Kakuzu: Even If I Starve to Death, I Won't Jump From Here

After losing the two major local forces, Land of Rice should have fallen into a precarious state, but because of the timely arrival of the forces of the five major powers, the riots that should have occurred did not happen.

Of course, this is not a good thing.

Because the two big clans of Land of Rice are constantly fighting each other, which is what many people would like to see. They would rather see the Land of Rice bleeding continuously than to see it quietly producing food.

Now...

The political turmoil will probably continue for a long time.

Fortunately, Makoto acted quickly, and there was no major financial problem.

Because of the continuous turmoil, and the current industrial development of the Land of Fire is in full swing. Therefore, many landlords of Land of Rice chose to flee to the Land of Fire, and the land under their hands was sold off at a great price...

Following Makoto's pace, Land of Rice will eventually stabilize and return to the status of a large granary.

As for the future... even a time traveler, it is impossible to see through fifty years at a glance.

Do the thing at hand first.

But Makoto's work is not over yet.

No, not even just getting started.

Two days later, Makoto ran to Aunt Snake's base in Land of Rice.

Standing at the door, Kabuto welcomed Makoto.

He had a smile on his face, which seemed a little close, but the smile was a bit formulaic, and if you look closely, it wasn't that close – Kabuto naturally can't let Aunt Snake see that the relationship between the two is actually so close.

Aunt Snake is very sensitive most of the time.

She is still a long way from the ultimate form of the mother snake.

In fact, according to Makoto's own suggestion, Kabuto should end his work as a correspondent and return to Konoha.

Although Aunt Snake is really good at raising children, and she can only get the best training by staying with Aunt Snake, but she is her godson after all...

It's a pity that Kabuto don't want to.

Children who have personally experienced wars are equally sensitive. Kabuto is a very smart child. He must have guessed that Makoto would choose Nono, and there must be his factors.

For Kage, personal feelings may be important, but their actions must be thought through, and they cannot act arbitrarily.

Therefore, Kabuto must show his own value.

The more valuable he is, the safer Nono will be, and she will receive more attention from Makoto.

From a purely rational analysis, Kabuto's behavior is somewhat paranoid. But... There are not many parents in the whole ninja world who have both parents.

Brother Sakura has been happier than many people since he was born.

T/N: How many male Sakura amongst the Naruto fanfic to have this comment showing up?

Even if the drowning person just grasps the straw, he will not let it go easily.

Makoto looked at Kabuto for a few seconds, then patted him on the shoulder lightly.

He didn't say anything, but Makoto knew that Kabuto must have felt his heart.

Sure enough, when he noticed Makoto intimate movements, Kabuto first shook his body slightly, then his voice trembled, and finally asked in a nonchalant voice.

"Godaime Hokage-sama, did Temari-san beat you up for the big bump on your head?"

Makoto raised his dead fish eyes.

Temari, an idiot, how could she do such a thing... In fact, she was beaten by Pakura.

In order to run out, Makoto was beaten up by Pakura, resulting in two big bumps on his head. The diplomats of the Great Hidden Villages were given PTSD.

As long as he appears at Konoha's gate, other Hidden Villages will be highly nervous.

It's not that they're afraid he will go to war, after all, the Order of Nothing is still in effect. It's just the Godaime Hokage...he's so capable.

So now, whenever Makoto wants to go out, he has to find a good reason first and let Kakashi act as a substitute.

Even so, you have to be careful.

The reason he chose this time was to pretend to be Pakura's boyfriend.

Pakura's boyfriend came all the way from Suna to see her, so she temporarily left Konoha and went to the Land of Fire...

As we all know, Pakura does not have a boyfriend, but her boyfriend came to her... This is obviously a very interesting story, so it is normal for her to disappear for a few days, right?

... Well, he admitted, he did it on purpose. If he really wanted to sneak out, there was really no need to do so, but bullying Pakura was really fun.

Pakura could really blush...

Although after blushing, it was often she who copied 40-meter shuriken and chased him down for more than a dozen streets.

In any case, for Makoto, these few days were enough.

Kakashi couldn't even hold it if there were more.

Makoto had a lot of things he wanted to say, but he couldn't. During the eerie silence, the two came to Aunt Snake's reception room together.

Aunt Snake is indeed richer than before. Although the base is essentially just a big hole dug out of the mountainside, Aunt Snake has done a good job of decorating it.

There is even a pot of flowers in the corner.

It's just that it was not a coincidence that Makoto came here, and Aunt Snake was not free.

So Makoto waited on the sofa for a long time before he saw Aunt Snake in a white coat coming from the other side of the aisle.

After a while not seeing eachother, Aunt Snake's face turned even paler.

But this is not normal paleness, but a sickly paleness.

Obviously, she didn't have a good rest, let alone a good meal.

As soon as she's doing experiment, she will forget everything around her.

"You're here."

Aunt Snake smiled and sat down opposite Makoto.

"If you don't come, I will write to you."

Hearing this, Makoto's heart skipped a beat.

"What's the matter, what happened?"

"Ah... just now, the guy named Pain used a jutsu called Magic Lantern Body Technique to communicate with me remotely. He said..."

Under Makoto's secret instructions, Aunt Snake did join Akatsuki.

But before that, Aunt Snake also asked for a lot of things – Pain had already given her a large sum of money, fully showing her sincerity.

No matter which angle you look at, Aunt Snake's behavior can be said to be bad.

But Pain wasn't offended by it.

Obviously, he knows exactly what kind of people rouge-nins are.

For him, as long as he can achieve his goal...

In fact, on a serious note, Pain's temper is still okay. Think about what Akatsuki group is in the canon, it's basically an illustrated book of strange human species... If it were Makoto, he would have been pissed to death by this group of subordinates who are too individual...

Especially Obito who pretends to be a hooligan.

All in all, Pain hopes that Aunt Snake can help recruit more people into Akatsuki.

This was also within Makoto's expectations.

The previous battle between Makoto and Nagato clearly gave Nagato a sense of urgency. With his character, he would naturally think of recruiting more ninjas – even if it was just for the purpose of using the Phantom Dragons Nine Consuming Seals.

"Did he say a goal?"

"Ah, I was asked to find a man named Kakuzu. Let me contact him first... It seems that he has been a famous bounty hunter since a long time ago."

Kakuzu?

Is it the one who threw a shuriken at the Shodaime eight hundred miles away?

Nagato actually asked Aunt Snake to recruit him... Well, the plot is messed up like this, so don't force too much.

And the weakness of Kakuzu is his greed for money, only world hoppers understand it so clearly. For most people, this is just an unsurprising quirk.

Of course he will be a little late because he wants to finish a few more tasks, but as long as he starts working, he is still very serious.

Only the world hoppers can understand the despair in Kakuzu's heart.

Many years ago, as a Taki elite, he finally launched an attack on the God of Shinobi under the tremendous psychological pressure of being killed at any time.

After returning to the village, what he got was that kind of treatment...

He was vilified and attacked. He gave everything for the village, but the village only wanted to put him to death.

The feeling of betrayal is absolutely uncomfortable. After a normal person has had such an experience, he will never want to bear it again.

Money, on the other hand, does not.

Money will always be money.

So Kakuzu finally chose his money that will never betray him.

Of course, Makoto didn't intend to whitewash Kakuzu.

Kakuzu has been a bounty hunter for so many years, the number of those who should be killed and those who should not be killed, I am afraid the number will not be small.

As an adult, Makoto is only thinking about one question now – how to deal with Kakuzu.

Kill?

Of course that can happen.

Killing a Kakuzu will weaken Akatsuki's strength.

But it seems more useful to keep him... After all, if Kakuzu are dead, Pain can still recruit others. And if Kakuzu can be developed into an internal response... Doesn't he like money? What Konoha lacks the least now is money.

But the act itself is also very difficult.

Because the temper of Kakuzu is not good – he had been in the rouge-nin business for decades, he had seen many bad things. Usually, it is either murder or being killed. How can a temper be good.

It is said that he has killed teammates many times.

Hidan can form a team with Kakuzu. On the one hand, they are not normal human beings, and unexpectedly they have a common language.

On the other hand... maybe Hidan couldn't be killed.

Hidan's ability to not die is really strong, and the part where Shikamaru kills him can basically be considered a plot kill.

No matter what, Hidan is also a brother with a unique skill of taijutsu 4.5... It is contrary to common sense that Hidan's ninjutsu is actually higher than taijutsu, it is 5...

So, do you want to use money to buy Kakuzu now?

It is theoretically possible.

Since he was in the bounty hunter business and Kakuzu was notoriously greedy for money, he would probably be willing to work as an undercover agent in Akatsuki as long as the price was right.

But how long can this kind of trust bought with money last...

He can betray Pain, and of course he can also betray Makoto.

Kakuzu and Aunt Snake are not the same thing at all.

Firstly, Aunt Snake wanted special things, such as a large number of kinjutsu, which only Konoha could provide.

Now Aunt Snake is bad, but she still can tell the difference between one full meal and full every meal.

The second is that Aunt Snake really has feelings for Konoha...at least she once had feelings.

Because she left early, Aunt Snake didn't break up with Konoha. When we met, we sat down together and drank tea and chatted.

This most basic trust may seem inconspicuous, but with it and without it, it is really not the same thing.

As for Kakuzu...

On how to deal with Kakuzu this problem, Makoto had a difficult time.

At this moment, Aunt Snake gave Makoto some advice.

"According to the information that Pain gave me, that guy named Kakuzu seems to be learning some investment from others recently, but he has been losing money...Maybe you can try your hand at this aspect?"

... Hm?