Really Fragrant

T/N: This is the most Chinese title I've ever seen

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Kakuzu investment loss?

What the hell is going on?

In Makoto's impression, although Kakuzu is the ultimate money fanatic, but in terms of behavior, he is a rather old-fashioned ninja – no way, he is too old, he is from the same era as the Shodaime Hokage, let It's okay for him to kill people, you let him manage and invest...

It's really a bit overwhelming.

Everyone has their own habits and comfort zone.

Kakuzu shouldn't have such thoughts.

Makoto felt a little baffled.

As a result, Aunt Snake rolled her beautiful eyes at him.

"What's that expression on your face? Didn't you do it yourself?"

"What I did... I never met him before."

It's not that Makoto doesn't know Kakuzu, but it's too far away from the beginning of the plot.

He has been busy with the Fourth Ninja War before, and all kinds of shit after that. If Pain hadn't arrived early, he wouldn't have focused on that secondary goal.

Both Kakuzu and Hidan belonged to the kind of characters who were fierce at first sight, but after knowing the information, they would immediately become weaker by a large amount. Under the siege of a real Kage class, it is not difficult to solve.

If it's really troublesome, it's how to find these guys.

"Yes, you have indeed never contacted him. Then do you know who is the most famous wealthy businessman recently?"

"For the wealthy businessman, it belongs to... I understand."

The most famous guy in the luxury business circle recently is Makoto himself.

Indeed, he is not a wealthy businessman, but because of the miso war before...

Even if he didn't win all the merits, he and Yagura stopped the wealthy businessmen together, but it didn't prevent the wealthy businessmen from speaking highly of him.

Everyone is an expert, and they can tell at a glance whether they are capable or not.

Makoto regrets the miso war in general, but from the perspective of a businessman, this is a big victory, which has already entered the textbooks of business schools.

Such a big news has already spread to every corner of the Naruto World, and no one can snatch away the title of the most profitable Kage.

At the same time, people were also secretly guessing how much Asuma Makoto had earned – they would definitely not be able to find out this kind of top-secret information, but it did not prevent many people from thinking about it.

Kakuzu is one of them.

Seeing that Makoto was making a lot of money while he was still struggling to make money by killing people, Kakuzu also took action.

This sounds really outrageous, and Makoto doesn't know the details, but...it really seems like something that this character can do.

It is true that Kakuzu is cold-blooded and ruthless, but this guy has a clear goal, killing people is to make money, not anything else.

From the beginning to the end, Kakuzu's goal was to let the small money in his pocket multiply rapidly.

In this point, he is different from Hidan, he doesn't have to kill people.

If there is a way that allows him to make countless profits without killing people, this guy is definitely willing to do it... After all, beheading is also risky, maybe one day you will encounter some tough guy, if it is even more unlucky, he will be seriously injured because of the tough guy, and then he will catch up with the enemy and come to the door...

An old fritter who can survive in the Ninja World for decades without overturning, in addition to being strong enough, must also have enough caution.

It is true that Kakuzu cutting people is fast, but under the national scythe, his earning speed is really nothing.

For now, ninjas and wealthy merchants are basically two big groups with clear distinctions. Kakuzu doesn't usually get in touch, and he doesn't want to get to know him.

But Makoto is a member of the ninja circle...

Makoto didn't know what kind of mood Kakuzu was in at that time... Maybe he was so jealous that he even bit his back molars into pieces?

There is no need for Aunt Snake to continue talking, Makoto also knows what happened next.

After being stimulated by Makoto, Kakuzu also learned to start investing.

However, after a series of investments, Kakuzu not only failed to make money, but suffered a huge loss, possibly even losing the money to buy a coffin.

This is normal. There are countless pitfalls in investing and starting a business. Even the son of the richest man may lose money, let alone a pure amateur like Kakuzu.

This thing sounds funny, if he heard it in the past, it was just a joke. But now...

Makoto realized that this might be an opportunity.

For a super-senior ninja of Kakuzu's age, the only joy in this life is counting money. Now that his small coffers are broken, he will definitely want to double his earnings.

But now the traditional ninja project is not very easy to do-because of the total nothingness order and the diplomat system.

In the past, due to the continuous fighting between the Five Great Hidden Villages, there were many gray areas between the Five Great Hidden Villages, and it was not convenient for the Five Great Hidden Villages to communicate.

It is for this reason that Soragakure has been able to develop silently for many years.

Now that everyone has ceased fighting, when encountering problems, diplomats can just say a word to each other, instead of wrangling and guessing with each other as before.

It is not easy for a war hound like Kakuzu to survive – there is still a lot of friction in a small place, but how can the commission in such a place satisfy Kakuzu?

He is a real master anyway, even if he doesn't have that self-esteem, he still has that asking price.

Kakuzu want to make money quickly, either by increasing the workload or lowering the price.

If at this time, Makoto is willing to give him some chances to make money... those wealthy merchants concentrated in Konohagakure have a tendency to merge into a modern chaebol. A lot of inside information is circulated in it.

Plutocratization is of course risky, but Makoto, the Hokage alone, does not need to worry. Even if he doesn't make any progress in the next ten years, he only needs to take care of Naruto and Sasuke these two together...

The big deal is to strengthen the whole world.

Regardless of what happened more than ten years later, looking at it now, it seems that he can indeed take advantage of this and get help from Kakuzu.

It doesn't need much, as long as Makoto discloses some inside information to him every once in a while, Kakuzu can make a lot of money without killing anyone.

Compared with taking a one-time commission, Kakuzu should also prefer this method.

– If you take too much one-time commission, Kakuzu will feel hot, and if you take it separately, it seems a bit less... But the inside information is different.

Anyway...Makoto didn't count on Kakuzu's loyalty, as long as he kept getting information for him within Akatsuki...But in that case, he had to switch his identity to contact him first.

You can't expect an old fritter like Kakuzu to never notice it, just let him see it as late as possible, and that's enough.

Makoto thought quickly, and already had a rough plan.

"But just to be on the safe side...do you have a ninja tool here to hide your identity? I came out in a hurry and didn't bring much."

"Of course."

Now that you have started to be a rouge-nin, there are always corresponding props.

Aunt Snake has everything you need here, not to mention the technique of erasing face that specifically changes appearance, and various props to hide identity and smell.

"Are you going to find him yourself?"

"Well, if it's other people... I'm not at ease."

There are still a few people in the village who can kill Kakuzu. But this time the goal is not to kill, and it involves the secrets of those wealthy businessmen, so Makoto really has to do it himself.

"You're always like this...forget it, whatever you want, come with me."

Aunt Snake took Makoto into her treasure house.

The inside is really dazzling, everything is there, it is an eye-opener.

It seems that during this period of time, Aunt Snake hasn't forgotten about her management... After all, she is the guy who established Orogakure, and Aunt Snake's management ability is actually not bad.

Just walking, Makoto found a big sword placed on the weapon rack.

The overall style of this large sword is European-style, which is completely different from the common samurai sword. It was dark all over and looked ordinary. But Makoto could feel the solid strength hidden under its ordinary appearance.

Makoto couldn't help touching it twice.

This great sword has a very good transmission effect on chakra. And... very heavy.

Aunt Snake noticed Makoto's gaze.

"How do you like it?"

"Hmm... can I borrow it?"

After sending the Yama sword to Nagato, Makoto no longer had any weapons with him.

It's not that in a warehouse isn't big in Konoha, you can't even find a few chakra weapons. It's just that ordinary swords are too light for Makoto – Makoto's current strength is 6 points, which is already a key point. The level of strange power has been opened.

It's just that Tsunade relies on Chakra manipulation, while Makoto himself has a pure value.

The average strength of a ninja is greater than that of ordinary people, but even so, the weapons are usually only a few kilograms. Among ordinary people, those who can use a few kilograms of gourds to make weapons are generally called wrestlers♡.

As for Makoto... holding a weapon weighing about 5 to 6 kilograms in his hand, he felt uncomfortable in various ways. Because it is so light, he can't help but want to use it as a shuriken.

Ordinary famous craftsmen would not have the experience of making chakra weapon weighing tens or even hundreds of kilograms - it was not a matter of ability, but that no one had such a demand at all, so naturally they would not make them. Makoto didn't usually fight, so he delayed.

Seeing this special great sword now, he was immediately delighted.

No ninja would refuse an excellent weapon.

"If you like it, then take it, I don't need it anyway."

Makoto has always believed in his brother's clear settlement of accounts, he likes what he likes, and he will not go whoring for nothing.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Snake gave it away directly.

It seems that the favorability he grinded during this period of time is really not in vain.

"Thank you then."

"It doesn't matter. It was originally given to me by Pain. It should be the property of a clan he destroyed... I don't know which clan he searched to find this great sword."

The origin of this great sword is indeed a mystery, but Makoto doesn't care about it. He grabbed the big sword with one hand and swung it around, the weight in his hand satisfied him.

Any more and it would be too heavy.

Any less and it would be too light.

Currently it's perfect.

"By the way, does this sword have a name?"

"It should be called Bodo. When it was delivered, the name was written on the knife holder."

T/N: 'Bodo' means rebellion

"Bodo..."

... ...

After thanking Aunt Snake, Makoto changed his appearance to make himself look like an ordinary wandering ninja, and went straight out.

In the next period of time, Makoto began to search for Kakuzu.

It has to be said that as a senior ninja, Kakuzu protects his whereabouts very well. Even Makoto couldn't find him for a while.

But, it didn't matter.

After all, Makoto was not fighting alone. He quickly activated Konoha's Intelligence System to help him search for traces of Kakuzu. Forget it, once the Konoha Intelligence System is activated, some clues can still be found.

Konoha's information, coupled with Akatsuki's information from unknown sources, quickly assembled a barely usable map for Makoto.

Makoto was lucky, after squatting for two days, he actually found Kakuzu.

From the outside, this is a tall and cold ninja. His whole body was wrapped in clothes, only a pair of green eyes were exposed, but no pupils.

On his head was Taki-nin's forehead protector. It's just a cut on the mark, which represents his identity as a rouge-nin.

...Although he hadn't really met Kakuzu, but it should be him.

Makoto did not hide, but directly blocked in the middle of the road with a big sword on his back.

Kakuzu, who was hiding all the way forward, found him immediately.

After tens of meters, Kakuzu stopped.

"Where did you come from? Is there some misunderstanding?"

It's true that Kakuzu has a bad temper, but it's obvious that without a bounty, he has low fighting spirit and is unwilling to fight more.

Especially... He was a little uncertain about Makoto's situation.

Makoto's current ninja score has reached 35.5, which is the same as Jiraiya. But because of Makoto's extreme extra points, he was even more difficult to deal with than Jiraiya.

After deliberately hiding it, Makoto didn't reveal much, but Kakuzu, who had experienced many battles, still noticed something abnormal.

"Excuse me, is this Kakuzu-san? I want to talk to you."

Kakuzu didn't hesitate at all and immediately began to use ninjutsu.

"Katon (Fire Release): Intelligent Hard Work!"

The monstrous flames immediately hit his face.

Kakuzu does not have any special kekkei genkai, but after acquiring kinjutsu Jiongu, he can dig out the beating hearts of defeated ninjas and save them in his body to extend his life and pass the hearts of other ninjas. The meridians above master new chakra properties.

Kakuzu has a total of five hearts, with five chakra properties: raiton (thunder), futon (wind), katon (fire), doton (earth), and suiton (water), which means that he can use ninjutsu of the five properties at will.

The four masks on his back represent the stolen hearts except for himself. Each one has the chakra attributes of the original heart owner during his lifetime, and can use those attributes to attack at the same time.

When necessary, Kakuzu can use the tentacles formed from his own blood vessels to carry out the main attack, with four masked monsters nearby to attack and assist.

If you don't know how many lives this guy has, it's easy to be fooled.

But Makoto is well aware of his statistics, so...

Buzz!

The blood in Makoto's body surged, and his eyes instantly turned red. With the rapid beating of the heart, the strong blood energy began to evaporate outwards, turning into a dazzling blood color.

Makoto activated Kaminiyotte again.

By excessively compressing the heart, he gained several times his combat power in a short period of time.

For ordinary people, Kaminiyotte is a kinjutsu at a desperate moment, but Makoto doesn't care about its side effects because he can directly use genjutsu on the internal organs.

In comparison, the more effective Otosumaho is really fatal... After all, Makoto has not yet been able to replicate the brain.

As soon as he cast Kaminiyotte, Kakuzu sensed that it was not right.

But by this time it was too late.

Makoto poured chakra into the Bodo sword, smashed directly through the sea of fire, and crashed into Kakuzu's arms.

Under the sweep of the big sword, it almost cut Kakuzu into two halves.

Since Makoto became a ninja, he has been following a delicate path. He kept chakra sparing, trying to end the fight in as clever a way as possible.

But I have to say, this feeling of swaying chakra wantonly and releasing all your blood and passion in one breath is really refreshing.

With one slash of his sword, Kakuzu felt a fatal crisis.

But Makoto knew very well that he couldn't kill Kakuzu.

Dong!

Just as Makoto expected, facing Makoto's sudden burst of super-high speed, Kakuzu was caught off guard, but he simply used his own mask to block Makoto's sword path.

Crack!

As the power of the great sword raged, the mask Kakuzu used to block instantly shattered.

This is a strength of 6 points, combined with the high-speed slashing strikes used with Kaminiyotte, its power is truly terrifying.

With just the first move, Makoto firmly put Kakuzu at a disadvantage.

However, Makoto also knew that the most terrifying thing about a veteran like Kakuzu was not his strength, but his combat experience.

If the fight continues, he will soon discover that Makoto is using temporary fatal ninjutsu. As long as the fight continues, Makoto will gradually weaken.

Kakuzu has a few lives, and he can afford to spend them.

So...

After shattering one of Kakuzu's masks with one blow and relying on the violent and ruthless power to directly knock Kakuzu away, Makoto took the initiative to stop.

The blood-colored air currents on his body rose rapidly, but Makoto smiled, and these terrifying air currents stopped immediately.

– As Makoto began to add more points to his body, the effects of Kaminiyotte became better and better. During the battle, Makoto could even turn it off on his own initiative, instead of fighting until he fainted like he did during the battle with Pain.

The way he was able to send out and retract so well caught Kakuzu's attention.

He got up from the ground, becoming even more wary of Makoto.

"Kakuzu-san, please don't be nervous. I'm here to invite you to join."

You don't have the strength, even rouge-nin doesn't bother to talk to you.

Makoto knew this, so he took the blow just now.

Now that the fight has been fought, it's time to negotiate terms.

"It was just a misunderstanding before."

"You want to get me to join you... Humph, can you afford that price? I'm very expensive!"

...Should Makoto say that he deserves to be Kakuzu? What he cared about was not Makoto's offense, but the appearance fee... He didn't even ask Makoto's identity, and the organization that needed him to join...

He is indeed a pure bounty hunter.

But this is exactly what Makoto wants.

"I have also heard rumors about your excellency... But I want to have a longer and more equal cooperation with Kakuzu-san... As long as you join us, every once in a while, I will tell you a way to make a lot of money, how about it?"

Kakuzu immediately narrowed his eyes.

This really hits home.

He's not afraid of danger, he's just afraid of not having enough money – especially now.

"Oh? A way to make a lot of money... tell me about it."

This is really not a problem for Makoto, he comes right away.

"Lend small amounts of money to housewives at an interest rate of 30% – not to housewives who don't clean the kitchen and toilet, but to housewives whose children wear clean clothes. Within a year, your savings will be able to add at least a zero. "

"Hmph!" Kakuzu crossed his arms and looked dismissively, "Isn't it just a loan shark? Do you think I'm an ignorant brat?"

Makoto shrugged and made no excuse.

This is the fortune-making experience of the former richest man in Japan.

Fuji Corporation was also a famous company in the last century.

If he wasn't afraid that after he died and went to the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths would chase him and kill him...if he really did this job, even the kind Sage of Six Paths would be furious.

"Okay, Kakuzu-san, we are all adults, let's solve the problem in an adult way – now is a new generation, I will use our way to prove our strength and sincerity. –

"Now, how about you come up with a question and I'll answer it? –

"If I can't do it, just pretend that nothing happened. I will give you 10 million as the price for offending you. If I can do it... I believe you are also a wise person and know how to make the most reasonable choice."

In view of Makoto's previous performance, Kakuzu did not choose to take action again.

He pondered for a moment and felt that he wouldn't suffer any loss anyway, so he didn't object.

"That's what you said! Then... there is one thousand ryos here, and within three days, you can turn it into ten million ryos for me! –

"It was agreed in advance that no gambling is allowed, and no robbing is allowed! –

"You understand me!"

What a...difficult question.

Makoto stretched out his hand with a smile, and grabbed the 1,000 ryos of bills thrown over by Kakuzu.

"Then, please follow me for now."