iura Arata exchanged a glance and slowly nodded.

During this time, they worked together to kill many rogue ninjas and felt that the three of them were indeed quite strong.

Besides, if things go wrong, I can just sell Misato and escape first.

The three seemed to be of the same mind, all harboring the idea of ​​betraying others.

Because he frequently completes missions, Kakuzu's whereabouts are relatively easy to track.

After searching through several gold exchange shops where Kakuzu had recently been seen, the three of them found Kakuzu's location.

"I'll send a shadow clone to make contact first, while you set up the battlefield."

Mimori created a shadow clone to meet Kakuzu, while Izumi Takashi and Iura Arata, armed with various bladed weapons, began setting traps around the area.

If the two sides fail to reach an agreement, the three of them will bring the battle here.

With the help of traps, their combat power can be greatly increased.

On a forest path, Kakuzu was walking slowly, flipping through the bounty list in his hand, pondering who to target next. Suddenly, he heard a noise behind him, stopped immediately, and slowly turned around.

"Yes, it's you."

Kakuzu glanced at Yamori, paused for a moment when he saw the Sharingan in Yamori's left eye, then immediately looked away and lowered his head to look at the list.

Soon, Kakuzu found a bounty list containing information about Yamori.

Kakuzu glanced at Mikami's bounty and gave a genuine smile.

"As expected, letting you go last time brought me a rich reward. It's truly a delightful day."

Of course, Mikami knew what Kakuzu meant, but since he was a shadow clone, he wasn't afraid at all, so he waved and greeted Kakuzu nonchalantly.

"Kakuzu, I'm planning to go to Amegakure to kill the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. Come help me, the bounty is huge."

"Sorry, all I want now is your bounty."

Two monsters sprang from Kakuzu's body and attacked Mikami using Wind Release and Fire Release techniques.

He had seen the mission to assassinate the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, but he had no intention of doing it.

Hanzo from the Rain Village is a tough opponent; even Kakuzu isn't confident he can handle him.

Moreover, the Rain Village will definitely protect the Jinchuriki very carefully, and it will be difficult to find the Jinchuriki's location alone, which will take a lot of time.

With so many bounties in the ninja world, why bother with missions that offer slow rewards?

Mi Shou's shadow clone held out for a moment before being ambushed and disappeared by the Earth Grudge Worm beneath the ground.

"Shadow clone?"

Kakuzu sneered and rushed towards the direction from which the shadow clone had come.

Having obtained the memories of the shadow clone, Mikami reminded him, "Kaku is coming."

Upon hearing this, Izumi Takashi and Iura Arata quickened their pace and soon set up the trap.

Mikami and the others were not far from Kakuzu, so Kakuzu found them in no time.

Seeing that there were two other people beside Mikami, Kakuzu was even happier and created two monsters to attack together with his main body.

Seeing that Kakuzu didn't even give them a chance to speak, treating the three of them like prey, Mikami and the others were also very unhappy.

"Give me the main body, you guys deal with those two monsters."

Mikami said in a deep voice and first went to greet Kakuzu.

It seems that without demonstrating sufficient strength, one is simply not qualified to cooperate with Kakuzu.

Mikami also wanted to know who was stronger between himself and Kakuzu.

Seeing that Mimori had chosen the most difficult main body to deal with, Izumi Takashi and Iura Arata felt relieved and each began to fight a monster.

They were quite strong, and there were traps nearby that could be used to deal with the monsters in a short time, which relieved a lot of pressure on Mi Shou.

During the battle, they also consciously lured the monsters away from the area, which not only weakened Kakuzu's cooperation with the monsters, but also allowed them to escape the battlefield as soon as Mikami was defeated.

Mimori is now almost thirteen years old.

With physical development, his strength has improved a lot in the past few years, and for a time, he and his opponent were locked in a stalemate.

Kakuzu uses ninjutsu and Earth Grudge Fear to launch a multi-angle, dense attack, making the battle very fast-paced.

Especially those Earthly Grudges, which can attack in single strands, attack in clusters, and attack from all directions, from the sky and the ground, front, back, left, and right, are extremely difficult to deal with.

If even the slightest bit of carelessness is overlooked, and a trace of earthly resentment enters the body, Mi Shou will likely be unable to withstand it.